episode_0093

Just when I was about to give up everything, a thought suddenly crossed my mind.

Could it be that this woman was also charmed during the bidding stage?

Saying that she was the highest bidder for me meant that she too had entered the heated competition.

Would I really have paid that much money for something I needed, even if it meant taking the risk?

“Heunggeung… ♥”

“Okay, let’s do it.”

She looks at me with a bright smile, and it seems like she is not swayed by my charm.

No, it’s a do-or-die situation anyway.

Even if the charm doesn’t work, it’s going to end anyway, so what’s the point?

I shut my eyes tightly and screamed.

“Don’t be so cocky, Green… I, huh… won’t lose… Charm!”

“Huh… ?”

Didn’t it work…?

When I opened my eyes briefly, she was in her usual state.

I’m screwed… .

“Don’t you do it?”

“Ugh, ugh… .”

It’s over.

We’re all finished!

“… nose, call.”

“Fold.”

As I gave up and forced myself to continue playing the game, she suddenly gave up.

“Huh?”

Was the match not good?

“Fold.”

“Fold.”

But even after that, she kept giving up.

Her chips are dwindling.

“That, Mr. Green…?”

“What are you doing? You have to win quickly.”

“… Yes?”

huh?

“You said you didn’t want to lose.”

“Uh…yes.”

That’s true, but why…?

“For our saintess… This much money… Haaa♥”

“Heet… .”

I guess it was a success.

She put her hands on her legs and shivered with an aroused expression.

Oh, so this is how charm works.

***

Thanks to that, I was able to win at poker with her.

The host was momentarily taken aback by this unprecedented event, but what could he do since she was the owner of the store anyway?

She admitted defeat and let me go.

And when I was free, I charmed and defeated the bad guys who were harassing our precious comrades.

Of course, there was a price to pay… .

“Friendship clothes! I gave in like you said, so show me a lot!”

“Haggut… ♥ Huh, huh… Ehh… ♥”

Phew!

There were a few sacrifices, but… if we saved them like this, it would be considered cheap… .

“Ah, Asia… .”

“Ugh, Miss Asia… .”

They shed tears of emotion at my sacrificial attitude.

“Huh, huhu… Save those tears… .”

Oh, man, I was trying to say something cool, but I can’t think of anything to say.

“… Anyway, let’s go out. Is it okay to go out?”

“Yes… ♥”

I listened to her answer, slightly avoiding Green, who was looking at me with eyes filled with love.

Is it because you don’t want to lose in front?

She didn’t suddenly pounce on me like other guys do.

Could it be possible to use charm even with conditions attached?

It feels like the usability has suddenly increased.

“Oh, by the way… .”

Since we’ve come this far, let’s extract a little more information.

I heard information about her family home from her.

“Why there?”

“That’s suspicious.”

A heresy that believes in the goddess of love, but does not belong to the church of the goddess of love.

No, they are both heretics anyway, but her family is the most heretical of the heretics.

“If we investigate that woman’s family, wouldn’t we find some hints?”

“Oh wow… That’s awesome, Asia!”

“Awesome!”

“As expected, Asia!”

Hmm… I wonder if they really complimented me because they didn’t know, or if they wanted to show me off like this.

I decided to believe it was the former.

The latter somehow feels like kneeling down and receiving a bow.

“Then we’ll go. You won’t stop us, right?”

“If Asia wishes… .”

Green looked at me with sparkling eyes, as if he were about to die if told to do so.

“A skill to manipulate people’s emotions… .”

“Ugh… I, I also want to use it… .”

Is it because she, a priest, doesn’t like him?

“… I’m jealous… .”

“Yes?”

“Oh, no! Let’s go quickly!”

What did you say?

Anyway, there were no more obstacles blocking us, so we ran out of the casino.

And chapter 4 ended together.

Let’s see, was it 4 chapters including that mining town and this casino?

In the mining town, we found out that there was a suspicious religious group behind it, and here… um… what did we get?

“Haa… I didn’t get much out of it considering the time I put in.”

“Still, it’s fortunate that we’ve decided where to go next.”

“That’s true.”

Yeah, Green’s home!

That religious group… I’m still not sure if it’s the same Love Goddess Church I know, but I got a hint to find out more about that group.

Now that I think about it, it’s not like I had no income at all.

Then Chapter 5 will probably be about investigating that house.

When will it end?

“Which way should I go?”

“Hmm… It’s a spiritual land that comes out over that mountain.”

The quickest way to get to Green’s home is over the mountain.

“If I go back, it’s too long… I’ll just go over the mountain. It’s not that high anyway.”

The mountain where the coal mine was.

We decided to cross this mountain and head to her hometown.

“What kind of monsters live in the mountains?”

“Um… I heard that there are a lot of flying monsters living at the top.”

Because it’s a flying type.

Is it a harpy or something like that?

Surely there’s no dragon?

Perhaps at best, monsters like birds will be the limit.

I don’t think it has a weird concept like being able to fly and only being able to attack from a distance, so I don’t think you need to worry too much.

We went up the mountain.

***

“Kkieeeek!”

“Ugh… !”

A huge bird passed by and scratched me with its claws.

No, it’s not a bird, it’s a harpy?

Anyway, it’s probably just a toenail, but it hurts like I got cut by a knife.

“Chi, would you like me to treat you?”

“Me, Lisa first before me… !”

“Yes!”

When it was our turn, Serena looked at me and asked.

I still have some stamina to spare, but Lisa is a little shaky.

Anyway, all the monsters will die at the end of this turn, but I should at least heal them.

“Heal!”

By the way, I feel like these guys are acting up a bit… .

“Haa… Is everyone okay?”

“Ugh… It’s okay. It’s doable, except for the fact that there are too many monsters.”

“Is this monster originally this strong?”

As she said, it’s not a particularly strong monster, but the problem is that it appears too often.

Have you been cursed by the god of random encounters?

“As far as I know, it was originally a fairly gentle monster… .”

Serena tilted her head as if she found it strange and said so.

“Ah.”

Lisa raised her head as if something had occurred to her.

“Why?”

“There’s only one reason why those monsters are running wild. I forgot for a moment.”

“Huh? What is it?”

Lisa’s expression hardened as she answered my innocent question.

“Breeding season.”

Breeding season… .

Now that I think about it, I think I saw a lot of male monsters.

“The females are probably in the nest because they have to lay eggs. The males who haven’t paired up yet or are looking for food are just running around excitedly.”

“That, is that so?”

“Yeah. The fertilization period for monsters is very short. Birds in particular lay eggs in less than a day.”

“That, to that extent…?”

It’s scary, the monster ecosystem!

“Ugh, we got the timing wrong. If we’re not careful, we might end up being used as spawning grounds too.”

“… What did you say?”

What did I hear?

“Wasn’t there a monster like this in Aishian’s homeland? This species has the ability to impregnate even females of other races, so if you get caught by mistake, you’ll end up having to lay his eggs.”

“… … Why?”

No, what about genes and stuff like that?

“That’s because you were born that way?”

“That’s a philosophical question. Let me answer it based on our doctrine… .”

“Oh, no, that’s okay.”

I feel sorry for Serena, who is excited to hear about her specialty after such a long time, but I really don’t want to hear that kind of talk.

Yeah, it’s a night game anyway, so what’s the use of such settings?

“Then should I just go back?”

Even so, the scattering is a bit… .

“Is that so?”

“Yeah, laying eggs is… .”

Thank goodness, everyone agrees this time!

“Uh, umm… I guess so? I think it’s better to go down.”

Lisa nodded with a trembling face.

Yeah, what crazy woman in the world would want to lay a monster’s egg?

“Then I decided to go down!”

Let’s just go back even if it takes some time.

I started to go back the way I had come.

“Huh? Is that it?”

“No?”

“Um… I don’t know.”

Perhaps because the trees were so dense on the mountain, it wasn’t that easy to find the way.

Still, since it is a game, there are paths that can be passed through in a friendly manner.

We just have to go back along the path we see before our eyes!

How easy it is!

If you accidentally take the wrong path, it could be a big problem, but at least there weren’t any complicated forks in the road on the way here, so you probably didn’t take the wrong path.

Yeah, maybe… .

***

“At least I don’t think that’s the case here.”

“… Right?”

But 30 minutes later, we were wandering through some unknown forest.

Hmm… I guess I took the wrong route.

I definitely thought it was a one-way street.

This is why forest maps are problematic.

There are so many trees that I can’t see the road very well.

“Haa… If we keep doing this and meet a monster, it’ll be a disaster.”

“Lisa, don’t say anything ominous.”

If you say something like that, a monster will definitely… .

Beep beep beep.

“Huh!”

It’s true!

Soon four male harpies appeared before us.

“… Let’s catch it quickly.”

It’s not that I can’t catch it yet.

It’s Asia Party’s turn to give it their all!

The harpies disintegrated and disappeared in an instant.

Beep beep beep.

“Again, again… ?”

It’s still okay.

Beep beep beep.

Ah, not yet… .

Beep beep beep.

yet….

Beep beep beep.

“… Should we run away?”

“Yeah.”

We chose to run away.

And… of course it failed.

“Ugh.”

So, our party was annihilated… Oh, he didn’t die… .

In the blurring vision, it seemed as if something had snatched us away.

I closed my eyes in the strange sensation of flying in the sky.