Chapter 356 – Episode 356: Consultation Request!
◈-Tikya’s SIDE
S-So embarrassing!
W-What was that attitude just now!
Completely like a child!
Hiding behind Elsie because I was embarrassed by what Noah and Ninya said…
As my heart calmed down a bit, I felt like dying of shame for what I had done.
I went from feeling bad to happy, and now I’m dying of embarrassment.
My mood today is completely messed up.
It’s all Rent’s fault!
Even when I was about to cry earlier, he just smiled and stared at me!
First, as I walked with Elsie to hunt the Minotaur, I glared at Rent, who was walking at the very back.
But as soon as I saw Rent’s face.
-In the future, let’s get married… and live happily ever after, having cute children who look like Tikya.
Rent’s words came to mind…
“Hehe…♡”
My mood quickly loosened up.
…I’ve really become an easy woman, haven’t I?
But since my mood had improved, I looked forward again and walked.
While looking forward, I ignored Noah and Ninya’s faces as they grinned at me.
“Tikya, are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’m fine.”
Elsie is the only one here who worries about me.
As expected of my comrade, Elsie…
Except for the fact that her barrier is a bit special, she’s a really kind and good girl with a heart like a saint.
And she’s also a reader of Magical Girl Marine, just like me!
She also has big boobs, so I feel a strange maternal instinct that makes me want to be spoiled.
I used to dislike women with big boobs, but Elsie and the others… Rent’s lovers like me are exceptions.
If it’s with Elsie… I don’t think I’d mind doing it with Rent either.
Last time with Noah, it felt like I was being dragged along by Noah’s pace.
If I do it with Elsie, I think it’s really possible for the two of us to cooperate and do it with Rent.
…I’m already thinking about doing it with the three of us again.
Have I been tainted by Rent’s harem in this short period?
While I was pondering, Elsie stopped walking.
“Elsie?”
“Tikya, it’s a Minotaur.”
“Huh?”
I was so lost in thought that I didn’t notice.
In front of me were two black bull monsters, Minotaurs.
Those are Minotaurs…
Jet-black skin, big horns, and… w-what is that, that s-sex organ… it’s totally Rent-level.
No, should I be surprised that Rent is Minotaur-level here?
Anyway, a monster has appeared in front of me.
So now, I need to focus on the battle rather than other thoughts.
“It’s been a while since we’ve seen a Minotaur~ Alright! Ninya, shall we go?”
“Yeah. Elsie, please assist~♪”
“Yes! Power! Speed! Barrier!”
Elsie instantly cast support magic on Ninya, Noah, and me.
“Rent, Ninya and I will warm up by hunting first.”
“Didn’t you hunt before Tikya and I got here?”
“Well, we only did it for about 10 minutes, the rest of the time we were waiting for you two.”
“Okay. Tikya, would you mind if Ninya and Noah hunt once before you do?”
“I’m fine with that.”
Personally, I’m curious to see how Noah and Ninya hunt the Minotaur.
“Then Elsie, Tikya, please come behind me.”
“Yes!”
“Okay.”
As Elsie and I moved behind Rent, Noah and Ninya immediately ran towards the Minotaur.
“Shadow Step!”
Black smoke rose from their feet, making Noah’s movements even more agile.
Moooooo!
Whoosh!
The Minotaurs swung their axes fiercely.
It was a fierce attack that would surely cut a body in half if it hit properly.
“Hehe!”
“Slow~♪”
But Noah and Ninya easily dodged the attacks.
Noah jumped, and Ninya ducked, each avoiding the axes.
And…
“Haa!”
Slash!
Thud!
Noah spun upside down like a gymnast and sliced the Minotaur’s neck, while Ninya pierced the Minotaur’s neck with her spear in one swift motion as soon as she dodged the axe.
As Noah landed and Ninya pulled out her spear, the two Minotaurs fell instantly.
Noah and Ninya immediately returned to where we were.
“Phew! It’s easy to hunt with Elsie’s support.”
“Thank you, Elsie.”
“Oh, no. Noah and Ninya are amazing, not my magic.”
Certainly, even with support magic, the movements Noah and Ninya showed just now were amazing.
They were fast when I saw them hunting Kobolds, but… their movements now were several times faster.
Maybe they were adjusting their speed to match the Kobolds when they were hunting them.
Seeing them hunt again, I realized that they were both amazing, though not as much as Rent.
The adventurers I saw on the way here were hunting Minotaurs in parties, but Noah and Ninya each took them down alone.
“Next is Tikya’s turn.”
“O-Oh, y-yes! That’s right! I’ll show you the power of my new skill!”
Rent collected the Minotaur corpses, and soon another Minotaur appeared not far away.
Moooo!
Three Minotaurs appeared.
They glared at us, enraged and ready to charge at us at any moment.
“Hoo…”
I took a breath and focused my mind.
“Tikya, are you going to take the front? Then Ninya and I will take the Minotaurs on the sides.”
“No. It’s okay, Noah. I can do it alone.”
This is the time to show off the new magic I created.
No, to be precise, it’s an application of my existing original magic.
The power of magic increased by Powerd Spell, along with the mastery of magic manipulation enhanced by the Magic Manipulation Efficiency skill.
With these two, I can create this application.
I took out my staff and aimed it at the Minotaur on the far left.
I formulated the spell in my head, manipulated the magic power within my body, and formed the magic.
“Oh, cannon of starlight! Annihilate my enemies!”
And I chanted, further increasing the power of the magic.
“Twinkle Buster!”
Boom!
The Twinkle Buster was fired and hit the Minotaur.
Moooo!
The Twinkle Buster didn’t explode upon impact with the Minotaur, but instead pierced right through it.
Now!
“Yaaaah!”
With the Twinkle Buster still firing, I swung my staff to the side.
As I swung, the Twinkle Buster bent like a whip, and the two Minotaurs next to it were hit by the Twinkle Buster, their bodies ripped apart as large as the Twinkle Buster, and they died.
This is the magic I recently developed.
It’s the Twinkle Buster Slash, which increases the attack range by giving the Twinkle Buster, which originally only went in a straight line, the property of bending.
It takes quite a bit of magic power to make it bend, but that can be improved by researching and finding more efficient methods.
I turned around and looked at everyone, and said confidently.
“How was that!”
Praise me!
“Wow! That’s amazing, Tikya! How did you do that just now?”
“The Twinkle Buster bent!”
“Amazing!”
“Is that kind of magic even possible?”
Everyone’s reaction is good.
They’re completely different from those guys who would tell me not to be arrogant or pick a fight with me for being a shorty whenever I made a new achievement!
Ah, comrades are wonderful!
I’m very satisfied.
“Hehehe, this is a new application of the Twinkle Buster that I recently developed! I made it so that the Twinkle Buster, which only goes in a straight line, can bend!”
“What did you name it?”
As expected of Rent!
He immediately predicted that I had already named it!
“The name is Twinkle Buster Slash! Because it can cut like a sword.”
“I think it’s a great name!”
“Really? You know what’s up! Ahahahaha!”
I feel so good being praised by Rent.
“Alright! Rent! Piggyback ride, piggyback ride! Give me a piggyback ride! Like Trent, I’ll take down all the Minotaurs this time!”
“Yes, Tikya. Ah, but this time we have to catch some Minotaurs for Kelban, so let’s do half and half.”
“Okay! Let’s do that!”
Either way, I’ll be more than satisfied with catching Minotaurs as long as I’m with Rent!
◈-Rent’s SIDE
We started hunting Minotaurs smoothly.
Noah and Ninya hunted first, and then it was my and Tikya’s turn.
Tikya rode on my back, placed her left hand on my head to absorb magic power, and used magic with a bang, bang, bang.
“Ahahahaha! With Rent, I’m invincible!”
She absorbed so much that she seemed a little HIGH, but I liked that cute side of her.
Especially when she moves as if she’s trying to jump while riding on my back, the feeling of her thighs rubbing against me is really nice.
When I hunt, I run in and break the Minotaur’s neck before it can even attack, so if I speed up a little, Tikya gets dizzy.
But after repeating that about 20 times, she started to enjoy the speed, and if there were two Minotaurs, I would break one’s neck and immediately fire magic at the Minotaur next to it.
As we were hunting happily, Tikya said.
“Hey, Rent.”
“What is it, Tikya?”
“We can eat Orc meat… right?”
“Yes.”
“Can we eat Minotaur meat too…?”
“…I wonder?”
Certainly, Orcs look like pigs, and their taste is similar to pork.
It’s similar, but it tastes better.
Then, wouldn’t Minotaurs, which look like cows, be incredibly delicious beef?
Hmm… but I haven’t really seen Minotaurs being sold as meat.
Okay, let’s ask the three locals of Pladan.
“Ninya, Elsie, Noah, can you eat Minotaurs?”
“Minotaurs? Hmm, I guess you could eat them.”
“But I’ve never seen Minotaur meat being sold.”
“Really?”
Then Ninya winked and said.
“Minotaur meat usually doesn’t taste much different from beef. Besides, it’s safer to raise cows than to catch Minotaurs, so there’s not much demand.”
“Is that so?”
“Yeah. It’s the same with Orc meat… but Orc meat is very delicious, right? That’s why it became a specialty of Pladan. The floors are also low, so even adventurers with a little skill can catch them.”
“Oh, so that’s the reason.”
Tikya, on my shoulder, exclaimed as if she had learned something new.
Hmm, so Minotaur meat tastes similar to beef…
I actually thought the reason it wasn’t sold well was because it was muscular and the meat was tough, but it was simply a supply issue.
Indeed, if an adventurer is skilled enough to supply Minotaurs, they would quickly move on to the next floor and wouldn’t bother catching them.
Hmm… but I’m curious to know how different beef and Minotaur meat are, so I should ask Kelban to dissect one today and give me the good cuts.
After that, we hunted Minotaurs until lunchtime, made a table and chairs with my mana weapon, ate our lunch boxes, and then returned to the surface.
“Reni, we’re back.”
Now that we were back, we immediately went to the Adventurer’s Guild.
“Yes, Rent.”
Huh?
Reni’s condition seems a little strange.
How should I put it?
Reni, who was flustered and showed a cute reaction when she saw me in the morning, is now looking at me with the same business-like feeling as when I first met her.
“We brought a lot of Minotaur corpses today.”
“That’s good. Kelban will be happy.”
“…Hey, Reni.”
“Yes, what is it, Rent?”
“Are you angry?”
“No, I’m not. Rather, why don’t you go see Kelban?”
“Ah… okay.”
Reni seems cold for some reason.
First, let’s give the Minotaur corpses to Kelban.
I turned around and said to everyone.
“I’m going to the warehouse… what are you all going to do?”
As if representing everyone’s opinion, Ninya said.
“We’ll wait for Rent here. Right?”
Everyone nodded.
“Then I’ll be back.”
I immediately left the Adventurer’s Guild and entered the warehouse.
Inside the warehouse, Kelban was dissecting monsters as usual.
“Kelban…”
“Oooooooo! Renttttttttttttttttttttt!!!”
Before I could even finish saying his name, Kelban, who was dissecting, immediately turned around, called my name, and ran towards me.
