Chapter 184 – Sex Is Business (4)
Umida—!
What do you mean?
The average person doesn’t know if you are referring to a Japanese person with the last name Umida, or if you are referring to some other word.
However, if you are a master of the language, if you are a so-called person who ‘read some light novels’ or ‘knows a little about subculture’, there is an image that immediately comes to mind as soon as you see the three letters.
-Roughly speaking, there will be a service episode where the main character and his group go to the sea and wear swimsuits.
-Playing beach volleyball with a watermelon-shaped inflatable ball, breaking a watermelon blindfolded over a watermelon, and a blond-haired character wearing a Hawaiian shirt and grilling corn on the grill.
-Then, if you say you are going to have a fireworks display at night, do you bring firecrackers, or do you bring small fireworks and start a conversation?
-It’s obvious even without looking!
It’s beautiful.
So, it’s a Japanese word that means ‘It’s the sea!’
And most of the times this line appears, it is an introduction to a service scene to show the heroine characters’ swimsuits.
Similar examples include lines such as ‘It’s an unfamiliar ceiling’ or ‘Oh, what year is it?’
So why are we even talking about this now?
[It’s the sea.]
That’s because there is a sea in the Fermaten Infinite Labyrinth.
[Is this the sea? Cool.]
I already know the sea well.
Born in a place surrounded by the sea on three sides, I saw the East, West, and South seas, and sometimes traveled to distant islands to enjoy the sea to my heart’s content.
[Record… It’s quite different from what I saw. Is it because it’s an infinite labyrinth?]
“This is what the real sea looks like too, yahanna.”
[Have you ever seen the sea, Jurdias?]
“When I was young, I went to a coastal city to play.”
Thanks to Jurdias’ testimony, my common sense did not fail.
Just because it’s a medieval fantasy world, it doesn’t mean that the sea is red or that it’s divided into north, south, east, and west with a hole in the middle.
The sea was just an ordinary sea.
In reality, it was a sea of common sense, except that it was located in the middle of the continent, underground in the Permaten Infinite Labyrinth.
“I don’t know what the Infinite Labyrinth will be like, but it is also said that if you continue forward on the ship, you can reach the end of the world.”
[Is it. Amazing, amazing.]
“I don’t think it’s that interesting?”
[It’s because it’s an unfamiliar sight, leader.]
Laura’s words made me feel uncomfortable.
As she said, I was currently playing the role of Rouge Permaton, who saw the sea for the first time.
[A moment is enough to be absorbed in the sentiment. Leader, how many minutes did it take to walk from the gate on the 21st floor to here?]
“It took about 20 minutes.”
[How many monsters attacked us in the meantime?]
“14 animals. A total of 5 times.”
About a 20-minute walk.
In terms of distance, it seems to be about 1km.
If I hadn’t been attacked by a monster in the middle, I would have been able to respond faster than that.
[To build a water park, the road needs to be well paved.]
Unlike the lower-floor areas, that is, the areas up to the 10th floor, where people frequently come and go, foot traffic here is quite rare.
Between the 21st and 30th floors, an environment reminiscent of a ‘coast’ is created.
If you come down along Jeonimun, the forest spreads out, and if you leave the forest just a little along the river, the coast opens up.
As a result, no one comes here unless they really need the resources coming from here.
That’s right…
[It’s crazy to come here to eat fish and deal with monsters.]
The threat of demonic beasts is too great to obtain fish resources.
Those who can overcome the threat of the demon beast do not catch the demon beast here, but instead go down to the lower floor and begin hunting more efficiently.
[He’s too vaguely strong to just fight.]
“It’s because they’re all beasts. Unlike the humanoids, all of the guys here are beasts. They are guys whose instinct takes precedence over reason. Witch beasts have a high chance of injury compared to their hunting efficiency.”
Celica pouted her lips as if she didn’t really feel like it.
It’s probably because he doesn’t feel like using monsters, wanting to cut down humanoids or anything rather than cutting down monsters.
So, the 21st to 30th floors, conveniently called the ‘coastal area’, are the most sparsely populated areas.
[It would be a waste to leave it undeveloped.]
“Are you trying to make it look like a coal mining area?”
[Okay. However, rather than just making it like a coal mine, we plan to make it a tourist district.]
If you look at many fantasy games or stories, people enjoy swimming even when monsters appear in the sea.
There are also episodes where one’s body is turned upside down or one’s swimsuit is taken away after being attacked by a monster.
Why is that possible?
Is it because of the dark and vile desire of the game production company that I must somehow show the female character’s swimsuit and sell the swimsuit character regardless of whether a monster appears or not?
Or is it because the existence of monsters that appear in this area, which can fight even while wearing a swimsuit, is not a threat to the tourism business?
Neither.
Both could be correct, at least not right now.
[If we can thoroughly control the threat of monsters, wouldn’t it be a good idea to make this a tourist destination?]
One thing to point out is that the Fermaten Infinite Labyrinth has a transit door similar to an ‘elevator’.
There is a way to go down directly to places such as the 1st, 6th, 11th, and 16th floors by using the transfer door.
In other words, as soon as you enter the infinite labyrinth, you can immediately come down to the 21st floor.
[I need to find a way to get directly from the entrance of the transfer gate to the coast here, free from the threat of monsters. That will be the beginning of a tourist destination.]
Why is it a tourist destination?
Why do we want to use this sea as a tourist resource?
That’s just for practice.
[Director Laura. If the Fermaten Infinite Labyrinth disappears, will all the resources here also disappear?]
“I guess so. But it’s not going away any time soon, so you’re here to make the most of it until then, right?”
[Okay. There is no way that the Infinite Labyrinth, which has been passed down for generations, will suddenly disappear from my generation. So, this means that we need to build a beach here and run it for a few years…]
I pointed to the surroundings, which were empty plains.
[It would be perfect for practicing running a water park.]
This will be a testing ground for our major construction work.
[Then everyone, let’s return. With a swimsuit.]
“Hey, sexy guy.”
[Why are you doing this, Serica?]
“…I’m just going to go into the sea and check if monsters are coming out, so why bother with a swimsuit?”
Celica raised a fundamental question.
“If something like a fish with sharp teeth appears under the sea, wouldn’t it be right to wear armor and go in, even if it’s underwater?”
[Go!]
A sound came out without me even realizing it.
[Among the people who come to the beach and play in the water, who swims wearing full body armor!]
Of course.
[Of course, you have to go in wearing a swimsuit and check whether you will be attacked or not to ensure safety!]
“Isn’t that because you want to see people in swimsuits?”
[Cerica. Can’t you trust me?]
I am innocent.
[If you wanted to come down here because you wanted to see me in a swimsuit, I would have held a swimsuit contest a long time ago and given a prize of 50,000 Luge Coins to the girl with the prettiest swimsuit!]
50,000 luge coins.
It’s 500 million.
[And if I had wanted to have sex with a woman in a swimsuit in the first place, I would have just put her swimsuit on her and had sex. Isn’t that right, leader?]
“That’s right. Why would a hot guy wear a swimsuit here? He’s an empty can that can’t even have sex here.”
[…Leader. I think the words are somewhat bitter.]
“It’s not wrong.”
Laura tapped the crotch of my Living Armor, Paladin Sonata, with the top of her foot.
“Can you feel it?”
[No. I don’t feel it at all.]
“Is that so? Serika. The reason the sexy man asked me to wear a swimsuit was because I thought of the people who would enjoy playing in the water here.”
“Really?”
[Of course. I am innocent.]
“…Aren’t you trying to subtly make everyone wear swimsuits like this?”
[That can’t be possible.]
Serica.
As expected, it’s surprising to see one thing.
[Swimsuits are just clothes. If I wanted to see you exposed, I would have just dressed you up in bunny girls or stripped you down to just your underwear.]
“That’s right. … It’s absurd that it’s so persuasive.”
Celica gave me a look as if she still couldn’t believe it.
“Please be honest. You didn’t mean to make me wear a swimsuit on the street, right?”
[Uh huh. Who am I to do something like that? Only I should see the good things.]
“…Why do you keep being so persuasive?”
[Because that’s me.]
It’s a big deal.
If I knew that I was planning to create a nude beach in the future, wouldn’t it be a surprise?
‘I will definitely succeed.’
For the day when Celica wears a cardigan or see-through dress with her swimsuit.
