Chapter 171 – Visiting My Hometown
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Elsie, Noah, Ms. Ninya, and I went to the village chief’s house with Dave.
My father stayed home to take care of my mother, who had fainted.
“Wow~ I never thought Rent would have such pretty colleagues like Ms. Ninya and the others.”
“Hehe, thank you.”
Dave openly praised, focusing on Ms. Ninya.
Dave, if you keep that up, you’ll be hated by Shima, who likes you, you know?
As we walked, I felt a strange sense of unease.
It was understandable that the kids were at the village chief’s house to hear our story, but I didn’t see any of the other elders either.
“Here’s the village chief’s house!”
Feeling uneasy, we arrived at the village chief’s house, the biggest house in our village.
They say it was built big from the start since meetings were also held there.
As we entered the village chief’s house…
“Rent, you’re here!”
“Oh my, are those kids your colleagues?”
“Wow… they’re pretty.”
“Huh? You made so many colleagues in just two weeks?”
“Look, Rent’s wearing green leather armor!”
Not just the village kids, but all the elders were gathered at the village chief’s house.
I saw Melissa standing among the kids.
Melissa frowned slightly, crossed her arms, and muttered.
“Why are they all girls?”
After that, in front of the villagers, we told them roughly the same story we had told my mother and father.
Most of the villagers were surprised, their eyes wide… and they tilted their heads, looking at me.
“I knew he was strong… but it seems he’s also working hard as an adventurer.”
“It feels like just yesterday we were playing the Demon King and Hero party game…”
“We did it a month ago, too.”
“Oh, right.”
“Wow… then Rent must be making a lot of money in the dungeon?”
“Actually, I’ve thought Rent was pretty decent since a while ago~.”
“You laughed and called him a muscle pig, didn’t you?”
“Shhh~! Oh my, did I?”
“Heh heh, Rent, who used to help move things at our store…”
“Hey! What’s Pludan like!”
After that, we had told them almost all the notable things, so questions about the city poured out on Elsie, Noah, and Ms. Ninya.
What’s trending in the city, are dungeons really swarming with monsters, or how good is it to live there?
I had only been in Pludan for about two weeks, and since I was originally from this village, there were more and more questions I couldn’t answer. I sat quietly in a corner, watching the three of them answer the questions.
With all the villagers gathered, I was reminded of the time I imagined a goblin horde entering the forest and turning the village into a chaotic scene of mass gang rape and orgies.
To kill time, I started to recall that fantasy again…
“Hey, muscle pig…”
At that moment, Melissa came to my side and spoke to me.
“I’m not a muscle pig, Melissa.”
“You went adventuring and came back to show off your women to the village, so muscle pig is perfect for you.”
I didn’t come back with women.
We just became lovers through fateful encounters.
“Melissa, you heard it too. I formed a party with Elsie and Noah on the first day I entered the dungeon because I saved them.”
“Even if that Ms. Ninya is like that, those two you met on the first day are too contrived to believe. You saved them, so you’re in the same party? Usually, you should team up with stronger people if you’re thinking about the future, not with people who are so weak they need saving, right?”
Melissa’s words made sense.
But it just so happened that we were staying at the same inn, and as they showed me around the city, my desire to be in the same party as Elsie and Noah grew.
Honestly, I had so much confidence and leeway in my strength that there was no compulsion to team up with strong people from the start.
“Besides, what’s with ‘we happened to stay at the same inn’… didn’t you actually stalk them to find out?”
“Absolutely not, Melissa. Why are you so angry?”
Melissa turned her head away and said.
“Shut up. Hmph, you never even hung out with us in the village, but you’re getting along so well with other people in the city… and you even made so many female colleagues… what is it? A city debut? Are you acting like a different person from the one in the village?”
“It’s not like that… and I played with Dave too.”
“…That’s because Dave and his friends talked to you first. I’ve never seen you ask anyone to play first.”
That was true.
I have nothing to say.
After a moment of silence, Melissa opened her mouth.
“…Hey, Rent.”
“Yeah.”
“Is living in the city… fun?”
“It’s only been a short time, so… every day is fresh.”
Every night, the sex with my lovely lovers also feels even better, so that’s part of the freshness.
“But I think it’ll become familiar if I keep staying there.”
“Really? Will it get boring?”
“Hmm… maybe there will be days like that?”
You never know how you’ll feel about life in the future.
“…You said you’re leaving tomorrow, right.”
“Yeah. I’ll probably leave after lunch.”
“Then… meet me in the forest early tomorrow morning…”
“You and me tomorrow, Melissa?”
“What? You don’t want to?”
“No, it’s not that…”
“Then come. Got it?”
“U-uh…”
As soon as Melissa heard my words, she went back to where the other kids were.
Why did Melissa ask to meet me tomorrow?
Could it be a development where she confesses her feelings for me, like the lyrics of that song, “The feelings I’ve been hiding~”?
…No, she never showed any signs of that.
If she had been showing a tsundere side from the start, I would have thought there was a context, but Melissa had always been indifferent to me.
What is it?
Did she really have feelings for me?
Have I somehow fallen into a situation where I’m a dense protagonist who doesn’t understand his childhood friend’s feelings?
Ugh…
But Melissa’s indifference really felt like she wasn’t interested at all.
While I was pondering, time passed, and the villagers’ questions gradually decreased.
Clap clap
“Alright, everyone, go back to your own work now.”
The village chief clapped his hands, and the barrage of questions came to an end.
The adults quietly returned to their respective homes and shops.
The girls wanted to hear more about the city’s trends… and the boys were disappointed that they couldn’t talk more with the pretty Ms. Ninya, Elsie, and Noah, but they all retreated.
Then, Elsie, Noah, Ms. Ninya, and I returned to our house.
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“Father, we’re back. Is Mother okay?”
“Son, you’re back. Your mother has already woken up.”
“Oh my~ our filial son is here!”
My mother, who had woken up, ran towards me and patted my shoulders hard.
It seems she accepted reality while we were at the village chief’s house and is very happy.
“My handsome son~! Yes, yes, what do you want to eat for dinner today? Mom will make it all for you!”
She’s completely beaming.
Such a materialistic mother.
I don’t dislike it.
“Mother.”
“Yes, my son, what do you want to eat!”
“Meat soup is enough. I like the soup you make, Mother.”
“Oh my, really! Oh my, our son is so kind! That’s why you get along so well with those pretty ladies.”
“O-oh, pretty… haah.”
“Hehehe…”
“Oh my, Mother, really…”
“That’s right, you said you like meat soup! Then I’ll go buy more ingredients! You! Come be my porter!”
“O-oh, honey. Can I talk a little more with Rent and his colleagues…”
“Don’t you like market dates with me?”
“Market dates…? Of course, I do! Rent! Your mom and I will be back!”
My father immediately flipped his palm and tried to go outside with my mother.
I took out a pouch containing 100 silver from my inventory and handed it to my father.
“Take this, Father, just in case you run short of money.”
“Okay, thank you, son! Honey, let’s go!”
“Okay! Ohohoho, Rent, I’ll buy lots of meat~!”
And my mother and father went to the market together, looking very happy.
Only we were left at home.
“Hehe, Rent’s parents are such fun people.”
“Really?”
“Yeah! But Rent’s dad was much different than I imagined… but I still thought he was definitely Rent’s dad.”
Elsie smiled kindly and agreed with Noah.
“Yes, that’s right. Rent’s father… really looks a lot like Rent.”
“Well, he’s my father’s son, so my hair and build are like my father’s, right?”
“Hehe, we think you’re similar in other ways, Rent.”
“What do you mean?”
Then, Ms. Ninya giggled and said.
“Hehehe, Rent. What we think is similar is that you’re both so head over heels for your mothers that your love is very palpable. Just like how Rent loves us♡”
“Ah…”
Hearing that makes me suddenly shy.
“And you’re both cute too♡”
“Hehe, will Rent be like that when we get married?”
“A cute Rent who’s head over heels for us… I kinda want to see that.”
Elsie, I’m already head over heels for you, you know?
“Really? I’m already head over heels for all of you because you’re all so lovely.”
“Hehe♡”
“Re, Rent♡”
“Really~ if you say things like that, I want to make love right away♡ But I have to hold back because Rent’s parents are here♡”
As she said that, Ms. Ninya approached me and kissed me on the lips.
“Chuuup♡ Mwah♡ Mwah♡”
First, a slightly deep kiss that seemed to suck my lips, then two light kisses.
“Haah, N-Ninya…”
“That’s not fair~ I want to do it too!”
As Ms. Ninya moved away, Noah jumped and hugged me, kissing me.
“Mwah♡ Mwah♡ Mwah♡ Ehehe♡”
“Haah! I, I, I too…”
Slowly, Elsie also approached, her face flushed, bowing her head.
“Yes, it’s Elsie’s turn next!”
Elsie put her hands together as if praying, then closed her eyes tightly and looked at me, pouting her lips.
I gently cupped Elsie’s face with both hands and kissed her.
I gently touched my lips to Elsie’s for about five seconds, then pulled away.
“He, hehe…♡”
Elsie’s expression was beaming with joy.
She’s so cute.
Noah raised her hand and said to me.
“Hey, Rent! Show me your room! We were talking to Rent’s mom, so we didn’t get to see your room!”
“My room? It’s this way.”
I led everyone to my room.
“It’s just a normal room with nothing much to see.”
My room was just a room with a bed in it.
I never played with toys, and I spent my days jerking off outside.
All the books were at the village chief’s house, so there was no reason to keep them here.
“…Eeeh!”
Noah suddenly dove onto my bed, rubbing her face into the pillow.
“Noah?”
“Ummm~ sniff sniff… yeah! It smells like Rent♡ Hehe♡”
Is it because she’s a beastkin?
It seems Noah also has a slight smell fetish like Tina.
“…But it doesn’t smell like semen?”
That’s because I jerk off in the forest, a more eco-friendly place, not in my room.
“Really?”
Ms. Ninya also approached the bed and smelled the bedsheets and pillow.
“Sniff sniff… oh my, it’s true? It doesn’t smell like Rent’s delicious semen. Rent, didn’t you masturbate at home?”
“N-Noah, Ms. Ninya! If you ask questions like that, Rent will be troubled!”
Only Elsie blushed and scolded Noah and Ms. Ninya.
“Eeeh~ but it’s strange. Rent loves lewd things so much that he makes love to us every night. But it’s strange that there’s no semen smell in his room.”
“Th-that’s…”
“Ahem.”
I cleared my throat and said.
“I usually masturbate when I’m playing alone in the forest. Our house is small, so if I masturbate… my mother and father would find out right away.”
Thump!
Noah hit her right fist into her left palm, looking like she understood.
“Ah, I see!”
“Oh my, Rent had an open masturbation life outside♡ So… hehe, you didn’t immediately refuse to suck a dick in the dungeon♡”
“That’s just… because I wanted to receive it.”
“Hehe♡”
“U-um, Rent…”
“Yes, Elsie.”
“C-can you tell us… about your childhood?”
“My childhood? I talked about that in the restaurant lounge, too.”
“Yes. But… this time, from what Rent’s mother told us today… I want to hear how you felt from Rent’s perspective. I want to know… more about Rent’s feelings.”
“Really?”
Elsie nodded slightly, putting strength into her head.
“Yes.”
“Ah, me too! I want to hear too! Hey, hey! Why did you get into position right away when you first met the goblins? Weren’t you scared?”
“Hehe, I’m curious about that too. Tell us, Rent♡”
“Okay.”
I created chairs for Elsie and me to sit on using Mana Weapon.
“Sit down, Elsie.”
“Thank you, Rent.”
Elsie and I sat down, and Noah also got up from the bed and sat next to Ms. Ninya on the bed.
And until my father and mother returned, I told them about my childhood from my perspective, as much as I could remember.
Elsie, Noah, and Ms. Ninya all enjoyed listening to my stories.
There were many experiences that didn’t move me much… but it made me happy to talk about them because my lovely lovers were enjoying it.
