Chapter 251 – 251: A True First Experience
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After finishing my bath, I came out with Melissa and Elsie and sat at the table. Just then, Ms. Ninya and Noah came down the stairs, and we all had a meal together.
“Hey, Elsie, Melissa, you know what? Rent is really amazing, isn’t he?”
“Huh? What are you saying all of a sudden, Noah? Rent is always amazing, cool, and the best.”
Elsie’s words, praising me so naturally, made me feel very happy and embarrassed.
“No, no, that’s a given, but that’s not it… I mean…”
I felt a pang in my chest as Noah accepted it as a given without denying it, and I said to Noah,
“Noah.”
“Yeah?”
“Shhh.”
“Huh? Is it a secret?”
“I’ll reveal it in the dungeon.”
“Ah, really? Hehe, then it’s a secret.”
“Hmm~? What is it?”
“Rent said he’ll tell us later.”
“I’m always in the guild, so can’t you tell me now?”
“Ms. Noah, what’s the secret?”
Melissa and Tina, who were passing by us, asked Noah.
I was planning to show it to Elsie in the dungeon.
But I wanted to show it to Melissa, Tina, and Ms. Miranda when I was with them at night.
If I revealed it all at once, I wouldn’t be able to properly enjoy their surprised reactions when I revealed it to each of them individually.
“Melissa, Tina, I’ll explain it properly later. Please wait until then.”
“Well… if Rent says so…”
“Okay. But you have to tell us soon, okay?”
“Yeah.”
Tina would probably say I’m cute in my shota form… I wonder about Melissa?
She knows my old form, so wouldn’t she say she misses it?
I’m really looking forward to their reactions.
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After finishing our meal and getting ready, we received our lunch boxes and headed to the Adventurer’s Guild.
“Everyone, do your best today.”
“Yeah, you too, Melissa.”
“Do your best, Melissa!”
“Hehe, I will.”
“If you get any good information, let me know.”
“Okay, I will.”
Melissa headed to the changing room, and we walked to the reception desk where Lenny was.
“Hello, Lenny.”
“Yes. Hello, Rent. Are you going to the 10th floor today?”
“That’s the plan.”
“I see. But Rent, I’d like you to go to the 4th floor today and hunt some orcs.”
“Ah, is it already that time?”
Once a month, I had decided to set aside a day to catch a large number of orcs.
It seems that day is today.
“Yes. We were delayed a lot due to the flood, but now things have stabilized… Frankly, if Rent doesn’t catch a large number of them now, there will be some problems with distribution.”
“Is it that bad?”
“No matter how many orcs we took care of during the flood, the next orcs would appear immediately, and we didn’t have time to recover the bodies. That’s why the supply wasn’t proper. The only reason we’ve been able to hold out until now is thanks to the large number of orcs Rent caught a month ago.”
“I see.”
Then I should change my plan from the minotaur on the 10th floor to orcs today.
“Is everyone okay with that?”
I turned around and asked everyone for their opinions.
“I’m okay with it, Rent. Besides, this is our party’s designated request.”
Elsie smiled brightly and nodded.
“Hehehe, orcs are a piece of cake for me now!”
Noah crossed her arms, striking a slightly strange but pleasing pose, and puffed up a little.
“I’ll follow Rent wherever he goes♡”
Ms. Ninya rubbed my arm with her finger and agreed.
Ms. Ninya’s skinship immediately makes me want to have sex, which is very troublesome.
“Ah, Rent, please take this.”
Lenny took out a money pouch from below.
“This is the payment for the monster corpses, weapons, and magic stones you hunted yesterday.”
“Okay.”
It would be a waste of money to take each pouch, so I opened the pouch.
Yesterday’s earnings were roughly 8 gold or more. I don’t know about other adventurers, but I recover even the corpses with my inventory and sell everything without throwing anything away, so Ms. Ninya said my earnings were good.
Almost 8 gold or more a day, and that’s just the earnings when I stop after doing it for almost only the morning.
If I did it for two days, I would have enough change left over after buying a harem king’s bed.
I can understand why so many people want to become adventurers.
But this money also disappears quickly when you go to a new floor and encounter monsters that are a little difficult to deal with, or when your weapons break and you have to buy new equipment.
Elsie’s staff alone costs 3 gold.
I thought the inflation of adventurer equipment was really outrageous.
“Then, Lenny! I’ll catch a lot of orcs!”
“Yes, Rent, everyone. Please do your best.”
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It’s been a while since we all came to the 4th floor together.
I came here alone last time, but it’s been almost a month since we all came together.
First, we moved to a place where there were no people using the muscle cart as usual so as not to disturb other adventurers.
After letting everyone off, I asked Noah.
“Noah, can you take down orcs in one hit now?”
“Huh? What are you saying all of a sudden, Rent? I’m Noah, who can take down a minotaur in one hit! Hehehe, orcs are no match for me now!”
“Ms. Ninya, Elsie, you can take down orcs too, right?”
“Yeah, it shouldn’t be a problem. Elsie now has Holy Rain, and even if she doesn’t, if she does as I taught her, Elsie can defeat orcs without using Holy Rain.”
“Really?”
Honestly, Elsie has mostly been a rear support, so I don’t really feel it.
But Ms. Ninya, who has been watching over Elsie with Noah, is saying it.
It shouldn’t be wrong.
“Of course. Then, shall we have Elsie take down an orc by herself?”
“Huh!? By, by myself?”
“Yeah. Don’t worry, Elsie. Elsie is C-rank now, right? Orcs are easy to take down. If it seems a little dangerous, we’ll help you right away, so don’t worry.
And this time, we’re just going to hunt one to show Rent what Elsie’s skills are like. Don’t you want to show Rent how Elsie is doing?”
“Sh, show Rent how I’m doing… I, I’ll do it!”
“Yeah! Good! Then let’s do it!”
“Ooh, Elsie’s going to catch an orc? Do your best, Elsie!”
“Yes!”
Elsie was full of motivation.
I was touched by Elsie’s eagerness to show me her skills, but I was still a little worried.
“If it looks like it’s going to be dangerous, I’ll rush over and help you.”
“Yes! I feel more at ease knowing that Rent said that!”
Elsie smiled brightly and nodded.
But there was one thing that bothered me.
“But Ms. Ninya, what you taught Elsie was your swordsmanship, right?”
“Think of it as a staff technique based on my swordsmanship.”
“Will it be okay with Elsie’s staff?”
“Hehe, you don’t have to worry about that. The staffs that priests use are sturdier than Rent thinks. They’re made not only to enhance magic effects but also to be good for swinging.”
Oooool!
Just then, five orcs appeared in front of us.
“Ah, orcs have appeared!”
“Alright! Then let’s hunt some orcs for the first time in a while!”
“Noah and I will take one each. Rent, you take two. The rest is up to Elsie.”
“Okay.”
Tap!
Noah, Ms. Ninya, and I each rushed towards the orcs.
“Hya!”
Swoosh!
“Ha!”
Swish!
Noah’s dagger and Ms. Ninya’s spear quickly cut through the orcs’ necks.
“Hup!”
Crack!
Oooook!?
And I grabbed the necks of two orcs with both hands at the same time and broke their necks.
Whoosh!
Oooool?!
I pushed the last remaining orc so that it fell right in front of Elsie.
Thud!
One orc fell in front of Elsie.
But the orc quickly got up and looked at Elsie.
Oooool!
The orc roared in front of Elsie.
Maybe it’s just simple-minded and doesn’t think that Elsie was the one who sent it flying?
“Eep!”
Elsie held her staff horizontally, grabbed it with both hands, and took a stance.
Elsie’s stance was similar to Ms. Ninya’s when she went into serious mode.
Oooool!
The orc’s axe swung down at Elsie.
Whoosh!
But the orc’s axe swing cut through the air.
Before the orc’s axe could hit her, Elsie dodged the axe with a movement similar to Ms. Ninya’s.
“Hiyah!”
And Elsie thrust her staff towards the orc’s side.
Pooook!
The tip of Elsie’s staff pierced the orc’s flesh, causing blood to come out.
Ooh, Elsie has that kind of power too.
As expected, her physical abilities have increased as much as she has been promoted, and her attack power has also increased.
Oooool!?!?
Taking advantage of the orc’s scream of pain from being stabbed in the side, Elsie retreated.
Oooool!!!
The orc, enraged, swung its axe at Elsie again.
But was it because of the pain or because of the anger?
The orc’s axe swing became even more clumsy, and Elsie could dodge such clumsy axe swings even more easily.
And the moment the orc showed a big opening.
“Yaaah!”
Elsie’s staff was thrust towards the orc’s neck.
Pooook!
Oook! Ooo… Oooool!
Elsie’s thrust, which accurately pierced the vocal cords and esophagus, was enough to kill the orc.
When Elsie pulled her staff back, the orc fell forward.
Thump!
Elsie really did take down an orc by herself.
“Hoo, hoo…”
After taking down the orc, Elsie let out a small sigh and wiped her forehead, as if she had relaxed.
I immediately ran towards Elsie and said with a bright smile.
“Ooh, ooh, amazing! Amazing, Elsie!”
Just smiling brightly wasn’t enough.
I picked Elsie up and spun her around.
“Elsie, you took down an orc by yourself!”
“Wh, wh, wh, what! Re, Rent! I’m dizzy~!”
“Ah, sorry.”
I gently put Elsie down.
“But you’re really amazing, Elsie! I’m so impressed!”
“A, are you that happy?”
“Yeah! Aren’t you happy, Elsie?”
“Yes, I’m happy too. Honestly, I was a little unsure… but I was able to do my best because Rent was there.”
“Elsie!”
I hugged Elsie and rubbed my cheek against hers.
“He, hehehe♡ Rent♡”
Elsie was also very happy.
“Really~ I told you, Rent. Elsie is nothing to worry about.”
“Yeah~ But even Ninya didn’t expect Elsie to take it down so easily, right?”
“No, I knew Elsie could do that much. No matter what, Rent is watching, right? If it’s Elsie, who is full of motivation to look good to her beloved Rent, she can definitely do it.”
“Hehe, that’s true. …Rent! I want to rub my face too!”
Noah jumped up and stuck to me and Elsie at the same time, rubbing her face against ours.
“Hehe, Elsie’s cheeks are soft and squishy!”
“No, Noah… please don’t rub too much. There’s not enough space for Rent to rub.”
“Huh? Are you saying that? I’m disappointed… Eek! Rub rub rub rub!”
“Hya! No, Noah!”
“Hehe, should I… join in too♡”
After enjoying a fun time together, we started hunting orcs again.
Before starting the orc hunt, I said to everyone.
“How about we hunt separately for a while?”
“Separate from Rent?”
“What do you mean, Rent?”
“This time, it’s not something we’re doing individually, but a designated request, right? So, first, Elsie, Noah, and Ms. Ninya will hunt calmly, and I’ll hunt the orcs in other places quickly by myself.”
Also, if we’re going to deliver them, it’s best if they’re just in a state where their necks are broken.
“If I move quickly by myself, it won’t take much time. And when I come back, we can hunt leisurely together again.”
In other words, it’s a strategy to finish the summer vacation homework early and enjoy the time in the dungeon with my lovers, like finishing work quickly and enjoying it.
Besides, today I’m going to show Elsie my shota transformation in the dungeon.
I can roughly guess what Elsie’s reaction will be when I transform into a shota.
She’ll probably be very curious and excited.
But if I go back to normal right away because of the orc hunt, Elsie will be disappointed.
So, I’m going to finish my work quickly by myself and secure time to show Elsie my shota transformation!
“What do you think?”
“Hmm, I agree. It’s faster for Rent to move alone anyway.”
“Rent can move faster than me… and of course, faster than Jason of Swiftness. Yeah, that would be better.”
“Rent, how long do you think it will take?”
“It’ll probably be enough in about an hour. After that, we can hunt leisurely… and I have something I want to show Elsie.”
“Something you want to show me? Ah, is it perhaps what you were talking about this morning?”
“Yeah. So look forward to it.”
“Yes, Rent.”
“Then let’s start right away. I’ll be back!”
And I dashed towards the place where other orcs were visible.
I’m going to finish quickly and show Elsie my shota form!
