Episode 48 - Capital of [Country of Industry] - Third and Second Day.

"……"

I pressed my cheek against the stock of my rifle and looked through the scope with my left eye. I can see paper target with the silhouette of a deer affixed in the distance of around 300 meters away.

This scope looks exactly like what was made by the best optical goods manufacturer from the country I was born from. The magnification is now set at 9 times, and the image looks bright and sharp even when seen from normal naked eye.

"……"

I aimed the rifle scope's cross shaped reticle at the center of the deer-shaped paper target's vital spot. I have learned about the position of [Abara Sanmai] in the country I was born from. To put it simply, I aimed at the place where the animal's heart is when seen from the side. The kill is almost guaranteed if that spot is shot, and conversely, if that vital spot is missed, the chance that the animal will escape with only a light wound will be very high too.

//TL Note : [Abara Sanmai] 『あばら三枚』

Some kind of bear hunting technique where you shoot at the hard-to-discern third ribcage over the heart to kill the bear instantly//

"……"

The red dot of my [Sniping] skill that showed my bullet's point of impact is visible under the vital area. In other words, if I pull the trigger right now, my bullet will hit slightly below the heart.

I clicked my tongue inside my mind. It seems there's still a gap between my rifle scope's target point and the actual impact point.

"……"

I pulled my face away from my gun and turned the dial of the scope. Following the one memory I have, I moved the reticle inside the scope lower to my field of vision.

Now then, let's see how it fares now.

“……”

I looked at the paper target again through the rifle scope. The cross shaped reticle and the red dot from my [Sniping] skill now overlap in the same position. Alright, this will do. Now I just have to shoot and test it out.

“……”

I extended my left index finger. This is just my own personal preference, but I like to pull the trigger using the belly of my finger. Lot of people around me prefer to do it with their index finger's first joint instead.

“……”

When I take a better look, I can see the red dot of my [Sniping] skill moving slightly. I cannot feel it, but perhaps it was caused by the wind. Beside that, there's also the matter of humans not being able to stop their body movement completely.

“……”

Now is the good time to pull the trigger, but I don't need to hurry. I calmed myself down and pictured pulling the 1.2 kilograms of pure iron by 300 grams apiece in the span of 4 seconds.

The red dot and cross shaped reticle then lined up perfectly.

“……”

At that moment, the feeling of pulling the trigger was transmitted to the tip of my finger, while shock and a feeling that is similar to pain went through my left shoulder and cheek. It might sound stupid, but that sensation really stressed the fact that I just shot my gun for real.

The target shooting should be good with this, it's important to not let your finger left s.n.a.t.c.hing on the trigger. During this time, I didn't close my left eye at all, but my vision from the rifle scope still went black for a moment.

“……”

The view from the rifle scope returned immediately, and I could see small hole bored in the middle of the deer-shaped paper target's vital spot.

“How is it Rachel?”

I looked behind me and called out the name of my beautiful girlriend.

At the same time, I used the upper side of my left index finger to turn the bolt handle upward and then pulled it backward with the fingertip. The empty cartridge came out from the chamber together a nice -ping- sound.

“Hmm……”

In position slightly far away from me, Rachel is looking through a monocular placed on top of a tripod. She's wearing an awkward looking earm.u.f.f with shape similar to headphone on her head.

“Right in the middle…… the 100 points spot……”

Rachel informed me with serious sounding tone. That monocular is bigger and have higher magnification compared to my rifle scope, so the paper target should be reflected more clearly to Rachel.

“That so. Good then”

I answered Rachel and exhaled a deep breath, after that, I removed the ear m.u.f.f that I wear and hooked it to the back of my neck. I think it's time to take a breath.

“Hey……, do boys find this kind of thing fun?”

Rachel moved her gaze away from the monocular and asked that with a puzzled sounding voice. She might find this kind of work plain and boring.

“It's not fun”

I answered Rachel honestly.

You need a certain disposition for it, and you need to stay static when you're doing the shooting, I don't find it to be fun at all. On top of that, it's a magnum. My left shoulder is going to hurt if I shoot it a lot, my body is the slender type after all. Also, unlike real hunting, I can hear the sound of my shot, so it's a little annoying.

“……”

Rachel didn't say anything, but her expression is doing the speaking instead. ‘Are you stupid?' That must be what she want to say to me.

“Well, it's pretty much done already. It's a little early, but shall we go have lunch?”

I looked up at the sky. The sun has came up and stayed in the middle of the sky.

“Yup”

Rachel agreed to my proposal while nodding happily.

“Hector, it's time for your food”

Rachel then looked backward and called out loudly to Hector, the puppy. It seems Hector had been over there since earlier and is smelling something around the gra.s.s.

“……”

Hector noticed Rachel's voice. His head jerked upward and he's staring at our direction. While I doubt that he remembered that name, he seems to understand that he's being called.

“Hectorrr~”

Rachel raises one hand and called Hector again loudly.

“……”

When he heard Rachel's voice again, Hector came running as if his four legs have springs inside it.

He looks like he's expressing his emotion by using his whole body to run happily toward our direction. I find the sight to be really charming somehow. For a small puppy with bean shaped body, he sure is a cheeky one to look like that when he's running with his all.

“Yosh yosh, good boy Hector”

Rachel bent her knees to lift the cream colored bean that came up to her feet. While waving his tail vigorously, Hector then licked the face of the beautiful girl in front of him.

“Kyahahah~……, That tickles, geez……”

Rachel laughed with her mouth opened wide. It's a nice and peaceful smile.

And thus, while looking at this peaceful sight in front of me, I thought to myself about how today is going to be a good day.

“I'm glad it's sunny”

I said that while eating the sandwiches that we bought on our way earlier.

This place is in the vicinity of the capital of [Country of Industry]. It's a prairie that isn't usually visited by people, so even if I shoot my rifle here, I'm not going to bother anyone with the noise.

On top of that, the terrain here is filled with highs and lows, so in the worst case scenario, my bullet will be stopped by a mound. It should be safe to shoot my rifle in here. Probably.

“That's true, but I'll be more glad if this was a normal picnic instead”

“……”

Rachel said that with a little frustrated tone. She was the one who accompanied me here without permission, but I'm not going to say that out loud.

This morning, I left our hotel saying that I want to shoot my gun, but then Rachel came along while acting as if it was the most obvious thing to do. She also brought Hector in her chest without saying anything to the Ojii-san at the hotel's counter.

“You sure can eat, Hector”

Meanwhile, Hector is thrusting his head into a bowl and is fully focused on licking the milk inside it. I could hear a lively licking sound from the bowl, while Rachel is looking at it interestingly.

“Puppies eat a lot. You should feed them often, let them play a lot, and give them lots of naps”

“Hmm……, I see”

When she heard my words, Rachel nodded like she's giving her admiration.

“……”

Looking at Hector, I noticed that his droopy ears are touching the surface of the milk inside the bowl. The tip of his ears are wet, and its color has turned whitish too. I guess this kind of stuff is one of the charm points of droopy eared dogs. Even when they're being all serious like that, they still had this stupidly adorable charm on them.

“This guy has some guts”

“Really?”

I said that while looking at Hector, meanwhile, Rachel is looking at me with a confused expression.

“Yeah. He's not afraid of the sound of a gun”

Hector was accustomed to the sound of gunfire quickly. Of course he was held by Rachel far away when I took my first shot, but he's still quite the courageous one. After all, there's a magnitude of difference between the sound of a magnum rifle and one of a shotgun. The two cannot even be compared at all.

“It seems I don't need to worry about gun-shyness either”

“What's gun-shyness?”

Rachel responded immediately to my remark.

“It's something like fear of a gun. Some of the symptoms are, when they heard the sound of gunshot, they would be frozen in place or turn their tail and run. This fear usually never goes away”

“Hmm……”

It seems Rachel understood, she gave a small nod at me.

“Kaoru sure is gentle. Earlier, you did that because you don't want to give Hector this gun-shyness stuff right?”

“Yeah”

I lied with a straight face. Hector might be cute, but he's still the pet of that ojii-san from the hotel. I didn't actually give him that much consideration. Normally, I wouldn't let a dog hear a rifle's sound for their first gunshot sound.

“Kaoru, here”

Rachel poured me some hot tea from a water bottle. That made me really happy, girls sure are attentive to this kind of thing don't they.

“Thanks”

I took the cup into my hands. Tea taste especially delicious when you drink them outdoor like this.

“Hey……, are you going to continue with that?”

Rachel is pointing at the direction of the paper target and said that with a bored face. It seems she got tired of helping me with my shooting.

“I'll be fine by myself for the rest. You really helped me a lot Rachel”

I told Rachel my honest feeling. Rachel really helped, but it's not a work that was interesting or fun in the first place.

“There's only a bit more now. I'm going to shoot continuously for about five times, I want to know the accuracy at 300 meter distance. Also, I want to check how many cm higher the scope is when shooting at a 100 meter target”

My Winchester M70 have a terrifyingly good grouping. I think I can expect good accuracy even at 300 meter distance. Besides, I think it's a given to grasp the ballistic performance of your gun even if you have something like [Sniping] skill. I can also make the bullets myself by using [Reloading] skill, so there are many combinations of projectile and explosive available to me.

“What are you saying now”

Rachel said that with a slightly baffled tone.

“It's only a little bit more right? I'll help until you're done”

“Yeah…… Thanks Rachel”

Aah, this girl is really a good girl. She doesn't seem to be interested in guns at all, but she's still doing her best to help me, her boyfriend, with anything that she can.

I can feel happiness welling up from the bottom of my chest, and I gave my thanks while smiling happily.

“It's natural right? I'm your number one after all”

While nodding triumphantly, Rachel mentioned one of her silly catchphrases just as usual.

For some reason, her words felt like it's carrying many meaning behind it.

“But still……”

“Hm……?”

It seems Rachel still had something to say.

“Kaoru sure is a weirdo”

“……”

I was speechless. Rachel is suddenly saying something rude about me.

“Why?”

“Because, when you're fiddling with your gun, you look like you're having lot of fun”

Do I really? Well, it might be true.

“But earlier, you said that it's not fun didn't you?”

“Aah……”

I think I understand what Rachel's means.

“I like guns, but not to the extent of being a 『gun holic 』”

“Humm……?”

I like to shoot and play with it, but I don't like this kind of adjustment work very much. For example, doing clay shooting and skeet shooting in between, and then finding the perfect barrel and most accurate combination of projectile and explosive for your rifle. I will be fine as long as there is a portion of playing around like that.

“In the world I was born from, people who like hunting seems to be divided into three types”

“Okay”

I continued with giving Rachel an explanation. To be more precise, they're not exactly divided into three, it's just the three types that are the most common, but this should be fine.

“The first is the type who likes guns. They are people who love guns and like to shoot it”

I think I haven't gone this far yet.

“Second is the type who likes to kill animals. Wild animals are really clever, so you can think of them as people who are trying to enjoy the challenge of their game”

I can sympathize with that emotion a little, but what I sympathize with is the people, not the act of the hunting itself.

“And the third is the type who likes dogs. They like to take their hound dogs for a hunt, and I fall into this type”

There's special kind of fun when you go hunting with a hound dog, that's why I really like dogs.

“Hee……, that's a little surprising. You don't look like that at all”

“……”

This girl is rude. No matter what they were saying, cute girls are going to be forgiven no matter what. Beauty sure can be cruel sometimes.

“So Kaoru likes dogs, aren't you glad Hector? Let's ask him to buy you a collar when we return okay”

Rachel selfishly said that while stroking the puppy. Meanwhile, Hector who seems to be full after eating his food is lazing around like he's going to take a nap.

“Yeah, sure”

I simply just go along with it. The truth is, I think its fine to just wind a rope around his neck, but I decided not to say that out loud. I'm someone who draws a clear line between my own dog and another person's dog, just like a girlfriend.

“Rachel, Hector looks sleepy, maybe you should take him over there”

I said that while standing up to light my cigarette. It's think it's time to finish the rest of my work.

“Okay, got it”

Rachel also stood up slowly while holding Hector to her chest.

“Hey”

And then she called out to me while staring at my face. What is it now I wonder.

“I still don't know what you're trying to do”

“Ah……”

Now that she mention it, I still haven't explained myself to Rachel.  I keep doing my shooting even though I already said that it's not fun to Rachel, I don't think she can understand what I was trying to do just from the previous explanation alone.

“I'm adjusting my rifle scope. I've been using the regular 100m sight up until now, but I think I'm going to change it to 300m from now on”

After explaining that far, I dropped the ashes of my cigarette.

“In other words, I'm trying to make it easier to do long range shooting”

Even though I have [Sniping] skills, it's still better to have my aim matched with the position of the reticle. That way, I can make an intuitive judgment the moment I peeked at the scope.

“Hmm……, what's it for though?”

Rachel asked while looking puzzled.

“My intuition. I thought it would be better for me to do so”

After sucking my cigarette deeply, I answered Rachel while looking straight at her face.

“Somehow, I feel like I'm going to shoot at something in the distance”

And then I said that while smiling thinly.

“Hector, over here”

Rachel is walking along the cobblestone road of the entertainment district while guiding Hector. I wonder if that ojii-san don't take Hector for a walk often, he keep twitching every time he saw the figure of a person during his walk.

“……”

Still, Rachel sure stands out. Everyone that she pa.s.sed has a surprised look on their face when they saw her appearance. Sooner or later, she will have her own reputation as a beauty even in place like this capital city.

“He sure looks like a proper dog now”

I murmured that while looking at Hector. There's a red collar attached to Hector's neck now, I just bought that a little while ago.

It has a red color that is deep yet bright, and it was made from leather with good quality. Rachel is the one who picked it out, her sense is quite good, and of course, the price is good too.

“Ehehe~……, I know right. Thanks Kaoru”

Rachel then thanked me happily while wearing a very lovely smile.

“Yeah, you're welcome”

Looking at her all pleased like that, all my small complaint was blown away in an instant. I feel satisfied right now.

“Thanks……”

“Yeah”

I opened the hotel door for Rachel. After she thanked me while smiling, Rachel entered first followed by me and Hector.

“Welcome back”

Huh? There's Kerebryl welcoming us in the hotel lobby. Was she waiting for us?

“We're back”

“I'm back. Kerebryl, were you waiting for us?”

Both of us approached Kerebryl immediately.

“Yes, I was waiting for you”

Kerebryl is showing me a gentle smile, but something felt off about her. I wonder why.

“Something wrong?”

“……”

Hearing my voice, Kerebryl turned silent while wearing a troubled face. I wonder if something that's hard to say happened to her, Kerebryl's long pointy ears also look lifeless and slumped.

“What about Yuela?”

I tried changing the question. Yuela is supposed to be resting in the hotel today together with Kerebryl, but why is Kerebryl the only one waiting for me in the lobby?

“Yuela is in the room, though, Yuela is……, Ah-, mou……”

“Let's go”

I grabbed Kerebryl's hand and interrupted her speech. I have a bad premonition somehow, did something happen to Yuela?

While pulling Kerebryl's hand, I climbed the hotel stairs.

“Ah-……, Wait for me-……”

Rachel followed us in haste, Hector the puppy is also coming along.

“……”

Meanwhile, the hotel's ojii-san is staring at us from behind his counter. He only took a quick glance at Hector, but he doesn't seem to have any problem regarding him.

“Welcome back”

After knocking the door of our room, Yuela welcomed me normally from the inside. I think she had confirmed our ident.i.ty by using the door's peeping hole.

“I'm back Yuela”

After taking a good look at Yuela's face, I breathed out a sigh of relief. I wonder if I was thinking too much. Yuela has a neutral expression on her face, and she looks like her usual self to me.

“You're early. Come in, don't stay outside”

“Yeah”

After saying that with a smile on her face, Yuela opened the door of the room widely and invited us inside.

“Stretch your arms”

“Thanks Yuela”

Yuela circled around to my back and took off my mod coat sophisticatedly. I really like this feminine aspect of her. Rachel also likes to take care of me, but Yuela feels a little bit different somehow. I feel like a newlywed couple when I was with Yuela.

“Hey, how did it go today?”

Yuela asked that while hanging my coat in the closet. She might be talking about the result of me shooting my gun.

“I think I get the best result possible. I'm glad I went to do it”

I answered while sitting on the available chair.

“Is that so”

With her tsurime eyes narrowing, Yuela responded back while sounding like she's happy about it as well.

“Hey……”

Yuela then called out to me and approaching closer slowly.

“……”

After arriving in front of me, Yuela is staring at me without saying anything. The gaze coming from her eyes feels really gentle.

“Yuela……?”

Because Yuela's expression is too gentle, a bad premonition is welling inside me again.

“Tomorrow, I think I'm going to leave the capital for a while”

“H……!”

I was so surprised that my voice cannot come out, that's how surprising the stuff that Yuela said just now. Yuela leaving me on her own accord is not a decision that she would normally make.

“……”

I can feel the room's relaxing atmosphere turned sharp in an instant. Behind me, the surprised Rachel is also holding her breath and voice.

“I think, I'll be back in about a week”

Yuela is saying that while holding a smile.

“Yuela, why?”

“……”

I tried to squeeze my voice out and managed to asked that, however Yuela didn't answer back.

“……”

The gaze coming from her narrowing tsurime eyes looks as dazzling as ever, however there's also a hint of sadness inside it.

“……”

Aah, I see. I guess the way I said that yesterday is a bit wrong. I couldn't think of any other reason beside that.

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In the morning of G.o.d of War day, I wake up in the worst way possible. My eyelids feels really heavy, and I didn't feel like I sleep at all. It's the symptom of a hangover.

This must be because of that last drink from the Master.

“……”

I flipped the bed sheet and raised my upper body. I can feel pain in the back of my head. In terms of seriousness, the hangover is severe enough to strap you in bed for a whole day.

“……”

I looked over Rachel who is lying next to me. Her complexion is pale, and she looks like she's tormented by something. Her clothes are also still attached as it is.

It can't be helped I guess. She's been gulping her drink without reservation last night. I already predicted that she's going to have serious hangover today.

“……”

I rose up from the bed sluggishly and walked over the room. For the time being, I'm going to take a shower to refresh myself.

“Fuhh……”

After taking a shower, I opened the room's window. The refres.h.i.+ng wind that blows inside feels good to my wet hair. I guess the time is already too late to say good morning.

“……”

Yuela and Kerebryl still haven't returned. This hotel was suggested to us by Kantarou, and all of us already learned about its location. The number of our room is also something that can be learned by asking at the counter.

Somehow, I have a premonition of something.

“Rachel, you okay?”

I tried calling out toward the bed. Rachel had been stirring restlessly on top of the bed since earlier.

“nnh……”

Hearing my voice, Rachel only responded by moaning in pain. I'm sure she's currently suffering like in h.e.l.l right now.

“Wait a moment, I'll get some cold water”

“Yeah……”

When I said that to Rachel, a miserable sounding response came out from her mouth. Poor her, it seems she got it real bad. But you know what Rachel, everyone is going to suffer the same fate as long as they're drinking, and you will gradually become an adult as you keep doing so.

“……”

I'm climbing down the stairs leading to the first floor.

My headache has subsided already, but my stomach is still as queasy as before. I'm sure I'm going to taste alcohol even if I drink water, and that kept me slightly in a bad mood.

“……?”

Huh……? There are some people gathering in the lobby, did the hotel get a new guest?

I have something to do in the counter, and so I approached the lobby slowly.

“Oh……, Gun-chan……”

There's Kantarou in the lobby, with Yuela and Kerebryl next to him. Is he sending the two of them off?

“Good morning Gun-chan, nice weather isn't it”

“Yeah……, morning”

I frowned my face. Thanks to the hangover, Kantarou's loud voice is killing my head. He's unable to read the atmosphere as usual. Then again, I guess it's hard to judge how awful my condition is just from looking at my appearance alone.

“Yuela, Kerebryl, good morning”

“Aah, good morning……”

“Good morning……”

Both of them responded to my greeting, but they don't sound energetic at all. Their gaze is averted downward, and their face also have an awkward expression in it. They were probably concerned about their night out yesterday.

“Gun-chan, thank you. Thanks to your help, I managed to make the best prototype video”

“That so……”

Kantarou said that while smiling widely. It seems he was able to record the video that he wanted. In other words, Yuela and Kerebryl were held by Kantarou yesterday.

“It's thanks to the great actresses too, of course”

While saying that, Kantarou is spreading both of his arms to the left and right.

“Right? Yuelchan, Kerebryl-chan”

“Ah-……?”

“Kyah-……?”

Yuela and Kerebryl let out a small cry. Kantarou is hugging them inside his two arms.

“It was a really innovative and fapworthy video”

Kantarou's both hands are encircled under their armpit. He wasn't hugging them from their shoulder, but from the side of their bodies while squeezing their b.r.e.a.s.t.s. His thick finger can be seen digging into the soft b.r.e.a.s.t.s from above the clothes.

“Kuh……”

“Nh……”

Yuela and Kerebryl's face are fully dyed in red, but they kept letting Kantarou to do as he likes.

Their b.r.e.a.s.t.s were touched and squeezed right in front of me.

“……”

Kantarou is acting all familiar with Yuela and Kerebryl. It feels as if he's trying to make it evident that this is the morning after the day he borrowed my girlfriends.

Also, is it just me or did Yuela and Kerebryl changed compared to before? Usually, after finis.h.i.+ng their NTR play, the two of them would act really cold toward their opponent.

“Yuelchan, Kerebryl-chan, come on. Isn't now a good time?”

While keep rubbing their b.r.e.a.s.t.s with each hands respectively, Kantarou urged the two of them for something. It seems he's trying to do something.

“I just have to……, hand it right……”

Yuela spoke with a reluctant tone. She then pushed Kantarou's body with one hand and took one step closer toward my direction.

“Mou……”

Kerebryl also looked like she's hesitating. Then after mumbling with an it cannot be helped tone, she took Kantarou's hand away from her body.

“……”

“……”

After that, the two of them walked to the front of me. The sounds of their footsteps are echoing in the lobby, and their cheeks are colored in bright red.

“Hey……”

“Uhm……”

While calling out to me, both of them put a small crystal ball into their palms. It's probably the Video Crystal that they recorded with Kantarou yesterday.

“I've been doing…… a part time job……”

While sounding really embarra.s.sed, Yuela hold the video crystal with both hands and stretch out her arms to pa.s.s it to me.

“This one is, mine……”

Kerebryl is the same with Yuela, she's pa.s.sing the Video Crystal while holding it with both hands. However rather than being embarra.s.sed, Kerebryl is staring at me anxiously instead.

“Okay, thanks”

I received the video crystal while acting as neutral as possible. After grabbing the crystals with my hands, I thrusts both of them into the pocket of my coat. I thought it would be better to do it that way.

“……”

After that, I stared at Kantarou.

“Kantarou. Is Yuela and Kerebryl's part time job over with this?”

“Yup, that's right”

Kantarou nodded happily while answering my question. It's just as I thought then. Yuela and Kerebryl's part time job will actually be over after they handed me Video Crystals of them having s.e.x with another man on their own.

I wonder how the two of them felt to do a part time job that goes that far.

“That  so……”

I murmured and walked toward Kantarou. After taking both of my hands out from the pocket, I squeezed them into a fist. The sounds of my footsteps are echoing loudly in the lobby.

“Gun-chan?”

“My bad Kantarou”

I smiled thinly while approaching the confused looking Kantarou. In the next instant, I swung my right fist that was hanging loosely on my arm toward Kantarou's chin.

“h……”

I can feel the unique sensation of hitting a human face in my right hand.

” Gun-chan……?”

Kantarou's body shook violently, but that was it. He's staring at me with a stunned look immediately afterward.

Well, I expected as much. I don't have any confidence in my strength, nor do I ever train to beat people up. It's impossible for me to knock out big guy like Kantarou normally.

“Yuela”

I looked behind me and called for Yuela.

“h……!”

Yuela's body twitched when she heard my voice.

“Wh-……, what is it……?”

Yuela responded while looking like she could burst into tears at any moment. Her eyebrows are furrowed, and the inside of her eyes are wet. Aah, it seems I made Yuela misunderstood. Maybe she thought that I was angry at her for staying the night out.

“I'm not good enough. Sorry about this, can you hit` Kantarou for me instead?”

It's truly pathetic, but I asked Yuela to be my subst.i.tute. I'm clearly not suited for a fight. If we're talking about killing each other though, then the story is different.

“Eh……?”

It seems Yuela found my words to be surprising, her expression went blank for a moment just now.

“Should I…… hit this guy……?”

Yuela then asked for my confirmation nervously. That's right Yuela. I'm sure I'll be refreshed after you hit him once with your strength.

“Yeah, just once should do”

And thus, I gave my affirmation with an unconcerned face.

“Alright”

Yuela nodded and said her acknowledgement. After that, she began to walk toward my location.

“Yuelchan……?”

Kantarou looks to be taken aback by the situation.

“……”

Yuela is approaching me briskly while wearing her usual cool face. This is nice. Yuela also isn't saying anything either as she walk. During situation like this, it's far more scarier if the other party is staying silent.

“Aaa…… Aaaa……”

Kantarou is leaving his mouth hanging open and start to groan in fear. It seems he can't think of escaping either because he's too scared of Yuela. His face looked as if his soul had gone missing from it.

“……”

Yuela pa.s.sed my figure briefly with a light footsteps. During the moment I thought of that, her left arm draw an arc and she punched Kantarou on the jaw.

“Ah……”

Kantarou let out a small cry and crumbled to his knees. His a.s.s dropped into the floor, followed by his upper body wobbling and falling until his head finally crashed into the floor face up.

Aah, that looks really painful. Kantarou seems to have fainted while standing.

“Is this fine……?”

“Yeah, thanks Yuela”

I thanked Yuela who seems to be nervous right now.

“I see”

And then she breathed a sigh of relief after hearing me.

“……”

Kantarou is stretched like a dead frog. He's completely unconscious and is just lying there powerlessly. I didn't really feel bad for him though, instead, I merely though about how Yuela is strong after all.

“……”

My mind wanders to some other stupid thought. I wonder if Yuela is especially good with her left hook?

“Ojii-san”

While still looking down at Kantarou, I said that out loud. Since a little while ago, the hotel ojii-san had been looking at us from behind his counter.

“Do you know Kantarou's address? I'd like you to carry this guy there”

“Yes……”

I turned my face toward the ojii-san at this moment. For some reason, his face is pale.

“Kantarou looks heavy, so I'd like to ask for your employees help as well. It's fine if you want to carry him by yourself though”

“Understood……”

The ojii-san nodded obediently to my words.

“Come on Yuela. Let's go to our room”

“Yeah……”

Yuela answered me back awkwardly. Does she still think that I'm angry?

“Kerebryl too”

“Yes……”

Meanwhlie, Kerebryl is acting somewhat anxious. I'm not angry with the two of them or anything though.

“Let's go”

I encircled my arms around my girlfriends' waist, and then the three of us begin to walk as it is.

“……”

However, there's a muddy smell of s.e.m.e.n emanating from both of their bodies. The stench is similar to the smell of squid or something filthy, basically, it's quite the unpleasant smell. If the smell is from my own s.e.m.e.n, then I won't be minding it this much.

It made me realize once again that Yuela and Kerebryl were really held by Kantarou.

“Rachel, you okay?”

“Ngh……, My head, hurts……”

Rachel replied to my question with a painful face. It seems her head is hurting because of the hangover.

“Here's some cold water, can you drink it?”

I forgot to get some cold water from the kitchen earlier, so I went back again to pick it up.

“Don't need it……”

Rachel answered with pale face and both eyes closed. It seems her condition is bad in various way. The fact is, it's better to get some moisture when you're showing the symptom of a hangover……

“Fuhh……, I'm done”

Yuela came out from the bath with a refres.h.i.+ng expression. She's using a towel to wipe her black hair.

“What about Kerebryl?”

“Kerebryl is……, Uhm……, she need a little more time”

For some reason, Yuela's cheeks are flushed when she answered me. It seems Kerebryl need more time to clean her body.

“Yuela”

“Hm……?”

Yuela looks calm after she took a bath. The look in her face has become more relaxed now.

“Is your body okay? You look tired and need some sleep”

Yuela is a dragonkin, so her physical strength is amazing. But that doesn't necessarily mean she's especially strong to the pleasure of s.e.x. Judging from her look, Kantarou had made her climax for quite a few times.

“I'm fine……”

Yuela then answered me with her cheeks flus.h.i.+ng again.

“Rather than that, what's wrong with her?”

Yuela turned her face toward the bed and asked that.

“Severe hangover it seems. We went drinking yesterday, and Rachel was gulping her drink without restraint”

“Is that so”

Yuela looks a bit sad when she said that. Now that I recall it, I have a promise to go drinking with Yuela.

“Yuela, let's go together next time”

“Yeah, it's a promise”

Yuela then answered while nodding joyfully.

“Sorry for the wait”

The bathroom door opened and Kerebryl finally came out. Just like Yuela, she's currently using a towel to wipe her silver hair.

“Ara? What happened to Rachel”

Kerebryl has a puzzled look on her face. Both of them immediately went to the bathroom earlier, so they didn't seem to notice Rachel who is wrapped in her bed sheets.

“A severe hangover”

“I see……”

Kerebryl is approaching the bed while wearing a concerned face.

“You're truly a helpless person……”

Yuela also approached the bed while saying that, however she has a worried look on her face as she looked at Rachel from above. Meanwhile, the bed sheet that bulged into a person shape doesn't budge in the slightest.

“Haah…… Me and Kerebryl is going to take care of Rachel”

Yuela said that after sighing deeply.

“Yuela?”

“It's fine right, Kerebryl?”

“Kerebryl sounds puzzled the sudden proposal, but Yuela kept pus.h.i.+ng her suggestion.

“Well……, I guess we were going to take a good rest today……”

It seems Kerebryl gave Yuela her acknowledgement.

“That's the story. You can leave Rachel to us”

Yuela offered me her suggestion while wearing a smile on her face.

“Alright, I'll leave it to you then”

And so, I decided to thankfully accept Yuela's offer.

“……”

The sounds of my footsteps echoed as I descended the hotel's stairs. After reading the air, I decided to leave the two to themselves.

“……”

Earlier, Yuela and Kerebryl were looking at each other face. They were using their eyes to hint at something. Perhaps there's something that the two of them wants to discuss.

“Welcome”

A not so cute waitress greeted me. By not so cute, I means that she's just normal.

“I'm by myself”

“This way, please”

After telling her that I was alone, the waitress guided me to the back seat. There are several places that I'd like to visit in this capital, but I decided to eat my lunch first.

“Well then, I have received your order”

“Yeah, please do”

After giving my order to the waitress, I took out my cigarette. This seat at the back of the shop is a little dim, but the atmosphere is quite good. I tried to look around my surrounding while being in good mood.

“Gehehe……”

A somewhat disgusting onii-san is sitting in the seat next to me on the front side. I wonder if that man is fine in the head? He's laughing happily even though he's sitting by himself.

“Guhehe……”

The man is opening a bag widely and started taking something out from the inside. He's making an unpleasant laugh as if he's really looking forward to the thing that he have inside his bag.

“h……!”

I nearly raised my voice. What that man took out from his bag is Kantarou's Video Crystal, it also have a photo that is used for the packaging, so there's no doubt about it.

“Dehee……”

The man seems to have several Video Crystals. He took out some of them one by one from his bag and arranged it carefully on the table. Besides Video Crystal, the man also took out something that looked like a thin book.

“Gufufu……”

The man completely ignored the gaze from his surrounding. He just kept looking at the adult pictures in both of his hands while letting out some creepy laugh sometimes. I then noticed that one of his pictures is the one with that dark elf girl.

“……”

I'm looking at the sight with a complicated expression. That man surely has bought lot of adult videos today. He must be feeling very happy as he looked through today's booty, but I wish he had enough patience to do it until he reached his home instead……

“Thank you for waiting”

“Thanks”

At this moment, the waitress brought me the dishes I ordered. I thanked her and arranged my dishes on the table.

“Dehehehee……”

Even when the waitress is frowning at him, the man still doesn't care in the slightest. In fact, he's totally engrossed in his own world. Then while still laughing creepily, the man browses through his thin books next.

[The wolf who devoured the rabbit in heat in capital city. Vol.26]

There's only that slightly strange t.i.tle written on the cover of that thin book. I wonder if that thin book is the same with the thin book I know?

//TL note : Thin book is a term for doujins.h.i.+//

“Ara. Gun-chan, welcome”

When I opened the door of the shop, Kantarou's wife welcomed me from the inside. Her voice is gentle, and she also bowed her head adorably.

“h.e.l.lo. Has Kantarou returned home already?”

“Yup. He returned while being carried. I think he might be sleeping right now though……”

When she heard my question, Kantarou's wife answered while smiling. It seems she's not angry.

“Can I see him for a moment?”

“Please do. My husband is in the second floor workshop”

Kantarou's wife pointed at the door in the shop that leads toward the workshop in second floor.

It seems I can just go up without permission.

“Thanks”

After saying my grat.i.tude, I quickly pa.s.sed over the shop's interior that is filled with sample photos for adult videos. There might be some customers inside the shop, so I don't want to get in the way of business.

“……”

Kantarou is sleeping on the dark workshop's floor while snoring. Kantarou's wife treatment for him is surprisingly appropriate.

“……”

But still, this guy sure is one carefree fellow. His face looks really happy as he's sleeping.

“Kantarou, wake up already”

I tried to poke Kantarou with the tip of my boots.

“Kantarou, oi”

Next, I used the back of my shoes to push his swelling middle-aged man stomach. Surprisingly, the meat on his belly doesn't wobble around, it feels like the inside is tightly packed.

“Uungh……”

Kantarou groaned.

“Gun-chan……?”

And then he finally opened his eyes.

“You sure slept well Kantarou”

“Yup……”

Kantarou raised his upper body sluggishly.

“I stayed up all night yesterday you see. I was editing the video”

“That so……”

kantarou said so and sat down at the chair in the workshop. He sure works fast, so that's why he gave me the picture crystal earlier. I also sit down on another vacant chair.

“Sorry about before”

I apologized with a flat voice. I don't think that what I did is bad, but it's still unfair to just hit him so suddenly.

“Gun-chan……, are you angry……?”

Kantaoru seems to be frightened, he asked me while trying to gauge the expression in my face.

“I'm not angry”

I told him my honest feeling. I'm not opposed to Yuela and Kerebryl doing part time job, I'm really not angry. I do surprised that the two of them returned in the morning, but that was it. I had a good time with Rachel at the『BAR』, and I also slept soundly during the night. I don't have any reason to get angry at their night out.

“Then, Gun-chan, Why……?”

Kantarou doesn't seem to have any idea about my intention.

“I was worried for the whole day yesterday. I got really irritated when I thought about what are Yuela and Kerebryl doing at the moment, so I decided to punch you in the face the next time we met.

That's why I did that this morning.

“……”

I explained myself honestly, but Kantarou is staying silent and didn't try to talk at all. You don't have to be that scared you know.

“Oh right. Kantarou, there's something I want you to check. A new skill appeared in my status”

I said so and opened my Window for Kantarou. I want to heard his thought about that [???] skill.

“Really? What kind of skill it is?”

Kantarou said so without a hint of malicious intention behind his voice and peeked at my Window.  This guy is a refres.h.i.+ng fellow, he truly didn't care about the complicated stuff, and his ill feeling from being punched at the hotel before also seems to have disappeared completely.

Name                    : Kaoru

Race                      : Human

Profession            : Gunner

Height                    : 174cm

State                     : [Curse of the G.o.ddess of Darkness]

[Likes NTR]

[Peerless]

Skill                        : [Gun Knowledge]

[Sniping]

[Hunting]

[Reloading]

[Curse of the G.o.ddess of Darkness]

[Likes NTR]

[Peerless]

[Oracle]

Equipment           : Revolver

Bolt Action Rifle

Shotgun

“……”

I was speechless. Before I noticed, the [???] skill had changed into [Oracle].

“Hee…… Gun-chan, you sure got some rare skill”

While looking at my status, Kantarou let out a voice that sounded like he's giving his admiration.

“Kantarou, what's [Oracle]……?”

“It's just as it said. It's a skill that allowed you to hear the voice of G.o.d. But still, you normally won't get that skill that unless you're a devout believer or something……”

Kantarou answered my question, but at the same time, he also sounds confused by it.

“I don't believe in G.o.d you know”

I don't believe in the G.o.ds of this world. To be frank, G.o.ds that actually exist and interferes with human life creep me out. I can't accept the existence of such mighty being like that.

“That's really like you Gun-chan……”

Kantarou gave his understanding and smiled bitterly.

“I think people whose occupation are Priest all have [Oracle] skill. Conversely, you can't be promoted into a Priest if you don't have [Oracle] skill”

“Hmm……”

Kantarou explained something that I don't really care about. That stuff might be common sense in this world though.

“The voice of G.o.d huh……”

I do remember something like that. I already heard the voice of the G.o.ddess of Darkness a lot of times. Except for some specific part, I don't really remember what I heard though.

“Kantarou, I didn't just hear the voice of G.o.d, I was also shown something like an image”

“Eehh……?”

Kantarou is surprised. As expected, phenomenon like that seems to be a rare case.

“Yeah. I heard the voice of the G.o.ddess of Darkness, after that, I was shown an image from somewhere forcefully”

“Really? That's not normal Gun-chan, I bet the G.o.ddess of Darkness really loved you”

Kantarou is excited, he just said something terrible with a smile on his face. I don't want to make a contact with the G.o.ddess of Darkness ever again.

“Kantarou, this skill is s.h.i.+t. I want to praise myself for not going insane from fear, that's how scary the experience was”

“Is that so……”

After he heard that, Kantarou has a dejected look on his face.

“Beside that, it also made my head hurt real bad. Rachel was with me when I saw the image from [Oracle] for the first time, she said that I looked like I'm suffering back then, I really made her worried”

“So there are side effects like that huh……”

This time, Kantaoru has a complicated look on his face.

“Gun-chan, you better not use that skill much okay. Strong skills seems to put a strain on your body”

Kantarou gave me an advice after that, he sounds like he's really worried about me.

“Yeah, I'll do that. I'll never use it myself”

I followed his advice obediently. In the first place, I don't even know how to use this skill, nor do I want to hear the voice of the G.o.ddess of Darkness ever again.

“Well……, I can only give up if the skill is activated forcibly though. My headache wasn't that terrible when I was shown the image for the second time. I think the strain isn't that bad”

I sighed deeply after saying that.

“So, Gun-chan, what was the image shown to you with the [Oracle] skill?”

Kantarou seems to be especially interested with it. He's a video artist after all. His face is sparkling with curiosity.

“It's the scene just before you started your recording Kantarou”

“……”

When he heard my answer, Kantarou turned speechless.

“Yuela is inside a room with yellow wallpaper, while Kerebryl is inside a room with wooden board wall. Both have some conversation before the start of the recording”

“……”

Kantarou is still silent.

“Yuela's image was during the daytime, while Kerebryl was during the night. I became unnecessarily impatient after seeing that. Basically, it irritated me”

“Is that so……”

Kantarou finally talked, but for some reason his face is pale.

“Gun-chan…… You, haven't seen the video I took right……?'

“I haven't”

Only a short while had pa.s.sed since I receive the Video Crystals from Kantarou.

“Well, I see……”

Kantarou said that while looking dejected. That's strange, his face look like it has lost its energy.

“Maybe I'll do it tomorrow or the day after that. I'm going to see it after getting all irritated just as you planned Kantarou”

There must be a reason why Kantarou didn't show me the video's recording session in real time right? Beside that, I'm sure the excitement is going to increase if I keep myself in suspense.

“Yeah……”

Kantarou looks scared. I wonder if there's something problematic in the video he recorded.

“Gun-chan, excuse me”

After the sound of knocking, the door of the workshop opened. Kantarou's wife has come bringing some coffee.

“Thank you oku-san.  Will the shop be okay?”

“There's no customer right now, but I still have to return soon”

Kantarou's wife replied while wearing an adult-like smile. I think Kantarou really got a good wife.

“Dear, why don't you give Gun-chan the part time job's payment?”

“h……”

When he heard his wife's suggestion, Kantarou's body reacted with a twitch.

“Yup. I'll do that”

Kantarou then turned all lively after answering his wife.

“Gun-chan, wait a moment okay”

Kantarou said so and pulled a key from his Item Window.

“I'll leave Yuelchan and Kerebryl-chan's part time job's payment to you”

Afterward, Kantarou is fumbling around the vicinity of his desk. It seems he's opening a draw with a key.

“Gun-chan, here”

Kantarou took out two rings from the inside.  The body is made of silver, and it has a jade with high transparency fitted into it. Both of the rings have the same design.

“And this too”

Kantarou placed the rings on the table together with four gold coins. It seems the payment for Yuela and Kerebryl's part time job of appearing in prototype video is 200.000 yen each.

Seeing the actual money like this somehow made the whole thing appeared all too real.

“Kantarou, what's this?”

I took the ring with my hand. Design-wise, it's not to my taste, but the jade looked nice enough.

“It's a magic ring discovered in the ruins of ancient civilization”

“Hee……”

Now that I looked at it closely, the whole ring does look dim.

“Besides that, the ring will also bestow you with [Recording] magic. After you say the pa.s.sword, the ring is going to record three dimensional view of its surrounding”

“……”

Kantaoru just mentioned something amazing. Three dimensional video doesn't even exist in the world I was born from.

“Kantarou, this thing is really expensive isn't it?”

“Yup, it's expensive, but I have finished my research on it, so it's fine”

Kantarou said that while lighting his cigarette. His voice sounded calm.

“Yuelchan and Kerebryl-chan did their best, so you should give this to them as present Gun-chan”

After saying that, Kantarou sucked on his cigarette deeply.

“Thanks Kantarou”

I decided to accept Kantarou's goodwill gratefully. It's better to just accept it sincerely during time like this.

“But Gun-chan, please be careful. That ring will break and lose its magic after being used once”

“That so”

I nodded in understanding. I think I also understand what Kantarou means when he said he researched this ring.

“But still, the ancient civilization sure is amazing. There's no three dimensional video in the world I was born from. We do have cameras flying in the air though”

“Gun-chan, that's it. Please tell me about that in detail. Let's continue from where we talked about magic mirror”

Kantarou took great interest to my words. Now that I recall it, we stopped our conversation during the good place didn't we.

“Sure. So, about this magic mirror……”

After taking a sip of my coffee, I decided to show off my knowledge about adult stuff that Kantarou is really fond off.

“Come back again Gun-chan”

“My husband is really pleased. Please come to play again Gun-chan”

The Kantarou couple is seeing me off outside of their shop.

“Thanks Kantarou, and Oku-san too. You even treated me to dinner”

The sky is completely dark now.  I said my grat.i.tude and then looked at Kantarou.

“Kantarou, I'll come to tell you my impression after watching the video”

“Okay……”

Kantarou turned lifeless as he nodded. Perhaps there's something that is going to make me angry in that prototype video of him. I think those rings are something like an advance payment to quell my anger. I won't know until actually seeing the video itself of course.

“Thank you, good night”

I said my goodbye and waved my hands. It's time to return to the hotel where my girlfriends are waiting.

“Good night Gun-chan”

“Good night”

Both of them also waved their hands while wearing a smile on their face.

“Welcome back”

The one who greeted me after opening the door of my room is Rachel. It seems she has revived already.

“I'm back, are you feeling better now?”

“Somehow……”

Rachel responded back with a fed-up face. It seems the experience is rather painful for her.

“Welcome back”

“Welcome back”

Yuela and Kerebryl were relaxing inside the room. After they saw my face, they gave me a greeting while smiling.

“You sure are late”

It seems Yuela was worried about me.

“I was at Kantarou's”

“Is that so……”

Yuela looked down after hearing my answer. She also doesn't seem to be lively.

“Hey……, both of us, we have something that we want to tell you……”

Kerebryl doesn't seem to be lively either. They had a serious look on their face, and they sounded like they want to confess about something.

“Is it something from when the two of you acted separately from me in the Great River?”

I recalled the story that I heard from the ojii-san at the『BAR』.

“Wh……?”

“Eh……?”

It seems they didn't expect my words. Yuela and Kerebryl looked really surprised and have both of their eyes opened widely. Since Kerebryl said both of them have something to tell, does that mean her confession is related to the prototype video?

“Hey, what are you talking about”

“It's a story from before you met with us Rachel”

Rachel seems confused, but I gave her an appropriate response. It's better for her to not hear about the details today.

“You know……?”

Yuela had an anxious look on her face. She doesn't have to be that worried really.

“Yeah. I talked to an ojii-san who called himself a former merchant yesterday”

“Is that so……”

Is seems that revelation came as a shock to Yuela, she had a downcast look on her face once again. I'm sure there's a reason behind it, and I'm not angry about it.

“Yuela, you don't have to worry, I'm not angry”

“……”

I approached Yuela and hugged her, however Yuela is staying silent while holding the tears in her eyes.

“It's fine if you can tell me about the detail later. Come on, cheer up Yuela”

“……”

Yuela kept silent, however she responded with a single nod.

“Hey, Kaoru. Let's eat together, all of us. I'm really hungry”

Aah, Rachel is truly a good girl. She read the air and acted to change the mood cleverly.

“Sure, let's go. Yuela too”

“Yeah……”

While grabbing the hem of my coat gently, Yuela then said that while smiling.

–

–

–

“Fuhh……”

I let out a deep sigh. I really regretted my decision. Considering Yuela's personality, of course mere words like those weren't enough to rea.s.sure her.

“Yuela. Are you planning to find that ojii-san and that one other person?”

“h……”

Yuela is surprised at my remark.

“That's right”

After that Yuela nodded while making a grave expression.

“I'm going to cut him down, that way……”

Yuela just said something dangerous.

Certainly, if she kills those ojii-san, there's no one else who will know what happened at that time, and the situation then can be made as if nothing had happened.

It feels as if Yuela is trying to take responsibility for it.

“You don't have to worry, Kerebryl will be coming with me. If we're together, we'll be able to do something”

From the way Yuela is talking, she made it sound as if that oiji-san and his friend are a considerable enemies. I can't even imagine situation where Yuela and Kerebryl combined are struggling against someone.

“……”

I looked at Kerebryl next, however she just stayed silent while making a troubled expression. If I didn't stop them, she definitely plan to go along with Yuela.

“That's why……”

Yuela slowly lifted her hand, then with a face that is filled with love, she stroked my cheeks gently. It feels as if I can sense Yuela's affection from the palm of her hand.

“That's why, I wish that you can forgive us…… Please don't come to hate me……”

Clear droplet of tear overflowed from Yuela's big eyes as she said that. It was a tear that came out from sadness.

“Yuela”

I can't hold myself back and hugged Yuela strongly. I don't have any plan of blaming Yuela at all, but I made Yuela say such words.

“Yuela, you don't have to go anywhere”

“But……, I'm……”

Yuela replied to me while crying. Yuela's first impression made her look like a cool person, but she surprisingly cries easily. She's truly an adorable girl.

“I'm not even angry in the first place. Besides, It's going to be really hard for me if Yuela is going away”

I loosened my hug, stared at Yuela's face, and then said that.

“I believe in Yuela. I'm sure there's a reason behind it, and even if there's something that is unavoidable, I believe that Yuela will come back to me”

“u……”

Yuela listened to my speech silently. New tears can be seen flowing from her big tsurime eyes.

“I love you Yuela. No matter what happens, there's no way I'm going to hate Yuela”

“Me too…… I love you too. I want to stay with you forever……”

And then Yuela hugged me strongly.

“Yuela, have you calmed down?”

Rachel put some tea cup on the table. She brought some hot water and is brewing some tea.

“Yeah……”

While sticking perfectly to my side, Yuela let out a small nod. Her mood has turned better. It seems she was happy from hearing my previous words.

“Hey…… It's not just Yuela, I also have something that I want to say……”

Kerebryl is also sticking perfectly to me on the opposite side of Yuela. If it's not related to that former merchant ojii-san, then it's probably related to Kantarou's video.

“Kerebryl, the G.o.d of Darkness day is going to come soon”

I embraced Kerebryl's shoulder, looked at her adorable face, and said that.

“Earlier, I said to tell me about it in detail right? I want you to let me hear it in the bed during the G.o.d of Darkness day”

“……”

When I answered with that, Kerebryl immediately understood. Her cheeks are flushed, and her eyes are going down in embarra.s.sment. I'm sure it's going to be an exciting and enjoyable play.

“But Kerebryl”

“Yes?”

Kerebryl responded back with her eyes narrowing and gaze that is filled with affection. I really love Kerebryl's gentle eyes.

“And Yuela too”

“What is it?”

Yuela also smiled happily as she replied me.

“This is an if. If something else happened next time, then please tell me about it without hiding anything. Believe in me”

If they did so, then I won't get angry at them.

“That's the only thing I'm dissatisfied with. Which is why, I'm going to have the two of you play a punishment game for me”

I stood up while holding both of their waist. Punishment game huh, that word reminded me of that lotion hot spring. If I recall, we still have that thing we received from the chemist.

“What should I do……?”

Actually, I was going to teach Yuela first about this, but I guess I'll do it together with Kerebryl too.

I'm looking forward to her brown skin.

“I'll do anything……”

My guess is that Yuela will be very good at this, she love was.h.i.+ng my hair and cleaning my back after all.

“It's easy, you only need to wash my body in the bath”

With my arms encircled around their waist, I begin to walk towards the bathroom. I need to touch their skin more and not just once a week. We're lovers after all.

“In the country I came from, there's a special way of was.h.i.+ng that girls could do. They used lotion for it”

I'm going to consult Kantarou about this next time. I'm going to need items like mats, lotion that is good for skin, and other necessary stuff.

“Really?

“Fufu…… Sounds like something I'm good at”

Yuela and Kerebryl also walked together while sticking closely to me on both sides.

“Hey, what about me?”

I could hear Rachel's voice coming from behind.

“What is it? Fufu……, Do you want to come too?”

“Ufufu……, You come too Rachel”

Yuela and Kerebryl called out to Rachel.

“Come, Rachel”

“Kay……”

I said that while smiling thinly, and Rachel then nodded with her face flushed red.