Ihoujin, Dungeon ni Moguru

Chapter 22: Dining Table Of A Foreign Land V

Translator : Solo | Editor : DarkBlazeWolf

Night had fallen on the city.

It was a chaotic space that echoed with angry voices and the sounds of screaming.

Intermediate adventurers were making their rounds, after a fashion, to maintain public order, but once alcohol got into them, they became no different from the hoodlums that you could find anywhere.

Even though night had fallen, the heat wasn’t fading, rather it rose higher. Like a fever, the heat seeped into everyone.

The sighs of bewitching women who solicited men; the glint of desire in the eyes of men.

『Mansion of the Sleep Demon and the Goddesses of Fertility』

It looked magnificent and was deserving of being called a mansion. It had an air of luxury. It was called prostitution. Unlike the other places,there was no one soliciting customers. That was probably meant to show that it didn’t offer its services to boorish and cheap people.

I watched about five people enter the mansion.

They were all advanced adventurers.

I could identify expensive equipment as I frequented merchant companies. One person had a sword made from Rmir steel. It was steel that bore the name of Vindoobunikuru, and it was sharp and all, but it was extremely expensive. One knife was sold at 800 gold coins. How much would it cost if it was the size of a longsword?

No, rather than that,

This is a brothel, isn’t it?

It didn’t seem like I had made a mistake.

First, I tried to confirm it myself, and I was correct. I didn’t particularly discriminate against that profession, but it wasn’t the sort of place where I could bring a princess, even a former one.

Had I been duped by Otou-san?

「Hey you」

Suddenly, I was called out to.

She had medium-length chestnut hair, and had long ears hanging down from the top of her head. She had a tall and lean figure. Her clothes could be said to be virtually underwear, and her round tail and small buttocks were in full view. She was dressed in such a bewitching manner, but she had a gentle expression and seemed happy.

I remembered her from somewhere, but I couldn’t put my finger on it.

It was on the tip of my tongue though.

She was carrying some groceries. Was she on her way back from buying ingredients for dinner?

「Who are you looking for in a place like this? Oh, dear me, oh my」

She took hold of my left hand.

On my left hand was the chain attached to the coin that I had wrapped around my hand as I was told to.

「Perfect timing. Right now, I'm on the way to do some work that came in for the first time in a long while」

Huh, what? Before I could ask her that, she pulled me jerkily and opened the door to the brothel.

The scent of sweet perfume; the purple smoke that hung in the air; the dim illumination from the Shogaku stones.

In the hall, salaciously lit nude bodies were lined up in a row. Those that were lying full-length on the sofa and relaxing. Those who had turned their passionate gaze on me. Those who had brought their bodies together to pass their spare time. Hemus, beastkin, elves, and a variety of races that I didn’t know of. Regardless of whether they were men or women, there was a common thread among them.

A collar.

And beauty.

In front of me, who was taken aback, a well-dressed middle-aged man with a fierce look barred my way.

When the woman showed him my left hand, the middle-aged man grinned widely. Enjoy yourself, he said as I was guided readily by the woman to a room on the second floor and left alone.

Perhaps it was to create the mood, but the furnishings were excessively luxurious.

I removed the bow from my shoulder and leaned it against the bed. After doing the same for the quiver on my waist, I was now dressed naturally and comfortably. Looking down, I saw chains and shackles attached to all four corners of the room. After rummaging through some drawers, I found impressive wooden and metal mock items. When I fished around some more, I found perfumed oils and candles, whips and mouth gags, beads attached together by a string, restraints, and ropes. There was a lineup of items to suit various purposes.

Well,

「………………」

What should I do?

I was here with weird expectations even though I knew. I immediately returned to my senses. Oh, this is no good. I’ll run away.

When I opened the window, I found solid iron bars.

I was about to go out the door, but someone came in before I could.

「Sorry to have kept you waiting」

A woman bowed reverently.

She was a cat beastkin. She had lithe limbs, soft-looking belly and breasts, long wavy blond hair, beautiful sharp ears, and a fluffy tail. In terms of cat breeds, was she maybe a Somali cat?

With a hint of childishness, her features had a natural loveliness.

She wore sheer silk, not to cover, but to adorn her nakedness. Naturally, she was wearing a collar.

「Oh, Souya-nya」

It was someone I knew very well.

「What are you doing, Tyutyu?!」

「What? My job-nya」

「Huh, no, umm」

My brain was utterly confused by this situation, which was like running into a middle or high school classmate in the sex trade industry.

「Oh, that’s no good-nya」

Tyutyu cleared her throat and started speaking in a different tone.

「I‘m tonight’s dream. Embodiment of lust. Servant of the flesh, “cushion” of fertility」

She reached out her hand and touched my shoulder and hair. I was overwhelmed by the approaching Tyutyu and backed away. As I continued backing away, I fell over into the bed. The tips of her blonde hair brushed my neck. Moving sinuously like a female leopard, she straddled her legs over me. My eyes were fixed on her skin, which was wet from heat and desire.

「Oh gods that are revered side by side, Sleep Demon, Roomen, and God of Fertility, Gastolfo. Provide a service of blood to this temporary master and slave. Here are the magic elements to be transitioned. Please connect me and you」

Tyutyu took the regeneration point that was hanging from my neck, and touched her lips to the glass of the containers.

This is bad, was what I thought, but it was too late.

Her lips pressed against mine. The nervousness and anxiousness from not being able to take in the situation caused my body to stiffen from head to toe. Her tongue and hands wriggled as if to release the stiffness in my body bit by bit.

Something inside me snapped.

The feelings of guilt that had welled up were devoured by lust.

I even forget who I was in the heat of the moment.

「Mmm, mmnn」

Tyutyu moaned sensually. Without thinking, I held her in my arms. Where it touched, our skin stuck to each other’s. Our hot breaths mixed. Sweet, tangled flesh came together.

「Souya, wa, wait. Aa, ahh! Just, a moment. Wait just a moment-nya」

Tyutyu pulled apart from me.

That poured cold water on me.

I regained a bit of my reason.

「………………」

………………Nuuhaaaaaaaaaaaa! What! What was I doing?! I am! Someone with a wife, even if it’s just a sham marriage! Oh, isn’t it alright since it’s a sham? Hmm? Is it alright? Is it, bad? No, right? I’ll do a mysterious dance since I’m confused. It’ll be like a broken robot’s dancing.

「Oh, it increased more than I had expected-nya. Looks like Nya and Souya are really compatible」

「Huh?」

What Tyutyu had in her hand was my regeneration point. She was shaking it lightly.

Huh, that's strange.

My regeneration point, which was only about the tip of my thumb, had risen to become equal to that of a rearguard adventurer. It was one thing if my regeneration point got restored, but was something like raising its maximum value possible?

「Sorry, Tyutyu. What do you mean?」

「Huh, you came here without knowing-nya? This is an adventurer-exclusive brothel-nya. Roomen’s kin can share their regeneration point with others-nya. It differs between individuals, but it lasts about two days. There's also compatibility to consider, so you have to confirm it first-nya」

「Does it work for outer magic too?」

I’m sorry, I got excited imagining Tyutyu becoming entwined with Rana.

「That’s impossible-nya. Or more precisely, the outer magic used for magic and the inner magic used for the regeneration point have different origins-nya」

Darn it!

I caused a misunderstanding when I explained the situation, didn’t I? It was completely my fault for not explaining it properly.

But Otou-san should have said something too. We had pretty much declared that we would be husband and wife in front of him. If he had said something beforehand that it was a place like this……………… if he had said something beforehand, I wouldn’t have gone……… is what I would like to believe.

「Souya, what are you going to do-nya? You can continue as is, or you can choose to change partners up to three times-nya. But once you’ve made a decision, you can't change it, so think it over very~ carefully-nya」

「Ju, just a minute」

I stretched out my hand to call a timeout. There were various things that I had to process. Not knowing my thoughts, Tyutyu took my hand and pulled it to her breast.

Its small size fitted perfectly in my hand, but the flesh felt good. When humans held a soft object in their hands, they couldn’t help but to confirm how it felt.

「Nyan?」

Enticed by her sweet voice, I stretched out a hand towards her waist. I lightly pulled her closer, and Tyutyu was now on my lap. Her crotch, which was touching my thigh, was hot and moist, and she licked her lips with her red tongue. She had a suggestive, lascivious expression and was as wet as could be.

Our lips pressed together once more, and my reason and my ability to think died completely.

Then,

The wall broke.

That wasn’t a metaphor, it literally broke.

From the deafening roar and impact, I anticipated some sort of attack. It took me some time to grasp the situation, but it appeared that the middle-aged man from the reception area had been thrown through the wall of the next room and had come crashing into this room.

I had grasped what had happened, but I didn’t know why it had happened.

There was a completely naked man in the next room.

「Long ears are no good, they’re as fragile as bird bones. Ohhh, isn’t that beastkin over there much better?」

The man’s physique was like an ancient statue. Behind him, an elf had collapsed. The man grabbed that elf's hair and dragged her towards me,

「Hey you, let’s swap」

He threw her.

I tried to move my body instantly. But I couldn’t move as Tyutyu had hugged me in fright.

Gon, a dull sound rang out. The elf, whose head had hit the foot of the bed, toppled to the ground.

A different reason snapped.

「Oho」

In a flash, I had picked up the bow and nocked an arrow. With this Lycan bow, even if what I had nocked was a wooden stick, it would easily penetrate the skull of a person. If it was the heavy arrow that I was currently aiming at the man, it would wrench off a limb or two without difficulty.

「Hey, idiot eggplant. Shall I shoot an arrow up your ass?」

「Your words make you seem strong, don’t they? Small fry」

I wasn’t going to waste my breath.

I released the arrow.

With a shower of sparks,

The deflected arrow stuck into the ceiling. I had no intention of killing him, but I hadn’t gone easy on him either.

A sword settled into the man's left hand.

No, but he hadn’t swung it to deflect my arrow. Something had thrown the sword and deflected my arrow. My senses couldn’t detect any enemies other than that man.

「I suppose it might also be fun to spill blood before having a woman」

The man approached me causally.

The next arrow was already nocked, but if it missed, I would have no more cards to play.

My close combat techniques were as good as child’s play in this world. I couldn’t figure out the method that he had used to deflect my arrow, so rather than thoughtlessly releasing the arrow now, I’ll gamble on releasing it point-blank. I‘ll shoot him the same time he swung his sword.

Well, at best, we would take each other out, I guess.

The man smiled like a beast, perhaps because he understood that too.

I smiled as well. With my teeth bared.

These smiles between men were to intimidate, and the prelude to battle. It didn’t matter who this guy was. Now that things had come to this, it was simply kill, or be killed. Only that.

He closed the distance casually.

Arrow and blade intersected,

「VARNER!」

Another man intruded and interrupted us with a shout.

He was dressed as a knight, had close-cropped hair, and a scar across his lips. He was a big man whose neck and limbs were so thick that you wouldn’t think that they belonged to a Hemu. He was roughly in his thirties, but he was very much a rugged warrior. The design of his armor looked familiar.

The man continued in a loud voice.

「As someone who is called a hero of St. Lyridias, you’ve played around too much! In a place like this, even a scratch is fatal to your honor! If you want to spill blood, I’ll keep you company and train with you until dawn!」

「Tsk」

The completely naked man clicked his tongue, then rested his sword on his shoulder.

It looked like he had no intention of fighting.

Other people had come flocking and were raising a fuss.

「That adventurer over there. We’ve caused you trouble」

The armored man handed me a purse. It was quite heavy with gold coins.

Tyutyu and I were led by the people of the brothel to another room. Frightened and trembling, she was clutching my arm tightly, and her tail had puffed up.

In the other room was the owner of the brothel. She was so terrifyingly beautiful, and I couldn’t tell her age. She had on a dress with an open chest, and had long curly hair. The precious metals and jewels that adorned her were probably only a small part of her worth.

「Dear foreigner, even though you were referred by one of us, we’ve been terribly rude. To be protected by the customer that we rightfully should be protecting…… I’ll discipline my people strictly. Tyutyu」

When her name was called, she jumped away from me.

「I, I'm very sorry」

Her tail was shriveled up.

「It's something crude, but specially for tonight, we’ll increase the number of people free of charge」

「I'm sorry. Thank you for the offer, but I refuse. She is more than enough for me. However, my mood has been dampened, so I'm going home. I'll come again」

I petted Tyutyu, who was crying, on the head. Leaving a few coins for the injured elf, I went out of the room.

I threw away my reluctance to leave, and slipped out of the brothel.

Surrounded by the hustle and bustle of the night city, I took a deep breath of the night air, and then heaved a deep sigh.

That was close. That was really dangerous.

It was probably more dangerous than when I had come to this world and had my firearms stolen. I had been on the verge of indulging my carnal desires due to my carelessness and stupidity. I was too ashamed to face Rana. I was too ashamed to face the women in the party.

What the heck was I doing?

「Haaa」

But I had muddled through. I had survived the difficult situation. My head had been hanging by a thread. But when a person’s head hung by a thread, wasn’t that person already dead? It was alright as I had managed somehow in the end, was what I told myself.

I stopped worrying about it any further.

Alright, I’ll buy some presents for Rana then go home. Ea will definitely feel envious, so I’ll buy enough for the two of them after all. Let’s see,

「Hey, Souya」

「Oh, Onii-san」

By chance, I had run into the last two people that I should be running into.

It was Shuna and Bel. They were carrying a lot of groceries.

「………………Did you see?」

「Huh, did I see? Are you talking about how you had just come out from that mansion over there? I saw that. Come to think of it, Tyutyu works there, right? What kind of shop is it?」

I had forgotten. These two were friends with Tyutyu.

Crap, my knees had started shaking.

「………Hmmm~」

Beltoriche-san leaned back and looked down at me.

「Hmmm~…………」

I wondered what that suggestive attitude was about.

「Well, you’re a man, after all. I also understand this kind of thing」

「Bel, this shopー」

「Shuna-chan, head back first. Onii-san will escort me home」

Bel handed Shuna all of the groceries that she was carrying.

「Gua! Heavy, they’re heavy!」

「You're a man, aren’t you?! Think of it as training, and run!」

「W, why, are you angry?」

Overpowered by her intensity, Shuna left.

Come to the back of the school building for a minute, said Bel’s gesture.

We entered a deserted back alley.

「I’m begging you. Please don't tell Rana」

I uttered the most pathetic plea of my life.

「What about Ea?」

「Please don’t say anything to anyone else too」

「To bring up Rana-san's name first, you feel pretty guilty, don’t you?」

Yes, my heart feels like it’s going to stop because of the guilt.

「Can you let me explain myself?」

「Please go ahead」

Bel's eyes were full of suspicion.

「Rana's magic power wasn’t really recovering, so I asked Otou-san if there was a way to restore it. And then he referred that shop to me. I couldn’t send Rana to a shop that I knew nothing about, so I went to see for myself what kind of shop it was first………………Then Tyuytu appeared」

「Did you do it with Tyutyu, of all people?!」

「Umm」

Should I say it? I suppose I had no choice but to say it.

「With mouth to mouth. I chuchu(sound for kissing) with Tyutyu」

The atrociousness of what I had said made me want to kill myself.

Bel’s face had become red, perhaps because she had imagined it vividly.

「What happened after that?」

「Huh」

「What happened after that!」

Her face was red, but the corners of her mouth were slightly twisted into a grin.

「No, nothing in particular」

「There’s no way a man and a woman are done with only that, right?」

She was absolutely right.

「A customer in the next room caused some trouble and I got caught up in it, so I left. That’s all」

「Ehhh~」

She seemed disappointed.

「Well, that’s true. That kind of thing sounds just like Onii-san. Then would you have gone all the way if no one had caused trouble?」

「Hahaa……………… no way」

I lied.

I had been on the verge of indulging my carnal desires

「That's why, it's attempted only」

「Attempted, huh」

Bel had an unreadable expression on her face.

「I’m begging you. I’ll do anything, so please keep this from everyone. It’s just a heap of various misunderstandings and coincidences, and I have absolutely no intention of doing anything to betray her」

「Did you say that you’ll do anything?」

「Well, if it’s within my power」

One way or another, I trusted Beltoriche. We were a party that entrusted our lives to one another. There was no reason why she would do anything to make the party collapse. Or ask for something unreasonable.

「In that case, prepare breakfast for me tomorrow. Is it okay if I go to Onii-san and the others’ camp?」

「Yeah, it’s alright. I’ll put all my skill into preparing breakfast」

「Yes~」

Bel was in high-spirits. Looking at her heartwarming smile, I was completely off guard.「Well then, one more thing一」, she whispered. I had no idea what she was thinking as she entwined both her hands with mine.

Our lips touched lightly.

「Hehehe, we kissed」

She had a boyish grin on her face. I could see her blushing cheeks even in the dark.

The hustle and bustle in the background sounded awfully noisy.

I was likely going to hell.

It was probably a place that was like a witch’s cauldron.