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Cyro Note: Aldo did this chapter, but heâs been busy with work. Thanks Panda for editing. Translation needed some tweaking so I did it today just to get it up. Iâll remind everyone that if a chapter takes a while to go up it doesnât mean other translators havenât still been workingâŚ.. so expect something tomorrow after Iâve finished checking it too, or the next day if work is shit. đ\nProbably should have put the Vol 2 cover in somewhere a lot earlier. đ
Map.
It is comfortable to wake up while embracing Roxanne and to savor the pleasant feeling of Roxanne dozing in my arms.
âMâŚââ
And when I wake up, itâs the best to receive a kiss from Roxanne.
The soft and sweet kiss of Roxanne. To gradually wake up while being able to wriggle my tongue and after having sucked Roxanneâs mouth, I let go of her lips slowly.
âGood morning, Master.ââ\n
âGood morning, Roxanne.ââ
I open my eyes, but itâs pitch-black. Including the equipment, all of the clothes have been placed on the mats besides the bed. The wisdom of life. I get dressed in the dark, only relying on the sense of touch.
I cannot neglect to go to the labyrinth and itâs not like I have other things to do. No, I have things to do but I chose not to; that is why.
If itâs only 1 day I think a break is necessary some times. I can spend 24 hours in bed with Roxanne without anyone bothering me. I want a loose life filled with lasciviousness, but I canât stop now.
At least letâs kiss again. I draw Roxanne close before warping. I snatch and suck Roxanneâs tongue.
Roxanne moans lightly, but she doesnât refuse. When I bite Roxanneâs tongue lightly with my lips, Roxanne wriggles her tongue around in my mouth.
I talk with Roxanne while eating after coming back from Vailâs labyrinth.
âThese boiled vegetables are quite good.ââ\n
âThank you very much. The ham and eggs are very delicious, too.ââ
Breakfast was some bread I bought with some leaf vegetable that Roxanne boiled and some eggs and ham that I cooked. It is a very simple dish; the vegetables were boiled with salt and some vinegar while the eggs and ham were baked. Even though it is simple, it doesnât taste bad. Or is it that it canât taste bad since it is simple? Because it is difficult to control the boiling temperature and make a stew, we should cook this type of dishes.
âThis bread is better after all.ââ
The 2 Nars bread from yesterdayâs dinner was dry and didnât taste good. That is not something a stingy person should say. Todayâs bread, which I bought on my way back from the labyrinth, is 8 Nars and Roxanne and I each eat half.
âBut, is it all right for me to eat the same thing?ââ\n
âSince we have to enter the labyrinth, we have to invest in our body.ââ\n
âThank you very much! Iâll do my best.ââ
1 egg is 5 Nars, and we ate 1 egg each, the ham was sliced from a 100 Nars smoked ham and is roughly 15 Nars for each person so about 30 Nars for two people altogether. The leaf and the dessert of boiled greens when put together with the stew from yesterdayâs diner is a pile of several Nars.
I think it is a meal which is classified as a luxury in this world. Even the ham, because it is only good if it is baked, salt, and spices, are high class articles.
Although the quantity is quite good, I am getting used to 2 meals a day. Breakfast after the sun rises and dinner before the sun sets. Because I have some free time before breakfast, I feel really hungry.
I donât intend to compromise a meal. The difference in average height between a modern Japanese and a Japanese in the EDO period is about 20 centimeters. Since there is no difference in DNA, you can see the importance of nutrition. And I donât have to think about gaining weight since I enter the labyrinth, there are no sweets, and I eat 2 meals a day.
âToday Iâd like to go to Quratarâs labyrinth.ââ
I talk about my plan while eating.
âOf course.ââ\n
âAfter, Iâd like to do something about the tasteless room.ââ
After all, there is just some furniture.
âI think we should display a carpet.ââ\n
âDisplay a carpet?ââ\n
âYes.ââ\n
âNot spread it on the floor?ââ\n
âYes.ââ
According to Roxanne, to spread a carpet on the floor is something only rich people do. It seems like they use a carpet as a tapestry at an ordinary house. Difference in culture? Oh, because there isnât wallpaper in this world, it would be a good decoration.
âWe can get carpets at the imperial capital. Have you been to the imperial capital, Roxanne?ââ\n
âUnfortunately, I havenât. I would like to clean the house so how about you go in the meantime?ââ\n
âThen I can go to the imperial capital in the morning and go to Quratarâs labyrinth in the afternoon.â\n
âCertainly.â
To be able to warp inside Quratarâs labyrinth, I must go inside once. I should warp near the entrance when I return from the imperial capital.
After breakfast, I warp to the adventureâs guild in the imperial capital. I wander around the Imperial capital, looking at what kind of stores there are and where they are. The Imperial capital is large and there are all kinds of shops here and there.
Because in Quratar, almost all the shops are for explorers, there arenât that many kinds of products. It is centered on shops that buy equipment and drop items. Like I though, it seems like a lot of shops and products gather in the imperial capital.
I found the carpet shop, clothes shop, and the seasoning shop. I didnât buy anything, just looked. When I buy something, I should come with Roxanne.
And, I donât know if it is coincidence or not, but I just saw 1 shop which seems to be expensive. In the clothes shops, there is a huge difference between the high quality clothes which are comparable to Ginza boutique of the imperial capital and the ones in Quratar. Obviously, it seems expensive.
The inside is spacious and even though it is the inside, there are steps and some steps rise; there is a mat spread at the entrance. The fabric is put at the back exclusive for Haute couture.
I donât know if it is because it is the imperial capital or the adventureâs guild is around the corner, but there are only high-class shops. Well thanks to that, I found a shop that sells high-quality carpets.
Because I bought all kinds of things yesterday, there isnât much money left over. There are 2 coins of gold, but there are less than 100 silver coins.
On the way back from the capital, I go to the knightâs office and pay a silver coin for the entrance fee.
âHow about the labyrinthâs conquest map too?â
The capture map of the Quratarâs labyrinth was sold in the knightâs office too. It is the business of many knights. On the stand, there are some brown poor papers lined up. The map seems to be some simple arrows written on the paper.
âEach levelâs capture map is 20 Nars a piece, 1 booklet that has all the levels is 1000 Nars, and if you want a nicely done book of parchment, it is 20,000 Nars.â
For now, 20,000 Nars is too much and buying the booklet would be cheaper than buying 1 map at the time because level 91 shouldnât be captured yet; I donât know if the booklet has 91 or 90 pages.
However, it is a dirty and weak piece of paper either way you see it. It may crumble to pieces in a very little time. It may be just a waste even if I buy a booklet. Should I buy the booklet or buy 1 at the time?
âThis booklet too.â
I decide to get the booklet. When I start buying maps from level 1, it may be suspicious. It will be strange that I keep buying maps, but I donât go in the labyrinth. Letâs just hope that if we keep it properly it wonât be ruined immediately.
âLetâs see⌠that would be 11 silver coins in total.â
Says the knight while looking worried. The [30% Discount] doesnât seem to work though if I do to the knight what I do to the vendors, itâll be serious.
Added to the admission fee, I pay the 11 silver coins and go to the entrance of the labyrinth. There was an explorer guide at the entrance too.
The explorer who guides you in the labyrinth of Quratar seems to be highly ranked since he is person who conveys the achievements of the first emperor. Although there isnât a party who can break through level 90, you can go to level 91. This is because it has been passed between explorer guides.
If you pay the explorer, he may take you to the level you want to go, but because it may be necessary in the future, I enter level 1. I enter the labyrinth, following the party before me. The inside is no different from the labyrinth close to the town of Vail; it is the familiar and tasteless cave.
The only difference is that there are a lot of people in Quratarâs labyrinth. There are people everywhere. Can I hunt like this? Even as I keep advancing, there are people.
In a place where there are few people, I cast warp to return home. As long as people doesnât find out that I donât have to use the incantation, there isnât a problem since there is nothing strange if an explorer uses dungeon walk.
âIâm back, Roxanne.â\n
âWelcome back, Master.â
When I enter home, Roxanne greets me. She stops cleaning and bows.
If she wore her maid cloths with this, it would be perfect. Well since they were expensive clothes, she doesnât wear them while actually working.
âDid you learn to greet like that in the merchant office at Vail?â
Roxanneâs behavior is excellent. It wouldnât be possible without being taught by someone. Since the time she spends with the slave merchant may not be a pleasant memory, I donât want her to recall too much.
But this time I dare to ask because it may be necessary information when I buy the next slave.
âYes, that is right. Is it strange?â\n
âNo. It is wonderful.â
Like I thought, she learned it from the slave trader. I get near her and pat her dog ears.
âYes. Thank you very much.â\n
âI went to Quratarâs labyrinth and it is full of peopleâ
I change the topic immediately.
âSince you can easily get a capture map and there are a lot of people, there is no danger of you finding a room where a lot of demons spawn and because there are a lot of people killing demons, there are many magic crystals and treasure chests. Even if you have to pay, there are more benefits.â\n
âI understand that since a lot of demons are killed, there are many magic crystals. But why treasure chests?â
The magic crystals are the collection of magic power that comes from demons when killed and if there is a lot of people, then more demons are killed and more magic crystals are made.
âI was told that the contents of a treasure chest are the equipment of a person who got defeated by a demon.â
Mmmm. This is an awkward conversation. That was brutally frank.
If there are many people, then there are many who are killed. Therefore there are a lot of treasure chests and because of that, more people gather for the treasure chests.
âBut there are too many people, how do we hunt?â\n
âBecause Quratarâs labyrinth is considerably large, the deeper you go, the less people there are. Besides, the first floor has a lot of beginners because more people are safer.â\n
âIs that so?â\n
âIf we go higher, we would see less people. Or you can hunt in the middle of the night when there are less people.â
I could hunt in daytime if I go to the other side of the planet. Doesnât anyone come from such a place? Maybe the distance you can travel with field walk is limited.
âThen we will go to Quratarâs labyrinth tomorrow morning. Do you want to go to Vailâs labyrinth today?â\n
âAs you wish.â
After that, I go to Vailâs labyrinth to replenish the water she used for cleaning. After returning, I use water magic, but itâs not enough. The water is used for almost everything, for dinner, for the toilet, and for bathing before sleeping.
âSorry. Please help me a little.â
Because I teleported to the fourth floor of Vailâs labyrinth, I used a considerable amount of MP. When advancing according to Roxanne guidance, we find a group of 1 green caterpillar and 2 minos. Because it is troublesome if the green caterpillar fires its thread, I kill it first.
As for the minos, Roxanne keeps them occupied. While I think that, 1 of them aims for me with its horn.
I try to avoid in a hurry, but I couldnât. My left handâs forefinger, which was holding Durandal, is caught between the horn and Durandal.
IT HUUURRTS!!!
It is so painful that tears come out unconsciously. A vital spot was hit. It makes a JinJin sound.
As retaliation, I put all of my mind to kill the 2 minos. It took eight hits. I get it; it is bad to get careless.
Because I was going to hunt only a little, I didnât wear the leather gloves. I had handed the leather mittens to Roxanne and I was too lazy to wear 1 myself.
I still have the magic crystal in my item box although this canât be helped since I used the points from [Crystal Acceleration] and [Increased experience rate] to use Durandal. Because I still donât understand well enough the [Required experience] value yet, I decided not to play with it.
For example, if we need to kill 20 demons to rise 1 level. When the necessary experience value is at 1/10, then I need 2 demons to rise 1 level. Then what will happen when I kill a demon without putting points in necessary experience value and after that, I kill a demon with the necessary experience value at 1/10? Or the other way too. If I kill a demon with the necessary experience value at 1/10 and after that, I kill a demon without the necessary experience value, will my level rise?
I understand it to some extent, but it is hard to know for certain. I donât know how the experience value of the demons on the second floor differs from the demons on the first.
I canât remove Durandal while experimenting so I need to use weapon rank six. This means that I donât have enough spare bonus points for increased experience and decreased required experience. This means I may end up hunting dozens or hundreds of demons to do an experiment.
But is there any reason to experiment with it?\n
Is there any meaning in experimenting with it? If I kill 20 demons and my level increases, and then kill another demon with required experience set to 10%, my level probably wonât go up. Isnât that enough information for now?
Itâs probably a waste to fight without decreasing my required experience by as much as possible.
We go back to the house from the labyrinth. I still have on my mind the pain of my finger. Probably because of my lack of experience, I underestimated the labyrinth and there was an opening. It would be a good lesson that the labyrinth is a fearful place.
It looks like my finger would be all right for the time being. Because of the pain, it may have caused internal bleeding, but it would be cured with the HP absorption of Durandal.
âSomething wrong?â
Roxanne asks me as I look at my finger.
âIt just grazed me a little.â\n
âAre you ok?â
She seems relatively worried. Although the one who was wrong is me since I didnât listen to Roxanneâs advice of wearing leather gloves.
âIt is not all right. Could you lick it a little?â
I hold out my forefinger before Roxanneâs eyes.
âEâŚOh. AnoâŚâ
Roxanne seems to be puzzled, but she doesnât particularly refuse. She seems to be fine with it. Thinking that, I bring my finger close to her mouth.
Roxanne opens her lips. Her light pale pink lips expand the gap slowly. The crimson content is exposed. A sexy bright red tongue.
Roxanne brings her face close to my finger and closes her lips. My forefinger is fully wrapped in a fluffy feeling. It is moistened, warm and soft. A fleshy tongue wraps my finger and twines gently.
Roxanne closes her eyes and sucks on my finger. Roxanneâs chestnut eyelashes are long and there is too many to count, probably because she is from a wolf tribe. Although it isnât to the extent to say that Iâm bewitched, it is splendid. This is the aim of an adult woman who uses make-up lightly.
I do not move my finger and leave it to Roxanne. Roxanneâs tongue goes back and forth around my finger several times. It is rubbed and gently twines. And my finger is healed in her mouth which is calm and full of affection.
Once again, she opens her light pale pink lips and I can see the inside of her crimson mouth. And with a white thread between my finger and her palates, she is moving her tongue and tasting my finger. Roxanneâs face moves away slowly.
I barely endure the feeling of wanting to chase her mouth. I really want to chase it. Roxanne, I really want to kiss you.
âU-Umu. The pain went away. Thank you.â
Roxanne turns her face away embarrassed.
âIs this some kind of skill?â\n
âNo. It is different.â\n
âEven though it is amazing, almost like healing magic.â\n
âI donât think there is such a thing.â\n
âNo, it is amazing. If there is anything from now on, Iâll be counting with you.â\n
ââŚA-Ano⌠Yesâ
I praise her until she finally accepts to do it again. You did a wonderful thing. Although I had a painful experience because of my carelessness, with this Iâm even or rather I end up better. The advantage of an injured person.