Chapter 19
“Blegh, blegh, blegh! I ate spiderweb again!”
“Now, now, you shouldn't eat someone else's house. Apologize to the spider, Riella.”
“I-I wasn't trying to eat it... Uuh, I'm sorry, Mr. Spider.”
Riella sincerely apologized to the spider.
Yubel smiled softly at Riella's behavior.
Ah, this absolutely wasn't Yubel making fun of Riella.
Hadrien had said he wanted to help the not-so-bright Riella grow, so Yubel was personally stepping in to help.
Hmm, so this ought to be called education.
Yubel muttered to herself, as though making excuses.
But the lesson she'd meant to use to guide Riella didn't get any further.
“……”
“……”
Rustle, rustle.
The sound of grass brushing against them came intermittently.
Before they knew it, silence had returned.
Why was the Hero's party so quiet?
The reason was the Hero.
The Hero's party currently had three members: Yubel, Riella, and Baek Se-on.
Of those, Baek Se-on's role was to lead the party.
In other words, setting the mood was the Hero's job.
With the Hero saying nothing for so long, Yubel and Riella were naturally getting swept up in the silence, too.
To begin with, both of them were awkward loners, so without Se-on playing the comic relief, the conversation didn't flow very well.
So why was our comic-relief Hero silent?
It was because he had something weighing on his mind.
He was wondering whether he should tell Yubel the truth or keep it from her.
The fact that innocent(?) Yubel didn't understand the meaning of the terrible thing she'd gone through weighed heavily on Se-on's mind.
“Hmm... What should I do about Yubel...?”
While Se-on was weighing the red pill against the blue pill, innocent Yubel began analyzing the Hero's strange behavior.
That expression looked familiar somehow.
His brow was furrowed, and the corners of his mouth were turned down slightly.
The expression of someone seriously pondering something.
That's right. I was wondering where I'd seen it before.
That was the so-called expression of a man choosing porn.
Yubel, who'd seen right through Se-on's thoughts, shook her head.
This disgusting Hero bastard.
Can't go even a moment without thinking perverted thoughts, can he?
I should throw that guy in prison.
Then play NTR porn right in front of his cell.
His thoughts weren't merely clouded by wicked ideas; it was as if he'd been devoured by them.
Ah, speaking of NTR, whatever happened to the orcs?
I'd originally meant to get Riella together with them, but it seemed that had failed.
Then surely they hadn't died, right?
Oh, come on. Who'd kill such nice orcs?
I should ask Riella.
“Riella.”
“Hm? What's wro-o-ong?”
“What happened to the orcs?”
“Uh.”
Crick, crack.
Riella's head began turning in jerky little movements.
What was this, was she doing mime? She's talented.
“I'm sorry...”
“Huh?”
Riella suddenly apologized to her.
Had her lessons finally paid off?
“……”
Hmm, probably not.
Well, considering all the trouble I go through, Riella ought to apologize every day and it still wouldn't be enough. But why was she apologizing now?
“The orc cocks you like are gone now...”
“Oh, okay...”
Riella looked at Yubel apologetically.
It seemed Riella had gotten the subject mixed up.
I'd never said I liked orc cock.
Riella was the one who liked it.
“Later! I'll find you something similar! Just hang in there until then!”
“Sure, sure. I'm not interested, so do whatever you want.”
No, why was she telling me she was going to go looking for something like orc cock?
I had no idea what this idiot was talking about, so I decided to ignore her.
Talking to an idiot would only make me an idiot, too.
Mm-hm.
***
“Where are we going now?”
“……We're on our way to report to the innkeeper.”
Fortunately, the Hero had started talking again, so the Hero's party could have a normal conversation.
But an innkeeper?
Wasn't there just an ugly-as-sin spider at the inn?
I had no idea what the Hero was talking about.
Meanwhile, Se-on felt a little relieved to see Yubel still so lively.
Maybe this was better for Yubel after all.
He'd have to tell her later, once he and Yubel had grown closer.
In the end, he'd chosen the blue pill.
“Yubel! Yubel! You smell like pee!”
“……I'm dizzy, so don't talk to me.”
Yubel put a hand to her head and pushed Riella away.
She still didn't seem to be in her right mind.
Was it because of the hallucinogenic mushrooms, after all?
I should at least help support her.
“Huh? What is it?”
“Nothing. You just looked like you were having a hard time.”
“Is that so? Then I'll rest a bit.”
Se-on put an arm around Yubel's waist to support her.
I hope this makes things a little easier for her.
“Ugh...”
Hm?
Yubel suddenly wrapped her legs around him.
This was just like... a child afraid of being left all alone.
Had she been scared back then, thinking she was going to be abandoned?
Damn it, if only I'd gotten there a little sooner...
Se-on's face clouded with sadness once again.
But Yubel's condition was nothing like what Se-on imagined.
“Haa... Haa...”
“Whoa, Yubel's breathing is so ragged!”
“Y-Yeah, it is... ”
Yubel's condition was definitely strange.
What on earth was going on?
Unfortunately, Se-on hadn't noticed, but this was the effect of [Pheromone].
Se-on had let Yubel smell his scent once again.
Since Yubel was already winded from the long walk, the effect hit her full force.
But Se-on thought the pheromones had a calming effect, so he could only feel confused by Yubel's condition.
“Ugh... I'm coming...”
Coming? Where was she going?
They were moving forward right now.
Every time Se-on moved forward, Yubel's body bounced.
Giving herself over to the motion, Yubel began to feel more and more stimulation building in her body.
It looked just like a bitch trying to mount someone.
As Se-on walked along without a thought in his head, he gradually began to sense that something was off.
Huh, Yubel's eyes are unfocused.
She looks kind of... sensual.
It feels like I'm looking at something I shouldn't be seeing...
“Mmm... Haaah...!”
Yubel's moans grew even louder.
Only then did Se-on realize something was seriously wrong.
“L-Let's hurry to the inn! Yubel seems sick!”
“Eeeh? But my legs still hurt! Save this elf's legs!”
Maybe the hallucinogenic mushrooms had side effects.
If so, he had to ask the innkeeper as soon as possible.
The innkeeper was the only person here who knew anything about the hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Meanwhile, Yubel pressed herself against Se-on even more excitedly.
Rub, rub.
Yubel's modest but perfectly shaped breasts, her soft, squishy belly, smooth, supple thighs, and alluringly jutting hips all pressed against Se-on.
Yubel's sensual body could make even the incredibly self-controlled Se-on bend without thinking.
“Ghh! Faster!!”
Se-on ran even faster.
At this rate, he felt like he might not be able to hold back.
Yubel's body was just that soft.
Ding-a-ling!
The inn door flew open with a bang.
“Excuse me!!”
“Y-Yes?”
The innkeeper was startled by the door bursting open.
The Hero had suddenly appeared, carrying a horned girl who seemed to be in some kind of strange state.
“Hallucinogenic mushrooms! Can they have side effects like this? Yubel's acting strange, and I've never dealt with anything like this before, so I don't know what to do—”
“P-Please calm down for a moment.”
As the Hero fired off words in a rapid torrent, the innkeeper began examining Yubel.
“Hmm... Huh?”
But something seemed off for someone who'd eaten hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Her body was overheated, the air around her was strangely sensual, and her eyes were pleading as if to seduce someone.
There was no way this could be because of hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Hallucinogenic mushrooms showed people hallucinations, just as their name suggested.
Of course, they weren't mushrooms that turned you into a horny bitch like that.
“Ah, I'm not sure about that either—”
The innkeeper was about to honestly tell them she didn't know.
If only the lust-crazed girl hadn't gathered mana at her fingertips.
“Ugh? What!? You're disgusting! Get your face away from me!”
“Yubel?”
Pew! Boom!
“Aaaaaaah!!!!”
Mana shot in a straight line from Yubel's hand and pierced the innkeeper's head.
Yubel's mana, strengthened by the elves' sacred treasure, had evolved her magic orb into a laser!
A death ray that would shock the world!
It was called the Yubel Death Beam!
“W-What was that all of a sudden?!”
“Whoa!! Yubel killed someone!”
Se-on and Riella were horrified.
Yubel had seen an illusion and attacked the innkeeper!
And for a moment, Yubel began gathering mana in her hand once again.
Whirrrrr—
“No!! Stop, Yubel!”
“What do you mean, no? That thing isn't a person!”
“Huh?”
No, would Yubel really insult someone like that, no matter what?
With that thought, Se-on covered his face and looked at the fallen innkeeper.
“Kweeegh! How dare you... attack me? You bastards!”
The innkeeper began to molt.
And what appeared looked just like...
“An Arachne?”
“I'll kill you all!!!”
The Hero's party.
Encounter with an upper-rank demon, Arachne.