Chapter 21
The Hero's party split between two carriages with the adventurers and joined the journey to the dungeon.
Fortunately, the adventurers said they'd cover the carriage fare.
We don't have any money, after all…….
I'd heard the dungeon was near the kingdom.
So once we clear it, we'll head straight back to the kingdom.
“Ughhh…… I'm tired. So tired.”
Yubel stretched as if the carriage were uncomfortable.
The adventurers riding in the other carriage watched her with lustful eyes.
That put Se-on in a bad mood.
Yubel was ignorant about sex, but secretly afraid of things like rape.
When she first met me, Yubel mistook me for someone about to attack her and panicked, running away.
Those kinds of looks weren't good for Yubel.
Yubel didn't seem to notice, but seeing those looks, I wondered what the adventurers might try to do to her in the dungeon.
‘I should keep an eye on them.’
It hadn't even been long since the orc incident. Why did things like this always happen?
Was it because Yubel was just too beautiful? Maybe I should think of a way to hide her looks.
Ah, maybe it would happen less if Yubel already had someone……
“Ahem.”
Whenever I thought about Yubel, I found myself getting carried away with all sorts of unpleasant thoughts.
For now, I should think about something else and clear my head.
“……Skill Window.”
[Skill Points: 7]
[Required to acquire ‘???’ skill: 12]
[Required to acquire ‘???’ skill: 20]
[Required to acquire ‘???’ skill: 30]
My skill points had gone up after defeating Arachne.
I wasn't sure how it worked, but it seemed like defeating a strong opponent raised them.
But thirty skill points? What kind of skill could that be?
Judging by the effects of the skills I'd gotten so far, it seemed like it would be an incredible skill.
I'd acquired three skills since coming to this world.
The first skill was [Adrenaline].
It gave me a powerful buff in combat.
It seemed to temporarily increase things like my speed, strength, and senses.
The second skill was [Undress].
It was extremely useful in combat against humanoid opponents, since it let me exploit an opening.
Though it didn't work on opponents without shame, like orcs.
The third skill was [Pheromones].
It released a scent from my body that calmed my party members.
Thanks to it, I was able to calm Yubel down when she was acting strangely in the hut.
I hoped the fourth skill would make up for my lack of a decisive finishing move.
When I'd fought Arachne, I'd felt like I was missing that one big hit.
“Mmm, mwah! Mwah, mwah. I won't ever lose you again! Thanks for finding it, Yubel!”
“There, there. You'd better treat me well, okay?”
Riella was hugging her bow tightly and kissing it.
Fortunately, it seemed Yubel had found the bow she'd lost before they left in the carriage.
“Oh, right! Yubel!”
“Hm?”
“Why did you jump onto Se-on's head while we were fighting?”
“…….”
Riella brought up what had happened during the battle with Arachne.
“W-Well, you see……”
Yubel was in a real bind.
There was no way she could tell Riella this.
If she told the truth—‘The more I seduce the Hero, the stronger I get!’—that psycho Hero might make her walk around naked and suck him all day.
Even a manly guy like me would be too embarrassed to do that.
“Huh? Why'd you do it? Tell me already!”
Ugh, that dimwit Riella asked a sharp question like this every once in a while.
How was she supposed to get out of this?
“I-It just felt good?”
In the end, Yubel gave in to Riella's prodding and blurted out something stupid.
Since it really had felt good, it was the only answer she could think of.
“Really? So that's what you're into, Yubel!”
“No, that's not what I'm into——”
“I see……”
Se-on realized something.
Yubel's knowledge of sex was at a kindergarten level.
Had she done it without knowing it was something she shouldn't do, just because she thought, ‘It feels good!’ like a little kid?
He needed to tell her before she acted the same way with other people.
“Yubel. Actually, that's——”
“Ah! Quiet, quiet! If you keep this up, I'm not talking to you two anymore!”
“……”
“Ahem. Anyway, don't criticize the way I act!”
Yubel refused to listen.
That left Se-on looking dejected.
Yubel still didn't want to talk to me, it seemed.
When would I get close to Yubel?
“Neigh!”
Creak!
The carriage came to a stop.
“Everyone! We've arrived! We'll get down first!”
One of the adventurers up front called out loudly.
They must've reached the dungeon.
“Wow! This is my first dungeon! I'm so excited!”
“Good grief, do you know how scary the traps in a dungeon are? They're especially dangerous for girls like you.”
Yubel scolded Riella.
‘Yubel really is so kind.’
Yubel was always on edge because she worried so much.
I knew it was because she was worried about us, but I wished she'd relax a little.
“Hey, aren't you getting down already?”
“Oh, right. I'm getting down.”
Yubel and Riella had gotten out first and were waiting.
Tap-tap.
“Whoa……”
When I got down, I saw a huge stone gate right in front of me.
Was this the dungeon entrance?
It looked spooky.
Meanwhile, Yubel wanted to deny the reality before her eyes.
A-A sex-trap dungeon!
It was the place she'd often used in the game to crank up the heroines' lewdness levels.
Hoo, hoo. Calm down.
I'm the expert here.
Yubel had once spent a whole five hours grinding lewdness levels here.
Considering how little time Yubel had spent playing, that was quite a lot of time to have invested.
In other words, she was confident that her game knowledge surpassed the Hero's here and here alone.
-Come on in! We've already explored the first floor!
All right, shall we go?
This is my specialty.
-Yubel! Hurry up and come in!
“All right! I'm coming!”
The stone gate stood wide open.
She stepped inside.
***
Adventurers.
One of the freest professions in this world.
They took on all sorts of jobs, mostly accepting requests to hunt monsters or explore dungeons.
You could call them a kind of volunteer force.
But being an adventurer wasn't exactly a good career.
There was always the threat of death, and it took a long time to become a renowned adventurer, so most people eventually looked for other work.
Besides, even if you became a somewhat skilled adventurer, it wasn't like you made a ton of money.
In other words, it wasn't a career you could stick with for long.
But adventurers had a certain romance to them.
Some people stayed adventurers because they wanted to fulfill their dreams.
The three adventurers who'd joined Yubel this time were among them.
In other words, they were idiots.
And right now, those three idiot brothers had faced an unexpected trial inside the carriage.
“Haa…… It's hot.”
A peerless beauty, so breathtaking that it was impossible to look away.
It was because of Yubel, the mage who'd joined the Hero's party this time.
With a face and body that beautiful, even her every action was terribly provocative.
Flap, flap.
The mage complained about the heat as she fanned herself, her dress clinging to her body.
And then sweat trickled down her completely exposed back like it was sliding down a waterslide……
“Ooh boy……”
On top of that, she had her legs spread wide like a man.
They were in separate carriages, so the adventurers couldn't see under her skirt, but her milky-white, soft-looking thighs were enough to leave the three brothers breathless.
“Ahem…… Brothers, you should probably stop staring now.”
“Little bro, our eldest brother still hasn't even gotten married. Shouldn't we let him feast his eyes on her, at least?”
“You little shits…… Then why are you gawking when you have wives you love so much? Eyes down.”
“Can't help getting turned on, sir……”
“I'd still take someone like her over my wife……”
Tsk, tsk.
My little brothers were nothing but animals.
At this rate, they wouldn't live long.
“Whoa! She's stretching!”
“She's even giving us a show like that……”
Whip!
There was no way I could look away.
Whoa, how are her armpits so smooth……?
Smack!!
“B-Big brother? Why'd you slap yourself all of a sudden? Your face is all swollen, sir.”
“You little punks. If you pull this crap in the dungeon too, I'll kill you. Got it?”
If the Hero's party came to hate us, our adventuring careers might be over.
I warned them, thinking of that, but my little brothers grinned at me like I was ridiculous.
“Pfft. It's obvious you like the mage, big brother.”
“Heh heh. Your eyes practically spell out ‘love,’ sir. Heh, heh, pfft……”
Bwahaha!
My little brothers' laughter filled the carriage.
You little bastards……
Thump! Unable to hold back his anger, the eldest adventurer got out of the carriage, leaving his little brothers' annoying laughter behind.
They'd almost arrived anyway, so it was time to get out of the carriage.
“Everyone! We've arrived! We'll get down first!”
I always got excited when entering a dungeon.
The thrill that made a man tremble was greater than anything a woman could offer.
That's right. This was why I hadn't gotten myself a woman.
It definitely wasn't because I couldn't get one.
After entering the dungeon, we passed through the first-floor passage we'd already cleared.
There'd been a lot of monsters crawling around, so it had been pretty tough.
“Hah, hah! I'm here!”
The mage who'd come in last…… no, Miss Yubel had arrived.
“Yeah. Welcome. Riella was leading the way, and it looks like most of the traps have been taken care of.”
“Phew, really? I'll join Riella in a bit. For now, I'm staying by your side. ……Because I have to keep an eye on you.”
“Hm? What'd you say at the end?”
“Nothing.”
Miss Yubel was standing right beside the Hero.
Looking at her back, she seemed like a flower atop a cliff, too far away to reach.
“Big brother, the mage looks like she's about to drill a hole through the back of your head. Heh heh.”
“Man, I'm jealous of the Hero. He's got two beautiful women with him, and our big brother doesn't have even one. Heh heh.”
“Shut up……”
As I put up with my little brothers' irritating taunts, we reached the second floor, where we'd stopped last time.
“W-Wait! Riella! You can't go in there!”
“Why not? It says it's for two people! I wanna go in with the Hero!”
Not far away, Miss Yubel and Miss Riella were bickering beside a door in the corridor wall.
“Big brother, I think the mage is just scared.”
“This is where men like us need to step in and show a woman who's boss, big brother!”
“Huh? Hey, you idiots! Don't run!”
My little brothers suddenly dashed toward the door.
I was about to step in!
Bang!!
“Huh.”
The door…… had closed?
“Gasp.”
When I looked to the side, Miss Yubel had gone pale.
What had just happened?
-Big brother! Did you close the door by any chance?
-Please open this! We're sorry! Big brother!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
I heard knocking on the door.
But the door wouldn't budge.
“M-Men are trapped in a sex-trap room……”
“Pardon? Miss Yubel, what's a sex-trap room?”
“I-It's nothing!”
Miss Yubel seemed to know what this was, but she wouldn't tell me.
What on earth was going on?