Chapter 44: What Did It Feel Like to Sleep With Your Male Friend?

"What did it feel like to sleep with your male friend?"

After glancing at Yuri’s face, Nicola asked Kazui with intense curiosity.

"It was probably better than holding someone like you. When this guy became a woman, she was pretty beautiful... and..."

Glancing at Nicola’s modest chest, Kazui continued.

"Unlike you, her breasts... were big."

Hearing Kazui’s words, Nicola’s face stiffened.

She was self-conscious about the fact that her chest was poor even compared to girls her own age.

"That guy is weak in combat, but he’s really strong in verbal fights."

At the words of a male adventurer who had been listening to the exchange between Kazui and the Fallon sisters, the nearby adventurers nodded in agreement.

There were adventurers who knew that although Kazui’s ability as an adventurer did not improve because of the dud rare skill Replication, he was quite skilled with his mouth.

Having silenced Nicola with words, Kazui, just as with Monica, hurried toward the counter as if to say he had no intention of dealing with her any further.

"You should just ignore them."

Yuri whispered to Kazui with an exasperated look.

"If you say things like that, the next time you meet them at the gym, the Fallon sisters will beat you up."

"Even if I don’t say anything, I’ll get beaten up anyway, so it doesn’t change anything."

With a bitter expression, Kazui replied to Yuri.

The "gym" referred to facilities where adventurers trained.

In the vicinity of the Guild Hall, there existed several gyms for adventurers to train.

Most of them were divided by class, and at the gym for martial artists, Kazui sometimes ended up together with the Fallon sisters.

During training at the gym, just as Yuri said, Kazui had been "beaten up" by the Fallon sisters many times before.

In the form of being thoroughly beaten in practical-format training matches against the Fallon sisters.

Kazui had long been on bad terms with the Fallon sisters.

The reason was completely unknown to him, but for some reason, from right around the time he became an adventurer, he had been disliked by the Fallon sisters.

Knowing that he was disliked, Kazui did not want to meet the Fallon sisters.

However, because they shared the same class of martial artist, he had no choice but to use the same gym.

In practical-format training, opponents were decided by lottery, so even if Kazui wanted to avoid the Fallon sisters, depending on the lottery he would end up facing them.

That was why he occasionally ran into them at the gym and got beaten up in practical-format training.

Monica, a mid-rank adventurer, was of course stronger, and although Nicola was a lower-rank adventurer, she was still stronger than the trainee Kazui.

Naturally, Kazui was defeated by the Fallon sisters every time as usual.

When there was a large level difference, a handicap was set for the higher-level side, but even so Kazui could not win against the Fallon sisters.

Incidentally, special magic was set up in the gyms, so even if one was defeated in practical-format training, it only hurt; serious injury or death almost never occurred.

While walking and talking, Kazui and Yuri arrived in front of the counter.

The counter was divided into individual booths, and in each booth a Guild staff member in a black suit was stationed one by one.

"Ah, Lumia-san is there!"

Kazui noticed that a familiar Guild staff member was in the leftmost booth from their perspective.

Because she was a familiar staff member not only to Kazui, who had spoken her name, but also to Yuri, the two of them headed toward the booth where the female staff member named Lumia Alize was.

While looking at Lumia, Kazui muttered in his heart.

(As always, she’s beautiful... Lumia-san.)

What lay in the direction of Kazui’s gaze was a woman in a black suit with wavy semi-long chestnut-brown hair and skin the color of a light tan that left an impression.

She had clear-cut features, and because her eyes were somewhat droopy, she looked gentle.

Her figure was full, but in a glamorous way; she was not fat.

However, Lumia herself thought she was a bit overweight and seemed to be concerned about her figure.

Kazui and the others did not know Lumia’s age, but they thought she was probably in her mid-twenties.

With her quite ample chest and attractive appearance, Lumia was a popular staff member among the male adventurers.

Lumia was one of the staff members who mainly handled new adventurers, so as newcomers, Kazui and Yuri had become familiar with her.

Incidentally, many of those selected to handle newcomers were staff members who had experience working as adventurers themselves.

Staff members with experience as adventurers could give advice to new adventurers based on that experience.

That was why they were entrusted with handling newcomers.

"Hello, Lumia-san!"

While greeting her, Kazui entered the booth first, followed by Yuri.

Although the counter booths were often used by one person at a time, in cases of the same party or close friends, multiple adventurers sometimes used them together.

"Hello!"

Yuri also greeted Lumia.

"Welcome!"

After first returning the standard greeting to Kazui and Yuri, Lumia continued.

"It must have been tough for both of you."

"Just surviving is already a win for us."

At Kazui’s words spoken with a bitter smile, Yuri nodded.

"Well, you’ll probably hear various things, but in about a week it won’t even be a topic of conversation anymore, so don’t worry about it."

Lumia advised Kazui and Yuri.

"The adventurer world has lots of topics, so everyone’s interest will soon shift to some other topic anyway."

"I hope so."

Kazui spoke his true feelings.