Chapter 456

Day 104 – Morning, , White Weirdo Inn

Morning, that is the time to depart. I wanted to harden my resolve, but my body was already way more hardened than my mind, and once again this morning I was like Prometheus-san. To put it simply for a morning news-style report: today too, I was chained up like Prometheus himself, or, to put it in other words, I was in a Prometheus-san State.

Lately, I feel like I’ve been getting tied up with『Divine Chains of Prometheus』way more often than the monsters? Kinda cold, huh?

The restraint itself is fine. The real problem is that the 『Divine Chains of Prometheus』 forcibly nullify all abilities, which means my vibration magic gets blocked, and that actually is a bit of an issue. The Sex King and Arts of Bedchamber still circulate internally, but the output of the skills is sealed. Even my Lewd Arts are sealed. Without my gear, things are looking grim, yeah, this might be a pickle?『In revenge and in love, woman is more barbarous than man』 , Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche… wow, that’s a long name!?

Apparently, last night’s excessively animal-loving on the adorable leopard-san and black panther-san turned into a tangled love-hate drama, with my Highschool Boy cuteness sparking resentment a hundred times over into a hundred-million-volt lighting fast surprise attack. Well, revenge in progress, I guess? Yeah, it would seem my MP didn’t fully recover after overdoing it last night… guuuuh! Guhahhh!?!

——Sex King, incapacitated. Defeat.

So here we were on a refreshingly exhausting yet energetic morning for departure. The Idiots, who had apparently gone under the pretext of providing guidance to the First Division and the Royal Guard yesterday, were spending their morning flirting with the macho ladies. Explode, will you?

「Well, well, well, you Idiotic Idiots, you sure enjoyed your lovey-dovey life last night, didn’t you? Explosion! Flirting already from the morning.」

「「「We want to say look who’s talking… but damn, you look DRAINED! As expected of the Dungeon Emperor-sans, that’s crazy!」」」

「Here, these adhesive grenades for emergency retreat, pass it to the ladies, okay? After just one day the frontier dungeons are still gonna feel pretty rough, right? Oh, and I’m selling simple rest tents for dungeon breaks too~.」

「Thanks, oh, I’ll take a tent too! They’re trying, but yeah… mid-levels are still dangerous, deep ones are real bad.」 「Going by the book is fine, but how do I put this, they can’t handle the unexpected. Like, they can’t read situation?」 「Yeah, now I’m worried about them getting overconfident because of good gear. They haven’t mastered it yet.」 「「「Well, they are wearing that armor you made, so they are unscratched though. Thanks.」」」

Still, if almost everyone leveled up twice in a single day, they might adapt quickly. They’ll just have to gain experience fighting monsters in smaller dungeons. As for the deep ones, the frontier army will have to stick to culling them to keep them under control.

Right now, with the Demon Scythes absent, the Evil Forest also needs attention. They were kind of the guardians of the frontier, but they’re away at the moment. There aren’t enough soldiers for now, but apparently there are enough adventurers to make up for it. There are more and more new adventurers coming from the outside, and incredibly, the town’s married ladies and aunties have been registering as adventurers to earn some secret pocket money by smacking around goblins and kobolds, so it should be fine… though hopefully they won’t get mistaken for orcs. Yeah, you could end up in a real danger for making that mistake!?

「Morning! The wagons are lined up train-style in an 8-car straight-line drag-race configuration, so there’s plenty of space, load your luggage in, okay? Once you’re ready, we’ll have breakfast, and then we’re off? Don’t forget anything, alright? Any chance the Idiots can be forgotten though?」

「「「「Don’t leave us! We’re coming too! The First Division guys will be fine, we’re going with you.」」」」

「「「We’re already packed. That new item trunk is getting a ton of use, you know?」」」

Right, the girls intended to bring their vast collection of clothes and daily necessities with them. That’s why there’d been an additional order for item trunks, made with an extravagant amount of high-grade magic stones, boasting storage capacity close to an infinite inventory… I’m absolutely certain they don’t think they need the China dress, school swimsuits, bloomers, sailor uniforms, mini-skirt police outfits, or nurse costumes, but they really insist on taking them all. I could have stored them myself, but the idea of a Highschool Boy-san walking around with an Item Bag stuffed full of used underwear from high school girls… yeah, that feels like the sort of a fatal overkill to my Affection Rating that would get leave it brutally dead, so instead I did crafting and made special trunks just for the girls.

They were, of course, carryable by hand, but also came with shoulder straps, wheels, and a retractable sliding handle, and could even be worn as a backpack. From a valuables storage standpoint, the security was top-notch, with mithril-and-black-gold plating turning them into ultra-hard bulwarks.

The interior was fitted with dividers so items could be stored in separate compartments, but I didn’t expect them to put entire dressers inside? Even though they’d already rented out a whole wing of an inn on a long-term contract, last night turned into an uproar like a full-scale move. And in the girls’ meeting, the conclusion, passed unanimously, was 『If you can’t pack it all, just order a trunk big enough to fit everything』. When exactly did M-san start attending their meetings? That’s mysterious!?

「「「「Itadakima~su!」」」」

Even though we didn’t need to be armed today, why were they all in animal kigurumi pajamas? Are they planning to head out in those oversized baggy things? Well, we were just heading to the capital with Meripapa-san first, so fine… The flying squirrel girl and koala girl fought over pancakes, the sheep girl tried to snatch the steak plate, and the wolf girl munched on salad, survival of the fittest in a wild animal kingdom scene. I can’t tell who was who anymore, but the jiggling lion-san is Vice B-san, truly the king of beasts. Huuge….No, nothing. Why are all the beasts glaring at me with hungry eyes!? Even the giraffe-san and frog-san? Ribbit-Ribbit?

「No, it’s not what you think! I was just checking if the pajamas needed adjustments or something? Like, if they were too tight, you know? After-sales service? And also considering the safety factor? Like how the jiggly lion could fall into a bottomless ravine and still go boing-boing and absorb the shock? I wasn’t staring at the king of beasts going on a boing-boing rampage, okay? Savannah?」

「「「Savannah instincts say guilty! We will now enforce the penalty of extra pancakes!」」」