Volume 10 Chapter 5 Part 8
It may be even deeper but I choose the shallower spot and stand under the waterfall.
The current is quite strong. The water keeps on falling.
It’s difficult. When the water falls onto me, the force shakes my entire body. In order not to get washed away under the flow of water, I have the axis my body parallel to the waterfall, and stand perfectly straight and perpendicular to the ground.
The water is striking the top of my head.
The water is falling.
The water is falling. The water is falling.
The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling. The water is falling.
Don’t think about anything else. The water is falling on top of my head. A lot of water is falling on top my head. My head is full of falling water. There’s no other place for it to fall onto.
After withstanding it for a while, I come out of the waterfall.
I open Job Settings interface and check my jobs out.
Priest Lv.1
Effects: Increase MP (Small), Increase INT (Slight)
Skills: Area of Effect Healing
Is this it?
I have acquired a Priest Job. Sherry is a Shrine Maiden, but I’m a Priest. A man would become a Priest, and a woman would become a Shrine Maiden.
Getting struck by waterfall is considered ascetic training, surely. I can’t think of anything else that would qualify as such.
The ascetic training is a method of mind unification, and mind unification seems to be the requirement of acquiring Priest and Shrine Maiden Jobs.
「How was it?」
「To stand in line with the waterfall really was terrible. By the way, Sherry, you seem to have acquired Shrine Maiden, too.」
「Is that true?」
「And why would I lie to you about it?」
Well, technically it’s not a lie. It’s true that Sherry has acquired a Shrine Maiden Job. Did I ever say that she acquired it now?
「Thank you very much.」
Sherry seems to be pleased though, so it was worth it.
「Well then, go up and swap places with Roxanne.」
「Understood.」
I have Sherry go up. The white clothing, stuck to her back, is looking sexy. The purpose of this trip has already been fulfilled. I can now watch slowly and thoroughly.
「Miria, Vesta, stand in line with the waterfall. You already know the steps, I believe.」
「I think it will be alright.」
「Yes, desu.」
Miria was puzzled but when I pointed to the waterfall, she nods and goes ahead.
Vesta hands Durandal over to me before entering the waterfall. Her watermelons, covered by the gown tied with only a string, look magnificent.
In the meantime, Roxanne, too, has come down the top of the waterfall.
「Roxanne, stand in line with the waterfall.」
「Okay, understood.」
When she enters, her chest shakes intensely. Because her clothes are loose, it’s shaking even more violently. This destructive force is immense. Even more so than the waterfall.
Following Miria and Vesta, Roxanne enters the waterfall and starts the ascetic training. The figures of the three, lined up in white clothes, look extremely sexy, even though I can’t see clearly due to the splashing water.
Miria comes out of the waterfall first. Her wet hair looks beautiful. Her skin, which can be seen through her wet clothes, looks sexy, too. But she hasn’t acquired a Shrine Maiden Job.
It was a little too early for it to be acquired, it seems. Even I was struck by the waterfall for a longer period of time, I think.
「Try again.」
I have her start over one more time. Miria enters the waterfall again.
The next to come out is, again, Miria. This time, she entered last, so she ought to have come out last, no?
「Difficult, desu.」
「Unify your mind properly.」
「Will do, desu.」
I send her back. Will it be alright? In the worst case, Miria won’t be able to acquire the Shrine Maiden Job. Is she going to have to do that separately?
Vesta comes out next. She’s panting; her chest is heaving under her white clothes.
Chest…
Thin, wet silk is clinging to her chest. Her large fruits are gently wrapped in it. Her light-brown skin can clearly be seen through her white clothes.
I wonder how the contrast of dark skin under the white clothes would look like.
「I think I was able concentrate but I’m not too sure.」
She did concentrate enough, for she has acquired the Shrine Maiden Job as well.
I, however, can’t concentrate.
No, wait. Am I not already concentrating on ‘it’?
「Is that so? Well, Vesta doesn’t have to stand in line with the waterfall anymore. You have acquired a Shrine Maiden Job.」
It really is convenient to be able to check the jobs of the party members. I can immediately tell if they have succeeded in acquiring the Job.
「Thank you very much. There’s a monster.」
Vesta points out.
I was concentrating only on ‘Vesta’ but she seemed to be attentive of her surroundings properly.
She saved us.
I attack with Durandal and cut the nearby Grass Bee. I don’t have any equipment on me right now, but I was still able to take it out in one hit, even though I only put the shoes on.
There’s no problem with getting myself wet because it’s summer.
I return after finishing the Grass Bee off. Sherry and Vesta looked at the surroundings, and I looked at Vesta, Roxanne and the others.
「Again.」
Miria comes out of the waterfall but I send her back again. I doubt she’s concentrating properly.
Roxanne has yet to come out. Based on the Party Job Settings, she hasn’t acquired the Shrine Maiden Job yet. She seems to be struggling.
On the flipside, Vesta and I acquired the job immediately.
Is this what you call ‘being cut out for the job’?
「How was it to get struck by the waterfall, Vesta?」
「It was very relaxing. My consciousness faded in comfort.」
Was that so?
Did it really feel good? Well, it was a waterfall, after all. It wasn’t a hot water shower.
Maybe that’s because Dragon Knights are really tenacious?
Because she’s taller than me, the force of the water would not affect her as much as it did me, but I don’t think it was just about that.
Because it’s Vesta, I’m pretty sure she wasn’t thinking about anything at all. People who don’t think about anything seem to acquire the Shrine Maiden Job quickly.
I acquired the Priest Job quickly, too. Does that mean that I am not thinking about anything too?
Nah, Sherry acquired the Shrine Maiden Job, too.
I think it’s going to be okay.
「It’s difficult.」
Roxanne comes out.
She’s wet. Her clothes are sticking to her skin. It matches well with her white skin.
Her cherries are poking out from beneath the silken robe.
My consciousness is completely concentrated at one place. This seems to be the proper way of acquiring Priest.
「When the water was falling, was your consciousness not concentrated on the flow of water?」
「Un, the water was falling here like this and there like this.」
I don’t get what she means by ‘here like this and there like this’. It’s not good for the cognitive faculties to be too strong. I wonder if Roxanne’s perception is oversensitive.
Although it’s useful in perceiving movement of a monster and dodge its attack, but it’s not suitable for mind unification.
「Try to perceive the flow of water as a whole.」
「I’ll try.」
After giving a piece of advice to Roxanne, I send her back.
Right after, Miria comes out. Miria’s perception is, likewise, too strong. But I get to look at her wet figure, so it’s good.
After I send Miria back, Roxanne comes out.
She has acquired Shrine Maiden.
「Ooh, you did it. You have acquired the Shrine Maiden Job.」
「Yes, thank you very much. I was able to understand the flow of water as a whole, somehow.」
Did you really understand that? Even I don’t understand, although I was the one who taught you that trick. I wonder what it was that she understood.
Oh well, because Miss Cherry seems pleased, it’s all good.
「What’s Miria’s progress?」
「She has understood the flow of water as a whole but…」
Miria came out but she still hadn’t acquired the Shrine Maiden Job.
Roxanne demonstrated the trick of it to her via exaggerated movements.
「Miria, if you are trying to catch fish and it senses you, it flees, right?”
「Yes, desu.」
「Therefore, in order not to let the fish escape, you hide your presence, right? Similarly, when you’re under the waterfall, you have to become one with it. If you become one with the waterfall, the fish won’t be able to flee from you.」
「Understand, desu.」
After coming up with some bullshit, I send her back. It’s the only piece of advice I can give her.
After getting struck by the waterfall for quite a long period of time, Miria comes out from under the waterfall again. She has acquired the Shrine Maiden Job.
「Alright. Well done, Miria.」
「Fish, catch, desu.」
Do I have to make some fish food for her as a reward?
「Everyone has acquired the Job properly. Very well done.」
After calling Sherry back, I appreciate everyone.
「It’s great that I could acquire it this time.」
「Catch, desu.」
「I think it’s great.」
Sherry didn’t acquire the job this time but, like she said, it’s great nevertheless.
The four beauties, lined up in white clothes, wet, are looking spectacular.
「Thank you very much.」
Sherry’s clothes, however, have dried up, somewhat.
What a sight. A sight for sore eyes.
「In the future, I’ll normally be the healer. However, the higher we move up the floors, the more difficult it’ll get to heal you all by myself, so I’ll have everyone try the Shrine Maiden Job out in preparation for that time. The more healing options we have, the better, after all.」
「Okay. I would like to try it.」
As expected, Roxanne steps forward. Making Roxanne a Shrine Maiden is an option, too.
「Earlier, because Shrine Maiden was attractive alternative to me, I tried to acquire that Job. Now, however, I would like to stick to Master Smith to gain more experience in order to be able to make more equipment.」
「Sherry will be Master Smith then. As for Miria, her main job will be Assassin.」
「Okay.」
「Will do, desu.」
It’s a good thing that she wants to be an Assassin, isn’t it? Then why am I feeling so uneasy about it?
「I think I’ll do fine as a Shrine Maiden, too.」
「In your case, Vesta, I think 「Dual Wielding」 brings a good balance, so I’ll have you keep Dragon Knight as your main job.」
「Okay.」
So, is Roxanne the only one able to take up the Shrine Maiden Job? Under present conditions, I bet she can reach Lv in a blink of an eye.
It’s better to try various things out.
〈To be continued in『Slave Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World』Volume 11〉
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