Volume 3 Chapter 4 Part 6
Chirp chirp.
There were sparrows even in Tokyo, huh. Well, technically it was Tokyo, but it was more of a residential area than anything else.
The gentle morning sunshine filtered through window, illuminating the golden hair of Ria, who was sleeping snugly next to me.
I guess this is what some would call ‘asa-chun.’ [1. TL Note: literally ‘morning chirping.’ It’s when after a kiss or moody scene at night, the scene fades to black, then opens with a bright, morning scene with two characters sleeping next to each other, often featuring birds chirping. A common motif used to indicate that something sexual happened the night before without explicitly stating it. There was just no good translation here sorry.]
I stretched my arms. 「Ahh. What a nice morning.」
It was without a doubt a nice morning.
But there was a major problem: despite the provocative scene, my thing was nowhere close to being the ultimate heaven-piercer.
「Isn’t that weird!?!?!?」
Maybe this was how reality actually was.
「Ngh…」Ria, who’d been fast asleep, stirred. 「Ah, it’s morning?」
「G’morning.」
「Good morning, Sir Thor.」
Deet and Shizuku would be returning today.
Thanks to the machinations of Shizuku, I’d gotten some bonus time with Ria, but unfortunately, as I gazed at Ria’s sleepy, innocent smile, I realized that it was all over now… or so I thought.
「Wait, Sir Thor.」
The instant I left the bed, Ria called out after me coquettishly.
When I turned back, I saw her sitting on the bed, her legs sprawled out to either side.
She was probably wearing bloomers, but looking down at her from my line of sight, I couldn’t see them.
Her seductive, snow-white butt peeked out from the slightly oversized gym clothes she was wearing. Beyond that though, nothing else was visible. Which probably meant that she wasn’t wearing anything underneath.
Gulp…
「Um… Sir Thor… if it’s okay with you, would you like to continue?」
「Huh? C-continue what?」
Blushing furiously, Ria raised her chin at me and closed her eyes.
「From… last night…」
My bonus time had been extended!!!!
「S-sure.」
I moved back onto the bed, angling my face in line with Ria’s.Our lips moved towards each other and made contact.
Initially, both Ria and I were tentative, full of hesitation and shyness. But after each kiss, our movements grew more and more forceful.
「Mgh…mghmghmgh…」
Ria’s embarrassed responses only made her even cuter.
Finally, after what seemed like forever, we broke apart, gasping for air.
「Sir Thor…」
Unable to contain myself any longer, I gently fondled Ria’s chest. Ria cracked her eyes for just an instant.
「S-Sir Thor… the thing we did… yesterday… you’re not… doing it.」
「Can I keep going?」
With her eyes closed, Ria slightly lowered her face. She nodded, trembling. The tiniest of tears formed around her eyes.
「A-ah… wait… Sir Thor! Don’t… that’s… I can’t!」Ria pleaded with an erotic voice.
I pressed Ria against the bed while kissing her deeply, my tongue firmly entrenched in hers.
「Mmgh…」
Previously, I’d been holding Ria up with one arm, but now that she was pressed against the bed, there was no need for that anymore. Instead, my hand was now gently resting on her thigh.
Ria was panting so heavily that she could barely form coherent words.
But her expression was so adorable that I decided to play with Ria for a while longer. 「Should I not? We can stop now, if you want.」I asked.
She seemed a little taken aback, but quickly shook her head from side to side. Her tiny tears from before had grown in size, and were escaping from her eyes.
I pressed her further. 「I don’t know what you mean by that… you have to say it properly.」
A buzz escaped from her delicate lips, sounding almost like a mosquito. 「Don’t stop… please… Sir Thor.」
Tears were freely streaming down her cheeks now.
「Ria!!!」
Ria moaned. 「Sir Thor!」
「Ah, stop that! Shizuku!」
-Eh? Shizuku?
Ria and I instantly came to our senses and met each other’s eyes.
Then we looked towards the Western-style room’s door. A white, translucent Kokorone Miru had pinned down Deet.
It was almost a perfect replication of the pose that Ria and I were currently in.
「Wa- gah!」
Apparently, the moment Ria and I noticed Shizuku and Deet, they had noticed us too.
「I-I apologize for the inconvenience.」Shizuku said. 「We will continue over here, so Master and Ria, please proceed with what you were doing.」
「「…」」
Shizuku in Kokorone Miru’s form and I were both sitting in the Western-style room.
Deet and Ria, both wearing bloomers, had forced us to sit as they berated us in furious growls. Though I wasn’t pay attention in the slightest.
Shizuku, transforming part of her body in her earphone form, was whispering in my ear. 「Deet wouldn’t stop crying about how Master and Ria might be having asa-chun. I did my best, but I couldn’t stop her from entering the room.」
I see. Though I was mildly surprised that Deet had incorporated words like ‘asa-chun’ into her vocabulary. I knew she’d been browsing the internet, but it was a remarkable feat nevertheless.
「I chased Deet all the way to the Western-style room. It looked like Master and Ria were in the middle of something enjoyable.」
‘Something enjoyable’ was definitely one way to put it…
「Deet seemed like she was going to scream, so I copied Master and blocked her mouth.」
Ehhh? In other words, Kokorone Miru had been french kissing Deet?
「But she kept struggling, so I copied Master and grasped her breasts and… anyhow, then, I pushed her down and held her by her thighs.」
Shizuku… please do that to Deet one more time! I want to see! I wouldn’t mind if you did it to Ria either.
「By the way Master, I thought you might be happy if Deet and Ria took turns spending the night with you alone so I came up with that plan, but maybe I shouldn’t have meddled?」Shizuku asked tentatively, paying no heed to the two girls in question right in front of us who were still lecturing us furiously. I winked at Shizuku, beaming.
I almost wanted to ask Shizuku if she could set up more sessions like this in the future. Shizuku wiggled happily. Perhaps she’d gotten my message loud and clear.
「Sir Thor! Are you even listening to us!?」
「Shizuku! Why are you jiggling so happily!?」
「I’m listening, I swear.」
「On the contrary, these are jiggles of retrospection, reflection, and repentance.」
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Ria and I told the others about Miri’s visit.
「I see. So the guilds are all struggling for control over the dungeon city.」Deet quickly grasped the situation.
「Out of all the guilds, the Thieves’ Guild is the most preferable one, right? And besides, we basically have an alliance with them already. They’re letting us use the gate and stuff.」I explained.
「Yeah. And are you fine with supporting them, Ria?」Deet asked.
She probably thought Ria still hated the Thieves’ Guild.
But that’d already been resolved.
「Yes!」
「Alright. Then I’ll pledge my aid as well.」
「Deet… thanks…」
「W-what the!? Why’re you crying!?」
「It’s just that you…」
「What!?」
Despite formerly being on bad terms with the guild, she’d gone this far for us. And she’d even considered Ria’s feelings.
「Alright! In that case, we’ll all be helping out the Thieves’ Guild!」
The others nodded.
I spread a map of the first floor on the dungeon out on the tatami mat. Miri had given it to me earlier when she’d dropped by.
「Is this the area where the redevelopment will be happening?」Ria asked.
「Yup. Exactly.」
According to Miri, Noela, who managed most of the Thieves’ Guild’s affairs, was also in charge of the redevelopment process. Based on my advice, she’d made great progress since the last time we’d talked.
Scanty, barely functional shops and homes, which were composed of nothing more than barracks or tents, had been relocated. Cleaning crews were hired in an effort to create a cleaner, more livable environment.
In regards to public safety, the Thieves’ Guild now regularly policed the area.
Furthermore, in order to reduce the impact of outsiders, the area had been disconnected from the stairs leading down to the second floor and the route leading to the surface. In addition, other than the Thieves’ Guild’s guards, no one was allowed to bring weapons into the zone.
Of course, it’d be absurd to ask adventurers to leave behind their only means of security, so adventurers were assigned guards who would accompany them wherever they went to ensure they didn’t cause trouble.
Thanks to those efforts, public safety and sanitation had dramatically improved.
I explained Deet.
「That’s amazing!」she said, surprised at how much progress had been made already.
Health and safety were certain irreplaceable when it came to creating a flourishing city.
But…
「Not quite.」
「What’s wrong?」
「We’ve achieved a lot but… the problem now is attracting customers.」
If we couldn’t achieve that, then all our efforts up to now would be wasted.
「So people aren’t visiting?」
「Exactly. We can advertise that the town is clean and safe, but that alone isn’t a selling point. It’s too ordinary.」
「Well then, if the shops have increased, why not make a giant shopping center? Like the Tachikawa shopping center which has tons of stores in one! And that’ll also make safety and cleaning a lot easier.」
「That’s the idea. But according to Noela, they don’t have the funds to do so.」
「Hmm. I guess that’d be a problem. If you’re trying to build a massive shopping center… you’d need a ton of money.」
「We also came up with a plan to borrow money from firms on the surface floor.」
Ria and Shizuku looked ecstatic. 「Really!?」「Wow! Master!」
But Deet didn’t perk up, probably expecting what I was about to say.
「The problem is… none of them gave a favorable response.」
「Whaaaa…」
「Really…?」
「Yeah.」
The two looked at me inquisitively.
「Fulblem, a company who’s never once turned away a customer, rejected us, saying that there’s no profit to be made investing in an area experiencing so little economic activity.」
「I will make them understand! If I plead with all my sincerity, they’ll definitely believe me!」Ria suddenly stood up.
As a knight, Ria probably thought that sincerely pleading could resolve the issue, but we were talking about calculating, profit-oriented merchants here. And if Ria really did go, from her equipment and directness, they might even mistakenly reach the conclusion that Ria had come to strongarm them into submission.
I did, however, suspect that Fulblem might have given more thought to our proposal than they’d let on.
「Wait, wait, hold on. They also said that based on our current circumstances, we were better off working together with the Merchant’s Guild.」
Deet clapped her hands together loudly. 「So in other words, if we change our current circumstances and are able to get people to visit, Fulblem will invest, right?」
「Ah yeah, I think so too.」
「But the whole point of securing funds is to build a shopping center that’ll attract customers. And now, we have to find a way without the shopping center…」
「It’s kind of like the chicken or egg dilemma, isn’t it.」
As Ria and Shizuku stared at the ground, deep in thought, Deet spoke up. 「Can’t we just set up a store to sell japanese goods?」
I briefly considered the idea. 「The logistics seem difficult to manage, since we’d have to transport mass quantities of goods from japan to the store. And this apartment might be discovered in the process.」
「That’s true… but there’s no other way, right?」
But I happened to have another idea in mind.
「There’s something else, actually. Tomorrow, there’s a festival at the neighboring town’s shrine.」
「Something else? And what’s a festival?」
「You’ll know when you go. We’ll all go together.」
Speaking of festivals, there was also that matter.
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