Chapter 18: 18 A Room You Can't Leave Without Sex, and Aphrodisiac Gas (1)
EP.18 Chapter 18 A Room You Can't Leave Without Sex, and Aphrodisiac Gas (1)
The adventurer Jackal arrived at the village.
He came to this small village on the outskirts of the continent to conquer the dungeon newly discovered by Ariana.
Jackal, who often heard he looked fierce due to his short black hair and the scar across his eyes, covered his face with a mask again today.
"There are more people than I expected."
He honestly expressed his impression upon seeing the small mountain village of Lorangrevel.
Over twenty adventurer parties were visible, even though it was said to be a newly formed dungeon.
They all came to conquer the dungeon.
The strange thing was.
"Why did they all come in male-female pairs?"
That was odd.
Jackal's sharp intuition detected something strange.
"W-Well? Why, why would that be?"
Floa, the mage from the magic tower who brought Jackal here, avoided his gaze.
"Don't you know anything? Floa?"
"Maybe it's a dungeon limited to two people? Jackie, you worry too much."
"Is that so."
Hmm.
However, his instincts kept warning him about this unfamiliar situation.
Strange.
Something's strange.
It seemed necessary to look into it in detail.
That's when.
"Ah, new adventurers have arrived. Welcome."
An elderly man greeted Jackal and Floa.
The village chief?
"Nice to meet you. I'm Jackal."
"Ho ho, I'm the chief of this Lorangrevel village. Do you both need a place to stay?"
"Well, yes."
"Haha, there's just one room left right now."
Then there's no choice.
"Please."
"Ho ho, follow me."
The two followed the village chief to the lodging.
"The village is changing a lot due to the dungeon that suddenly appeared recently. We're building new buildings here and there."
As the village chief said, workers could be seen constructing new buildings throughout the village.
"You must be busy."
"Ho ho, but it's better than before when we had nothing. Busy abundance is better than idle poverty, after all."
And the place the village chief guided them to was a building that looked like a private home.
"This doesn't seem to be an inn."
"We're building proper inns, so for now we're opening parts of houses for outsiders."
"Ah."
"Jackie, let's go in quickly. My luggage is heavy."
"Alright."
Jackal took Floa's luggage and set it down in her room.
"But is there really a dungeon here?"
Jackal asked Floa after organizing the luggage.
The atmosphere of this village was too light for a place with a dungeon nearby.
The adventurers' attitudes were like that too, and most of the people who came here were riffraff.
"O-Of course! Ariana-san guaranteed it was here. I heard it at the guild last time."
"Really? Then can you tell me what kind of dungeon it is?"
An investigation seemed necessary.
"Th-That's a secret. I'll tell you tomorrow when we conquer the dungeon."
"...Alright."
It was Jackal's basic style to learn preliminary information before conquering, but seeing how she refused to say anything.
She must have some plan.
It's been 5 whole years.
The time they've conquered dungeons together.
So he trusts her.
Though there were suspicious points, he entrusted it to her believing Floa had checked well too.
"Um, Jackie."
"Yeah?"
"M-Maybe you want to sleep here?"
To Floa who asked with a reddened face.
"No, it's okay. I don't want to disturb your rest."
Jackal gave her sufficient space to rest.
Even if it's suspicious, they can overcome it.
That's how it's always been.
As an A-rank adventurer, there wasn't much for him to fear.
***
"It's already the twentieth party. Are you really going to let them go like this?"
"Let them go."
As planned, I intend to let them go in the early stages unless they're really good adventurers.
Over thirty parties have come and gone from this dungeon in a week.
On average, three teams came and went each day.
The appearances of the returning men and women varied.
There were men grinning saying they finally got laid.
There were couples subtly embarrassed and conscious of each other.
Women who lost their chastity mixing bodies without knowing who their partner was, intoxicated by aphrodisiac gas, sobbed for a long time unable to leave the center of the dungeon.
After carnal relations stained with pleasure ended, it was a dungeon that gave some primal joy, some unforgettable shame for life, and some improved relationships.
Their common point was that they all returned without incident after escaping the aphrodisiac gas trap.
"But that woman still hasn't left. It seems she's shocked about being taken by the man?"
The man who came with her seemed to have coolly left without any concern for the woman he had fucked.
"What should we do?"
"...We can take that kind. Amy."
"Yes, Demon King."
"Bring that woman to the main hall."
"Understood."
To abandon a woman he had already fucked, he was a man without manners.
In that broken state, there shouldn't be much trouble if I take her.
"When will you start catching them in earnest?"
"Yulia."
"Yes, Demon King."
"Are you dissatisfied with my current plan?"
"Th-That's not it."
She bowed her head deeply.
Her wings at her waist fluttered as if flustered.
I really wanted to grab that waist with fluttering wings someday and grasp those luscious buttocks in my hands.
As expected of a succubus.
The more I looked, the more admirable her figure was.
If I touched her in my current insufficient state, I might die.
"Then why do you keep adding comments?"
"I'm sorry. But I don't think it's good for the dungeon to be exposed so often."
"You're not wrong. But."
"But?"
"Sometimes it's much easier to disguise something as laughable than completely unknown."
"..."
"The moment the opponent lets their guard down and puts their neck to our blade. That's the moment I'll stab."
At least adventurers of Ariana's level, who first fell into the trap, were worth eating.
Eating low experience adventurers might taste good too, but eating too many causes problems.
Very delicious things.
I'll swallow mainly those rich in nutrients.
Yes.
Just like that.
"Looks like someone worth eating is finally coming in."
"..."
I said, watching a black-haired masked man and the silver-haired mage following beside him.
***
"You really won't tell me?"
"No, I'll tell you when we go in. It's not a dungeon dangerous enough for you to worry about, Jackie. From what I heard, it's at most a D-rank dungeon."
"D-rank? Why on earth would we go there?"
Jackal swallowed his doubts as he looked at the flustered Floa.
He was an A-rank adventurer, and Floa was a B-rank mage.
Him as the vanguard and Floa as a battle mage.
It wasn't the standard party of two vanguards, two rear damage dealers, and one healer, but the combination of the two was so good they had conquered quite a few A-rank dungeons together.
They had killed countless monsters on battlefields too.
But suddenly a D-rank dungeon?
"This is too out of the blue."
"D-rank is low, but it's a new dungeon. Aren't you curious?"
Floa's eyes wavered as she spoke.
Jackal stared at her intently.
"Floa."
"Y-Yes?"
"What are you plotting?"
"P-Plotting? What do you mean?"
"You're planning something, aren't you?"
"H-Heuung. I don't know what you meaaan?"
"It's strange that there's a separate entry order for a newly created dungeon, and it's strange that adventurers can change that order among themselves. Everyone seems to have goals other than conquering..."
Jackal pushed Floa against the wall.
"Kyaa!"
"What's your ulterior motive? Floa."
He still trusts her.
That his longtime companion wouldn't betray him.
No matter how much he scanned the surroundings, there were no strange signs.
Things like assassins trying to kill him, or traces of strange magic.
Jackal, who had often been exposed to the killing intent of assassins since childhood, could pride himself on sensing such changes in the air better than anyone.
"Ul-Ulterior motive? There's no such thing! Don't you trust me?"
"It's not that, but I can't help but think it's strange if you won't tell me anything."
"..."
Floa looked at him.
"Jackie, trust me just this once. I've never lied to you. Have I ever, even once?"
"No."
"So trust me. I just came because I thought we could have fun conquering the dungeon together."
Jackal stared at Floa for a long time.
To see if there was even a grain of lie in her words.
They've been together for 5 years.
He knew her speech patterns and behaviors inside out.
She was definitely hiding something, but.
Those words.
I just thought we could have fun conquering the dungeon together.
There was no lie in those words.
'If there is some plot.'
He can overcome it himself.
As he thought yesterday.
'I've softened too.'
5 years ago, when he first met Floa, if he had been his old self who always insisted on soloing, he would never have followed her.
This must be what camaraderie is.
"...I'm sorry for pushing you so hard."
"It's okay. It's my fault for not telling you too. But don't worry, Jackie."
Floa's ears turned bright red as she turned her back.
"You'll like it too."
Turning her back to Jackie, she had a determined expression.
An expression of being resolved to carry out her plan today.
Such an expression.
And.
"Interesting."
The Demon King was watching the two of them with interest.