CC Ch 21 Part A ~ Eros Workshop

Part A

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# Mountain Bandit subjugation

After accepting the request for bandit suppression from the guild, we headed to Monica-san's place to have a strategy meeting in her room.

Monica-san loved to spend her quest reward to buy decoration for her room. When others realize it, the number of new bows hanged on her room wall increased by a lot. There’s also some stuffed toys laying around. One of them are a doll which modeled after me. She once told me that if she doesn’t see my face once in a day, she would have trouble sleeping in the night so with the handicraft skill that I inherit from my mother, I tried to make that doll and give it to her as present. Well, my actual motive was to check how much my handicraft skill has improved so I kinda feel guilty when she feels very happy with my present.

“As a 5 stars quest, those mountain bandits can’t be underestimated. Also, from what I know, those adventurers that joined them are quite skilled”

When Monica-san sits in her bed, she put that doll modeled after me on her lap. Seeing her doing it even though I am standing in front of her makes me feel shy somehow.

“This humble self doesn’t feel threatened by those mobs though...... What do you think Hiroto-kun?”

“I am thinking of attacking them alone from the front as a decoy to lure the bandits then while they are distracted, O-Shishou-sama (Teacher) and the rest could sneak into their hideout and then destroy them from the inside de arimasu”

“Wendy, I told you many times already to not act recklessly. You are a girl okay?”

“Ye...... Ye, Yesh...... When O-Shishou-sama called me a girl like that, I feel like when Filianes-sama hit me with her Lightning Magic Sword during our practice spar. I feel like spasming from getting electrocuted......”

If Wendy take off her horned helmet that she usually wears, no one could imagine that she could turn into a valiant woman warrior once she holds a sword as she looks very timid normally. It’s been 6 years since we know each other and she is now 19 years old yet her core personality doesn’t seems to change much.

At first, she only become an adventurer to gain more experience so she can enroll into the knight brigade but then she joined my party which is unexpectedly feel comfortable for her. Added with our party income that is far better than just becoming a knight, she finally decided to settle down in Mizell. She would go back to her hometown once in a while but beside those times, she will always follow me in action.

“When you are 8 years old, you can be called as an adult...... Well that is something that is too fast according to common sense but Hiroto-kun has already leading our team since he was 2 years old. If this humble self doesn’t afraid of creating a misunderstanding then this humble self will says that he becomes more manly nowadays”

“You guys starts derailing again...... I know we have done 5 stars quest a few times before but this is a special quest which reward is equal to those of 6 stars you know? If you slack around too much, you might get hurt. Let’s take this quest seriously okay?”

“I could say the same to you Monica-san. Why did we have our meeting in your room instead of our lodging room de arimasuka? What you planned to do with O-Shishou-sama, let me be the witness for it de arimasu. And then just like before, I would like to deepen the relationship between us four de arimasu”

“I-I was not really......We already agreed that we would only do that as reward when we completed a job so I am not planning to do anything, you know......?”

She seems a bit disappointed so maybe there was a bit of hope before. Well, can’t be helped. After all I keep going straight home after finishing work this last few days. Nowadays, If I am not busy with taking care of Sonia, I will be together with Riona to prevent her misfortune skill from misfiring.

But regarding Riona, after I learned a certain skill, I managed to reverse the situation. It is after I learned Limit Break skill, I tried to level up my Fortune skill until level 110 and I received a passive skill called [Blessing]. And this [Blessing] function is to bless one person in my party so that person would take all the effect of my Fortune skill permanently. If I choose Riona to be the target for this skill, then no matter how far we separate from each other, her level 108 Misfortune skill would get pinned down by my level 110 Fortune skill. The downside is that the number of times of Fortune skill activated for me is greatly diminished now.

I know how to grind Fortune skill but I don’t know how to lower Misfortune skill. The problem that can’t be resolved if I keep staying in Mizell increases. I think that is why Neris-san has been telling me to go outside to the vast world to learn more.

“...... I’m really not thinking of doing anything so why are you keep being silent? Hiroto you meanie”

“A...... So-sorry, I don’t mean it that way. There’s no way that I don’t like being together with Monica-neechan”

“Can this humble self perceive that as Hiroto-kun prefer the private time with Miss Monica more than with this humble self and co......?”

“Please stop with that [Miss], I am feeling awkward hearing it”

“I feel a bit happy being called as a miss de arimasu...... It makes me feel like being seen as someone graceful de arimasu”

We have been in the same party for 6 years already so we are just like an old friend, the kind of bosom buddy that know about each other temperament. So in short, our discussion would always derail a lot like this. Well, that is only one of the result but the main point is that I love being in this kind of harmonious atmosphere so I really enjoy hearing their conversation.

But then again, the way Nameless-san talk, or rather her choice of vocabulary is a bit peculiar. It is somehow sounded like how an archetypal otaku doing a roleplay back in earth.

(...... Or rather, her way of talking is exactly the same as MaroMayu-san. I heard that MaroMayu-san was a he though......)
(Eros: MaroMayu literally means those painted circle eyebrow that olden Japanese nobles have)

After learning that Riona was actually the reincarnation of Hina, I have been curious about Nameless-san’s true identity. I have been trying to find a chance to take a peek at her status but...... I don’t know why, I just can’t view her status even when I am her party member. Is it because the mask she usually wear have that kind of special ability? ...... Or maybe...

But there are also other whose status can’t be viewed around me so I am starting to think of it as something normal lately.

“N...... Hiroto-kun, are you trying to demonstrate that you are also interested with this humble self?”

I’ve been staring at Nameless-san so of course she notices me. She just puts one hand on her chest and smiles. She is a sorcerer so unlike Neris-san who wears a witch robe, she mostly wears cloth armor that looks similar to a uniform but as we won’t go out to battle today, she is in her casual clothes that looks comfortable to wear.

“I’ve been very curious de arimasu. Nameless-san, haven’t your breast grow bigger de arimasuka? Mine have also grown quite big but I feel that if I don’t met O-Shishou-sama, my breast won’t grow up this big de arimasu ne”

“Wendy, you indulge yourself too much. I remember that two of my friends were also like that...... But seems like Wendy reaction is a bit different. Rather than being happy of getting a bigger breast, you are more like being shy of having those......”
(Eros: I swear this part is hard to understand in Japanese. Monica doesn’t tell what the subject is until I realize they still talking about breast size lol)

I have never put Wendy under my charm skill but even so, because I saved her from kobold when I was two years old, her affection rate to me increased rapidly until it hit the max limit. From what I heard from her, it seems that she never experienced being treated nicely by a man. At first, I don’t believe that she never have any connection with a man because of her baby faced appearance which make her looks cute...... But once I know her, I can tell that she is a very serious person at the base so even if other man tried to approach her, she could not notice it. How she ‘notice’ me who was still two years old as a man that time must be because of the karma of my [Charisma] skill.

For Nameless-san, there are many time other adult man invited her to party up for quests but she rejects all of those invitation because of the thing happened before she joined my party. After we reach rank B, our party starts to become famous and as I am still a kid, other people think that the party only have 3 woman in it which made the invitation from male adventured become even more intense. Of course the three won’t even turn their heads to them which made them received the nickname of [three steel heroines]. Wendy was saying excuses like “Heroines is still too far from me de arimasu” while being embarrassed because of it. In the other hand, Nameless-san and Monica-san feel happy with the nickname because it could act as a deterrent to other male adventurers from inviting them.

There is a certain area in the bar which located in the 1st floor of adventurer guild building that become a gathering spot for women adventurer. The male adventurers would usually wait for Wendy there. From what I heard, she is a real heavy drinker. Even when most male adventurers invite her for a drink with hidden motives clearly shown, she had never get knocked out from being dead drunk. Wendy is like a fish that is getting stronger the more it drown in water, or in this case, alcohol. In the bar, she is also a popular girl besides the two.

“By the way, is it alright for Wendy to drink at her age now?”

“According to the law, 15 years old is already allowed to drink alcohol. If you want to know more about law, doesn’t Stella knows a lot about it? That girl is really diligent with her study isn’t she? For the sake of being a tutor for Hiroto”

“So there are also things that O-Shishou-sama doesn’t know de arimasu ne. Fufufu, that is somewhat cute de arimasu”

“Hiroto-kun is already a big boy now so won’t he feel annoyed if he treated as a baby? Miss Wendy probably should be careful or before you realize it, you might already be hated by him”

“HA!....... I-I-I-I’m sorry! Gosh, how could I...... O-Shishou-sama, please don’t leave me!”

“I don’t mind that much you know. No matter how other people look, I am still a little boy after all”

In the future, I planned to join the Warrior Guild to remove my skill level cap together with Wendy so we can train together after that so losing her now would give me trouble instead...... Well, that was just a joke. Wendy is already an irreplaceable front-liner in my party. Of course I can already act as the front-liner alone to guard the back-liner but thinking about the future, being stubborn and think that I can solve everything myself is a straight way to doom.

Party should at least have 6 member. And the member should be balanced into front-liner, middle-guard, and back-liner ideally. The maximum number of member a party could hold is a hundred so I am also working on inviting more people on the side. Create a guild and become a guild master again is my current goal now. I have already know the requirements to create a guild so when the time is ripe, I will definitely create one.

“Ash-kun managed to pass the merchant guild’s test, even Deen-kun starts to learn martial arts right? And there’s also Stella with her extensive wisdom although she is still 10 years old. The famous university, Fa Zirl university might send her an invitation soon. I think she has the aptitude to become a famous scholar”

“Every children in Mizell really excel at something de arimasu. Especially Riona-san while as a 8 years old girl yet seems to be very famous with everyone in Mizell de arimasu ne...... At first I was a bit insecure thinking that there are many lolicons here but after seeing her directly for the first time, I feel that I can understand”

“Un, totally grown into a babe Riona is. But I feel like it’s not just her physical beauty...... Even if she just stands there doing nothing, you still can’t help getting your attention get drawn by her”

Beside the [Charm] skill that I have, there’s also skill called [Fascination] which have the same effect as mine. Everyone have their own charm points in their status but those two skill are in a different realm altogether.

It seems like [Fascination] is a skill that a Succubus like Riona would learn naturally as she grows up. The skill suddenly appears after she celebrates her 5th birthday. If I could also learn [Fascination] and getting more proficient with it, then my [Charm] could be invoked easier and I could converse even smoothly with other people. That is one of the skill that I want to get so I could enhance my [Negotiation] skill even further. [Fascination] is impossible to get if you don’t plan your leveling right but I already know how to get it so I will definitely learn it if I have more time.

Anyway Riona is still a kid. She get jealous easily and is really meddlesome...... She is just a troublesome little girl for me but because of her high [Fascination] skill level, everyone else would only see her as an overly adorable being. Of course when talking about her pure outward appearance, she could hold her own candle when compared to other beauties that I know.

“Hiroto and Riona are childhood friend so the time they spend together is longer...... Wendy and also None (Nameless pet name), if you girls don’t keep your guard up, then he will be taken away without any resistance you know”

“This humble self doesn’t feel fixated to monogamy. If Hiroto-kun give me his attention once in a while then this humble self would already feel satisfied. Well, this humble self hope that the details of ‘giving attention’ would gradually evolve in the future”

“I-I also, when O-Shishou-sama thinks that it's about time, I kind of wanting to step up our relationship from just a master student relation into something higher...... maybe......”

“E-Everyone...... I am happy with your feelings but, I am still 8 years old”

“A...... the way you said ‘I’ is kinda... very manly. Can you say it one more time, Hiroto?”
(Eros: Hiroto usually use [Boku] which is the boyish, more conservative me and in that dialogue, he use [Ore] instead which is the manlier form of me for male. Women still sometime use it tho even in real life and sadly, this lost in the translation because of my lackness)

Monica-san seems to be wishing for my quick growth as she frequently made such similar request. I feel like I should answer these older sisters wish like a good boy but when I’m going to do it again, I suddenly feel embarrassed by it and just dodge the topic by laughing it off.

Yes, if I easily listen to their request then they might forgot our current situation. As the party leader, I am responsible to keep the fighting tension in my party up until I completed our quest.

“Your face is like saying that you won’t do such things before a quest...... You are such a party killer”

“It is said that great man has great fondness for the sensual pleasure and there too many to count situations that can be related to this proverb. I don’t really fond of using such proverb but Hiroto-kun is someone who done it to a T”

“It is exactly because O-Shishou-sama is like that that made everyone trust him de arimasu. I will follow you for life de arimasu!”

Wendy sharply made a salute gesture. She is now an adventurer but the knight salutation movement that she learned from the knight school has become even more refined now.

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