Debut Preparation
◇Fire-Resistant Hero Outfit
1. Hero-exclusive equipment
2. A design that is simple, well-received by the masses, and gives a sense of tidiness
3. Excels in anti-blade・heat resistance・fire resistance functions, doesn’t burn
4. The effect of becoming clean right away even if it gets stained or dirty
5. Rank A
◇Breathing Supplementation Necklace
1. Able to breathe even in fire, even in water
2. Rank B
◇Fire Smothering Mantle
1. Heat resistant・fire resistant mantle
2. The effect of smothering the fire that’s there by swinging the mantle
3. Rank C
“For the Equipment Designation, how’s something like this?”
“Uーn. When it comes to using the effects, I am not really in favour of not designating the expenditure”
Returning to House Youmisiria, we have a discussion on the Hero’s presentation before re-grouping with the Princess.
How to have the masses recognise that I’m the Hero in an easy-to-understand manner.
Since there’s the problem with Princess’ mental image, I want the Princess to think I’m useful as far as possible.
If building trust in the Hero, also ties into trust in the Royal Family, the Princess will probably feel good as well.
“As long as it’s not a recreation of a magic of the six elements, won’t my SP be expended fundamentally?”
“That may be true, but it bothers me……”
It bothers her huh.
“In the case where I was to designate a powerful effect, it’ll end up gorging resources……I can think about it like that, right?”
“Yes. That is correct. It is the idea that some kind of a sacrifice・compensation is necessary in order to manifest a 『tremendous power』”
“Though it’s iffy whether the rank setting has any effect, equipment-wise, don’t you think that the effects are reasonable enough that it 『feels like it could exist』”
“Eeh, I guess they are not powerful equipment. There is probably no significant meaning in the design designation and whatnot either after all. The rest are simply ordinarily good functions. It is of the spectrum where it will not bring about circumstances you have to be that worry about”
“Un”
What I’m thinking about doing is, catching Mayria’s Flame Sorcery through my durability and the counter’s ability and continuing standing there on that spot unharmed. And then I deflect that magic towards the sky, that kind of invincible! undefeatable!-feel Hero debut theatrics plan.
“I kinda want a sword with such Sword Saint-feel, like a shining sword or something, as well”
“If your capabilities do not match up because of the excessive theatrics, the masses’ evaluation will fall instead, you know. As I thought, having genuine capabilities is where it is at”
“Ahー……”
That’s no good. It’s better to lower the hurdle beforehand and up it afterwards.
Mayria is competent in sorcery as well, so she probably got recognised by the masses with that point; understandable.
It’s what they call ‘actions speak louder than words’.
“But a Hero does indeed have the image of a ‘Sword Saint’. Holding it is not a bad idea, but……”
“Un”
“I wonder if Alicia-sama will be convinced? That goes for the various other equipment as well though”
“……we’ll go with, Mayria prepared it there fundamentally”
“But, Otou-sama will be suspicious. The maids as well”
A House Youmisira problem huh.
……the problem of ‘whether I can also trust Mayria from the bottom of my heart’ remains.
“……is Mayria my ally?”
“Yes?”
“If you join Princess Alicia’s side, with the Hero’s skills’ seal and the Captain’s capabilities, it’ll probably be easy to restrain me”
“…………nnー”
If we go with that point, then the same goes for Yuri as well.
However, in Yuri’s case, Princess-wise, she’s the type of talent who’s 『fine even if she dies』 like me, so if I had to say, I guess she’ll make her take up the position of my emotional support and betray me at the very end, or something like that…….
However, from Yuri’s perspective, her situation isn’t one where she can say that, just by betraying me, the Princess will put her trust in her, either. Which means, there’s also the way of looking at it where sticking by my side is more beneficial with all things considered…….
Well, since I’m the one who killed the father of that Yuri, it feels like she’ll betray me without regard for gain or loss if a desire for revenge sprouts though.
“……what, Shino?”
“Whyy, I was thinking, ‘I wonder if Yuri will betray mee'”
“Haa? You really, are distrustful huh, Shino. It’s annoying, you know, that distrustfulness. It’s off-putting already”
“Ehー……?”
“Kyuー?”
I wonder if it’s something to be put off by.
“It’s not like you’re regretting, killing Papa, right”
“I don’t regret it”
I make it clear there.
Papa・Godey, even when it comes to the misdeeds that I saw with my eyes, even when it comes to his attitude towards the deceased, and even when it comes to being caught red-handed on the abductions, he has no remorse.
“Being killed despite making a career out of being a bandit is Papa’s fault. Me, too, is the same, right”
“But you want to become free, right”
“……is there any element in me being able to become free after betraying Shino?”
“……nope”
If she incapacitates the Hero that the Royal Family invested their personal assets and summoned, it’ll be an overly massive sin.
“Does Shinta-san, think that I will betray you?”
“……I guess I have suspecting feelings”
“……haa. Even though we had that much sex……it is indeed off-putting huh”
Kuu……. You’re telling me that even Mayria is put off?
I wonder if I’m too suspecting?
No, but it doesn’t mean anything just because we have a physical relationship; it’s in men to indulge in that and make a fool of themselves after all…….
“Isn’t ‘I’ll tolerate even such a relationship and win at the end!’ kinda deal exactly where the strength of a woman lies? It’s not like everything became the man’s just from being embraced a handful of times, kinda deal?”
At the very end, the three evil women laugh, 『that shitty Hero, how pathetic huhh!』, together while on vacation. And then it ends with the three-timing man getting thrown into jail. It’s the cliché. It’s entertaining if I’m not the very person getting obliterated.
“Kyuー……?”
“I wonder what you are saying……”
“Really. Did you hit your head, Shino?”
“Kuu……”
Wot? It’s a natural suspicion, innit.
“……well then, shall we form a contract or something?”
“A contract?”
“If it is Shinta-san, then you would probably be able to do it with a magic tool you create. Deciding on a set of promises between us, and in the case where we violate it, some kind of penalty occurs sort of curse magic tool”
“Is there something like that?”
It looks convenient, but it only feels like I’m digging my own grave though; something like a contract. Especially when it’s my skill, it feels like it’s constantly accompanied by risk.
“No. But, I was thinking that if you ended up violating the rules after having designated them in the form of a ‘contract’, it would be easy to treat it as a *curse* that you would typically imagine. ……I believe it is a skill that is capable of such a way of using”
Hmm. Mayria seems to be outside her expertise when it comes to curse-related after all.
……if such a proposal is coming from Mayria, I guess it’s alright to trust it instead.
At the very least, she’s enjoying the sex with me in general.
“Speaking of which, regarding curses”
“Un? What, Mayria”
“I have a theory regarding the fact that Shinta-san feels that, in the case where you suffer the damage directly, the *technique* you have come up with, is more powerful”
Oh? That, I sure would love to hear it.
It’s doubtful whether I can grasp it completely with my brain when it comes to the working of the skills.
I’m extremely grateful for advices, you know.
“Shinta-san, seems to want to make it so that you don’t feel pain, but……is it not that pain precisely what is increasing the force of 【Absolute Counter】?”
“Meaning?”
“Yes. 『It hurts』 『It’s agonising』 『It’s painful』……such sensations and emotions are *negative*, right? What the 【Absolute Counter】 skill tries to reflect, is not plain damage. Is the literal pain Shinta-san is feeling not, too, reflected in the counter attack in a form similar to a curse?”
Muu……?
“In other words, if I get to an invincible state where I’m like 『Heh, such an attack, it doesn’t hurt!』 through 【Level-ing】, it’ll be impossible to raise the base force of counter……is what it means?”
“Yes. I think in order for Shinta-san, to use the skill in the way you have come up with as your strongest means of attack, Shinta-san 『has to experience pain』”
“Uee……”
A fucking-masochist set-up……. It’s like that from the start, but……how do I put it.
“As I thought, a way of fighting where I rely on equipment is better huh……”
“I think so to a certain extent”
“Something caught your eye?”
Mayria is smarter than me after all. I want to hear it beforehand if there’s some kind of a problematic point.
“……if the expended resource, is allocated from the same thing no matter how you try. No matter the equipment with whatever kind of designation you try to get with 【Otherworld Transportation Technique】, when it comes to simple attack power, it should be something through the 【Hero’s Skill】 that can exhibit the strongest power. ……is what I think. Since the output source is the same after all. The SP・MP・Aura・Curse, which should be converted into force, is of the same output source……in that case, in the end, you know”
In the end, the counter-attack born through 【Absolute Counter】 that makes use of the resource should be my greatest attack, is what she’s saying.
“……what about when it comes to a specialised-attack weapon, or a weapon that I make carry a specific force?”
“If it is a weapon allocated with pure force, regardless of the opponent, due to the issue of securing resources, as I thought, it should be inferior to the skill. If it is an effect where you designate a specific target, you are splitting the resources to ‘ignoring their defence’ over there, so it will be inferior in pure force”
Uーn…….
The fate of a specialised-attack type item huh.
Although it’s strong if it’s monster opponents, its attack power at first glance comes off iffy, kinda deal.
“A weapon capable of 『switching』 the specialised-attack target each and every time. ……is something like that, an appropriate weapon for the current me to procure?”
A weapon that can switch the specialised-attack target, by designating whether it’s vs-human・vs-monster・vs-object before the fight.
If I’m still going to keep the skill’s matter from the Princess, creating a future-proof weapon at this point in time and saying that 『Mayria made it for me』 will wrap things up nicely.
“……I wonder how it is. As I thought, if you consider that there is a limit to the resources, the moment it possesses multi-functionality, the resources that ought to be distributed to the weapon’s strength and force will be shaved off, is what I end up considering though……”
“Ahー……”
It’s no good if I don’t change my way of thinking?
Like, instead of changing the target, a weapon whose force increases according to specific circumstances.
A sword capable of using a specific technique.
I want to procure a vs-people-type weapon beforehand, however, if I had to say whether a weapon that can easily mangle people is appropriate for a tournament……. It’s by presenting a victory befitting this world’s image of the Hero, that is precisely what will satisfy the Princess after all…….
Uーn.
◇◆◇
“Kyu kyuー”
Lucy-chan is, rolling on the carpet, drawing the recent happenings in the picture diary.
For the time being, her locked-up-in-the-cage state was completely scrapped, and we managed to get her parents to know that she’s alive, so I’d like to think it’s a good result.
In addition to a new problem coming up, we ended up coming to the conclusion that it’s not easy to completely return her to how she originally was though.
“Kyuー?”
The ferret who’s looking like she wants to say, ‘whaat?’.
This state is also adorable huh.
“Good girl”
“Kyuー!”
When I pat her gently, she moves like she’s feeling ticklish and wags her tail. How adorable. I straight-up want her as a pet. No, it’s definitely a no-go since it’s just a little girl on the inside though.
……shall I rear a ferret after I go back to Japan?
“Ah, it’s about time Mayria is back, Yuri”
“Yeah”
After returning the abducted and imprisoned Demihumans to their hometown and temporarily sending Lucy-chan home, we return to the mansion again. The one-week time limit Princess Alicia approved is used up with just this.
Mayria, has driven a carriage, and to the other mansion, she’s gone to fetch her father and the Princess.
Using the Transportation Technique, I’m checking out how that’s going.
“If that father, knows that his daughter was raped by Shino, I wonder what he’ll think? Fufu……”
“Yuri, you’re messed up, you know”
“It’s fine because it’s the noble who makes Papa and others do the dirty work and simply relaxes over there like he’s a big deal”
Well, Feudal Lord Twight seems to also be quite, dirty after all.
Your daughter is already mine, ya know, fuhaha……when I do something like that, I guess it’s ‘that’s what ya get’ in a sense.
……why am I picking a fight with a noble Feudal Lord.
I mean, I guess it’s fine since there were actually victims, like Lucy-chan.
◇◆◇
“Otou-sama. I, will accept Alicia-sama’s proposal and tag along on Hero-san’s journey”
“Wha-, what!?”
Leaving the driving of the carriage to the maid, Mayria sat inside the carriage beside Princess Alicia and said to her father.
“What kind of nonsense are you saying?!”
“……it is something I already decided. The truth is, this one week was the time I had Alicia-sama create the chance to have”
“Cha-, chance? For what?”
“That is……”
Over there, while blushing, Mayria averts her eyes.
……that behaviour, I wonder if it’s acting. She’s an idol after all.
“Do-, don’t tell me! Mayria! Did something, happen between you and that man!?”
Oh, he sure gets it quick. I mean, there’s no guarantee that ‘that man’ is me?
“Eeh, exactly so. I had her create time for me with Hero-san……no, with Shinta-san”
“Wha-……! A-, as I thought!”
‘As I thought’ there huh, Otou-san.
He was wary of me after alll.
“Guu, guuuuu! ……what is your intention, Alicia-sama!? Doing something like that to my daughter……!”
“……it was something Mayria-sama wished for. Besides, the fact that I did not personally do anything, is something I suppose you are aware of. This one week, we had all kinds of talks after all”
“Guu……! However, the fact that you create the time means,”
“It is because Shinta-san, is Alicia-sama’s lover. ……in his country, it is the culture to marry 3 wives. I, have the self-awareness that I am someone who will eventually become the Hero’s second wife, and simply got Alicia-sama’s permission”
“Mayria-sama……”
Wife huhh. She may understand that she’s under my surveillance, but be that as it may, I wonder how serious the Female Magician is with what she says? If she spews such words to her father, in front of the Princess, it feels like she can’t take it back that easily though.
“Guu……. Don’t tell me the Hero, is in our house?”
I’m on top of the bed Missy usually sleeps, chilling with another womaーn(bandit).
……how despicable.
“Eeh. I have had him tidy up various *problems*, and stay behind in the house, Otou-sama”
“……problems, you say?”
“I had him help out with the *cleaning* of the mansion. It was a big hassle because the maids were not around. ……but, 『there’s only Lucy』 in the house now. He tidied it up beautifully”
“……uu!”
Uーwa, scarryy.
What was hinted from what she said, was that I got rid of the Demihumans, after all.
In actuality, all the victims, were sent back to their hometowns safely though.
Apart from Lucy-chan, that is.
“You’re saying that you let that man help out huh, oh Mayria”
“Eeh, Otou-sama. He accepted it readily. ……but, eeh. Regarding dating me, I think Shinta-san also has things to talk about with Otou-sama. That’s why will you talk about it with him again after returning home?”
‘What a bad atmosphereー’, was the playback inside the carriage.
……now then, I wonder how I should wrap the conversation up, with Princess Alicia and Feudal Lord Twight.
◇◆◇
“You bastarddd!”
As soon as he came back, Otou-san’s iron fist of anger exploded at the man who laid his hand on his daughter!
“Guu!”
For the time being, I go with the flow and get punched. It didn’t feel like an attack that I couldn’t guard or avoid though…….
Well, it’s true that I did it a ton with Mayria, so I shall resign myself and accept it there.
“How dare you lay your hands on my daughter!”
“It was consensual”
At the very least, when it comes to Mayria, I got her acknowledgement from all kinds of angles though, with the own will of the person herself.
……I did do all kinds of set-ups beforehand, but it’s presently a lovers’ relationship with the consent of the person herself.
“Do you think that’ll give you a pass!”
Who knows? It’s not like I’m aware of what kind of problem it’ll cause because it’s a noble’s daughter.
In addition to being necessary, I laid my hands on Mayria because I wanted to embrace her as a woman.
If you’re going to start talking to me about responsibility yada yada, I’d first very much like to ask you about the responsibilities regarding the Demihuman’s lives.
“……I understand what you want to talk about. For example, about the basement that I visited together with Mayria-san and whatnot”
“Guu……!?”
“Basement……?”
Princess Alicia makes a suspicious look.
Mayria herself has an indifferent look.
Well, seeing that she’s given her okay to the physical relationship with me, for Mayria, joining the Hero party is expected to have no downsides. I guess here, I’ll leave it to, and also cover for her.
“Alicia-sama. May I first have a talk with Twight-sama?”
“……eeh. I do not mind”
“Well then, during that time, I shall talk to Alicia-sama. There are several things I would like to report to Alicia-sama. There is also something I would like to get your permission for again”
“E-, eeh”
It’s decided that I’ll be with Feudal Twight
And Mayria will face off with Princess Alicia in a discussion.
“Kyuー?”
“Here, apple”
“Kyu!”
Lucy-chan takes the apple she was given and starts crunching on it. ……Lucy-chan and Yuri sure somehow came to be on good terms huhh.
◇◆◇
Now then, we move rooms……or rather, we move to the basement’s room under Mayria’s steering.
“You bastard! How dare you do that to my daughter!”
Feudal Lord Twight grabs my collar. He then holds his right hand aloft and punches at me again.
“Guu……!”
I unexpectedly? have no experience of being punched by people after all.
Rather than the fights with monsters that are strangely unrealistic, it might make for a good experience.
……am I, a masochist? No, it’s really something necessary; I’m not a pervert or anything though.
But.
“It bloody hurtss, koraa!”
, a counter knuckle filled with the damage I received!
“Gubuu!?”
If it’s just a fistfight with a magic-leaning human, I have the confidence to win in the end.
Because as long as it’s not a death match, it’s a conclusively undefeatable skill.
……the pre-requisite is that I’ll experience pain, until I reach the single victory though.
It works like an encounter-style battle system where I fully recover? whenever a battle is over.
It’s either that or fighting games huh.
Seeing that I have the 【Level-ing】 skill, martial arts・sports in general, have something to be gained just from doing them!
It’s the ‘bring it on’ kind of guy.
I have a feeling that if it’s against a delinquent Earthling of the same age range, who hasn’t done martial arts, I can win them in a fistfight!
And then, the Feudal Lord who ate an unexpected counter in his abdomen curled up!
“……I heard both about the bunch imprisoned in the basement, and about Lucy from Mayria. And then even your misdeeds in general, I know pretty much all of them”
“Wha-, what!?”
Don’t give me ‘what!?’.
I, went to take the documents that compiled Feudal Lord Twight’s misdeeds he doesn’t want people to know, which I’d prepared in the basement.
I threw the bundle of documents, in front of the curled-up Feudal Lord.
They didn’t show any particular signs of scattering since they bundled up.
“I got the cooperation of Mayria herself as well after all. I know of this house’s misdeeds. ……I’m fine with going on and talking to the Princess about it though……”
“Guu……! So-, something like this……, why did Mayria cooperate with you……”
“It’s because Mayria became my woman”
“Guu!? Gunuu……!”
“That said, it’s not like Mayria abandoned her father or the house either. I, too, have no intention of making you lose your standing. ……it’s just that I need her. That’s why I’m going to have your daughter”
“Don’t mess with me! Who’s going to give her to someone like you!”
“……I’m saying this because it seems you have love for your daughter. If that’s how you feel, then don’t go separating girls who are 12 or something from their parents all willy-nilly. Mayria may be the main culprit, but if you’re a parent, shouldn’t you stop her?”
“There’s no reason for me to hear that from you!”
“Well, you may be right”
It’s not like I want to lecture him either.
“It’s just that, none of us wishes for Mayria to lose her standing, right? For me, as well as for you, Mayria is indispensable. Then, what are we going to do? Have a discussion? You’re not gonna be convinced by that, right, you. Are you going to complain about the Hero’s tyranny to the Royal Family? ……in that case, I’ll also end up exposing your misdeeds. If that happens, in the end, for the Feudal Lord, it’ll be this house that’ll be destroyed. And, despite having her status stripped off, Mayria will be bought by the Royal Family for her talent……in the end, she’ll be made to tag along on my Demon Lord subjugation journey”
……is probably the scenario it’ll become, was what Mayria thought.
The moment she knew this house’s misdeeds were clear to me, she knew it’d be tough if I were to take Princess Alicia’s side.
The Princess came here, wanting the battle power known as ‘Mayria’ after all.
“Guu……”
“I’ll tag along on a fistfight at least, Feudal Lord-sama. If you’re going to bring it into a death match with magic……I’ll have you know before you start that I, possess a skill that’s a natural enemy for Magicians. ……you’ll understand after you have a talk with her afterwards, but Mayria is already my woman both body and soul”
“Guuu! You bastard, you bastarddd……!”
The man who embraced his daughter……. Well, it’s only natural for him to be angry.
But, that said, if I had to say whether he’s someone I can sincerely say, ‘please give me your daughter’s hand’, he’s probably not.
“I’ll have Mayria, continue on the research for restoring Lucy-chan’s form. I’ll also cooperate in her research……how’s that?”
“What, how’s! That!”
Hmm.
“Then, are you going to get in the way of Mayria and me? Heyy? After seeing the state of the dungeon, can you say that?”
“What are you saying……!?”
“Do you want to know, how it ended for the Demihumans? is what I’m asking. You get it, right? Mayria and I have a consensual relationship. I also help out in her experiments. ……and, we *erased* the nothing-but-hindrances Demihumans from the dungeon together, how’s that?”
“……?”
“Do you not get it? It means that, to Mayria and me, we don’t mind erasing them if they’re a *hindrance*. ……so, who do you think is the *hindrance* to the current her? Is it me? To her, who’s mutually in love with me, declares we’re dating in front of the Princess, and leaves the discussion with her father to me as well like this. ……the hindrance isn’t me, right. Annoying Otou-san, who’s strict about his daughter’s dating and even her life?”
I give him a grin over there.
“Wha-…….”
“……it seems it won’t get noticed even if you imprison someone for a whole year and a half, in this here dungeon. The maids will also help out in the imprisonment after all, and they’re used to it. ……now then. Mayria and Feudal Lord. Who do you think the maids will side with? Who’s the one, going out in public?”
“Do-, don’t tell me, you……”
“You understand better than anybody else that Mayria is a woman who can get cruel for the sake of her experiments, don’t you? And. I discussed with her about the Hero’s skills. ……and then, there’s progress, in the Beastification experiment she’s currently interested in. It seems there’s the need to tag along on my journey for the sake of that”
“…………”
“……what’s necessary for the continuation of the experiment, is Lucy the successful subject and my skills. And then the companionship on the Hero’s journey. ……what’s a hindrance to Mayria, is to be trialled for her research thus far. And then, your restrictions. Amongst all that, the Demihumans that are hindrances……had already been gotten rid of”
It’s a lie though.
“Guu……”
“Now then. I suppose it’s not like she doesn’t have any parent-child sentiments. ……then, what will she do next? If you’re going to keep on getting in the way of her experiments. There’s an ideal dungeon right there huh, Feudal Lord-sama?
“You bastard, ar-, are you planning to imprison me!”
He caught my drift huh.
“It’s whether your prided daughter-san is a woman who’s alright with imprisoning her parent, right. What do you think? What do you think of Mayria?”
“Uu……”
Uu……huh. Feudal Lord Twight is lost for words.
Mayria who’s thought of as 『there’s no tellingー』 by her father.
“A woman who captures a 12 years old girl, turns her into a beast that can’t speak, places her in a cage, and can laugh in front of people, calling it 『her favourite』. ……now then, will she be lenient just because it’s her own father? Having acquired the authority known as the ‘Hero’ that she can use at her fingertips”
“Uu……”
“You get it, right? You get it, don’t you? Mayria 『is fine either way』. She has no intention of killing you, but her number one priority is her own research. If it’s for the sake of that, neither the house’s peril nor somebody else’s life, matters to her. ……that’s precisely why. If you don’t interfere with our dating, you’ll live as you have thus far. If you say you’re going to keep on hindering, you’ll have an imprisoned life in the dungeon like the Demihumans from today onwards. If, on top of that, you’re going to be a further hindrance……”
“Kuuuuu……!”
I wonder if he’ll be convincedd, Otou-san.
Will he resist by force?
The misdeeds he did will be found out by the Princess even if he defeats the Hero.
That will probably, in its own way, be a checkmate to the Feudal Lord himself, and Mayria herself will be retrieved by the Princess though.
Well, whatever happens from here on out, it’s his retribution for raising his daughter into a woman who can nonchalantly perform human experiments…….
