Chapter 27: 27. Ghosting(?)

[Title: What the hell is this bitch doing?]

She dragged me off out of nowhere, then I got ganged up on at her villa.

I beat the first opponent and lost to the next one, you know?

Then she just shoved some money into my hands and kicked me out.

What the fuck is with that rude bitch?

└ What the fuck did you just call our esteemed patron?

└ LOL, only one? You must be bitter because you missed out~

└ Heeeng, big sis...

└ My Ryu-o is acting weird...

└ No, fuck, so what the hell is going on?

└ How dare you, you unbreedable Federation of Male-Hating Feminists, call our esteemed patron a rude bitch? Take it backtake it backtake it backtake it backtake it back.

└└ You have to explain it, though...

└└ Tsk tsk. (Link)

[Title: Newbies, if you meet this person, stop immediately.]

Trainee Knight Stage 1 guide) Blue-haired woman, blond-haired man, black-haired man patterns.

Trainee Knight Stage 2 guide) ...

Trainee Knight Stage 3 guide) ...

Trainee Knight Stage 4 guide) ...

Hey, newbie. Now that you’re here, why aren’t you dropping to your knees right away?

Let us begin our daily worship.

O greatest of our almighty lords, our esteemed patron... grant us this day our daily bread... What? What the fuck am I talking about?

Don’t tell me you don’t know Lady Hilda Ain Velatus?

I’m kidding. But for newbies like you, I prepared this! Videos analyzing the knights’ patterns, plus a summary of the young lady’s event.

You’re probably here because you either read this before starting the game or got flustered by a sudden situation and started digging around for information, right?

First off, that young lady is a vicious shotacon big sis who won’t even spare a glance for players above Level 20.

Nobody knows the trigger conditions for her guaranteed event.

You just happen to catch her eye after finishing a dungeon expedition if you’re lucky.

She comes around often looking for talent worthy of becoming a dungeon expedition member. Or it’s fine if you run into her somewhere else, too.

But we’re players. The moment we meet her, we’re headed straight to take the test.

Huh? Isn’t this game about becoming an expedition member anyway? Yep, it is. But the NPCs are expedition members too, and they all have their own cohorts.

If you follow the usual route, becoming an expedition member is inevitable, but the difference in growth is huge.

Basically, it’s an opportunity for a greenhorn to catch the division commander’s eye and get a boost.

When our big sis finds a ★low☆level★ that gets her fucking wet, she drags him off first and has him spar with the knights.

All the information on the knights is above.

You’re asking where Stage 5 is?

Fuck, you Megall freak! That means you aren’t a newbie—you’re a veteran who rerolled over and over for the young lady event.

(A gif of a frog clicking its tongue.)

If you made it past Stage 4, figure it out yourself already. Tsk...

First, here’s a gameplay video. (Link) Stage 5 is purely a matter of control...

I barely cleared it myself. Stage 6? It does exist.

But at Stage 6, a cutscene plays, and with one quick slash, you get to watch your character lying unconscious.

The higher you clear, the better the commissions and rewards you’ll naturally get, right?

Newbie: I could only make it to Stage 3. ㅠㅠ

Congratulations, newbie. Your life has just taken off. Make sure you faithfully go wherever the young lady sends you, kid. Those are all high-grade commissions.

Always bow in the direction where the young lady is.

Stages 1 and 2...? Hmm... It’s fine... There’s no problem with raising your character. You’ll just be poor, exhausted, cold, hungry—just that kind of life, that’s all.

If you take the young lady’s route, it’s easy to unlock the noble route too... Too bad, I guess.

└ Guide upvote.

└ Guide upvote.

└ Wow, why are you so good? I can’t clear Stage 5 even if I die trying.

└└ You can get that far after about 4,000 hours of rerolling, yep.

└└ Ah... Okay...

└ Ah, fuck, so that’s what this was?

└└ Good luck.

└└ You little... Hold your head high and live, damn it! Are you going to die just because you don’t have the young lady? I would, yep.

└ Still, I hate her because she’s rude as fuck.

└└ Welcome to Stage 2, LOL.

└└ You’re so transparent, LOL.

**

"Huff... Huff..."

"Good work, baby. Rest a little, then let’s go eat."

"Yes, Master."

With only a few days left until the twenty-fifth, I stepped up my training.

When I took off the blindfold I had been wearing, copper coins were scattered all around my collapsed body.

To sharpen my qi sense, I wore a blindfold and knocked away the copper coins Master threw at me one by one.

Most of the ones I hit had been sheer luck... but I had to believe it would help.

I gathered the coins and went over to Master, who was sitting on the wooden floor.

"Master..."

"Oh my? Hehe... Baby, hasn’t this become too much of a habit now?"

When I hugged her without hesitation, Master wrapped her tail around my waist.

It just felt so good... I was happy.

As I caught my breath together with Master leaning against my shoulder, she raised her head.

"Oh? Baby, where did your spatial-storage bracelet go?"

Ah, right. How was I supposed to explain this to her?

"Ugh... Well, you see..."

"It’s okay, it’s okay. Relax that furrowed brow... That’s right! Aww, how adorable~ Should I buy you another one? Hmm?"

Master slowly crawled onto my lap.

"That’s not it, Master..."

When my brow furrowed again, Master kissed my forehead.

"Hehe, of course~ Smooch!♥ You know my baby is a grown man now... So, should I buy you another one?"

If she kept tempting me like this... I decided to hold back, at least once.

Spring!Thud!

"Ah♥"

...Failed.

I stopped Master, who had begun taking off her clothes with an expression that said she understood everything.

"W-wait, Master... This is just a natural bodily reaction..."

"Haa...♥ It’s a problem for a boy to walk around like this... I suppose I have no choice but to..."

"I absorbed the spatial storage!"

At my words, Master’s movements came to an abrupt halt.

"...What?"

Her expression asked whether she had understood correctly.

I raised my empty hand for her to see, then summoned a torch.

Grab.

"...?"

"The spatial storage entered my body like this—"

In an instant, Master’s eyes changed, and she tackled me to the floor.

Thud!

Feel, feel.

"M-Master?"

"That can’t be... It shouldn’t be possible... Baby, is your body all right? Hmm? Nothing feels wrong?"

Master pulled my robe wide open and checked my entire body.

We had already seen everything there was to see, so I didn’t mind, but seeing her tail droop made me feel sorry for her.

I hugged Master, who had fallen into a panic.

Squeeze.

"Master, there’s nothing wrong with my body. You don’t have to worry."

Master squirmed in my arms, then tightly coiled her tail around my legs.

"There really isn’t anything wrong, is there? Will you go to a temple just once? Hmm?"

I stroked Master’s trembling body as I spoke.

"It’s all right. I’m a little... unusual, after all..."

"Even so... Even so..."

I decided I should tell Master about the status window first.

As I organized my thoughts, wondering how to explain it, I opened my inventory...

Huh? What’s this...?

In one corner of my inventory was some kind of green jelly... or something like that, anyway.

"Huh? What is this?"

"Baby! Is something wrong? Hmm?"

"N-no, it’s not that."

I took out a piece of the jelly from my inventory.

Master’s eyes widened when she saw it.

"This was inside the spatial storage."

"W-what is that? Wait... This is a por—"

Then I felt as though my body were being sucked away.

**

Thud...

"No..."

Arin had been on top of Jang Ryu-o.

Because Jang Ryu-o suddenly vanished, she dropped lightly onto the floor.

"...Baby?"

Her precious darling had literally gone poof and disappeared right before her eyes.

For a moment, Arin could not accept reality.

The situation was enough to make all the happiness she had experienced until now feel like a dream.

But the strong scent of her disciple that still clung to her clothes reminded her that this was no dream.

The incomprehensible situation shattered Arin’s composure and sent her into a panic.

"Baby... Huh? Huhhh? Where are you? What is this...?"

It was a situation she could not possibly explain.

Her heart clenched tight, and cold sweat seeped out across her entire body.

"Haa... Haa... Baby? Baby?"

It felt as though her entire world had suddenly fallen away.

If only there had been some trace left behind—but even her disciple’s scent had been abruptly cut off.

Taking deep breaths, Arin gathered her thoughts.

Calm down... I have to find him... This can’t be happening. I need to remember what was happening to my baby at the end... There was something like a portal in his hand...

"A portal? Ah, no!!!!!"

To Arin, how he had been holding a portal in his hand did not matter.

All that mattered was that her disciple might have been sucked into the labyrinth without any preparation...

"Green... It was green... Then he’ll be all right."

Steeling her wavering mind, Arin ran out into the courtyard without even putting on shoes.

**

Ding!

[Transmigrant] title activated! Intelligence +3.

Thud!

"W-what is this!"

"Huh? Huhhh?"

A title activated out of nowhere, and the scenery changed in an instant.

I found myself locking eyes with the Guildmaster, who stood before the dungeon entrance holding a thick stack of documents.

"J-Jang Ryu-o?! Where did you suddenly come from?"

"J-just a moment. I need time to think, too..."

The Guildmaster’s gaze swept over my entire body, and a dumbfounded sound escaped her lips.

"...Huh?"

My robe was completely open in front right now...

"I-I’m sorry! I’m exposing something you shouldn’t have to see..."

I quickly pulled my robe closed and got to my feet.

Then I heard voices approaching.

"Master! What’s wrong?"

"Are you all right?"

The footsteps of armored soldiers drew closer.

"What... is this...?"

"J-just wait! I’ll explain everything..."

I grabbed the Guildmaster’s hand and hid behind a pillar.

"Uh... Uhhh! Mmph!"

I covered the Guildmaster’s mouth with my hand as she tried to cry out, and hugged her from behind.

The Guildmaster’s body beneath her thin clothes... felt very strange, but I forced myself to focus.

"Master?"

The situation was not good.

The soldiers had arrived at just the wrong time.

"Master...? Are you all right?"

Fortunately, the Guildmaster was the only person who had seen me come out of the portal.

"Mmph...? Mmph!"

Squeeze...

"Mmph?!"

I whispered into the Guildmaster’s ear.

"I’ll explain everything that happened..."

There was no record of me entering or leaving the labyrinth... I would have to explain this well.

Twitch! Twitch!

"For now, please... send the soldiers away..."

Please.

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