Arcadia’s Labyrinth

Second story

"Uh, I'm tired."

When she returned to the city, Leriana said so and made a good stretch. My big chest was stretched out like a melon and swayed deflectively.

"It's time for this."

The area is illuminated by the sunset and coloured red. The sun will soon set. The city was starting to get lively with Russia on the way home from work.

"I'm sorry it wasn't a ballon butterfly, but, you know, I got a pretty good one instead."

Leriana turned the pure white panties of the loot around her fingers laughing at Nihihi.

I feel like I can't stop looking away. [M] Does it make me feel like I saw something I shouldn't have seen when I saw it? It's hard to get anywhere near a department store or an underwear store or if they're putting up a line. On the contrary, punchy and brachy stare... strange.

"What's Kane gonna do after this? You want to join us for dinner?

Leriana asked me yes when she left her underwear untouched.

"Right... no, I think dinner's served at the inn I'm staying at."

"Hmm, is that delicious there?

"No, not at all"

I answered instantly.

Elise's inn rice is, clearly, a mess. It was entirely thanks to Elise's charm that the inn flourished beneath.

Upon hearing my reply, Leriana looked surprised for a moment but laughed niggly as she immediately perceived something.

"You eat it even though it tastes bad. Ha ha... Now I see you have the daughter you're looking for"

... sharp. It's a complete hit.

Was the surprise on her face? Leriana nodded with an arm in her arms.

"If that's the case, don't let Atashi interrupt you. Let's break it up here."

"Uh, nothing. I don't mind if Leriana comes."

"Good is good. You don't have to worry about it.... and you don't taste good, do you? There."

I nodded bitterly. [M]

"Then he said he wouldn't go. You look like this. You're so loud for food."

"If that's the case, let's break it up here."

"Oh. Bye."

"See you later."

Gently wave back your heels. Then…….

"Kane."

Called from behind. Looking back, Leriana looked at this one with a smile on her face.

"Hey, are you feeling a little better?

".................. yeah, thanks to you. Thanks."

"Haha! Good for you! Let's have another adventure together!

Leriana laughed happily and left shaking her hand like a child.

Dropping it off with a bitter smile, I went home, too.

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I think on the road.

I've been feeling heavy and bitter ever since I got back to death. Light depression.

That goes without saying the struggle with the demon Oriole...... no, it's because we lost Elise.

A human being named Elise still exists today because of the rewinding of the timeline. But that's not Elise I loved.

Elise is infinitely closer to others.

The moment I returned to death and saw Elise at first sight and realized it, I was struck by a strong sense of loss.

If you're going to analogize this feeling... yes, it's heartbreak.

I broke my first love. [M]

It would be possible to steer Elise to my beloved Elise by observing the event and giving Elise the same experience.

But it also meant repeating my mistakes.

So I would never do that.

And that also meant giving up my beloved Elise.

Suppose I get along well with Elise now and get along well with my girlfriend.

At that time, I would undoubtedly overlap Elise once with Elise now.

The act would undoubtedly harm Elise. Elise's push in me, that leads to Elise's denial right now. There's no way that won't hurt her. Most importantly, I no longer deserve to love her. I couldn't protect her... No, because I have a priori that I drove her to death.

That's why I gave up Elise.

This light depression of mine was a shock to my broken heart.

The mood is always as heavy as waking up, and I can't sleep at night for some reason even though I'm always tired and sleepy during the day. I also have reduced libido and don't feel like masturbating that was routine. Naturally, I don't have an appetite either.... No, this may be because the inn rice tastes bad.

Overall, greed was diminishing, and there was no golden greed or upliftment.

For once, various titles, statuses, etc. have somewhat returned to their pre-mortem state, and the funds there were earned in the arena. But that's what I did half-compulsorily to antagonize with the slums and the debt takers, and there's no such thing as exhilaration there as before. It's like working on a game to level up or make money.

I don't feel like using my tactical knowledge any more to boost my title because I already have some status, and I don't feel like making more money than I need because I don't have a purpose to buy fancy slaves like Elise or anything like that.

What do you do when you get stronger in the first place? When I was in the village, I would make a lot of money and live in a mansion, buy and fish beautiful slaves and make harlems... what a dream it was but now I wasn't very interested.

Reason tells me that I need to strengthen myself more than some demons and my leaping kind... but I'm not motivated.

That's how I've been since I got back to death.

But my depressed mood was a little clear now.... thanks to Leriana.

It was a labyrinth attack that was taken to be dragged halfway... but it was fun.

It was a level labyrinth with no dangerous traps or strong enemies coming out, but maybe that was the other way around.

Somehow, it's like exploring the woods and mountains nearby as a child or daring to go home on the way home through a path you don't know...... such a small sense of adventure.

The first thing I know is that I feel safe, and then I feel like I enjoy the risk of just a little bit. An adventure just to satisfy my curiosity.

That reminded me of my childhood admiration for adventurers.

Making a lot of money, living an elegant life, and making a harem is a goal since it has grown somewhat.

When I was a younger child, it was the adventurous adventure… it was a dream in itself.

Every day I take a tree stick instead of a legendary sword and go on an adventure into the woods where I see it like every day with my sister instead of heroine.

There is no mansion in the woods, but instead there is a secret base built using a large wooden cave, where lumpy treasures were stored.

Even if gold and silver treasures were not available, nuts, fish caught in rivers, unusual forms of stone and rare insects were substitutes for treasures.

That's the origin.

The beginning of my adventurer.

Gold, lust, and honor are impurities that come later.

I want to have a heart-pounding adventure.

There, no complaints if there's one heroine who's cute and supports the main character.

I feel like this adventure reminded me of those childhood thoughts.

A beautiful woman in an erotic fit and a little adventure in a beautiful labyrinth.

Exactly what I used to think of as an adventurer when I was a kid.

(Something might have motivated me back a little)

Why do we need to make money? Why do I have to be so strong? I don't care about shit like that. I don't need any more Goto.

Just adventure without meaning and get gold and strength in the process.

That's what an adventurer is.

"Will you try again tomorrow?"

Stretch your back much longer.

... Oh, yeah. I have to thank Leliana for something.

It brought back my motivation. [M]

When I said thank you to Leriana...... it would still be me.

(The question is how can I give it to you so you don't get suspicious...)

I thought in the evening, walking lightly.

I've had one routine since I came back to die.

It is to come to The Ideal Home of the Legendary Gods every morning to confirm the seal of the demon Oriole.

The last time it was an Oriole that had been unsealed at some point, but this time I want to stop that resurrection if I can... even if that's not possible, I want to know when the resurrection is taking place.

I can't do anything like stick around at 46, so I can only come and see it like this in the morning, but still it was better than not doing it.

"Hmm, no anomalies today..."

When I made sure there was no passage to the small room where Oriole was sealed, I exhaled.

The current chronology follows Elise's rape event.

Last time, there were events such as a debt shelter raid and a week of endurance sex with Elise, about two weeks after I heard rumors of a novice killing.

I mean, in the meantime, "my kind" most likely revived Oriole, and I had a pale expectation that if I was lucky, I might be able to bowl it together and stop it.

… but that's very unlikely, and rather my aim is to rein in Oriole's resurrection by giving vigilance to my "kind" by coming around like this.

For once, I also thought about buying even slaves and letting them stick around here, but this passage is the route everyone goes by if we want to move on, and Oriole has difficulty finding a "kind” from it because something with a demon sword just comes through and revives it.

There is still a problem.

If Oriole is back, how do we take him down?

My demon sword, Soul Eater, is back before I wake up because I have returned to death.

Which means I can't do any damage to him right now.

... some of me still smoke hatred and murderous feelings about him. When I put him in front of me again, I could only hope that it would rekindle and that the Demon Sword Soul Eater would awaken me in response to it.

Well, for once, there's no other way to deal with demons. Honestly, that was a disgusting way to go.

"Ha..."

I sighed and ran home. [M]

It's a roundabout of sealing, a routine every morning, but if I did it properly, I'd just go back and forth and the day would be over.

Therefore, in order to shorten my time, I decided to run back and forth.

Minimal luggage. You don't wear any busy protective gear, only light short swords on your weapon. And with only a water bottle, it's a labyrinth marathon every morning.

The route is the shortest course, full force disease walking. The monsters we meet on the road are definitely slaughtered in one blow. Ignore drop items as well and hurry ahead anyway.

Last time, Elise and I even stepped on three levels over the course of a day, but being single and having little luggage. And the power of technology to utilize it to a high status combined, and now I was able to rush back and forth to the point of sealing.

... Honestly, I'm a little scared of what kind of eyes they see from around me because I'm the only one who would be acting like this unusual. It would surely be treated like a freak. They may be treated like urban legendary Mach ladies......

For once, I have chosen to run early in the morning with few eyes......

However, there is also a small return. First, his endurance status grew by about 0.30, and he also got a new title, "Primary Labyrinth Runner”.

“Primary Labyrinth Runner” is the title sent to anyone who moves a total of 25 tiers. It is a title that you naturally get if you are a long time adventurer.

The increase in status is as follows:

[Primary Labyrinth Runner]: HP +10, MP +10, Muscle Strength +1.00, Endurance +1.00, Intent +1.00.

A slightly more falling stat than a junior adventurer, but much better than not.

"Goal, hey!

Take the pocket watch out of your pocket and check the time. about 56 minutes...... duh, I've shrunk my time for another minute.

Yesterday's adventure with Leriana may have had a good impact on the mental.

Or maybe it was a good idea to use the running method from pitch walking to stride walking?

Stride walking, which takes a large stride, consumes less health than pitch walking, but the impact hangs on the foot for that matter, causing a higher strain on the flesh, and also requires muscle strength.

For me with high status endurance and muscle strength, stride walking may be better suited than pitch walking.

Heh heh, this is going to shrink my time even further tomorrow.

Return to the inn with a light jog on the cooldown.

The early morning air is refreshing and pleasant, unlike the heavy of the labyrinth.

Something evil in the labyrinth that builds up in the blood seems to wash away.

Throughout the city we are beginning to see chills and serious adventurers. Snack stalls and other things were starting to come out that you were looking for, and rows of obnoxious men were starting to form where young and cute girls were calling in.

and that's when a group of adventurers walked in from the front.

(O...... Clan Expedition)

A clan is a group of adventurers aimed at breaking through a massive labyrinth.

Dungeon core present in all labyrinths except the fixed labyrinth......, it fulfils all sorts of wishes as magic permits. Complete healing of injuries, eradication of diseases, rejuvenation, longevity...... Core is a substitute for those in power that they want so much that they can get their hands out of their throats, and it brings enormous wealth. Earning a core for a leading adventurer is arguably the adventurer's job.

However, if the labyrinth is such that cores are generated that it is possible to treat rejuvenation, serious illness, etc., the depth will be at least 30 hierarchical massive labyrinths, so the attack will also be on a monthly basis.

Unless you have a crystal for transfer, etc., but that one is given only to the brave men recognized by the country, so naturally the replenishment of supplies is self-sufficient. If so, the management and replenishment of supplies will also take a completely different form from normal labyrinths.

Some clans are predominantly replenished with such supplies, and become army-stained in nature, unlike mere gatherings of adventure.

Being in a clan is treated as a kind of status among adventurers. Most clans belong to major clans = considered top notch because only proven top adventurers can get in.

Clan is a professional baseball club, if you can understand it. The adventurer party not affiliated with the clan is a high school baseball club. Many adventurers (high school ballplayers) have the goal of getting into the clan one day (going pro) and to do so work day and night adventures with fellow members of the same party. And if you give a track record such as the breakthrough of a medium-sized labyrinth (Koshien appearance), you will also be noticed by the clan (the ball club), among which those considered talented ants will come scouts from the clan. Even adventurers who didn't come scouts can join the club if they knock on the gate of the clan from themselves and take the entrance exam (Protest) and pass.

Do you feel that? It should be more or less this way as a feeling.

Adventurers belonging to the clan can be seen in the eyes of admiration from other adventurers, and their earnings are out of step. That's what makes salaried people and their income different without professional baseball players. Naturally, I'm so hot on a woman, even if it's frivolous. The super-class adventurer, particularly famous among the clans, is named two and is regarded as a hero in the country. Even children who do not know the name of the Prime Minister or minister will be given a number of names with two names.

Naturally, I also cover famous clan names, and when I was a kid, I used to collect two names of paintings.

I stopped by the side, a little interested in the existence of such childhood longing.

The people who were on the street are similarly giving way to them and looking at them curly.

Second, I heard adventurers near me whispering to each other with excitement. It's a pair of young men and women.

"The Labyrinth Knights."

"The first prince, Chris, is in the lead."

"Huh, that's cool. I want to be in one of those first-rate clans someday."

"It won't take you a hundred years. The top clan in this labyrinth city?

"I know. Let it look like a dream."

"Well, if I put you in a clan like the Labyrinth Saints, you'd be a hottie even if you were a scrupulous worker like you ~?"

"Shut up!"

"Cahaha!"

I saw a young man in knightly armor walking ahead of me, rather with a scented male and female adventurer of Leah's charm.

(Is that Chris-Marctia...)

He's about twenty years old with a neutral beauty. The back length is about 160cm and small, giving the overall impression of luxury. Her hair was also slightly longer as a man, and her jewel-like blue-eyed eyes were gently rounded. Only one room had a mix of rainbows in its dazzling blonde hair, and that was a testament to royalty.

There is only one royalty in this labyrinth city. First Prince Chris-Marctia... Lord of this labyrinth city, leader of the strongest clan, the Labyrinth Saints,... and heroine in the Arcadia of the Labyrinth.

Yes, she's also one of the targets of the attack.

As you can see from the contradiction between being a prince and being a heroine, she is a guy commonly known as a man's heroine. Her real name is Christina. She has a past where political circumstances have forced her to behave as a man since childhood. But a few years ago, with the birth of her true eldest son, the second prince, she is becoming used up, a character with a rather complex background that she also knows and is aiming for the throne in the shadows.

I usually transform myself into a man with the power of a demonic prop, but from the mundane things, the protagonist finds out that she's really a woman. He is also a character with a slightly yandered temperament that, after some extraordinary tortuosity, such as attempting to assassinate the protagonist afterwards, opens his heart to the protagonist and deepens his obsession with the protagonist as the only being who can give him his true self from then on.

The strategy is the most challenging of all characters, with some bad ends depending on the choice.

On top of that, she is an important character involved in the Holy Sword event that becomes a key item after losing the Demon Sword Soul Eater, so if you want to be a True End defeating the Demon God, you definitely have to attack her.

The popularity from players is not very high from such a difficult point of view.

Blah... I don't want to get involved with each other either.

If you miss a choice, you go from wrongdoing to jail, and the bad end of execution is an event that you absolutely want to avoid as a party, regardless of the player who can easily save and load, and I don't want to get to know her who inspires it.

For once, I could go to the normal end where I could re-seal her without having to attack her or defeat the demon god, so I had no intention of getting involved with her at the moment.

As I watched the faces of the "Labyrinth Saints" passing by casually, I met someone who was on the other side of the street through their gap.

She's about twenty years old with attractive red hair. He is dressed in highly exposed clothing as if appealing to his undulating fleshy limbs. She was a demonic woman whose inviting red gold eyes and thick flesh lips were so sensual that she couldn't help but look away somewhere.

If it's just the way she looks, it's like a whore back home from work, but I was really worried about her.

It doesn't mean I had any ill feelings for her. I do think she's a sexually attractive woman, but more than that, I was uncomfortable with her being.

It feels odd like I should have never seen you before......

A woman came here at some point as she moaned at the awful sensation.

Fluffy, sensual rose perfume...... I felt unexpectedly dizzy. [M]

She greeted me with a glossy grin.

"Morning."

"... good morning"

I didn't think you'd talk to me, but I managed to get back to you, slightly upset.

"What can I do for you?

"Oh, no..."

I was awkward and distracted when I realized I was rudely looking at her with my hands on my hips and asking her grandiose questions.

When she looked at me like that, she hit me with her hand like she was convinced she was "oh."

"Maybe... did I mistake you for a whore? How much is that woman, like?

"Oh, no, not like that"

I was rushed to deny that I thought I looked like a whore.

"I wonder if I've seen him before. Yes."

"Haha, what's that? Napa?"

She laughed strangely when she heard my strange reply. The smiling face was younger than I thought, and maybe as old as I was.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not a hooker now. I used to do that."

"Really..."

She laughs lusciously when she laughs at her love without knowing what I can say.

"But... you're cute, and maybe I can just go back to being a whore today?

"Eh."

"Haha, it's a joke. A joke. Lovely, already."

Kuh, it's totally rolled in the palm of my hand.

Say Leliana, you've only recently been teased by an older woman.

She laughed and apologized when I was stunned.

"Hehe, I'm sorry. You're making fun of me. What's your name?

"... it's Alcaine. Kane is fine."

"I am, Olive.... Kane, I have a little something to do right now, so I can't..."

So she whispered softly in my ear.

"When that's over, I'll only deal with you for one night"

"Eh."

"Hehe, bye"

And she walked away with a flickering wave.

(That woman...... Just in time for me... who is it?

Though I was a little alarmed, I inherited the skill of the Devil's Sword so lightly in my time...

Obviously not the only one.

(You said you had something to do now, didn't you? What the hell...?

I had to feel a sense of turmoil behind her.