The won were gathered together for the first ti in a while, happily chatting away, so Kazuma and I sparred outside while I corrected his swordsmanship. Having taught him diligently for several days, my [Teacher] ability had already risen to A.
"Sohow, when you teach , Tae-jin, my skills seem to improve faster. Is it because you explain things easily?"
"Perhaps it's because we both use katanas."
"I see."
Kazuma noticed a difference in how much his skills improved when I taught him versus when he practiced alone, but when I gave him a vague answer, he just accepted it.
"Phew~ I'm tired. Let's stop here for today."
"Then, since the won still seem to be chatting, let's go buy groceries. Luna said she wanted to eat so grapes, so I need to buy so fruit too."
"Let's do that. It feels like we shouldn't get involved over there anyway."
Kazuma and I told the won, then went outside to the market to buy groceries. As we were there, we saw Dust and Keith from Taylor's party loitering around in a back alley, so we approached them and greeted them.
"Hey~ Dust, Keith! What are you guys doing here?"
"Heheh!"
When we acknowledged them, Dust and Keith seed extrely surprised, as if they had been caught doing sothing suspicious, and stared at us.
"Oh, it's just you, Tae-jin and Kazuma. Don't scare us like that."
Kazuma, also seeing them act that way, asked suspiciously,
"Aren't you overreacting? Is there sothing inside that alley?"
Then Dust and Keith took us to a quiet place and explained the reason.
"This is a secret known only to male adventurers. Do you know about the shop run by succubi that gives you good dreams?"
Kazuma, hearing Dust's explanation, beca extrely serious and began asking Dust for more details.
"Tell in detail."
There was a very peculiar shop in Axel Village: a shop run by succubi that allowed you to have enchanting dreams.
In exchange for taking a little bit of spiritual energy from male adventurers, the succubi would fulfill all of their desires through dreams. Since it was a win-win situation for everyone, it was operated legally.
Because of that, it took care of all the sexual desires in the village, so male adventurers rarely sexually harassed female adventurers, and even rarely made advances. As a result, Axel Village was relatively free from sexual cris.
Moreover, since the succubi's goal was spiritual energy, the cost to use the shop was very low, so even poor adventurers could use it sufficiently.
Thinking about this, I could sowhat understand the feelings of the female adventurers who had been frantically trying to catch the bouquet at my wedding.
"Oh~ So there's a shop like that. Why didn't I know about it until now?"
"It's hard to talk about things like this. Besides, you're still a newbie adventurer who hasn't been in town long."
"I see. So, are you going now?"
"Hehehe~ We're going."
But I pretended to be cool and said,
"I'll pass. I'm a married man, after all."
"Really? But Luna's pregnant, so you can't enjoy yourself anyway."
Honestly, I was curious too. But I already enjoyed plenty through the Entertainnt Life, and with my various abilities, it was impossible for to have a succubus's dream.
I could turn off my abilities, but I didn't want to, since I never knew what danger might arise during the Entertainnt Life.
"Well, with your level of popularity, Tae-jin, you can probably enjoy plenty in real life too. I'm envious."
Dust and Keith spoke enviously.
"Anyway, go have fun. I'm a man too, so I understand this kind of thing. I'll keep it a secret."
"Alright! Then, let's set off for a new adventure!"
"Ow~!!"
And so, Keith, Dust, and Kazuma, grinning broadly, walked into the succubi's shop inside the alley. For sure, while I watched for a mont, I saw nurous n entering that shop in the alley. Seeing this, it seed that most of the n in the village frequented it.
Well, they say there are even people who step up to protect the succubi's shop when the village is in danger, so that says it all...
I ignored that and went to the market, bought fruits and various other ingredients, put them in my inventory, and returned to Kazuma's mansion. Darkness asked , not seeing Kazuma.
"Huh? Where's Kazuma?"
"Kazuma said he was going to check at the Guild to see if there were any good quests. He said he'd be back later."
"Really? That's unusually hardworking of Kazuma."
Just then, the sound of a carriage and a call of "Delivery!" were heard from outside. Looking outside, workn were unloading several boxes in front of the gate.
Darkness and I went out to check. It turned out that Darkness's family ho had sent a gift of 'Marbling Red Snow Crab' to celebrate the move.
"Father really didn't have to go through the trouble..."
"Oh, it's fine. It just ans your parents care about you that much."
"I suppose so."
"I'll cook them deliciously."
"I'll leave it to you."
When we opened the box containing the Marbling Red Snow Crabs in the dining room, they were completely different from real-world snow crabs.
They didn't have thin legs like real snow crabs; they had quite thick legs, so there was a lot of at. They resembled king crabs.
I used [Eyes] to check them. The fresh, problem-free ones I carefully shelled and made into raw crab. I stead the rest and made them into a soup. It seed I could later also make plenty of these using my [Cook-Cook Fruit] ability.
"There's also fun in learning about all the different ingredients by entering various creative works."
I prepared the dishes and set them on the table in the mansion's living room. Just then, Kazuma also returned.
"I'm back. Oh~ What's this?"
As Kazuma was amazed by the dishes laid out in the living room, Aqua explained.
"Kazuma, be happy. Darkness's family ho sent these as thanks for their daughter being taken care of."
We were about to sit down and eat deliciously, but Luna slled the fishy scent of the Marbling Red Snow Crab and her morning sickness acted up.
"Ugh..."
"Are you okay, Luna?"
"Yes... I'm sorry. With such delicious food in front of ..."
Seeing that, gumin looked at Luna with concern.
"That must be really hard."
"When you girls find a good man and start a family later, you'll all go through this."
"Hmm... This makes not want to get pregnant."
I looked at Kazuma and laughed, saying,
"Hahaha, did you hear that, Kazuma?"
At that, Kazuma was flustered.
"I keep telling you, gumin and I aren't in that kind of relationship."
"The word 'yet' makes it sound like things might change in the future?"
"Th-that's..."
As Kazuma beca embarrassed, gumin, seeing him, also beca embarrassed. We laughed at the sight and started eating the delicious crab. But for Luna, I made a separate dish using refreshing fruits.
"Wow~ This is delicious. To think you'd make a separate dish just for . Thank you."
"You're my wife."
Luna seed touched by my words. We started eating the Marbling Red Snow Crab again.
As expected, the Marbling Red Snow Crab was thick and delicious, and in no way inferior to the finest king crab in the real world.
When I asked, I learned that Marbling Red Snow Crab lived in the sea, so in the kingdom, which was far from the sea, it was considered a very high-class ingredient.
Transportation was also difficult. To keep them from spoiling, a mage was always present to replenish the ice with magic, and teleportation was used for transport, so the price was very high.
It was a high-end ingredient that commoners could not easily afford unless they saved up. It was quite delicious, so I thought I should make a lot later using my [Cook-Cook Fruit] ability.
"Kazuma, Kazuma, light a fire over here. I'm going to teach you how to drink alcohol deliciously while eating crab from now on."
Aqua brought a small portable brazier and asked Kazuma to light it. When Kazuma used a low-level magic to light it, Aqua placed a crab shell containing the innards on the brazier, poured alcohol into it, and waited for it to boil.
"Is it ready now?"
Aqua took the shell, where the crab innards had been well dissolved into the heated alcohol, and slowly began to savor it.
"Haah~ So delicious!"
Gulp!
Seeing that, everyone swallowed their saliva and did the sa.
"Alright! I'll have a drink too... No, I'm fine."
Kazuma heated the alcohol in the crab shell but didn't drink it. There was a reason for this: he had been warned at the succubi shop that if he drank too much alcohol that day and fell too deeply asleep, it would be hard to have a dream.
Seeing this, Darkness asked Kazuma,
"What's wrong, Kazuma? Didn't the crab from my family ho suit your taste?"
"No, the crab is really delicious. It's just that I already drank with an acquaintance during the day, so I can't drink anymore. I'll drink tomorrow, tomorrow."
"Is that so? Then at least eat plenty of crab."
"Y-yeah."
Kazuma ate only a bit of crab, then eventually got up and went to his room. Seeing this, Aqua was puzzled.
"Why is Kazuma acting like that today? He's not even eating much of this delicious crab."
Knowing Kazuma's situation, I decided to make an excuse for him.
"He must have eaten a lot when he went out earlier."
"I guess so. Then let's eat a lot in his place!"
As we ate and chatted, it got late, so we decided to sleep over at the mansion. Since there were many empty rooms in the mansion, it didn't seem like a problem.
Luna and I washed together, went to the room, and went to bed early. Then suddenly, we heard Aqua and Chris shouting loudly.
"Everyone, a suspicious person has appeared in the mansion!"
Seeing that Luna was still asleep, I left her, went out of the room, and headed toward the sound. There, I saw a succubus caught in a barrier, Kazuma trying to protect her, and the won confronting them.
"Huh? What are you doing?"
Darkness roughly explained.
"Kazuma is currently being controlled by a succubus!"
Kazuma was desperately giving a look asking for help.
"Wait, everyone calm down! This succubus works in our village. She didn't co here to attack."
"What?"
"She ca to deliver sothing. Right?"
When I spoke to the succubus with a wink, she quickly caught on.
"Yes, that's right. It's a bit late. I'm sorry."
I pretended to receive a gold ring from the succubus, taking it out of my inventory. Aqua, not understanding, protested.
"But she's a succubus. An incubus!"
"Even if they are monsters or demons, we don't need to eliminate those who try to live peacefully with humans. Right?"
"Well, that's true, but..."
I imdiately opened the window and let the succubus go.
"Co earlier next ti."
"Okay. Thank you."
The succubus said goodbye and left. Kazuma sighed in relief. Seeing this, Darkness got angry at Kazuma.
"So then, what about what happened earlier..."
"Ahaha, let's just say I was in the bath and Darkness suddenly ca in and played a prank..."
"What!!! You scumbag!!!"
Slap!
"Ugh!"
Darkness, her face red, slapped Kazuma hard across the face.
The next day, Kazuma's cheek was incredibly swollen from the force of Darkness's slap, and he was sweeping the yard.
Hearing his story, he said that he was so nervous he couldn't sleep, so he took a bath and dozed off in the tub. Darkness, not knowing Kazuma was there, ca in naked to wash up.
Kazuma, mistaking her for a succubus's dream, asked her to wash his back. And that's how this incident happened. He said he hadn't known that the real succubus had been caught in Aqua's barrier until the commotion started.
"Geez... Next ti, do it in an empty room at our house, or get a room at an inn. There are won like Aqua and the others at ho, so it's hard."
"I suppose so. Anyway, thanks for helping out."
Starting the next day, Kazuma was using the room at the end of our house diligently, using training as an excuse. Of course, because it would be obvious, that wasn't the only thing he did; he really did train with , learning swordsmanship.
I went to Wiz's shop for the first ti in a while to buy potions.
"Welco. Oh, Tae-jin, nice to see you."
"Long ti no see, Wiz. Do you have any Experience Potions or Skill Point Potions in stock?"
"Yes. Fortunately, it seems quite a few failures have been appearing."
I wanted to say sothing to Wiz, who admitted they were failures herself, but I just held back. And this ti as well, I spent a large sum of money to buy all the potions. Wiz was extrely happy.
"Ha~ That's a relief. If it weren't for you, Tae-jin, things would have been dangerous starting this week."
"Huh? What happened to the money you made last ti?"
Then Wiz, embarrassed, said,
"Well... I ended up buying a large quantity of potions that attract monster hordes..."
Hearing that, I was dumbfounded.
"Is there anyone who buys such things?"
"Not yet..."
"..."
I had no idea where this lich managed to find such strange items so well.
"I'll buy a few bottles of that potion too."
"Really? Thank you."
"And also, could I learn so skills from you? Lich skills, I an."
"Huh? How did you know I was a lich..."
Wiz seed quite surprised, but I decided to make an excuse again.
"Ah~ I found out when I helped you up when you were collapsed from hunger. Don't worry. I have no intention of telling anyone."
"I see. I suppose I can trust you, Tae-jin. Very well."
I learned [(C) Drain Touch], [(B) Teleport], and [(B) Hand of the Undying King] from Wiz. The reason they were low rank was that my job was the basic Adventurer job, so it couldn't be helped.
(C) Drain Touch – Absorbs or gives mana to a target.
(B) Teleport – Teleports to a location you have marked in advance. (Can also be random.)
(C) Hand of the Undying King – Inflicts a random status ailnt on the target.
Of the skills I learned from Wiz, [(C) Drain Touch] was the most important, as the advantage of being able to give and receive mana was significant. Even Kazuma uses [Drain Touch] to overco various difficulties.
After learning the skills, as a token of gratitude, I handed her a [Random Lunchbox].
"What's this?"
"A lunchbox. I thought you might be starving again, so I prepared it."
"Thank you. I'll eat it well."
I finished my business at Wiz's shop and returned ho. That evening, succubi from the succubi shop ca to visit and express their gratitude.
"Thank you for saving our youngest mber last ti. She often gets caught and exterminated by female adventurers."
"It must be hard for you succubi too."
"Still, it can't be helped because it's the only way to safely obtain spiritual energy."
"I see."
"This is a token of our gratitude for helping us..."
The succubi handed several 50% discount coupons for the succubi shop.
I was going to return them since I wouldn't use them, but thinking about it, I could give them as gifts, so I just kept them.
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