Volume 6 - CH 4.1

Chapter 29: Fish Fry

『Miria』

『Current Character Levels & Equipment』:

『Jobs』:

Diver Lv.2

『Equipment』:

Dagger

Steel Spear

Chainmail

Leather Gloves

Leather Boots

Leather Helmet

I awoke hugging Roxanne, like usual. Sherry was hugging me from behind, and Miria was on the other side of Roxanne. Both of them are so close to me that I could reach out around them with my arms I only I wanted to. If only I move around slightly, I will be able to touch all three of them. The population density in the bed went up because there are more people, and it honestly feels quite nice.

Roxanne kisses me. How does she know I woke up? It’s a mystery. Nevertheless, I responded to her quietly. I massaged her smooth tongue, wet with saliva, with my own as Roxanne’s tongue wriggles with passion. After thoroughly twirling our tongues with each other, I released her mouth.

Next in kissing order is Sherry……. or so I thought, but she seems reluctant. Things have changed for us, so she’s thinking about something.

「Is the order going to remain the same?」

Sherry whispered as I held her, and drew her close to myself. I see. So she is worried about the change in the order? In the corner of my eye ,I could see that Roxanne also stiffened a little.

Now that Miria is here, there is a chance to change the order in such as way that Miria, as the newest slave, might get a more favored position. Is that what Sherry is afraid of?

「Do not worry.  There won’t be any changes to our order so soon.」

I answered quietly, and searched for Sherry’s lips.

I won’t deny that things will never change, because things might get too relaxed, but for now, I want things to stay as they were. The kiss order last night was Miria, then Sherry, then Roxanne, and then I held them in the order of Roxanne, then Sherry, then Miria. However, I didn’t use Sex Maniac last night. It was Miria’s first day with us, so I shouldn’t go all out on her on the very first day.

「X X X X X X X X X X X X X X.」

「Good morning, master, desu.」

When I release Sherry’s mouth, Miria greets me through Roxanne. Did she teach her that she should be addressing me like that? Well, If that is what she did then there is no helping it.

Finally, I exchange a kiss with Miria, but just a light one. There will be plenty more chances for us to use our tongues in the future. After poking her lightly with my tongue, she pulled herself back anxiously, so I separated our lips for now.

「Good morning Miria. Everyone, get changed and we’ll go to the Labyrinth, okay?」

「Understood.」

「Of course.」

「Yes!」

I get up and change my clothes.

「Where exactly should we go? Somewhere where we will be able to see how goo we are going to be fighting as a team of four?」

「Let’s see…. Even if it might be dangerous to go onto the twelfth floor together with Miria right now, we should be fine just as long as that trip is going to be a short one so that she could observe how the three of us are fighting right now.」

「Yes, I think that it’ll be a good idea as well. First we should let Miria observe us and learn our fighting styles so that we could later incorporate her into them.」

While changing our clothes, we talked about how exactly we should be training Miria.

「But it might be really dangerous with the Grass Bees and heir ability to shoot their stingers at us.」

We are currently exploring the twelfth floor of Haruba’s Labyrinth. The monster native to that floor, Grass Bee, has the ability to shoot its stinger from afar, poisoning that target that it hits. Just like the girls are saying, touring that floor with Miria might be good for her to see how we are fighting, but at the same time we will not be able to keep her safe other than having her stay behind us, which would defeat the purpose of her being in the vanguard together with Roxanne and Sherry. Roxanne can avoid the stinger attack without any issues, but it will not be that simple for me and Sherry, and having to keep Miria safe at all times would only add to the difficulty.

「Yes, Grass Bee and its poison might be quite the problem.」

「In that case, maybe we should go to the twelfth floor of Quratar’s Labyrinth? This is also going to be a good place for us to get good Drop Items that we would then be able to sell.」

I thought that Roxanne was going to be all Spartan, saying that Grass Bee’s poison will not be a problem, but this time she agreed with Sherry’s rational suggestion. That being said, I do not think that we need to worry ourselves with money while trying to get Miria used to our fighting styles in the Labyrinths.

「I see. Well, it is close by, so I have no objections to it, but what about you, Miria? Are you fine with it?」

「X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X?」

「X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X.」

「She is fine with it, and she says that she would rather not fight against Grass Bees.」

Roxanne translated what Miria said when I asked her if she was fine with Quratar’s twelfth floor. Could it be that she is not good around insects? After all, when it comes to translation, conveying the subtle nuances is rather difficult (TL Note: Yeah, tell me about it.)

「Okay, then the twelfth floor of Quratar’s Labyrinth it is. Miria, it is fine for you to just observe from the back like yesterday, but the enemies might be using ranged attacks as well, so even in the back you might not be completely safe, so make sure to be on your guard at all times, okay?」

「X X X X X X X X X X X X X X .」

「Yes!」

Miria replied vigorously when Roxanne translated my words to her.



Was Roxanne the one who told her that she can finish her sentences with 「desu」? Anyway, after changing our clothes, I opened the pitch-black portal of 「Warp」that was going to take us to the Labyrinth and then we all walked through it.

「Good. Miria come along with me.」

She said that she can see perfectly in the dark, so she should have no problems with how dimly lit the Labyrinths are, correct?

「Yes, desu」

Miria replied, but for some reason she dropped her shoulders immediately after. It was clear to see for all of us that she has become depressed for some reason.

「What’s wrong, Miria?」

「X X X X X X X X X X X X?」

「X X X X X X X X X X X X .」

「She said that it’s not fish.」

Roxanne translated something that sounded a little strange to me.

「Sherry, can you explain to me what is she going on about?」

「Some of the monsters that appear on the twelfth floors of the Labyrinths can be aquatic monsters. She is probably disappointed that we are not going to be fighting any of them here.」

Sherry explained after I looked at her for an explanation. I see, so she is not fired up if the enemies are not fish or other types of aquatic monsters?

Just as the types of monsters that appear from the first floor to the eleventh floor are the same even if the order is different between the Labyrinth of Vale and the Labyrinth of Quratar, the monsters that appear from the twelfth floor to the twenty-second floor should also be fixed, and there may be a fish monsters on some of it.

The monster native to the twelfth floor of Quratar’s Labyrinth is Sarracenia, not any type of fish monster. The same thing applies to the twelfth floor of Haruba’s Labyrinth and the twelfth and thirteenth floors of the Tare’s Labyrinth. Well, at the very least we probably will not be fighting against any Grass Bees anytime soon, so at least Miria can rest assured that she is not going to have to deal with bugs.

「Good work figuring that out though? Was it through the smell?」