“Well, please, enjoy your meal.”
“Yes, I will… Mmm, delicious.”
“It’s a high-class mushroom salad, I heard you liked them.”
This place, where I’m having a meal with the tamer Ragishino-san, is not just for a new high-class prostitute, but for a monster-class one, you know.
Do you know where we are? Unbelievably! We’re at ‘Temptation Lips,’ a high-class brothel in the East A District of Shukko!!
(I deliberately intruded into Ragishino-san’s room!!!)
You see, usually, I’m summoned to Nina Castle with just a bell for business trips, but originally, I’m supposed to go to the women’s rooms and do this and that.
And when I asked, I heard that meals were also included in the price.
(So I’ve been missing out on dinner fees all this time…)
That’s why I came to eat! Speaking of which, I remember someone named Runa-san? When she stayed here, she definitely had dinner.
(The room is also the same type.)
Yes, it’s one large room with a bed, a dining table, and a bath.
It seems like the steam would fill the room, but the Fuma Stone device skillfully vents it out.
(Ragishino-san has a salad with slices of some kind of meat on it.)
Dinner is a full course meal, brought by someone like a maid from this high-class brothel.
No, even at this level, she’s beautiful enough to be a B-rank area prostitute.
(Her way of eating is elegant, as if she were a noblewoman.)
She’s in a demure mode right now, but there are a lot of whips displayed on the wall!!
“Speaking of which, Ragishino-san, congratulations on reaching Level 70.”
“Thank you. I also learned the magic ‘Link Taming’.”
“So you can control tamed monsters within the same party, even if they belong to someone else, right?”
It would be terrible if I were betrayed, but it’s rare to have two tamers in the same party in the first place.
However, in high-level adventurer parties, there are summoners who can also be tamers… like my Helen-san.
(And then there’s the troubadour’s Taming magic.)
That’s rare though! Tomorrow, we’re going to the usual island to gain EXP, and apparently, we’re going to train not only Balloon Seals but also troubadours.
“I have taken another step closer to my dream.”
“What kind of dream? And why are you an adventurer and a prostitute in the first place?”
“…I came from poverty and was placed in an orphanage.”
Ah, that kind of story.
“There seem to be many famous adventurers who came out of orphanages.”
“Yes, in Shukko, Anju is famous.”
“Ah, is that widely known?” “She apparently told her friends at school.”
Well, it’s not something to keep secret.
(Next, a soup was served. It’s a deep purple color.)
It looks invigorating.
“So, Ragishino-san, to escape…”
“Yes, the people who took me from the orphanage were semi-nobles, and I was forced to work as a maid there, doing both selling my body and adventuring.”
No, no, as a maid, you’re doing three jobs at once!!
“That must have been tough.”
“One of the young masters there hinted at marrying me, and well… looking back, I think I was foolish. I was used and then discarded.”
…That’s a bit similar to Anju-chan’s situation.
No, for now, I’m at a brothel.
I should put thoughts of that lovely concubine out of my mind for a while.
“So, to survive…”
“For high-level adventurer parties, both B-rank and A-rank, they often desire not only competent female adventurers but also those who can intimately please the members.” “I understand.”
I answered immediately, but in my case, it’s the opposite, man and woman…
No, what am I saying, me, the master of a harem!
“Of course, considering the benefits, such as adventurer status, experience, and shares… there are many women who would gladly join such parties, even if it involves selling their bodies.”
Ah, Ragishino-san is the type of person who dips bread into soup, isn’t she? That’s elegant in its own way. Nastasia-san used to drink it from a cup.
(So, other women, forget the concubines!)
“Is that how you rose to prominence?”
“Yes, I’ve been through a lot… I suppose you could say such a woman is already an adventurer and a prostitute, without exaggeration.”
I see.
And that’s how she became such a strong woman.
“Did you become a tamer by birth?”
“I was liked by animals from a young age, and when I investigated…”
“Is that so?” “It was a good profession for both selling and earning money.”
Yes, she immediately demonstrated it underwater.
“But then, the money you earned now…”
“I manage several orphanages, for their sake.”
“I see.” “And I have one more dream.”
I wonder, is it finding a husband?
“What is it?”
“Yes, um… I’ll tell you, Derus-sama, but it’s a secret, okay?”
“Understood, just between us.”
(…Ah, I get it. Maybe she wants to manage a brothel instead of an orphanage?)
If that’s the case, she might be planning to poach people from here. If so, she would have to make me promise to keep quiet.
“Um, actually, I want to raise my level even more…”
“Yes, to around Level 100?”
“I want to obtain the ability, said to exist, to ‘tame living humans’!!”
Wh-what did you sayーーーーー?!?!!
(My prediction was wrong?!)
No, no, there’s still the possibility of taming those women and making them prostitutes.
But still, can you really tame humans, ordinary people?!
“That’s…”
“It’s forbidden magic, but there are records of its習得 (acquisition).”
“…That’s terrifying.” “Of course, my long-time customers are practically tamed, but…”
“That’s different from actual magic, right?” “Yes. So, to get revenge on the young master who abandoned me, I want to tame him.”
I heard something terrifying!!
“Won’t that be punishable?” “Even so.”
“…I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that.” “Yes, please.”
“Still, for that reason…” “Of course, it’s one of the reasons, just one.”
He must have been a truly terrible noble’s son.
“Um, well, since I heard Ragishino-san’s secret, I’ll tell you about myself too.” “Yes.”
“About Ric-neechan, who defeated the fake hero today, it will be a long story, is that okay?”
“If you don’t mind while eating.” “We’ll be having fish and meat dishes soon, right? Please listen until dessert.”
So, as usual, I told my harem members the story from when I was adopted by the Avakane family to when I ended up in Ailee.
I’ve told it so many times that I can now tell it smoothly.
“…And so, in Ailee, I was found by Nina-san, and from then on, both my body and soul were consumed by her.”
“I see. That’s why you gave such a strong, flashy slap to Ric’s phantom.”
“Well, honestly, one could argue that she’s a woman who wouldn’t be worth putting that much effort into, even if she were the real one.”
By the way, the story was so long that this is our third dessert!!
“Ric is a truly terrible woman.”
“But the fake hero who cuckolded you is even worse, though he died and couldn’t be dealt with.”
“No, what makes Ric truly terrible is that she didn’t truly love Derus-san.”
…I wasn’t loved, huh.
I somehow understand what she means. If they had truly loved each other from the bottom of their hearts, she wouldn’t have been cuckolded.
(But then, it means I also had a part in it, a fault…)
Nina-san and the others tell me that’s not the case.
“It’s fine. I am loved by Nina-san and the others to the point of fearing them.”
“Then meeting Ric…”
“It’s a closure. To marry Nina-san and the others.”
“…Nina-sama and the others’ love for Derus-san, to be honest, I envy it. So…”
Ah, her expression became alluring!
“Ragishino-san…”
“Please, give me a little of Derus-san’s love as well…”
“Y-yes, that’s why I came tonight, after all.”
Thus, after exchanging our life stories, we, despite being in the relationship of prostitute and customer, thoroughly…
(Afterward, I was subjected to an immense amount of training play!!)
This, too, is acceptable!!!
