A location about two kilometers northwest of the capital.
The season is spring.
Living alone with a woman, sustained by nature’s blessings.
Without magic tools, I’m just a weak girl♪
This is the law of this world.
When you kill monsters and yokai, you can find things inside them.
Minerals and jewels can be obtained. It’s random.
Even with the same species, what you get is completely different.
These items are processed and made into magic tools that craftsmen use to help them excel in their respective fields.
This applies to both monsters and yokai.
Several adults can take them down using weapons, terrain, and traps.
Using magic tools makes it even easier.
Thus, countries also showcase their prosperity and prestige through magic tools.
Well then, to extract information from the woman.
It’s because I used my possession ability to deceive a celestial being and an immortal with trickery.
The child I have with her is a divine child.
The truth is that she was kidnapped by goblins, but that was her life♪
Indeed, I suppose I should laugh at myself for falling as low as a goblin♪?
The royal palace.
A department within the royal palace grounds for those who commit crimes.
Known as Kuge.
Rayos alone was invited into the audience hall by a naked man.
The troupe’s leader had his hands fixed to the wall.
A fellow troupe member, tied to a long bench placed a short distance away, was being beaten.
When he lost consciousness, they splashed him with water to wake him up.
The water stung his wounds.
“We are innocent! So, please, please stop!”
“Leader!? Help me!?”
The cries of the troupe members being beaten, begging for help.
Screams of agony as they wept and shrieked.
The leader, in tears, said to the interrogator:
“We were framed by someone! We are innocent!”
“Then provide proof. Proof that you did not bring spies into the heart of this country.”
“How could we possibly have…”
“Hey, beat him more.”
“Please stop. I beg you!”
The beating of his companions resumed with a crackling sound.
There was someone among the companions who was quickly released from the beating, but neither the leader nor anyone else in the troupe, while appealing their innocence to the interrogators and executioners, noticed.
The Kuge chief’s workroom.
The troupe’s star performer was being held by the chief.
“I’ll be able to get out, right♪”
“Of course♪ I can’t stand to see a beautiful woman like you covered in bruises, you know♪”
The chief, in exchange for her release, was openly holding the star performer with her consent.
It wasn’t a crime. Therefore, no one could complain.
Not even the King, the ruler of the royal palace.
“Can you wait just a few more days♪?”
“Yes.”
If she could endure a few more days, she could leave this place.
As expected of her profession, the star performer was skilled at hiding her displeasure.
The two had a good relationship, and parted ways a few days later.
“I’ll expedite the release of the troupe members as much as possible.”
“Please do.”
Some would die during the interrogation.
The bodies were transported to a different department.
After their cause of death was determined.
They were taken outside the royal palace grounds.
Depending on the person in charge, they might be taken to a funeral parlor in the capital or elsewhere.
This time, the star performer, due to the Kuge chief’s consideration.
The star performer walked along the main street of the capital.
“I’m sorry everyone, but I’m going to join a different troupe♪”
Even for the star performer, her salary was no different from others.
Moreover, she had her body touched during work.
And as a result, her dance failed, and she was greatly embarrassed.
Holding a grudge over the past. Is that so bad?
The star performer cleanly severed ties with her past in the troupe.
She went to inquire about the current whereabouts of a troupe she was scouted by in the past.
Free of charge, of course. She’d pretend to be slightly interested and let the men treat her to light meals.
She was quite adept at it.
She received travel expenses from a man and headed to a region where the troupe was believed to be by stagecoach-like horse-drawn carriages.
“I’m so happy to be transporting such a beauty♪”
“Then give me a discount~~”
The former star performer gave a glance towards her chest.
The driver’s eyes widened with lust. “She looks like a monkey. Uki-ki-ki.”
“Come on, come on~”
“Stare…♪ But I can’t afford to lose. My livelihood is at stake too, you know.”
She kicked the driver’s shins. It looked painful.
“Hmph. Hurry up and give it to me.”
“…It’s expensive (in a low voice).”
“Did you say something?”
“No. Here you go.”
Neigh.
He guided the reins.
And rode the horse.
Moving back to Rayos’s location in the mountains.
The woman was likely fertilized. He couldn’t use magic to accelerate her growth rapidly.
Rayos took care of her, feeling impatient.
The woman showed no inclination to escape and seemed to be making an effort to adjust to life in the mountains.
“I’m going hunting.”
“I’ll be waiting for your return.”
Her politeness in greeting him and bidding him farewell.
Rayos suspected she was doing this to hide her opportunity to escape.
His prey were monsters and yokai that targeted small animals.
Both yielded meat and, more importantly, were sources of minerals for magic tools.
The type of magic varied depending on the minerals in their bodies.
The ones in the mountains mostly had magic that generated invisible blades at the tip of their fangs and claws.
Rayos would have to calculate the distance and range, or risk losing limbs.
Today was the third day of hunting.
Rayos sacrificed his leg to gouge at a monster’s eye with a pointed stone.
“Gaaaaah!”
“Guberaaa!”
He was slammed against a tree with a powerful swing of the monster’s head.
Rayos looked at the state of his leg, realizing it would take time to regenerate. He put away his weapon and crawled on the ground with both hands.
He looked like a black demon from a domestic household.
Rustling through the wild grasses, he stealthily moved in the monster’s blind spot.
When the monster was distracted by another sound, he climbed a tree.
Using his physical abilities, he extended his arms and moved from tree to tree like a monkey.
“…Gah.”
He noticed the sound of a tree branch swaying above him approaching.
His uninjured eye, looking upwards, saw a human who had lost one of his eyes.
“Here I goooo!”
“Gaaaaah!”
Even if it meant being bitten, Rayos tried to stab the remaining eye with a pointed stone.
The battle with the monster continued for nearly twenty minutes.
“Over here! I’m here–!”
He crushed both of its eyes and confused the monster with sound and voice.
The victory clearly belonged to Rayos.
The monster lay fallen on the ground, and he began the butchering process.
Meat and minerals. Hides and fangs.
He collected them and made trips back and forth to the hideout where Nene was waiting.
This way, he could have a meal to fill his stomach today as well.
He was careful with fire, ensuring no smoke was produced.
While being mindful of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Rayos prepared a late breakfast for Nene.
Munch munch Munch munch.
Herbs and nuts that softened the meat.
After three days, this level of adaptation.
Women truly make you strong.
His lost blood and flesh were restored, regenerated, replenished, and supplemented through food.
Rayos was immortal.
After filling his stomach, he had sex with Nene, while making sure not to burden her, to gain knowledge about this country.
