“I am so looking forward to this. A treasure map… what a romantically thrilling phrase that stirs a maiden’s heart!”
Beside me, Hal Harem Von Raymond, who was holding the reins, Liliana was seated. She was the one who had found the request that initiated this adventure.
Liliana was well-versed in ancient scripts and history as a researcher of heroes, yet to be so engrossed in such a dubious treasure map…
I couldn’t say I didn’t understand her feelings, but… I was worried about the New Yangus Kingdom.
In her absorption with the treasure map, Liliana seemed oblivious that the様子 of Tirna, who had actually taken on the request, was different than usual.
Incidentally, the coachman of the carriage behind us was Freya, and Mai was seated beside her, keeping watch over the surroundings.
The carriage that had veered off the main road proceeded along a path cleared by Elise and the others, heading towards a tunnel that led to the bottom of a pit that had been concealed by magic.
The felled trees had been shredded into fine wood chips by Elise and Eria’s attack magic, allowing them to pass without hindrance to the horses or carriage wheels.
“Is this the entrance to the tunnel!”
“This is undoubtedly a relic from the Ancient Magical Civilization Era!”
Ahead of the cleared path, a half-collapsed stone gate yawned open.
Until just before, we hadn’t been able to see such ruins, so the ‘concealment magic’ here was still active.
“Then we’re entering the tunnel. Be careful, Liliana, because we don’t know what’s inside!”
“Just seeing this is enough to make me thrilled!”
As we entered the tunnel, magic tool illuminations around us lit up, illuminating the path ahead and behind.
This expensively constructed interior structure bore a striking resemblance to the tunnels leading to the underground ruins of the Prison Tower.
Like before, it gently curved downwards.
In other words, a tunnel had been constructed in a spiral fashion around the vertical pit.
Still, what was the purpose of this pit?
“So it leads to an underground parking lot.”
“Hal-sama, I see stairs going up and stairs going down.”
“After we park the carriages, shall we head up for now?”
“Yes, I understand.”
We parked the two carriages side-by-side in the underground parking lot.
“Whoa, it looks just like the underground ruins of the Prison Tower!”
“I’m also surprised that there are so many places like this!”
“Mhm.”
Elise, Freya, and Mai, who had disembarked from the passenger carriage of the trailing carriage, expressed their surprise.
“Hal-sama, this way!”
“Liliana, don’t go ahead alone! There might still be undead remaining.”
While we were still awestruck by the grandeur of the underground parking lot, Liliana, who was usually unathletic, tried to rush ahead, so I cautioned her.
Then, we all huddled together, with Shera-nee-san and Mai at the front as vanguards, and Elise and Sharon at the rear, cautiously ascending the stairs leading upwards.
At the exit of the stairs, there were ruins on the verge of collapse, and the door showed signs of having been strictly locked until recently.
This confirmed that Girl Skeletons and Lady Zombies, whose only ability was to wander, could not have breached this gate.
It meant that Salome-chan, who had evolved from a Lady Zombie into a No-Life Princess, must have opened it intentionally.
The surface, which we thought was the bottom of the pit, was covered in giant trees, as was the surrounding area, forming a dense forest. However, the ground was packed down by the wandering undead, and no undergrowth had grown.
And Salome-chan’s leadership seemed to have been effective, as no undead remained.
“There’s nothing here but packed ground and trees.”
I walked around just in case, but found nothing.
“Then let’s head towards the stairs leading further underground, which is likely the main objective.”
Returning to the underground parking lot, we stepped onto the stairs leading further underground.
“As expected, the ruins themselves are alive.”
“My expectations are growing!”
As we began to descend the stairs, magic tool illuminations, placed at regular intervals on the stone walls, lit up on their own.
Perhaps there was a possibility of undead on these stairs, so we proceeded cautiously.
However, there were no small animal carcasses, nor had dust accumulated.
Could this be because these underground ruins had been completely sealed until recently?
The surrounding stone walls had no gaps, suggesting they were constructed with advanced architectural technology.
To us, the Ancient Magical Civilization is an enigmatic existence.
Magic tools, created with advanced magic knowledge that cannot be replicated even today, are sometimes discovered in the deepest parts of labyrinths.
However, how the Ancient Magical Civilization perished is not recorded.
Their outstanding achievements are only occasionally found in the form of magic tools.
“It’s a dead end up ahead! There’s a rock door, but it won’t budge!”
As I was lost in thought about the Ancient Magical Civilization, Shera-nee-san, who was on guard at the front, called out.
At the end of the stairs was a small room, and there was a rock door that presumably led further on.
I also touched the door, but it showed no signs of moving.
In the center of the door, made of a single piece of rock, were two depressions that seemed to be handles, but they wouldn’t move no matter how I pushed, pulled, or lifted them.
“Looking closely, there are some letters carved above the door.”
Upon re-examining the room, I noticed that some letters were carved on the wall above the door.
They appeared to be characters from the Ancient Magical Civilization Era, but even with my knowledge from my previous life, I couldn’t decipher them.
Come to think of it, Liliana had read something similar for me on a previous occasion.
“Liliana, can you read this?!”
“This is difficult. I believe these are decorative characters that have been modified from the Ancient Magical Civilization Era script. It seems to read something like, ‘Those who wish for a Magical Princess… shall offer sacred… fullness…'”
“What in the world does that mean?”
And so, we found ourselves at a standstill before the door.
“What exactly is a ‘Magical Princess’?”
“Is it simply a princess who is a magician?”
“It’s a common theory that there were more magicians in the Ancient Magical Civilization Era than there are now, isn’t it?”
“And then, ‘sacred fullness’? What on earth is that!”
“Hm… this!”
A heated debate began among the party members, but after a while, Mai pointed to her own slightly developed chest and made a suggestion.
“Upon re-examining it at Mai’s suggestion, these two depressions are shaped like breasts that have reached the stage of completing secondary sexual characteristics!”
Liliana, who had been meticulously examining the mysterious depressions on the door, exclaimed.
“So, you mean we should press our breasts against these depressions… what a scandalous mechanism!”
“I quite agree! We’re going home, Liliana!”
Elise and Lyuschenne were outraged by Liliana’s interpretation.
Several other party members were also blushing fiercely.
“So what do we do? Shall we just give up and go home, Liliana?”
“Tirna, offer your breasts.”
“I… I couldn’t… it’s too embarrassing…”
Liliana looked around at the party members and then pointed to Tirna, who she believed had the breasts most similar in shape to the depressions carved on the door.
“Tirna, please do it. That would be understandable for Liliana.”
“Lyuschenne-sama… it’s embarrassingggggg!”
“This is certainly a way to pass the time.”
“I feel somewhat embarrassed too.”
Tirna, who had been designated by Liliana, was exceedingly embarrassed, but after being persuaded by Lyuschenne, she opened her chest and exposed her breasts.
Tirna’s breasts, which I thought were still childish, had grown more than I had expected, and seemed a bit more developed than the depressions on the door.
They were about the same size as Miralca’s, who had undergone the ‘First Night Ritual’ last night, or perhaps even larger, and their ripeness was evident.
“An♡ It’s cold!”
*Piccon♪* *Gyi-i-i-i-i-i*
When Tirna hesitantly pressed her exposed breasts into the depressions on the door, a sound rang out, and the door opened.
Then, the darkness beyond was illuminated, revealing the interior structure.
Furthermore, at the entrance, a stone slab was placed, covered with numerous carvings.
“Liliana, read this for me. I can’t read these characters.”
“Yes, Hal-sama. Th-this is, you see…——”
Everyone watched as Liliana began the deciphering process.
According to Liliana, this was the ‘Trial Chamber’ for measuring suitability as a ‘Magical Princess.’
It seemed that by opening each door, one passed a suitability test.
In other words, did Tirna unintentionally pass the ‘Magical Princess’ suitability test?
From what I saw, she had merely placed her breasts against the depressions in the door…
“Tirna, is there anything abnormal with your body?”
“Yes, there’s nothing particularly abnormal. I was just embarrassed to expose my breasts in front of everyone, and I was surprised by the coldness of the door when I pressed my breasts against it.”
For now, I was relieved that Tirna was unharmed.
Liliana’s explanation continued.
The various physical measurement equipment in this room seemed to be for measuring physical abilities.
And it was said that breaking through the set values for each piece of equipment would open the door to the next room.
When we checked the equipment and the set values, we found that only those with exceptionally superior physical abilities could pass.
However.
There was also a hidden trick written there, as if to mock such efforts.
In other words, passing by pressing one’s breasts against the depressions in the door would acknowledge one’s suitability as a ‘Magical Princess.’
Therefore, the physical measurement equipment with absurdly high passing standards were merely a facade, and those with breasts that fit the depressions, like Tirna earlier, only needed to press them there.
And this time, the depression was for large breasts.
Among the party members with large breasts that would fit the deep depressions carved into the rock door, Elise, Dietlinde, and Liliana seemed to qualify.
“I will refrain. I can use elemental magic of all attributes.”
“I am also content with my Fire Spirit Magic.”
Elise and Dietlinde, having sensed my intention from my gaze, declined.
Elise and Dietlinde, already excellent mages and spirit mages, were likely not interested in the dubious ‘Magical Princess.’
As I was thinking this, Liliana boldly opened her chest and pressed her recently grown large breasts against the depression in the door.
*Piccon♪* *Gyi-i-i-i-i-i*
“A, it opened! As expected of my large breasts!”
Liliana, having successfully opened the door, was overjoyed.
“Liliana, I understand you’re happy, but that’s inappropriate. Please fix your disheveled clothes.”
“Lyuschenne-sama, I apologize.”
Lyuschenne admonished Liliana, who was unusually jumping for joy.
Liliana, quickly regaining her composure, blushed and adjusted her clothes.
Still, with all this talk of ‘Trial Chambers’ and ‘Magical Princesses,’ I could only blush.
And beyond the door opened by Liliana’s breasts, there was indeed another stone slab.
According to Liliana’s deciphering, this time it was to check the intelligence of the applicant.
In the illuminated room, there was some kind of suspicious device.
It seemed to present questions from which one had to choose a three-choice answer.
There were 100 questions, and apparently, getting even one wrong would result in disqualification and having to start over…
This room also had a rock door leading to the next room, and in the end, if one had breasts that fit the depression, they would be deemed suitable without answering the questions.
However, this time the depression was extremely deep, and it seemed only those with what could be called explosive breasts or demon breasts would fit.
And the only party member who qualified was Lyuschenne.
“I-I will not do such a vulgar thing.”
Lyuschenne retreated, her face flushed red.
“Lyuschenne-sama, this is an opportunity. Won’t you become a ‘Magical Princess’ with Tirna and me?”
Somehow, it was an unusual scene of Lyuschenne trying to escape and Liliana pursuing her.
“Lyuschenne, read the mood of the room.”
“This is, so to speak, a game. Still, to have no depression that fits my breasts is quite insulting!”
“Y-yah! Liliana, stop itttttttttt!”
Then, with Elise and Kirika joining in to support Liliana, Lyuschenne’s breasts, exposed after her upper body was bared, were pressed against it.
*Piccon♪* *Gyi-i-i-i-i-i*
And, as expected, the door opened.
There was another stone slab, and inside the illuminated room were testing devices resembling a three-dimensional maze, but everyone completely ignored them and gathered in front of the next door.
“This time the depression is for beautiful breasts. Why are there no depressions for small breasts or flat chests?”
“Hm… right!”
Kirika and Mai stood in front of the door, indignant and weeping tears of blood, collapsing in despair.
And from my estimation, Alicia or Freya would likely be the ones with breasts that fit this depression.
“N-no! I don’t want to… ahhhhhhh!”
This time, Alicia was the one who tried to escape, but was caught by Lyuschenne and forced to expose her breasts.
“Alicia, suffer the same fate as me.”
“Lyuschenne-sama, this is terrible. Kyaaaaaaah, stop it!”
“Alicia, it’s alright. It’s just a little embarrassing and a bit cold.”
“Hyan! It’s cold!”
Alicia, escorted by Liliana, who had already experienced it, and Lyuschenne, who had been made to experience it, had her breasts pressed into the door’s depression.
*Piccon♪* *Gyi-i-i-i-i-i*
And the room beyond was a dead end. A stone pedestal was set up in the center of the room, and on top of it rested a treasure chest.
Thank you for reading.
Episode 44-9: The Treasure Map Leads to the ‘Magical Princess’ has been scheduled for release at 0:00 on July 2nd.
