Volume 1 Chapter 3 (1/2)

The struggles of that Hero

TL: Cannongerbil

Editing: Ulti, LordVTP, Xenthur, Deus Ex Machina

Part 1

“That adventure was really aweso”

I was drinking with uild, and they’ve been talking about nothing but that

Seeing Lynn sing Kazuht eyed and bushy tailed irritates me a little

“He was really quick-witted, wasn’t he? Just thinking back to it gives me chills”

“To think that I looked down on hi an Adventurer He really showed us the breadth of his skills I can’t believe Eneic are that useful when put together”

Even Keith and Taylor are singing his praises

I admit that Kazuma has his own problems I’ve personally experienced just how troublesoirls next to him are, after all

The one whothat

Even so, leavingway

“The way he used Basic Magic really surprised ic as well It should co no end of proble, it’d be better to have someone like Kazuma in the party”

Does Lynn adic when you already know Interic?

“Having Kazus easier Unlike so’s General at the very last moment”

Keith gavewith his bow

I couldn’t help it, it was completely out of my control

“I wonder if we can ask for another swap”

Even Taylor is treating me like an unwanted child

“What are you guys saying… Don’t look at uys sounded pretty serious there I can do it if the situation calls for it, you know!? It’s just that there hasn’t been a chance to demonstrate my true skills yet!”

“The chance… Coht? And you looked really depressed after it too”

“Don’t ain”

I lost 5 et a refund from that storekeeper, he called the police on me, and I even had to pay the price of the broken cart… Just re that makes me fume!

“Never on our next quest? I don’t haveout today”

“Ah, I’ll be passing on such things for a while Until winter is over, at the very least”

“Yeah, all the strong ot fro’s General, we’ll be fine even if we don’t take any quests this season”

“Yeah With that ht just visit that place every day”

“You idiot!”

“That place?”

Because Keith let his mouth slip, Lynn looked over with suspicious eyes

That’s a secret place that we recently learned about that can never be made known to women Taylor is a crusader who’s very inflexible in certain areas, so we kept it a secret from him too

I’ money because I want to visit that place

“Never on a quest?”

“Nope”

Dammit, they refused immediately

Even if I were to try and team up with someone else, all the adventurers here received the rewarddown the General The only one who’s poor likeis…

“Oh, hey there Kazu out on a job?”

Reacting to Taylor’s words, I looked up to see Kazuma and his party

I used to be jealous of the three beauties that surrounded hih all that, all I feel for him is sympathy

“Yeah Thanks to a certain priest, I’m buried in debts”

“Are you saying I was in the wrong?! He was only defeated because ofs as thanks!”

“Shut up! Whose fault do you think it is that I’ht now?”

“You can scold ets to you, I wouldn’tor two”

“I don’t need that kind of stress relief!”

“Well, I’ll be happy as long as I can set offon adventures”

“I’ you, please learn some other spells…”

“I refuse”

He sure has his own troubles… Even though he’s prettymoney issues like me, he’s probably too busy with his own issues to let us adventure together

Plus, if I worked together with hie the way ard me at all

“Then I’ll be seeing you”

I didn’t move to stop Kazuma, and simply watched as he left

Now, then, what should I do? My friends won’t be helping, and it’d probably be useless to ask the other adventurers Then, all that’s left is to search for a quest that I’ll be able to do on my own

“Ah, finding work by o alone? It’d be nice if soh to help me out”

I got up and pretended to stretch while giving ful looks, but all three of them refused to make eye contact with me

“Right, shall we head back to the inn?”

“Don’t do anything stupid and earn soht?”

“Sorry, you’ll have to enjoy this by yourself”

Not a single one of theuys be? I definitely won’t treat you guys if I

“Sigh, let o check what requests are up”

It’d be great if there’s a request that lets

I went up to the notice board to check as posted up there, but it seems like there are only harsh quests in the winter

It’s all crazy stuff like hunting down a pack of one strike bears Atteht as well be suicide

“Maybe there aren’t any good quests because the fee is high… Hmm? Is this an Orc extermination quest?”

Orcs are a race of pig faced demi-humans If I recall correctly, the males were driven to extinction and now only female orcs exist They are a scary race that will forcibly mate with e to conceive a child

I would gladly pay money for that kind of service if they were a race of beautiful girls, but they are a race of pig-faced women

Nor to do with theood It’s not like I can take on the other quests anyway, so I should at least hear the details

I took down the request and brought it to ridiculously large breasted guild lady

“Luna, can you tell me the details of this request? Also, can you let me fondle your breasts when I’m depressed?”

“Oh, Dust-san How rare to see you accepting a quest I thought you didn’t normally work in winter Do you want me to call the cops?”

As expected of someone who deals with rowdy adventurers every day It’s pretty i so

“It’s just a little joke I have a few expenses I really don’t want to do this, but I do need to work”

“I see, you arrived too late to participate in the General’s subjugation, so you didn’t receive any rewards Err, that request is about the orc subjugation, right? It seee nearby, and the village requested for thee are too afraid to head out, so they are having soes”

If you get caught by a female orc, you’ll be milked until you die It’s an iron-clad rule for male adventurers to ile orc

Because they desire to , it’s hard to scare theth

“How many of them are there?”

“According to reports, there seem to be around ten of them”

I ht be able to handle one or two, but ten is way too many No matter what I do, it’s impossible for me to handle that number alone Plus, the consequences of failure are way too harsh

“I think it’s best if I don’t accept this”

“That’s a pity There’s a secret spring known as the Spring of Beauty in that village Maybe it’s due to that, but the village is full of beautiful girls I wanted totoo, but I just couldn’t take time off work, and it’s not like I could make use of it under such circumstances… Oh, yeah, it’s not exactly an additional reward, but they left ato accept the quest It see party for them if the situation were to be resolved quickly”

“Give me more details”

As I was considering that request after hearing that story, I felt a couple of quick tugs on the sleeve of my shi+rt

“Huh? Who are you?”

I turned around to find a s at me with upturned eyes

“So, you finally resorted to kidnapping… Even though it pains me to put a price on the head of an adventurer, I uild’s procedures…”

“What are you talking about? I don’t know this little brat! Let go of me”

“You look handso lady You said orc subjugation earlier Was that about e?”

What’s with this brat? Is she froe?

She ht have come here with her parents to put up the request

“Oh, isn’t she the daughter of the client?”

Seenizes her

Seeht idea Guess my intuition is still pretty accurate

“I’m not an uncle, I’e that’s troubled because a group of orcs moved close by, then that’s exactly it Are you froe, brat?”

“Yeah, uncle I’ lady”

“You are a brat, so stop being so persistent Anyhat about it?”

“You see, ed to escape, but he’s locked hi stuff like ‘I’ular person, stop!'”

I-I see He went through a scary experience, huh As a man, I sympathise with your dad

He’s fortunate to have escaped, but I’ve heard that going through an experience like that is extremely traumatic

“Mo ‘Get a hold of yourself! You're a uys at the bar hit on e him, but he still refuses to come out”

“I really sympathize with your dad… so, anyhat about it?”

“You are going to subjugate the orcs, right, uncle? Then can you bring backaway?”

“Hey, what do you think I a orcs is my job”

“Then, please handle it, handsome onii-chan”

Without hearing irl ran back to someone who seemed to be her mother

Children are so self-centered… well, I shouldn’t care too much about a little brat

Part 2

After accepting the quest, I moved to a place where I could calmly think about what I should do next

I feel like I got tricked by Luna a little, but either way I still needed to accept the request I can’t make use of that shop without money!

The place that Keith let slip was that succubus shop The Succubus have a mutually beneficial relationshi+p with the town of Axel They allowthem sweet dreams, and in turn take only a small portion of vitality and a little bit of money

We’ll feel refreshed, and the succubi will be able to obtain the vitality they need to live It’s a ht out, isn’t it? That said, it would be probles with devils, so the existence of the shop is a closely guarded secret known only to male adventurers

Since it’s only a drea that place every day since I learned of its existence, but right now I don’t even have that little bit of money

“Feht them, but I don’t have much of a choice I wonder if there’s a way to deal with them easily…”

“Hey Heeey!”

“Co here, so couldn’t you be ?”

“Stop joking Why do you have to come sit in my shop every day? This isn’t your house, you know? Ahh, stop i to sell It’s because you are here that I have no business”

I’eneral store that nobody wants to buy What a petty fellow he et so worked up over that

If you get angry over such a triflingto fall off

“You don’t have any customers in the first place I’ve yet to see any customers other than myself”

“The other customers are afraid to visit because you are here The reputation ofworse and worse”

“Hey, don’t blame your lack of business sense on someone else If you want ood idea to take down Orcs”

I doubt that the storekeeper of a general goods store will be able to givewhat others have to say

“Pay you a fee… you really are a co down Orcs?”

“I accepted a quest to subjugate orcs I’ if there’s a way to easily beat all of them”

“Just fight them up front and beat them normally… You shouldn’t have accepted the quest if you didn’t want to do that If you didn’t, Mitsurugi-sanfor joy if that happened”

Mitsurugi again? I feel like I’ve been hearing about nothing but talk of Kazui lately

“Mitsurugi, huh Cosuch a large su it all”

He probably wouldn’t have any proble for strong mates to breed with, so it’s the perfect fit

Hht the Orcs? He seems like the type of person who’d be easily fooled… If he ends up doing well, wouldn’t I be able to share a portion of the glory?

“Hey, what do you mean by fortune?”

“That’s ht of an extremely wonderful idea, so thanks”

“Hearing you thank me just makes me feel uneasy…”

Now then, how do I get Mitsurugi to subjugate the orcs forsense of justice and is kind to woht be able to get hi on the palm of my hand

Sense of justice and women, huh In that case, I maybe I should call her for help

Part 3

“… And that’s the story”

“Just what exactly do you mean, Dust-san?”

After visiting the succubus shop that I often frequent and telling the story to the petite loli succubus that I’m acquainted with, that was her reaction

This shop appears to be a norlance, but it’s in fact the best shop in the world that can grant the dreams of men

This is a paradise as usual Wearing only the barest bit of cloth to cover their io about their duties while boldly showing off their bodies

Just looking at their tits and asses constantly jiggling as they walkout here

“Like I said, you pretend to be a village girl and tearfully beg that Mitsurugi bastard for aid Say ‘The e have been taken by Orcs Please save the like that I’ll think of the lines myself, so please help me”

“I’ about what I should do, but why should I do such a thing”

Doesn’t seem like she’s too interested But, that’s within my expectations I didn’t expect her juht from the start

Collecting information beforehand is only natural for adventurers I’ve already done my homework on you

“Hey, you feel ashaht? News of your failure has spread, so the nu your services has lessened, hasn’t it? It would benefit you if you were to helpfor you in the future If you want, I can also introduce you to people who lean towards lolis”

“Gurk, how did you…”

Her face started wavering I knew about that Kazuuessed at was on the mark too

Well, I heard about the incident from Kazuma over a couple of drinks, but the one who ended up drunkenly spreading it to everyone was me

“And Mitsurugi is a strait-laced person who isn’t troubled by a lack of women, so he wouldn’t visit here There wouldn’t be a proble sost the adventurers, so I can put in a good word or two about you It doesn’t sound like too bad a deal, doesn’t it? Learning how to tricklewd dreaood chance to hone your talents and gain a step up over the other succubi?”

“That does sound appealing…a little…”

“If you leave it tothe number 1 succubus in this shop I’h praises of you Try i that wonderful future”

“Number 1… I don’t have to be too ashamed to meet anyone’s eyes anymore…”

The loli succubus stared off into the distance with a dreaination

Right, then, just a little more…

“Yeah, I can definitely sense a great potential from you With me as your producer, I can definitely take you to the top of the succubus stage! Just looking at you would leave them hopelessly entranced by your charm, the ultimate succubus!”

“Can I really?”

“Yes, you can! I can make you shi+ne!”

Seems like she’s been affected by my passionate speech

I’ve heard that succubi rank theht be just a rumour, but every kind of community has their own hierarchy

I feel like it would take just a little push to have her jump onto my plan

“Go ahead and help him”

The one who entered our conversation was the succubus who seeer of the store

Unlike the loli succubus, she has a wonderful body that almost makes me want to bury my face in her bosom She’s as sexy as always

Yeah, succubi need to have that kind of body You just can’t get excited over a petite, flat as a board body like the one loli succubus has

“Can I?”

“Yeah, Dust-saive him a hand”

I didn’t expect her to help As expected of the er, she understands how to do business I’ll have to visit this place more often in the future

“I understand I’ll lend you , okay? We ht be devils, but succubi don’t have any combat ability”

“You’re a great help! Don’t worry, I won’t let anything lay a finger on you Now then, shall we discuss the plans?”

I need to properly hash out the details of the scenario we are using to trick Mitsurugi He doesn’t seem like he’d be too difficult to trick, but it’s best to be as prepared as possible

Part 4

While hiding next to theover the plan

“Have you memorized your lines?”

“Perfectly! Thanks to everyone’s help, there wouldn’t be any proble either!”

She et all worked up like that

Instead of the revealing costu the clothes of a sier No one should be able to tell that she’s a succubus like this

“But, will Mitsurugi-san really pass by here?”

“Definitely He seems to be infatuated with the blue haired priestess that usually hangs around Kazuma, so I asked a few friends of mine to spread some rumours that she ran into some kind of trouble around this mountain”

“Er, the priest that usually hangs around with Kazuma? Ah, no, I’ll be purified…”

The loli succubus hugged her shoulders tightly and started tre

Did she suffer some kind of horrible trauma at the hands of that priest back when she failed in handling Kazuma’s request?

Priests are quite belligerent, so it’s certainly possible Priests of the Axis Cult and the Eris Church in particular are known to be strongly opposed to devils

“She’s not actually here, so cal, so please, don’t mess up”

“Leave it to ain! I definitely won't fail a second tioodbye to the days where I have to be comforted and pitied by everyone!”

She seeely enthusiastic Could it be that ‘failure’ is a taboo word for her?

Co reaction when I was talking about Kazuma earlier

“Y-Yeah, I’ on you”

In order to calently patted her on the head

The surprised loli succubus raised her head and looked up at htly damp eyes Hey, you didn’t fall for me just because I demonstrated a little bit of kindness, did you?

“Dust-san… Thinking that girls enjoy getting patted on the head is just the fantasy of virgins, you know?”

“Oh, shut up! If you are fine, then go prepare”

She ht look like a child, but she’s still a succubus She’s not so simple when it comes to matters of love

Well, I don’t really feel anything towards a childlike girl without a shred of sensuality in her body, so it doesn’t really matter

“It’s rude to sigh after staring at a person’s body like that, you know? Did you fall for my charms?”

Not at all At least, that hat I wanted to say, but ed to s those words at the last moment

“Sorry, sorry Oh, quiet down, I can hear footsteps”

Hiding behind a large tree, I took out a small mirror to confirm the source of the footsteps on the mountain path

Blue ari alright Hearound as hethe path, he definitely looks like a suspicious person

Doesn’t seeirls are with him That’s convenient

“Let’s ht here, you say…”