Chapter 48: The Neighborhood Demon King I & II (1/2)

＜The Neighborhood Demon King I＞

【77th day】

There is a profession called adventurer.

The scope of an adventurer’s work is diverse. Running errands for villagers, subjugating monsters, gathering items for collectors’ collections, being bouncers for merchant companies, and acting as consultants. From menial to heroic, for gaining fame or to clear reputations, it’ll take forever if I try to list them all.

Most popular among them is exploring the dungeon.

In the dungeon, a great amount of wisdom that is unknown (or has been forgotten) to the people lay untapped. Pyroxenes more valuable than gold and silver, materials, and the equipment of heroes who had died are waiting to see the light of day once more.

Naturally, it’s lucrative.

Moreover, it’s lucrative regardless of race or lineage.

However, people who have made a killing and obtained unwavering status are few and far between.

Most lose their lives in the depths of the dark labyrinth. Whether they were satisfied, lamented, felt pride, or cursed, different people felt different emotions.

My party is also a party specializing in clearing the dungeon.

I had been on break for some time, but today, I can finally resume my main work.

In terms of the days elapsed, it’s now the 77th day. But the current floor that I’m clearing is the 14th floor. My goal is to reach the 56th floor within 365 days, obtain the materials indicated by the A.I.s there, and return to the modern world.

The deeper into the dungeon one explores, the more it entraps people manically.

There is still some leeway, but the future is unclear.

Cautiously and safely, cautiously and safely, I told myself that time and time again. But when it comes down to it, we challenge the adventure unprepared. There’s no such thing as a safe adventure.

The best way to get rid of this anxiety is to explore the dungeon.

It's truly ironic.

「Hn」

Last night, I had been making plans till late. I couldn’t remember anything from mid-way through. It appeared that I had ended up falling asleep.

When I woke up, I felt the sunrise through the sides of the tent.

In my hand was a tablet in sleep-mode. Beside my pillow was an A.I. mini-pod that was also in sleep-mode. Next to the A.I. was a hand-drawn map with annotations.

At the tip of my nose was her sleeping face.

Rana. A woman from the alternate world who I had pretend married. She was a blonde-haired elven magician who, despite being baby-faced, had big boobs. Those abundant twin hills were being clutched from behind by her sleeping sister.

Her younger sister, Ea, had blonde hair and a tall, slim body. She was the very image of an elf.

Perhaps she was starved for mothering, but she was a girl who loves her elder sister's breasts. So much so that she couldn’t sleep without touching them.

Both of them were in their sleepwear, which was T-shirts and hot pants. Even though I should be used to seeing it by now, my body heated up when I looked directly at them.

Without conscious thought, I naturally…...

…...tried to touch Rana's bangs…...

…...but I couldn't move.

I hadn’t noticed it because the heat of her body had seeped into mine, but someone had embraced me, who was lying on my side, from behind. I could see the hands that were wrapped around me.

The mostly likely culprit, my god, was sleeping in the corner of the tent with her belly exposed. She was still in the form of a cat.

In that case, there was only one person it could be.

「Lanseal?」

I caught sight of a swaying silver tail out of the corner of my eye.

Now that I had thought about it, the feel of the bulges that were pressed against my back was familiar.

「………………Lanseal」

So as to not wake Rana up, I lowered my voice as much as possible.

It had been decided just the other day that she was not to invade my bed without Rana’s permission, and yet, here she is.

I don’t want to see the two of them fight first thing in the morning. Or rather, mediating between them is troublesome.

I want to cherish Rana. I want to treat Lanseal affectionately. At present, no one understands how distressed I am by this.

「Lan, seal………Lanseal………Lanseal~」

I continued calling out to her quietly.

The scales were tipping wildly between troublesome and warmth. A little more, it feels good like this. But no, no, it’s bad.

「Ahnn~」

「Ugu」

She let out a seductive sigh and tightened her restraints on me. She wrapped both hands around my neck and one leg around my waist. A formidable suppleness was pressed against my shoulder blades.

I, I can't break free.

To think that that she would attack me both physically and mentally, what a terrifying girl Lanseal is.

「Lan, Lanseal. Please wake up」

Somehow, my voice was small.

「Nom」

「Ow」

Instead of getting a reply, my earlobe was play-bitten. Even though it had felt like an electric current had shot through my spine with just that, she continued to munch on my earlobe and deal DoT damage to me.

「Heyy, Lanseal-sann」

「Hnn, yes?」

She whispered sultrily into my ear.

Did she wake up or had she been pretending to be asleep from the beginning?

「What’s the meaning of this?」

「I’ve come to wake you up as I've finished making breakfast. I’m quite confident in today’s tamagoyaki(Japanese omelette) and soup」

「Okay, umm, before that, what are you doing right noww~」

I was nibbled.

「I’m deepening our friendship. So that I can be taken as your mistress as soon as possible, I thought that I would try various thing on you, Souya」

「That makes me happy, no, consider the time and place――」

「Do you not like this kind of thing?」

The tip of her tongue licked my ear. It crept into a place that couldn’t be defended. It was forcing itself into the hole. At that never-experienced-before sensation, my brain went numb and I almost passed out.

Even though she’s only pretend, to be molested by other women in front of my wife, it's mortifying, but it feels――

「………………Hnnn」

Rana woke up.

「Hmm?」

Lanseal didn’t care, or rather, she intensified her efforts at molesting me. Her beastkin blood had ended up completely boiling over.

「………………Huh?」

As could be expected, even the quick-witted Rana was confused.

She sat up and took a deep breath.

And then, she grasped the situation, organized it in her head, and drove her fist into Lanseal’s face.

＜The Neighborhood Demon King II＞

「Today's breakfast is tamagoyaki with mushrooms and cheese, bread, and, um, this soup with bacon and vegetables」

『Lanseal-sama, it’s Pot-au-feu』

「Yes, this is Pot-au-feu. It's cooked in the pressure cooker so the ingredients are soft and tender」

Lanseal and Makina laid out breakfast on the table.

Hmm, an environment where breakfast is ready upon waking up is also good. It can’t match the joy of being told that the food that I had made is delicious though.

「Here, Souya. I’ve added more bacon especially for you」

「Lanseal, you’re not allowed to come any closer」

Rana kept her, who was bringing me my breakfast, at arm’s length.

「But――」

「Not allowed」