V3C62 (1/2)

(062) The incorrect use of the Room of Silence

Translator: Tseirp

… My head feels heavy.

Nn, this feeling, it’s the same as the hangover I had that time 1 week after my 20th birthday, during my part-time job days, when I was dragged to a bar by my senior and made to drink a ton of plum wine and shochu highballs.

At that time, I was scolded quite badly by Miri so I clearly remember the pain I felt in my head (I can’t remember how I got home).

The moment I opened my eyes — it’s a ceiling I know.

Since I slept in the same room yesterday — it was a ceiling that I stared at for an entire night. Eh, looking at it in detail, similar to how the blemishes on a person’s face are unique, this is exactly the same room.

(Eh? Wasn’t I in the single room?)

“This place — ”

Looking at the side of the wall, there was a lamp suspended on it and it was already dark outside the window.

“Master, you’ve woken up.”

Haru peered at my face.

“Haru … I, why am I here?”

“Master lost consciousness because your MP was depleted.”

“So people lose consciousness when MP is depleted huh?”

… Because in games one would only be unable to use magic when that happens, I unconsciously thought that it would be the same in this world as well.

Moreover, I have not completely depleted my MP before until today.

When I tried to confirm my current MP, it had recovered to 30.

“Sorry. Even though I knew that master is a Wanderer, I did not explain it to master.”

“No, I was careless. Haru, you shouldn’t blame yourself for it … is Carol at the single room instead?”

“Yes, she was watching master together with me up until just now but I found that her complexion wasn’t good so I decided that we should look after master in shifts. By the way, would you like to have dinner? For the time being, I did set aside stew but it has cooled down.”

There was cold stew placed above the chest drawer beside the bed.

Hn, I don’t really have any appetite at the moment.

I stared intently at Haru.

White hair, white ears, white skin.

“I’ll warm it up now.”

When she turned around, her white tail peeked out from her skirt.

I slowly stood up from bed, hugged Haru from behind and slid my right hand under her skirt.

The sensation of a pair of bloomers was conveyed to my hand.

My left hand grabbed Haru’s moderately sized breasts.

“Haru — because we couldn’t do it yesterday — ”

I changed my job to Philanderer.

“But, master. The walls of this room are thin so Carol would notice if we make noise.”

” … Don’t worry, just for that — ”

I laughed,

“「Silent Room」!”

and invoked the magic.

With this, no matter what happens, the noise won’t leak to the outside.

Haru and I, as well as the bed, were encased by the light room.

It’s as if this magic was prepared precisely for the sake of doing that in an inn.

To be honest, this usage method was all I could think about when I heard of the explanation regarding this magic.

“Well then — please allow me to take care of you.”

Haru turned around and invited me to the bed.

Thus, my night began.

※※※

Breakfast. Because the inn lady heated up the stew from yesterday, I could eat the meat-filled stew.

Normally, it should have been the best breakfast.

However, the reality was that the place was dominated by an awkward atmosphere.

My Philanderer level only rose by 1 level.

It couldn’t be helped.

Carol was quite uncomfortable but I’m definitely the one at fault.

I had completely overlooked the number 1 drawback of 「Silent Room」.

It’s true that with 「Silent Room」’s range surrounding the bed, the sounds of our affair did not leak to the outside.

However, we also could not hear the sound of the knock on the door.

Carol’s expression when she knocked and opened the door to change shift to look after me is still clearly burned into my eyes even now.

I think it was my fault for not locking the door but if we totally did not react to the door knock, Carol might even have gone to the inn lady to get her to open the door together using a duplicate key.

It would be disastrous if that happened.

Next time onward, I must extend the range of 「Silent Room」 just barely until it includes the door but if it is just slightly wider, the light film would leak outside the room so it wears down on my nerve quite a bit.

“Erm … Ichino-sama … yesterday.”