Tricked by Syru Flover and kidnapped to the Hostess of Fertility, what am I doing now?
"Damn it, Syru Flover, I'll get you back later!! More importantly, I just came back from the dungeon and smell of sweat, so everyone please back off!!!"
Not in the store, but in a wide open space? like area behind the store, I was glaring at Syru Flover who sold me out and trying to somehow overcome the big obstacles in front of me.
"Fufu... During break time, no one can stop nya~"
"So give up and quietly accept being petted, nya!"
"Just obediently offer up those soft cheeks!"
But all I could do was spread my arms wide to protect myself from three women blinded by dark desires, gesturing for them not to come closer and backing away to maintain distance.
'What are they, raptors from Jurassic Park!!!'
Feeling like a kitten surrounded by tigers, I started to feel an inexplicable discomfort, but there was nothing I could do, and
"Now!!"
In the blink of an eye, two people came right up to me, and I hurriedly tried to step back, but
"The line of sight is open, nya~"
Anya, who had somehow come up behind me, put her arms under my armpits and locked her hands behind my head, lifting me up to subdue me so I couldn't escape.
"Nyahahahat! If you want to avoid our touch, get stronger, nya!"
"Hyaaaah!!!"
And so, I was violated? for a long time by the four of them, and
"Don't pull on my cheeks... wait, Syru Flover, why are you petting me too...!?"
"Be quiet, you idiot daughters!! What is all this noise...!!"
Mia, unable to bear the continuing noise, came out by opening the back door, and
"...Sigh"
It seemed she had just given up.
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Thanks to Mia's mediation, I was freed but couldn't leave the store.
"Huf, hufnyaaa..."
"You mustn't move."
"Hmm..."
"Ooh..."
"C, cough..."
It was evening time, meaning about an hour left before starting business for adventurers, and all employees were taking breaks in their own ways, and the now familiar trio had strongly pushed their way to Mia, saying they wanted to use me for their rest.
"I'm not sure if this will fit..."
Forced to be held captive for an hour, I started to think of a way to avoid being petted after turning my brain to its max, and
"P, putting it in...!?"
"...It's just a normal puff attached to an ear pick, so don't make weird noises!!"
The compromise I found was ear cleaning.
"Beast people's ears have thick fur at the entrance unlike humans, making it hard to brush with a puff, so please don't move..."
"Huf, hufnyaaa..."
I sacrificed my knees, but there was no better way to keep Chloe, who was subtly groping my butt while pretending to pet my head, still.
"T, this... is dangerous, nya... really dangerous, nya... precisely targeting the itchy spots... scratching them refreshingly might make me addicted, nya...!!"
Chloe, who insisted on going first, was the first to start, and as soon as she lay on my lap, she started groping my thigh... but once ear cleaning began, she was in this state.
"Stay still, it's dangerous if you move."
"W, what about feeling good... hufnyaaaa..."
"I'm glad if it feels good... but be still so you don't get hurt inside your ear."
After cleaning Chloe's right ear neatly, I finally blew into her ear, and
"Hoo~"
"Hufnya!!?"
"Okay, this side is done now, so turn over."
"O, okay, nya..."
Syru Flover, who had been watching Chloe intently with dilated pupils and drooling, hurriedly approached Runoar and the others waiting their turn.
"Hey... guys?"
"...Huh, what?"
"Nya, nya? What is it, nya?"
"...What is it, Syru Flover?"
"Was ear cleaning always that kind of feeling?"
"No way..."
"It's not, nya..."
"Absolutely not..."
"This... did we awaken a dangerous talent?"
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"Okay, done!!"
"Huaaa..."
After finishing ear cleaning for Chloe, Runoar, and Anya, when I tried to leave the store, Syru Flover forcibly pushed for Runoar to be done too, so I ended up cleaning the elf Runoar's ears, and at the last moment, Syru Flover also insisted on doing it, forcing herself to lie down, so I ended up filling the entire hour, but
"Nyanyanya..."
"Hoo... hoo..."
"Nyaa..."
"Cough..."
For some reason, everyone was blushing or breathing a bit heavily.
"...I'll be going now."
"Kid..."
"Yes?"
"That... never mind... be careful on your way..."
"Uh... okay, I'll be going then."
Feeling somewhat uneasy, but able to return home, I hurriedly ran towards home, and
"I'm back..."
"You're a bit late... did you stop by that store again?"
"Not stopped by, but kidnapped..."
"Same difference..."
"No, it's not the same at all!"
Entering the store, I exchanged half-serious jokes with Naza as usual.
"...So how was the experiment?"
"I ran into Bell on the way, so I couldn't go past the 7th floor... but the bullets easily penetrated monsters from the 7th floor. Seeing no damage to the bullet tips, I think they might work up to the 9th floor as expected. Oh, and as God said, I used one bomb per floor, and they all worked too."
Upon hearing the explanation, Naza made a somewhat hollow expression, similar to what Miach had shown before, and said.
"You really made something unbelievable..."
"You have the exact same expression as God."
"Now I understand why Miach made that face... The gun you made is a great item, but the gunpowder you made to use it is too overwhelming..."
Frankly, I don't really know if gunpowder is that great—no, it's a great item, but 'Is it that level?' is what I think. It might be due to my lack of knowledge, but to me, gunpowder was just something like TNT used for mining, nothing more or less.
"...Aren't you overestimating it? There seem to be quite a few exploding items besides the gunpowder I made... Isn't it just that a decent item has been made?"
Just look at fire stones—they're a bit expensive, but they have smaller volume and much greater power than gunpowder, right? Plus, isn't there a saying on Earth? Like 'The gun changed the course of history more than any other invention' or 'God created man, but Samuel Colt made them equal.' So, to me, the gun feels more dangerous than gunpowder, but
"Now I see why Miach told you 'various knowledge has become poison'... As you said, there are many explosives stronger than gunpowder... but do you know what they have in common...?"
"...What is it?"
"It's that the cost to make them and the methods to obtain them are difficult."
Upon hearing Naza's explanation, I felt as if I'd been hit on the head with a hammer.
"Until just 10 years ago, Orario had the Zeus Familia and Hera Familia, called the strongest factions, and back then, fire stones were cheaper than now... why do you think that is...?"
At Naza's sudden riddle, I looked at her questioningly, and she seemed to want me to guess, so I thought about it, and
"...Did they have the strength to casually go down to the 44th floor?"
The answer was simpler than expected.
"Right, they had enough strength to perfectly map from the 1st to 58th floors... Anyway, thanks to those people, items that were hard to obtain without strong adventurers, like fire stones, were easier to get back then... But how about now...?"
"Without upper Familia like Loki Familia or Freya Familia, there's no way to get them."
"Other Familia can get them, but... not easily. And suddenly, an explosive that can be made at an unbelievably cheap price appears? And it's quite powerful? Even the famous all-rounder (Perseus) hasn't been able to make something like this until now..."
"All-rounder... the captain of Hermes Familia, right? But I heard he invented an exploding liquid..."
"I've only heard rumors, but they say he made it using plants that only grow somewhere north of Orario... On the other hand, what about the gunpowder you made?"
"It's made from charcoal that can be found anywhere, sulfur that's not abundant but frequently comes to the market, and saltpeter that can be easily obtained at nearby ironworks..."
"Right, it's too easy to make compared to other items... What do you think will happen if that recipe falls into someone's hands...?"
"...Probably something big will happen."
Naza, seemingly satisfied with my answer, smiled slightly, then sat me on her lap and started petting my head.
"Now do you see how absurd the thing you made is...?"
It was a bit uncomfortable with her suddenly petting my head... but now I definitely understood why Naza and Miach reacted that way... how dangerous the thing I made was.
"I should destroy all the recipes and keep it to myself..."
"...Were you planning to share it?"
"Not really..."
"Then it's fine... sigh..."
"...Why the sudden sigh?"
"Because you made an incredible thing... Maybe it'll allow you to level up..."
"Nah... no way that's possible..."
"Don't you know the saying 'what if' can kill people...?"
"...I know it well."