Tīdiārunā.
"'M.C.Quu's' help?"
M.C.Quu was Japanese. Hard to pronounce with a mouth now used to the language here.
Tīdiārunā nodded.
"There is a magic beast called a Dārudabaruto."
At those words, Avael's face went pale.
"N-no way. A Dārudabaruto? I thought they went extinct."
"It appears they didn't. It looked exactly like the legends describe."
"Are you saying one person can't handle it? But I have no combat ability."
"That's right. You can't even fight hand-to-hand properly. If it comes to battle, you'd be killed first. I'm not asking you to stand on the front lines. But you should have something called gunpowder. I want to use it."
I see.
"Attack from long range with gunpowder. If we don't, we'll be surrounded and killed. Use ranged attacks, and 'M.C.Quu' will drive back anything that gets close."
But Avael shook his head.
"Don't say it like it's easy. You said it looked exactly like the legends. What does the legend say a Dārudabaruto looks like?"
Tīdiārunā nodded as if she understood.
"About five rin long."
Five rin. Rin was a unit.
Roughly speaking, one rin was about 20 meters.
Five rin would be…
"100 meters!?"
What the hell is that?
"Even the earth magic he's good at won't reach its weak point, the head. That magic only deals damage from the point of contact with the ground."
That was true.
I'd seen that kind of magic before.
"Then call other people."
"We don't have time. And just because we call someone, like you, doesn't mean they'll always be useful in a fight."
Ah, right. Besides, being summoned casually would be a nuisance.
"Don't you have anyone else you usually call besides him?"
"There isn't. Recently, he alone has been enough. After all, the extermination of magic beasts progressed all at once. The only ones left are you and that girl."
Hmm.
"Then what about other magic-beast hunters…"
"Well, I'm not at the stage where I've been ordered to subjugate it, so that would be fine. But it really is destroying villages, so I honestly want to deal with it before the damage spreads."
…
"Fine, I get it. But gunpowder can't be used as-is. I need to prepare."
"We'll wait. After all, with gunpowder and Avael, nothing is impossible."
At that, Avael said, irritated,
"…You interrupt our sex, use the lives of nameless civilians as a shield to make requests, and have no intention of giving any reward at all. You really are the worst."
Tīdiārunā smiled sweetly.
"Pardon the intrusion. Please, take your time."
In the end, we weren't in the mood for sex after that.
I hurried over to Jerahagudōmu.
When I said the name Dārudabaruto, Jerahagudōmu also cried out in surprise.
"Dārudabaruto!? Is that true!?"
"I don't think there's any reason to lie when we're about to subjugate it…"
"No, she schemes all sorts of things. Wait a moment."
Jerahagudōmu chanted something, then—
"…This is Maruda Forest. The place Tīdiārunā specified is Jinbēru Hill…!?"
With his eyes closed and muttering to himself, Jerahagudōmu shouted,
"It's a Dārudabaruto!!! No doubt about it!"
So it was true.
"Dārudabaruto…"
"I know what you want to say, Jerahagudōmu. The Dārudabaruto's horn, right?"
Jerahagudōmu turned around, startled.
"The Dārudabaruto's horn is a magic catalyst. And it has an outrageous effect. It can raise one's innate magical aptitude, which is fixed at birth."
Avael explained.
"…I don't actually know for sure. But there's nothing more intriguing than this. When I heard Dārudabaruto, I suspected a trap because of this. I wondered if it was bait to drag me out."
"You should keep suspecting. But I do think Tīdiārunā isn't lying. I've known her a long time, so I can tell. That's the face of 'I'd rather not fight myself if possible. You guys handle it.'"
What kind of specific face is that?
"So? Will you lend a hand?"
I groaned, then—
"I'd be in trouble if anything happened to my fellow countryman, 'M.C.Quu.'"
He's doing it out of goodwill, after all.
I'm not a fan of his, but—
"'DJ Bustle' would be sad too."
He's a high-speed beat track maker, but he's a stubborn old man.
He's got a Santa-like white beard, too.
He's been active since the dawn of DJing, a veteran in his 50s, but this old guy's likes and dislikes are intense.
M.C.Quu is one of the few people he "hasn't had a falling out with for over five years."
I don't want to see that stubborn old man sad.
Jerahagudōmu prepared something like the big cannon he gave to the British girl and said,
"Have Avael use his magic on this."
Magic on this?
"Right. Magic that makes the projectile hit the enemy on its own."
Avael said it easily, but—
"That's totally overpowered."
I said, exasperated.
Just how does that even work?
What counts as an "enemy"?
"Well then, let's go by teleportation."
We teleported, and there was M.C.Quu.
'Brother! Long time no see!'
He hugged me.
This guy's heat is a bit much, but since I knew him from before, and hearing Japanese in this world was precious, it put me at ease.
'I heard this one's tough.'
'Brother. This guy's a real player. I respect him.'
Represent = rebezen.
Yeah, and by the way, I'd already seen it behind us while we were talking.
It's a 100-meter monster, after all. You can see it clearly even from far away.
"…Uh…"
What should I even say about this?
It was covered in fluffy fur, with huge eyeballs taking up the center of its face.
Its limbs were short.
"It looks like a kaiju from Ultra Man."
Its movements were kind of comical, and it didn't feel hateful. And the horn? Yeah, it's definitely growing.
But at that size, the ground shakes when it walks, and a village would be crushed just by it passing through.
I get that, but—
I nodded.
For now, I loaded a huge shell into the cannon, packed the gunpowder, and—
"Avael, I just light this, right?"
"That's right~"
For some reason, Avael was standing really far away.
I carefully lit the fuse…
"Oh!"
The cannon rotated on its own!
Whoa, it really auto-targets…
"Eh?"
That direction.
It wasn't facing the monster.
Over there was—
"…Tch!?"
DOOOOOOM!!!!!
A tremendous sound.
What on earth just happened?
The cannon had aimed at Tīdiārunā on its own!
"…Avael…"
Tīdiārunā dodged it instantly and glared, resentful, while—
"Hmm-hmm♪"
Avael hummed, playing dumb.
Seriously? Was she trying to pull a surprise attack?
"No, no, that. My magic still needs more training, you see."
She said it nonchalantly and chanted something else at the cannon.
"Well, this time I'll do it for you."
Saying that, she loaded a shell and—
"Fire!"
DOOOOOOM!!!!
This time it went straight toward the monster and—
Thwack
"Funiiiiiiii!!!!!!!"
A wailing cry echoed across the land.
It started toddling toward us while looking our way, but—
"…Jerahagudōmu. This feels like I'm abusing something, and I really hate it…"
It was adorable overall. Somehow.
"Your sense of aesthetics is incomprehensible."
Hey, hey, hey, I don't want to hear that from Jerahagudōmu, who decorates with laughing human-faced flowers!
"But just having something that big around is a disaster."
I get that. People would die just from it stepping on them.
So—
"Size-reducing medicine!"
The potion magic I'd sealed away.
It came out properly.
Then I smeared it on a soft shell I'd brought as a spare and—
"Sorry—"
Second shot.
DOOOOOOM!!!
The shell flew straight and—
"Funiiiiiiii!!!!!!!"
Another scream.
But its form—
"It's shrinking!"
The medicine worked. The monster kept getting smaller and smaller.
Then it hid itself in the forest.
"You made things complicated again," Tīdiārunā said with a sour look, but—
"As long as there's no damage, it's fine," Jerahagudōmu and Avael backed me up, and that was the end of it.
Then, today, I brought M.C.Quu to the villa.
Apparently, he goes home after defeating 100 magic beasts each time.
So I invited him over for the interim, and—
'This sake is so damn good I wanna take it home!!!'
M.C.Quu drank the sake looking extremely pleased.
'Here, here, have some more.'
I kept pouring him drinks.
'I've never just chilled out in this world, but if there's sake this good, I should've stayed longer! This is the best, Brother!'
Despite how he looks, M.C.Quu is actually pretty weak to alcohol, and he fell asleep right away.
"Oryoryo."
Well, this coast is safe even if he sleeps, and he won't catch a cold.
I sleep here often too.
I was tired as well, so I collapsed and fell asleep.
I think it was probably a dream.
When I opened my eyes, a penguin wearing a hat and sunglasses was speaking into a mic.
"Ladies and gentlemen. Well, it's just Izumi, though. It's showtime—"
The penguin looked like it was in some comedy skit.
The place was like some kind of stage.
Yeah, I was sleeping on the villa's beach, so this is definitely a dream.
"Tonight's star of the show is Daa-chan—"
And then, like before, upbeat music blared loudly from the penguin's mouth.
Appearing there was—
"…Huh?"
A large eye in the center of the face.
Only one eye. This is, so-called—
"…A cyclops?"
With glossy black hair flowing, she—
"U-um!"
A loud voice.
This voice—
"I came to thank you, 'ssu!"
I think this is that. That monster.
"Thank you for making me small, 'ssu!!!"
Her speech ended with "~ssu."
Are you in a sports club or something?
"You know, she woke up, walked around, and suddenly got small, so she came to report it happily—"
The penguin said.
"Really! I had a complex about that huge body, 'ssu! Now I can walk around with my head held high, 'ssu! I'm seriously grateful, 'ssu!"
The cyclops girl thanked me with an energy I didn't understand.
"But even if she wants to thank you, Daa-chan can't do aaanything. Even if she tried to repay you with her body, with that appearance, not even you would get hard, Izumi. So kind-hearted me set up this venue—"
The girl narrowed her big eye.
"I'll service you, 'ssu♡"
Um, excuse me. That was a monster. A monster.
She was in an endearing form, sure.
But sex with a monster? No way.
There was a time I thought that, too.
"Funyuuuuu♡♡♡♡♡"
This monster is good at blowjobs!
No, this is—
Jubuuuuu!!!
A vacuum blowjob.
She sucked my dick with tremendous force.
"This is insanely good."
The vibrations were stimulation and felt amazing.
I mean, making such obscene sounds while giving a blowjob is impossible with normal sensibilities.
This is—
"Nnnnnn♡♡♡"
Something only a non-human could do.
It got big and hard in an instant, and then—
"Next is this, 'ssu♡♡♡"
She raised her hips, faced me, and tried to insert my dick.
Then the penguin, who had disappeared from sight, said,
'Relax. That's definitely a human body—'
"But she's a cyclops."
'That's like a mask—'
Oh, looking closely, it does seem to be floating slightly?
Whatever.
This is the penguin's space anyway.
This is a dream. Yeah, let's say it's a dream.
Shlup!
"Hyaaaan♡♡♡"
The cyclops girl's eye melted as she moaned.
"Feels goooood, 'ssu♡♡♡ Thank-you sex feels so goooood, 'ssu♡♡♡"
When I inserted it, her pronunciation got sloppy, and her voice got muddy.
"This is toooo much♡♡♡ Thank-you sex feels so good♡♡♡♡♡"
She moved her hips frantically.
But her pussy was normal.
It felt no different from a human woman in this world.
Compared to a half-elf, it was kind of lacking.
That blowjob felt better.
"Hey, I'll cum inside you. In exchange, do that blowjob again."
I'm saying something awful myself, but—
"Yes♡♡♡ I will, 'ssu♡♡♡♡♡ I'll thank you a looot, 'ssu♡♡♡"
She rubbed my dick against her vagina and—
"I'm cumming."
"Fugyiiiiiii!!!!!"
Dogg!!!
"Feels goooood♡♡♡ Having semen inside me is toooo much♡♡♡"
For some reason, heart marks appeared in her single eye. What kind of gimmick is that?
"Now, the blowjob."
The girl, still dazed, took my just-came dick in her mouth and—
Jubuuuuu!!!
Another incredible sound as she gave a vacuum blowjob.
"Ah, this is good."
Immersed in the trembling pleasure, I had the girl give me that vacuum blowjob over and over.
Before I knew it, I was asleep.
I heard voices.
"Is it fine now?"
"Yep♪ Thank you, 'ssu♪"
"I think they'd be happy with just that horn, though—"
"No, I wanted to properly meet and thank him, 'ssu."
Voices. The penguin and that cyclops girl.
"Take care—"
"Yeah♪ Bye-bye, 'ssu♪"
Listening to that exchange, I fell asleep again.