Never Give Up

Part 1

『Sherry』

『Current Character Levels & Equipment』:

Jobs:

Villager Lv.3

Equipment:

Mallet

Leather Helmet

Leather Armor

Leather Gloves

Sandals

News flash: So apparently, Humans are considered to be a race that has an

enormous, near insatiable sexual appetite. That is what Roxanne and Sherry

told me while their faces were all flushed and they nervously avoided looking

me in the eyes.

As much as I think that such an opinion is unjust and even racist. . . I cannot

say that it is not completely true, since I already had a lot of pent up desires

that exploded when I bought Roxanne, and now that I also have Sherry, who

also agreed to become my sex slave, by my side, there is no doubt in my

mind that those desires are only going to grow stronger as time goes on and

more and more slaves joins the ranks of my Party.

So yeah, even if I wanted to do something about it, I guess it simply cannot

be helped. Certainly, there is absolutely nothing that can be done on my part

to change the state of this matter at all. After all, that is what being human is

all about.

「Okay, now we are all going to take a bath together. Once you take all of

your clothes off, come on in.」

I declared as I started to undress myself without any kind of hesitation.

Yes, this is an essential part of who I am, or rather, what my race is, so trying

to fight it would be like an attempt to be someone that I am not. So now that I

have resolved myself, I have to do everything that I can to keep this

momentum going without letting it die out, so I quickly got rid of my

clothing and went to the bathroom a little bit earlier in order to give the girls

some alone time.

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It is happening. Oh my God, it is finally happening! We are finally going to

have a threesome bath! Now, when we typically talk about a man and a

woman having a bath, you would imagine that the two of them are a couple,

but the ones that I am going to be bathing with are not my girlfriends, but my

slaves! It is a big shame that I will not be able to witness the glorious scene of

Roxanne and Sherry undressing in one room right next to each other, but in

the situation where this is going to be Sherry's first time doing something like

that with us, I felt like it was necessary for me to be a little bit forceful and

make it look like an order that she could not refuse, because otherwise she

might have tried to escape from the entire thing, rendering all of the

preparations that I went through for this particular event useless.

Right now, the role of convincing Sherry to take a bath with us falls onto

Roxanne's shoulders, and all that I can do is to check if the temperature of

the water is not too hot. Thankfully, once I dipped my hand it in, it felt like it

was just hot enough to make for an enjoyable soak, and not hot enough to

burn us. All in all, I have to say that I have become pretty skilled when it

comes to preparing baths.

「Is. . . is it really okay for me to be taking a bath together with master? I

thought that only the members of the royal family and nobility are allowed to

do it?」

「It is perfectly okay for you to be doing it Sherry, I assure you. Now, let us

go in together.」

I heard the voices of Sherry and Roxanne behind me back. Okay, looks like

everything seems to be going fine for the time being, which is great. Sherry is

going to be bathing with me in just a few short moments! Oh, I just cannot

wait! The suspense is killing my fragile male heart!

I set the lantern in the corner of the room and checked the temperature of the

water again in order to keep myself occupied. Yeah, its pretty hot, but not hot

enough to be in need of cooling it with cold water. Good, we are definitely in

the clear here.

But maybe. . . just maybe, I should probably add just a tiny bit of it, just to

be doubly, triply and quadruply sure that the temperature is going to be just

right. We should still have some leftover water in the boiling tank, but it

would be difficult to quickly increase the temperature after adding it in. On

the other hand though, cooling it should be pretty easy, so the next time I will

be preparing the bath, I think it should be fine to make the water even hotter

than it is right now.

「Miss Roxanne, your breasts are so big!」

「That's is not true, Sherry. I think they are the normal size.」

「Maybe so, but they are definitely bigger than mine. There is no competition

here at all. *Sigh*. . . 」

As I kept the watch over the hot water, I heard the voices of the girls talking

about such things behind my back. Oi mates, you do realize that I can hear

you, right?! What do you think you are doing, talking about things like that

when I am dying of anticipation here? Do you really want my heart to burst

that much?! Ugh, I am so envious and I want to join them right this instant! It

is not fair that they are the only ones who get to have fun like that while I am

left out on a loop, so hurry up and jump into the bath already! And while I am

still at it, I better make sure to prepare the soap before I forget. . .

「Master, we are ready now. So if you will excuse us. . . 」

Roxanne was the one to approach me first. Hoo boi, are her jugs getting

bigger every time I get to see them , or is it just my horniness-fueled

imagination playing tricks on me? Big, oh lawd, so big. . .

「Ahh, uhm, yes. . . excuse us. . . 」

Sherry followed right after her, but much to my chagrin she was hiding her

breasts beneath the bath towel and she kept her face down, but aside from

that towel, she did not have anything on and was completely naked. Ahh, just

like I thought. This beautiful scenery before my eyes is pure bliss, teal

heaven, and true paradise!

「Sherry, in this household, it is one of our established customs that master is

going to be the one who is going to wash us.」

「Ah. . . ! O-Okay!」

That is right, Sherry. Washing my slaves is one of the parks. . . or should I

say, privilages of me being your master. Sherry's body is small and thin, but

not child-like. Overall, I have to say that she looks pretty stylish, in a

completely different sense from Roxanne, who is a man-killing bombshell all

around. Even though she claimed that she has very small breasts, it was not

true. They might not be the size of melons, but they are definitely there, and

her soft skin looks positively dazzling in the light provided by the lantern.

「Alright, let us get in, and I will wash you two.」

However, no matter how privileged I may be as their master, it would

definitely be rude of me to just continue to stand there and gawk at the two of

them, so I entered the bathtub while taking some of the soap with me. Just

like before, Roxanne was the first one to follow after me.

「Here you go, master.」

She said, standing in front of me with her two enormous boobs swaying left

and right when she leaned forward towards me. Naturally, my eyes were

glued to those marvelous mountains and the deep valley between them, and I

could do nothing to get my sight away from them. They were simply too

enrapturing for me to resist their temptation.

「As I thought, there really is no way for me to even come close to them.」

Sherry commented with a mournful voice. No no no Sherry, it is not like that

at all. . . I said in my mind while still staring at Roxanne's milkers.

Part 2

When it comes to the sizes of their chests, Sherry obviously seems to be

having an inferiority complex whenever she gazes at how stacked Roxanne is

and it must hurt her to see how obsessed I seem to be with her boobs as well,

and honestly, I cannot blame her for that, because I would have probably

reacted in the same way if I saw a girl that I had a massive crush on hitting it

off with other dudes who are not me. . . but when Roxanne herself is

tempting me with these wonderful breasts of hers, it is really hard for me to

resist their allure and the urge to grab them and sink my fingers into them

while forgetting about everything else that is happening around me at this

very moment. I want to apply the soap all over Roxanne's body and make her

all shiny and slippery with it. So that is what I did. I moved my hands

forward and started washing Roxanne up from top to bottom.

I washed her breasts, the places that I wanted to touch the most with the

utmost care and attention to their every nook and cranny, first with one hand,

and then with both of my hands to make sure that not even a speck of

unwashed skin will remain on her. I am indulging in her body to my heart's

content, slowly tracing the curves of her rich bulges.

As I thought, Roxanne's boobs are truly the best out of all the boobs in the

world. Their incredible feeling of springiness, elasticity and weight feel like

they are almost too much for me to handle. No matter if I choose to take care

of the left one or right one, they both feel equally incredible. This is the best

feeling in the entire world, period. I am positively sure that there is nothing

that can top it off.

「They are the best. Absolutely amazing.」

「Thank you very much. . . master. . . 」

When I was finished, Roxanne was covered in foam practically everywhere

on her body except for her head, back and tail.

「Okay Sherry, you are next.」

「Y-Yes, of course!」

Now that she was standing before me with nothing but a towel covering her, I

could clearly see how petite her figure is. Just the difference in our height

was so big that if she was not facing her head upwards, it was impossible for

me to see exactly what kind of face she was making. But that did not change

the fact that overall she was still thin, slim and incredibly pretty.

「Before I start, do you want to keep your hairbands on?」

「Ah, no, there is no need for that. I will take them off. I was simply keeping

them on because I did not want to wash my hair just yet. . . because I thought

that because of how long they are, they might get in the way of you and Miss

Roxanne. . . 」

I see. She really has thought this through, huh? How nice of her to be so

considerate of others, even in circumstances such as these. Not to mention

that her chest is not as small as she claimed it to be, because while not on

Roxanne's level, I could definitely see them jiggling under the bath towel just

now.

「Thank you for you consideration, Sherry, but I do not really mind that, so

the next time we will be taking a bath, do not feel inclined to wait until we

are finished and go ahead with washing your hair. This bathtub should be

large enough for all of us to be able to wash ourselves without getting in each

other's way after all. Roxanne, can I ask you to make some more foam for

us?」

「Of course, master. Here you go.」

With the additional foam that Roxanne quickly made for me, I got down on

my knees in order to wash Sherry without having to bend over the entire

time.

「Are you ready for this, Sherry? Can I start?」

「Y-Yes. P-Please. . . . do take care of me.」

「I will, I promise. Just try to relax a little, okay?」

Entrusting herself to me, Sherry let go of the bath towel she was clutching

onto and allowed me to take care of washing her chest for her. Placing my

hands on her chest, I started from foaming up her collarbone and then

gradually made my way up all around its area. That is right. There is no way

that she did not get even a little bit excited from watching me wash

Roxanne's body up starting from her breasts, which is why I think it is only

going to be fair to her if I start the process of washing her from the very same

spot: from her chest. That way, she will not be able to say that I purposefully

avoided touching her boobs because of how small and unattractive they are.

You might call it a shameless tactic, but in the current circumstances it is

going to be the most effective one that is going to ensure that both of my

slaves are going to feel like I am treating them equally without favoring one

of them over the other.

「Umu. They are wonderful as well. What an amazing feeling.」

I cannot believe that Sherry was not confident in her breasts just because they

are a little bit on the smaller side. In the terms of their feeling and elasticity,

they can give Roxanne a run for her oney without any problems. The only

difference between them is that while Roxanne is so big that my fingers are

sinking into the skin of her tits every time I am touching her, Sherry's feel

like I could grasp them both firmly and enclose them in my hands if I wanted

to. It is a different kind of irresistibility, but the one that is just as enticing all

the same, as If I was holding a hamster or a small bird in my grasp (TL Note:

I have no idea how can boobs feel like a small bird or a hamster, but

apparently the minds of our fellow Nipponjins are just build differently,

so let us just put that under the yikes category and move on.)

At the current moment, if someone were to walk up tome and ask me which

do I prefer: the boobs that spill from between your fingers due to how big

they are or boobs that are compact enough to fit in the palm of my hand, I

would honestly have a pretty hard time answering that question.

「Ah. . . uhm. . . master? I. . . I am sorry. . . that my breasts are not as big as

Miss Roxanne's. . . 」

「You say that, but I do not think that yours are particularly small though?」

「I thought the same way when I was still living in my village, but when I was

sold to be a slave and began living in the Slave Shop I could not help but

notice there were many more women and girls whose chests were bigger

from mine, and that they were able to find the people who were willing to

buy them more easily.」

Even though I want to say something to make her feel better, I cannot really

comment upon this matter in any way since I am also one of these people, in

a sense that I also allowed looks and the size of the boobs to be the deciding

factor in my decision to buy Roxanne as my first slave.

「That is okay, Sherry. You do not need to worry about that. To me, you are

perfectly fine exactly the way you are now.」

「But Miss Roxanne is so big. . . . . 」

Ah-ha, so it is exactly as I thought. She has already been comparing herself to

Roxanne in that regard, even though as a smart person she should already

know that comparing herself to other girls and the sizes of their chests is

pretty pointless from a biological point of view.

「Sherry, I want you to hear me out on what I am about to say, alright? Listen,

it is true that Roxanne has pretty big breasts, but that is only because of her

bodily proportions. She is pretty tall, so it is natural for her to have a bigger

chest that would match her height. On the other hand, you are naturally

shorter due to your race, so it is a given that your chest is going to be smaller

in order to match your height. So you see, you do not have to worry about a

thing.」

Part 3

「In fact, I think that the proportions that you currently have suit you just

fine.」

It is just my rough estimation, but if I am not mistaken, Roxanne seems to be

at least twenty centimeters taller than Sherry, so the differences if their

figures and proportions were going to be a given. After all, If Sherry was as

short as she is but had breasts as big as Roxanne has, it would not only mean

that she would have problems with back and shoulder pains, but in the worstcase scenario even her breast milk might have ended up getting affected in a

negative way. She might feel disappointed or defective because of how small

her breasts are in comparison to Roxanne's, but the truth is that from a

medical standpoint, or a standpoint of sherry's health, to be more precise, her

current size is more than enough for her, since she is not exactly flat to the

level of calling her breasts something as derogative as, for example, mosquito

bites.

「Do you. . . really mean it?」

「Yeah, I really mean it, Sherry.」

「And my thoughts on this matter are exactly the same as master's, Sherry.」

「I . . . I. . . master, Miss Roxanne. . . thank you. . . thank you so very much. .

. ]

「「You are welcome.」」

With Sherry's worries in regards to the size of her chest firmly soothed (or at

least I want to believe that we managed to soothe them), I used another

serving of the foam handed to me by Roxanne in order to cover Sherry's

entire body with it. I can always enjoy playing with her chest later, but for

now, let me make sure that I am going to give her entire body a thorough

wash-up.

「All right, I think that about covers it up. Did you enjoy me washing you,

Sherry?」

「Y-Yes, thank you very much for it, master. It. . . being washed by you felt

very good.」

「Okay Sherry, now that the both of us have been washed by master, let us

return the favor and wash master instead!」

「Yes, of course, gladly. . . but how are we going to do that, exactly?」

「Just. . . like that!」

Roxanne exclaimed, hugging the left side of my body without any prior

warning. Thanks to her doing that, my left arm is now sandwiched between

her breasts, which was a very bold move of her. Explosive, even! I would

never have guessed that my arm is going to fit so perfectly into the valley of

her chest, but there it was, nestling between her tits so comfortably as if it

was made for it. I thought that feeling the sensation of Roxanne's big bare

boobs on my back was stimulating enough already, but this feeling of her

mountains forming squeezing around the skin of my arm like a soft, fleshy

wall was an all new kind of heavenly pleasure that I was allowed to

experience.

And the best thing about it was that this pleasure was washing all over the left

part of my body, while the right part has been taken by a different kind of

pleasure, courtesy of Sherry, who tried to emulate what Roxanne was doing

to me by embracing my other arm. Since she is not as big as Roxanne, the

feeling is not as explosive as I would have liked, but because Sherry is

slimmer than her, her embrace feels that much more risqué. I cand definitely

feel how her pointed, hardened nipples are moving up and down my arm,

tickling me a little.

This. . . this sensation is incredible. This almost feels like it is too much to

bear for my brain right now! Since they have already chosen to do this for

me, then I will have them wash my every nook and cranny, and do so

thoroughly all the while watching their movements so that they will not waste

too much of the precious soap. When I was still only fantasizing about this

happening, I was convinced that it would be the best thing ever if they were

to was me from the front and from the back at the same time, but now that

they are taking care of my left and right sides, I realize that this is also not

that bad. In fact, it feels amazing! Having my body be washed by the two of

them at once is the best feeling in the entire world, but I cannot allow my

sense of reason to leave me. . . at least not yet when there is still something

that I have to do.

「Roxanne, prepare a bit more soap, please? We already washed our hair

yesterday so we do not have to do it again today, but we might as well wash

Sherry's hair for her. I will take care of it, so in the meantime, I would like

you to help her with her back, okay?」

「Of course, master.」

Due to Sherry's small size, her head perfectly positioned for us to take care of

washing her hair without having her stand on the tip of her toes or without the

need for us to me kneeling or leaning forward. All I have to do is to take the

soap from Roxanne, make it a little more foamy and. . . voila, it is all ready

to be applied to her hair, but since she was not kidding about her having a lot

of them, then I am definitely going to need as much soap as I can get in order

to wash all of it properly without leaving any patch or strand of it unattended.

While I was busy fighting with the mass of Sherry's hair, Roxanne turned

around and approached her from behind so that she could fulfill my request

of washing Sherry's back for her. . . . . . or at least I thought that was what

she was going to do, but she walked past Sherry and came up behind me

instead! It happened quite unexpectedly, but I guess I am going to have my

fantasy of being washed from the front and the back at the same time fulfilled

after all.

「Well then, master. . . I am going to start washing your back.」

「Oooohh. . . y-yeah, go right ahead.」

I could feel her soft, springy bulges on my back! I wanted her to help Sherry,

but this works fine for me as well! The only thing that would make it better

now would be if I could see everything that she was doing for me, but since

she was behind my back I would have to twist my neck quite hard to do it,

and I could not do that since I had my hands full with washing Sherry's hair.

And speaking of her, due to the amount of the foam that was forming on her

head she had no choice but to close her eyes to not allow any of the soapy

foam to get in them by accident, so she was also unable to see what Roxanne

was currently doing for me, and honestly, I think it is for the better. If she

was able to see what was going on at my backside at the current moment, I

think it would be very possible for her to faint on the spot. With each of

Roxanne's movements, my frustration was only growing, so in order to

somehow deal with it, I decided to the only sensible thing: distract myself

from what was happening behind me by focusing all of my attention on

scrubbing sherry's hair with the foam. Even though there is an awful lot of

them, they are soft to the touch and feel much like the threads of silk in my

fingers, and they are not even resisting my touch all that much. On second

thought, let me add something more to their description so that I could

convey how they feel more properly: they are smooth like silk and soft like

cotton. There, that should do it quite nicely, would you not agree?

「This might sound a little weird, but you have nice hair, Sherry. They look

like they are of an exceedingly good quality.」

「T-Thank you they much, master. I Always made sure to take proper care of

them whenever that was possible.」

「I wonder if I could have the hair as thick and smooth as you, or is that

impossible for humans?」

Maybe that is a characteristic that only the hair of the Dwarven women have?

Whatever the case may be, my own dark and light hair are more than enough

for the time being, but the thought of me having the same type of hair as

Sherry was pretty entertaining in its own right.

Part 4

Now that the washing of Sherry's hair has been successfully completed, I

decided it was high time for me to wash my own hair, but since I used almost

all of the foam that Roxanne made for me for that purpose, I had to lather

some more of it first, and then washed it. Now that all three of us have been

covered with soap from the top to our bottoms. . . . . .

「All right, let us jump into the water while it is still warm, shall we?」

「Right!」

「O-Okay!」

. . . . . . . . . it was high time to finally enter the bathtub so that we could wash

it all of in one fell swoop. Now that Sherry's hair have become all wet, they

got stuck onto her skin, which made for a pretty erotic display. Combined

with her fair skin, she was really looking like the world's most beautiful

porcelain doll. She looks so pretty that it is almost unreal.

The three of us entered the bathtub at last. Since Sherry's hair are so long and

thick then I am sure that they must feel amazing, however. . . there is nothing

in this world that can possibly beat the feeling of Roxanne's tail brushing

against my nether regions while in the bathtub while she is hugging onto me.

「Ahhh. . . this is the best. . . 」

「Indeed it is, master.」

For a few long moments, we were just all sitting in the bathtub while

snuggling together, enjoying the sensation of hot water wrapping itself all

around us. Or rather, Roxanne and I were the ones who snuggled together,

while Sherry was sitting some distance away from us, and we cannot have

that, since that is not the purpose of this group activity of ours.

「Come on Sherry, do not be a stranger. Come sit here together with us.」

「Ah! Y-Yes, of course, I'm coming! If, if you excuse me. . . 」

Sherry came closer to us very slowly and while covering herself with her

hands. Even though we just touched each other all over literal moments ago,

she must probably still feel a little bit embarrassed, hence her hesitation.

Well, I guess it is fine for the time being, especially since she will definitely

learn to be more relaxed around us after a few more baths just like the one we

are having now.

Since we are already so close together like this, I normally would have made

my move to get us to be even closer than this, because since I have two

beautiful girls at my left and right side, it would be a criminal offense not to

try doing anything at all. However, I remember that Roxanne was also shy

like that when we were having our first bath together, so having the

experience from that time in mind. But I also feel that this is such a waste. I

have Roxanne's big breasts on the right of me and Sherry's moderate ones on

my left, and they are both naked, and we are touching each other with our

bare skins. A beautiful, naked woman in each of my arms. . . this is a

situation that is the dream of all males around the world come true. This

feeling of pure bliss that I am feeling right now. . . is that how Toyotomi

Hideyoshi must have felt whenever he was showcasing his most beloved tea

ceremony tools in his famous Golden Tea Room, or how Napoleon

Bonaparte felt when the crown was placed upon his head as he was crowned

The Emperor of the French, or how Hitler felt during the marriage he ordered

for himself right before he killed himself. . . okay, that is enough of that! Bad

example! Very, very bad example! What I wanted to say is that right now, I

feel the happies that I have ever been in my entire life, and I would never

traded this feeling of happiness for anything else.

Later, when we finally got out of the bath and we all helped dry each other's

bodies up, I left the bathroom ahead of the girls in order to prepare the other

room that is going to be seeing some action tonight: the bedroom.

In the bathroom, I hesitated from doing anything too bold to them, but now it

is going to be different. However, I am still going to leave the room relatively

dimly lit for Sherry's sake. It is going to be a pity that I will not be able to

enjoy the sight of the girls in their full splendor with the proper lightning, but

it is unavoidable if I do not want Sherry to be too scarred or embarrassed or

to cause some kind of trauma in her. Other than that, everything seems to be

perfectly ready, so it is up to me and the girls to see how this thing is going to

go further.

「Now then, you two. Come on over here.」

「Yes, master.」

「As you command. . . . . . uhm. . . . is it really okay for me to be wearing

something so nice? Because I do not think a lowly slave like myself should

be wearing pretty clothing such as this. . . 」

Sherry asked with a quiet voice as she hid herself behind Roxanne. Roxanne

herself was wearing her light-pink negligee, so the other one that Sherry has

on herself right now must be the other, white one that I bought for her back at

that clothing store where we delivered Rabbit's Meat to the Male Clerk. . . .

or maybe it is the other way around? I cannot really tell for sure, since the

light is so dim that I can barely see anything a few meters ahead of me.

「It is alright. You look beautiful in it, and that is all that matters.」

「T-Thank you very much.」

「Roxanne, you had to borrow your other camisole to Sherry because I did not

think about buying her her own nightgown. Sorry about that.」

「It is no problem at all, master. Because I am still number one!」

How nice of her to be so helpful to her junior in slavery. I think my opinion

on both her and Sherry alike has improved a little bit. Okay, I think right now

is about time for us to be continuing on with the scheduled program.

「Sherry, come closer to me, please.」

I gestured Sherry to come and sit at my side, and she did do, albeit after

taking her sweet time to do so.

「You know, looking at them now that you dried them all up, you sure have a

lot of hair on your head, huh?」

I said nonchalantly while looking at her hair, which were still let down

because she did not put her hairbands back on just yet.

「Yes, but honestly. . . I that soap that we were using was so amazing! It made

all the dirt that was in my hair wash away as easily as if it was made out of

water as well, my hair feel a lot lighter for some reason that I cannot quite

explain. . . oh, and of course my skin is so smooth and soft right now that I

simply cannot believe it!」

「It was a soap prepared by master, after all, so that much was to be

expected.」

「Oh stop it Roxanne, I did not do that much, really. Anyway, I am glad that

you liked it, Sherry.」

As I thought, sherry really is someone who looks even better when her

natural beauty is properly taken care of, just like Roxanne. Both of them were

like diamonds in the rough, just waiting for me to come along and help them

uncover the hidden potential that they always had within them, but they did

not have the means to let it come to the surface by itself.

「Sherry, listen to me now, okay? In this household, we have a certain rule

when it comes to my relations with my slaves.」

「A certain. . . rule? What is that rule, master?」

「It is a rule that every day, we are giving each other a kiss before we go to

sleep, and another kiss when we are waking up. So now I ask you. . . are you

okay with that rule? Will you be able to uphold it?」

「Ah! I. . . well. . . a-alright, I think I will be able to do it.」

「Great. That is a very good thing to hear indeed.」

Okay, I managed to successfully explain the most important rule of this

household to Sherry.

Part 5

Now that we covered everything that had to be covered and said everything

that needed to be said, I do not think that I will be able to hold myself back

anymore. My endurance, both mental and physical is at its utmost limits. So

with all of that being said. . . I think it is finally time for me to dig in.

I slowly brough Sherry's face closer to mine. . . and kissed her. Her lips were

soft and delicate, and I would have definitely savored their sweet flavor some

more. . .

「. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ahhh!!!」

If it was not for the sound that I heard just now.

That was definitely a scream. Roxanne's scream. The one that sounded like a

mixture of sadness and desperation. It is so dark here that I cannot see

Roxanne's face clearly, but in this case, there was no need for me to see it at

all, because the tone of her voice was telling me everything I needed to know,

and to realize that I have fucked up, and I fucked up big time this time

around.

「. . . . Order. . . . . . . the order. . . . . our order. . . . . 」

Those were the words that Roxanne was now muttering to herself in a quiet,

pained voice. And I understood perfectly why that was.

Up until now, when there were just the two of us, she has always been pretty

particular about maintaining a certain order of things, by which I mean that

she has always insisted that wherever we went, she always wanted me to go

first and do things first, since as the head of the household and her master, I

was higher than her on the ladder of social hierarchy. We kept that up without

any issues, but now that Sherry has been added to our group, she started to

show signs of being obsessed with being my number one slave, thinking that

in whatever we were doing, she should be coming first before Sherry,

because it was she, Roxanne, whom I have chosen as my first slave, not

Sherry. And since she has convince herself that she is the number one slave

that has to do everything first before Sherry, slave number two, as was shown

to me today when she was insistent in a passive-aggressive way that she

should be the first one to get the serving of the soup even though Sherry was

the one who prepared and not giving her the first serving of her Borscht

clearly went against the established customs that Roxanne herself was

educating me about, and during the bath when I asked her to wash Sherry's

back, but she instead went on to wash my own back, almost as if she was

afraid that Sherry could snatch that task away from her. That is also why she

thought that she was also going to be the first one when it comes to giving me

the good night and good morning kisses, but I ignored that order and started

kissing Sherry instead, violating Roxanne's expectations in the rudest way

possible.

Terrible, this is absolutely terrible. To say that I have stepped on a huge

landmine would be an understatement.

All that I cared about was to satisfy my own insatiable lust, and in doing so, I

trampled all over Roxanne's pride and feelings while only caring about

kissing Sherry while ignoring everything else that was happening around me.

The only saving grace in this growing dumpster fire of a situation is that I

have only tasted Sherry's lips so far and I did not straight up shoved my

tongue inside of her mouth because it is her first time doing so and I wanted

to be as delicate as possible here to avoid making her dislike the act of

kissing and everything else that is associated with it. But. . . what am I going

to do now? Is. . . is there even anything that I can do to salvage this situation,

or is there nothing that could bail me out from facing the consequences of my

own stupidity and horniness this time?

Think Michio, think! Think of something, anything! Do not dig your own

grave even deeper, and try to come up with a solution that will allow you to

not hurt Roxanne even more than you already did and save your own face,

even if only a little bit of it!

Maybe. . . maybe this will help? I have no guarantee that what I am about to

say is going to do me any good, but at the very least it is going to be better

than staying silent and not saying anything at all, so I might just give it a shot

and see where it takes me. If it works, then great, I am going to be saved. But

if not. . . well, let me try it and see how this goes, and deal with the possible

consequences later.

「This. . . this is just the rehearsal of our routine before going to bed, so of

course it mean that I have to leave Roxanne, my first slave, for last, when it is

not going to be just the rehearsal, but a real deal, right?」

This is it. The only thing that I could think of to save myself right now was

this cheap excuse. But is this going to be enough to convince Roxanne? It

better be, because otherwise the whole bedroom might actually end up

becoming painted in the red color of my blood!!!

「. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 」

Come on, Roxanne! Say something, anything! Break this uncomfortable

silence along with the stress and the feeling of suspense that are killing me

right now!

「YES! Thank you so very much for remembering how important order is,

master!」

Roxanne said that with a bright smile and an extremely happy voice, so it

looks like the shit storm has been avoided.

(S A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A F E ! ! ! ! ! !)

But my fucking God, that was too much of a close call this time around! I

was literally this close to having a death penalty executed on me, but I

somehow managed to slip right past it. I slumped down on the bed feeling

extremely exhausted, even though we are going to be working up quite a

sweat real soon. Was. . . was that feeling of dread I was feeling before

Roxanne spoke up the same kind of feeling that the inmates in the death row

feel? If so, then I can only thank Roxanne for declaring me innocent, and

clearing me up of the false charges that could have been the death of me if the

execution here to be carried out instantly without even giving me a chance to

defend myself.

「Master?」

「Y-Yes? What is it, Roxanne?」

「Since you have already shown Sherry what she is going to be doing every

day from now on, can we move from the demonstration to our routine?」

Roxanne said while lying on top of me, pressing her giant tits against my

chest. Well then, I guess I have no choice, do I not? Just like the order

dictates, I have to take proper care of Roxanne first. If it is with her, then I am

more than willing to work up a good sweat, plus. . . this is going to be my

revenge on her after she almost made me go through a heart attacks just now.

I started my offensive on her by giving her a kiss myself instead of waiting

for her to do it. She was surprised, but other than that, she was not resisting

my advances in any way. Then, paying no mind to how shaken she initially

was, I started to relentlessly suck on her lips. In order for this payback of

mine to really count, I have to put in twice as much effort that I usually put

into it, otherwise I will not feel satisfied at all!

With the flame of revenge burning in my chest, hotter than the flames of hell

and brighter than the sun that shines in the sky, I had my way with Roxanne.

I did not care that Sherry was watching us with dumb amazement while

covering her mouth with her tiny hands. I had my sight set on the goal in

front of me, and I was dead set on fulfilling it!

Part 6

After doing Roxanne as hard as I wanted, I let go of her, and she slumped

onto the bed and rolled over to the side, completely exhausted out of all the

energy that she still had moments ago before we started going at it. Even

though it already left me feeling quite spent, I knew that it was no time to

rest, because Sherry was already waiting for me with flushed cheeks and

expectant eyes.

「Sherry, it is your turn now.」

「Yes. . . please. . . please treat me well. . . master. . . . 」

Now that I have obtained permission from Sherry to do whatever I wanted,

there was no need for me to hold back on her in any way, but since this was

going to be her first time, I decided to be less rough on her than I was with

Roxanne. There will be time for me to take her more roughly, but that time is

not now.

Okay, here I go.

When I got my hands on Sherry, it was as if I had grasped a bottle of hot

water, that is how elastic and pleasantly warm to the touch her body was.

Could it be because Dwarves have a naturally high body temperature? As for

the chest area, while Roxanne's boobs could be very well described as big

and soft marshmallows, Sherry's were more like the elastic mounds of

pudding. The slightest touch is enough to make the whole thing shake from

the bottom of it to the very tips, which have become stiff and erect pretty

quickly as a result. Well, if they are like that, then the only thing left to do is

to dig in and have a taste of Sherry for myself. . . .

When I finished doing it with Sherry, I felt just as exhausted as Roxanne

looked when her turn with me was over. But even though I was feeling pretty

tired, but it was the good kind of tired, the one that made me feel like I have

fulfilled the duty that I was supposed to do to the absolute best of my ability,

but. . . . but I really do not feel like doing anything at all right now.

Threesomes are definitely amazing, but also tiring beyond belief.

While I was laying in bed basking in the afterglow of my intercourses with

Sherry and Roxanne, a certain hunch has compelled me to perform a

Character Reset, so I opened up my personal menu, performed it. . . and sure

enough, I found a brand-new Job unlocked, waiting for me in the Jobs

subsection to pick it up. While releasing a big sigh, I poked the window that

displayed its information with my finger. Its description read as follows:

『Sex Maniac Lv.1』

Effects: Increase SPI (Medium), Increase INT (Medium), Increase MP

(Small)

Skills: Enhanced VIT, Abstinence Attack

Sex Maniac Job, huh? I do not know if I should be happy, sad, or

disappointed because of getting my hands on it. Well, I guess that settles it

then, I am definitely human, a member of the race that is known far and wide

for having a nearly insatiable sexual desire. But since I acquired that new Job

only now, I wonder what are the exact conditions that have to be met in order

to unlock it. Is it perhaps to have sex with more than one partner of the

opposite gender throughout the course of a single night? Perhaps. Or maybe

to have sex with multiple partners at the same time? Nah, that is definitely

not it, since I did it with Sherry only after I finished doing Roxanne, not as

the same time. In that case, maybe it has something to do with being more

than a little rough with your partner during sex. . . . . . but if that were the

case then I should have gotten my hands on it a while back when I was so

rough with her when we saw that this one guy on the seventh floor got done

in by the Rapid Rabbit. . . so the 「Do it with more than one partner

throughout the course of the night」 theory is the most probable one. I tried

thinking about if for a while longer, but since nothing better was coming to

my mind, I decided to stop pursuing this matter, since ultimately it does not

matter what the conditions for unlocking this Job were since I already got my

hands on it, and the effects it grants are rather good: two medium increases to

SPI and INT Stats and a small increase to MP, meaning that the spread is

similar to what Roxanne has on her Beast Warrior Job, with the only

difference being that Beast Warrior has one medium increase and two small

increases, making it a bit inferior to Sex Maniac. Despite its awkward

naming, I think it could definitely work if used as a Second Job aiming at

increasing the effectiveness of my Attack Magic and the Wizard Job, since

Sex Maniac grants bonuses to both INT and MP at once. . . but really, of all

the Jobs, why does it had to be Sex Maniac that had those improvements?

And what does that imply? That Sex Maniacs have a higher SPI, INT and MP

than those who do not have that Job? Because if so, then that means that

humanity as a whole is actually pretty scary.

And man, even though I kept saying that I should hold myself back for

Sherry's sake because it was her first time, it looks like I might have overdid

it just a little bit after all. Then again, even though I was more excited than

usual, I guess doing it with two of them instead of just one probably helped to

decrease the burden placed upon them by me being so forceful. Just thinking

about what could have happened if Roxanne or Sherry were to receive all of

by desire by themselves. . . this could have turned out badly for them,

especially for Sherry. I already was quite rough with her, caressing her so

relentlessly and meticulously, violently, rigorously and thoroughly from top

to bottom, but since they were both here I could love them both equally, so I

guess everything worked out pretty nicely in the end.

Ahh, it feels like even my eyelids are so tired that I am having difficulties

with keeping hem open. In that case, let me just rest them for a little bit. . .

「It looks like master has fallen asleep.」

As I was quietly resting my eyes and thinking about stuff, I heard Roxanne's

voice, whispering a comment like that to Sherry. She is convinced that I have

fallen asleep, but the truth is that I am still awake, and can hear everything

that she is saying.

「It would seem so.」

Sherry answered her as she moved my sweat-covered bangs to the side so

that they would not get stuck to my forehead.

「I guess he must have exhausted himself completely. I cannot say that I

blame him though. He was quite intense today, after all. With the both of us.」

Now that the girls are having such a nice heart-to heart, there is no way that I

can possibly just open my eyes all of a sudden and be all like 「surprise, I was

not sleeping after all!」No, the most sensible thing to do here is going to be

pretending that I am truly asleep so that they could talk some more without

any reservations, thinking that this is just between the two of them. They

were both pressing against my sides now, but it did not feel uncomfortable.

Roxanne's nice, pillowy breasts were serving as a rest spot for my head, and

since Sherry's so small and petite, she was not heavy at all.

「Is. . . . . . . is it always so rough?」

「No, it is not always like that. I think that the main cause of master being so

fired up today was the fact that you have joined us as his slave. I have to say,

for a good while today, I was pretty unsure as to how the things were going to

turn out, but in the end, I think everything has worked out rather well. And

since master was able to show his affections towards both of us equally, so all

in all, I think is is a good thing that we have met you and that you are here

with us now.」

So in the end, I ended up making Roxanne feel anxious and uneasy, huh?

Well, today may not have been a perfect day, but I am glad that in the end I

made her feel loved and appreciated.

Part 7

I thanked Roxanne in my heart. I thanked her for loving me, and for her

allowing me t love her like that.

「I . . . will I be all right, I wonder?」

「I think you are going to be fine. After all, even if he was kind of rough with

you in the end, then master was doing his best to make sure that he would be

going at a slower pace earlier specifically to make sure that you will not feel

uncomfortable with us. Right? Because that is who he is: a kind and caring

master, even if he himself claims otherwise.」

「Of course! P-Please, take care of me from now on! I might be inexperienced

as a slave, but I hope to learn much under your and master's guidance. Miss

Roxanne!」

「Yes, likewise. I hope you will take care of us as well, both in the Labyrinths

and outside of them.」

Since the Sex Maniac Job has the Skill that increases my VIT by a medium

amount then I wanted to test out if it also works as a sexual stamina enhancer,

but now that the mood has gotten like that, I do not think it would be a good

time to actually go and break to them that I am in fact not asleep at all. That

would get the nice atmosphere all ruined, and the credit for that would be all

on me.

「Let us get along from now on, okay? Both as master's slaves, and as

friends.」

「Yes, let us do exactly that.」

With the friendly words of these two acting as my lullaby, I simply let go of

my consciousness and allowed myself to drift off towards the land of dreams.

When I woke up in the morning, I found myself hugging onto Roxanne like a

dakimakura. Our legs were angled together, and my arms were wrapped

tightly around her back. Seeing something like that first thing in the morning

after waking up was great, but I am not gonna lie, I was expecting to wake up

not next to one, but two beautiful girls, each one at one of my sides.

Unfortunately, it looks like it was not meant to be, at least not this time. Also.

. . . this must have felt great while I was sleeping, but now that I am fully

awake, it would be good if I could move my hands and legs freely. . . but

unfortunately I am not able to do that. The movements of all of my limbs is

completely blocked off by Roxanne, almost as if she was subconsciously

refusing to let go of me. But if I were to chose a plus of my current situation.

. . it would be that my head is firmly pressed in between Roxanne's boobies,

which is the best thing ever. Her back were all warm and pleasant, probably

thanks to all of the hair that was growing there. When it comes to Sherry, I

wonder if she would make for a good dakimakura to hug onto? I mean, she

would not be able to compete with Roxanne since she was smaller and

shorter than her, but maybe the elasticity and warmth of her breasts would

make for a pleasurable experience? Well, no matter. Since I have already

woken up and am conscious of what is happening around me, I might as well

use as much time as I can to savor this great sensation by burrowing my face

even deeper into Roxanne's cleavage. . . ahh, this is truly so hard to resist on

an instinctual level. Even if I tried to resist their temptation, they would still

pull me towards them, welcoming me to nestle myself comfortably in the

warmth that they are radiating. . . ahhhhhh, this is truly great! I want to stay

like this forever!

「Nhhhh. . . . . . . .」

Uh-huh, looks like Roxanne is waking up. So much for my fun with her

Funbags I guess, but it was good while it lasted. Okay now, time to back up

from between her titties so that she would not get startled and confused by

seeing me burying myself into her first thing in the morning.

「Good morning, master. . . . *kiss*」

「Good morning, Roxanne. . . . . . *kiss*」

She whispered me a soft and gentle greeting, and I responded in kind.

「Master. . . if you feel like my clothes are in the way. . . then should I take

them off?」

「No, I do not think that is going to be necessary right now.」

I mean, it would be great if I could get some action this early in the morning,

but that would definitely make me a pervert in Roxanne's and Sherry's eyes

(TL Note: Says the guy who unlocked a Sex Maniac Job by having a

hardcore threesome). And speaking of Sherry. . .

「*Yaaaawn* Ah, good morning, Miss Roxanne, master.」

I heard her voice coming from behind me. Looks like she is awake as well, so

I freed myself from the embrace of Roxanne's arms and hugged her as well.

「Good morning to you as well, Sherry.」

After that simple greeting, I placed my lips on top of hers, initiating my very

first good morning kiss with Sherry. As expected, her kissing technique is

still more than a little awkward, and the way she moves her lips is still

modest and relatively stiff, although I cannot say that she is not putting

enough effort into this. It is quite the opposite, actually.

. But since this is only her second day of being my slave, then I firmly

believe that she has a lot of room for growth in that regard and that with

enough training, I should be able to turn her into a real kissing pro. On the

flipside, Roxanne was a really quick learner and she was much more

responsive and adaptive, but since I learned yesterday that comparing the two

of them is something of a taboo subject, there is absolutely no way for me to

bring it up openly while talking to the two of them. Besides, Sherry's

inexperience has some unique charm to it, and you know what they say:

variety is a spice of life. . . but too much spice can spoil the dish, and I was

reminded of that when we were changing out of our night clothing into the

regular ones when we were preparing for another foray into the Labyrinth. I

was helping Roxanne put on her clothes, and during the process of doing that,

my lips ended up seeking hers almost subconsciously. I mean, I am a Human,

a member of the race with nigh-insatiable sex drive, so things like that cannot

be helped, right? When I have such a beautiful girl in front of me, I would be

criminal not to give her another kiss, so I did give it to her, and she responded

by sticking out her tongue, encouraging me to do the same. We entwined

them together in a passionate dance coupled with the wet sounds of us

sucking on our lips. This is what I call a proper way to wake up. And Since

Roxanne herself told me that she enjoys it when I am showing her my

affection in such a way, then I am confident that beginning from today, we

can probably start doing such extended good morning kisses more often. And

who knows, maybe one of these days I will try equipping the Sex Maniac Job

to see if its Increase VIT Skills is going to have any kind of influence on my

performance after all?

Of course, Sherry saw all of that and she visibly freaked out a little, but other

than that, it did not look as if she was offended or seriously bothered by it, so

it was probably her reaction to us going at it so intensely since the early

morning.

It took us a bit longer than usual, but we were finally all dressed up and ready

to hit the Labyrinth. It was then that I finally realized something that, in

hindsight, I should have noticed quite a while ago already. As I continue to

collect more Jobs to my name, a natural reaction is to want to test them all

out in different kinds of builds in order to see which ones are going to be the

most helpful to me, and how big their impact on my current fighting style is

going to be. For the time being, I think I will go with my current build with

the Alchemist Job so that I could grant Sherry some additional bit of

protection from the Plating Skill. Sheesh, thinking about it now, this is quite

an extravagant problem to have.

Part 8

As for the restrictions on my Jobs and their possible combination, there are a

few of them. I cannot get rid of the Explorer Job because I absolutely need it

because of its Party Formation Skill, and pretty much the same goes for the

Hero and Mage Jobs: their Skills and bonuses are simply too good for me to

pass up. Monk Job is. . . yeah, I better leave it on as well, just in case that

either me, Roxanne or Sherry ever suffered some unexpected damage and

needed express healing to get ourselves back on our feet. So in case that I

would pick the Fifth Jo0b Bonus Skill that allows me to have up to five Jobs

equipped at once, I can choose between Alchemist, Cook and Sex Maniac

depending on what my Party would need at the current moment. See, that is

what I meant when I was saying that this is an extravagant problem to have: I

have so many Jobs available and so many potential builds to try, but I simply

do not have the time to test them all out, even if I keep telling to myself that I

will test them all out later (TL Note: Much like zoomers and their first

world problems like: not having 24/7 internet access or that there is no

kebab-serving joint in their neighborhood, huh?) while other people who

live in this world have no choice and have to make do in their daily lives

while having only a single Job as the one that they have to use. . . . *sigh* I

guess my desire as a human being really is nigh-insatiable, and not only the

sexual one.

Just like I was planning, I am going to go with Alchemist as my Fifth Job for

now in order to protect Sherry with Plating, but later I am definitely going to

check out how the boosts from Sex Maniac are going to improve my

performance. And by the way, if I were to remove Explorer as my First Job

now, then the Party that I formed with Roxanne and Sherry would naturally

end up getting disbanded and I would lose the access to my Item Box, but

since Cook also has access to it, then maybe there actually would be a way

for me to circumvent that demerit and experiment with the possible Job

combinations some more.

「Okay, is everyone ready?」

「Yes, I am ready.」

「Ready whenever you are, master!」

「Okay, let us be off then.」

After receiving confirmation from both Sherry and Roxanne, we were ready

to go to the Labyrinth. Since this is the early morning, then we are going to

start with our usual routine of going to the Vale Labyrinth first.

「Master, this place is. . . 」

Roxanne asked me when we got out of the Warp portal.

「The first floor of the Veil Labyrinth, where we are going to be doing our

warp-up exercise.」

「Warp-up. . . exercise?」

「Yeah. I want to see Sherry's fighting style with my own eyes and determine

the exact extent of your fighting abilities, so while on this floor, I am going to

be fighting with magic which I will use to weaken the opponents so that she

could have an easier time finishing them off.」

As expected of Roxanne, she was able to tell that this was not the seventh

floor by its smell alone, so I explained my motives to her as she was looking

around suspiciously.

「That being said, can I ask you to keep the monsters in check so that it would

be easier for Sherry to simply focus on attacking them?」

「I see. I understand, I will do my best to support her!」

「You heard that, Sherry? While we are on this floor of the Labyrinth, you

will be in charge of dispatching the monsters while Roxanne and I will only

weaken them for you. Think you are up to the task?」

「Y-Yes, I am going to do everything in my power to meet your expectations,

master!」

「Great. Roxanne, can you locate the first group of enemies for us?」

「Already done that. The monsters are this way, master, Sherry!」

We went Ahead, and while we were making our way towards the first group

of Needlewoods, I mad sufficient adjustments to my Stats and Skills so that I

could use my magic to weaken the enemies instead of one-shotting them on

the spot. That way, even though my Fireballs and Fire Storms were reaching

their targets, I was certain that they would leave them at about half of their

total HP, which was more than enough for Sherry to show us what she was

really made of. All that is left for me to do now is to match my pace with that

of Roxanne and Sherry, and cover their backs while they were dealing with

the enemies on the front lines. The surviving monsters divided themselves so

that one was heading towards Roxanne, and the other jumped at Sherry, but

before its attack was able to hit her, she swung her club and hit the

Needlewood right in its midsection, sending it flying backwards as if she just

scored a homerun during the baseball game. Wow Sherry, what a tremendous

blow that was! If I was to be hit by something like that, then I am pretty sure

that most of the bones in my body would have ended up broken into tiny

pieces.

Not to far away from Sherry, Roxanne was fighting with the other

Needlewood while avoiding its wrathful strikes, which was like a piece of

cake for her. When it comes to the enemies from the first floors of the

Labyrinths, I would dare to hazard a guess that she was probably able to fight

with them and avoid their attacks with her eyes closed. She was doing that

until Sherry came to her from the side and delivered another powerful strike

to the second Needlewood, taking advantage of how it wobbled forward

when it missed its attack at Roxanne and the momentum sent it stumbling

forward. I have to say, so far, these two make a pretty good team. If that is

how Sherry handles the monsters from the first floor of the Labyrinth, then

she probably will not have any difficulties with the enemies residing on the

higher floors. Roxanne and Sherry. . . . . with them acting as the vanguard of

our Party, no monster will stand a chance against them.

「Still no luck, huh?」

I muttered to myself when I opened the Party Settings menu in order to check

if killing these two monsters was enough for Sherry. Unfortunately, it was

still not enough, and the Job of Master Smith continued to elude her. But if

defeating a monster with a club or a hammer was still not enough, then what

the condition we are missing here might be? Maybe one of the requirements

is to have your Villager Job at Lv.5 as well?

「What is it, master? Did I do something wrong? Was my performance not to

your liking?」

「N-No, not at all! You did great Sherry! What I said just now was not

directed at you or anyone else in particular. It was just me thinking out loud,

that is all. But I have to say, both of your attacks in that battle were pretty

incredible. For the next few battles though, I would like to see how you fight

with using different weapons, like spears, for example.」

Damn, once again I was talking to myself, and my careless comment got

misinterpreted.

For the next few encounters, I had Sherry fight the monsters of the first floor

while using weapons such as Copper Spear, Copper Sword and even her bare

hands, but no matter how many enemies she managed to defeat with those

different weapons, she still did not unlock any other Jobs. However,

Swordsman and Monk are the Jobs that require Villager to be at Lv.5 before

they could be aquired, so it is still going to be a bit more time before we are

going to see Sherry getting her hands on them.

「Ow! Ugh. . . !」

Right now, Sherry was fighting the Needlewood with her bare hands, so it

was taking her more time than when she was equipped with proper weaponry.

And since the battle was starting to take a bit long, Sherry began to be hit by

the Needlewood's attacks, even though most of those hits were due to

mistimed dodges and near misses, but she ultimately managed to emerge

victorious from that battle without Roxanne having to swoop in to save the

day.

「Are you all right, Sherry?」

I asked her when the battle was over.

Part 9

「So, how do you feel about fighting the enemies on this floor? Think you will

be able to handle them? Because if you think that they might be too difficult

for you, be sure to tell me right away, okay?」

I asked all those questions to Sherry while I was healing the wounds she has

sustained with the Monk's Skill: Medical Treatment and applying another

plating to her in the place of the one that got removed from her when she was

hit by the Needlewood's attacks.

「Y-Yes, I do not think fighting with the monsters in here is going to be a

problem . . . . . . . by the way master, is what you are using right now

Recovery Magic?」

「That is right.」

「So you are using multiple Jobs after all. . . . . . . *mumble mumble*

*mumble mumble* . . . . . . . . .ah, no. please, do not pay any attention to what

I said just now! A-Anyway, at this level, I think that I will not be hit like I

was just now more than once or twice!」

Sherry replied hurriedly when I finished healing her wounds. Just now, her

curiosity at me being capable of using Healing Magic in addition to to Attack

Magic simply outweighed her sense of pain, right? That seems like a

dangerous thing to do, but as long as she is not getting seriously hurt and

claims that she will be capable of avoiding such attacks, then I guess

everything is still all right to the point where I think that we can go to the

higher floors with her, but it would also do me well to remain cautious and

have just about enough MP saved up in case I would ever need to cast some

more Medical Treatment on her.

「Sherry, mind if I borrow your club for a bit?」

「Ah, n-no, please, go right ahead, master!」

Sherry handed her Club over to me. Okay, now that I got my hands on it, let

me try and narrow down the possibilities here. For the next few monster

encounters, I am going to try defeating the enemies while using the Club

myself. If I end up getting some new Jobs that way, then it will mean that it

probably is not one of the conditions required for unlocking the Job of a

Master Smith, but now it got me wondering what possible other Jobs could

this method of dispatching the enemies unlock? Well, I guess we shall see in

about a few more minutes. However. . . . . . .

「Damn. . . swinging this thing around is a lot harder than I thought it would

be.」

Maybe it was because I was not used to fighting with such a large and heavy

weapon, but swinging the Club around was a lot harder than using Durandal,

or any other regular sword for that matter. 「Everybody says so when they

first start using two-handed weapons, but the trick to using them more

effectively is to utilize the centrifugal force instead of the strength of your

own arms whenever you swing them. Since they have their center of gravity

at their tips, you are going to feel the noticeable difference, because it is

going to feel like the tip of the weapon, or in other words, the part of it that is

going to come into contact with the enemy, is going to be hitting with a much

greater weight behind it, thus amplifying the strength of the attack.

Once you learn how to do it, the rest is just gong to be a matter of chaining

such attacks effectively without expending too much of your stamina.」

Sherry gave me an extensive lesson on how to use two-handed weapons

effectively. I guess what she said is definitely true. Each type of weapon has

its own unique characteristics to take into consideration when attempting to

use them, and it was wrong of me to think that I could just take the Club and

swing it around like a normal one-handed sword and the rest would just

naturally sort itself out. So taking her words to heart, I applied the

information I learned onto my style of fighting with the Club, and a dozen

more encounters later where I was killing the Needlewoods by smashing their

heads and ramming them into the walls, I opened up my Party Job Settings

menu while being filled with tension to see if I got any new Jobs or if

something changed in me, but. . . . . .

(So it was a bust this time as well, huh?)

Exactly. All those monsters killed by using nothing but a Club, and no new

Jobs to show for it.

(This. . . . . this is not going to be as easy as I had hope it would be, huh?)

Not allowing this minor setback to discourage me, I continued to defeat more

enemies, this time by using a Copper Spear, but the ultimate result was much

the same.

「Uhm, master? Why are you handing me these weapons? You should know

that I prefer using a sword instead.」

Next, I wanted Roxanne to try killing the monsters with the club and a spear,

but just from that reaction alone it was obvious that she did not like the idea

of using them all that much.

「No, I do know that, but it is for the sake of experimenting and trying out

something new, okay?」

But naturally, Roxanne did not obtain any new Jobs as well, just as you

would have expected. I guess it just means that not every weapon has a Job

that can be unlocked by using it in battle, or if they do have them, they might

also have other conditions required for obtaining them that I have yet to

discover.

In any event, even after we advanced to the higher floors and defeated the

monsters there with different weapons, neither of us have obtained any new

Jobs, Master Smith included.

「Any thoughts on using the Club, Roxanne?」

「It is definitely hard to use if you are not used fighting with a weapon like

that. Not to mention that in order for it to be utilized effectively you need to

have enough strength in your arms to actually be able to swing it around

continuously without tiring yourself out after a strike or two. From that angle,

I prefer my Scimitar much more due to how fast, light and efficient it is.」

Roxanne commented as such after defeating another monster with Sherry's

Club. So it would seem that Club is going to remain a Sherry-exclusive

weapon, because I can say that I do not like fighting with it as well, but that is

probably because I got too used to fighting with Durandal. It looked like a

spear was much more up Roxanne's alley in comparison to the club, but since

it is a poking weapon that is more suited for those in the back row to be

supporting the rest of the team by stabbing the monsters in front of them from

behind the safety of the distance or a shield, it was not compatible with her,

since Roxanne stated herself that she would always wish to be place in the

vanguard on the frontlines, where she could be the most useful, slashing our

enemies to ribbons, and I shared that opinion of hers as well. I had more than

enough chances to see how amazing Roxanne is, so I have no doubts that

when she says that her place is in the vanguard, then that is truly where she

belongs.

Currently we were on the third floor of Vale's Labyrinth, where I told

Roxanne to look for the groups of monsters that consisted of something other

than Kobolds. They are the weakest monsters in this world, so I have no

doubts that Sherry would have no trouble at all with swiftly dispatching them.

What I want to see right now, is to see how well is she going to do against the

monsters with higher level than the ones on the first and second floors, but

even here on the third one, Sherry seemed to be doing just fine, holding on

her own even against the larger groups of enemies. Normally she looks all

small and cute, but if I had to sup up her appearance whenever she was

fighting, then I would have to say that she looked very dignified, or at least as

dignified as you can look when you are swinging around a club that is almost

twice your size. I have no idea if she is going to keep her pace up on the

higher floors as well, but based on what I am seeing right now, it looks like

she can fight as good as Roxanne and I, meaning that her biggest concern has

just been alleviated: as long as she keeps fighting exactly the way she is

fighting right now, there is no way for her to become a nuisance that would

only slow the two of us down.

Part 10

Back where I came from, in the world of the Japanese rakugo plays, there

was this one particular play where the play's hero who thought that he was

better than those around him was actually inferior to them, and the other one,

who thought himself to be inferior to others, was actually superior to those

who constantly belittled him. This might be a strange metaphor that seemed

to come out of nowhere, so allow me to provide a little bit more context here.

All this time I am saying things like 「Sherry might actually be as good of a

fighter as Roxanne and I」and I constantly comment on how people other than

me cannot dispatch monsters with one or two blows, but all this time, I am

forgetting about one very important thing: that the inhabitants of this world

are doing all of that with just their strength alone while having basic

equipment without any Skills and only one Job that they have to rely on,

while I was able to achieve everything that I was able to achieve thanks to my

insane luck/perseverance that allowed me to reroll my initial Stats when

starting this game enough times to roll literally the best outcome possible and

to the OP Bonus Skills and Bonus Equipment that I managed to obtain from

them. If not for all of those things, I would probably be unable to fight with a

normal sword effectively, and most of the enemies that I look down on for

being too weak to do anything against me would have probably obliterated

me twenty times over if I tried to take them on with an ordinary Copper

Sword and without the abilities to use Attack Magic and replenish my HP and

MP with every one of Durandal's swings, so thinking about it that way,

sherry might actually be a better fighter than me already, and with time she is

only going to improve herself even further, because she is not relying on the

godly equipment or Skills, but purely or the strength of her own two arms and

nothing more beside it.

「Okay, we are going to be moving to the fourth floor now. Once again, guide

us towards all the monsters that are not Kobolds, Roxanne.」

「Roger that, master!」

Roxanne nodded and guided us towards our first encounter on the fourth

floor: a group of Minos. A part of me was worried if Sherry was going to be

okay against them, since Minos are essentially a hulking mass of horned

muscles, but she handled them just as well as the enemies on the previous

three floors. Whereas Roxanne would dive right between them and dodge

every last one of their attacks, Sherry was taking a slightly different

approach: she was waiting for the enemies to come within the range of her

Club, and then she would bash their heads in or swing towards their sides

which would disrupt their movement, allowing her to go in for the finishing

blow. The Minos collapsed to the ground and disappeared in a cloud of green

smoke, leaving behind their Drop Item, which was simply described as

Leather.

「Oh look, they dropped something. I wonder if this is the Minos rare drop?」

「This is one of the raw materials that can drop from certain monsters. It can

be sold, but it can also be used in the process of creating equipment.」

「Is it the same kind of equipment as the one that our equipment is made of?」

I asked that because it got me genuinely interested in the possibility of using

such raw materials to create our own equipment instead of having to buy new

pieces of it all the time.

「Uhm. . . it is. . . perhaps?」

Unsure of how to answer, Roxanne gave a quick glance towards Sherry so

that she could bail her out.

「Yes, it is! In fact, this kind of leather is exactly the same kind that is being

used to make the Leather equipment that we are wearing right now.」

Hmm, is that so? Then perhaps. . .

「Have you ever picked up this kind of Leather before, Sherry?」

「No, I cannot say that I did. There were Minos in the Labyrinth that I used to

go to, but they appeared only on the higher floors of it.」

Ah-hah! Could this be a hint that I can use? Maybe that is what we have been

missing this entire time? After all, Roxanne and I have obtained the Job of a

Herbalist, centered around the creation of various medicines, when we picked

up the Drop Item that got left behind by the Udowood, the Floor Boss of the

first floor of Vale's Labyrinth, so maybe Sherry will obtain the Job of a

Master Smith when she picks up one of the materials used to create

equipment?

「All right. . . Sherry, then please pick it up.」

「Okay.」

Sherry got down on one knee and picked up the Leather from the ground.

Now, I wonder if this is going to be enough? I glanced at Roxanne, who was

looking at Sherry with gentle curiosity. It is a good thing that at this point she

probably got so used to me making all sorts of 「experiments」so she did not

ask any questions at this point, taking whatever I was coming up with in

stride. When Sherry's hand touched the Leather, I waited for a few seconds

before opening the Party Job settings. . . . . . . . but just as I have expected,

there seemed to be no particular change and no new Jobs in Sherry's

possession, meaning that it was another failure, because both Roxanne and I

did not have to do anything else to obtain Herbalist Jobs other than picking

up the item.

And by the way, all of the items that we have obtained from the marathon of

slaying the monsters from the lower floors have been placed into my own

Item Box. Even if both master and the slave were capable of using it, it would

stand to reason that the slave should hand over all of the items that he or she

gathered so that the master could place it in his Item Box, because no master

would have allowed slaves to keep items in their own Item Boxes out of fear

of getting deceived by them, or at least that is how Roxanne explained it to

me when I asked her about it some time ago, and I have to say that this

sounds like a fair precaution, because even without the Item Boxes, there

would always be a risk that some of the slaves might have tried to cheat their

masters by tucking some of the items they have obtained in the depths of

their backpacks, but the need to hand over everything they have found to

their master's Item Box eliminates such a possibility. And in my case, me

collecting all of the items into my own Item Box has one additional merit.

Since Sherry also has the Job of an Explorer, she can also use her own Item

Box, but if she tried to use it now, she would immediately notice that she

would be unable to do so, because currently the Job that she has equipped is

not an Explorer, but a Villager, but as long as she will not try to access the

Item Box herself then everything should be fine. After Sherry picked up the

Leather and handed it off to me I checked her Job Settings one more time to

be doubly sure if there was a change in her Jobs or not, but the only thing that

I have received was double the disappointment when it was confirmed that

picking the Leather up did jack shit in getting new Jobs for her. Then again, it

getting the Master Smith Job was as easy as picking up a random item off the

ground, then people would not be saying that you need to be a talented Dwarf

for that to happen.

「I wonder if we should keep this Leather for ourselves and save it for later so

that we could try making some equipment out of it?」

I mumbled to myself hoping that nobody would hear me, but apparently I

said it loud enough for Sherry to hear, because her expression immediately

got darker, and she hanged her head down dejectedly.

「I am sorry, master. If only I was capable of becoming a Master Smith, then

surely I could have. . . . . . .」

She apologized as if she just committed a crime against me or something.

Sherry, it is not like that. That is not what I means, but apparently that is how

she interpreted my words again.