Great O’Browns ⑦
A lot has happened, but while wondering what to do for dinner, I decided to head back to my room for now.
The Witch, Chive-san, Shiro-san, and Munieca-san weren’t there.
“Is no one here?”
I’m all sweaty. Maybe I’ll take a bath before dinner.
I thought about various things while bathing, so it ended up being a long bath, and I got out because I was hungry.
I changed my underwear and clothes, then laid out the bracelets I bought today on the table.
“…This is some fine craftsmanship.”
So, one of these is 1000 Oro, huh.
My past self would have found that expensive, but now I think it’s cheap.
A Tsukaeshi is an honorary position, but it comes with a solid reward.
Separate from that, my food expenses are fully covered. That’s 50,000 Oro.
Furthermore, there’s another 50,000 Oro for miscellaneous expenses. A total of 100,000 Oro has already been paid to me.
And this is already separate from my actual reward.
I’ve entered a world where my sense of value is completely skewed.
And I haven’t forgotten. I owe the Witch a debt in the hundreds of millions.
Hundreds of millions… what even is that? When I think about it, I’ve come a long way.
However, I’ve been told not to worry about this debt for now and to put it on hold.
I get the feeling the Witch doesn’t actually want me to pay her back.
Thinking about such things, I put the bracelets away in my pouch.
I glanced at the pouch and thought, I should clean it soon.
Well, not right now. Next, I looked at the knife.
A silver, cross-shaped knife. It’s single-edged, and the cross-guard part of the hilt and tsuba is thick.
That said, it’s not difficult to grip.
This knife. Apparently, it was found in a desert Dungeon.
The desert is to the northwest of this continent. Did that street vendor come from there?
It’s a distance that would take over a year to reach even by carriage.
“I wonder if I want about one more knife.”
“Oh my, oh my, is it just Wof-shounen here?”
The Witch returned. She was in her usual black, flowing robes.
She was wearing a wide-brimmed hat, and when she took it off, her silver fox ears perked up.
“Welcome back.”
“Mm-hmm. I’m back. Anyone else?”
“It was just me when I got back.”
“Hmm, hmm. Wof-shounen. Have you eaten dinner yet?”
“Not yet. I was just about to go.”
“In that case, in that case, how about going with Kon?”
“That sounds good.”
“Well then, well then, I just got back, but shall we go?”
The Witch put her hat back on. Her ears flattening sideways was somehow cute.
It made it look like the Witch’s hairstyle had changed.
“So, where shall we go?”
“Right, right, you know. It has to be the ‘Cidre Tavern’.”
“That place is crowded, you know.”
“Fufu, fufu, Wof-shounen. There are always loopholes, you know.”
“Then I’ll leave it to you.”
“Mm-hmm. Then, shall we go?”
We left the room and walked side by side.
Suddenly, I realized this might be the first time the Witch and I have gone out alone together.
“Say, say, Wof-shounen. This is the first time we’ve walked together alone like this, isn’t it?”
“You’re right.”
So it really was.
What is this feeling? It’s kind of embarrassing.
“Fufu, fufu, fufufu, fufufu, it’s rather embarrassing, isn’t it?”
“Is that so?”
It seemed the Witch felt the same way.
Her cheeks faintly flushed crimson, and she gave a wry little smile.
“…”
The Witch is an incredibly, shockingly beautiful adult woman.
Alluring, bewitching, and ravishingly beautiful. The number of her tails is different, but she’s like one of those legendary beauties who could topple nations.
But sometimes she reacts, speaks, and acts like a young girl.
But I like that girlish side of the Witch.
We talked about various things while walking with the Witch.
“Hmm, hmm. Mass-producing those Orbs of Light is a good idea. Indeed, with that Lab, creating them should be quite possible.”
“Well, it’s Hayyarn we’re talking about, so I don’t know how it’ll turn out.”
“Indeed, indeed. And so you’ll connect a gate to Wof-shounen’s house, hmm?”
“Yes. Munieca-san said she got an immediate ‘OK’ when she talked to them.”
“My, my, it’s going to get lively again, isn’t it?”
“And about the bath…”
“Oh, that, that. Kon doesn’t mind if you use it anytime.”
“Thank you very much.”
“After all, after all. That bathing area was a bit too big, you see.”
“Ahaha… you’re right.”
A large public bath and pot baths. And also a sauna and a cold water bath.
It’s not the scale you’d find in a private home.
“However, however, it seems Munieca plans to expand the changing room, hmm?”
“She is?”
“Well, well, Kon told her that she’s free to do as she pleases if she wants to handle all that. If the number of users increases in the future, the current one will be too small, you see.”
“That’s true.”
Well, Munieca-san will probably do it.
The changing room, yes, but she also said she wanted to make a ‘sleeping bath’.
Apparently, it’s an unusual type of bath where you can soak while lying down.
“However, however. Connecting to that villa with the dog and cat will be a bit troublesome, hmm?”
“What about it?”
“Well, well, the most troublesome one right now is her, though.”
“?”
The Witch muttered to herself under her breath. I wonder what that was about.
Then the conversation shifted to the Witch’s work. And then, suddenly.
“Say, say. Speaking of which, Wof-shounen. How is the Potion creation going?”
“…Ah, I’m sorry. I’ve only been making tea.”
The Crescent Vessel had basically become a tea-making machine recently.
My recent favorite is—
“Oh my, oh my, you haven’t been creating them?”
“I did try a few times, but…”
“Hmm, hmm. In that case. After we eat, perhaps Kon can take a little look for you.”
“Really?”
“Once in a while, once in a while, I have to show my masterly side, you know.”
“? What do you mean, ‘masterly side’? You’re always my master, Witch. Everything you do for me is a form of tutelage, isn’t it? So I’ve never once thought you weren’t master-like.”
The Awakening Water is an example too. You’ve done so much for me.
I have nothing but gratitude for the Witch.
“Witch?”
She suddenly stopped, and she seemed strange.
The Witch pulled her hat down low over her eyes. I wonder what’s wrong.
“Honestly, honestly, you know.”
“Witch? Woah, eh, eh…”
The Witch patted my head.
“Come now, come now, Wof-shounen. Don’t just stand there, let’s walk.”
“Y-yes.”
The Witch walked on ahead, seeming somewhat cheerful. I wonder what that was about.
When we arrived at the ‘Cidre Tavern’, we were immediately guided to the second floor.
The VIP Room, as expected.
I was told I could order whatever I liked, so I ordered butter rice.
The Witch ordered a double cheese gratin and a rare cidre.
The Witch likes cheese. And when she cooks for herself, she makes something like Chinese food.
Come to think of it, this is my first time in the VIP Room with the Witch too.
“Somehow, somehow, I’m getting nervous, you know.”
“You’re right.”
I’m used to being alone with the Witch.
But being in a different place feels strange.
Still, when the food arrived, we were able to chat and enjoy our meal pleasantly.
When we finished eating and left the ‘Cidre Tavern’, it was completely dark.
Moreover, it was raining.
“Oh my, oh my, a passing shower, perhaps?”
“I guess we have no choice but to get wet.”
I can’t believe it’s raining.
And I don’t have a folding umbrella or anything.
“Hmm. Hmm. In that case. Kon has an atelier at just the right distance, you know.”
“In the middle of town? This is the first I’ve heard of it.”
“Well, well, that’s because I don’t use it much, you see.”
“…It’s just right for taking shelter from the rain, then.”
“Mhm, mhm. Then, shall we go? It looks like the rain is going to get stronger.”
Following the Witch’s directions, we headed to the atelier.
It was located near the ‘Cidre Tavern’.
It was a simple, two-story, tofu-block-like building, but the interior was well-built.
For not being used much, it was clean, as if it had been tidied up.
“I do use it once in a while, once in a while. And, I have it cleaned once a week so it’s ready to use anytime, you see.”
“I see… More importantly, we’ve gotten soaked.”
“Goodness me. A sudden downpour is quite troublesome, isn’t it?”
Both the Witch and I were soaking wet.
The Witch’s robes clung soggily to her skin, revealing the lines of her voluptuous figure.
Her wet silver hair stuck to her cheeks, increasing her allure.
Her fox ears and three tails were also heavy with rainwater.
“Don’t you have a towel— Hey, please don’t undress here!”
I hurriedly said to the Witch, who was calmly undressing.
The Witch laughed.
“Oh my, oh my, Wof-shounen will catch a cold if you don’t undress too, you know.”
“But, undressing here is…”
“It’s alright, it’s alright. There’s a bath, you see.”
“There is?”
So that’s why it’s alright?
“Of course, of course. It wouldn’t do not to have a bath, you know.”
Saying that, she finished undressing. I closed my eyes.
No matter how dim this atelier was… I could still catch glimpses.
“Ah, ah, and as for a towel, I’m sure there was one here… Yes, there it is. Right, right. It would be good to light the fireplace too.”
“There’s a fireplace?”
With a whoosh, the fire lit, and it became brighter.
“Alright, alright. This will warm us up. Wof-shounen. The towel is here, so you should quickly undress and dry yourself. Or perhaps you’d like to take a bath with Kon?”
“N-No, I won’t!”
“Oh my, oh my, fufu, fufu, what a shame.”
The Witch moved away. I opened my eyes, undressed, and dried myself with the towel.
A faint warmth spread over me. It was the heat from the fireplace.
I dried our clothes and underwear by the fireplace. Both mine and the Witch’s.
I’m used to the Witch’s clothes, but her underwear made me hesitate a little.
I mean, the Witch’s underwear is so thin and flimsy, it barely qualifies as underwear.
And it’s blackish-purple. The dress she wears under her robe was also blackish-purple.
After I finished drying myself, I wrapped a towel around my waist.
The Witch got out of the bath, so now it was my turn to get in.
The small bathtub was filled to the brim with hot water.
As expected, there was no shower. When I slowly got in, there was a strong, sweet scent.
It was the Witch’s scent. And what’s more, this was the scent of her Tail.
I remembered. That night of grooming.
“…”
I got out of the bath. I dried my body with the fresh towel that had been prepared.
I took out my own Sheets from my pouch and wrapped it around my waist as a simple garment.
This is a problem. I should have packed a change of clothes.
“Witch?”
She wasn’t near the fireplace.
Her clothes and underwear were still damp.
“Witch?”
I searched while calling out to her. On the first floor, I checked the kitchen, but she wasn’t there.
The toilet… she wasn’t there either.
All that’s left is the second floor, then. I went up the slightly curved stairs.
Just then, I heard the sound of distant thunder. It seemed like lightning had struck somewhere.
The sound of the rain grew increasingly intense. It might be impossible to go back like this.
There were three rooms. The door to the room at the far end was open.
She’s in there. I went to the far room and entered, and there was the Witch.
She was standing in front of the bed.
Night.
A black night of torrential rain, where neither stars nor moon could be seen.
I gasped.
“Now, now, come over here, won’t you?”
The Witch, wrapped in a single black Sheet, smiled gently and beckoned me.
“Ah… um…”
There was no light. Only the Witch’s silver hair glowed faintly, and because of that, I could see her clearly.
Underneath the Sheets, the Witch was naked.
I’d seen the Witch’s naked form several times, though it was unavoidable.
But tonight… something was different.
“Hey, hey. Wof-boy.”
The Witch was smiling with an alluring gentleness.
Her jade-green eyes shone bewitchingly, like emeralds.
“Wh-what is it?”
“It’s truly, truly regrettable, you know. At this rate, you will lose to Alveld, you see.”
“—That… I understand.”
I naturally looked down.
I couldn’t say that it wasn’t true.
The Witch opened her mouth as if to continue.
“Kon, well… Kon can’t say that the current Wof-boy can win, you see.”
“…Even so—!?”
The Witch hugged me. The Sheets came undone.
Surprised, I lifted my face, and it pressed against the valley of the Witch’s breasts.
There was a pleasant warmth and a strong, sweet scent. The Witch’s scent.
“Witch…?”
Then, the Witch’s Three Tails extended, embraced me from behind, and pressed me against her body.
Without giving me any chance to protest, my face was buried in the valley of her ample breasts, and the Witch’s hand touched my hair.
And then, something from the Witch’s breasts trickled down the valley and entered my mouth.
Throb!
Th-this is— My consciousness rapidly began to blur.
I looked at the Witch.
“It’s alright, it’s alright. Kon is on Wof-boy’s side, you see. That’s why Kon also knows what is necessary. With this second Awakening… Kon believes that you will obtain the final thing you need and will surely return, you see. Because all the answers are within you.”
The Witch’s expression as she said that was calm and somehow overflowing with conviction. Unwavering.
Ah, as I thought, the Witch is my…