Chapter 66: If only I had 5 more minutes

April 1st, 2023

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The girls had been chatting rather excitedly, but they suddenly fell silent when I brought them the mackerel sandwiches.

“What’s wrong?”

“Don’t mind them, they were just indulging in some rather obscene talk about you.”

Hearing Sierra’s words, it made sense why they suddenly went silent. Even during my school days, whenever a girl would pass by, our boys talk would abruptly end there and then.

“I, I didn’t participate in their dirty talk!”

Cecily, who was very serious as usual, got up from her seat, but I stopped her with my hand.

“I know you didn’t. Now, let’s just eat our meal before it gets cold.”

The Gokus set out the plates and poured some tropical tea into the glasses. It was a chilled pineapple tea [1] made with fresh produce grown on the island; it has a very nice aroma and is easy to drink. The tea leaves had been purchased at Madame Damas’ store, so it was a bit of a luxury item here.

There was no indecent talk during the meal, and everyone ate their sandwiches in a well-mannered attitude.

“So, what is your plan from now on, Cecily?”

“We’re planning to make some money by dungeon crawling, of course. Even if Rouge looks like this, she’s actually quite adept at barrier magic.”

 I see. Cecily will be in charge of attack while Rouge will be in charge of defense.

“Not just barrier magic. I’m also confident in my skills with the twin swords and the size of my bust!”

Ah, heck, just say whatever you want, I don’t care. But after taking a brief glance towards her, I noticed that she did indeed have a sword about 70 centimeters long on both sides of her waist.

“Really, now. You’re good with swords, huh?”

“I am. And I’m particularly good in making offensive manoeuvre.”

Yeah. That’s some obvious innuendo right there, the way she phrased it is particularly lewd. I thought she was someone plain the first time I saw her, but the way her eyes were sparkling when she’s saying dirty words…

“She might be a poor excuse of a woman, but she’s good with swords.”

If Cecily said so, that means this Rouge must be an excellent combatant.

“So, where did you two meets?”

“We happened to be in the same stagecoach.”

Cecily then told me that the stagecoach was attacked by forty thieves, and just the two of them managed to fight the thieves off.

“Well, that’s how we hit it off, and then we agreed to come to this island.”

They seem to get along well, even though they have completely different personalities.

“Um… Excuse me…”

Miina, who had been nibbling on her mackerel sandwich, raised her hand timidly.

“What’s wrong?”

“If you don’t mind… um… can you include me to your party? Cecily-san and Rouge-san.”

I was also going to ask them if Miina could join them, but I no longer need to do it now so I just kept silent and watched. After all, in this world, to dive into a dungeon means to gamble with your life.

As an outsider, I have no right to intrude.

“Miina, was it, so what can you do, actually?” Cecily looked at Meena with her usual sharp gaze.

“I’m good at removing traps. I use a short bow and a short spear as weapons. For magic, I can use water magic and a little wind magic.”

The ability to use water magic is a big advantage. Not only you can use it as offensive magic, you can also use it to create potable water; reducing the amount of water you need to carry so you’ll have lighter luggage.

“Also, I’ve been diving into the dungeon for over a month now, so I should be able to guide you through it.”

“I see… Well, what do you think, Rouge?” Cecily asked her companion.

“I think we can let her join for the time being. See how it goes from there.”

“Yeah, as she says.”

“Thank you! I’ll be looking forward to work with you!”

Thus, Miina was able to find new friends.

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After working that night, I was feeling hot and restless and I couldn’t sleep. In short, I was horny.

This is all because Rouge and Sierra had been talking about xxx and ×××× earlier today, getting me all pent up.

I was half-considering holding Rouge responsible for my current situation and making her take responsibility, but I feel like I would lose my pride if I did it with her, since I have been boasting about how I don’t trust her and how I only want to do it with someone I’m close to. It would be too embarrassing to retract my previous statement in less than a few hours.

On the other hand, it’s also no good if I do it with Cecily. She is a too serious of a person, and I don’t think she even understands the concept of a one-night stand. I’m afraid if I do it with her once, she will end up bringing up the topic of marriage again. [2]

The only one left is probably Sierra, but I don’t want to have that kind of relationship with her, though I really don’t know why. And even if I make a move on Sierra, I have a feeling she’d probably reject it.

I guess, I can only comfort myself then…

The only materials for jacking off that I have here are the erotic novels left behind by the officers of the survey team and the memories of my time spent with Chris and Gram.

It’s old material by now, but still better than nothing…

“Wonders, keep watch of the entrance.”

I told them out because it’s hard to do it with golems around me, even if they’re not real people. After making sure the door was locked, I took off my clothes. Yeah, my little Joe is already half awake. For tonight I picked a novel hidden in the innermost of the drawers, the story is about a noblewoman who is being dominated by her maid boy! 

Alright, all preparation is ready, and I’m all set to go.

LET IT RIP!

OH YEAH!

………

*knock knock knock knock *

The sounds of knocking was like someone trying to break down the door; it made me fall from the seventh heaven straight onto the earth.

 Quite literally so, since I just fell from the bed into the hard ground on my stomach.

“W-who’s there?!”

The door didn’t open, but somebody replied from the other side.

“Shirou, it’s me.”

It’s Sierra. But why is she here? Don’t tell me she came here to help fly me to the moon?

“W-what is it?”

“Master Elza is here. She said she has something urgent she needs to tell you right now.”

“Got it. I’m going to change so please tell her to wait in the living room.”

If only I had five more minutes… I put on my trouser as I lament how I had to stop it before I reach enlightenment.

Master Elza and Sierra were sitting across from each other at a long table in the living room. And both of them had a very pale complexion to their faces.

I wonder what made them, arguably the two strongest people on the island, to become like that?

“What happened?”

Master Elza opened her mouth with a bitter look on her face. “It’s a murder case” [3]

…

It’s not unusual for people to die here. In fact, every day several people would lose their lives inside the dungeon. But for the case of humans being killed by another human, and for it to happen above the ground instead of inside the dungeon… was unprecedented.

“Two of the male prostitutes have been killed. Both of them were found just a few minutes ago.”

It seems the murders took place in the bathroom outside the brothel.

“Apparently, they were targeting only men. I’ve told the other male prostitutes not to take any customers tonight, but I thought I’d let you know, Okami. [4]

“Thank you for coming all the way to inform me.”

“No problem. I know you’re being protected by the golems and your bodyguard. But still, please be careful.”

As I saw Master Elza off, cold sweat ran down my back.

“Hey, Sierra…”

“What’s up?”

“Can you please… follow me into the bathroom?”

I can’t help it, you know? I’m completely and utterly terrified! I know Harry and Wonder are with me, but I just can’t help it!

“Yeah, sure. I’ll accompany you.”

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Sierra ended up sleeping together with me that night.

“I’ll sleep beside you, so don’t worry and get some rest.”

Yeah, the problem is… I can’t sleep at all… because I couldn’t get a chance to finish before…

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.”

I’m trying so hard to sleep, but whenever I close my eyes, I could smell the fragrance of Sierra’s hair, and whenever I open my eyes her cute face was right there in front of me.

If only at that time… if only I had five more minutes… just five more minutes…

As I continue struggling to get some sleep, the words ‘five more minutes’ kept reverberating in my mind.

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1 This is the first time I’ve ever heard of pineapple tea. I know of apple tea, lychee tea, and blackcurrant tea, but never pineapple tea. We usually made pineapple into pineapple cookies/pineapple tart here.

2 Pretty sure that Cecily knows what a one-night stand is, since her ex-crew once said she did it with a male prostitute.

3 Is our MC going to act like Sherlock/Kindaichi/Conan?

4 Ah crap. Kinda Jack the Ripper case? Shirou’s in danger then.