166th
Clumsy socializing
166 ? Clumsy Socializing #2
Slurp, slurp.
I felt something caressing my face.
When I opened my eyes, Luna was shaking her hair with her hand and tickling my face.
Gentle, gentle-.
Luna often wakes me up by tickling me with her hair like a brush. Is this also a form of Ideope’s magic or voodoo?
Luna-style voodoo for waking up in the bright morning?
“It’s morning, Hassan.”
It was such a joy to be able to start the morning looking at Luna’s face. On the other hand, it was horrible to think that morning had already come even though I had only closed my eyes for a moment.
I don’t feel like I slept. I’ll just do nothing for a day or so and catch up on the sleep I’ve lost. What a luxury it is to be able to sleep as much as I want.
I told Luna.
“I can’t get up. Help me get up.”
“okay!”
When I was grumbling because I was still sleepy, Luna grabbed my arm and pulled me up with all her might.
“Luna, you’ve really gotten stronger.”
“I think I’ve grown a bit! I guess I’m still growing!”
Luna, who brought her body in front of me and measured her height. It seems like her crown used to come up to her chin. Looking at it this way, it seems to have risen slightly higher.
It’s not like I got smaller, but Luna really did grow taller. Do people in this world grow taller as adults?
With that in mind, I roughly organized the bedding on the first floor. Then, suddenly, I felt strangely curious about the unusually quiet atmosphere in the cabin.
“Luna, is Paranoy gone?”
“I heard you’re going to the Shrine of the Brazier to pray? You’ll be busy this week, as you need to make 7 stamina potions. I hope you come soon.”
Luna’s reaction was quite ordinary, so it seemed like everything that happened yesterday morning was a dream. It seems that Paranoy kept the secret well, just like he promised me.
“What is Hassan going to do today?”
Luna asks while drinking the bread, dried meat, and cheap sheep’s milk that she kept at home.
“Well, nothing has been decided yet.”
“I’m going to the Southern Deer Forest with Hippolyte in the morning. We’re going to catch some huge mushrooms and hornets there. While we’re at it, I’m going to catch a queen bee and have a swarm… .”
“You’re going to the deer forest with Hippolyte?”
The name Deer Forest reminded me of the moment when I first met the gold-tier adventurer Actaeon. It was also the place where Luna was often deceived and ran wild.
There was something to see there again. It was a bit surprising that Luna and Hippolyte were going together.
“I have to use it for 3 silver.”
Perhaps Hippolyte has agreed to pay Luna the three silver coins that she owes her. Or perhaps she is trying to establish a social network among women I don’t know.
Since I didn’t have anything else to do, I was thinking of going to the deer forest together.
Luna dissuaded me, saying, “The girls from the maiden group will go with us too. There are materials that can only be obtained by girls…!”, so I couldn’t go with them.
The Deer Forest is the domain of Diana, the virgin goddess of the moon and chastity, so it can be called a sanctuary where men can never set foot.
“Isn’t that dangerous?”
“No way! You don’t have to worry!”
Well, there’s Hippolyta and the Maidens, so I don’t think anything dangerous will happen unless a volcano suddenly erupts.
So after having a quick breakfast together, Luna and I went our separate ways at the entrance to the cabin.
Luna heads south to meet Hippolyta.
I am….
What am I doing?
But now that I’ve left the house, I don’t know what to do. Should I go into the cabin and sleep some more?
There was something I had to do.
I decided to prioritize the things I had to do. First, the most important things.
Receive the gift from the Venus Temple. This is not something that can be done now, since the saintess said she would be meeting her next week. Put it on hold for now.
Then what is there?
Then suddenly I realized that I wish I had some time to experiment with my newfound strange magic: necromancy.
I can use magic.
Although it was a sorcery that was looked down upon, feared, and despised in this world, I still felt a thrill in my heart as I used this strange ability with a modern sensibility.
I want to keep trying and using my abilities.
It was actually quite fun.
So I grabbed a few bones from Luna’s cabin and packed them into my bag, then headed for the west gate.
* * *
“The goblin expedition is leaving for the Chichel Plains. There are two seats on the carriage. Female adventurers are welcome.”
“I have a mercenary with an elm brass shield. He can do any job.”
“Before you set off in the carriage, you should stock up on some emergency ointments.”
The high walls of Sodomora. Of the four entrances, the west gate is the noisiest and busiest.
It was also used as a gathering place for adventurers to start guild requests, and also because the voices of merchants who started business targeting such people were loud.
It was a real mess, not just with adventurers and merchants, but also with the usual crowd of bards, hustlers, strange pagans, and weirdos.
If I had to give an analogy, would the market street in front of the station be like this?
After looking around at several people, I bought a set of dark red robes from what looked like a shabby stall.
It was made based on the small stature of otherworldly people, so it was short. It couldn’t cover anything below the knees, but it still looked like it could be used for a day or so.
It was also the cheapest at 50 copper.
I was expecting to spend about a silver, so I used the remaining money to buy another strange wooden mask worth 50 coppers.
It was a wooden mask with sharp, goblin-like teeth carved into it, so somehow it reminded me of Luna’s exorcism, and I reached for it.
“You have a keen eye for detail. Isn’t it unusual? It’s said to have come from Ideopa. The mask festival in Sodomora is coming up soon.”
The merchant was talking nonsense. All I could hear was the unusually familiar word Ideopheus. If it was something from Ideopheus, it would make me think of Luna.
Swish, swish.
I felt somewhat reassured wearing dark robes and a mask.
I was about to go on a test of my necromancy skills, so I didn’t want anyone to catch me in such a situation.
Like it or not, my physique and style stood out in this weird world.
“Fuck, what, what the….”
“I thought a cult member had shown up.”
However, he was a man wearing a mask and robe with a body that was about a head taller than other people. He had a rather bizarre appearance, so he felt like he was drawing attention.
So, I quickly moved my legs and went out the west gate to avoid other people’s gaze.
The place I’m heading to is the forest where I first asked Platan, Malco, and Luna to clean the temple.
There, I could test out my abilities without everyone’s attention.
Since I had been there once, I knew the general route and there weren’t many people there, so it was perfect for doing bad things. It was a place that took about half a day to walk.
So I walked.
Every time I walk, the bones in my bag on my back clank and hit each other loudly.
It was a little creepy, as if I was advertising that I practice necromancy.
Fortunately, as the large walls of Sodomora got further away, the noises nearby also decreased, so there was nothing to be afraid of.
Pass the pass.
After walking like that for a while, I was able to enter the forest by cutting through the trees and grass. However, I was not relieved by that, so I went deeper and deeper into the forest.
The forests outside of Sodomora. An abandoned sanctuary of the sun god.
Finally getting there, I made sure there was no one around before I emptied my backpack of everything onto the floor.
Wow! Wow!
A pile of bones and dried hay, jerky and leather jugs strewn across the floor.
I haven’t done anything yet, but goosebumps are running down my back as if all the blood in my body is draining away.
“Get up.”
Clink, click.
At my command, the bones that had been tightly packed together begin to fit together. I’ve seen this scene three or four times already, but I can’t get used to it.
Suddenly.
Crack.
Eventually, three tiny bone goblins were completed.
Were all the things I put in my bag goblin bones? No, it was probably a mix of things. I don’t know why they were standardized into this model.
“dissolution.”
So I tried to disperse and raise these piles of bones over and over again. Every time, the goblins would come back to life in the same shape.
Perhaps, my necromancy skills are only capable of saving such a small creature.
“after-.”
I let out a sigh under my mask. My hands and feet were numb, perhaps because I was doing something bad, and my breathing was difficult, as if my chest was pounding.
No, now that I think about it, it doesn’t seem to be simply a matter of emotions.
It seems that using necromancy requires a fair amount of mental strength and physical strength.
This feeling of lack of oxygen in my head, like someone who has run several laps at full speed around a track. Is this the mana shortage phenomenon that wizards often refer to?
Because I gained knowledge that I didn’t know about in many ways, I felt a sense of fulfillment as if a soft comforter had been placed in my chest.
It’s fun.
It reminds me of when I was a child, I used to sneak a lighter out of my father’s drawer and play with it.
A child holding a lighter will inevitably try to see if there is anything he can use the flame to burn.
I too looked around to see what I could do with the three bone goblins I had raised.
Only then did I see the scenery.
Sssssss.
It felt great as the wind blew through the gap between my robe and mask, cooling my sweaty body.
Gugit.
Still, my brows furrow.
Sval, this is so messy.
This old, abandoned temple was so dirty that the last time we cleaned it up was nothing compared to it.
From fallen leaves to animal droppings, spider webs, and rocks rolling on the ground, it looks like a very unpleasant place.
I guess no one has been here since we cleaned it last time.
“Hey, you guys, clean up this place first.”
Clink, click.
At my words, three bone goblins start to move busily. I don’t know how they can move so well despite having no muscle or flesh.
The guys soon started sweeping away all the fallen leaves, the sloppy animal droppings, and the horrible spiders and webs that I had been worrying about, and shoved them into a hole in the floor.
You seem smarter than I thought, as you can see my intentions well. Is it because you move as I think?
They are unpaid slaves who don’t even care about dirty things that people would avoid. I think it would be a great success if you started a cleaning business or something.
When I think of my subordinates as obedient, those strange skeletons start to look quite familiar.
In the first place, my father’s office had all kinds of bone models lying around as reference material, so I was used to seeing things like bones.
Sval, this is so much fun.
Now that I thought the experiments on this new ability were almost over, I was thinking about disbanding the guys.
Kissit, kissit.
Cassette, Cassette.
A few small, blinking red-eyed creatures appeared, accompanied by a rustling sound in the surrounding grass.
They were small devils wearing old cloth and leaves woven over their green, shaggy skin, the creatures called goblins.
Shit, six goblins.
I had once been beaten to death by goblins in this place, and the memories of that time came back to me, and it felt like the bitterness in my whole body was coming back. You bastards.
Of course, the me back then and the me now are different. I have a really strong club and really hard titanium gauntlets.
Gayyayayayaaaa!!!!
Tadadada.
One of the goblins spotted me and lunged at me with a strange scream. I don’t know the language of the monsters, but I could tell that the goblin was against me.
Its body is smaller than half my size, but the stick it’s holding looks quite hard, so it looks like it would hurt if it got hit. A monster. A terrifying being.
“Get out, you little shit.”
I kicked the goblin’s torso with all my might. A toe kick that hit the groin with the tip of my foot.
I stretched out my leg with the intention of stopping its movement, but it flew away like a soccer ball kicked by a goalkeeper and disappeared into the grass.
Heeeeeeek-!
Wasn’t it difficult to deal with the goblins one at a time last time?
My physical strength has really grown tremendously. I can really feel it.
“You little shits. You were going to beat me up last time.”
With my confidence rising, I grabbed the heads of the goblins rushing at me one by one with one hand and lifted them up.
Gay profit!! Gay profit!
Kissit, kissish!
They scratched and bit my hands as if trying to escape the pain. The more they did this, the more their mouths and hands were injured.
The effect of the gauntlet that costs 4 gold on both sides is really excellent.
The equipment and power are completely different from back then.
I am now the apex predator in this abandoned temple site. I am the mighty Archduke Hassan of Hell.
“You are not ready yet.”
Ugh.
As I tighten my grip, the goblins sag with a terrible sound.
Now there are three left.
The guys started to back away, as if they were terrified by this horrible massacre.
Cassaki…! Si, ssaeki!
“What the hell? Go catch him. He’ll get you killed!”
Click, click.
Three bone goblins that had been waiting for my command jumped out. What about the combat utility of my necromancy? Three goblins and three goblins made of bone.
The numbers are just right, so I don’t think there’s a better opportunity to experiment.
Of course, since they are just bones without any flesh or muscle, their brute strength may be lacking and they would be no match for real goblins.
So I thought it would be a great harvest if I caught just one.
That profit!
Gekeke!
Kkeueek!!
The artificial monsters created with my poor necromancy used their hand bones like sharp spears to pierce the stomachs of their prey.
And then, from left to right, he tears it apart like a curtain.
Choaaaak-.
The skeletal monsters that slaughtered the guys let out a terrifying roar with their blue eyes flashing.
Ghhhhhhhhhh!!!
I made these guys, but they’re fucking scary. What kind of ruthless bastards are these?
The power is stronger than expected.
I have a feeling that the thing I took out of the drawer and played with wasn’t a lighter, but a flamethrower. As far as I know, a flamethrower is never something to play with.
“All of you first-.”
So, it was time to shout at the guys to disperse.
Deering-.
『Settle the Minion Battle.』
[Work Review]
I think I need to bake some rice cakes…
It seems like it would be difficult for Hassan to get enough rice to make rice cakes with his current abilities…
If this continues, it won’t be a hit, it’ll just be a hit ㅠㅠ…
I’ll try to work harder ㅠㅠ…..
