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Night market masseuse Hassan
063 ? Night Market Masseuse Hassan #2
“You want to give me a massage?”
“Okay, Hassan. Lie down here.”
I’ve touched other people’s bodies many times, but it’s been a long time since I’ve been on the receiving end of it. Could this be the first time since I fell into this world?
So I couldn’t hide my feeling of being quite flustered.
“Hassando, you had a hard time fighting the deer. Hurry up.”
I had no choice but to lie down on the deer skin as he urged me on. Then I felt a small palm gently resting on my back.
Kkuk, kkuuuk-.
It feels a little ticklish having the weight pressed against my body.
“how is it?”
How is it? To be honest, I didn’t feel anything special. Luna didn’t seem to have any basic knowledge of massage or body massage. The strength transmitted from her palm was also weak.
“How about giving it a little more force?”
“You’re pushing hard. Is it because your clothes are thick?”
Now that I think about it, the jacket I was wearing was quite thick. Indeed, since I was already large, wearing such a tough outfit, it would be natural for Luna’s hands to feel weak.
Whoosh, whoosh-.
I sat up for a moment and took off the top I was wearing. Without the thick leather clothes, even Luna, who was lacking in strength, would be able to massage more effectively.
“…Why are you suddenly taking off your clothes?”
“It’s more effective when done on bare skin.”
“Bare skin…? It’s my first time touching a man’s body….”
Asking a woman who has never touched a man’s body to give you a massage feels a bit strange.
“Okay, then do your best.”
“Yeah, I’ll try. But don’t expect too much. Phew… .”
Luna sighed as if she was trying to calm herself down as if giving a massage was a big deal. Soon, Luna’s hand, trembling as if she was unsure, touched my back.
My palms were cooler than I thought, perhaps because I had just come back from outside. Of course, the coolness made me feel good.
“Wow, your back is wide. You have a lot of scars and wounds. There are even bruises.”
My body trembled as a hand pressed hard on my back.
“Ah, you idiot, there’s a bruise there. You shouldn’t press there.”
My body was covered in wounds here and there from being kicked by deer antlers and trampled by hooves. It would get better after a few nights of sleep, but for now, it was so painful that my body was shaking.
“Huh, then, is this okay?”
Luna climbed onto my buttocks and started to press my back hard with both hands. It felt like she was following what I had done to her before.
Actually, it wasn’t that refreshing. The strength was too weak. If I were to give her a massage like this, Luna’s arms might get sore.
“Why don’t you just go up and try it?”
“Ba, step on it…?”
“Try stepping on its back with your foot. Knock knock.”
“It must be heavy.”
Luna hesitated and didn’t know what to do. However, perhaps because she thought there was no other way, she quickly placed her small foot on my back and pressed her weight against it.
The warm, soft skin touching my bare skin and the feel of my protruding toes were vivid, but I couldn’t say it was cool.
“Ha, Hassan likes this kind of thing…?”
“No, it would be better to do it a little stronger. Come up onto my body and step on it gently.”
“A little stronger?”
Kwuk-.
Luna’s foot print adds even more strength to it. Indeed, it is a little better than before because it contains the weight of the whole body.
Knock knock knock-.
“Oh, it’s broken!?”
“No, it’s okay. More than that, you’ve got some talent for stepping. It feels a bit better now. That’s good.”
“…okay?”
Luna, perhaps energized by my praise, pressed harder on my back with even more strength.
But just as the scent of mentha grows stronger the more it is stepped on, the feeling of Luna’s soft feet against my bare back caused blood to rush to my lower body, so I honestly couldn’t concentrate.
I wonder what it would feel like to step on something else on this soft and squishy place. I wonder if I should turn around and go forward. – I was lost in thought about such things.
“Ugh, this is hard. I’m going to stop now. It didn’t seem like much, but it’s really hard.”
Luna must have been really tired because she sat down in her seat with beads of sweat dripping down her face.
That’s what massage is all about. It may not look like much and doesn’t seem to require much strength, but it’s actually hard work.
Should I say that it feels like the energy that I have in my body is being taken away by the other person?
Since I’m so used to it, I can adjust the pace to some extent, but it seemed difficult for Luna, who was a beginner.
It could be because my body is so thick and strong, and Luna’s hands and feet are weak and thin. Luna needs some exercise.
“I should go to sleep now. Good night.”
Luna said that and fell asleep, covering herself with her raincoat. I’ve been feeling this way for a few days now, but it really doesn’t take her even a minute to fall asleep with her head down.
If this is a real talent, then can’t it be called a talent? I also looked at Luna’s sleeping face for a while and then soon lay down and fell asleep.
* * *
The next day, we woke up, had a quick breakfast, and wandered around the market south of the city. We bought nails, a hammer, and a few wooden planks to add to the barn.
“Hassan, you need to have some glue!”
I bought some glue. Anyway, I bought only that much, but Luna had already used up 10 of the 13 silver coins she had received yesterday.
Earning money is so hard, but spending it all takes half a day, so I think I’m going crazy.
So we returned to the barn, carrying all our luggage, and immediately began to nail wood and planks into the holes in the boards that we could see.
Knock, knock-knock. Knock-.
Even if we call it maintenance, all Luna and I, who have no professional construction skills, can do is patch up the holes and make it look like a rag.
Still, after working on it for about half a day, I was able to seal most of the vents that had opened up here and there.
“It’ll be warm at night now that the wind isn’t blowing. It won’t rain because the glue has been applied. It’s cozy, isn’t it?”
Luna looks outside the barn and evaluates her work with satisfaction.
To be honest, I didn’t like it at all, but considering the limited budget and time, and the lack of anything to spare, I think they did their best to maintain it to this extent.
Still, there was a sense of accomplishment in the fact that the once miserable building was now being repaired to a level that made it at least functional.
“Oh, I need to feed the dog!”
At that moment, Luna suddenly moved her body as if she had realized something and headed somewhere.
He approached a small jar placed in the corner of the barn, opened the lid, and put his hand inside.
Soon Luna was holding a rainbow-colored spider in her hand.
Woof, woof!
Shit, I saw that kid last time, but no matter how much I looked at it, I couldn’t figure out how he caught it with his bare hands. And what’s his name, Kkung-kung?
“Hey, how on earth are you touching that with your hands?”
“Wolf spiders are smart. They know who is feeding them. That’s why many people in my hometown kept them in their homes or warehouses. They know how to catch mice and stuff.”
“No, in that case, it would be better to just raise a cat.”
“There’s another kind of cuteness with cats. The silk balls that spiders spew out are sold for a high price. Well, Hassan, do you want to feed them yourself? Let’s get to know each other a little better.”
Luna reaches out towards me, holding onto both of the spider’s front legs.
Woof, woof!
“Hey, this kid doesn’t seem to like me?”
My face convulsed at the sight of that horrible sight. How on earth could I touch something like that? The fangs alone were as big as my thumbnail.
But seeing it being held by a person like that and being so quiet makes me think I could hold it in my palm at least once.
So, when I was about to slightly stick out my palm,
“Boom! Boom!”
“Oh, shit, this is surprising!!”
At that moment, Luna, holding a spider and screaming, made me jump a meter as if I had really pressed the space bar button hard.
“Phew, phew!”
Didn’t Luna burst out laughing like she was dying of laughter?
“Tsk, what are you talking about all of a sudden! This is really not fun!”
“Pfft, no, I think you’re too scared. It’s strange how you’re scared of spiders. I was more scared of those deers yesterday.”
And then Luna put a piece of jerky back into the jar with the spider’s mouth still on it.
After a while of hearing the sound of footsteps creaking inside the jar, and then finally becoming quiet, I was finally able to feel relieved.
“Ha, so I’ve finished the basic repairs. What are you going to do now? Is there anything else you want to do?”
“I think we should put some furniture away now. It would be nice to have things like chairs and cupboards. Hmm… .”
Luna looked around the empty space, her mouth closed as if lost in thought. One thing was certain, however: decorating a house costs more than you might imagine.
Food, clothing, and shelter. It takes a lot of effort to just take care of these three most basic things. There really isn’t any room for laziness.
“But now that I think I’ve done all the hard work, Hassan, you can do whatever you want! I’ll take care of the rest. I also need to make totems.”
“Is that so?”
Luna seemed to need some personal time, so I decided to look for a guild building to see if there was anything I could do to make some money.
I feel like I’ve been working too hard lately. It gives me strength to see my pockets getting heavier and heavier.
I currently have about 34 silver. I heard from Rene yesterday that it costs about 30 silver to make one breastplate, right?
When I have some extra living expenses, I start to think about getting a sturdy and nice looking breastplate.
Having already felt the pain of wearing the protective gear on my wrists and shin guards, it pays to not skimp on the gear I wear on my body.
Wearing armor will make you feel more secure, which will boost your confidence and allow you to take bolder actions.
Then, of course, your efficiency in carrying out requests or killing monsters will increase. And as your efficiency increases, you will get more money and guild contribution… .
“Oh, Mr. Hassan. You come here often.”
“Ms. Daphne, I was wondering if you had anything else to do today.”
“You work very hard. Usually, other people take one request and then rest or play for three days.”
Daphne’s words made me think of other adventurers. The low-level adventurers I’ve seen in this world, the Iron Tier and Bronze Tier, were like day laborers.
If there’s work, do it, if not, rest.
Of course, since the work itself is so intense that it often involves the risk of injury, there is usually a gap between one job and the next.
Also, many people blow the money they earn on things like drinking or gambling, so it’s hard to find the feeling that they are working hard and diligently.
“Well, I don’t have any specific requests to place right now. But Mr. Hassan, you met with Actaeon yesterday, right? He must have been in a state of uproar. The Minerva Guild might contact you soon.”
When I heard the name Minerva Guild, I thought of another adventurer’s guild that resided in this city.
According to people, unlike the Mars Guild, where everything is done roughly and haphazardly, the Minerva Guild is more like a military organization with strict discipline and rules.
It is said that the people who live there have a strong sense of belonging, so they are arrogant and show off a lot. I think it’s a place full of Hermiones. Honestly, I didn’t really feel like getting involved.
“Oh, and Ms. Hippolyte has set a time for Mr. Hassan. She wants to meet him at the training grounds.”
“Give me some time? Can I go to the training ground now?”
“No, tonight.”
“night?”
This was another unexpected story.
* * *
“Oh, I was waiting for you, Brother Samaritan.”
When I stop by the inn to have dinner with Luna, the owner greets me.
I wondered what there was to wait for. Suddenly I remembered that I had made an appointment with the innkeeper to reserve a day for him. My wife had a sore back and all.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been so busy lately, but I’ve been forgetting things I’ve said.
“After you finish eating, can you spare me some time? I think an hour or so would be fine.”
At the innkeeper’s words, I looked up at Luna’s face. Luna shrugged her shoulders.
“I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep tonight because I have to carve more of the moai I was making earlier. Hassan, you can sleep at the inn tonight. I’ve also filled in the holes in the hut, so I don’t think it’ll be too cold to sleep alone.”
So Luna and I had dinner and had some time to ourselves.
After seeing Luna off on her way back, I entered the inn and the innkeeper whispered close to my ear, as if he was already finished preparing.
“You must keep this a secret from everyone. After all, it doesn’t look good to have your wife touched by someone else’s hands…”
“You don’t have to worry about that.”
I also had no objection to keeping this massage business a secret. It was better to keep it a secret and bury it quietly than to create unnecessary attention and fuss.
So I followed the innkeeper into the basement of the inn where barrels and vessels were stored. It smelled moldy and was dark, but it was bearable.
“I was waiting in that room over there. I haven’t been able to get up at all lately, so I’ve been lying in bed all day. I can’t even go up the stairs, so I made a separate room in the basement.”
The innkeeper stands in front of a room in a corner of the basement and knocks on the door.
“Honey, it’s me. I brought the person I told you about. The person who massaged my shoulders and other places. Can I come in?”
Your tone of voice changes when you talk to your wife. You have a bushy beard and look like a bandit, but you seem like a loving husband.
As I was lost in thought, I heard a small voice from inside.
… .
“Oh, so they said we can go in. Then let’s go in together.”
Crunch, crunch-.
The rough wooden door opened, revealing a rather cozy room with several candles burning brightly. There was a bed with a quilt, a table, and a fluffy rug on the floor.
Since it was a room in the basement, I expected it to be dark and semi-basement-like, but what I actually encountered was a room that was decorated with such care that it could be considered a room for newlyweds.
But what made my eyes widen more than the room was the person lying face down on the bed.
“Excuse me, is that your wife?”
“Yes. Isn’t it pretty?”
Can this be called pretty? I expected the innkeeper’s wife to be just a plump old lady.
The appearance was so shocking that I seriously considered whether I should report this innkeeper to the security guard or not.
The blue-haired woman lying face down on the bed had a similar build to Luna, but her appearance, or rather her level of maturity, was different.
The woman on the bed has flat breasts that seem to have just begun to swell, and her baby fat hasn’t gone away yet, so anyone can tell she’s underage. Maybe a teenage girl?
“Fuck, innkeeper, no matter how lawless and unprincipled the world may be, you can’t stand to keep such an immature child locked up in the basement as your wife.”
“Oh? What are you talking about? My wife is in her thirties this year.”
“Don’t be a fool! Your time doesn’t age by three years per year. Anyone can tell you’re a child. What’s your secret? No, let’s go to the guards!”
“No, no, listen to me. Looking young is a characteristic of nymphs. My wife Echo is a nymph!”
“nymph?”
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