1-6 The Night Before the Dungeon (1)

A few days after the party, my classmates and I were brought to temporary lodging in a small town of Lumine. We’re here in order to challenge at the Widowood Dungeon.

This dungeon is a huge labyrinth that consisted of hundred floors. The lower you go, the stronger the monsters become. It is a very popular place for mercenaries and adventurers. It was also a great training ground for new recruits; That was because it was easy to judge the strength of the monsters in accordance with the dungeon floor.

At the moment, I’m reading a few books about dungeons that I borrow from the Grand Library. Just like before in the castle, each of us given a room that was designed for two people, but only I got a room to himself. This will be easier to plan out my future travels.

This dungeon capturing will count as good experience for us to get used to battles and grind our levels. Tomorrow is the day that we challenge the dungeon and we’re only headed up to the 25th floors. This way, even someone as weak as Hisao and me will be useful. This is what the commander said with his own mouth.

Personally, this is a chance for me to see the differences in how I’ll handle the dungeon monsters. I'm only faced monsters that are from outside so I want to sure that I won’t get cocky thinking that way.

At this point, I’m pretty confident about my general knowledge about this world. I’m not saying that I know everything, but, in my guess, it’s just about enough for me to live comfortably.

After this trip, I might find an excuse to give the higher-ups to let me go traveling out in the world. I’m pretty sure that I built enough of my bad reputation to let them think that they finally have a chance to get rid of me.

Sensing that it is getting late, I closed the book I’m reading and was about to sleep when I heard knocking on the door.

(Shinji) “What? Who’s looking for me this late?”

I’m a bit dubious about my mysterious visitor. However, when I heard that voice, I eased up as I recognized a familiar voice.

(Kiyoko) “Fujiki-kun, are you still awake? It’s me, Miyamoto. Can I bother you for a moment?”

(Shinji) “Miyamoto-san? What’s the matter? Is there something you want to talk about?”

(Kiyoko) “Yeah… I want to talk to you about something. May I come in?”

(Shinji) “Hang on a bit.”

I have gathered up my things to make it look neat before walking to the door. As I opening the door, I saw an unbelievable scene in front of me.

(Shinji) “What?!”

(Kiyoko) “Eh?”

What on earth are you wearing?! I almost let out my Tsukkomi before swallowing the words back into my throat.

Kiyoko stood there with a snow-white negligee on that was almost transparent. I can clearly see her nipples and her bare hills on her chest. She was wearing an unbuttoned sweater over the negligee which doesn’t cover most of her appearance.

I hurriedly closed the door in front of her as it is too stimulating for me.

(Kiyoko) “Fujiki-kun?! Is there something wrong?”

(Shinji) “N-No! I realized that I need to clean up a bit here. I’ll let you know in a sec!”

I answered her question quickly before calming down as I prepare for her visit. When I check down at my groin, I see that my son is starting to act up.

Shit! I can’t let her see this! I curse myself for letting my guard down against the airheaded Kiyoko. Her actions troubles me many times ever since we met in high school. I also cannot refuse her request as if like I’m denying her kindness.

I pulled the sheets to cover my lower half and make my position in order to act natural. Seeing everything is ready, I signaled her to come in.

(Shinji) “...Alright. Come in.”

(Kiyoko) “En!”

Kiyoko opens the door and happily entered the room without any precaution. She sat on the chair near my bed as I quickly start the conversation to hide my shameful form.

(Shinji) “So, are you here to discuss the plan for tomorrow?”

(Kiyoko) “Yeah…”

I saw her expression turned dark as if her happy face seem like a lie.

(Kiyoko) “Honestly, I’m scared of going to the dungeon. I have a bad feeling that something will happen to us if we enter the dungeon.”

(Shinji) “You’re afraid of going to the dungeon because you’re worried that everyone is going to be in danger, am I right?”

(Kiyoko) “Yes. In fact, I’m really scared about facing the Demons. If we really have to kill…”

Kiyoko speaking out the uneasiness inside her as if a dam suddenly breaks down and let out the water gushing out.

I see. She has already understood what it means to go to war and the heavy pressure of killing a living being. We live in a peaceful Japan where there’s rarely any war going back home. Yet here we are in a different world, being forced to participate in a battle that will change the world.

I can understand her unease feelings, furthermore, everyone in class felt the same at first during the day we were summoned. Right now, most of them are trying to escape the reality of their circumstances and trying to live happily in this world. However, Kiyoko didn’t do that and instead of trying to think about her future.

I admired her unexpected reasoning of her situation and kindness towards others. That's why I don’t feel any falsehood in her words as I carefully speak out the words to calm her anxiety.

(Shinji) “Miyamoto-san, let me ask you a question. Do you like killing people?”

(Kiyoko) “Eh?”

Kiyoko let’s out a dumbfounded voice when she heard my question. I once again ask her the same question in a calm tone.

(Shinji) “Listen. Do you like killing people or not?”

(Kiyoko) “Fujiki-kun, what are you saying all of the sudden?”

(Shinji) “Just give me a yes or no answer. Do you like killing a living being?”

I spoke the question for the third time without showing anything from my face as Kiyoko is being frustrated of my question. She soon calms herself and nervously answers in a quiet tone.

(Kiyoko) “...no. I don’t like to kill people…”

(Shinji) “Do you like to see someone you know killing a person?”

(Kiyoko) “No, I don’t.”

(Shinji) “Yet despite knowing that, why do you agree to fight against the Demons?”

(Kiyoko) “I… I decided to fight against them to help the people in this world…”

(Shinji) “Who are you fighting for? The Humans? The Demi-humans? Or maybe you just want to go back home?”

(Kiyoko) “Uh…”

Kiyoko is very disturbed by my rapid questioning that she is thinking carefully about her answers. I continue to look at her without breaking eye contact as she finally gives out her reason.

(Kiyoko) “...I actually want to go home. I want to protect my friends from getting hurt and go back to my family on Earth.”

(Shinji) “If that is your reason, then it is okay.”

(Kiyoko) “Eh?”

Kiyoko let out her stupefied sound once more as I tell her my opinion.

(Shinji) “You see, not everyone has the same value as us students have. Heck, I’m not even sure that most of our classmate felt the same either. However, I’ll tell you one thing about me. I never like killing, not for one second. But if someone tries to kill me and I don’t have any choice left, I will kill that person. Do you know why I said that?”

Kiyoko makes a surprised expression upon hearing me willing to kill someone and absently shook her head as I continue my explanation.

(Shinji) “Because I have a reason for killing in order to keep my mind together. Everyone has some reasons that they are willing to kill. Some people choose to kill because they want to protect someone they care about or doing it for their own self. The reasons may be noble or selfish depending on the person’s point of view. I, for one, want to stay alive and live without any regrets. I want to live freely without anyone to restain my movements and travel to new and unknown places.”

(Kiyoko) “Want to live freely and travel to new places?”

(Shinji) “Yeah, it sounds simple, but it is the only thing that keeps me going. You joined the fight against the Demons in order to find a way home while protecting the people in this kingdom. Also, you want to protect your friends from getting hurt. That sounds a lot harder than both of us can imagine but it is better to have a clear goal than a vague one.”

(Kiyoko) “Right.”

(Shinji) “But if you still worried about killing, then find an alternative way to settle the confrontation, If not, then endure the heavy choices that you will make. Not most people can live without any dirty strains in their hands. We are not perfect beings, but we can learn our mistakes and try to do things better.”

(Kiyoko) “Endure my choices?”

(Shinji) “Yeah. At least make sure that you live a life without any regrets. Just so you know, I’m not a good person or a bad either. I’m just me.”

Kiyoko enters her thoughts after I finished my explanation as she deeply thinking about my words. I also let out another fact to ease her mind.

(Shinji) “Don’t worry about tomorrow. We have many strong knights accompanying us. There are also a lot of strong people like Hikaru coming with us. Rather, our whole class is amazing. You may not know it, but I have been actually training for some time and I think I can handle any monsters on those floors.”

(Kiyoko) “Is that so? Yeah, you’re right. I think I get it now. Thank you, Fujiki-kun.”

(Shinji) “No need for that. I’m just trying to help to calm down your worries. And we have your healing magic to help recover our wounds. That way you can protect us from getting more injuries.”

I’ve commented on her part of the group as Kiyoko expression begins to lighten up. However, her next words have given me a pleasant surprise.

(Kiyoko) “You really are mature, Fujiki-kun. You act just like my older brother.”

(Shinji) “Older brother?”

I tilted my head in puzzlement as she said that. Kiyoko giggled after seeing my confused expression.

(Kiyoko) “Fujiki-kun, you probably thought we first met in high school right? But, I knew you since the second year of middle school.”

What?! This revelation left me very surprised as my eyes widened in shock. I quickly searched through my memories and I find doubts in her words. I remembered that she and I go to different middle schools and they are in a far location from each other. I don’t remember seeing her appearance during my time in middle school, otherwise, I would recognize her right away in high school.

(Kiyoko) “It was a one-sided meeting. The first time I saw you, you were helping a child and his mother from those thugs picking on them.”

Is that right? Oh yeah. I remembered the time during middle school that some delinquents were picking on a woman and her child as the kid accidentally bumped into one of them. The thugs demanded compensation for dirtying their clothing and the mother tries to reason with them which they didn’t take kindly.

I was just passing through by chance when I saw the event and one of the thugs took out a knife which frightens the woman and the child. Seeing no one in the area, the thugs begin to demand some outrageous things like the woman paying with her body and threatens to kill them if they don’t agree.

I can’t stand this kind of action as it bothers me so I called the police without them noticing before walking to their side. I might be able to take them on by myself but there such a thing as laws and excuses that might let them get away. Plus the fact that they are getting greedy with their demands rubs me on the wrong way so I decided to mess with them a little.

I distracted them by provoking their anger towards me and dodging their attacks as my strategy work on them. There are a few wounds I’ve gotten from that fight, but I’ve endured long enough for the police to came and arrest the thugs on the spot after seeing my injuries.

(Kiyoko) “I also saw the event from the corner as I watched you handle the thugs. When I saw you like that, I thought you were a very strong and kind person.”

Really? I don’t think my actions aren’t any different from Hikaru’s as I remembered the fight scenes that he caused against the troublemakers due to his strong sense of justice.

(Kiyoko) “You were surrounded by those shady-looking people yet you didn’t raise a finger towards them as you’re dodging their attacks. You keep provoking them, shouting out obscene words and even take a few of their hits like it was nothing until the police have arrived.”

(Shinji) “That doesn’t make me sound like a strong and kind person.”

(Kiyoko) “Even so, you did it for the child and his mother. Strong people would have solved it easily with violence. If Hikaru-kun was involved, he would surely beat up the opponent…… But you didn’t use your strength against them at all and end it by distracting them long enough for the police to come. It takes a lot of courage for someone to stand up to them without using violence…… In fact, I was really scared at that time…… I just used the excuse that I was not as strong as Mariko-chan. I didn’t do anything and hoped someone would stand up for them.”

(Shinji) “Miyamoto-san…”

(Kiyoko) “After entering high school and first talk to you, you reminded me a lot of my older brother. He was kind, firm, a really reliable person. He is also very mature of how he handles things and see things wider than everyone else I’ve known. I love my brother very much, but he died in an accident when I was 7.”

Kiyoko had a sad look on her face as she fondly remembers her brother. I might bring out an insensitive topic.

(Shinji) “Well, even so, I’m a different person than your older brother.”

(Kiyoko) “I’ve known that much, but I still wanted to know you. I was really so happy to see you when we are in the same school together…… I wanted to become like you and get to know many things about you. But we rarely talked to each other much and Fujiki-kun brushes off my invitations of hanging out many times.”

(Shinji) “Aha, Sorry about that. Well, we are hanging out right now so that counts.”

(Kiyoko) “Yeah, it really is…”

Kiyoko and I laugh at this strange conversation we had. I finally figured out the reason why she cared about me so much. Honestly, this makes me felt a little embarrassed to be evaluated so highly by one of the school’s beauties.

Although this also increased my guilt about leaving her behind in the kingdom. She one of the people who still show kindness towards me so I decided to tell her about my incoming plans.

(Shinji) “Actually, Miyamoto-san… There’s something I’ve been planning to do for awhile. I plan to leave this country and to travel around to other places.”

(Kiyoko) “Eh?! Are you leaving? Why?”

(Shinji) “Well…”

I’ve told her everything about my plan to adventure this world as well about my doubts towards the kingdom. I also tell her the information that I’ve gathered about the kingdom’s objective and its current circumstances while I’m at it. I didn’t tell her about my real status and magic as I want to keep a few things for myself for a while.

Kiyoko looked shocked at the information that she heard and made a doubtful expression. It is obvious of what she is thinking about. She couldn’t believe that the people that we’re recently getting along were planning to use us for their own greedy purposes other than saving the world.

(Kiyoko) “I-I noticed that you’ve been going out a lot so there must be a reason for it but this… it is hard for me to take it in…”

(Shinji) “It’s okay for not believe all of my claims now. I just wanted to warn you about the dangers ahead so you won’t get caught up with it. Anyhow, judge it with your own eyes and decided what course of action you’ll make.”

(Kiyoko) “My own eyes… Okay, I understood, Fujiki-kun. I’ll be careful.”

Even she said that Kiyoko still have an upset look on her. After hearing the reason for her actions towards me, I can now understand a part of her that she feels sad about me leaving the kingdom.

(Shinji) “I’ll be okay traveling alone. I’ve been doing my secret training for a while now so I’m pretty confident on handling common monsters and thieves by myself. Also, it not like this is going to be our final meeting with each other. I’ll come visiting the kingdom when everything has calm down. You understand that, right?”

(Kiyoko) “Yeah, you’re right… This is not our last meeting. And I know you’ll take care yourself, but I still don’t want you to do anything crazy like when you faced the delinquents.”

(Shinji) “Don’t worry about it. I planned to leave the kingdom after this trip is over so let do our best tomorrow.”

(Kiyoko) “Me too. Thank you for listening to me, Fujiki-kun.”

Although there still a bit of uneasiness on her, Kiyoko makes a big smile as if a cloud has finally passed over. She was about to return to her room when she became stiff all of the sudden.

(Kiyoko) “Eh?”

(Shinji) “What’s wrong?”

I made a dubious face at her actions as I look at the direction she staring. It is a mirror that was placed in each of our rooms in this inn. Right now, it is showing Kiyoko’s current appearance as she still in her transparent negligee before making a realization expression.

(Kiyoko) “KYaaaa!!! Fu-Fujiki-kun! Don’t look!”

(Shinji) “You have only noticed it now?!”

Unbelievable?! This girl! I feel flabbergasted of her airheaded attributes as she squats down to hide her body. Kiyoko’s face turned red in shame as she hurriedly makes her excuse.

(Kiyoko) “Fujiki-kun, it’s not what you think! I’m not a shameful person who’s into this sort of thing!”

(Shinji) “I know that already, so please calm down! Here, take my sheet.”

I tried to calm her down in a different sense as I about to give her my blanket. However, I accidentally slipped on the sheet when I tried to stand up and fell on Kiyoko.

(Shinji) “Omph!”

(Kiyoko) “Aah!”

I’m now on top of Kiyoko where I can feel the sensation of her voluptuous body. Despite the little clothing, the softness and warmth from her were transmitted directly upon touch. There is a nice smell of shampoo drifted from Kiyoko as well. She must have a shower first before coming.

I also felt a soft and elastic feeling transmitted on my left hand and it turns out that I’m placing it on Kiyoko’s big breast. It is a nice feeling- Wait?! What am I thinking?!

(Kiyoko) “Fu-Fujiki-kun, would you please move your hand now? It is getting embarrassing…”

(Shinji) “O-Oh, sorry!’

I hastily let go of her as I move away from her spot. I’m currently sitting on the floor and Kiyoko starting to get up when she suddenly staring at my lower half.

(Kiyoko) “Ah! Fujiki-kun, y-your boxers-?!”

(Shinji) “Huh? Oh, shoot!”

My dick is now being erected from touching Kiyoko’s breast as it making a bulge on my shorts. I’m currently wearing a plain shirt and boxers that aren't tight so it is easily showing the size of my son.

(Kiyoko) “W-Wow… It is big…”

(Shinji) “Yeah, sorry for showing you an unsightly sight.”

Kiyoko staring at my groin as I hurriedly stand up and cover my embarrassment. Of all people that I don’t want to show, Kiyoko, the school beauty, now saw my dick’s shape.

My dick is bigger than any average Japanese men as it lengths and thickness are huge by a large margin. When it wasn’t erect, the length was 15 cm. and the thickness is nearly twice than normal. In short, my dick is huge.

It got this way since I was 10 in India. My uncle Nemo has visited there to met up with an old friend of his and we stayed at his home for three weeks. While we are there, his wives took interested in me and I lost my virginity that night.

Polygamy is legal in India and the man’s wives were all beautiful mature women so I can’t easily refuse as we slept many times together on each night. I was also fed some foods like garlic that will increase my stamina for longer sex. Combining these events while during my puberty, it resulted in my dick looking like this right now.

I can’t believe that I’ve ruined the nice atmosphere awhile ago. I’m hoping that Kiyoko doesn’t get frightened by this as she starting to speak.

(Kiyoko) “It’s really big… Doesn’t it look hurt?”

(Shinji) “I-I’m fine! It will wither for a while so you better return to your room.”

(Kiyoko) “Could it be that it is my fault caused your thing to grow…?”

(Shinji) “W-Well… Maybe, it is just the man’s natural instinct! No need to blame yourself!”

(Kiyoko) “I see…”

Kiyoko’s face is still red while looking at my dick with an expression that mixed with embarrassment and happiness for some reason. Are you happy or embarrassed?! Which one?!

(Shinji) “Anyway, I’m sorry for showing you like this. You can go back now.”

(Kiyoko) “But I can’t leave you like this. It is my fault for showing you my shameful appearance and causing this situation…”

(Shinji) “I said that I’m fine. Go back!”

(Kiyoko) “No! I also responsible for causing this so… I’ll make your thing go down!”

(Shinji) “Wha?”

I was dumbfounded when I heard her outrageous statement. Before I noticed, Kiyoko already put her hands on my boxers.