This place is whack right from the get-go if we don’t include the normal aspect of the Labyrinth which is the entrance, or perchance everything above floor one. That is to say, anything below floor one is a complete mess.

There was a room full of pitfalls with the only consequence is getting wet all over with something slimy that smells funny that makes you hallucinate for a matter of a few minutes. We’ve got all sorts of hallucination going on.

Everyone said that I hallucinated of being a womanizer and money grubber, however, Casablanca and Hibiscus snickers at it and said that I am more like a drunkard.

I can vividly recall my drunken frenzy at the island of the Pirates.

By the way, Daisy hallucinated about being praised and complimented by people who don’t have any idea who. As the effect wore off, she buried her head on the ground in embarrassment.

Casablanca hallucinated of sleeping in the toastiest and the most comfortable bed with a really relaxed countenance. It is more to say that it was her desire all along to find the best definition of naptime.

Mimi hallucinated about something dreadfully lewd so I have to throw her back in the pitfall with a barrier blocking the liquid between her. I should have done that from the very start.

Of course, Topaz, who can sense all and every deformity in earth didn’t fall victim. She, knowing that the weird slimy liquid do no harm, didn’t say anything about it. Well, I bet she’ll only hallucinate about food.

And, right now, the one who became the victim is Hibiscus and no one really expected her to become like this…

“H-Hibiscus, please don’t do this to me!”

“Oh? For a cattle like you to dare talk back to her master, how preposterous this is. Come on lick it, every single crevice of my toes. I dislike the sensation of the wetness.”

“Hibiscus, I’m your twin!”

“That is correct, however, how can I pass the chance to see that awfully cute face of yours, painted in pleasure as you bid what request I may come across with it?”

“You hold this kind of desire in your heart?!”

“You still haven’t done my order yet and you are blabbering nonsense again. Hey you, the cute cattle with weird ears, kneel.”

Hibiscus pointed at Daisy and in return, the person who was subjected to the order got flustered as she doesn’t know what’s happening anymore.

The heat got into Daisy’s head as Hibiscus glares at her and before she knew it, she was kneeling down. Seeing that she obeyed her words, Hibiscus grins in delight and sat on Daisy’s back.

“Auuu…!”

“What a comfortable seat. But seats don’t make unnecessary noises so I think I need to punish you together with my cattle number one.”

“Eh?!”

SLAP

Hibiscus spank Daisy on the butt with her hand and Daisy, receiving the spank, widens her eyes in both surprise and pain of being slapped on the buttcheek.

“Hibiscus, you’re going too far!”

“I heard no complain, have you?”

“That’s not the point!”

SLAP

Hibiscus slaps Daisy’s butt one more time.

It was not really a slap that really incurs pain but I playful one. However, considering that Daisy upholds her pride among anything else, this must be a really embarrassing experience for her.

“See? This is a good cattle, unlike you.”

Hibiscus said as she rubs Daisy’s head lovingly

Daisy’s face becomes odd as both joy and embarrassment mixes. Her face is flaring up ear to ear with her lips trying to curve upward.

“Hibiscus, this is not the time for this! Come on, wake up!”

“Shut it, yo--!”

“Hmm?”

“Aaahh…”

“Hibiscus?”

“AaAHhhHhhhHHH!”

“Are you back?”

“AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

“Thank goodness you’re back!”

Hibiscus, upon returning to her senses, immediately knew what’s happening and she immediately got off Daisy. In a feat of her actions, her face lit up in a bedazzling red and started digging a hole in which I guess where she will bury herself.

“Pii…”

“I know right. You never know what kind of a fetish a person wants.”

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“Pii!”

“No, even if you ask me for that, I don’t have any specific kink to say. Also, my preference is kind of out of order right now so I really can’t spell out anything.”

“Pii! Pii!”

“Why am I even talking to you, you dumb bird.”

It took them ten minutes to recover from the shame of their display. I can’t say that I am not the same though, as I regret every fiber of my being for becoming like that, a drunken womanizer.

It seems there are still parts of my mind that stay as a man.

I’m glad about that but at the same time, worried that it may go out of control if I get too much intoxicated.

We started moving forward again as soon as I checked on Mimi. She has these empty eyes with tears as she stares at nothingness. The barrier that I put up was somewhat moist and determined that I was…

Anyway, I gave Mimi spare clothes from my dimensional storage and we proceeded with caution.

“Hey, what were you hallucinating about?”

“D-don’t ask me!”

“Why is that?! Everyone shamed themselves in front of everyone.”

“I-Isn’t this the moment where you say I won’t pry further out of consideration!? Why are you so heartless?!”

“Well, it’s rare for you to be this flustered.”

Mimi pouted angrily at me and everyone giggles at the sight of her flushed countenance. The person herself notices it and sulks a little. Honestly, I wanted to know how lewd Mimi’s hallucination is but a part of me also want to see her like this.

“Mimi, you’ve gotten cuter, I guess.”

“Hueh?! What’s with you?! Why are you suddenly going on an offense?! I’m not used to this and now my chest is thumping so hard!”

“Everyone agrees though, right?”

There was no opposition and everyone nodded their heads upon my query. The person in the subject can only knit her brows bashfully and tried to turn away while walking.

“I’ll tell, but only to you, Asagao.”

“I-Is that fine? I feel like you are desperate to hide it.”

“It’s fine…”

Mimi walks closer to me and gently and carefully cocked her head towards my ears while covering it with her hands. From her lips comes out a soft and low voice that brushes off on my ears and tickles me.

“Actually…mumble mumble…”

“…...”

“And that’s it…”

…Well.

Mimi slowly parted from me with a face ablaze from ear to ear. Because of what she whispered to me, I can also feel myself getting embarrassed and really intrusive of the subject at hand.

I stare at Mimi with a wondrous yet apologetic eye.

“I think…this is the time I should say…sorry for prying…”

“No, like I said, it’s fine. But please do note that I was coerced into it, okay?! S-Something was involved leading into that scenario!”

“Y-Yes! I understand it loud and clear! But well…”

Mimi and I are bathed with stares full of honest curiosity and expectation. Casablanca, Hibiscus, Daisy, and even Topaz scoot closer to us while staring at us with a hidden message behind that longing gaze of them.

“I’m telling you guys now that I won’t divulge anything, okay? Even if you stare at me with those pleading eyes, I won’t tell anything!”

Everyone cast their gazes away as I easily read their desires.

The subject at hand, Mimi, can only sigh.

I wasn’t expecting to hear an answer from Mimi and moreover, I didn’t expect it to be this confidential. I really have this give credit to the lucky guy but at the same time, a little worried. To be able to become wildly intimate with Mimi in her form right now is truly lucky for him.

“Who was it anyway?”

“I’m not inclined on telling it anymore! Please drop the subject!”

Mimi got angry at me and turned away.

Now I’m really curious who it is. To be honest, ever since that day, Mimi’s demeanor changes for the better. I’m not saying it was bad, but the Mimi right now has become even more upbeat with her raw emotion rather than imitating what her eyes can see.

I guess such an experience can change a person’s personality…or improved?

I’m not saying that I was truly happy about it. In fact, that’s where my worry comes from. One can say it’s a drastic method but truly, not something I want to recommend.

No, in a more upfront word, I’m annoyed that someone did that to Mimi but I can’t actually put in more descriptive words.

…Hmm?

Am I…actually possessive of my friends?

“Geez, let’s just move forward and be done with this stupid place before anything weird happen again.”

Per my suggestion, we press forward.

Actually, we took a break because we are actually getting hungry but seeing that there’s no suitable place for us to rest, I shouted again for the nameless wizard to hear.

The guy actually created a camping site for us out of nowhere where we can freely sleep and eat.

We rested for two hours as a lot of us needed some brief sleep. My only complaint is that we could at least use some bath. All those running and trudging left us sweaty and dirty and I hate the icky feeling in my armpits.

“A bath would be nice…”

“Careful what you wish for, Asagao.”

“Daisy? Don’t you want to have a bath too?”

“I do but, aren’t we asking favor too much from a dungeon master that supposedly gave us this trial?”

“Well, yeah, but he arbitrarily threw us here.”

“He did but at the very least, he gave us some leeway with our personal affairs.”

“I get it. I guess he isn’t that bad.”

“I know, right? His face is handsome and he seems so knowledgeable despite our initial meeting.”

“It can’t be help if you feel like that towards him. Honestly, I am also starting to think that he is a real gentleman. I feel a little sorry for calling him mean things earlier.”

“There’s nothing we can do about that. With all of his actions up until now, don’t you think it actually befits a man trying to put people into a trial for something?”

“Well, the smartest people think up of the weirdest action.”

“But you are not smart, Asagao.”

“So, you are saying that I’m weird?!”

With my common sense distorted with the result of clashing of values from my former world and this world, I do think I have things I can point out as weird.

Basically, she’s not wrong and I am aware that I am.

Then again, Daisy is being perceptive about the most insignificant topic of the day rather than using this kind of intuition in an actual use such as, in battle. I’m not saying that she is useless, in fact, she is more of a front liner than I am since compared to her I’m softer.

Daisy and Mimi can pretty much sweep in land and air while Casablanca uses her gravity to destroy an enemy or slow down a horde of them and Hibiscus summons additional fighting force while she herself casts simple spells.

If I unnecessarily dive in with my reckless sword style, it will greatly interrupt the flow of the battle that may favor us. A barrier is my specialty and creating multiple at that. My first priority is not to fight recklessly but to make sure everyone is okay.

As we finished resting, we immediately head out to the next room.

We thought that there would be more traps and pitfalls waiting for us, however, we walked in a boring and anticlimactic hallway. The only thing that roused our interest is that the interior of the hall changes from an earthen one to a prestigious and elegant wall.

As we walked, we made pointless chat while keeping vigilant of our surrounding. Actually, it was tiring to keep our alertness active for an hour and it would take a huge toll on anyone here.

As such, we change position from time to time as who will take the front and who will position in the rear with a ten-minute interval of swapping of position.

Before long, we reach a huge door that resembles any royal structure with its intricate designs, however, it was a little battered and damaged but it is still functioning.

Since we decided to press forward, whatever happens, we readied ourselves and enter the room. The door creaks as we move it and a dainty amount of light spilled coming from the room beyond this door.

Beyond this door was like a new dimension.

“This is…amazing? I don’t know how to describe it but…”

“I wonder what that guy wanted us to do…”

Words were already taken out of my lips as all of us gawks at the scenery out of this world.

A city lay upon in front of us however, it was no large one. It was a miniature city laid down in a wide room with realistic building structures. What’s more, it’s a kingdom with a whole city enclosed with stone walls and the castle stood upon the edge of the city.

From the river to the finest detail of the materials used, it’s like a real city shrunk to gives an ambiance of authenticity. The street of the city though is only filled with nothing but pebbles, the same goes for the other parts of the city.

Moving on, we move around the miniature city and saw the castle bisected in half. It was an intentional fault so we can see the figures inside the castle, however, there was nothing but shiny stones, especially in the throne.

As everyone started inspecting the miniature city, I move eyes to our surrounding.

It was an ordinary but luxurious room as there are shelves filled with books, pots with lids, and even boxes. But what catches my eyes the most is the huge door that leads to another room.

However, in front of the door stands a balance scale.

The right plate of the scale carries a golden crown of pure elegance and brilliance. The left plate contains nothing so it was obvious where the scale tilts.

“Ah, what is this?”

On the left scale, I saw a note written in a beautiful cursive and picked it up. When I skim through the words written, I immediately felt lost.

“Asagao, what is that?”

“A note…or rather…a poem, I guess.”

“What does it say?”

Daisy noticed the changes in my expression and approached me while talking with me in a soft voice. There’s no reason not to tell and it seems that it will serve as a clue.

“Once, there was king chosen by fate, but, unbeknownst to him, a cruel fate awaits him.”