Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou (WN) Chapter 522

Chapter 522

Sky Dragon World Arc Avenst Tour Middle

「……I see. So it was something like that.」

After screams echoed inside the bridge, it was followed by a voice of understanding next.

According to G10, or rather according to Hajime and co, Roze and others had given the best reaction in respond to the surprise that was “Avenst having its own will”.

But however, their shock surpa.s.sed the expectation of Haijme and co and inflicted surprise on Roze and others that it ought to have the signal of “It’s super effective!” at the background.

「Geez, Hajime-sama you meanie……it was really, really shocking-」

『Really, it scared us out of our socks……』

They were practically in panic. It could even be called a pandemonium. Even though Hajime and co antic.i.p.ated for questions like 「Avensttalked!」「What kind of trick is this!?」 and such to be asked with a lot of agitation and curiosity, the surprise made Roze and others looked deathly pale instead.

「The soul of the past dragon king has taken root in this s.h.i.+p……I even thought like that just nowww」

Yes, they were misunderstanding.

After all, “Battles.h.i.+p Avenst” was a s.h.i.+p that was constructed using a king dragon’s core. From a king dragon who was murdered by his partner the prince to be used as the s.h.i.+p’s energy source. The dragon’s grudges must be terrifying.

Although the s.h.i.+p had lacked king dragon core for long, when the imagined that Helmut becoming an existence that surpa.s.sed the realm of dragon king, or perhaps even……

Certainly it was no wonder that everyone become pale from the terrifying thought.

In addition, it seemed they also had a worry bubbling up that actually the consciousness was already there all this time since the s.h.i.+p was used as a mobile nation and it was fully aware of their life on s.h.i.+p.

「I thought my heart would stop. Bovid too was turning himself into a creature that specialize in kowtowing on the ground for apologizing forever.」

「It’s only natural for him to apologize. He’s filthy. Despicable.」

「Forgive me alreadyy. Quite a lot of the pilots did it.」

Sabas wiped his cold sweat with a handkerchief. Commander Olga was looking at Bovid with a cold gaze.

Naturally there were also some stupid apologies that got mixed in when someone was desperately apologizing and begging for their life due to their past deed.

Apparently some of the pilots including Bovid often couldn’t be bothered to go to toilet and sometimes did their business right at the deck (even though there was already rule forbidding it and telling them to go to toilet properly). Sometimes the hull would get splashed because of it.

Compared to the extremely serious apologies from Roze and co, the kowtowing apologies and confession of public urination beside them were……

The confession and apology of Bovid and co were in different level.

But, well, the one who got the most surprised here was, surely,

「Geeten, are you alright?」

「Y-yes, Myuu-sama. I’m alright.」

Was G10. Hajime and others suggested this “because it would surely delight them” so she agreed, and yet when the lid was opened it was a apology festival with desperate looks.

When Bovid gave her a sliding dogeza performance while yelling 「I’m sorry for splas.h.i.+ng you with my peeeeee-」, she even screamed 「Hih」 because it was too shocking and flew behind Hajime to hide.

「G10 peeking out fearfully from over Nagumo-kun’s shoulder, it’s a bit cute.」

「You say it.」

Suzu and Ryuutarou’s whispered comments were nodded by Atsus.h.i.+ and Yuuka and co.

In any case, as expected n.o.body even thought that the panicked reaction would be to such degree. Hajime hurriedly gave a concise explanation about G10’s true ident.i.ty and the chain of event that led her to Avenst. And now Roze and co were finally regaining their composure.

「Roze-sama, and also everyone. My deepest apologies for my conduct.」

G10 tightly closed her mono eye while apologizing. Roze hurriedly shook her head.

「No no. Jeeten, sama? Should I call you like that?」

「Please, just call me G10 without honorific. I was born into existence for the purpose of serving human. And that is my one and only pride.」

「Pride……fufu, Hajime-sama and Tio-sama are also like that but, other world is really a strange place isn’t it.」

Machine intelligence──machine created by human hand that possessed their own will. Even just that piece of information was already astonis.h.i.+ng, but then the machine said that not only she could judge right and wrong, she also possessed “pride”.

But there wasn’t any sign of suspicion in Roze’s eyes. Roze herself also knew really well about “pride” as someone who was burdened with role and mission since birth. Therefore her heart was accepting G10’s words.

「Understood. Jeeten, no need to apologize. It’s obvious that something like this is “generally Hajime-sama’s fault”. In fact, that’s the reality of it.」

「Ah, it came up. Nagumo-chi’s DHS (Daitai Hajime no Sei).」

「Way to go, other world’s queen. She really get it.」

「In my case it’s “generally Nana and Taeko’s fault” though.」

That term would sound bad if abbreviated so it was skipped! But putting aside Yuuka who was sending a glare with all her strength at her two friends,

「By the way, this G10 is a communication terminal. The main body is at the machine world even now.」

「My! Is that true?」

「Yeah. After all watching over mankind is G10’s current mission. There’s no way she can leave her own world for now.」

「I see.」

「Besides, she’s the “Sacred Tree’s Avatar” right now. She’s the equivalent of this world’s Meeres. Because of that too she can’t just leave easily.」

「I se──eh? ……EH!?」

Roze was nodding with an understanding face before “?” popped over her head. She digested the meaning of the words that were told to her before *Suu~-* blood drained from her face.

Kuwaibel trembled. Perhaps he was recalling divine spirit Meeres’s majesty. He certainly remembered the feelings of awe and veneration from facing an existence that existed in different scale. Not to mention despite his form that was different from them, Meeres’s form was the same like his beloved Haha-ue(Tio) when getting serious──the dragon G.o.d form. He was without any doubt a dragon of the highest rank.

Nothing like that could be felt from G10 before their eyes, even so anyone would naturally get nervous after being told that she was an existence of the same rank.

Kuwaibel fearfully asked question.

『U-umm, in other words you……are a G.o.d──』

「I’m not.」

『Eh, b-but──』

「I’m not.」

『Hajime-sama said that you’re like Meeres-sama──』

「I said I’m not.」

『Ah, yes.』

The phrase w.i.l.l.y-nilly must be referring to exactly this kind of situation. Not only the tone was freezing, even the depth was changing.

Roze and others were turning even whiter thinking that they had invoked G10’s displeasure. Hajime hurriedly soothed her down while giving additional explanation. Of G10’s “hate for AI playing G.o.d”.

Roze and others somehow managed to understand from that. G10 also apologized 「Pardon me. I got a little bit heated from remembering f.u.c.king Mo……mankind’s worst enemy」 for her behavior. Her speech almost turning naughty naughty just now, was it because of the captain’s fault as expected?

In any case, G10 stated once more.

「Certainly, objectively speaking my current position can be said as a world’s administrator. But, in the end I’m a “support AI for mankind”. I don’t have the slightest intention of calling myself G.o.d, neither I wish to be wors.h.i.+pped. And most of all, this position is only temporary.」

「Temporary, is it?」

「Yes, because I will definitely──become “Avenst” one day.」

After saying that, G10 ran her gaze over the bridge with her mono eye radiating the emotion of “love” that was unbelievable coming from a machine’s eye.

It conveyed her feeling far more eloquently than any half-hearted word.

For G10, being this “s.h.i.+p” was something far more honorable than getting something like “G.o.dhood”.

That it was something that G10 was wis.h.i.+ng for from the bottom of her heart.

Roze and others couldn’t immediately think up what kind of word they should use to reply to that. Emotion bubbled up inside their chest with impact like a surprise attack. It felt like their words got dammed up by the emotion stuffing their chest.

Their former home was being treasured and desired to this degree.

It’s far better than G.o.d, what an outrageous pickup line.

It was even more so when those words came from a warrior who had continued fighting for two centuries without end by her lonesome for mankind, one who was also a grand existence recognized by a “great tree” as their world’s protector.

That was why Roze, representing Kuwaibel and Sabas and others who were surely making the same expression like her, wiped the tear faintly pooling at the corner of her eye while,

「……Thank you」

Somehow squeezing out such feeling of grat.i.tude from inside herself.

「Now then」

*CLAP* A single hand clap. Hajime called out toward the deeply emotional Roze and co to change the atmosphere.

「Everyone has finished introducing themselves, so let’s go with the tour already.」

「Fufu, yes! Let’s do that!」

Roze and others also s.h.i.+fted their emotional gear and nodded with a bright smile.

G10 opened the bridge’s thick double door. At the same time, Hajime summoned an aerobike from his card device as example and got on it.

It must be because this world had advanced mechanical culture unlike Tortus that was a pure sword and magic fantasy land. Roze and co operated their device without too much difficulty and summoned their aerobike.

Though of course, this world didn’t have anything like teleportation from subs.p.a.ce like “treasure warehouse”, so the convenience made their eyes widened like dinner plate.

「T-this thing feel kinda shaky. Is this thing really alright to get on?」

「What, are you getting cold feet even though you’re a pilot?」

The aerobike was hovering still 10 cm from the ground. Bovid was putting one foot on it and tried tapping and pulling it……then repeating.

Hajime looked at him with a teasing smile. Bovid looked offended.

「It’s because I’m a pilot! No matter how you look at it it’s just strange this thing can stay still on its own with how it’s shaped!」

He had a point. The bike had the appearance of a segway with its wheel removed, replaced by a thin disk the size of a phonograph record laid horizontally at the back and front.

The appearance incited apprehension. Bovid must be filled with trepidation by that impossible form exactly because he was a pilot.

Apparently the other pilots were feeling the same. Just like their captain, they were showing cautiousness like someone trying to stand on top of a float on a pool.

「Geez, what’re you doing over there, Bovid. It’s pitiful you know?」

「Y-your majesty……」

Roze got on her bike normally. Sabas and the Crow siblings too. Rather, the four of them quickly became excited 「Oo~」 and tried driving inside the s.p.a.cious bridge.

「Well well……this vehicle is extremely intuitive. Certainly it won’t need any training for driving technique like this. Wonderful!」

「It’s not swaying even though I leaning so much on it like this. Rather it’s balancing itself automatically……. And it move smoothly not only with operating the handle, but also with just a light weight distribution……fufu, it’s fun……♪」

「Oo! Please look, Nee-san! It can even run on wall! How mysterious……even though my body is horizontal, I’m still feeling gravity properly from under my feet!」

As expected from the former strongest royal guard and his direct disciples who were the present royal guard commander & vice commander. They were steering the bike very smoothly *sui~ sui~* as though not fearing tumbling down at all.

The Crow siblings always looked devoted to their work and even gave off the impression of prudishness, but now they were driving the bike with smiles so wide it felt like the others could see Kyaakyaaonomatopoeia around them. It was truly a warming sight.

「Kukuku, Olga-oneesan and Jean-oniisan, you two are still too naïve nano. Watch Myuu’s supreme technique! Nano! Geeten, c’mon!!」

「Aye Aye Ma’am.」

*Whoosh* Myuu drove her aerobike toward the front of the bridge. G10 operated the spring of liquid metal at the center without missing a beat and formed a steep slope at the blink of eye.

Myuu’s bike got on it speedily and then rotated midair without slowing down. She didn’t stop there and her legs let go while her hands were still gripping the bike handle. She also rotated the aerobike itself 360 degree before landing magnificently.

Then she made the aerobike drifted sideway and came to a stop before brus.h.i.+ng up her hair coolly.

The Crow siblings applaused energetically. 「Oo! That’s magnificent! Myuu-sama!」「It’s wonderful! It looks like we can have a compet.i.tion with the aerobike itself like this!」 They praised with sparkling smile as though they were returning to their childlike innocence.

And, Myuu herself who was receiving such ovation was huffing her small nose *puff puff* proudly while making a really exaggerated cool expression.

Such expression was directed toward Bovid and his men, the pilots.

「「「「!!?」」」」

In the end, was it their pride as pilot that made such face looked like “provocation” in their eyes? Myuu herself felt like she just wanted to tell them 「See, it’s not scary nano. It’s super fun nano!」 though.

「Ha? We aren’t shaking in our boots though? Something like this is easy-peasy though?」

「Kuh, captain! This is humiliating! Even if it’s the daughter of the demon G.o.d-sama, getting booed “Small fry♡ Small fryy♡” by a litlte girl like this is just-」

「Dammit, what the h.e.l.l is this unknown emotion bubbling up inside my chest……-」

「Please wait a second nano! Noone here is saying anything like that nano!」

Myuu got fl.u.s.tered by the pilots’ unexpected reaction.

The hesitant royal guards and aides were also relaxing from Myuu’s performance and started getting on their own bike but, the way they were looking at the pilots……

They were having misgiving of what the pilots would do after this……

「By the way, there’s a stadium just like Jean said. Normally the bike has speed limiter but, it’s taken off when you’re in that stadium. If you’re interested than you can go play there later.」

「Oh wow! Nee-san!」

「Yeah, we must go there! Jean!」

It seemed the Crow siblings were deeply interested with motocross type game.

「Nagumo, let’s get a move on yeah. There ain’t enough time to show around this s.h.i.+p no matter how much we have it right?」

「Even we haven’t properly see this whole s.h.i.+p.」

「Or rather, you can count the things we have experienced here in one hand.」

Ryuutarou, Atsus.h.i.+, and n.o.boru called out from near the door. They were all smiling widely in curiosity despite having already touring this s.h.i.+p once.

In truth, the inside of Avenst was too vast. There were also too many facilities that the tour in the machine world was at the level that couldn’t be said as sufficient at all.

Hajime nodded and started leading.

「So wide……」

『It’s completely different from when we lived here.』

The first surprising thing was the pa.s.sage’s width. The pa.s.sage that had white base color must be five meter wide of the four sides. The floor and the wall and the ceiling too, their ends were made from bluish-white material that was transparent like crystal.

Myuu eagerly went to the front with G10 flying in parallel beside her as though to babysit. Right behind them were Tio, Yue, Hajime, Roze, and Kuwaibel walking side by side. s.h.i.+a and Sabas and others were following right behind them.

Yuuka and Ryuutarou and co were following along amidst the dragon kingdom group so they could answer question during the tour.

Meanwhile, Hajime started acting like tour guide with a loud voice that could be clearly heard until the tail of the group.

「Ee~, everyone from dragon kingdom. Welcome to today’s tour of the reborn luxury liner Avenst. Once again, captain Nagumo Hajime will be in your service.」

The ceremonious as well as acted up way of talking made Yue and Tio beside him chuckled 「Fufufu」. The faces of Roze and others also naturally broke into a smile.

But however.

「From here on, this lowly guide shall provide explanation for this s.h.i.+p’s──」

「……Hajime? Isn’t that G10’s role?」

Yue’s words made Hajime went 「Eh……?」. His expression was like a kid who was told to wait while there was a feast served right in front of him. Yue-sama’s heart skipped a beat.

Putting that aside, s.h.i.+a and others also seemed to agree with the first wife-sama’s opinion.

「That’s right desuu~. I understand why you want to explain about your own work Hajime-san, but you don’t know when to stop once you start going.」

「Hajime-kun already explained a lot at the machine world……isn’t it fine to let G10 act as guide this time I wonder? If not, then why do you call G10 here? It makes one wonder.」

「Hajime provided the design specifications and materials components but, it was G10 who actually did the improvement, isn’t that right?」

「Or rather Nagumo-chii. To be honest having to listen to your long and rapid exposition again is……sorry for saying this but, it’s painful!」

Yue, s.h.i.+a, Kaori, and s.h.i.+zuku urged Hajime to restrain himself with a wry smile. Nana’s truthful opinion after that was the most piercing. As expected, perhaps gal had trouble with otaku’s characteristic rapid and long exposition……

Hajime spontaneously fell quiet sullenly. Myuu dropped her speed to drive beside him. She put her small hand on papa’s hand that was holding the bike handle and patted. Then she sped up forward again.

That gesture spoke louder than any word could. Which side his daughter was on. It was painful to be here.

G10 flew backward while showing hesitation but,

「Umm, everyone, I don’t really──」

「Now, please start! G10-san!」

Aiko intercepted. Even Tio and Yuuka joined in.

「Umu, please provide guidance. In a concise and easy to understand way.」

「Nagumo, there won’t be any need for ten times of additional explanation over G10’s explanation okay?」

「……Oui」

Hajime-san looked super dissatisfied. But he had already spewed out explanation to his heart’s content at the machine world, so gazes that seemed to say It’s enough already isn’t it? from Liliana and Remia also reached him, so he nodded bitterly.

Certainly, putting aside when he was with just family and friends, sending flood of explanation with every single detail and trivia to guests from outside would just trouble them. He had such self-awareness.

The demon G.o.d’s childishness might be unexpected, or perhaps it caused a feeling of kins.h.i.+p to bubble up instead. Anyway it made Roze and others looked surprised.

Even though G10 was still worried by Hajime’s look, she responded to Yue’s nod and lighted up her mono eye *Pikon* to signal her understanding. And then,

「Cough. Umm, then with everyone’s permission please allow me to provide guidance.」

For some reason she paused with an unneeded cough before accepting the tour guide role.

「First, allow me to explain about this s.h.i.+p’s areas and transportation method.」

First, the cruise liner Avenst was divided into seven areas.

Surrounding the s.h.i.+p’s central part and spreading out from there was the “nature area” that recreated various environments.

The back of the s.h.i.+p had the “entertainment area” that was a gathering of game facilities and “training area” where it was possible to hold various trainings.

The front of the s.h.i.+p had the “guest room-residence area”, the starboard held the “hot spring area”, the port held the “shopping area”, and then the deck and the s.h.i.+p’s front bottom part they saw at the beginning combined was the “viewing area”.

Of course, there were also a lot other areas related to operating a luxury liner like the “cargo area” that occupied the whole s.h.i.+p’s rear bottom, the “engine room”, the “bridge”, etc. But those areas didn’t matter for guest so G10 left out that part of the explanation.

The captain looked with eyes that seemed to say 「Eh, you aren’t explaining there? Should I add the explanation?」! No, rather his eyes were oozing out pressure that seemed to say 「That part should be explained isn’t it? Isn’t it?」!

Even though G10 had no sweat gland, everyone felt like they could imagine the sight of cold sweat flowing out from G10……

And so, Yue-san grabbed her husband’s collar and pulled with a forceful jerk for a kiss! The captain’s mouth was blocked physically.

Roze went 「Kyah」 with red cheeks and reflexively covered her face, but of course, she was observing in great detail from the gaps of her fingers just as typical. Bovid too naturally whistled 「Hyu~♪」 teasingly.

「……Nn-. G10? Continue?」

「YES-, MA’AM!!」

First wife-sama licked her lips with a bewitching expression as though she had just enjoyed a delicious sweets. Perhaps she felt something that was difficult to go against. G10’s reply was sharp.

「No, Yue-san’s that is a bit disastrous to see so, I wish that she would pick another way even if it’s to silence Nagumo.」

「Really, you’re exactly right. That’s already go beyond normal male-female relations.h.i.+ps.」

n.o.boru and Taeko whispered with a wry smile. In their sight was the sight of people of dragon kingdom behind them blus.h.i.+ng in fascination. There were even some who slouched a little with their hand pressed on the wall among the males. Someone like Jean-oniisan was gripping his chest hard like he had just gotten shot through the heart while muttering 「B-beautiful……」.

Like usual, Yue-sama was an ero terrorist. It was even more so because right now she was in her college student mode.

「Hajime-kun. The group’s pace keep getting paused every time like this, that’s why, be mindful okay?」

「Yeah. It’s also a bit vexing that Yue in her captivating mode draws ton of attention like this, so I’ll hold back.」

Even without Kaori’s warning, it seemed that the first wife-sama’s kiss was truly effective in making the demon G.o.d be mindful.

「Err, continuing from the last part. Right now we’re heading toward the nature area. We will stroll through that area to continue to the rear of the s.h.i.+p where everyone can take a look at the entertainment area and training area.」

「Nh nh. Jeeten. If we’re heading to the back area, can we do it while touring the shopping area?」

Roze asked while her face was still bright red. Even so she doing her best to put up a composed face. Certainly it was surprising to see nature growing inside a s.h.i.+p and she wished to see it by all means, but she had already experienced that surprise at the deck.

And so her interest was drawn more toward the area where other world products were lined up.

But, it looked like her wish still couldn’t be granted right now.

「My apologies, Roze-sama. I believe that captain had already explained it too but, Avenst is still not completed yet.」

The Avenst that they toured in the machine world in the end was made with only materials that Hajime prepared while he was at earth and he was able to teleport to the machine world. The current Avenst was only that Avenst added with some work by Hajime while staying in the machine world.

And so, the shopping area not only lacked product to display, but it also had a lot of places that were incomplete including the interior design.

「My bad. To be honest this unveiling should be done after this s.h.i.+p is 100% complete but……」

To begin with, there wasn’t any plan for this unveiling to happen during the trip this time. In Hajime’s schedule, the construction would be carried out in earnest only after this.

After returning back from this trip, he intended to use what remained of his summer vacation to complete the “s.h.i.+p with absolute safety buffer” in frantic pace.

But, due to an unforeseen accident that perhaps ought to be called as a silver lining of a dark cloud, the s.h.i.+p was boasting completion rate that was quite high, excluding the interior design and fully functionality of the facilities.

With the s.h.i.+p completed to such degree, it felt like not using this chance to unveil it would be putting on too much airs instead.

「Last night I used Hour Crystal to extend the time to work on the s.h.i.+p as much as possible but, for the shopping area and the whole s.h.i.+p’s interior design I want to get opinions from Yue and others too about them before working on it.」

Aa……everyone was convinced.

This hobbyist, he wasn’t talking merely about pulling an all-nighter last night. Perhaps, he was working for several days, or even a month during that one night.

「Rather than late night tension, papa is completely in whole night staying awake tension nano……」

Furthermore, it wasn’t certain how many nights of it he had gone through.

No wonder that he carelessly processed the s.h.i.+p to have gaming spec. Myuu looked back with the look of someone not knowing what to say. Yue and others also got the same look in their faces.

「But just in case, I got some products that I plan to line up at the shopping area, so if you guys are interested I can show it to you later.」

「By all means please! However, if it’s a shopping area for a s.h.i.+p that travel between worlds, then is it possible for specialty products from our world to get in too, one day?」

「Yeah, I’m thinking it. If your side is fine with that, let’s do commerce too one day.」

「That’s also a part of the “other world cultural exchange plan” isn’t it? Fufu, how exciting!」

Roze must be very curious about other world product. Her eyes were sparkling. Liliana responded to her with a similar sparkling gaze as though she could sympathize.

「That’s right isn’t it! Can you imagine just how much profit we can expect in that case……Commerce at the level of multiple worlds is really thrilling!」

「Eh?」

「Eh?」

The queen and princess’s eyes both shrunk into dot. It seemed there was a mismatch between them. Or rather, looking closer the s.h.i.+nes in the two’s eyes were actually of different type.

If Roze’s sparkle was pretty like normal girl whose thought ran wild thinking about world that she hadn’t seen yet, Liliana’s sparkle was blazing like a wild wolf eyeing its prey.

Remia forced out a chuckle 「My myufufu」 while quietly pulling away the princess who was freezing in shock from not getting sympathy from the queen who should be her comrade.

The atmosphere became really awkward.

「Over there! Over there you can see the gate point!」

G10 intentionally spoke up. Apparently she was attempting to change the mood forcefully. Nice savee, such gazes from everyone were given to her. Especially from Roze.

G10 flew *hyuin* and stopped in front of the plaza slightly ahead that was set up at the pa.s.sage’s side.

When everyone caught up, there were four box-shaped s.p.a.ces that looked like elevator with their doors held open, lined up in the wall inside.

「This gate point can be found everywhere inside the s.h.i.+p. Use the card device in your possession to set up the destination and you’ll be able to teleport to the destination’s gate point just by going through the gate. It will activate even just by pus.h.i.+ng the gate point mark displayed on the map, so please make use of it by all means.」

Ooo~, voices of admiration rose from the people of dragon kingdom. There were even some who were already trying to activate the map function in their card.

「How very convenient. I wish this system can also be adopted in our country.」

「It was super scary when living on s.h.i.+p and the scramble alarm caught you when you’re accidentally far away wasn’t it. After all the inside of the s.h.i.+p is big. Certainly I also want this.」

Sabas’s words were given fervent nodding by the pilots including Bovid. For pilot being on alert was also in their job description, but that was exactly why the ability to go to the hangar instantly must be something they would want badly.

The gazes they were directing toward Hajime conveyed that more eloquently than anything. We’re ready with our card! Their eyes said.

「Want to try using it?」

Hajime asked with a wry smile. The pilots and also everyone of the dragon kingdom answered 「Yes!」 in the same beat beautifully.

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At the “nature area”.

To be honest, Roze and the others were underestimating the s.h.i.+p. They became aware of that.

Wanting to prioritize the s.h.i.+pping area because they had seen the deck that was turned into nature park?

「Impossible……」

Roze and others were speechless. Commander Olga was the only one who could mutter out a word unconsciously. Surely that word contained a double meaning without a doubt.

Yes, that word contained vilification toward themselves that thought that they knew what to expect from the “nature area”, or that perhaps it would surely be within the limit of their imagination, and surprise toward the unreal sight before their eyes.

Because……

「W-w-w-w-wh-, why is there a sea inside the s.h.i.+ppppppp!!?」

*Zazaa~ zazaa~*, the sound of waves approaching and pulling back was interrupted loudly by Roze’s shaky shriek.

Everyone of them looked so shocked that it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that their eyeb.a.l.l.s were popping out.

It was only natural. After all just as Roze said, right after they got out of the teleportation device, they found a sea, no, a “beach of everlasting summer” waiting for them!

「As expected, you need sunny beach when talking about vacation.」

Hajime was nodding his head proudly. Even Yuuka and Ryuutarou and others were turning their eyes toward him with creaky motion *gigigi* like tin puppet that hadn’t been oiled for long.

Actually, this “Nature Area: Eternal Summer Beach Side” was something that they hadn’t seen during the tour at the machine world.

The “nature area” referred to the four areas near the center of the s.h.i.+p. It was the shape of a gigantic square area divided even further into four.

Among the four, they had only seen the “forest and gra.s.sland side” at the machine world. The other three were pure white s.p.a.ce that didn’t have anything inside the size of a huge warehouse.

And so, they naturally thought that this time too they would tour the “forest and gra.s.sland side”, and yet they found this instead.

Yue and others were looking at Hajime with a look of half-exasperation and half-admiration. Meanwhile,

「……As expected from captain. Even though it took me three years to put the “forest and gra.s.sland side” in place, I can’t believe it only took you ten-odd days to build an area of complete nature to a level that is fitting for tour……」

G10 was surely a.s.sisting Hajime at that time with great diligence. It felt like her mono eye was looking at far away. What happened at that time must be just that staggering.

「No nono, please wait! Wait a second!」

Roze came to her senses. She held her head in her hands while desperately trying to think calmly. Of course, it was impossible.

「Is this illusion? That must be it, it’s illusion isn’t it? Surely Hajime-sama injected us with something like suspicious medicine while we didn’t notice──」

「Don’t accuse people falsely like that. This is reality.」

「Ah, so it’s something like that! You’re really a bad person Hajime-sama! This mystery is solved! In other words, this place is actually just outside the s.h.i.+p isn’t it? We got teleported to a beach somewhere!」

「No, this is definitely inside the s.h.i.+p you know?」

「Lies! Hajime-sama is lying!」

Was she on the brink of going insane? The reality before them were just too unrealistic that Roze and co got a bit strange. Like the pilots, they were attempting to regain their sanity by launching cross-counter at each other.

「Calm down, I’ll explain──」

「Because this is just strange! Even if for the sake of argument you really had brought in seawater and sandy beach inside! Even if that’s trueee! Why is there blue sky and sun even though we’re inside a s.h.i.+p! Why can we see the horizon! No matter how you look at itttt! It doesn’t match the size of the s.h.i.+ppppp!!!」

It was a powerful tsukkomi as though she was trying to shout herself hoa.r.s.e. She was shouting all that in a single breath, so she was heaving *zee zee* after she finished.

But, it was worth it because apparently it made the others to slightly regain their composure after the world-shaking revelation. It must be that psychological phenomenon where people could become calm instead when there was someone breaking down badly beside them.

Aiko quietly lowered the “Soul Repose” that she was about to cast.

「The difference in size between outside and inside is due to spatial expansion. These inner walls are all artifact. Although, the actual size of this s.p.a.ce is around one square kilometer. The blue sky and horizon are illusion.」

「Captain can also create artificial sun. The temperature conditioning is also due to artifact. The seawater and sand were brought here from earth, but the sea will get “regenerated” in certain interval so there is no worry of pollution.」

「What, so it’s just the usual demon G.o.d act.」

Bovid spoke with an understanding tone, but his gaze was distant. Apparently he had given up on comprehending from the point the matter of “creating sun” was mentioned.

Surely this way is better for mental health……he thought. The others were also starting to copy him. It resulted in the birth of a group that had Buddha-like smile despite their distant gaze.

Kaori used one hand over her eyes to block the dazzling sunlight while chuckling.

「Even so, Hajime-kun. You said that it’s a secret of what the remaining three areas will become but……you made one into a beach in the end?」

「I want to please Myuu and Remia.」

Just as expected. Myuu and Remia smiled brightly while feeling ticklish from the affectionate gaze Hajime sent at them.

「Although, this place is also incomplete. I want to put coral reef and tropical fish inside the sea, and I also want to create a beach house. For now I’m planning to use demon filled golem as the staff, so I gotta teach them how to make yakisoba. ……No, perhaps I should just make them work at an actual beach house?」

Hajime muttered his ideas. As expected from a hardcore creator. Apparently he didn’t know the word compromise.

Though it felt problematic when he mumbled 「Should I hire Lee-san’s son as the lifeguard? His wife said that she doesn’t want her son to become a vagabond like her husband……if I introduced a good job」 among the ideas. It felt like having a human-faced fish mixed in among the tropical fishes would be a factor that caused rescue to be actually needed.

「Papa! Papa! Let’s swim together later nano!」

「Yeah, let’s do that. Listen to my idea for the seabed’s design too while we’re at it.」

「My my, that sounds like it’ll be fun. Ufufu」

「Oo~, nice idea! We’ve prepared a s.e.xy swimsuit for Yuuka-chi too!」

「!!?」

「Nagumo-kun, are you ready to get your brain rocked?」

Great Teacher Taeko coolly brushed up her hair while making her “treasure warehouse” s.h.i.+ned. What popped out in a flash was cloth sc.r.a.p……or rather a black micro bikini so small it almost got mistaken as such. Furthermore the bottom had string with nasty angle. At least the string part and knot had decoration so the design looked cute but……

The people of dragon kingdom were shaken. Especially the males.

No way……woman from other world dare to walk outside wearing something like that!? They all thought with culture shock (?).

Their eyes couldn’t leave from open armpit shrine maiden Yuuka-chan whose face was bright red and her legs pressed together while her hands were hugging herself to hide her chest.

「T-there is no way I can wear something like that! I’m notexhibitionist(s.h.i.+a) you know!?」

「Eh? Just now, it feels like there’s second voice when you said exhibitionist though……」

s.h.i.+a was suspecting.

「Yuuka」

「L-Lily?」

「Exposing that much is already not lewd anymore.」

「I don’t understand what you’re saying!」

「All the outfits until now are lewder in a sense!!」

「I don’t want to understand what you’re saying!」

Something like micro bikini was already something that completely lacking shame so it wasn’t lewd! Apparently that was Liliana’s opinion. It seemed her brain or her sensitivity had gotten done in after seeing all the outfits until now.

「Don’t worry Yuuka.」

「Those words of your Taeko doesn’t worth any trust.」

Yuuka who had lost her trust in human(Taeko) glared angrily, but the great teacher wasn’t bothered any by that.

「Because we’ve also prepared something to wear over it.」

「……Is, that so?」

The simple Yuuka-chan’s distrust easily wavered.

「Yuuka-chi, this bikini also comes with knee-socks and bunny-ears headband see!」

「If it’s like that……no, wait. Wearing knee-socks for swimming? Bunny-ears headband?」

What came out along with a flash was a blue and white sailor uniform with extremely short length, along with a black bunny-ears headband, and red and white striped knee-socks.

No matter how one looked at it, it was the outfit of a certain speedy destroyer personification──s.h.i.+mak*ze.

「Unbelievable……wearing that, will made the outfit even lewder?」

Bovid imagined something and said something. But, his pilot comrades were agreeing heavily with him so it looked like his impression wasn’t off the mark.

「……Yuuka, way to go.」

「Yue-san? As expected I won’t wear that in the open. No, if you think the sailor uniform is nice then, well, I guess it’s fine.」

It’s nice……the males’ expectation heightened.

「……But, it’s naïve. Even I have prepared something of that level!」

*Flash*, a “treasure warehouse” s.h.i.+ned. Sure enough, there was a micro bikini in Yue’s hands. O, oooooh!? Cheers (?) welled up.

「……What’s more, I also have others in order to meet Hajime’s wide needs.」

Needs, wide? Questioning gazes from the females of dragon kingdom were directed to ward demon G.o.d-sama who quickly averted his gaze.

「If it’s swimsuit then naturally everyone has also prepared!」

「Ahaha, it’s the long-awaited trip after all, so we all bought something a bit bolder than usual.」

s.h.i.+a and Kaori also took out their swimsuit. As expected, the swimsuits’ area surface was small. s.h.i.+zuku and others also shyly showed theirs but, even though there was difference in design they were also just as expected.

Even though Tio and Remia had one-piece type, it had bold cut in place that made anyone wanted to tsukkomi why that spot was removed. And on the whole the one-pieces had see-through lace that in the end the amount of the skin hidden wasn’t any different from micro bikini……they had that kind of design.

Jean-oniisan’s face was crimson before he suddenly collapsed. Was it heatstroke? He didn’t look like someone so green who would faint just from imagination but……the possibility of him getting overheated in a different sense from the beauty and nice body style of the lined up females couldn’t be denied.

Olga-oneesan was muttering things like 「S-so vulgar. Wearing something like that in front of the opposite s.e.x……no, is it acceptable if there’s only family around? But-」 with crimson face in a fl.u.s.ter.

Meanwhile, when it came to Roze.

「Sabas」

「Yes, Roze-sama.」

「Make the preparation! Order the seamstress to create something similar, immediately!」

「You can’t.」

「!!?」

The serious butler rejected the royal command with a straight face.

And then,

「Yuuka-oneechan, it’s fine nano.」

「M-Myuu-chan?」

「It’s not embarra.s.sing if you wear it together with everyone! Nano!」

Myuu also took out a white micro bikini that a child absolutely shouldn’t wear before giving a thumb up at Yuuka-oneechan.

「Who’s it! The one who prepared this kind of swimsuit for Myuu too! Papa won’t allow it no matter what!」

「Ah!? Papa, what’re you doing nano!? Give it back!」

「No. This is still too early for Myuu!」

It got confiscated by papa. Also, it was all the Onee-chans who prepared the micro bikini for Myuu. The dejected Myuu thinking that she would be the only one who got left out looked so pitiful and adorable that they prepared one against their better judgment. And so, everyone averted their eyes.

「So, boss. I take it that we gonna relax here now?」

Uncle Bovid asked the question while doing his best to make a face that he himself thought looked manly. Behind him were the pilots watching with eyes s.h.i.+ning from antic.i.p.ation.

「Obviously we’re continuing the tour.」

「T-then when’re we gonna return here」

「There’ll be time later but……don’t expect the girls to come here wearing swimsuit while you guys are here.」

「Just as I thought f.u.c.k-, this d.a.m.n demon G.o.d-」

You want to flirt alone with them right! Isn’t that right! Bovid cried while falling on his knees. His fist that was punching the beach left a deep mark.

The pilots also looked up to the sky as though they were fully tasting the tragedy and unreasonableness of this world. They held each other’s shoulder to offer each other consolation……

Other males smiled wryly seeing the pilots’ slightly agonizing cries because they understood their feeling, while the dragon kingdom’s females were showing look of exasperation. Meanwhile there was one person who secretly approached Yue.

「……Yue-sama, Yue-sama」

「……Nn? What is it, Roze?」

「No, umm……if possible in order to deepen our friends.h.i.+p too, I hope I’m allowed to come along too “if that time comes”」

*Fidget fidget, squirm squirm*. Yue in her twenty years old mode was taller than Roze, so it was inevitable that Roze had to gaze upward toward her.

……Fumu. Quite a lovable fellow isn’t she. Pa.s.s!

「……Fuh, I’ll prepare the swimsuit.」

「! I’m extremely honored!」

「……Umu, tis a trivial matter.」

Roze bowed her head deeply with a broad smile. Yue kindly patted her silver hair. It became unclear which one was the queen in this picture. Sabas who didn’t fail to notice what happened let out a sigh.

「Err~, captain. Should we move on to the next place?」

Hajime nodded at G10’s wry question while glancing at Aiko. She a.s.sented and casted “Soul Repose” with great readiness. It quieted down Bovid and others who were lamenting the overwhelming difference in status (?) and the group headed toward the next nature area.

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Like that, around a hour later.

While they were heading to the “entertainment-training area”.

「You overdid it in just one night……Hajime」

「I can’t believe even the “forest and gra.s.sland area” that we had toured before became like that……」

s.h.i.+zuku and Aiko took advantage of the aerobike’s ability to automatically balanced itself by leaning on the handle and laughing dryly.

s.h.i.+a and Yuuka and others were also wearing the expression that said how they were feeling the same.

What happened? Atsus.h.i.+ described it concisely with some excitement in his tone. The clear difference that wasn’t there when they toured the area while at the machine world.

「I never expected to actually experience Jura.s.si* Park for real!」

「What’s more it was the first! Nagumo, as I thought you’re a man who get it!」

「Heh, enough flattery.」

n.o.boru also joined in showering praise. Hajime rubbed his finger under his nose with a smug look.

Yes, a certain dinosaur disaster movie that could be said as the most famous in the world without exaggeration had been reenacted.

Everyone was already aware that there were animals in this s.h.i.+p from seeing some at the machine world or the deck, but to think that they would be welcomed by a Tyrannosaurus’s roar as soon as they got out of entrance that was covered by s.h.i.+ning veil, who in the world could possibly expect such thing.

The noncombatants of the dragon kingdom all became unable to stand from surprise. Sabas and other royal guards instantly got in front of Roze. In additionKuwaibel even reflexively deployed a barrier of light.

「Remia, art thou alright now?」

「Y-yes, I’m fine already.」

Even Yue and others instantly raised their guard, so it couldn’t be helped that Remia fainted with her usual my myufufusmile still pasted on her face.

「This is Nagumo we’re talking about, so I thought that he seriously resurrected dinosaur for real. But as expected that wasn’t what happened huh.」

「Geez, just because he established a method to change demon filled golem as he pleased by covering it with liquid metal……he really does as he pleases.」

Just as Ryuutarou and Suzu said, they weren’t actual dinosaurs.

However, when they heard about the plan this time prior to this, the demons inside were those recruited because they had pa.s.sionate pathos like 「Eh? Boss is recruiting “mascots” for a luxury liner!?」「Y-you’re saying that the day we demons can become like Mickey M*ouse has come?」「Then we can’t just stay here! There ain’t any other choice! But getting on this big wa~ve!!」, so they all had finished studying the whole serious of a certain movie.

With that they successfully pulled dinosaur imitation that was true to life from the movement and everything else, so combined with their detailed appearance made their presence to be terribly realistic.

Surely around now, Tyranno-kun and his other dyno friends waving around pompom with their short front legs to celebrate the great success of their first job with each other.

「But you knoww, if it’s Nagumo-chi then he should be able to use artifact enchanted with metamorphosis magic to make monster obey, and right now there’re a lot of similar monsters in the Miniature Garden, so he could just use those couldn’t──」

「「「「You don’t get it at all Miyazaki. The thing is great exactly because they’re dinos」」」」

Hajime, Ryuutarou, Atsus.h.i.+, and n.o.boru all showered her with an exasperated look.

Dino, aa, dino……to think that she can’t understand the romance of it at all, what a pitiful creature she is. They said. From their expressions and eyes.

Miyazaki-san’s face was twitching.

However, it couldn’t be helped. Because, it was dinosaur. They couldn’t forget the emotion and excitement when watching Ju*a.s.sic Park for the first time even if they wanted to.

Unfortunately it wasn’t just Nana. Yue and others, those who originated from Tortus and knew a great variety of monsters that were far more atrocious than dinosaur apparently also didn’t understand this romance.

「Well, certainly we were also a bit moved but……holding a surprise event of playing tag with raptor just because of that is out.」

「Ahaha, certainly that might be a bit overdone. It might be fine if it was just us, but Roze-san and others weren’t aware of how safe it actually was.」

「Y-yes, really……if I made even just the slightest bit of mistake in handling the aerobike……no, I believed that Hajime-san and everyone would help in case the worst happened though」

She believed so but, that wasn’t the problem. It was the same like haunted house. Even if visitor could believe in the attraction’s safety, what was scary would still be scary.

『But, I had fun playing with so many animals like that at the end.』

Kuwaibel purred in a good mood. Certainly, the one who got into the highest spirit in the “forest and gra.s.sland side” must be Kuwaibel. He got so high spirited that he even consumed several drop of “Spring of True Dragon’s Tear” that he was constantly carrying for emergency, just to frolic with a T-rex in his mature form.

The raptors also joined in, making it looked like a white dragon getting a.s.saulted by dinosaurs……but the dragon himself had fun which was the most important thing.

In the middle, it felt like he got too excited that he mistakenly fired out platinum light, which caused black shadow to disperse out from the dinosaurs though……

Incidentally, it also felt like there was scream of death throes 「GIAAAAAAAAAH!?」 with a repulsive voice, or 「T-too bright-, this is a sacred, light……」 with voice that sounded like it was fading, and several dinosaurs that stopped moving in the middle of it but……

No doubt those were just their imagination, for sure!

「Lusifer(Lu-chan), how’s everyone doing……they’re hanging on life? That’s great nano……」

No doubt those were just their imagination!

「Dahlia and her men inspired me at the star spirit world after all. One day I want to reproduce real M*nhan and introduce an attraction where you can experience being a hunter.」

「「「Invite us no matter what for that!!」」」

It looked like the demons who yearned to be Mi*key M*use would still be a.s.signed with work of different vector from what they hoped.

Before long it felt like they would complain 「Boss is always like that! Just what does he think us demons are!」.

「Turn-wise, perhaps it would be better to go to “tundra and snowy mountain side” before the “forest and gra.s.sland side”.」

Liliana said that with a wry smile. Roze nodded with a similar expression.

「We had a lot more fun over there. The aurora flowing through the night sky, the clear and transparent ground of ice, the towering high snowy mountain and surface of powdery snow. And most of all, the adorable and friendly flock of snow rabbits……」

「Those were really cute weren’t they, your majesty. And we also didn’t feel the cold too much thanks to the artifact lent to us.」

「The games called skate, ski, and s...o...b..ard also sounded very interesting.」

Roze pressed her hands on her cheeks ecstatically as she recalled the memory. The Crow siblings too seemed like they had finally recovered from the mental fatigue of the “forest and gra.s.sland side”. They were agreeing with a similar soft expression.

They still hadn’t gone to the fourth area because they would go there after the entertainment area, due to its content. But at the very least for the present, “tundra and snowy mountain side” where they could enjoy winter sports seemed to be the most interesting and fun place for the dragon kingdom people.

「But, Hajime-san. As expected using those snow rabbits is just wrong desu.」

「……Nn. I think it’s better to use the earth rabbit if you need model.」

「Hm? What’re you two talking about?」

s.h.i.+a and Yue secretly whispered into Hajime’s ears. Hajime blinked in question. Kaori recalled the past and smiled wryly while saying.

「Like we said, just because you can make your golem look like anything, you don’t need to make it look like the monster snow rabbit in the ice and snow cavern that Hajime-kun mercilessly shred to pieces, or smash to bits.」

「No, those aren’t model or anything. They aren’t golem though?」

「「「「「Eh?」」」」」

「Eh?」

Kaori, Yue, s.h.i.+a, and also all the members who witnessed the slaughter of that time stared at Hajime.

「G-Goshujin-sama. Don’t tell me……though bring them here from Tortus?」

「Yeah. As expected I haven’t prepared anything other than the dinosaurs. But, I think it would be too dreary if there isn’t even a single animal in the snow mountain side even though it’s already finished.」

Apparently he got such thought and went to gather the rabbits last night. He pinpointed their location using compa.s.s and rounded up a whole herd. Then he implanted artifact that had been enchanted with metamorphosis magic to turn them into familiar.

「After all those guys look mystical and even cuter than earth’s rabbit if based only on appearance. In addition they also got the unique magic to steal heat so, well, it’s impossible but just in the worst case, I think they can also be used in case there’s fire breaking out or the hull get overheated.」

「Umm, everyone. Is something the matter?」

G10 was warmly thinking of how monsters of other world were very adorable. Not only her, Yuuka and others were also looking confused by everyone’s reaction.

But, Yue and co looked at each other. Next they looked at Roze and others who were having fun talking about how played with the snow rabbits. A second pa.s.sed.

「「「「「It’s nothing (desu)」」」」」

They unanimously decided to put a lid on the truth.

There was no way they could say it. Those snow rabbits all of you were hugging, their head could actually split open like flower petals acting as a repulsive looking jaw, and then tentacles would slither out from there to tear apart their prey. They were such monster swarm.

Of course, there was no danger if they had been turned into familiar but……

「Hajime-san……is really a terrifying person-, desuuu」

「What’s with you?」

Golem with demon inside is more disgusting than those rabbits, I don’t get you guys……Hajime looked like he wanted to say that but, Yue and others were all nodding in agreement with s.h.i.+a’s words. Not a single one of them was objecting.

They were also exchanging gazes with each other, decidingthat they had to tell G10 later when they were alone, about the truth of the small monsters lurking inside the s.h.i.+p.

In any case.

The wonder of nature……no, seeing that this place was inside the s.h.i.+p and what it contained, perhaps it would be more accurate to call it as the threat of unnatural. Hajime and G10 dragged Roze and co who were fully enjoying the experience and they finally arrived at the next area──”entertainment-training area”.

「「「「「Oo~~」」」」」

Voices of admiration rose again for who knew how many times it had been today.

A huge column shaped atrium, and donut shaped midair corridor that had seven levels in total.

As expected the pa.s.sage’s wall was white without any decoration because Hajime and G10 hadn’t managed to work on it yet, so the place was a bit dreary. But there were entrances covered up by s.h.i.+ning veil lined up, making the place looked vividly similar to a huge shopping mall.

But, what they ought to be surprised the most was the atrium’s canopy.

「That’s……water, isn’t it?」

Roze asked with wonder in her voice.

Yes, there was swaying water surface at the ceiling. Furthermore it had the shape of a gigantic sphere.

「That’s one of the swimming facilities at the rear deck. It’s a floating spherical pool and you can enter it freely from every which way. Of course, its falling prevention countermeasure is perfect.」

「It’s a spher* pool that Myuu asked papa to make nano! It just feels too good! Nano!」

I see, I don’t get it at all, the people of dragon kingdom looked like they wanted to say that.

In any case, the floating gigantic midair spherical pool──the celestial sphere pool could only be described as stunning. The swaying shade created by the sun and water surface changed the atrium’s “entertainment-training area” into an indescribable fantasy world.

「Also, you can do something like this too if you operate the console in each floor.」

G10 seemed to access some kind of function. Her mono eye s.h.i.+ned for a moment before immediately a water pillar descended until the atrium’s entrance from the celestial sphere pool.

「It’s Mine*raft water elevator nano! Right after you enter, you’ll go spla~sh and got brought up until the pool nano! It’ll extend to place with console too, and if you get in from above then it’ll be fun like getting into water slider nano!」

As expected from a beloved daughter of the sea. She was also getting high tensioned when experiencing it at the machine world. Roze and others looked like they were dealt with an additional hit by the sight of path getting freely created midair by water that retained its shape. They looked speechless.

「Well, the leisure facilities at the rear deck has a lot of general things, so we’ll look around there if we have time……」

Hajime signaled G10 with his glance. Roze and others who were looking up at the ceiling in astonishment, or perhaps fascination spontaneously stared fixedly at Hajime.

「What Hajime-sama called general things, are they actually really just general things……?」

『If that’s really the case, then earth must be a very stupendous place……』

「No no, even earth doesn’t have that kind of floating pool! There’re only normal pool, or clay pigeon shooting, or bungee jumping at most!」

Yuuka hurriedly corrected their understanding of earth’s recreational facilities that almost got misunderstood as ominous things. Kaori and co gave her a thumb up for her nice follow-up while G10 accepted Hajime’s intention and consented.

「As expected it will be difficult for everyone to experience everything with the limitation of our available time, so please allow me to pick up the recommended spots. Captain, how about we bring them to experience the full dive VR first?」

She referred to the s.p.a.ce that used the artifact Yue and Kaori got lost inside in the past. The current artifact was the successor model of that one and being used for Myuu’s training right now.

「I guess. Everyone also looks like they’re a bit tired from touring the nature area, so maybe that’ll be good for taking a short break too.」

Hajime nodded with a smile at the nice decision by G10. The VR was also one of the works that he took pride in, so he led the group toward the nearby facility with a spring in his footsteps.

After they pa.s.sed the entrance of s.h.i.+ning veil, the group found themselves in a hemisphere s.p.a.ce that was formed by numerous white triangle panels.

Near the entrance, there were around thirty chairs lined up orderly. The chairs looked like ma.s.saging chair with comfortable size and shaped like coc.o.o.n. Further ahead there were a lot of cus.h.i.+ons that looked like they could turn anyone into hopeless person, and sofas that looked stylish and comfortable to sit on.

「Go relax anywhere you like.」

After saying that, Hajime-san immediately became the captive of a huge Yog*bo. Myuu shouted 「Papa’s side, geeettt! Nano!」 and leaped with a wide smile. Her knees were on a course of direct hit to the crotch, so Hajime hurriedly caught her. And then he immediately repositioned her to sit on his lap while hugging her from behind.

The people of dragon kingdom hesitantly approached. However, each chose the spot that looked comfortable to sit on and they sat down. And then, their expressions quickly melted into relaxation from the great quality of the chairs and cus.h.i.+ons.

Meanwhile, Roze was squirming by herself for some reason. She was looking fl.u.s.tered behind Hajime’s huge Yog*bo.

And then, her eyes ran to the eyes of Yuuka who was also similarly squirming and fl.u.s.tering.

Their maidenly instinct and small feeling of rivalry sparked in an instant between them and both stopped moving……

Although, when it came to Hajime himself,

「──”Divine Existence”!!」

「──”G.o.dspeed”!!」

「──”Level IX”!!」

「Dowaah!?」

「Myu!?」

Three girls who showed no restrain at all leaped exactly at the same time. Because of that he had no capacity to pay attention to anything else. He got mobbed and buried by three beauties.

Even Myuu blinked her eyes in surprise to this. There was no way the three would do any blunder that caused danger to her, but it was still surprising.

「Here both of thee, Roze and Kuwaibel couldst relax with me.」

「Ah, Tio-sama, fuaaah」

『Waa~i! Together with Haha-ueee~~♪』

Tio held Roze and Kuwaibel at both her sides and sat on another sofa. Her aura was unusually mature.

Even Roze who looked a bit reluctant instantly melted and mumbled 「Fuwaa…………mommaa~」 unconsciously after getting lap pillow and gentle headpat.

Perhaps it was also because the child-making plan had felt more real now. It felt like Tio’s motherly aura had climbed up to an hitherto unknown level.

「Yes yes, Yuuka-chi. Let’s flirt among ourselves occasionally~」

「Ah, Nana……」

「It’s fine right? Let us enjoy Yuuka’s exposed sides too」

「Taeko, aren’t you rapidly getting stranger ever since this trip started?」

Yuuka was also getting held between her two friends and got dragged away.

「……Nn, theen Hajime, Myuu. Later」

「Right! s.h.i.+zuku-cha~n! Let’s flop down together~」

「Yue-san is with me at that sofa there desu!」

「No, then why did you all jump on here just now?」

As expected it’s cramped with three more people here! Hajime was about to say that, but Yue and co might have guessed, or perhaps this was their intention from the start because they didn’t let him finish speaking and withdrew on their own.

Hajime tsukkomi-ed with a conflicted expression. Yue, s.h.i.+a, and Kaori looked at each other.

「……Nn~, instinct?」

「Nn~, it’s just, our nature?」

「Nn~, conditioned reflex desuu!」

They replied with such extreme answer. Their body had moved before their head could think……apparently it was something like that. It was a way of living like a certain hero, but the objective was to fulfill their own selfish desire instead of saving people. That point was really befitting the demon G.o.d’s wives.

s.h.i.+zuku and others quietly averted their eyes. Based on that, even though they themselves didn’t take any action, apparently they were also the same with how they targeted the position beside Hajime for an instant.

Everyone of dragon kingdom and, Ryuutarou & Suzu who had shrewdly taken the couple seat to cuddle together intimately were watching that scene with lukewarm eyes. Meanwhile Yue and co looked a bit embarra.s.sed while lightheartedly sitting down on other spots.

In addition, Atsus.h.i.+ and n.o.boru were at single person sofa where they spat Keh peevishly while tightly hugging Yogib* body pillow.

「Captain, have you chosen the program?」

G10 asked after seeing that everyone had sat down. It must be her way to be thoughtful to Hajime who got the exposition role taken away from him.

She was really a capable supporter. Hajime accepted the consideration without any reservation and nodded.

「Then, let’s go with the kart-race that might be the most famous at earth……」

He said that and muttered while fiddling with his card.

Originally, each person could choose the entry the liked through their own card, and they would be able to enjoy different VR program despite being inside the same s.p.a.ce, but this time G10 had made adjustment so the program that Hajime chose would be applied to everyone.

That was why, she noticed.

「Ah, wrong! Captain! That program is the one lower──」

The next moment, the consciousness of Hajime and others blacked out for an instant before departing to the full dive VR world.

And then,

『『『『『HALLOOOOOO!! NEWBIEEEEESSS!! I praise you all for daring to step into mine abyssss!! Is your resolve to go through this Death Parade huardeened!?』』』』』

Their mind got walloped by the words of welcome that were oozing out chuuniness.

Everyone’s eyes turned into dot. Everyone was speechless.

Because, before their eyes was a young man wearing tight tank top and cargo pants with camouflage pattern. He was making a chuuni pose that was slanting diagonally while dramatically sighing Fuh. Of course, he was also wearing sungla.s.ses!

But, the most chuuni thing was the hundred him lining up orderly behind him. They were all doing Fuh while dancing adroitly.

「Ah, sorry. I picked wrong.」

Consciousness, black out!!

The next thing they saw was a sight that was like the embodiment of a world of toy and a race track. There were also numerous karts and bikes lined up orderly.

「This is a reproduction of a super famous race game at earth. First, choose a vehicle that you like──」

Uwaaa~, Yue and others looked like they didn’t know what to say at all. But putting them aside, Roze and others naturally yelled at Hajime who was starting to explain like nothing had happened.

「「「「「Who was that just nowwwwww!?」」」」」

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AN: Thank you very much for reading this every time.

Thank you very much too for the thoughts, opinions, and reports about misspelling and omitted words.

I finally recovered and got absorbed in writing to vent for being unable to write and the chapter end up becoming more than 20000 characters. And yet, it only reach around halfway……I’m sorry that the story isn’t progressing but, please go along with one more chapter!

Also my thanks to those who wrote the idea of celestial sphere pool (FF10’s sphere pool)! There were also several more good ideas so I’m thinking to write as many of them as possible next week! Thank you so much for the various ideas for facility!

※Material introduction

– The mystery is solved!

From [Kindaichi Case Files].

– s.h.i.+a was suspecting

A spontaneously occurring material from [Ninja Slayer]. Bob was suspecting…

– Lies! Hajime-sama is lying!

From Ryuuguu Rena of [Higuras.h.i.+ no Naku Koro ni].

– It just feels too good!

From Wakka of [FF10]. I don’t hate Wakka-san who got toyed too much.

– The body move faster than you can think

From [My Hero Academia]. Although a little too late congrats for the completion! It was the best……

– Abyss lord dancing adroitly

From the OP dance of [Deadpool & Wolverine]. I watched Deadpool dance video to death lol. Super love it.