Chapter 174 – Enchantment and the Love Potion

Someone said and saw Bella and Kate hanging out in front of the inn building. When the beautiful black-haired clerk in a coat and the blonde-haired nun were in one place, people naturally drew attention to them.
Both of them were beautiful enough to attract people’s attention.

“Why is Bella here?”
“Really? What are the two of them doing? They’re not spying on other people’s houses.”

Rebecca’s attitude towards Bella was not as ferocious as before. She’s Bella, and since she returned to Yoensu, she’s been on a fierce barrage of gifts to my lovers. Gifts such as luxurious handmade sweets and accessories.

As for the reasons for her gift barrage, Bella explained:

‘It’s to reward everyone who worked hard on the escort quest.’

No matter how reciprocated, it is an expensive gift.
It’s bound to make you feel better when you receive it. Thanks to that, by now both Rebecca and Kate had a friendly relationship with Bella.

In particular, Kate, her money revealing nun, became closer to Bella.

“Bella unni!! I gave you the address of Mongma-nim, so you’re buying me a new handbag, right?!”
“Yes-. I’ll match it with a masterpiece made by the dwarves. It’s very nice to have a younger brother who listens well. Whoops.”
Haha!! I love Bella unnie too! Water her completely. Mongma-nim’s new room is room 305, so remember it properly.”

My home address was traded for a luxury handbag. Kate called Bella her older sister, as if she had been fighting her nerves. People who don’t know them might mistake them for sisters.

“Ah, Kate. I want to ask you one more question. Are you familiar with Luke’s hobbies? Do you like sports like a boy?”
“A hobby? What would you call a hobby for Mongma-nim… Ah, the occasional shouting at the status window!?”
“What is the status window…?”
“Well, I’m not sure about that either. Hehe.”

My personal information is being stolen in real time!
Bella, who had been left alone, seemed to be stealing away all her childhood memories from Kate. She is a scary woman who doesn’t give a damn about her private life. Breaking into a cold sweat, I quickly approached the two women.

“What is everyone doing here? My hobby is why you ask.”
“Ah, Mr. Luke, you’re here.”

The person in question appeared in front of me, but Bella, who had stolen my personal information, was not at all taken aback. Rather, she asked questions with a calm expression on her face.

“You’re welcome. What is the status window? They say pronouncing it is Luke’s hobby-“
“Gye, it’s like a blessing that good things will happen if you keep shouting.

I was embarrassed and blushed. When I was alone, I sometimes blankly muttered to status window, status window, but Kate must have heard it. I feel like I want to hide in a mouse hole.

‘Should I shout “Status” Instead of the status window from now on? I think that would be better.’

Rebecca came up behind me as I was thinking. Rebecca wasn’t as friendly with Bella as she was with Kate, so she treated Bella in a rather blunt manner.

“Hey, Bugilma-sama. What did you come to see Luke for? If you tricked Kay into bringing him, is there any special reason?”
“I’m here to meet not only Mr. Luke, but everyone! There are many stories I want to tell to the adventurers who did the escort quest. There is also a new quest I want to introduce.”

It was a sharp question, but Bella responded flexibly. It seems like there are a lot of things to tell us, but if we keep talking here, only our legs hurt.

I talked to Bella.

“Sister Bella, have you had dinner?”
“No. I haven’t eaten yet.”
“Then let’s go into my house and start eating. I’ll cook for you.”
“Oh my- Mr. Luke cooks dinner? I’ll eat well.”

Her offer to have dinner together was accepted by Bella with great delight.
Bella has always been expressionless, but when she talks to me, her emotions become richer. It must mean that the distance with Bella got closer while carrying out the escort quest.

“Mongma-nim! Of course you make dinner for me too, right?”
“No part for you, Kate.”
“Yes eh eh?”
“Are you recklessly selling me just because you got some presents? Are you still a member of my party?”

At my question, Kate broke out in a cold sweat and averted her gaze.
A strange answer came from her mouth.

“Pa, it’s not a party member, it’s a tool. It’s tool Kate.”
“…”
“It’s Kate, a tool exclusively for Mongma-nim-!!”

Tool Kate?!
Did you just say it was a tool with your own mouth?
I opened my eyes wide and Kate hurriedly made her excuses.

“Sorry, I was kidding. Please don’t be angry. Bella-sister wanted to know more about Hmongma, so stop-. Ah, it’s no joke that I’m a nun dedicated to Hmongma.”

Rather than being angry, I laugh because I am dumbfounded. Her desire to argue with the delight of the blond nun who called herself a tool had melted away like snow.

“Okay, so let’s go in. Oh, but there’s no food for tool.”
“Ahhhhh.”

I took my lovers and Bella into the inn’s room.

*

Inside the room, I prepared a meal for four people.
I told Do-gu there was no food, but Kate was my party member, not Do-gu. I really had no intention of starving.

Cream soup made with mashed potatoes and meatballs, salad, rye bread, grilled sausage, cheese with jam and butter.

These are the home-cooked menus eaten by westerners of the Midgard continent. Fortunately, my cooking skills weren’t bad, so Bella, the lady of the noble family, also ate dinner casually.

“It’s great that you’re a man and you know how to cook.”
“It’s healthier to make your own food than to buy it. If you want to live alone, you should learn how to cook.”
“A woman who marries Mr. Luke will be happy, hehe. I want to be happy too. Please make me happy, Mr. Luke.”
“Why are you talking to me. Someone with a fiance?”

After talking moderately, dinner was over before I knew it.
After the meal, Bella sat down at her table and told us a story.
It was a story about the fishermen who attacked the port city.

“…I returned to Yoensuu and continued to investigate the fishmen. They said that strange phenomena had happened to the fishmen causing riots across the continent. Guys, do you remember the fishman named Galod whom I killed at the villa the other day?”
“I remember. It was a fish with a head like a shark.”

I remember well who Galrod was.
He almost got beehives all over his body while fighting him. Unlike normal fishmen, he has a head that looks like a shark. He shot water death beams with his fingers and nearly killed me several times.
He was a fisherman whose appearance was unusual and his ability was unusual.

“Actually, Galroad wasn’t the end. It is said that dozens of fishmen with fish-like heads appeared all over the continent. You could say they are mutants with extraordinary powers than ordinary fishmen.”

Mutant fisherman.
We already know that Galrod isn’t the only one with an unusual appearance. The corpse of the fishman warchief he saw in the plaza of the port city looked like a whale. It is theoretically possible for mutations to occur among heterogeneous species.

Of course, the odds of that happening are very low.
I heard that a mutation is something that appears only once in 100 years for all different races.

“Dozens of mutations appeared at the same time? Is that possible?”
“It’s obviously not a natural phenomenon. I looked at the information obtained by the adventurers, and it is said that there is someone who turned the fishmen into mutations. They said it was the information they found out by interrogating the fishmen they caught.”

Bella said that there was a force behind him that lent his strength to the fishmen. Curiosity aroused, and I, as well as my lovers, listened to Bella’s story.

“Who is that person?”
“I don’t know exactly who he is. He said that he doesn’t know what fishmen look like because he wears a robe all over the place. Even if he doesn’t know what he looks like, he’s an extremely talented alchemist, so I heard he sells a special medicine. It’s said to be a medicine that transforms different races into powerful mutants as soon as you eat it. .”
“Are you saying you’re an alchemist? Any other information besides that?”

Alchemy was a skill that any wizard could learn, regardless of class. A skill that mainly produces potions or magic tools. Just being an alchemist was too little information.

Fortunately, there was one more clue.
Bella opened her mouth as she glanced at me.

“I heard that it has horns like Mr. Luke. It is said that the horns are long enough to stick out of the hood you are wearing. If you look at the shape of the horns, there is a high probability that they are from the same clan as Mr. Luke.”
“If you are a dreamer, what is your gender?”
“It’s a succubus. She told me to call her ‘Alchemist’ in a woman’s voice. That’s all I’ve been able to find out. You’d better be careful if you run into any suspicious people.”

A dreamy alchemist with horns.
As a fellow countryman, I am interested. No, even if he wasn’t of the same race, he had no choice but to be interested as a wizard.
In other words, they have developed a drug that turns heterogeneous species into vicious mutants. Neither the Magic Tower nor Ninggard could make such a mysterious medicine. If I had developed the drug, I would have already made a lot of money. There must be any number of different races who want power.

“I really want to meet that alchemist. I want to catch him and find out what happens when I take the medicine.”
“Mr. Luke wants to take medicine?”
“If you become a mutant dreamer, you might become stronger.”

What will happen if the dreamer turns into a mutant?
Just imagining it makes my shins tingle with excitement.
Wouldn’t it be possible to double the cock, or shoot pregnancy rays from the eyes? He had two girls to satisfy, and he needed the ability to help him through the night.

“Mr. Luke’s face might turn ugly. Power comes at a price. Um, since he’s a dreamer-. Maybe a dick might grow from his forehead.”
“Oh, my God-.”

Big Fucking Face!

Hearing Bella’s words gave me goosebumps. I would rather not know if it was a monster with three eyes, but a cock growing on my forehead was a refusal. If the opportunity to take a drug that causes mutations comes, I think I will have to think about it in many ways.

“This is the story about the fishmen. Now it’s time to introduce you to the quest.”

Bella came to me for two reasons. The first is to tell the story of the fishmen, and the second is to introduce a new quest.

“Before introducing the quest, I must tell you something. Actually, while you left Joensuu, an amazing incident happened during the month. An adventurer who was exploring an underground waterway discovered an entrance to a labyrinth.”
“Yes? A labyrinth?”

I was taken aback by Bella’s next words.
It was a far more bizarre incident than the ones I had heard about fishermen earlier.

“I’m not kidding, it’s true. A mysterious labyrinth has been discovered inside an underground canal. A monster-infested labyrinth is now under your feet.”

Bella said, pointing with her finger to the floor of the cabin, to be precise, the lower part connected to the aqueduct.

Is there a labyrinth under the city where citizens live peacefully?
If you get to know the city of Yoensuu, it seems a bit extraordinary.