Chapter 51 – Obscene Weed (01)

Everyone finished their breakfast simply.

Inori said that she could not take off her mask in front of others, so she went into the shadows, quickly finished eating, and came back. I stuck next to Marian, saying she was going to feed her younger brother, and I semi-forced her to finish the breakfast.

Ofelia was puffing out her cheeks in a pouty way as she looked at that scene.

Since it was just a quick meal, we ended up sharing the boiled food without any additional meals. We cleaned up the campfire that had been going on all night, wiped down the dishes with a cloth, and stuffed them in our bags.

The tableware used for camping like this can be returned to the wagon on the way back, and the academy staff will take care of organizing it and hanging it for you. All you have to do is tidy it up so that the food doesn’t spill.

“Then shall we take care of the goblin village today and return?”

None of us had any intention of spending more time than today, and since Inori checked the path to the village by walking through the shadows at night, it seemed like the practice would end today.

‘I roughly memorized the terrain of this place to begin with’

Following Inori’s guidance, she walks through the forest, but as she goes deeper, the path disappears, and the tree branches are at an angle that scratches her face, so Marian proceeds by breaking them with her long sword, which she has placed in her scabbard. There was.

“My sister will clear a path for you, so be careful.”

“Yes.”

“Aren’t we all the same age?”

“Just move on.”

I’m complaining to myself, but what can I do when I’m trying so hard to ignore it?

Actually, if I were to say older sister here, Inori was two years older than me, but she wasn’t that important.

Pusssssuk.

“Marian, watch your steps.”

Marianne must have already known without me warning her, when she found a rotting rope hanging at ankle height, tilted her body to her side and struck it with the sheath of her own sword.

Pusssssuk!

The rope trap was unleashed, sending leaves and trash flying around her, and Marian stepped behind her, shaking the dust with her hands that flew in front of her face.

“It seems like the village is getting closer.”

That trap was actually not to keep humans like us in check, but to catch small animals that appeared near the village.

In other words, it was said that they came into the hunting rights of goblins.

“Rita. How long do we have left?”

She usually called me Inori all the time, but when I called her by her external name Rita, she answered sincerely, although her response was delayed for a moment.

“I couldn’t go all the way inside, but you can come out in about 15 minutes.”

Then, he looked back at me slightly and saw that he had written a small ‘yo’on the back, so it was faithful in a useless place.

‘If it’s 15 minutes away, is the real battle starting now?’

Goblins patrolling the outskirts would soon appear.

“If I run for 15 minutes at the current speed, it will be over in no time. I will rush in first and finish, so my younger brother is waiting here.”

“It might be dangerous.”

Marian smiled leisurely at those words.

“In this place?”

‘Well… Unless an adult mode special monster appears, Marian can handle it all by herself.’

“Still, it’s dangerous alone. Let’s enter at the same time.”

“Don’t worry. Sister is strong.”

Still, I tried to strategically stop her for her own sake, but Marian had already pulled her long sword from her scabbard and started running towards the goblin village.

“Wow… Ugh… Ophelia!”

“I didn’t see him like that, class president, but he’s really passionate. Other friends say he has a quiet and calm personality.”

I wondered if it was because he was with me, but I was embarrassed to explain it with my own mouth, so I just stayed quiet.

“Just in case, Aren and Rita come here slowly. I will support the class president.”

“Please do me a favor, Ophelia.”

“Don’t worry.”

Just one of the two will be enough to take out the goblin village easily, so if you send them both at once, there won’t be any problem.

“Phew… You can take off your mask now, Inori.”

“I’m not taking it off, my lord. I don’t know when a battle will break out, so I’ll be wearing it.”

Well, if that’s the case… I’m just a goblin anyway, so if Nana Inori hits me with one hit, it’ll be over.

“Let’s enter slowly. Anyway, with Marian and Ophelia, it’s easy to get to the goblin village.”

“Yes.”

Inori also did not specifically deny it.

In fact, it is only natural that Inori, whose main focus is combat, can easily handle this level of mission by herself.

Rustling.

As I walked towards the goblin village, I saw some writing that bothered me.

‘Is it an item?’

Celestial Academy had treasures hidden on the battle map or items could be collected.

You could go to the herb area and collect herbs or fight in a broken alchemy society to get potions. If you were near a village where goblins lived, you could get miscellaneous items, small tools, or, due to the nature of the forest, herbs or berries.

“Huh? What is this?”

I found a blurry [?] Sign on the floor and went to find it. There was thin, black grass that looked like plums planted irregularly. When I stepped on it, it didn’t seem to be very dangerous.

It felt like the ground near the herb was slightly sunken, but I thought it was some kind of trap, so I stepped on it carefully with one foot, and found that it was only slightly caved in, like a rabbit hole, but didn’ t show any danger.

‘Then what is this grass? Is it an herb? Is this your first time seeing herbs like this?’

“Sniff… It looks a bit thin and curly.”

There are a lot of similar herbs marked with ? Around here, but they are sprouting here and there like grass, and some are black, some are red, and some are green, giving it a colorful feel.

‘Shall we try collecting first?’

Since I didn’t have any useful tools, I took out an old iron sword I had and tried to harvest this grass.

Crumbling.

When I picked up the grass and held it in my hand with a pleasant rustling sound as if I was cutting hair, it felt like I was holding hair or human fur in my palm.

“Inori, do you know what this is?”

When I asked Inori, who was watching the scene from behind and guarding her, she answered with a slightly red face.

“…It’s a weed.”

“Weeds?”

Can weeds also be used as items? I thought so, but even after listening to Inori’s explanation, the name of the item in my hand did not change from ? To Weed.

If I recognize the name of this item correctly, ? Will be solved and information will appear?

“What is another name?”

“It’s true that it’s a weed. But…”

“Just?”

“…An obscene weed…”

“…Huh?”

“The official name is obscene weed.”

After hearing those words, I rubbed my eyes for a moment and looked back at the weeds planted on the ground.

“…It’s overgrown with weeds, right?”

“It’s an obscene weed.”

“Why?!”

Why are weeds obscene? No, wait a minute. As I was looking at these colorful and different shapes, some with thick hair and others with thin hair, I noticed a rough texture, like body hair, on the palm of my hand.

And when I looked at the black weed in my hand again, I saw the name [Obscene weed] Written on it.

“Aaaaah!”

– Obscene weed –

– If dried and burned, it has a mild stimulating effect –

– Make it into a talisman and increase your luck when you hold it –

– If you pull it out cleanly, it has the effect of making the ground look smooth –

‘It’s a conspiracy!!’

Looking at it like this, it looks like pubic hair stuck to the ground.

The reason it grew into colorful grass is because the worldview here is a fantasy worldview, and the children’s hair colors are expressed in different colors, so the color was like this to match.

So much so that if the concept had been Asians, they would all have been covered in black.

‘How can this be a place in Mother Nature?’

If something like a convex rock had risen up, I would have wanted to cut off my hand, but fortunately it was a pit.

“It’s not a weed that’s bad for your health. It’s just a little impure.”

“Ugh…!”

Thinking that I had touched the unknown pubic hair of Mother Nature, I took out my handkerchief and wiped my palm.

‘It was an item applied to adult mode…’

It felt soft to the touch… I looked away and saw Inori covering her crotch with her hand.

“Why?”

“…It’s nothing…”

Anyway, I know from the moment I saw her in the bath that Inori doesn’t have lewd weeds, but she has to cover herself up.

At first, I felt bad, but I thought that I could dig up these herbs and use them somewhere, so I started collecting obscene weeds by color.

When I pull up a white weed that has lost some of its color, I feel sorry for Marian, when I pull out a red weed, I feel sorry for Ophelia, and when I pull out a dark green weed, I feel sorry for Alice .

‘It definitely looks like a place where people live’

Of course, I don’t get excited when I pick something like this. Not even a perverted bastard.

No, no matter how pervert I am, I’m not the type of person who looks at the obscene weeds in Mother Nature and thinks obscene thoughts.

While I was gathering enough obscene weeds, I heard loud goblin shouts and something yelling from afar, and black smoke began to rise into the sky.

“It looks like it’s started.”

“Yes. Shall I go apply?”

“Let’s go. Shall we raid the rear while Marian or Ophelia draws attention from the front?”

This is the so-called diversionary operation. It’s still possible to deal with it head-on, but if you want to make a complete strike, you have to be at this level.

Goblins basically have to defeat the hobgoblins and goblin shaman, who can be called the leaders, in order to annihilate the village. However, as the goblins are very fearful, if we attack them head on, the leadership can use the goblins as shields and run away while we buy time, so we should stay in the rear. It proceeds with.

Just as ants will keep appearing if you don’t catch the queen ant, you have to catch the head to completely solve the problem.

‘At first, I thought it was a bug because even if I just ignorantly attacked from the front and annihilated them, the maximum reward was not given and the same mission reappeared later.’

If this mission is [Extermination of goblins 30/30], It is a hidden mission and ends with [Eradication of hobgoblins or goblin shamans 0/1].

“You can move in this direction.”

Under Inori’s guidance, I was slowly taking a detour to the rear of the goblin village. As I got closer to the village, I could see the goblin village burning with Ophelia’s flame magic from afar, and acrid smoke pierced my nose.

“Ugh… Let’s light a moderate fire.”

Of course, since I and Inori were members of the same party, I was not burned by the flames created by Ophelia, just as there was no damage even though the [Star Magic] Used by Alice had the power to blow up the terrain.

Just as we didn’t get torn apart by the flying debris from [Star Magic], The indirect damage caused by this fire was also blocked by the system, so we safely entered the path to the rear of the burning goblin village.

“Really?”

Then, they encountered a group of goblins running away from the flames. A goblin shaman wrapped in animal bone fragments or feathers, and an ugly goblin who looked like an acolyte stopped next to him, holding a large incense burner in his hand.