Volume 6 Chapter 7 Interlude： Lina’s Apprentice
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
*Lina’s Perspective
”Hey! Elia, don’t move! If you don’t properly receive the God Hand massage, I won’t be able to gather research data!”
I was kneading the chest of a succubus girl in the corner of my room, which I used as a laboratory.
”Master… ahh. You promised that you wouldn’t give me a God Hand massage when I became your apprentice.”
The girl’s name is Eliasis.
I call her Elia, as she is a year younger than me.
”What belongs to my apprentice is mine! In other words, Elia’s chest is mine. So just let me knead it!”
Elia was a small girl but had a large chest.
Her appearance was fair-skinned, with emerald green eyes, and her long red hair reached down to her waist, tied up and flowing down.
Originally, she was a student in the magic-related job and skill course at the Magician Guild, but seeing her chest’s size and shape as ideal, I decided to take her on as my apprentice, somewhat forcefully.
”Waaah. I shouldn’t have been fooled by Ms. Beatrice’s words and come out from the Dream Demon village.”
Elia had been living in a remote mountain area called the Dream Demon village, led by my dear big sister Milly, but after receiving a letter from Beatrice about gaining a master with [Sexual Prowess] in Abyss Vena, she decided to leave the village with her 2 childhood friends and one half-sister.
Then, upon arriving at Abyss Vena, they ran out of money, couldn’t meet the reliable Beatrice, and were on the verge of collapse when they were picked up by Eclair, a famous eccentric shopkeeper in the hunter town.
She now works as a live-in shop assistant while hunting monsters.
”I’m properly providing various funding for Elia as research cooperation fees, right? It’s not like it’s going to decrease, so just let me knead a little.”
I was providing various financial support, such as equipment exchanges and magic configuration assistance, because I heard that Elia, whom I met during the training, was forming a party with her childhood friend and half-sister as a beginner monster hunter.
This was because I learned that Elia had acquired the rare job of [Magic Swordsman], and her sister Alicia had also obtained the rare job of [Bowgunner].
Elia’s [Magic Swordsman] job has a reduced experience gain due to its job characteristics, making it a job that everyone avoids and has fallen out of favor.
Although it is said that no one has mastered this job due to the overwhelming amount of experience required, I want Elia to gain experience quickly to advance my research.
Additionally, Alicia’s [Bowgunner] is a job that utilizes a weapon called a bowgun, which is more powerful than a regular bow.
This weapon costs as much to produce as a magic gun or even more, and since it requires maintenance, it has been avoided by hunters and has now become an obsolete job.
As a Job Skill Researcher, I am sponsoring Elia’s team to collect their research data.
They were also just starting out and could manage their living expenses at Ms. Eclair’s shop, but since they lacked equipment funds, they readily accepted my offer.
At that time, Elia had become my apprentice.
I could also take on apprentices as a B-class magician from the Magician Guild, so I decided to take Elia on as my apprentice for both hobby and practical reasons.
However, if Kent finds out, he might take her as a harem member, so for now, I plan to keep it a secret and enjoy Elia’s charms.
”This texture and elasticity… It could compete with Feria and Dear Big Sister Milly… This girl should be able to hold her own against a Minotaur.”
”Master, it’s about time to stop.”
”Tch, disappointing. Well, fine, I’ll end today’s data collection here. The rest is business talk, so let’s head to Éclair’s shop.”
”Ugh, such terrible treatment, it’s tyrannical!”
Ellis, tears welling, put on her underclothes over her exposed chest and got ready. She followed me out of the room and headed toward the newly opened Ms. Eclair’s shop in Estfort.
* * *
Ms. Eclair’s shop was in a prime location near the south gate of Estfort, a tavern and diner where monster hunters, traders, and ordinary customers gathered.
The shop was called ‘Bottakuri BAR (Bar),’ and the waitresses were beautiful girls wearing short Maid outfits.
”Oh, EliEli. Oh my, Ms. Lina is here too? Are you here to talk business? Don’t push my girls too hard, okay? And don’t fondle EliEli’s chest too much. Even without that, it’s a chest that attracts all the men’s gazes.”
”I understand.”
Ms. Eclair was a former A-rank hunter, and it seems she was in a party with the Haydon brothers and Ms. Lila before they became soldiers. After retiring as a hunter, she worked as a Secretary and Clerk for Margrave Heido, who became a soldier. However, when Margrave Heido married Ms. Aclea of the Godard Clan, she quit the military and opened a tavern in Abyss Vena, becoming the owner.
At that time, various rumors circulated, but she didn’t say anything about them.
And when Ms. Lila became the development director of Estfort and moved the shop from Abyss Vena to a new location, she received investment from Margrave Heido. Rumor had it that they were lovers in the past, and that she might become his second wife after Ms. Aclea died, but it seems they remain just drinking buddies.
In the hunter town, there is a hushed rumor that ‘she turned down the offer of becoming his second wife because she disliked Margrave Heido’s gambling,’ but the truth remains unknown.
Margrave Heido also comes to drink secretly during his work breaks, and Ms. Lila also comes to the shop to relieve her work stress.
I don’t know why, but this tavern run by Eclaire has beautiful female staff, and although it’s not public knowledge, she has them living together on the second floor.
Thanks to Eclaire finding and protecting Elia and the others when they were about to die, Elia and the others are now able to live as monster hunters and staff.
”Kyaah! Customers, please don’t!”
”Come on! Just pour drinks next to me!”
Turning toward the voice, I saw a drunken monster hunter bothering one of the waitresses.
”Ah, is blood going to fly again today…?”
Ever since meeting Elia, I’ve become a regular at this bar, but there’s a unique system or rule here where men who lay hands on waitresses activate a special rule.
The man was probably just a random customer who wandered in.
”Oh? You dare to lay hands on my staff…”
”M-Ms. Eclaire, please handle this calmly. This is the third time this month!”
Elia was flustered after seeing Ms. Eclaire snapping her fingers and cracking her neck.
Knowing what was about to happen, I prepared to activate Healing Magic to ensure the drunken man wouldn’t die.
After finishing her warm-up, Ms. Eclaire approached the man who was still insisting the waitress pour his drinks.
”Sir, our tavern is a wholesome establishment, and we do not allow for waitresses to pour drinks like that.”
”Huh? Who the hell do you think you are! I don’t need a crone like you! Get lost!”
The man’s words froze the atmosphere in the tavern.
Ms. Eclaire maintained her smile, but a murderous intent leaked from her body.
”Sir, if you engage in sexual harassment towards our staff, the rule is you must pay ten large gold coins. I apologize, but are you able to pay?”
”Hah! Ten large gold coins! If I could pay that much, I wouldn’t be in a dump like this! Damn, you’re a bothersome old hag. I want this girl!”
Hearing the man’s words, the regular customers began moving to different seats to avoid getting caught up in this.
”Well then, shall we settle it with your body?”
Ms. Eclair’s hand touched the man’s abdomen, and the monster hunter, who had been sitting on a chair, was blown away to the edge of the wall.
”Ughebabraa!”
Ms. Eclair smoothly closed the distance and stamped her foot down with a thud, thrusting both hands into the man’s chest.
”Gobeeeee! Gofu!”
The man who took Eclair’s attack spat out blood spray from his mouth, and the regular customers whispered things like “Good riddance,” or “She deserves it for calling Eclair an old hag,” or “She closed the distance with a [Burst Strike], added attack power with a [Quick Step], and finished him off with a [Power Stomp], which she increased the attack power with [Twin Impact]… As expected of Ms. Eclair. Her skills haven’t dulled.”
Seeing the man spurting blood from his mouth and writhing on the floor, I reluctantly decided to cast Healing Magic on him to prevent him from dying.
”Geha, geha. Is it okay for a customer to be violent in this store? I almost died! I’ll sue you to Lord!”
The man regained consciousness with the Healing Magic and started barking like a dog, so I decided to apply some moxibustion as well.
”Well, you can sue, but you’ll have to report your harassment towards the staff too, right? Lord Blackdagger is known to side with women. You might be the one getting punished.”
In fact, if this case were taken to Kent, it was clear that the man would be the one facing punishment.
”Uuuh! Damn it! I’ll never come to this store again! It hurts!”
The man recovered enough to walk with the Healing Magic and left the store, clutching his chest.
”Phew, thanks, Ms. Lina. It would have been a hassle if I died.”
Eclair was a martial artist who used a special fighting technique known as the Fighting Spirit Technique.
As a hunter, she was a vanguard who challenged monsters at ultra-close range, and her combat skills included a technique that ignored the enemy’s defense to strike.
That prowess was still displayed after she opened this store, mediating troubles with customers and quelling fights.
”Well, it’s fine, but please keep it reasonable.”
”Alright. Oh, right, we were talking about work, weren’t we? Are we doing it on the second floor?”
”Yes. I’ll borrow Ellis, Cocoa, Alicia, and Sakura.”
”Alright.”
I got Eclair’s permission and told Ellis to gather the others.
Then, I went ahead to Ellis’s room on the second floor.
* * *
*Eliasis’s Perspective
Inspired by Ms. Beatrice’s letter, which said we’d found our master, the 4 of us left the Dream Demon village in the hidden land and journeyed to Abyss Vena in the south.
There were several men with [Sexual Prowess] in the Dream Demon village, but they had already made a lot of ownership contracts, so young succubi like us had no choice but to go outside and look for a man to be our master.
None of us came from wealthy families, and when we arrived at Abyss Vena, we were about to run out of money, so we registered as monster hunters to earn money quickly.
At that time, because we were a party of 4 women, the Hunter Guild recommended that we join the women-only training Hunting Group ‘Red Valkyrie (Red Valkyrie)’, and we joined.
However, the prices in Abyss Vena were high, and fledgling monster hunters didn’t earn enough to cover living expenses such as lodging and food.
At that time, unable to bear the hunger, I wandered into Ms. Eclair’s shop and was hired as a live-in waitress, and I got permission to work as a monster hunter as a side job.
Having found a place to live, we found Ms. Beatrice and asked about her master. He was Mr. Kent, the spouse of Lady Miriallia, the Dream Demon chieftain.
Even we, who desperately wanted a master, weren’t reckless enough to ask the clan leader’s master for a ownership contract.
Moreover, Lady Lila was also in the hierarchy, and there was no way a rural succubus like us could enter that ranking, so we were planning to give up and look for a different master.
However, by chance, I met Master Lina, who was the instructor during a job and skill lecture at the Magician Guild, and a few days later, I was summoned and half-forced into becoming her apprentice.
I heard that Master Lina was a concubine of Mr. Kent and was close to Lady Miriallia, and since she showed me the condition of negotiating an ownership contract with Mr. Kent for our long-held wish of having a master, I decided to become her apprentice.
However, according to Master Lina, Mr. Kent seems to seek ability even in women, and I was told that I might not be able to secure a contract with just beginner-level skills.
Just around that time, graduation from ‘Red Valkyrie’ was approaching, so the 4 of us decided to form an independent party.
At that time, Master Lina supported us as a sponsor on the condition of collecting research data samples, which made managing equipment and consumable costs much easier.
Thanks to that, although not much time has passed since our formation, we had already reached a level close to that of mid-tier class.
Master Lina had assured me that if I became a B-rank hunter, she would introduce me to Mr. Kent.
──So now, in order to raise my HR (Hunter Rank), I find time to complete quests from the Guild and quests from my master together with everyone.
”Now, I need to call everyone.”
If I keep my master waiting too long and upset her, I might end up as a sacrifice for the God Hand massage again, so I call out to my childhood friends Cocoa and Sakura, and my half-sister Alicia, who were on the floor.
”Cocoa, Sakura, Alicia. Master is calling, so come to the room. I’ve got permission from Eclair.”
The first to answer my call was my half-sister Alicia.
Alicia is my twin sister, born just a few months after me. Though I’m the older one, she’s always looked up to me as an older sister since we lived in the countryside. She’s been following me around since we were kids, doing everything together.
And yet, her dream is to contract together with the master I found and bear his child with me.
I heard that and was taken aback, but she’s basically a handy and quick-witted cute younger sister. I choose not to see her flaws.
As a party member, she uses the bowgun, a legacy from our mother, to attack from a distance. She’s a unique archer with a bowgunner.
”Sis, you were groped by Ms. Lina again, weren’t you? Your clothes smell like her.”
Alicia, coming closer, sniffs my clothes.
”Well, it can’t be helped. She’s our master, our sponsor, and the quest giver.”
”Oh, Cia is jealous and jealous. Cute.”
Behind Alicia’s clothes, she was my childhood friend Cocoa.
She was also a party member who was a monster hunting party and was able to take on the recovery of our party.
When I’m a waitress, I often feel a little sloppy or sleepy.
When it comes to fighting monsters, he has a reliable recovery job that prevents the party from happening with dignified behavior and calm judgment, as if he’s on.
She is also a member of the Master’s God Hand Massage Materials, and she is sexually harassed by her Master every day, but she smiles and encourages her by saying, “If your breasts get bigger, let’s do our best, Elia.”
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