Chapter 16 Narumi Honoka ③
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
Three days had passed since we set out. And yet…
We were still wandering through the forest.
Naturally, if I had just retraced the path I took with my classmates, we could have made it out by now. But that would lead us toward the side of Lyonesse, the Royal Capital of Plaudix. Honestly, I have zero desire to go back there, so I intentionally avoided the road, but…
This “The Forest of the Greedy Fool” ¹ was much larger than I’d imagined. It would be more accurate to call it a sea of trees than a forest. I had been optimistic, thinking things would work out since Lil was here, but thinking about it carefully, Lil has never actually left this forest. The same goes for the Barghest I Predated ² while it was still alive. When you use Predation on a living target, you inherit their memories and knowledge. Furthermore, as “The Teleported,” ³ I don’t even have a sense of local geography.
Consequently, we’ve just been wandering aimlessly. As for food, I still haven’t actually eaten anything orally. I just kill whatever monsters we encounter and Predate them.
My current Status looks like this:
Name: Sasaki Natsumi
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Class: Vengeance-er
Level: 32
LP: 32210/32210
MP: 955/955
Condition: Normal
STR: 4311 (×1.5)
VIT: 3221
DEX: 3576
AGI: 6001
MAG: 369
MIN: 586
Skills:
Language Comprehension (UN)
Appraisal (R)
Item Box (R)
One-Handed Sword Lv1 (C)
Seven Deadly Sins (UN)
Fire Magic Lv1 (UC)
Jump Lv1 (C)
Interspecies Breeding (SR)
Forced Pregnancy (SR)
Great Strength (R)
Intimidation (SR)
Leadership Lv3 (UC)
Claw Strike Lv4 (C)
Sexual Technique Lv1 (C)
Titles:
The Teleported
Hero
Vengeance-er
King of The Forest of the Greedy Fool
Kin (2/3)
Lil
Leki
Servitude (0/6)
The explosion of my stats-the inflation-is just ridiculous. My MAG and MIN are still in the triple digits, but the others are on a completely different scale. Especially my AGI, which is over 6,000.
As for my skills: Jump was added when I Predated an Almiraj, Great Strength from an Ogre, and Interspecies Breeding and Forced Pregnancy were added when I Predated an Orc. Intimidation, Leadership, and Claw Strike were gained from the Barghest.
Interspecies Breeding and Forced Pregnancy are exactly what they sound like, but since I’m afraid I might accidentally get Lil pregnant when we’re together, I usually keep them toggled off. Jump is literally a skill that increases jumping power, and Great Strength increases my STR by 1.5 times. That’s why there are parentheses after my STR value; in reality, it’s 6,466.
Intimidation allows me to paralyze anyone with a lower Level than mine with pure terror; that time my classmates and I were driven by fear back then was because of this skill. Conversely, it has no effect on anyone at a higher Level than me. Leadership increases the stats (excluding LP and MP) of those under my command or my comrades by Level × 5%. However, this only works during battle.
As for Sexual Technique… well, let’s just move past that.
I also gained a new Title, likely from Predating the Barghest. Thanks to that, I’m no longer attacked by the monsters in this forest. A few still come at me, but they’re mostly Goblins who don’t understand the massive power gap. I just turn the tables on them every time. On the other hand, the wolf-type monsters prostrate themselves as if worshipping me as their king. Sometimes they even bring me food and wag their tails as if begging for a headpat.
Well, Lil is pretty much the same.
The Kin ⁴ and Servitude tabs are new as well. This is probably because I officially made Lil and Leki my Kin. I can only have one more Kin for now, though.
Now, for their stats. Starting with Lil.
Name: Lil
Race: Night Wolf (Anthropomorphized)
Gender: Female
Class: Wolf Brawler
Level: 23
LP: 8020/8020
MP: 166/166
Condition: Allure (Permanent)
STR: 1151
VIT: 802
DEX: 981
AGI: 1560
MAG: 60
MIN: 106
Skills:
Claw Strike Lv3 (C)
Language Comprehension (UN)
Strive Until the Envy Fades (UN)
Veni, Vidi, Vici (UN)
Anthropomorphism (UN)
Bouchu-jutsu (UN) ⁵
Titles:
Named Monster ⁶
Kin of Sasaki Natsumi
Wife of Sasaki Natsumi
Her stats took a massive jump. Being a “Named” monster gives her a 1.5x multiplier, and as my Kin, she gets a flat 10% bonus from my own base stats.
I’m still not sure why her Condition is listed as Allure, and permanent at that. I tried to lift the charm when we left, but… why won’t it go away? Regarding her skills, now that she’s my Kin, I’m sharing some of the Seven Deadly Sins with her. Anthropomorphism allows her to take human or wolf form at will… but so far, she’s shown no sign of wanting to turn back into a wolf. Because of that, she’s been naked the whole time.
…Honestly, it’s too much for me to handle, so I’ve had her cover herself from her chest to her crotch with her own fur like a makeshift swimsuit.
”But I should be ready to mate at any moment…” Lil said.
She was stubborn and tried to stay stark naked, but I eventually persuaded her that since we’d eventually run into other people, being naked would be a problem. She reluctantly hid herself.
Seriously, if she stays naked, we’ll end up doing nothing but having sex.
She specifically asked for Bouchu-jutsu because she wanted to be able to heal my spirit. She’s incredibly devoted.
As for the titles… “Named” and “Kin of Sasaki Natsumi” are fine, but what is “Wife of Sasaki Natsumi”? I really want to talk to the System about this. When exactly did we get married?
Though, Lil herself looked extremely happy when she saw it…
Well, whatever. I like her as a woman too. I love her.
…God, saying that out loud is embarrassing.
Next up is Leki.
Name: Leki
Race: Barghest
Gender: Female
Class: —
Level: 1
LP: 4120/4120
MP: 125/125
Condition: Normal
STR: 566
VIT: 412
DEX: 537
AGI: 870
MAG: 45
MIN: 82
Skills:
Larva (C)
Language Comprehension (UN)
Strive Until the Envy Fades (UN)
Veni, Vidi, Vici (UN)
Titles:
Named Monster
Kin of Sasaki Natsumi
Daughter of Sasaki Natsumi
…………Ah.
Even with the Level 1 penalty from the Larva skill, her stats are this high. That means the Kin bonus is added afterward. By the way, Larva is a penalty skill that cuts all stats by 70% for young monsters; it disappears once they age. Basically every monster cub has it. Leki is only Level 1 because I just turned her into a Kin, and apparently, eating a few Goblins wasn’t enough to level her up.
Unlike Lil, I haven’t shared Anthropomorphism or Bouchu-jutsu with her. I might give her the human-form skill eventually, but I won’t let her change at will. And the bedroom arts are absolutely out of the question.
As for the titles… since Lil is my wife, I guess it makes sense Leki is my daughter, but seeing it in writing makes my head spin.
Looking back, the “weak me” from the start feels like a lie. Since Lil and Leki are also this strong, we shouldn’t have many problems. The only real issues are that we have no money and neither of them has any clothes.
* * *
”Um, Natsumi-san? I hear the sound of someone fighting over there,” Lil said, pointing in the direction of the noise.
Being a wolf, her hearing is amazing. I couldn’t hear a thing. Well, I’m sure I could if I mimicked a Barghest, but anyway.
”Let’s go check it out,” I replied. “It might be hunters fighting a monster.”
If we didn’t hurry, they might retreat or get wiped out. We moved quickly toward the sound Lil heard.
As we got closer, Lil’s nose twitched. “Ah, it looks like several people are running away. But… someone is still there. And I smell blood.”
”A monster? Or a person?” I asked.
”…A person,” Lil replied.
Her sense of smell is sharp as expected. If there’s blood, we have to hurry. We picked up the pace.
When we arrived, a massive monster with the head of a bull was just about to swing its axe down on someone lying on the ground.
”Crap!”
I drew my sword and rushed behind the bull-headed beast, unleashing a horizontal slash aimed at its neck. Without any fancy technique, I just let my raw stats do the work. The blow easily lopped off the monster’s head.
The head flew into the air and hit the ground with a heavy thud. Blood erupted from the severed neck like a crimson geyser. But more importantly, the person on the ground.
”Hey, are you—no, this is bad…” I muttered.
The man lying there was losing a massive amount of blood, and it was already pooling around him like a lake.
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Summary:
Sasaki Natsumi and his two Kin, Lil and Leki, wander the Forest of the Greedy Fool to avoid the royal capital. Natsumi reviews his massively inflated stats and those of his companions, discovering the system has labeled them as his ‘wife’ and ‘daughter.’ The group hears a battle and arrives to save a man from a Minotaur-like monster.
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Character Insight:
Natsumi is grappling with the loss of his ‘human’ scale as his stats skyrocket and his internal morality shifts toward protective possessiveness. Lil is leaning fully into her role as his mate, using skills to support his physical and spiritual well-being.
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Behind the Scenes:
The author uses the status screen as a rhythmic device to show the transition from a weak loser to an ‘Overlord’ figure, highlighting the absurdity of Isekai power-scaling.
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TL Notes:
Notes:
• Barghest – A massive wolf the size of a warhorse with bluish-gray fur. It is the King of the Forest of the Greedy Fool.
• Lil – One of the heroines. Height 166 cm, B-W-H: 90-56-90. She is a top-tier beauty with long indigo hair down to her waist, a large scar on her abdomen and sharp golden eyes. She has wolf ears and a tail.
• Natsumi – The protagonist. Height 168 to 171 cm, weight 57 to 59 kg. He has a baby face, but he hides his eyes with his bangs. He was bullied by the Sugita gang just because his name sounded like a girl’s name.
• Sasaki – The protagonist. Height 168 to 171 cm, weight 57 to 59 kg. He has a baby face, but he hides his eyes with his bangs. He was bullied by the Sugita gang just because his name sounded like a girl’s name.
• Leki – Lil’s daughter. Height: 140 cm, B-W-H: 70, 54, 69. She looks more like a Siberian Husky puppy than a wolf. Honestly, she just looks like a stuffed toy.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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