"Wait a second you, do you know what kind of place the dangerous area
is!?"
The villagers panicked when they heard me declaring that I would go to
search for Teresa, the only daughter of the seriously wounded man. They
pressed me with questions.
"There're many powerful monsters there because of the mana inclination
there. You don't know how dangerous that place is! You look like an
adventurer, but from your look you're still just a beginner who had only
gotten your Gift right!? We're happy for your offer but, you're only going
to increase the number of casualty if you go!"
"Please don't worry about that."
I showed my guild card to the villager who was worrying for my safety.
The name that was displayed there was my fake name Eriol.
It also had a mark that showed my A rank.
"I came here to gather materials from Rock Turtle. I've been planning to
head to the dangerous area from the start. That's why, please leave
searching for your daughter to me."
"Wha...!? Eh, this is real...!?"
"A child like this...!?"
The villagers were completely astonished.
Among the commotion, the bandaged man's hoarse voice reached my ear
very clearly.
"You're really an A-rank adventurer...!? No, but... I don't have the
money to pay high class adventurer like you for this kind of job..."
The bandaged man's worry was only natural.
Normally adventurer wouldn't work for free.
Or rather they couldn't do that.
Because doing that would cause other adventurers to get paid cheaply too.
It would be a different story for emergency like people or village suddenly
getting attacked right in front of them, but adventurer had to avoid
accepting work for free in front of public eye.
Such conduct should apply even more to high rank adventurers because
they were an example for other adventurers.
That was why I also explained clearly to the people around me.
"I told you, I came here to gather materials from Rock Turtle. During that I
might get lost a lot and accidentally find your daughter. That's why this
isn't me accepting quest from you."
"...Tsu! A, aaa... sorry, thank you..."
The man sobbed when he heard my words.
With that he finally stopped trying running toward the dangerous area.
I felt relieved seeing that. Then I spoke to the surrounding.
"There's no time. Please introduce me to a guide who know the way to the
dangerous area immediately."
"Y-yeah got it!"
The villagers scattered in high spirits when I told them that.
It was then.
"That's very kind of you. You even made that kind of justification."
Sister Clair talked to me from behind me.
"You were also like that when saving us... you showed no hesitation at
all in helping others. I also don't see any kind of obsession to do the right
thing no matter what or calculating motive in your eyes. Just how are you
able to help other people like that? Gulp"
Sister Claire's tone was astonishingly serious. But she asked me while
gulping down newly obtained alcohol that she got from somewhere.
There were a lot of things that I could point at from her but...,
(How can I help people like that huh...?)
I was taken aback from getting asked such strange question.
Various reasons like how I looked up to knight or that helping others was
only natural as a person surfaced briefly in my head but, "...I never even
thought about it."
Those were the words that came out from my mouth.
Somehow helping others who were in trouble just felt too natural for me
that no particular reason why I did so came up in my mind.
For some reason Sister Claire narrowed her eyes in delight when she heard
my answer.
"I see. As expected from the future hero."
"Eh...?"
"No. It's nothing. May god give you guidance in your search for Miss
Teresa... Amen."
Sister Claire drained her drink in one breath after saying that.
J-just what's the deal with this person...
.
Vestal Mine was located east from the village. But in contrast with the
image that the word mine gave me, the place was densely surrounded by
trees that it looked like a forest.
Iron ores and magic stones grew out from the ground like mushrooms. I
was captivated by such mysterious sight while following Sara-san, a female
Ranger who served as our guide.
"This is as far as the safe area goes. There isn't any clear boundary that
divide the two areas other than the marks we carved on the trees, but you
will feel the mana thickness change if you follow this animal trail for a
while. That will be the dangerous area."
At first Sara-san looked embarrassed to be carried by my, but she
immediately accepted that treatment because it was an emergency and gave
explanation to me calmly.
"Thank you for your help. We'll follow the smoke signal from the village
to return back after we're finished here."
"Yes. Please look for Theresa."
Sara-san said that and saw Alicia and me off. She was blushing for some
reason.
"...Erio is popular... it makes me feel proud too..."
"Eh?"
Alicia was looking aroused for some reason. It puzzled me... but right
now wasn't the time to worry about that.
We didn't have much time left seeing that there was a high possibility of a
girl who hadn't even received her Gift going into a dangerous area.
Sara-san didn't come with us in order to do her own search at the safe area.
At the same time I activated my disgraceful skill.
.
――Detector Penis
.
It was a searching technique where I split my penis into very fine threads
and made use of its sensitivity to investigate the surrounding.
Different from when I used it to search for the correct route in monster nest,
this time I was searching for a single girl in a wide area. I was scared that I
might miss her in my search.
I moved my penis carefully to not leave a single stone unturned in my
search. It covered the area around me thoroughly as though to lick every
surface. Alicia was also using her Area Detection to detect monster's
approach and to avoid missing the girl in case she was nearby.
First we thoroughly searched around the boundary of the dangerous area
and safe area while advancing. When we had encountered several monsters
and defeated them, "Hm?"
My penis touched something very soft and warm in a location that wasn't
that far away from the safe area.
Don't tell me this is...!
I focused my penis that was being divided into fine threads that were even
thinner than hair to feel around that soft object.
...No doubt about it, this is a girl's cheek! And her lips!
"Found her! It looks like she's unconscious, but from what I'm feeling
she's definitely alive!"
"...Tsu!... Erio, amazing. Where is she?"
"To the west from here, let's hurry!"
I finally found her, but it would be pointless if a monster got to her first.
In order to avoid the small chance of my penis getting torn off which would
make me lose sight of Teresa, I thickened the strand that was touching her
cheek slightly.
Like that I followed the guidance of my penis and sprinted at full
speed――it was then.
"Auh♥!?"
A strong pleasure suddenly jolted through my penis.
Furthermore it wasn't just once or twice.
I felt the sensation of something soft and warm rubbing my penis many
times.
"Eh, wait, don't tell me this...!?"
Teresa was stroking my hair-shaped penis!?
It wasn't impossible.
My penis had transformed to become very thin, but it wasn't like it had
vanished.
Teresa might felt ticklish from it touching her cheek and unconsciously
touched it.
And then if by some chance her hand got entangled with it, each time the
unconscious Teresa moved her hand――
"Uh♥!?"
It would send a jolt of pleasure through me like this.
Fortunately my penis didn't get torn off because I had thickened it slightly
when I found Teresa.
But Teresa's adjustment of strength was excessively superb as her soft hand
toyed with my penis. This was bad in various senses.
...Umm, this is, safe isn't it?
My penis wouldn't possibly shoot out that while its shape was transformed
into such thinness right?
I wouldn't do something outrageous to a little child who hadn't even
received her Gift wouldn't I?
"...Erio!? What's wrong?"
"Ah, no, it's nothing! Kuh♥ It's nothing so let's hurry!... Uguh♥"
Unlike with when we attacked the nesting hole, this time there was no time
for me to draw the map until the destination.
I couldn't possibly cut off the sensation of my penis until I found Teresa
with my own eyes. I ran and ran through the forest while worrying that my
penis sword would explode.
.
"...! Erio... around there, there's an unmoving presence..."
After running through the forest in full speed for a while.
I told Alicia to activate her Area Detection and she pointed at a direction.
We headed toward there and found a large hole in the ground.
My penis was also extending to there. I hurriedly peered inside and,
"She's here!"
There was a girl just a little bit younger than us lying unconscious at the
bottom of that hole.
It seemed that she fell into this hole, but thanks to that she could last until
now without getting discovered by monster.
Considering that she was unconscious it was possible that her head struck
something hard, but for now it was a relief that she was safe.
"Thank god... we found her before the worst (in more than one way) can
happen..."
I got down to the bottom of the hole. It was quite deep. I made Teresa's
hand let go of my penis while sighing.
That was dangerous... just a bit more and something that a girl this
young should never touch would come out...
I still hadn't tested whether the penis sword could shoot it out when in this
form so it wasn't a sure thing but, it was possible that I would cross a line as
a human in two or three more strokes.
If that happened I wouldn't be able to face this child's father who loved her
so much like that... I patted my chest in relief while looking down on the
hole that I was in.
"Even so what's with this hole? It's like the bottom of the ground was
suddenly hollowed out..."
There were also tree and grasses fallen inside the hole. It was as though
there was a small land subsidence that happened here.
There was also the landslide that happened at the safe area. Perhaps the
ground of the surrounding area became strange due to the influence of the
magic dragon vein...
In that case this area also wasn't safe. It would be better if we immediately
headed back.
I used Penis Form Change, lifted up Teresa in my arms, and prepared to get
out of the hole. It was then.
.
*GOO――*
.
"Eh?"
*GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO!*
"Wha-!?"
"Erio...! Get here quick...!"
The ground shook fiercely. Alicia's tense voice came from above.
But it was a bit late... or rather the warning was meaningless.
"UWAAAAAAAAAA!?"
The surrounding ground caved-in, including the ground where Alicia was
standing on.
We got dragged into it――and fell deep underground.