I’m Being Pressed by S-Ranks Volume 2 Chapter 22 (Patreon)

Chapter 22 – A Female Adventurer’s Struggle and Reward 3 

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Unfortunately, as I was in another department, I wasn’t able to go to see everyone in the Rosenkreuzer for the rest of the discussion.


However, I did find out that all four had returned home without serious injury, so I was able to work in a much calmer mood than before.


The days after that, my work became more leisurely.


That’s because the town was in a state of celebration upon hearing the news that the Rosenkreuzers had succeeded in conquering the Dungeon of the Hungry Wolf, something no one had ever done before.


The local taverns offered free watered-down booze to the public, food vendors sold refreshments from their makeshift stalls, and weapons and equipment merchants took the opportunity to begin clearance sales.


Most importantly, the local adventurers who had heard about the dungeon breakthrough seemed inspired.


The reception desk at the Adventurers’ Guild was swamped with adventurers saying, “I’m next” or “No, it’s my party,” and trying to get information about the dungeon.


It was hard to keep up with the adventurers. Still, from where I was sitting, I could see the four Rosenkreuzers happily surrounded by adventurers and townsfolk, which gave me a lot of motivation.


People kept saying to each other, “The adventurers in the royal capital are as good as I thought they would be,” “It’s amazing that you managed to conquer a dungeon on your first exploration,” “And here I thought S ranks were just fancy names!” The Rosenkreuzers looked a little surprised but also smiled shyly at the praises.


No one around them seemed to raise an eyebrow at the girls’ appearance. Only the occasional joke or teasing remark is thrown in their direction.


This goes to show that the adventurers of Cassandra City are, for better or worse, a meritocracy.


Come to think of it, I once said that in the royal capital, if all you did were dungeon raiding, you would be mocked.


Perhaps this is the first time everyone in Rosenkreuzer has been praised in this way.


As I watched the girls smile shyly from a distance, my face naturally broke into a smile.


Then, suddenly, my eyes met one of the Rozenkreuzers.


It was Iris, the elf with silvery hair and jade-green eyes.


When her eyes met mine, she looked a little surprised and then quietly moved away from the crowd, looking around furtively.


Then she gestured for me to come over.


What is this about, I wonder?


Well, the adventurers queuing up at the reception have cleared out, so there’s no reason for me not to go. With all the festivities, it’s probably not going to be a good day for work.


I slipped out of my seat and followed Iris. Iris went to the back entrance of the guild where she had ambushed me the day before.


Iris ran up to me when she saw me in the deserted alley.


“Miss Iris. How are you…”


“How was it, Ryou? We made it!”


“Woah!”


As I was about to call out to her, Iris, who had been holding back, suddenly approached me like a wild predator.


I can’t help but take a step back from the force of this unusual energy.


“Ufufufu… you remember the promise, right? That if we managed to conquer the Dungeon of the Hungry Wolf, Ryou would let us have sex as much as we wanted!”


“……”


Did I make that promise?


No, I’m sure I made it with Carla, but “us”?


And by “us,” does she mean all the members of the Rosenkreuzer?


Huh? If that’s true, does that mean I should have sex with all the members of the Rosenkreuzer as much as they want?


I don’t know if my body could take that!


“There’s no point in playing dumb! You’ll do whatever we want, with the number of times as many as the dungeon floor we went through in the Dungeon of the Hungry Wolf. That’s what we agreed before!”


“Okay. Now, there must be some kind of story going on here!”


I mean, don’t tell me you went to the trouble of staying overnight in the Dungeon of the Hungry Wolf and trudging up to 20 floors just for that?


And that in just one week!


“Maybe… the reason you went to the deepest floor of the Dungeon of the Hungry Wolf… was just for that?”


“That’s not the point here, Ryou! Besides, I’ve been told that you’re willing to accept any kind of play!”


“Hang on, I’m what?”


Carla, this has already exceeded the level of error you can make in a telephone game!


But seeing how flustered I was, Iris apparently began to think it was strange, too.


She seemed to have calmed down a little and was looking up at me gingerly.


“Um… maybe I was wrong?”


“N-no, that’s not what I meant… or rather, it’s a bit different… how can I put this…”


In the first place, I had only intended to make the promise to Carla.


But why did it become a promise to all of the Rosenkreuzers?


Now that I think about it, if I’m alone with Carla again, will a fight break out like last time?


But I had no choice but to swallow this question.


The reason was that Iris’ face, as she looked up at me, was now as pathetic as a puppy abandoned by the side of the road.       


Even the tips of her elf ears seemed to be drooping.


“I’m not sure I remember agreeing… to the ‘any kind of play’ part. Or at least, please… at least don’t ask for anything too abnormal…”


“Ah, so that’s what you mean! Don’t worry. We won’t force you to do anything weird. Anyway…”


At that moment, the atmosphere around Iris suddenly became darker.


“…Anyway, I’m still the only virgin among the Rosenkreuzers…hehe, hehehe.”


“M-Miss Iris?”


“Uuuu…! I-I went to Ryou after Carla, and yet… but to think that even Tsukikage and Lieselotte were ahead of me… all the more so since it was I who asked the two of them to meet you… and because of that, I was the only one of the four of us who hadn’t lost her virginity… uuuu…”


Suddenly, Iris was giggling on one side and crying on the other.


Naturally, I panicked.


I don’t really understand why she has become like this, but whatever it is, I have to solve the problem, and fast!


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