CSA 65 - I Was Caught (Patreon)

“Thank you very much for your help. Goodbye!”
“Come back anytime with your donation! I'll be waiting!”

Like hell I’ll come here again! Peh peh!

“See you Lotorl-chan! Alrina-chan too!”
“Lefie! Let's meet again somewhere!”
“See you, Leffie-chan!”

The only people who see me off are the blonde gorilla and Lefie, not only because I am too unpopular, but also because it's not uncommon for kids to return after graduation.

I can feel multiple eyes on me from the orphanage window, but I can only feel the emotion of “The heck, just garbage bugs huh?” coming from them.

Anyway, now that I've managed to escape from the hellish orphanage, this time for sure, it's time to teleport to Lycorus country.

“This is Lotorl’s hometown, right?”
“That's true, but we can't go sightseeing or anything like that, okay? There's a possibility that the officials noticed my abilities and are following me.”
“I see... that's a bit disappointing.”

Could you please stop looking actually disappointed? Because it makes my heart buzz.
Or rather, when I think about it, I feel like there's no need to run away anymore, but is it just my imagination?

There's no way that Super Lotorl-chan who has acquired an almost invincible body will be defeated by the monsters and thugs around me, and I should be able to beat that slut erofu to a pulp as well!

When I thought that, I started to feel like ‘fuck it’!

“On second thought, let's go sightseeing before going back to Lucorus country. After all, I feel like I can defeat any opponent right now.”
“Yatta! But don't push yourself too hard, okay? When it’s time to run away, you can run as soon as you can, okay?”
“Yes, of course.”

For the time being, there's a long way from the orphanage to the city, so let's teleport to the iron hut I made before.

“Outside is... there’s no one.”

I peek outside through the air hole to make sure no one is there, then teleport out of the hut.

“So Lotorl has been making weird stuff for ages.”
“Having a teleportation base is convenient after all.”

When we arrived at the city, Alrina got excited and said “Wow” over and over as she looked around the city, and no matter how you look at her, she looked like a country bumpkin who had just visited the city for the first time, and I smiled as I watched over her.

“So this is Lotorl's hometown, it's a wonderful place!”
“Compared to something like Lycorus country, this is quite rural though.”
“I like the atmosphere of this city. This is the kind of city I want to live in.”

Personally, I don't think this is a city I can recommend much, but I'm honestly happy that Alrina said she wanted to live here.

“Now then, let's go around the shops next!”
“Don't waste your money.”
“Ugh, I know!”

We entered a nearby general store, looked around at the tableware and furniture with designs unique to this region, bought a cup with a cat ear design that Alrina said she liked, and left the store.

“Ehehe, so cute.”

Alrina-san headed to the next store while staring intently at the cat-eared cup she just bought.
It's not like she was using her phone while walking, but it's dangerous to not look ahead when walking, so I want to warn her, but I kind of feel bad about interrupting her when she looks so happy.

Well, as long as I walk while paying attention, I'm sure it'll be fine.
I walk a little closer to Alrina so that I can support her if she is about to fall.

“I'll strengthen it later so it doesn't break.”
“Eh, okay...?”

What’s with those eyes? I won't give it any weird modifications, okay? It’s true, you know?

*

“Found you.”

Killing intent!?

“Foundyoufoundyoufoundyou! Ahahaha! I finally found you!”

Teleport...! No, we’re in the middle of the city, it’ll be too conspicuous...! Escape...! Take Alrina and escape to safety!? Impossible!! Then! I'll face them head on!

“If you're going to come, come! I’ll show you!”
“Lotorl?”
“I caught you.”
“Wha-!?”
“Eh? Eh?”

Impossible!? Where did they come from?? Teleport?? No, I’d have felt their presence, so it must be a stealth-type Skill!

Damn, to think I’d let them get behind my back so easily! What a failure!
In the first place, I've never fought a PvP before, so I shouldn't have chosen to fight, but Lotorl is so stupid, stupid, stupid!

“Uhihi, I caught Lotorl-chan!”
“Kuh, let go!”
“Lotorl!”
“Come now! I'll have you synthesize Skills with me just like you did with Daigen!”
“Heh?”
“Nn─?”

When I looked behind me, I saw an onee-san wearing slightly revealing light gear who was often drinking with people like Shishido-san and Daigen-san. I don't know her name.

“Daigen, that guy suddenly started flying in the sky, and when I questioned him, he said he bought the skill from Lotorl-chan. I’ve been looking for you since then, you know?”
“Haah, please don't surprise me. Umm, the onee-san who I know but don't know your name.”
“Ara? I haven't told you my name, haven’t I? My name is Ruriko. Nice to meet you again.”
“What does this mean?”

I explained it in a way that even the stunned Alrina could understand, and then we reintroduced ourselves.

“My name is Ruriko, I was hit on by Lotorl-chan before. Nice to meet you.”
“My name is Alrina, Lotorl saved my life and then made me her big sister. Nice to meet you too.”
“Couldn’t you guys introduce yourself a little more normally?”
“Ufufu.”
“Fufuh.”

What's with that smile, Lotorl doesn't know.

Now that the introduction is finished safely (?), let's move on to the main topic. If I start imagining the relationship between the two of them, my anxiety will pile up, so let’s try not to think about it.

“Doing it at our usual hangout will be a problem, right? Can we use the inn that I usually use?”
“That’s fine.”

Ruriko-san headed to the inn where she regularly stays, and invited us to a room on the second floor that was well-lit by sunlight, after which, she immediately write out a list of Skills she wanted on a piece of paper and asked me to write down the price for each Skill, so I wrote down the price randomly.

“Flight Skill is 2 million El, Swordsmanship Skill is 1 million El, Storage Skill is 2 million El, Flame Skill is 500,000 El, Appraisal Skill is 1 million El, Sewing Skill and Cooking Skill are free... Eh, free!?”
“If it’s housework-type Skills, I can give it out for free. People often make fun of others just because they can't do housework, right? So I may or may not have a dream that all mankind should have housework Skills.”
“Which one is it? But if you're giving it to me for free, I'd appreciate it. And while you're at it, can you give me a discount or something?”
“A discount, is it? Hmm... If you say you’ll let me do whatever I want with Ruriko-san's body, I'll think about it.”
“...Lotorlll?”

Although Alrina's gaze hurt, Lotorl thought that there was no way she would miss this golden opportunity.

“That’s, do you mean it in a lewd way?”
“That's what it means. Ouch!? Alrina-san, calm down!”

To be frank, Alrina, who softly hits me on the head while smiling silently, is scary. Let's put her to sleep using Sleep here.

“Rest, in peace...”
“Kuh... when I wake up... you better remember this... zzZ.”
“Eeh... is it okay to do something like this?”
“It’s fine, it's fine, she'll be in a better mood as soon as I give her some jewelry or something.”
“O-okay. Onee-san is glad to know that you're that kind of person...”

Now that the hindrance has gone to sleep, we can resume business negotiations.
Next time I do something like this, let’s give Alrina some money and have her do some sightseeing around the city.

“So, about the discount, what will you do?”
“Um, can I ask you what exactly you’re going to do?”
“That's right. First, I'll rub your breasts. Then your legs. Your butt. Your upper arms might be good too. In other words, it's like a full body massage. Maybe it'll hurt too?”
“Wha─t? If it’s just that, it’s totally okay. In fact, I'd ask you to do it every day.”
“So, now that the negotiations have been concluded, how much of a discount do you want?”
“Let me think. 3 million El in total for all the Skills on that list, I guess that’s too much. How about 5 million El?"
“3 million El is fine.”
“Really!? Yatta! Thank you Lotorl-chan!"

Ruriko-san was so happy that she grabbed both of my hands and shook them up and down to express her gratitude. I feel like my arm is going to fall off.

“Can I see the Skills that Ruriko-san has before synthesizing the Skills into you?”
“Go ahead, go ahead.”
“Well then, if you’ll excuse me.”

I activated Appraisal Skill and a list of Ruriko's Skills was displayed.

Concealment Skill level 53, Fishing Skill level 21, Literary Skill level 2, Sever Sight Skill level 60.

As expected, it’s there, Concealment Skill.
She even has Sight Sever Skill, so even if she is about to be spotted, she can avoid the enemy's line of sight, so I think she is suitable for assassinations.

“Fumu fumu, you have quite good Skills.”
“Really? I think they’re good for running away from enemies, but it's completely useless when it comes to fighting.”
“Nn─? Wouldn’t you be invincible if you use your Concealment Skill to target enemies’ vital points from behind?”
“Haha, it's fine against two or three, but any more than that and my weapons won't hold.”
“Then you should buy good weapons there.”
“Good cosmetics rather than good weapons!”

I see. She's the type of person who'll lose her life because she's stingy with equipment costs, huh?

“Ruriko-san.”
“What is it?”
“You should stop being an adventurer and become a fisherman instead. Your calling is to be a fisherman. There's no doubt about it.”
“Ee─h!? You can't just suddenly say that to me!!”
“Literary Skill aside, with your Skills being Concealment Skill, Sight Sever Skill, and Fishing Skill, I can’t help but think that being a fisherman is your calling. Ruriko-san was born to fish!”
“W-what did you saa─y?!”
“If you swear here that you will change your job to a fisherman, I will synthesize the Skills that a fisherman needs into you for free!”
“Free!?”
“What will you do? You have 10 seconds to decide. 10, 9, 8765432...”
“So quick!? I’ll do it! I’ll become a fisherman!!”
“Very good.”

Although I half-forced her, I judged that it would be much better for her to become a fisherman than to continue being an adventurer and end up dying.
Considering Ruriko-san's Skill composition, I do think being a fisherman is really her calling anyway.

“Haa... I said that I'd become a fisherman because Lotorl-chan was hurrying me, but do I really have to become a fisherman?”
“I think you’ll be able to earn more money than if you continue to be an adventurer, you know?”
“R-really? I guess it’s okay then?”
“If it’s Ruriko-san, I’m sure you'll catch high-class fishes one after another and become a millionaire in no time! There's no doubt about it!”
“A millionaire, huh... I kinda feel like I can do it now!”
“Now then, let's synthesize Skills into you right away.”
“I'll be in your care!”

First, let's synthesize the Skills that Ruriko-san wanted.

From my stomach pocket Storage, I took out, wait there's no need for a pretense in front of  Ruriko-san
I stuck my hand out into the space in front of me and took out grapes with various Skills from Storage.

“Grapes?”
“Yes, it's convenient for mass producing and producing Skills.”

Ruriko-san seemed to be stunned, her mouth hung wide open.
There's no need to force myself to explain it to her, so let’s just enjoy her funny faces.

One by one, I made Ruriko-san hold grapes with Flight Skill, Swordsmanship Skill, Storage Skill, Flame Skill, Appraisal Skill, Sewing Skill, and Cooking Skill, used Alchemy Skill to liquefy them and then synthesized them into her. Of course, the synthesized Skills are at level 1.

“It disappeared though?”
“Please look at your card.”
“Okay?”

When Ruriko-san took out the card from her chest (I wonder where she kept it), she was so surprised that her eyes popped out, and then she grabbed my hands again, and started swinging them up and down, left and right. They’re going to come off!

“Amazing! This is amazing! Lotorl-chan! No one else but Lotorl-chan can do something like this!!”
“P-please calm down. They’re going to come off, they’ll come off.”

Of course, my body made of aero adamantite won't come off, but it's a matter of feeling.

“Ah, sorry. But this is really amazing! But is this really free?”
“It’s fine. I'll give Ruriko-san a full body massage on a day that's convenient for me.”
“Isn’t that just too convenient for me?”
“There aren't many opportunities to legally touch a woman's body, so it’s not a problem.”
“...If Lotorl-chan is okay with that, then it’s fine.”

‘This girl really likes women, huh’ I could read this emotion from Ruriko-san's expression. Was I a Newtype after all?

“Ah, of course I’d like you to be completely naked when I give you a massage, okay?”
“Ah, okay. Please be gentle...”

After that, I synthesized into her Mental Strength Skill necessary for a fisherman, Concentration Skill, Tenacity Skill, Stamina Skill, Muscle Strength Skill, Vision Skill, Hearing Skill, Technical Skill, Poison Resistance Skill, Paralysis Resistance Skill, Sleep Resistance Skill, Stun Resistance Skill, Fatigue Resistance Skill, Pain Resistance Skill, Item Drop Rate Skill, Quality Skill, Water Quality skills, Luck Skill, Work Luck Skill, Health Luck Skill, and more, and she then said, “I can't show these to anyone.” So I disguised the skill section on her guild card with Disguise Magic.

“If someone sees me with Appraisal Skill, I’ll be out in one shot, you know.”
“That’s, I don’t know.”

Now that I've more or less finished synthesizing the Skills to Ruriko-san, next is the fishing rod.
I took out an aero adamantite fishing rod from Storage and gave it to Ruriko-san.

“Fishing rod?”
“This is a fishing rod that I made that is almost unbreakable. When I say almost unbreakable, it means that I can break it, so you don't have to worry about it.”
“O-okay. I understand that this is an amazing fishing rod. Thank you.”
“Please test your Storage Skill now.”
“Y-yes. I’ll try it.”

When Ruriko-san shoved the fishing rod I handed her into the air, it completely disappeared. I'm glad that the Storage skill seems to have activated properly.

“This is really convenient.”
“If you keep the fish you catch in Storage, they won't spoil. If you keep them in there too long, they will die, though.”
“I see... so living things are no good.”
“If you have an item box that stops time, you’ll be able to carry even living creatures though.”
“If I had a mythical-class item box like that, I could play around for the rest of my life with just that.”
“I suppose so...?”

I felt like something was about to come to me right now, but is it just my imagination?

No, it can't be just my imagination!

Come on, my brain cells! Pop, synapses! If it were me, everything would be a piece of cake!

“I see it!”
“Eh!? What!?”

Using Universal Magic Skill, time stop item box magic, activate!

Time stop item box magic cannot be activated because it is a super-class magic. I felt like I heard that announcement in my head.

“Gueh.”
“What's wrong with you since a minute ago?”
“I'm sorry. Please don't worry about it...”
“It's not an attack of a chronic disease, is it?”
“It's totally different, so I'm fine.”
“I see, that's fine then.”

To think she’d be worried even though my behavior is suspicious, Ruriko-san is a good person.
It's not good to cause unnecessary worry, so let’s be moderate in acting flashy in public next time. Let's do that.

“Well, now that we've finished the Skills synthesis, it's time to wake up Alrina and give her some jewels as an apology.”
“Ara, how about the matter of massaging me?”
“...How about tonight?”
“Fufu, then I'm looking forward to tonight, okay?”
“Hehe, me too.”

And so, I woke Alrina up with Awakening Magic, and I received cheeks pulling attacks, but when I immediately presented her with a jewel, she quickly recovered her mood, what an easy older sister, so Lotorl thought.

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