Chapter 40: I Caught the Demon Lord but I Run My Own Business (02)

  Whooosh!

  An enormous amount of mana began to burst forth from the girl's body.

  "This kind of thing? What exactly do you mean?"

  "No, well... I mean..."

  "Ha, you're pining that a 300-year-old looks too young for her age?"

  "I didn't say I had a problem with that."

  "If it's not that, do you think I'm a narcissist because there are lots of homunculi that look just like me?"

  I hadn't said that either.

  "If it's not that, then what? Am I..."

  'Damn it.'

  Since I was out, I wasn't dressed for battle and hadn't brought my mana saver.

  Without a on, I couldn't see a way out of this situation.

  "I haven't really thought about the hero's current appearance."

  "Then?"

  "The work you are doing now isn't something to boast about, is it?"

  "Is that what you were implying?"

  At that moment, the oppressive mana surrounding me subsided, and Frederidymion, who was in front of me, coughed and looked away.

  "Well, yes, that happen. You end up doing one business or another just to make a living..."

  'Isn't that embarrassing for her?'

  After all, if you're 300 years old, maybe there's nothio be embarrassed about.

  "inally, anyone who es here aroused aracts semen while erect has nht to criticize this business."

  "I'm not dissatisfied with this industry, but the hero I imagined was a bit different..."

  "Ha, if you were a knight, you'd know about pensions, right?"

  In the kingdom, knights and civil servants receive a pension after serving for a certain period.

  Most knights who don't join high-paying private orders are in it for the state-managed pension.

  "Do you know how much my pension is? 500 gold a year. 500 gold! Not old s, but 500 gold in today's currency!"

  "Wow, that's too little!"

  Here, the cost of produg a homunculus is 200 gold, so that's 2.5 times the amount.

  The cheapest artificial intelligence costs 500 gold, so by that measure, an option is almost a year's pension for Frederidymion, which might only cover some det clothes or a hearty meal.

  'That's eous, only 500 gold for a hero who saved the kingdom? Are they mad?'

  I was about te at the kingdom's stinginess when I suddenly thought.

  "What could you do with 500 gold 300 years ago?"

  "Tch."

  Frederica clicked her to my pointed question.

  "Thinking back, that was a lot of money back then!"

  "Why, why!"

  This old dy really has some nerve.

  "It's especially true sihe patents I filed early on for new drugs have now expired and even Endymion's alchemy shop treats my existence as if it should be hidden away like an old man in the ba..."

  Suddenly, she began to ment her situation.

  "So I used the money I had saved to create this workshop!"

  Essentially, the old dy had used her retirement fund to establish this pce.

  "Initially, I po sell homunculi, but in these peaceful times, personal defense homunculi aren't popur. Too expehey say. So I retly developed a teology that could be mass-produced at a low cost."

  She proudly tapped her fsk as I had to admit I was impressed.

  If an individual, not a rge alchemical guild, could create and run a workshop produg homunculi, that was a remarkable ability.

  Moreover, if I sidered the amount of mana emanating from Number 3, this pce was not produg bat homunculi not because it couldn't, but because there was no money in it...

  'An individual capable a military unit... If the royal family knew about this, there would be uproar.'

  Especially sihe kingdom was redug its magical knight orders and increasing the royal guards, knowing about this would indeed cause a major sdal.

  sidering that, tinuing to sell as they were wasn't such a bad idea...

  "Take it back."

  'Didn't look like she exami much, why is she asking for it back?'

  I grumbled inwardly while trying to carefully store Molng's core.

  "Hahat carefully."

  "Yes."

  I detached the soggy Molng from my trousers and tried to help her stand, but Molng, not knowing how to use her legs, couldn't stand up.

  Instead, she tried thten her waist, mimig the a she used to stretch her body when she was a slime.

  'Guess you o have walked on two legs before to use them...'

  "It's heavy..."

  Aced to climbing up my body when she was a slime, Molng g to me and wriggled her face, but it clearly wasn't easy for her.

  "Ha... what do we do with this?"

  "Aren't you going to use it?"

  How was I supposed to use Molng if she couldn't even move her arms and legs properly? I might as well stick with the usual Molng.

  Plus, keeping her like this might lead to injuries, and the inally ie Molng was now stantly startled by the sensations of movement, so it was safer to send her back.

  "Remove the bead."

  Upon hearing Frederica's words, I extracted the bead I had ied into Molng's body, and the homunculus that had been burying its fa my groin ceased funing, while the slime in my haed to a girl's form.

  Boing...

  "Are you okay now?"

  Not quite realizing she was back to her own body, Molng immediately started climbing around me, eventually climbing onto my head and boldly pg her hands on her hips.

  'Molng suits this form better, doesn't she?'

  Well, it was good to discover that Molng had intelligend could speak if she had vocal cords...

  'It's a bit of a shame, though.'

  Having taken away the homunculus body formed by Molng without eveing to use it.

  "It seems you won't use the homunculus as Molng."

  "She's not used to it."

  "What a waste of materials... especially after I took a loss bringing you here for a tour."

  I feel it's a waste too, but what I do.

  Moreover, who knows what might happen if Molng stays inside.

  'Should I ask Shuru to get inside instead?'

  "Kerok!"

  But Shuru is struggling with the poor air quality here, so askio do something in this state is like... she's not just a human, she's an animal.

  'No, worse than an animal.'

  "Well observed..."

  Still, I had fun seeing the homunculus manufacturing process and even trying to make a homunculus with Molng.

  So, the tour of the homunculus workshop ended somewhat anticlimactically...

  "You're just going to leave?"

  "I have to."

  "Even so, I have a sense of propriety, and it would be unfair if you visited our workshop a without hugging a homunculus even once, wouldn’t it?"

  "Excuse me?"

  "If you don’t like the ones made directly, you’re free to use any of the pre-made ones."

  "Even you, sir?"

  "This body? 'This body' be provided."

  On refle, I didn't really want to.

  She might look like a young girl, but inside is an old man, and even if you remove the insides, it feels wrong. It might even smell like an old man.

  "inally this body is not meant for such uses, but if you want, I provide it. Just sider our workshop in your review..."

  "The’s go with this person."

  I naturally took Number 3's hand.

  "......Huh?"

  "Is that not okay?"

  "It’s not that, but just a moment ago..."

  'Even so, a body that had an old man inside is a bit...'

  Frederica’s expression subtly ged, but it seemed she wasn't ht rejeg.

  "If you really don’t want to, then it ’t be helped."

  Number 3 just looked at Frederica without saying anything.

  "That child wasn't meant for such uses either, but since we've already made a promise, there's nothing to be done."

  "Oh!"

  Number 3 would be perfect!

  * * *

  I headed to the bedroom prepared in the workshop with Number 3.

  'Ah... such a bedroom...?'

  It was a stark space with a few makeshift beds where one could just lie down to sleep—apparently, it was just a sleeping area for the homunculi w here.

  The emphasis on effid the absence of any decoratio a bit like a dormitory, which was strangely uling.

  'It's okay!'

  Holding hands with Number 3, I rekindled my excitement.

  Ah, I left Molng and Shuru with Frederica.

  Usually, I would expect Molng to be jealous and bite me, but strangely, this time she let me go willingly.

  "I must inform you in advahat my body is not provided for such purposes, so you may be disappointed."

  "I don't think I'll be disappointed..."

  I started to cautiously feel Number 3's Breasts, and ihe Breast was soft, g the usual muscur tension of a homunculus.

  'For this size, this softness... Last time, Naomi felt a bit more bouncy...'

  Of course, Beastmerohan humans, so their bodies are naturally firmer.

  'I like this too!'

  Feeling the soft Breasts through the clothes, the only disappointing thing was that Number 3 just looked at me expressionlessly as I touched her Breasts.

  'She could be a little more embarrassed or pyfully sp my hands away.'

  "It seems you are already prepared."

  Just toug the Breasts was enough to fully arouse me, and I felt ready to burst through my trousers.

  "Shall we start right away?"

  "Yes!"

  Apparently, no further preparations were needed, as Number 3 began to undress.

  'It would be more exg if she undressed with a bit of embarrassment...'

  Anyway, even now, my lower half was responding, so there was no issue.

  She began to take off her suit, and soon her uniquely pale homunculus skin was revealed, and she stood pletely naked without a single piece of underwear...

  Nothing.

  "......Huh?"

  That is, there was nothing.

  There were curves for breasts, but no nipples.

  The lines where the buttocks and thighs meet were visible, but there were no vital parts.

  "What's going on? Why is there nothing?"

  I mean, even Molng had these parts, but they were missing here.

  The breasts were just round sacks of flesh with no important points like nipples.

  Not a matter of ied nipples, but there was no sign of areos at all, just the shape of breasts without any promi parts.

  Moreover, there should be a slight crease in the lower body, but it was ft, leadio touch it in disbelief.

  'Nothing.'

  There should be at least two openings, but there were none.

  Not a single one.

  Whether arance or a, there were all!!

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