Akatsuki Translations

“Lean, I got a message from Yuuta.” -Evie

“Yuuta. What did he say?” -Lean

“He said Misuzu’s quest is over. Let’s take a break.” -Evie

After saying that to Misuzu, I was worried if she could properly complete the quest, but it seems it ended safely, so I’m relieved. On my end, the quest was already finished, and I immediately summoned Rai and had her participate in battles to check the characteristics of a summoned beast.

“Thanks to you, I’m making good progress. Thank you.” -Evie

“Gao.” -Rai

I was able to successfully summon the beast, Rai.

And I’m riding on that summoned beast. Perhaps because I’m a woman, Rai is a female summoned beast. Her appearance is the same as the lions the other Goblin Riders are riding, but the color is different. She’s a white lion with a very beautiful white coat.

“You can take on a human form, right?” -Evie

“Gao.” -Rai

“Try changing back.” -Evie

The difference from Lean is that she can change her appearance. When I get off her back, she turns back into a human. Rather than turning back, she changes. Her skin is even whiter than a white person’s, and her eyes are blue. This time, she’s not a little girl, but much larger than Lean.

Rather, she’s even larger than David and Mark, let alone me. Her height is 2m. She’s muscular but slim. Due to the nature of my job, I’ve seen many tall women, but this is the first time I’ve seen a woman who is this tall, this voluptuous, this toned, and yet has such beautiful muscles.

“Another female after Lean…” -Evie

“Is there a problem?” -Rai

“No problem, but…” -Evie

I opened Rai’s status.

Name: Rai

Race: White Lion

Level: 5

Job: Land-based Riding Type Summoned Monster

Title: Summoned Beast of Evie Nova Timberlake

HP: 43 (Human Form 22)

Strength: 35 (Human Form 24)

Agility: 64 (Human Form 24)

Defense: 35 (Human Form 24)

Dexterity: 9 (Human Form 13)

Intelligence: 12

Charm: 60

Special Ability: Anthropomorphization

Equipment: None

Her overall stats are quite good. Her charm is also incredibly high. The bonus from physical beauty might be big. However, in the form of a white lion, no attack equipment can be equipped. Even in human form, she only wears something like a white bodysuit that she had on when summoned.

So, her six-pack abs are clearly visible. When I touched them, they were rock solid. Still, when she takes on a human form, her stats drop across the board. When considering her as a fighting force, it seems better to use her as a white lion.

“After all, she’s a summoned beast for riding.” -Evie

Even though she wears a bodysuit when she becomes human, when she takes the form of a white lion, reins and a saddle appear. They are adjusted to a position where I can easily ride, so I wish she would just stay in lion form, but a special ability stat not found in humans is added, and she anthropomorphizes.

Even though she doesn’t need to… Lean didn’t seem to hit any of Yuuta’s strike zones in terms of appearance. However, I have a feeling that Rai will quite likely fall into Yuuta’s strike zone in terms of appearance.

“Rai. Do you have sexual desire?” -Evie

“Of course I do. I have the instinctive desire to meet a good man and intimately mate with him. Lean should be the same, right?” -Rai

“Yes. But summoned beasts can’t have children.” -Evie

“That certainly seems to be the case.” -Rai

“You know that instinctively too?” -Evie

The goblins and lions inside the dungeon seem to have reproductive abilities. However, my summoned beasts apparently don’t have reproductive abilities. And yet they have sexual desire. They are very mysterious beings.

“That’s right. We instinctively know what kind of beings we are. Summoned beasts continue to live as long as their master lives. And if the master dies, they die. Well, we also die if we’re killed by enemies. And because we’re that kind of beings, we don’t need reproductive abilities.” -Rai

“I see…” -Evie

Is that why? I feel that Lean and Rai are incredibly precious. I felt it was close to maternal instinct. However, on the other hand, there was a concern with Rai’s appearance.

“But if you have sexual desire, you’d want a man, right?” -Evie

“We are beings created based on our master. Therefore, if our master has no sexual desire, neither do we. If our master has strong sexual desire, so do we. And it’s the same for the humans we like. Lean’s intelligence isn’t high enough yet, so she can’t explain it well, but we also come to like the humans our master likes. That’s the kind of beings we are.” -Rai

“So you too?” -Evie

“I like Yuuta. I don’t want to get along with any man other than Yuuta. I haven’t even met Yuuta yet, but it’s been decided since I was born.” -Rai

“So if I come to dislike Yuuta, will you also dislike him?” -Evie

“That’s different.” -Lean

Lean immediately answered this.

“Once we’re created, we become separate beings from our master. It just means that our base is our master. We don’t get pulled by our master’s thoughts to that extreme. Especially for us, we like Yuuta from the moment we’re born. It’s even something of a destiny. It would be quite difficult to change that partner.” -Rai

“Well, that’s…” -Evie

“Master. May I try intertwining with Yuuta?” -Rai

I looked at Rai’s appearance. Her white hair is cut short and even, and her skin is astonishingly white. Rather than a white person, she’s a different being. It’s as if the color has drained away. And her looks are beautiful, as expected since she was created from me. Her wild beauty is stunning even to me.

“Sorry, but that’s not allowed. Yuuta is already quite at his limit. If I tell him to take on any more women, he might exceed his tolerance and run away from us.” -Evie

More than anything, unlike me, Misuzu has normal possessiveness. I have that too, but as long as I’m an explorer, I’ve decided to compromise with at least Misuzu and Imari. However, Misuzu doesn’t seem to be able to compromise that much yet.

And yet, if I tell him to accept even Rai, the party might collapse. What are we going to do if all the summoned beasts that come out from now on are female? If I keep accepting them every time, Yuuta will die from overwork.

“No matter what?”  -Rai

“No matter what.” -Evie

“Then it can’t be helped. Let’s give up for now.” -Rai

“Can’t be helped.” -Lean

Surprisingly, Lean followed up on those words.

“Are you okay with that? You can’t do it with other humans, right?” -Evie

“Lean and I are bound to our master. We can’t do what our master dislikes. More than anything, if our masters reach Level 1000, their lifespan will be endless. We’ll wait for a time when our master thinks she can allow it within that long life.” -Rai

“Wait.” -Lean

“Y-yeah.” -Evie

I’m a bit shocked to hear a more mature opinion than me, their master. But I see. These children have almost all the knowledge within me. If you reach Level 1000, you’ll live for 1000 years. That’s what recent dungeon research says.

Lifespan doesn’t change dramatically until you reach Level 500, but it extends considerably when you reincarnate at Level 500. And it changes dramatically again when you reach Level 1000. The Twelve Heroes will probably live for 1000 years. Such research results have been announced.

“Master, I don’t think you need to push yourself. We’ll gladly help with the cheating.” -Rai

“We will!” -Lean

“Ugh, cheating… I-It’s not cheating, it’s normal to share a man in the dungeon!” -Evie

“I see.” “Seems so.” -Rai&Lean

“Tch, I-I’m being considerate by telling you to do it where Misuzu can’t see, and not to provoke her! Let’s go.” -Evie

“Roger.” “Master. I’m glad you weren’t hated for being persistent even though you weren’t chosen by Yuuta.” -Rai&Lean

“S-Shut up!” -Evie

Rai, who was just born a little while ago, seems to understand very well that I was terribly worried about being abandoned by Yuuta. I return Rai to her original beast form, then mount her along with Lean and start running.

Level 5 Rai powerfully kicks the ground, easily breaking the 100 km/h barrier that was said to be the fastest speed on land.

“How’s this?” -Evie

We arrived at Yuuta’s location in less than 10 minutes. And I explained in detail to Yuuta the procedure for meeting in secret that I had thought of with a lot of wracking my brain.

“Amazing. With this, even Misuzu probably won’t find out.” -Yuuta

“Right?”  -Evie

When I try to meet and make love with Yuuta inside the dungeon, Yuuta’s location inevitably stops moving completely. Misuzu is naturally suspicious of my actions, and just having Yuuta’s location information stopped for more than 10 minutes on the map app might make her suspicious.

However, what if Rai moves while holding Yuuta’s smartphone? In that case, Yuuta’s location information will keep moving constantly.

“But if Rai is holding my smartphone, what do we do when Misuzu calls me?” -Yuuta

“I had David and the others buy an extra smartphone for that too, so it’s okay. I set it up so that calls from Misuzu to Yuuta automatically connect to this spare one. With this, I think it’ll be fine even if I meet you every day. Do you not like it?” -Evie

“That’s not it. It’s just that I’m worried about Misuzu… I’m sorry.” -Yuuta

I seriously thought about the procedure for meeting in secret. Would a man dislike just that? I had that concern, but more than that, it seems the most important thing is that he doesn’t want to make Misuzu sad. If that’s the case, I just need to think of a way to not get caught by Misuzu.

At first, I thought it would be difficult no matter what, but with the summoning of Rai, the situation took a sudden turn for the better. We can make love around 9 o’clock, and since we eat lunch alone at 12 o’clock on this floor, we can make love again then. And if he doesn’t mind, we can make love again around 4 o’clock.

“I-Isn’t that a lot?”   -Yuuta

“It’s not a lot. Misuzu does it the whole time you’re sleeping. I only do it for about 30 minutes. It’s fine if you don’t like it, Yuuta, but… is it okay?” -Evie

“Rather than not liking it…” -Yuuta

“Yuuta, just give in to that. Even so, she’s quite nervous about being abandoned by you. She’s saying such unreasonable things because she’s anxious.”  -Rai

“R-Rai!” -Evie

“Don’t worry, Master. Lean and I will do our best to make sure Misuzu doesn’t find out. Okay, Yuuta?” -Rai

“Well, of course I’d prefer to be with Evie for longer.” -Yuuta

“Then leave the concealment work to me and Lean.” -Rai

Saying that, Rai returned to being a white lion, took Yuuta’s smartphone, and started running. However, if Rai runs seriously, she becomes much faster than Yuuta. That would be like saying it’s not Yuuta, so she started running slowly for her.

Lean was already holding my smartphone and taking separate action to create an alibi for the cheating.

Three times a day, 30 minutes each time. I can’t do more than that because I have to level up and search for stairs.

For this short time, I was making a foolish request to my summoned beasts.

I, who made the foolish request, took out a sheet from my magic bag and spread it on the grassland. The Goblin Riders who have this area as their territory are lying dead about 300m ahead where Yuuta wiped them out. Under the blazing sun, I slowly leaned against Yuuta.

“I want to stay like this forever.” -Evie

“…Me too.” -Yuuta

“Really? Even though you properly broke up with me, I’m clinging to you. You must think I’m a persistent woman, right?” -Evie

“I’m… thinking that I was a more irresponsible man than I thought I was. Evie, you’re gradually becoming a bigger part of me. Right now, I feel very happy to be with you like this.” -Yuuta

“Really?” -Evie

“Evie. Will you forgive this foolish me?” -Yuuta

“No, it’s my fault for being persistent.” -Evie

I feel like Yuuta has changed a bit because he couldn’t completely abandon me. Until now, it seemed like he thought harems were no good, but at least it looks like Yuuta is starting to think he wants a harem.

“Yuuta. This is just a what-if, but if Misuzu were to agree to a harem, would you dislike it?” -Evie

“…I wouldn’t dislike it. Rather, I feel like I might get divine retribution, but if possible, that’s what I want to do.” -Yuuta

It seemed Yuuta’s heart was quite inclined in that direction after all. In any case, Yuuta is seriously aiming for Level 1000. What he needs most for that are trustworthy companions. And judging from Yuuta’s personality that I’ve seen so far, I think it’s desirable for them to be women.

Women who love Yuuta and would even die for him will serve by Yuuta’s side. And the four of us will aim for Level 1000 together.

“What will you do if Imari says she wants you to break up with me and Misuzu?” -Evie

“I don’t know. Honestly, I want to be with Evie too, not just Misuzu.” -Yuuta

I pull Yuuta close and lie down on the sheet I spread on the grass.

“Hey, since there’s the matter with Imari, I think it’s better to stop seeing me once we’re out of the dungeon.” -Evie

“That’s… you’re right.” -Yuuta

He looked disappointed. That made me very happy. Even so, that call from Imari to Misuzu was a painful event for me too. It almost made me get abandoned by Yuuta.

Just remembering that makes my body tremble even now. I never dreamed Yuuta would say such a thing. Honestly, I arrogantly believed I would be chosen. At least in America, I had always been chosen in life. It was the first time I wasn’t chosen.

“I like you. So I want you to really embrace me here.” -Evie

“By that, you mean…” -Yuuta

“Yes, I want you to do it properly. Is it impossible?” -Evie

“…” -Yuuta

Yuuta didn’t answer.

He seems to be having a really hard time answering.

I recently saw that expression.

If I had to choose who I like, I like Misuzu.

Yuuta’s mouth started to open as if to say something.

“If I had to choose who I like, I like Misuzu.” -Yuuta

“I-I’m sorry. I made an unreasonable request. But at least look at me properly at the end, okay?” -Evie

“…” -Yuuta

I kissed Yuuta again. I had a little hope. That he would forget about Misuzu and Imari and be with me. But this is fine for now. What I’m aiming for is Level 1000, not being loved by Yuuta.

So I don’t need to think about wanting to be loved. That’s right. More than that, I’ll really help Yuuta build a party for his sake. If I do that, I shouldn’t ever be told I’m not needed by this person again.