After defeating the boss and seeing where we ended up, I couldn’t shake this terrible premonition.
If you think about it, it makes perfect sense.
Because this is an eroge world.
This is the world of Magical★Explorer, isn’t it?
Remember what happened after the boss battle earlier.
Think about what we, the ladies and gentlemen of Eroge, truly want.
It’s only natural.
For better or worse, there was a spot here that looked exactly like the Ero-Furnace I’d seen in a certain Dungeon.
It’s not an E-furnace; it’s an ERO-Furnace.
And there was something resembling a teleportation magic circle right in front of the Ero-Furnace.
The fact that magic power wasn’t flowing through it only added to my dreadful feeling.
I ignored everything else and headed straight for what looked like the teleportation circle.
However, even when I touched it or channeled magic power into it, there was zero response.
What is this?
Did they make something similar?
I just have a massive sense of déjà vu.
Who made this, an idiot?
“Goshujin-sama, there’s a treasure chest here.”
Ah, my bad feeling turned into absolute conviction.
MagiEx world, Ero-Furnace, treasure chest.
It’s a triple threat.
But there’s nothing I can do about it.
I walked over to Nanami’s side and touched the chest.
“Damn it, I don’t want to open it… I don’t want to open it… I don’t want to open it, Nanami!”
Nanami seemed to be wondering what on earth I was doing.
That was natural.
Normally, a treasure chest is something to be enjoyed if there are no traps.
The treasure chest after a boss battle is usually a reward.
By the way, is this also a reward in a sense?
If you’re an Eroge Player, yeah, damn it.
Oh, I didn’t want to open it, but I had to.
As long as the teleportation magic circle wasn’t working, we couldn’t move forward.
“I-I’ll open it.”
I took a deep breath and slowly lifted the lid of the treasure chest.
My hands were trembling, probably from the tension.
Calm down and open it slowly…
The first thing I saw when I opened it was a long, black object.
Yes, this is something I’ve seen in fantasy, reality, and eroge.
In fantasy, it’s often used when attacking enemies, just like in reality and eroge.
However, in fantasy, it’s mostly used on monsters, while in reality and eroge, it’s an item used mostly on people.
Oh, in reality, do they also use it on horses?
I carefully closed the treasure chest.
“Why is there a whip…!”
No, I’d understand if it was just a normal treasure chest.
Oh, all that’s in here is a weapon whip.
But.
This is the Ero-Furnace.
I don’t understand the meaning.
It’s a whip, it’s a whip?
What is a whip?
Is it because I’m ignorant (muchi)?
No, because it’s a whip (muchi)!
(Running away from reality).
Nanami opened the treasure chest.
Then she took out some of the whips from the box and picked up the piece of paper that was underneath.
It was written in an ancient language.
Of course, Nanami could read it.
However, why did her face get sourer the more she read?
I knew the reason, though.
Then, just as I thought she was going to throw the paper away in anger, she suddenly grabbed the box.
She pulled out a black mesh outfit and a pair of demonic wings.
Maybe the design motif was a succubus?
Yes.
Just with that, I could guess a lot.
“Goshujin-sama.”
I could hear Nanami’s trembling voice.
“Goshujin-sama’s race is human, and Ludi-sama’s race is elf, right?
So do you know my race?”
“A-angel?”
“Great answer, Goshujin-sama.
Then what is this?”
“D-demon clothes… pretty stimulating?”
“This is also a great answer.
As expected of Goshujin-sama.
Then, if what’s written on that paper is true, it seems I have to wear this.”
That’s right.
I didn’t know what was written on the paper.
But if there was a treasure chest in front of the Ero-Furnace and some clothes inside, that would be completely natural.
“Maybe you can’t wear it because you’re an angel?”
“No, there’s no problem if it’s just wearing clothes.
But the appearance is that of a fallen angel, you understand?
What is this?
Please tell me it’s a lie.”
“Unfortunately, it’s reality.
By the way, what else was written?”
“It seems it’s a mechanism where magic power is sent from the Ero-Furnace to the teleportation magic circle by hitting the object with a whip while wearing this costume.”
“I-I see.”
Whoever came up with the idea to make a mechanism like this is a monster.
You can’t think of accumulating special magic power by cosplaying as a lecherous demon and hitting an object with a whip.
Is he an idiot?
If you looked around, you’d see two objects side by side.
Seeing that there were two magic circles underneath them, she probably had to stand there and wield a whip.
Wearing a costume and swinging a whip to accumulate magic power, huh.
If it were a normal eroge, things should end here.
But is this really the end?
This is Magical★Explorer, which is known for investing in scenarios that are a step above normal eroge.
I really didn’t think this was the end.
“Goshujin-sama, we have a problem!”
Nanami, who was searching the bottom of the treasure chest, looked at me and shouted.
See, it seemed there was something else.
But why did you look a little happy?
“There’s a costume for men at the bottom of the treasure chest!”
Lies, lies, lies, lies, LIES!
Wait, wait, wait, wait!
I could only think that whoever made this was insane!
First of all, FIRST OF ALL.
What is desired from eroge and galge?
A beautiful girl.
It’s a beautiful scene, a cool scene, and an erotic scene of a beautiful girl.
Some of the guys who say “erotic scenes aren’t necessary” while playing eroge must be secretly happy to see an ero scene!
Those outwardly quiet perverts!
I know because I was like that, after all.
Whether it was there or not, it’s obvious it’s better to have it, idiots!
Yes, most Eroge Players desire this.
That’s why the developers have no choice but to put more effort into it.
But.
No matter how you look at it, users don’t want a man cosplaying at alllllll!
“Oh, I was hoping only I would be sacrificed, but how truly unfortunate.
This has to be worn by Goshujin-sama too…♪”
I received the clothes Nanami had in her hands.
It was certainly sized for a man.
“Wait, wait, what do you want me to do wearing this!?”
This time Nanami presented a whip.
Ah, dammit, I get it already!
“Whoever made this is fundamentally insane!
Why is the magic power of the teleportation magic circle accumulated by wearing this and hitting it with a whip?”
Speaking of which, the developer answered in a previous interview: “There was a tremendously interesting scenario, but it was cut because the users wouldn’t want it.” Maybe it was this?
This Dungeon!?
That explains it being cut!
If I were the director, I would have torn up the paper with the idea immediately.
Who needs a scene like this!?
The only saving grace was that it was less exposing than Nanami’s?
Well, that’s why I had to say it.
“Damn it!”
I threw the clothes on the floor while swearing and grabbed a whip.
“This is broken, it has to be.”
I stood on the magic circle and hit the object with a whip.
But nothing happened.
Ah, I get it!
Actually, it’s not broken.
The very scenario of this world is simply crazy!
“DAMMIT!”
Since that’s the case, why not just leave it to Nanami alone?
No, there’s no way.
If I could do it, I couldn’t leave her alone with it.
With that in mind, I had no choice but to change clothes.
“Nanami… I’ve fallen and become a Fallen Angel★.”
“Even though you complained so much, you didn’t get that much of a shock, did you?”
I wasn’t as exposed as Nanami, but I felt sad because it looked like I was suffering from chuunibyou. The source of this chapter is novelping.com.
“Haa, where are you looking, even though I’m so sad?”
She sighed a little when I ignored her words with a stern look.
Then, while looking at me, she started posing, leaning, pinching the wings extending from her waist and bowing, lifting her chest with her arms, turning her back, and looking over her shoulder.
“Fallen Angel Nanami… Explosive Entrance.”
“Instead, you’re all excited, aren’t you?
Why are you posing to show off?”
The pose showing her armpits and the pose where she sat and lifted her legs were a critical hit to me, so please do it again.
“Come on, Goshujin-sama, come quickly, please.”
“Eh, I have to do it too?”
“Arms like this, to support me, and the right leg a little more open.
Then, move here, and lastly, the winning pose.”
“Are you serious that I have to do this…?”
“My motivation depends on it.
I might go on strike, you know.
A strike, strike.
And I don’t mean the stripes on my boxers.
Now, let’s go.”
“I don’t know if you’re excited or desperate, you know.
What you’re saying doesn’t make any sense.”
“Fallen Angel Nanami… Explosive Entrance★.”
“Explosive Entrance★… I ended up doing it without realizing it.
To begin with, there are way too many things here that make me want to scream.”
“Fufufu, well, it’s obvious the clothes look good on me, but they also look good on you, Goshujin-sama.”
Why are you looking from top to bottom?
I don’t get it.
“…Thank you, but this feeling of ventilation is a bit unpleasant.”
“But I think it’s quite high-defense equipment.”
“Even if it has defensive power, with this appearance…”
It seemed there was some defensive power.
However, it would be hard to use it regularly due to the appearance issue.
“Then, let’s get out of here quickly.”
“I agree.
Then, Goshujin-sama, there are three types of whips.
What should we do?”
“I never thought I’d be worried about which whip to use in a place like this.”
There were three types of whips in front of me.
A pink whip whose tip was divided into several strings, a single-tail whip that seemed to be used in RPGs and cartoons, and a riding whip meant to convey pain to the tough skin of a horse.
“If it’s just to hit the object, the riding whip seems easy to use.”
I picked up the riding whip and tried to brandish it.
Hiyu, Hiyu, Hiyu.
“Kuh, it can’t be, no way.”
“Can you stop making strange poses and voices according to my movements?”
“I’m terribly sorry.
Then, let me go simply with this whip.”
Saying that, Nanami grabbed a whip.
She held it in her hand and hit the floor with a Sipan, Sipan sound.
By the way, she knew how to use most weapons and was also highly proficient with whips.
“Fuhfuhfu.”
“Why are you laughing?”
Honestly, it suited her perfectly—that laugh and swinging a whip in demon clothes.
“Then, let’s go, Goshujin-sama.”
“Yeah, let’s go.”
When we arrived at the designated spot, Nanami passed her magic power through the magic circle on the floor.
Then, something like a digital display materialized in front of her.
This time, the magic circle under my feet glowed, and a screen was displayed for me as well.
I didn’t understand the ancient letters displayed on the screen, but I could guess what to do from the visual layout.
I probably had to hit the object with the whip the moment the line drawn at the bottom of the screen overlapped with the whip mark descending from above.
Is it a rhythm game?
I looked at Nanami; she seemed to have guessed what I was thinking and immediately translated what was written.
“It seems the magic power tends to accumulate if you hit it the exact moment the line and the whip mark overlap.
If your timing is off, the magic power will decrease a little.”
It’s a music game.
Should I aim to be a whip master?
Or a mucchin (whip-musician)?
What is this erotic title…!
When I nodded, I whipped the object in front of me for now.
I wondered why this object had a shape that vaguely reminded me of a person.
‘Terrorin’
A mysterious sound effect echoed around us, and Nanami and I looked at each other.
“Apparently, it seems to be a precaution… ha?”
“…What is it, Nanami?”
Nanami shook her head, rubbed her eyes, looked at the screen again, and froze.
I had nothing but a bad feeling.
“N-no, I’m terribly sorry.
It seems I was hallucinating.”
“Unfortunately, look at the clothes you’re wearing and what you have in your hand.
It’s not a hallucination, it’s reality.”
Because this is the eroge world.
There is a reality here that isn’t like reality.
Things like this just end up existing…
Nanami hesitated and got flustered, but slowly opened her mouth.
“Uh, if you miss three times… it seems a lotion that makes you feel aroused will be ejected.”
It took me some time to process those words.
“HaaaAAAAAAA!?
Whoever made this is an idiot?
They’re an idiot, right?
Tell me they’re an idiot!”
It’s beyond the reach of normal people’s comprehension!?
Is this an eroge?!
This is the world of an erogeeee!!
“D-don’t worry, Goshujin-sama.
It seems to have a beauty effect, and when you are bathed in it, it leaves your skin shiny, with a moisturizing and long-lasting whitening effect.”
“I don’t need that!
Just the fact that it makes you feel aroused means I can’t be relieved at all!”
“T-that’s true.”
This is bad.
I felt like I’d had this exact conversation before.
Although the positions and the person had changed.
Calm down, calm down…!
“Sorry.
You didn’t do anything, and I ended up taking it out on you.”
“No, I can guess your feelings.
I don’t mind.”
When Nanami hit the object with her whip, the screen changed.
This time, an image of a woman holding a whip and a camera icon were floating.
And, as always, an explanation was written in ancient letters.
“What is it saying?”
“…It says it will take a picture of you after you fail several times and make it a lifelong memory.”
What, take a picture for a lifelong memory (a dark past)?
“It seems it can take a picture using a low-grade carved circle magic stone.”
“Is this an amusement park or a theme park!?
What is he thinking, wanting to take a commemorative picture of us!?”
Imagine a picture of a man and a woman in demon cosplay whipping something; that’s nothing more than a dark past.
And covered in lotion, too, you know?
It’s pure stupidity…
…Fallen Angel Nanami covered in lotion, huh?
“…Goshujin-sama?”
I kept staring at the camera icon and stood perfectly still.
I might be forced to make the final choice right now.
The ultimate treasure, irreplaceable by anything else, might be available for just a low-grade magic stone.
I could get something that, no matter how much money I invested, I could never buy.
I-is it necessary to corner yourself sometimes, right?
If I take the picture, we’ll feel like we absolutely have to succeed, right?
But, well, there are times we’ll end up failing anyway; we have to accept it as inevitable.
“…”
Nanami was looking at me with terrifying eyes.
Naturally.
I realized my hand holding the whip was soaked in sweat.
No, wait a moment.
Why am I trying to make this choice without asking Nanami’s opinion?
This isn’t just my problem.
It’s my and Nanami’s problem.
That’s why if Nanami wants a picture, even a little, I’ll be able to get—.
“…”
—She won’t want it, right.
Yees.
I’m sorry.
Thinking about it, I’d be a victim too, so I shouldn’t do it.
“Good grief… I have no choice, if it’s going to motivate Goshujin-sama.”
Saying that, Nanami selected the camera icon.
And she looked at me with a smile.
“Just this once, okay?
Then, let’s start, Goshujin-sama.”
What is this girl, an angel?
She’s an angel!
“Above all, knowing Goshujin-sama, you wouldn’t do something like miss on purpose.
And no matter who chose the camera, that wouldn’t change.” Visit g.com for the full chapter.
She was a fallen angel right now!
This maid!
With a smile on her face, she gave me a warning.
If she said that, I couldn’t make any more mistakes!
Damn, she knew and said that on purpose!
“Then let’s start.”
Saying that, when Nanami hit the object with her whip, the screen changed.
A fast-paced song started playing, and a whip mark descended toward the line.
Maybe it was a small calibration check; a whip mark slowly descended for both me and Nanami.
‘Terrorin’
Probably because both of us managed to hit it perfectly on time, the magic meter displayed on the screen grew a little.
After that, the whip marks descended several times, but I managed to hit them without making a single mistake.
“I’m very sorry, Goshujin-sama, but first I’d like to inform you of something.”
“Nn?”
There were no mistakes so far.
That’s why I thought we were doing great, but she’s sorry?
“Apparently, the whip I chose was a trap.”
“Eh?”
“It seems the whip I chose was a trap.
This specific whip seems to be much harder to use than I imagined.”
‘Terrorin’
“N-Nanami?”
“Apparently, with this whip, it’s impossible to hit repeatedly in a short period of time.”
Oh, I see.
That whip had a long length, after all.
To be honest, I thought it would be incredibly hard to hit the target on time.
Even now I thought she was doing amazingly well, wait.
“Hey!?
A-a-a-are you okay!?”
“I wonder what the lotion will smell like…?”
“Why do you have a refreshing smile!?
Don’t give up!”
However, the further we went, the harder it became.
I thought Nanami was doing incredibly well with that whip, though.
Even though Nanami and I made one mistake each, we managed to proceed to the point where the meters were about to fill up completely.
And when we both hit the object at the exact right time, the blue meter shone in brilliant rainbow colors.
This was to indicate the fulfillment of the goal, right?
It had been a long and fierce battle.
I tried to drop the whip in my emotional state, but I couldn’t.
“Yessss!
Wait, huhhh?”
“Goshujin-sama, it seems it’s still too early to rejoice.
The music, the music is continuing!”
No, it’s weird, it’s weird, it’s weird.
“Wait, wait, why does the music continue even though we hit the quota!?”
“Please calm down, Goshujin-sama!
Until now, everything has been strange.
No matter what happens, I won’t find it strange.
If we make a mistake here, we’ll all get slimy.”
“Damn, it means the game doesn’t end until the song finishes?
The guy who thought of this is an idiot; if he’s alive, I want to punch him.”
Now that we’ve come this far, I won’t make any more mistakes.
Besides, it’s been a good while since I started swinging this whip.
Unless the song is a classical piece lasting hours, it must be ending soon.
My expectation was correct.
It didn’t take long for the chorus-like part to end, and the music grew quieter and quieter.
The sound would soon disappear.
The whip marks no longer descended, and Nanami and I looked at each other.
Nanami had a smile like no other.
We did it.
We won this rhythm game that started suddenly!
We beat this shitty game (kusoge)!
Opening both our arms, we hugged each other.
“We did it!”
“We did it, Goshujin-sama!”
Did you see that, creator of this thing?!
This is my and Nanami’s power!
At that exact moment.
A final whip mark descended from the screen.
“”Ah!””
My voice and Nanami’s overlapped.
When I saw it falling, I suddenly remembered.
Rhythm games sometimes have these trick notes right before the song ends, right?
‘Dedeen’
At the same time the sound effect played, a magic circle was created in front of us.
Even though the screen showed the quota had been reached, the magic circle was being formed without mercy.
However, I had also considered the possibility of this happening.
If this happened, I was already prepared for what to do.
No, there wasn’t even a need to think; I just knew that based on my core beliefs, I would definitely do this by pure reflex.
With my Third Hand, I grabbed Nanami, who was trying to jump in front of me.
“Nanami, thank you.
You stay behind me.”
“Goshujin-sama!?”
I was going to be the only one bathed.
I threw Nanami back and opened my Fourth Hand.
Maybe I could defend myself if I positioned the scarf firmly in front.
It might just be a naive wish.
But if I didn’t try, I wouldn’t know.
“Goshujin-sama.
Above!”
Nanami, whom I had thrown back, shouted.
Hearing that voice, I looked up at the sky.
The magic circle floating there was already completed and was in the process of pouring down.
Involuntarily, I laughed when I saw it.
You’re really cunning, you know, setting up two layers of traps.
You were just dying to use this on us, damn it.
I braced myself and was bathed in the liquid.
If asked what this was, I think it would be something like a refreshing type of antiperspirant you usually use in the summer.
At first, it was cold.
But soon you stopped feeling the chill.
I thought my whole body had started to cool down, but instead, I started releasing an excessive amount of heat.
“Kuh.”
Besides, I got all sticky.
Well, it’s a lotion, so that’s natural.
After walking a few steps to get away from the trap zone, I slipped smoothly.
My feet were wet with lotion.
I threw my arm out toward the ground to protect my body.
However, there was no shock to my arm.
Instead, there was a soft impact against my body.
“I-idiot, this makes no sense for me to have protected you!”
I didn’t quite fall.
Nanami was hugging my body.
My arm was wrapped around her waist.
“Nn… Goshujin-sama’s suffering… is my… suffering… Nn.”
Nanami’s sigh was getting hotter and hotter.
And my whole body felt like it was burning up.
“N-Nanami.”
I was insanely happy she said that.
I was genuinely thrilled.
But, you know, it’s tough.
Even so, I wanted to be a gentleman, and Nanami trusted me.
“Now I’ll use water magic.
Let’s wash this off.”
As expected, I had to hold back.
You know, Nanami.
This situation is called torture, you know.
You’re laughing a little, but you didn’t do it on purpose, right?
Somehow, I heard an incredibly sultry voice in my ears, but it wasn’t on purpose, right?
We washed our bodies lightly with Nanami’s water magic, changed back into our regular clothes, and stepped into the teleportation magic circle.
The destination of the teleportation circle was the Dungeon entrance.
It was just before sunset; the stone dungeon entrance was dyed red, and a long shadow stretched from the tattered pillars.
When I looked to the side, I saw Nanami gazing at the orange-dyed trees while bathing in the twilight light.
The wind blew her flashy silver hair, and Nanami let out a soft breath.
I followed her line of sight.
It was a strange feeling.
It was such a peaceful sight, even though I had been prepared to die just a little while ago before conquering the Dungeon.
“It was a great, incredible adventure… Hey, Nanami.
Do you think Ludi and the others will get mad if I tell them what happened today?”
“I don’t even need to say it.
They were quite worried, so I think you should keep it a secret.
But I also think it’s good to tell the truth eventually.”
“As expected, that’s the conclusion, huh…”
“If I were in Ludi-sama and the others’ position, I’d definitely get mad.
To the point of probably hitting you with a whip.”
We both looked at each other.
And at the exact same time, we burst out laughing.
“I definitely can’t tell them we escaped by hitting things with a whip.”
“Yes, it’s a secret just between us.
It’s an important secret… important only to me and Goshujin-sama.”