Chapter 58: Delicious! (Gradually Turning into a Horror Face)

Since this was my second ejaculation of the morning, only a modest amount of semen flowed into the back of Ifelasuki’s throat.

"Ugh... Good morning, Rafilia-san."

"Good morning, Oppai."

"G-Good morning..."

"Pi..."

We got caught in an extremely bad moment, but Rafilia-san will probably faint from the shock of seeing Ifelasuki wetting herself. If that happens, I can just pretend what she saw was a dream.

...Hm?

Rafilia-san’s face was twitching, but she was still standing. Up until now, she would always faint the moment she saw Lucia...

"U-Um, Masaharu-san... just what are you..."

Rafilia-san looked at me in confusion.

Even if you ask "what"...

I was on my knees, getting my cock sucked by Ifelasuki while she made me cum, and stroking Kemololi’s belly.

Ifelasuki was on all fours, swallowing my cum while Lucia played with her asshole.

Lucia was petting Ifelasuki’s ass and tickling her anus with the tip of her tail.

Kemololi was lying on her back on top of Ifelasuki’s back while I rubbed her stomach.

Well... I guess it wouldn’t make sense to Rafilia-san. This level of perverted behavior is pretty advanced.

Thankfully, from Rafilia-san’s position, she probably couldn’t see that Ifelasuki was sucking my dick. All she could see was my ass.

If I act like nothing shameful is happening and stay confident, I should be fine.

"It’s morning stretching exercises."

"Stretching exercises?"

"Yes. It’s a health method passed down in my homeland. By loosening the joints like this, you become healthier. See? It feels good, right Kemololi?"

"Y-Yes..."

"I-I see... I was going to prepare breakfast, but..."

"Ah, right."

Before going to bed, I had told Rafilia-san not to approach the food storage hut.

Last night, a strange phenomenon occurred where the bread wouldn’t decrease no matter how much we ate, and the wine wouldn’t go down no matter how much we drank.

Thankfully, Lucia is with us now, so we should be able to handle anything that happens.

"I’ll prepare it right away, so please wait outside the room."

"Y-Yes."

The door closed with a somewhat bewildered sound.

"Everyone, it’s breakfast time. Let’s get dressed."

Everyone except Kemololi put on clothes. For me it was just throwing on a long robe, and Lucia could instantly create clothes with magic, so we were done in a second.

Ifelasuki took the longest because she needed cloth wrapped around her chest and waist, plus I had to lick her soaked crotch clean.

Once we were all dressed, we left the cathedral and headed toward the detached hut.

There was nothing unusual about the hut’s appearance. Since it was in the priests’ living area, it was built more simply than the cathedral. The front room served as both kitchen and dining room. It was built separately to prevent fire from spreading to the main building in case of an accident.

"First, I’ll go into the hut alone. Everyone wait outside."

I quietly opened the door and peered inside.

It was exactly the same as yesterday.

There was a fireplace in the corner with a pot hanging from the ceiling. On the side counter were dishes, jars, and baskets.

In the center of the room was a foldable table with a basket of bread and a jar of wine on top.

No abnormalities.

I slowly entered the room. Once I confirmed nothing happened, I called only Lucia inside.

"Lucia, come here."

"Nn."

"Rafilia-san, Ifelasuki, Kemololi — do not come in until I call you."

"U-Understood."

Rafilia-san and Kemololi were anxiously peeking into the room.

Ifelasuki had her usual stupid-looking face.

"Lucia, do you sense anything? Any traces of magic attacks or anything like that?"

"...? Not really."

"I see. Just watch for me."

I picked up a knife and took a round loaf from the basket.

"It’s a perfectly round loaf. No one has taken a single bite yet."

"Yeah."

"Here I go."

I cut it with the knife so Lucia could see clearly.

I handed the end piece (quignon) of the round bread to Lucia.

"Eat this."

"Okay."

Lucia took the bread but didn’t eat it immediately.

She turned toward the three people peeking from the entrance.

"Is it okay for me to eat first?"

Surprisingly, Lucia actually cares about the people around her.

"Yeah, don’t hold back."

"Got it. Thank you for the meal."

Nom nom.

While Lucia ate a piece of bread, I cleared the cups on the table and brought new ones from the counter.

I poured wine into a cup and handed it to Lucia.

"Drink this."

"Nn."

I cut another piece of bread and gave it to her.

"Eat one more piece."

"I’m already full..."

"You eat so little... Well, whatever. Just watch the bread for me."

"Nn."

...

...

Huh?

Even after waiting a while, nothing happened.

What’s going on?

The round bread remained partially eaten.

The wine jar had decreased exactly by the amount I poured.

I glanced at Rafilia-san who was peeking from the entrance, but she also shook her head slightly, unable to understand the situation.

I tried eating the bread myself.

It was ordinary bread. It didn’t have the amazing taste from last night. Maybe it had dried out a bit after a day? The crust was chewy with zero crispiness. The white part didn’t melt in the mouth either. The cross-section was wheat-colored, dense, and had very few air pockets.

Frankly, it tasted bad. It was so bad I felt sorry for the people of this world who had this as their staple food.

Is this really the same bread?

"Lucia, let me have a sip of wine."

"Nn."

I took Lucia’s cup and drank the wine.

It was ordinary wine. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

It didn’t have the fresh grape flavor like last night. It tasted like grape powder mixed with water and had all the sweetness removed.

"What... is going on?"

"What is?"

"Ah, never mind... Yesterday, time went back and..."

"It did?"

"I don’t know. Something strange happened, and then... Maybe it was just my imagination..."

Did the enemy stop attacking because Lucia is here?

Or was it really just my imagination?

I couldn’t tell.

Gurgle. Gurgle.

From outside, the two beastmen’s stomachs were rumbling loudly.

Kemololi hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday, which was understandable, but even Ifelasuki — who had eaten a carrot last night and swallowed my cum this morning — was making a huge racket with her stomach.

"Can’t be helped. Let’s have breakfast. Rafilia-san, if you would."

"Yes. I’ll prepare something warm."

While Rafilia-san made soup and fried eggs, we sat on the chairs and listened to Kemololi’s story. Naturally, Ifelasuki sat on the opposite side of Lucia with me in between, in a position where she absolutely wouldn’t make eye contact with her.

According to Kemololi, there were twenty other beastmen being kept as slaves. We absolutely had to win today’s exam, get a large prize, and free the beastmen.

If a tragedy happened due to even a few hours of delay, it would be terrible. Maybe we should stop by the slave trader before the exam and warn them not to dispose of the slaves. But those guys did try to kill me and steal my money... Can we even talk to them?

Before I could reach a conclusion, the soup was ready.

Rafilia-san ladled soup from the hanging pot into wooden bowls and distributed them.

Then, the four of us except Lucia (who had filled up during the taste test) began eating.

Rafilia-san tore the bread into tiny pieces like grains and gave them to Kemololi beside her. Kemololi’s eyes went wide as she said, "Delicious!"

"Delicious!"

With her tiny mouth, she took a big bite of the tiny bread.

"Delicious!"

With her tiny mouth, she took a big bite of the tiny bread.

"Delicious!"

With her tiny mouth, she took a big bite of the tiny bread.

"Delicious!"

Every single bite, Kemololi raised her voice in delight, saying "Delicious!"

She kept repeating the same thing, so I wondered if time was looping again, but the bread I ate was clearly disappearing. The carrot Ifelasuki ate was gone too.

Time didn’t seem to be going backwards. If something strange was happening, Lucia would probably notice.

"Delicious!"

Seeing Kemololi so happy made me happy too, but at the same time, it hurt my chest a little. Just how terrible had her meals been until now? To be this moved by bread that wasn’t even particularly good...

"Delicious!"

With her tiny mouth, she took a big bite of the tiny bread.

"M-Masaharu-san..."

Rafilia-san turned to me with a stiff, awkward smile.

What the hell? While Kemololi was happily eating right next to her, Rafilia-san’s expression was extremely unnatural. There was even a bead of sweat on her forehead.

Grrr...

Grrrr...

Was I hearing things? It sounded like the growl of a monster snoring deep inside a cave.

Grrrrrrrrrrrr.

"The bread..."

Hearing Rafilia-san’s trembling voice, I looked at her hand. She was holding a piece of bread with a clean semi-circular cut.

"Delicious!"

Grrrrrrrrrrrr.

"Wha—! What the hell?!"

Kemololi kept happily saying "delicious" over and over while eating the bread, but the piece in Rafilia-san’s hand still had the exact same shape as when it was just cut!

"Kemololi-chan is eating so much, but the bread isn’t decreasing at allllll!"

"Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Lucia! Look! Look at Rafilia-san’s hand! The bread isn’t going down!"

I pointed at the bread with my index finger bent back as far as possible, my face twitching in horror as I screamed.

I had no idea what was happening, but this was definitely bad!