After the Relief Sheep had assaulted Shiori and, seemingly satisfied after multiple ejaculations inside her, finally fallen asleep, Shiori used its body as a blanket and lingered for a while, basking in the afterglow of being violated.

Once she had thoroughly immersed herself in the experience, she restarted the game and returned to the dungeon entrance.

"I never imagined I’d be violated by that sheep... I was completely caught off guard," she said as soon as she stepped into the room that had been created near the entrance by the restart process.

"It lured me into its room, put me to sleep, and then raped me while I was defenseless... Quite a character... ♡ When I woke up, my pussy was already ready, and even with that huge cock inside me, it felt so good that I came almost instantly... ♡

Also, I was covered in saliva all over, so it seems I was licked while I was sleeping. I wonder how much they licked me... ♡ Just thinking about it sends shivers down my spine... ♡"

She had been assaulted when she let her guard down and fell asleep. Shiori was not without feelings of frustration, but even more than that, she seemed to enjoy being violated by the Relief Sheep.

Her cheeks were flushed, and a smile played on her face. She savored the memory for a while, then her expression became serious and determined.

"Now then... as for countermeasures against the Relief Sheep... since its level is low, it mainly relies on indirect tactics. Its combat ability probably isn’t that high. The best course of action seems to be to defeat them the first time you encounter them instead of going along with them. After that..."

Shiori had been thinking about how to deal with the Relief Sheep with the intention of seriously challenging the boss next, but she came up with a plan quite easily.

"...Now that I think about it, I was put to sleep this time, but I wonder if I can still use the resistance granted by the blessing Reem gave me."

She remembered the sleep resistance blessing that had been given to Nightmare Reem in the past and opened the menu. She switched back to the effect of the sleep resistance blessing, which she had whimsically turned off because she did not think it was necessary.

"That’s good. So, once again... shall we go?"

With everything seemingly ready, Shiori nodded and left the room to resume her search.

She moved forward for a short while, and from one of the forks ahead, a Relief Sheep appeared.

"Moko? Moko, fluffy..."

"There it is."

The Relief Sheep tilted its head as soon as it noticed Shiori, then slowly approached her. It drew near with a gaze devoid of hostility. Shiori cautiously raised her rapier, but...

"Fluffy, fluffy..."

"...This is going to be pretty tough to defeat."

One reason was its cute appearance. Attacking a sheep that was only showing affection and no aggressive behavior at this point seemed a rather hesitant act. Shiori could not bring herself to wield her rapier. She looked troubled as the Relief Sheep rubbed against her.

"Beak, beak...! Beak, beak."

Even as Shiori struggled with her decision, the Relief Sheep continued to snuggle up affectionately. She knew that after a while it would try to drag her into another room, just as before, but even so, she could not launch an attack.

"...Let’s run away. Ha!"

"Moko...!? Moko, Mokooo...!?"

There was no point in staying as things were. Shiori decided to leave the Relief Sheep behind and escape. Amid the surprised and mournful cries of the sheep, she ran vigorously through the cave.

"...I’m sure I’ll be alright now that I’ve come this far."

After running for a while, Shiori stopped and began her search again. She proceeded down a straight corridor, randomly chose one of the forks to the left or right, and continued. She found a room covered in a huge amount of wool—likely one of the rooms that Relief Sheep led people into.

"Fluffy, fluffy. Fluffy! Fluffy!"

"Ah...! Goodbye...!"

She encountered another Relief Sheep and this time fled without hesitation. Shiori steadily made her way through the complex network of caverns. Then, about ten minutes after the search began, she finally discovered the very back of the cave—in other words, the boss room.

"That’s the boss room."

Shiori hid in the shadows about ten meters away, observing what was happening inside. As far as she could confirm, the boss room’s interior was decorated with large amounts of wool spread on the ground, making it a very warm-looking hall despite being inside a frozen cavern. The exact size was unclear, but it was probably a circular hall with a diameter of about thirty meters. Although she could not see the boss itself, a ball of wool about three meters in diameter sat in the center of the room. Either the boss was hiding inside, or the ball of wool itself was the boss.

"I see..."

It seemed that no further information could be gained just by looking. Shiori stopped observing and thought for a moment.

"A boss that’s too cute is hard to defeat, so it would be nice if it had an easy-to-defeat design... Well, let’s give it a try."

Since there was no other option but to go in, Shiori emerged from the shadows, still clutching her rapier, and stepped into the boss room.

Nothing happened immediately after she entered. However, Shiori remained cautious and moved slowly. To be safe, she tiptoed toward the pile of wool in the center of the room, careful not to disturb the wool spread on the ground.

"...This doesn’t seem to be just a simple lump after all."

When she got within about three meters, Shiori noticed that the ball of wool occasionally swayed and moved. No wind was blowing in the room, so it was not swaying due to natural forces. She suspected it was swaying because of the breathing or movement of something hiding inside.

"Phew..."

Shiori quietly raised her rapier and tentatively poked the lump of wool with the tip of her sword.

"Ah...!"

At that moment, the ball of wool trembled... and rolled toward her. Not knowing what would happen if it touched her, Shiori dodged by jumping to the side, then turned her gaze back to the ball of wool. Above its head—on top of the lump—the words Rumplewool Lv?? appeared.

"No level displayed...? And it says ’wool’ instead of ’sheep’...? Anyway, let’s do this...!"

Shiori was puzzled that the level was not shown and that it was called "wool" rather than "sheep," but she set that aside for the moment. Without stopping, the lump of wool—Rumplewool—began to roll around the room, and she raised her rapier against it.