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Chapter 75
"So what are we looking for again?" Filyn asked as she, Rom, Ram and Peashy walked into the catacomb. The guild agent had assured them that the first two levels had only weak enemies and there was nothing to worry about, so long as you weren't stupid, that changed on the third floor.
"Apparently the third floor got taken over by enemies that hang out on the eighth floor and the guild wants the boss monster to be taken out." Rom said as she looked at the request. "...Wait, what? Apparently they are very dangerous enemies that give even seasoned adventurers troubles."
"...And we chose that?!" Ram yelled, trembling and looking like she wanted to cry.
"...I wanted to choose the strongest quest to get strong enough quick enough." Rom said weakly.
"If Pea is turned into a ghost, she will haunt you forever!" Peashy protested and casually punched a dogoo that jumped at her, sending it flying several meters away, where it went splat against a wall. She had a look of childish anger on her face as she looked at Rom, who nodded weakly.
"I think we'd all be ghosts in that case, Peashy." Rom said, gulping at the looks of annoyance that the others were giving her. "I'm sorry, we can..."
"Look..." Filyn said and rubbed her nose. "We're CPU Candidates, right?" She asked rhetorically, getting nods from all of them. "You three are going to be CPUs one day. Isn't doing something that adventurers have trouble with something that a CPU should do?"
None of them asked about Filyn.
It was pretty hard to be a CPU without a nation after all.
"You're right." Rom nodded. "Besides, we took on a giant monster and these monsters can't be stronger than that thing was, right?"
"Yeah!" Everyone cheered at once and walked into the catacombs.
As they walked through the first level, they couldn't help but notice how it was similar to Leanbox's dungeon-maze was.
(-)
Several hours later...
"Pea's bored." Peashy muttered, an annoyed look on her face. "Are we on the third floor yet?"
"We just found the door to the third floor." Filyn pointed out. "Hey, Rom, what's supposed to be on this floor? I hope it's stronger than dogoos and tulips."
"I didn't make this dungeon." Rom muttered as she looked at the book about the dungeon. "Anyway, this floor's supposed to have pipe-like enemies, Fenrirs, Shampururus and minor Dragons."
"Best be careful then." Filyn said as the others looked at her. "Fenrirs are nasty if they catch you by surprise and Dragons are always mean and tough."
The other three nodded as they looked at the large stone doors with a Roman number three in the center before they pushed it open and walked into the new area.
Seeing a bunch of open grass and ground wasn't what any of them had been expecting. Nor were the animals on the floor.
"MOOOO!" The animals cried out as they ate the grass.
"Um..." Filyn, Ram and Peashy all looked at Rom, who looked at her book and flipped ahead.
"It says that they're Cawl monsters." Rom pointed out while reading from the book. "They tend to hang out on the eighth floor and are really docile... Unless they think you're going to hurt them, then..." She looked around. "Um... Where..? GAH!" Her eyes went white and blank as she saw Peashy and Ram running to the nearest Cawl while Filyn followed after. "WAIT!"
"Cawl! Cawl!" Peashy yelled happily while running towards the monster with her arms up. Most of them ignored her and continued to eat. A few looked at Peashy as she ran towards them, giggling. "AAAAH!" She screamed as she tripped over a rock and slammed into a small Cawl, causing it to cry out in pain.
"MMMMOOOOOOO!" The tone of the Cawls got deeper and the air itself was filled with a level of menace that hadn't been there before.
"Um..." Ram trembled as she saw the Cawl's eyes all turn red. "RUN!" She turned and ran, followed by Filyn and Peashy as the Cawls all let out a bellow and ran after them. "ROOOOOM! HEEEEELLLLLP!"
"Stop yelling!" Rom yelled as she ran next to Ram. "You brought them my way!" They let out a shriek of fright as a gout of flame came their way. Turning their heads, all four girls paled as all of the Cawls had flames coming out of their mouths while they stampeded towards them.
"Oh, so that's why they're on the eighth floor then." Filyn muttered. "RUN FASTER!"
"AAAAAAHHH!" They all screamed and turned a corner to avoid another burst of flame. Which didn't do much as the Cawls turned the corner and continued to run after them.
(-)
Meanwhile...
The food was pretty good, Linda could admit as she and IF ate at a diner with this RED girl, who seemed more entertained than anything else by how uncomfortable they all were. Still, Linda was annoyed as hell by this whole situation. The fact that this RED girl wanted to have a threesome, and it was taking all of Linda's willpower not to turn into a blushing mess at the thought of doing something as depraved as THAT with her girlfriend, and had information about the CPU, but would only give out detailed information in exchange for a threesome really bothered her.
RED suddenly gave a soft clap and three glasses with some weird bubbly liquid were brought over. Linda thought it was alcoholic, but it was really sweet and there was no after-taste of alcohol. "Let's enjoy more of this delicious fruity drink." RED smiled as it was placed on the table. "Come on! Drink! Drink!"
IF and Linda looked at each other and sighed before taking a glass and taking a long drink out of it. It was pretty good at least.
"Can you finally answer our questions?" IF asked and RED smiled, nodding. "It's about the CPU. Her name's Nep...Tune, right?" RED nodded at her. "And her sister is Nepgear?" RED nodded again. "Okay, that was pretty easy since we knew that already."
"Then why ask?" RED asked, giggling at her. "That's fine, I don't mind answering some questions for such a cute wifey like you." She ignored Linda's growl and took a swig of her drink. "Mmm! So good!" She gushed happily. After another two minutes RED smiled at them. "So, do you want to know how much the CPU loves caramel pudding?"
"Uh, no..." IF gave RED an annoyed look. "I'm more interested in what kind of person she is."
"Hmm..." RED tilted her head and thought about it. "She's really cute and funny and totally random."
"Random... How?" Linda asked, hoping to get some information about the CPU of Planeptune out of the other girl.
"Well," RED smiled at her, "she could complain about being hungry for something and decide to throw someone's laundry in the street because of it." They both stared at her. "She still gets food, but she'll do stuff like that."
"That sounds... Weird." Linda slowly said.
RED nodded at her. "Yeah. For most people, they see a problem and think how to get from where they are to a solution. My CPU wifey sees a problem, she wonders why there needs to be six types of cheese in the macaroni, why don't penguins fly, try to find forty-two of something for some reason and then figure out why the problem exists in the first place."
"And fix it?" IF asked.
RED shrugged. "Either that or make it worse for someone else." She giggled suddenly. "Actually, that's how I met my wifey. She was bored and went for a walk. She ended up destroying my apartment." RED sighed happily. "I found her so cute and sexy that I moved into the Basilicom."
"...Wait, you live there?" Linda asked and RED nodded. "...Why?"
"Because of the sex." RED said, a completely serious look on her face and both Linda and IF face-faulted onto the table, causing the big-breasted girl to giggle. "Anyway, let's just enjoy the food before going back to my private place."
"Private place?" Linda asked. "Not at the Basilicom?"
"Of course not, silly." RED smiled at her. "My wifey's busy today and I sometimes want to get away from those hussies when they're with her."
"...You're married to the CPU and she's with others?" Linda pieced together and RED blushed hard.
"Well..." RED poked her fingers together. "It's not official or anything."
Both Linda and IF sighed and took another drink before going to eat. Both of them could admit that the food was really good at least.
RED just smiled as she looked at the two of them. It was taking everything she had to not squirm in her seat. It was even harder as they looked at each other and blushed while looking away like they were trying to deny what they were feeling.
(-)
An hour later...
Linda came out of the shower, dressed in only a white robe, with her hair still slightly damp and had to admit that RED's personal living place was really nice. "Multiple bathrooms and showers?" She shook her head in amazement. Sure, the outpost had every building with its own bathroom and shower, but they were nowhere near as nice as this place was. Turning the corner to go to RED's room, she stopped and stared as she saw IF in a similar state of dress turning another corner. The two wordlessly walked up to RED's door and blushed hard as they looked at each other.
Neither one could say anything as they got to RED's door and they pushed it open, only to pause as they saw a string with a letter attached to it hanging from the ceiling on the other side.
Linda took the letter and, after getting it out of the string, began to read it.
"Dearest wifeys,
Sorry, but I got a call from a friend.
I need to go take care of some personal business.
So no threesome this time.
But if you two want to have some fun, go ahead.
Sincerely,
RED."
IF and Linda both looked at the letter, then they looked at the large bed on the other side of the room and then at each other.
"Um..." IF began. "I'm sorry." She said sheepishly. "I wasn't trying to do anything kinky or anything, I just wanted some information. I just..." She looked away, blushing. "I just wanted to help Chrome and Nep out."
"I..." Linda pursed her lips as she looked at IF. "...I can understand..." She gulped as she couldn't stop the next words out of her mouth even if she wanted to. "I'm so turned on, IF." IF turned and gawked at her. "I... I'm not happy about the idea of maybe having our first time being a three-some, but..." She looked at the bed, then at IF and smiled. "...Want to have sex?"
IF didn't answer verbally.
She didn't need to as she undid her robe to reveal she was naked underneath it. Grabbing Linda, she pulled the greenette to the bed with a kiss of passion and longing.
The two didn't stay very quiet after that.
(-)
Not far away...
RED smiled as she could feel the atmosphere around her place change. "Ah, good. I was wondering if those drinks would finally take effect or not. Man, those two are really cute together though."
"I'm surprised that you'd let them use your place for that." Another voice spoke up and RED smiled at the person.
"Surprised?" RED giggled. "You shouldn't be, Cave."
"I suppose not." Cave shook her head. "So why did you call me anyway?"
RED gave her a lewd grin. "Can I stay at your place and do..."
"We're not dating, so no, I won't have sex with you." Cave shot her down. "You can sleep on my couch if you need to. Or use your apartment at the Basilicom."
RED pouted at that. "Oh pooh!" She understood though, Cave was like that to everyone. "You can't blame a girl for trying though."
"Yes I can." Cave told her. "Also, don't think I don't know about the inhibition lowering drugs you slipped into their drinks." RED winced at the look Cave gave her. "The only reason I'm not busting your ass for doing that is because the CPU would be mad at me." She turned and walked off. "So if you want to come to my place, you're on the couch."
RED sighed and followed after Cave, enjoying the way her hips swayed. "You need to get laid then."
"Find me a boyfriend or a girlfriend and I'll take you up on that offer." Cave shot back to her. "I doubt that you could though."
RED pouted, but didn't push it anymore. After all, Cave could kick her butt all across Planeptune with ease and RED didn't feel like dealing with the resulting bruises from it.
"...Can you at least walk around your place naked?" RED asked and Cave stopped to look at her.
"...Only if you promise to not try to touch me and resist the urge to masturbate until I'm in my room and you have to keep your voice down."
"DEAL!" RED smiled victoriously as Cave nodded. It might have been a small victory, but it was better than nothing.
To be continued...
Yes, Cawls are Cows. Cows that breathe fire. Don't laugh, cows are VERY scary when they view someone or something is a threat to the herd. That IS 1500-2400 pounds per animal charging you. And it's mostly muscle too. Very scary when they decide to get rid of a problem.