While the market square down within the heart of Londobell wasn't by any means the same in size and variety as found in the Kingdom's capital, "Pathway", the village's own business lot full of vendors who sold both local and imported goods were impressive in size and quality; the market square of Londobell rivaling those found in most towns. Passing by and occasionally pursuing the tents of the various merchants and traders who were there to sell their products to the villagers, Goblin Slayer couldn't help but to wonder why there were so many food vendors and farmers there trying to sell their crops and groceries.
Explaining to her little brother about what she gathered from the large village while she had been volunteering to help out in the church, Vivi went on about how Londobell wasn't a typical village like theirs, where the locals mostly grew food and raised livestock for the sake of survival and selling what little they could spare. According to Vivi, Londobell had originally been a small and very poor village centered around their church, and in order to prevent the village from failing due to its isolation within the valley of the mountains, the church brought in educated men and women to transform the impoverished community into a agricultural tycoon; a tycoon that focused solely on dairy farming.
Focus on distributing their goods throughout the kingdom, as Londobell dairy had been able to build up a reputation as being the best tasting and longest lasting in the business, people from other impoverished regions began flooding into the growing village to seek work in both cheese and milk processing. When asked if she had seen the factory and farm where most of the villagers came to work, Vivi couldn't help but to laugh before telling her younger brother that the "Londobell Processing Plant" wasn't inside the village, but was a few kilometers outside its gates.
Having always been interested in the world outside of his humble village, Goblin Slayer was both thoroughly satisfied and entertained after having heard his older sister's scoop of the large village's briefed-through history. When asked whether or not she would be getting a job there, Vivi gave a disappointed look to her brother before replying with the unfortunate news that there was already a large list of other applicants who were waiting to hear back from the "hiring department", as she put it, and thus wouldn't be getting a job working with them anytime soon; a concept that was both new to her and to Goblin Slayer.
Being aware of their current status, which hadn't been much lower than their previous state back when they were barely scraping by in their last village, Goblin Slayer would have lied if he would have said that he didn't consider the thought of stealing something nice for his sister from one of the many jewelry vendors who were selling their gold necklaces and rings surprisingly well. The temptation certainly was there as were several opportunities, and yet Fairy Knight's words of wisdom prevented him jeopardizing the opportunity he and sister had been given at a second chance.
'It sucks seeing everyone else being able to buy whatever they want, and as much as they want, while Vivi and I are pretty stuck window shopping… Everything's so expensive here; I don't think we're even going to be able to afford a used book here, at this rate,' Goblin Slayer thought to himself while feeling disheartened, as he stood underneath the cover of a maroon canopy belonging to the book vendor whose goods his sister was browsing. With how invested his older sister was with reading through the first chapter of one particular spicy novel,
In an attempt to prevent himself from not becoming more frustrated at how helpless and out of place he and his sister felt amongst the upscale village and its overpriced market, Goblin Slayer turned around from the patient shop keeper's table full of books to begin distracting himself with the abundance of sights to see. From people-watching to just taking in the hustling scenery around him, it was then that Goblin Slayer noticed a party of older teenagers standing before a large wooden sign that was propped up by two sturdy pillars underneath its edges.
Curious as to what was so captivating to them, Goblin Slayer felt compelled to take a gander at the sign for himself. Grabbing onto a handful of her skirt from his sister's knee-high dress, the boy gave it a tug and looked up at the bright-red cheeks that were on his older sister's embarrassed and aroused face. "Uh, mmm?Ah…! I-Is something the matter, Ren?" Vivi asked, while attempting to mask the perverted tone in her voice with a wide smile.
Feeling something once again stirring at him as he held the gaze with his blushing and beautiful older sister, Goblin Slayer swallowed back the lump in his throat as he felt his own cheeks beginning to burn. "Vivi, uh… D-Do you mind if I go over there to check out that sign? It's not that far from here, and you already know that I can just call upon Fairy Knight if something happens; which it probably won't anyway," Goblin Slayer asked, after having rambled onto too much like any nervous boy his age would have done in his shoes.
Holding the precious book that she had grown attached with closely to her chest— stifling in a whimper as she felt her hardened nipples brush against tits hard-back cover— Vivi looked up over to the aforementioned sign where her younger brother was pointing at with a raised finger, and watched as the group of young teens began wandering off from the larged post. "Hmmm… Yes, that's fine, but… Don't talk to any strangers, and don't wander off from sight, understood? I'll be watching you the whole time," Vivi said; thinkinking to herself for a moment while still locking eyes with her cute brother's dusty-rose eyes, before suddenly and carefully kneeling down to get down on his eye-level. "Now before you go… How's about you give me another kiss; j-just like the one we had earlier…~?"
Although he had kissed his older sister many times before in the past, there was something different about the way she had asked for one that time around. Feeling his heartbeat growing quicker while a strange sensation radiating within his groin began to cause his trousers to grow tighter— an apparent sight that his sister's curious eyes almost immediately picked up on, as there appeared to be a shocked yet excited expression forming over her smiling face in that moment— Goblin Slayer took a nervous step forward before slowly leaning his face forward; his quivering lips puckered out, as his mouth was met with his sister's.
Unlike before when they had been play wrestling, Goblin Slayer's lips remained planted on Vivi's for more than a mere few seconds, and felt the tightening sensation within his underwear increase as he felt his older sister's hot breath blowing down on his face from her nose. It was then that Goblin Slayer felt Vivi nervously moving his lips with hers; starting off as timidly as first, before slowly building up to her creating a large enough opening in between his lips for her to slide the tip of her tongue into.
Surprised by the strange feeling of getting his mouth filled with her lustful tongue, Goblin Slayer made a muffled whimper that reverberated against Vivi's wet-slimy mouth-muscle; causing for his sister to let out a lustful throaty-moan that was kept quiet by their joined-together lips. Locking eyes still with his smittened older sister, Goblin Slayer felt her hand reaching up past the back of his head before feeling we her fingers grabbing a handful of his light-brown hair; allowing her to hold him still, as she twirled her tongue around his; wrestling it sensually, just as they had done with each other by the river side.
With her heart racing and her loins aching for her younger brother, Vivi watched through half-closed eyelids while feeling as though she were in a dreamy trance, as she slowly pulled her tongue out of her brother's mouth while finally breaking their nearly two-minute long make-out session; a taboo act that had gone unnoticed by everyone but the woman running the shop, who couldn't help but to enjoy the dark-passionate sight that reminded her of a scene from one of her own erotic novels she was selling.
'Oh Earth Goddess above, that was so arousing! And to imagine that my own brother not only allowed me to do that to him, but seemed eager for more?! It's so dirty, I know it… But that's only half of the allure, isn't it?' Vivi thought lustfully to herself, while watching with pride as she saw all the thick saliva that was bridging the gap between her lips and her's. "I… I know what I want as my "gift", dear brother… And it isn't anything we're going to find from a vendor," Vivi whispered quietly in a sultry voice; smiling as she felt her panties growing moist, as she and her brother continued to gaze into one another's eyes. "Go on ahead and check that sign out, Ren, and then return to me… I shall finish up here, and when you come back… Well…! Y-You'll see what I mean later, inside our tent~…!"
Nodding his head while in a haze-like trance, Goblin Slayer— much to his sister's pleasure— didn't even bother wiping Vivi's left over drool from his lips or chin, and instead gave her a smittened smile of his own, before turning around to make his way through the passing crowds of shoppers, toward where the sign was posted. 'That was… Strange, but sort of actually nice. Like, it made me feel good, but left me craving something else… Made me want Vivi. Is that… Is that wrong though? To… To love your own sister, in a way that a man loves a woman?' Goblin Slayer wondered to himself; feeling dirty, but at the same time excited as he looked around him while in a foggy and blissful daze.
Before getting in front of the sign to read the several listings posted on it, Goblin Slayer was suddenly snapped out of his conflicting and lustful thoughts the moment he spotted one individual within the crowd of villagers who caught his attention the moment he saw her physically phase through a family; none of the children or parents, or anyone else nearby even seemed to notice her existence, as the young woman with long lavender-colored hair seemed to be searching for something in particular.
Narrowing his eyes and almost forgetting about what was on the sign completely, Goblin Slayer couldn't help but to watch as the strange woman wearing a black long-coat over her white-collared shirt wandered through the crowd, and toward his general direction; his already aroused mind immediately noticing how large her plump breasts were, before taking a look down to see her juicy pale-thighs that were the absolute territory between her short black miniskirt, and her long black leggings that went up past her knees. 'She's… Certainly out of place, and in more ways than one… Oh crap, she's looking at me,' Goblin Slayer thought to himself with a feeling of confusion and worry building up in his chest, as he felt himself tense up the moment the aforementioned young woman was staring back at him with an intrigued expression on her beautiful face.
Immediately looking back toward the post to pretend that he didn't notice her, Goblin Slayer could feel a bead of sweat forming on the side of his cheek as he tried to focus on the many posted papers that were pinned to the wooden board before him; his heart skipping a beat, as he felt the unmistakable feeling that someone was standing right beside him. "… I know you saw me kid; don't try to act slick now," the young woman spoke with an amused and sassy tone; her smile audible through her pleasant voice.
Cursing mentally to himself, Goblin Slayer wandered if he really was going to have to summon Fairy Knight to his aid, as he slowly turned toward his side to be met with the half-cocked grin on the mysterious woman's confident face. "I'm sorry, I… I didn't mean to stare; staring is rude," Goblin Slayer apologized with a soft smile across his face, before attempting to turn away from the strange woman to look back up at the job postings; something that he wasn't able to do, as he was then immediately pulled back by her, so that he was forced to face toward her again.
"There's no reason to be apologetic about noticing your surroundings. I'm sure if anyone else was able to sense me like you could, they would have probably been staring at me too," the woman stated with a perplexed and upbeat voice, as she leaned down closer toward the nervous boy to analyze him with her violet eyes. "… What's with the boner?" The young woman asked with an uncomfortable smile on her lips, as she pointed down at the boy's visible erection.
With how vulnerably emotional he was from just beginning to explore his own sexuality, Goblin Slayer became flustered as he turned his body slightly to the side. "Stop pointing at it…! It's not even a "bone", you stupid idiot; it's my "private part"," Goblin Slayer protested with a scowl, and watched as a look of sudden realization crossed over the young woman's cute facial features.
Beginning to appear as though she was growing sorry for having hurt the ten year-old's feelings, the short young woman— who looked no older than his own sister— took a step back before giving the boy a quick standing-bow at the waist. "Forgive me, I usually don't come off with such a crass attitude towards those I haven't formally introduced myself to. Would it be too much to ask of you for you to allow me a second chance to leave a good first-impression? A bit of an oxymoron— I know— but I would still appreciate it, nonetheless."
Already distrusting of the young woman who was suddenly trying to get to know him, Goblin Slayer frowned slightly while still scowling back at the unphased girl's cute-bombastic face. "… I'm not supposed to talk to strangers," he murmured to the girl, and once again turned away from her. Feeling her eyes practically staring down at the top of his marked hand, Goblin Slayer felt a wave of uneasiness wash over him as he looked from the corner of his eye to see her smile slowly disappear into a more serious look.
"Normally I would absolutely agree with that sentiment, but that little crest you've got on your hand tells me you're not exactly a stranger… Not me, at least," the young woman said with an accusatory tone in her voice, as she reached down to grab a hold of Goblin Slayer's shoulder.
Flinching, the boy's immediate reaction was to pull himself away from the lavender-haired girl, but quickly found out just how strong she was when he failed to slip away from her. "What are you doing…?! L-Let go of me…!" Goblin Slayer whispered in a hushed and panicked voice, as he already was noticing that he was getting strange looks from those who were passing by him. 'They can't see her, can they…? Everyone probably thinks I'm either playing pretend, or just flat out crazy…! This might escalate if I can't convince her to leave me alone,' Goblin Slayer thought to himself, as he weighed out his options. "W-What do you even want from me…? I'm just a kid; I can't help you…!"
Appearing unrelenting in whatever pursuit she was after, the young woman was at least being gentle enough to not hurt the ten year-old, as she slowly knelt down to get on his eye-level. "Listen to me, kid: that mark on your hand? It's called a "Crest", and they're unique in the way that no two crests can ever look the same, nor could it be possible to have duplicate magic circuit readings… Not unless… H-How did you get it? And don't lie to me; I'll be able to tell if you're trying to deceive me," the woman stated in a firm voice, as to enforce that she was serious, while trying to not scare the boy outright more than she already had.
Wanting to return to his sister without creating much more of a scene than he already was, with people who were walking by him thinking that he was talking to himself or an imaginary friend, Goblin Slayer did his best to summarize the last twenty bizarre hours of his young life, that had led him into the iron hold of the girl's impossibly strong grip; with the lavender-haired woman's interests becoming peaked, once he told her about his strange vision, before he had passed out from exhaustion. Finally letting go with a cathartic and confused expression on her face, the young woman slowly let out a sigh before standing up from where she had been squatting.
"So… You're just as lost about this whole situation as I am… Terrific," the young woman muttered sarcastically under her breath, as she raised her head up toward the sky while facepalming with an exasperated groan escaping through her parted lips. "Alright… I'll be taking a second closer look at the Moon-Cell's archived data of the incident, and try to match the time my friend disappeared to the time in your universe where you became a "Master"… You, on the other hand… All you need to do is remain perfectly safe, and refrain from dying until I get this whole mess figured out."
'There's that word again… "Moon-Cell"," Goblin Slayer lamented, as he tried his best to understand what little information he could from the mysterious woman's response to his account of what had happened to him. "I've heard Fairy Knight mention the "Moon-Cell" before… But I didn't get a chance to ask her about it," Goblin Slayer whispered quietly, while turning toward the board to avoid raising suspicion of who he was talking to. "… What does that mean? What is the "Moon-Cell"?"
Needing a moment on how she would word her answer, the woman with lavender hair and large breasts tapped her finger repeatedly against her lower lip, before finally coming up with a way to answer his two inquiries. "I haven't seen any computers within their area, or anything else like that sort, so I'll try to explain it the best I can… Imagine a ball of magic, capable of holding a near infinite amount of information inside of it, and it constantly adds more information inside of it, by constantly recording everything that takes place on Earth… It can send information out through particles of light; specifically, photon particles, which can be manifested into physical forms and carry information inside of them, given enough power…"
"… Now imagine that there's a multitude of worlds playing out within that ball of magic; where time never truly passes, and only other beings who are made up of magic can enter it. Very complex, yes? Now imagine all of that, and in the center of the magic, there's a core… A core that controls it all, and gives the magic and every being made of its information, sentience, and life… The core is capable of granting whoever is able to reach it through its own set of rules any wish they want… That's what the "Moon-Cell" essentially is, and its reached here when your world isn't even a part of its structure," the young woman explained with a perplexed look forming in her violet eyes, as she lowered her back down to stare down into Goblin Slayer's curious side-eyed gaze, while his body was still facing toward the billboard sign.
"I… I still don't understand why you're here, or why this crest is important to you… I don't even know your name," Goblin Slayer said in a quiet voice; once again finding himself stuck with more questions than answers, as he looked away from her to begin searching through the odd jobs posted on the wooden board. "What am I… What am I even supposed to do now? Does this summoning thing mean that I'm destined for something, or… Or what? What do I do?" Goblin Slayer asked with a hint of desperation in his voice, as all the words on the various postings began to appear as an amalgamation of scribbles to him, as his brain was still preoccupied with processing the woman's description of what the "Moon-Cell" was like.
"… Look kid, I'm not sure what your people do when an anomaly occurs within one being, but I can assure you that I didn't come here to dictate your life, or to tell you about some nonsensical prophecy that you're "destined" to see through. No… Now, if you really want to help me to help you, then just don't die; it's really that simple," the woman stated once again, as she looked away from Goblin Slayer to stare off into the hustle and bustle of the afternoon market. "This is your life, Ashta; it's not mine to control… For now, just go on with the rest of your day, like you would have before we met; if I need you, I'll return to speak with you once more."
Expecting to hear at least a "goodbye" or "farewell", upon hearing the sound of what could only be described as crystals chiming with distorted beeps and boops that all synchronized to create an electronic sound that lasted for less than a second, Goblin Slayer spun his head toward where the mysterious lavender-haired woman had been standing, and nearly felt his heart skipping a beat the moment he was met with his sister's inquisitive smile.
"You've been standing there for a while now, Ren… What's on this board that's been intriguing enough to captivate your attention away from me for this long, hmmm~?" Vivi asked with a playful and kind voice that had a hint of sexual frustration behind it, as she stood up from where she had been squatting to read the job listings and other local papers that had been pinned onto the board. Her demeanor changed when all of a sudden her eyes came across one particular job advertisement that seemed to be calling out to her.
Hearing his sister letting out a gasp as she took a step back to take a double look at the help wanted sign before her, Goblin Slayer lowered his eyelids and frowned softly as he asked "What is it? Is something the matter, Vivi?"
Gobsmacked without any oxygen left in her lungs to speak, all the overly excited teenager could do was smile widely at her younger brother as she reached up with one hand to begin repeatedly tapping the job listing that had brought her so much hope. When she finally found her voice, the usually reserved teenager suddenly let out a high-pitched cheer, as she bounced up and down with excitement; unintentionally giving her younger brother a hypotonic look at her medium-sized breasts bouncing up-and-down with her, underneath her dress.
"B-Bookkeeping! T-That's the job I've been studying for, by using father's old books this past year! I-I can't believe there's an actual opening position for it, OUTSIDE of a city!" Vivi replied with her dwindled hope having been reignited once more into a strong flurry of light inside of her. "And… A-And they're doing interviews right now for it! F-For a place called "The Mortar and Pestle"…! Wait… Wait, I remember seeing a store sign that had that name written on it; we passed by that place ten minutes ago, let's get there before I miss my chance!" Vivi exclaimed with determination fueling her enthusiasm, as she grabbed a hold of Goblin Slayer's hand before practically tripping him as she pulled him behind her.
"B-Bookkeeper…? Why did dad even get books for that?! Wasn't he just a priest?!" Goblin Slayer asked, while fumbling with his footing until being able to match the speed of his older sister's brisk pace; a task that was far more difficult, now that Fairy Knight wasn't there to embed his physical attributes with her own power.
And while Vivi was explaining to her little brother all about how priests and priestesses have a lot more responsibilities than just preaching the word of their god to the masses, including bookkeeping as one of them, Goblin Slayer couldn't help but to be distracted as he caught himself fixating on the visible silhouette of his older sister's bouncing asscheeks, that moved and swayed each time she took another long-step in her tight-fitting dress. Worked up from the feelings of arousal he had earlier when he and his sibling practically made out within the bookshop, Goblin Slayer's thoughts on the Moon-Cell and of the mysterious other woman began to be pushed aside in favor of more unusual thoughts of lust that were filling his adolescent head.
Author's Note: Next chapter shall be a lemon between Goblin Slayer and his older sister, so be prepared for that.
