Ch.15 Let's Try Diving Solo With The Feeling of a Newbie

It's been two days since I was brought to the expensive hotel.

The girls are done with their preparation quickly somehow - especially Ruru-san, although they prevented her from staying over in my room, she brings Kujima-san over and eats with me every morning, lunch and dinner, and then she just hangs around in the room afterwards, so it's basically the same as staying over.

Kujima-san, who is on the medical team, was a bit nervous at first, but unfortunately for me, she must have realised that I had no manly qualities at all, and now we talk to each other like normal.

Yeah...I don't have a single ounce of masculinity in me right now...

Another thing that's surprising is that Emi-san doesn't come very often.

I was surprised.

I was on guard so it was a bit of a surprise.

It seems like she's always busy with work at the agency.

Apparently, her reputation online that I had researched seems to be true.

From what I hear, she's done a lot for Ruru-san and me, so I'd like to thank her.

I guess they're isolating her from me because she's a pervert, and I'm sure she's craving some little girl energy.

Maybe next time I'll give her a hug.

I was happy to hug Emi-san, a high school girl with a healthy body, against her belly, and Emi-san was also happy to be hugged by a little girl.

It's a win-win situation.

Since she's Hentai-san, she'll still likely to sexually harass a little girl like me, so I'll keep it moderate.

I know that if I give Hentai-san too many treats, it can get out of hand, so I'll make sure to do it in moderation.

As a guy, I'm happy when a girl gets carried away by situation and plays pranks on me, but... that girl is kind of scary.

On the surface, she seems like a great mother or big sister, so we can't let a girl like that become a criminal.

As long as she understand that she can't do it, it'd be easier for her to accept it and she should be satisfied just by looking.

If I gauge the distance wrong, it might get out of control.

Look, she's still in high school and has a long way to go.

"………………………………"

Apparently Ruru-san is busy today, so it's spacious and quiet on the big bed in the hotel with a great view.

I just read a book like I always do.

...But.

"I'm bored."

I'm not a shut-in or anything.

I usually take a short walk in the morning and evening as I go shopping.

On days when I wasn't diving into dungeons, I would walk around nearby parks or in front of the station as a form of stealth practice.

So, by the third day of house arrest, I'm starting to feel restless.

If I ask anyone, I could probably go to somewhere nearby with them, but that's not what I want.

I just want to wander around leisurely by myself.

Even though the rooms are spacious, I can't even go out into the hallway.

Of course I understand the situation, but if you have free time, you have free time, and if you're restless, you'll ve restless.

I wonder what to do...

I jumped onto the thick carpet in the room and walked in front of the full-length mirror, enjoying the sensation of being barefoot.

My hair was simply down, like before. Recently though, they keep changing my hairstyle every time they come over, so it ended up a bit curly- and blue eyes peeked out from it.

I forgot what to call this hairstyle.

Well, I'm a guy so it doesn't really matter.

I'm not sleepy, but my eyelids look sleepy.

Plump cheeks, white skin, and a small body.

The newly bought outfit was a white dress.

Ruru-san said to me with a crying face, "If you really don't want to wear girly clothes, I guess I have to return it..." I couldn't refuse and ended up wearing them, and she was so happy that I've been wearing similar clothes for three days in a row.

I'm not good at asserting myself... But I guess it's because they're younger than me, so I spoil them and think it's okay for them to do most things.

"It's not bad though."

I do a quick spin in front of the mirror.

The skirt flutters gently, revealing my thighs, and the hem of the skirt smoothly brushes against them.

I'm a little excited.

This excitement... yes, it's still the excitement of a man.

It felt like cross-dressing, with a mixture of guilt and excitement.

So I'm still a man, and I'm sure I can return to being a man.

ー I guess that's why they put some women's stuff in my apartment, so I could check things like this from time to time.

Other times I'd just be wearing a shirt or be completely naked.

Since it's a little girl's body, there's no sexual arousal in my mind, but it's still a feast for the eyes.

After all, just being a girl makes my heart race.

If it grows like this... no, don't get excited, me.

Why am I like this?

Is it because of my face?

After all, it's the face that counts.

This young face arouses the desire to protect , and when she grows up she'll be just the type of person I like.

"………………………………"

I stopped what was beginning to become a dangerous train of thought.

Rustling.

Ruru-san and Emi-san... I wonder how much they paid for these, they said "it's great that it can be a tax write-off", so it's likely around 100,000 yen, no, maybe more... Among the large amount of clothes they had bought, I picked a wide-brimmed hat and blue sandals.

Also, there's this stylish backpack but it doesn't look like it can hold much...although I don't know if I can even call it a backpack.

I trudged back and packed the carefully selected portable items I had brought from the apartment into my backpack.

And - an emergency escape device that looks like a smartwatch.

I also got my card key back. (TL note: the one she lost in the dungeon before)

I'll bring my smartphone so I can go shopping, and also small weapons so I can chase away any weak enemies.

"Okay."

Well.

I'm getting pretty bored, and everyone seems to be staying far away today.

To begin with, I was never clearly told, "You must never leave here!"

So it's okay to dive in for a little diversion, right?

It should be fine, I'm changing to a different place than usual afterall.

My level is high enough to be able to fight back even when attacked by ordinary people, and the emergency escape device should work even in town - I'm not too sure, but it should at least ring an emergency bell.

If it gets to that point, since I look like this, people around me will help me, so it should be fine.

Also my face still hasn't been revealed so there's no problem.

◇

"(Sneaking around)"

My stealth skills are quite good.

Because I specialize in long distance.

Monsters are scary so I hesitate to get close to them, and even if I won't die at the right level, if I get injured it still hurts.

So, I've been honing my long-distance attack methods and skills to stay unnoticed for the past four years.

Three years in my previous body, one year in this one.

They say you can make a living from hard work, and after doing this for this long, I realize that I'm doing quite well.

"………………………………"

So, when I opened the door from the room to the hallway, the security guard standing right next to it - probably someone dispatched from Ruru-san's agency - didn't even notice that the door had opened.

That's what I mean by stealth.

This is a matter of sensation, and living things, including monsters, understand information about their surroundings through their five senses and consciousness.

So if I become like air, if it feels like I'm moving through natural forces, they won't notice.

Our eyes suddenly meet.

ー But after two or three seconds, the muscular man in the suit turned back to face the front as if nothing had happened.

You know, sometimes you just find yourself looking somewhere even when there's nothing there, right?

That's what he's like now.

By the way, I should be careful because dogs and cats can still see me clearly.

Those guys have a high level of detection that can easily break through my cover-up.

"Well, I'm off then."

I left the hotel dressed for going out, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a dress, a small backpack, and sandals.

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"………………………………"

My stealth skills are perfect even in town.

However, unlike a dungeon, if my presence disappears completely I will be bumped into, so I make it so that they only get a sense that "there is someone there."

Thanks to this, no one notices if I walk around like this.

It's comfortable for me since I don't really like being in the public eye.

So far, it seems like no one is pointing their smartphone at me, so it's okay.

However, even among ordinary people there are some who have good intuition.

Among the skills that increase when you defeat monsters in the dungeon, there are apparently quite a few people who are born with skills like "detection" or "discovery."

Maybe people like that would see me as a ghosts or something.

... That would mean that stuff like ghost really do exist, but that's scary so I'll stop thinking about it.

Aside from ghosts in dungeons, ghosts in general are scary.

I can defeat monsters, but I don't know what to do with ghosts.

Anyway, the dungeon I'm planning to dive into today is one I found through a search that's close by, a low-level dungeon aimed at beginners, yet has many levels.

As expected of a big city, there are a lot of people so it's great that there is a list of nearby dungeons.

It's also typical of a city that there are many places with similar names.

I'm dressed to walk around town right now.

I was wearing a dress and sandals, just the kind of outfit you'd wear for walking around the neighborhood.

Speaking of, I had a camera attached to my hat, but it's not that uncommon to see people streaming on the streets these days.

Since I'd come to a place I rarely visit, and I'd been doing the same things over and over again, I thought it was about time I tried something new, so this was the perfect opportunity.

So today I'm going to dive into the dungeon.

It's a genre where you get clips of you getting drop items, or do RTA until you clear the dungeon.

Apparently its popularity is part of the reason why there's a high number of accidents during livestream.

However, I specialize in stealth and long-distance attacks, and most importantly, I can't do anything reckless with this body, and my magical power is still pretty low, so I'll just play around carefully, as usual.

Today, since it's a dungeon only for beginners, the profits are low.

But no matter how little it is, if you do a lot of it, you can easily make tens of thousands of yen in half a day... You can go into a dungeon and cash out millions or tens of millions in one go, and before you know it, your sense of money has become distorted. So I need to do this every once in a while to not end up like that.

But it's a dungeon for beginners...I feel like I've gone back to basics.

At first, I just charged in normally, got hurt, and only achieved average results.

How did I end up like this?

"...All right."

I have also completed confirmation that my lifeline, the emergency escape device, is working properly.

I don't have the usual equipment, but I'm still full of enthusiasm.

There are no problems with the streaming camera either.

"Ah."

That's right, I'm trying to enjoy being alone, but what if Ruru-san and the others find me from me streaming... I don't want that.

I'm sure I had a sub-account that I created in the beginning... Found it.

I looked at my main account, now somehow having a lot of digit, decorated with a cute header and icon. Then i quickly changed it to the other one.

... I still don't like being watched by a lot of people.

But it's fine if the regulars would find it.

I turned on notifications only for people who had cool names like "Primordial" and a person who was a "newcomer" ー the first few people who subscribed to me.

If they come because of a notification from an account I haven't used in years, that's great, but if not, that's fine too.

So, let's do a stream like it was my first adventure.

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