Slave Harem in the Labyrinth of the Other World Chapter 174

Dere Phase

“Ooh!”

The Emperor is surprised, too.

So daring.

Is she still sober?
Was it a strong liquor?

“Are you alright?”
“Yes, this quantity isn’t much.”

Because it’s a small jar, the quantity can’t be much, certainly.

Was it actually water, perhaps?
Thinking so, I receive the jar from Sherry; however, it was genuinely alcohol.

“It’s great.”

“As expected of Sherry-sama. This lodge does have 30-year-old Brightest Russo.”

Sebastian approves Sherry’s taster capability.
Does strong liquor make you mellow?

“Wonderful. Would you like to taste Ours, too?”

The Emperor shows her a jar.

“‘Ours’?”
“This.”

While Sherry had her head tilted, the Emperor personally offers the jar.

Should I have received at least once?
Is it fine for Sherry to receive personally from the Emperor.

It should be fine for it’s not known that he’s the Emperor.

To a third person, the scene appears grand.
I wonder if the person concerned, Sherry, realizes it, too.

“Still, if I drink this much, I may get a little drunk.”

That’s why you should have declined.

“There’s no problem with getting drunk a little. Go ahead.”

I push Sherry, flurried.
You can’t not drink his alcohol. If he asked, it had to be done.

“……Okay.”

After glancing at Sebastian, Sherry uncorks the jar.

In crucial times, you seek an elderly for help.

Sherry drinks the Emperor’s liquor with ease.

“Ooh. Can you still go on? Carlos.”
“Yes.”

The guard presents a jar to the Emperor which he, once again, bequeaths to Sherry.

That’s just how he is.
Sherry downs the third jar.

“Is it alright to drink this much?”
“I’m feeling good a bit. I’ve gotten a little drunk, I think.”

Upon the Emperor’s enquiry, Sherry replies soberly.

They remain cool headed to the end.
When you’re drunk, do you become intellectual?

“Still, it took you three rounds to get drunk. Marvellous. If you’re ever troubled, you can visit Us.”
“Okay. Thank you very much?”

She answers questioningly.

Literally.

“Well then, although it’s regrettable, we have to get back to official business.”
“I guess.”

The Emperor gets up from his seat followed by the guard.

On the other side, the three nobles stand up, too.

“Well then, Michio, we’ll be going, too.”

“Bear in mind that you’re not perfect, so work hard as a member.”

The three speak to me.

Will these three nobles be returning with the Emperor?
Well, they did come together, so it shouldn’t be surprising.

“Well then.”
“Alright then, senior brother, see you sometime.”

Nope, I don’t want to.

Should Sherry and I have seen them off, too?

“Gaius-sama, thank you for today. Please bestow this place with your royal visit again.”

Sebastian accompanies them to the end and offers valediction before sending them off.
As you would expect, all the staff members of the lodge are together with him.

“‘Royal visit’?”
“It just means visit again.”

Fortunately, it’s a word which Sherry doesn’t understand.
What’s more concerning is that all the staff members are bowing.

“As expected of Master. Your Brahim language is superb.”

She’s definitely drunk, isn’t she?
For Sherry to sound like Roxanne.

“Really?”
“But that gate is odd.”

While I was thinking so, she points out.

Or because it’s a Japanese style gate?

“Well, it does look unusual.”

“Is that so?”

Is that the reason as to why front gates open inward?

However, even in Japan, a temple gate opens inward.
In Sengoku period, the temples were military installations.

Then, why does a modern Japanese gate opens outward?

Imagine the main gate of your house.

And it would eventually turn into a rabbit hutch.

“If you think about it, it must be important to have it open outward rather than inward.”

Sherry continues to contemplate.

The Emperor did walk in from outside.
The lodge must be located somewhere the Emperor can walk to.

The library is close by the Emperor’s Imperial residence, too.

This must be the reason as to why the location of the lodge is private.

“Is the other party the reason as to why the lodge isn’t invaded?”
“But how important is this other party?”

It would be bad if it went on any further.

“It was my bad to have you called.”

“Really?”

In order to change the topic, I offer her an apology.
I wish you had declined.

“Ah, excuse me. Can you please give me a minute?”
“What is it?”

Well awake, Sherry trots away.

“Although I was doing work, I unfortunately got a little drunk.”

Sherry talks to the woman who had returned after sending the Emperor off.

The work she’s talking about must be the same from awhile ago.

“Is that so? It’s alright.”
“No, no, Sherry-sama. That alcohol was a royal gift.”

Sebastian interjects.

“Royal gift?”

Therefore, it wasn’t wrong.

“What’s this work you were talking about?”

I enquire, changing the topic.

“Yes. There is a plethora of reports in the reference room sent by the members who have successfully subjugated the labyrinths. Most of them comprise a single papyrus. They are required to be copied to the parchment. Since I have already read them, it’s easier for me to copy them, so I accepted the part time job of a transcriber.”

Such a job, huh?

Therefore, they seem to transcribe it on the parchment.
So she’s a copier, huh?

“You were doing such a thing?”

“It’s fine.”
“But I have gotten drunk a little.”

If she were drunk, there would be a risk of mistake while copying.

“It was I who made Sherry drink the alcohol. That being the case, I’m the one in the wrong.”

I cut in and stand before the female staff member.

Sherry huddles close and hides behind me.

She’s so close that she’s touching my back.

Somehow, she looks so cute.

“There’s no issue, of course. Then, I’ll have Sherry-sama’s luggage brought here.”

Says Sebastian and instructs the female staff member.
The woman bows and departs.

“Is that fine, Sherry.”
“Yes.”

I receive Sherry’s consent.

The woman hands a rucksack to Sherry.

“Your luggage has been put inside. And this is your remuneration for transcribing. I skimmed through it, your work was meticulous. Thank you for today.”
“Thank you, too.”

She receives the luggage and some silver coins as remuneration.

Even if it had been transcribed, if it were illegible, it’d be useless.
Sherry carries the rucksack on her back and hands me the silver coins.

“Because it’s the remuneration of Sherry’s work, Sherry should be the one to keep it.”

“You did this on your day off, after all.”
“Thank you very much, Master.”

A smile blooms on Sherry’s face.

She’s so cute.
Sherry looks a bit different from her usual self.

Is it finally her dere phase? (TN: Dere = lovestruck)
Or, is it because she’s drunk?

“Then, let’s return home?”
“Yes.”

Because she was looking so cute, I bring her back home.

It’s probably the first time I’m alone with Sherry.
Moreover, it’s her drunken dere phase.

Sherry is bolder than usual probably because she’s drunk.

Tiny Sherry stretches her back as much as she can.

Without a moment’s delay, I take her to the bed.

After enjoying without Sex Maniac, I select Sex Maniac and indulge in it once again.
She slightly reeks of alcohol; however, it’s within permissible limit.

After we enjoy each other, Sherry begins to quietly let out sleeper’s breathing.

Roxanne and Vesta are there, huh?
I head into the two’s direction.

While I was walking on foot, I find the two rushing out of a distant shop on the street.

Roxanne starts running in the lead.

“Master, thank you very much for today.”

Roxanne‘s dere phase is on 24/7.
So pretty.

“Thank you very much.”

No sooner, Vesta catches up.

I feel so even more after having enjoyed the tiny Sherry.

“I took a bit more time. Did it go okay?”

“Yes, it was fun.”

The two of them enjoyed their time, too, it seems.

“Were you and Sherry together at home?”

Roxanne figures it out.
Busted.

“Ah. Sherry drank a strong liquor, so I put her to sleep.”
“I’m glad that Master got to enjoy himself, too.”

Totally busted.
When you’re in a party, you can find out other members’ direction. So inconvenient!

“Do you want to return immediately or do you want to visit more places?”

I sound like a trash husband who’s offering her wife compensation after having an extramarital affair.

However, it doesn’t end at just that.

“It’s alright.”

“Yes. I’ll accompany you to the labyrinth. We can also fight monsters stronger than Black Diamond Tuna.”

She accepts the compensation with an added condition of the labyrinth.
Engaging in a boss battle isn’t required, though, to recover MP.

“Because the member constitution is different this time, it’ll be a fresh take.”

Because she had nothing to do, I take Vesta along, too.

Vesta unfortunately gets caught up in the backlash. However, like I said, it’ll be a fresh take, so it’s fine.

I heat the bath while partaking in the boss battle; after which, the three of us go and pick Miria up.

She’s completely reigning as a legendary angler.

She distributes some and brings the rest home.
There’s plenty for us to have fish sanmai tonight.

“There are shrimps, too, huh?”

“Did you exchange it with fish?”
“Morning catch, desu.”

The other party seems to catch fish only. However, this morning, they caught shrimps, so they exchanged it.

There are no less than five.

“Can I fry the shrimps?”
“Entrust, desu.”

Although tartar sauce can’t be made immediately, it’s alright.

“Also, there are some fish which should be deep fried.”

“Then, I’ll leave rest of the cooking to Miria.”
“Yes, desu.”

After leaving rest of the dishes to Miria and putting the luggage down, I leave for shopping.

When I return home after buying the cooking ingredients, Sherry had just woken up.

“I’m sorry. I seemed to have slept.”

“Yes. After sleeping for a while, I feel refreshed. I’ll help Miria with cooking.”

Sherry doesn’t snuggle to me like she did earlier.

Her dere phase seems to be over.

I have Vesta help me with the cooking.

It’s tuna cutlet.
Although it’s fish, it tastes like meat.

After deep frying for a bit, I boil water in a pot, then add wine, fish sauce and dragon skin.

It’s fish cutlet tamago toji.
Even though there’s no sauce, it’ll suffice.

Chapter end