Chapter 229

(229) Pionia’s younger sister

Translator: Tseirp

Early in the morning, the ship secretly landed on the western coast of Deijima . Apparently, the region around there was made up of steep cliffs and rough waves so people and fishing boats rarely came near . We hid the ship behind a rock, disembarked and moved to a nearby cave .

The interior was a little dim as it was not a dungeon .

The transaction was not going to be done there but their plan was to transfer the goods to that location for now .

While the smuggling crew was transferring the goods, we were led to a room inside the cave . It was called a room but it was actually just a dirty space with some thin bedding laid on the floor . There was a door installed but it didn’t have a lock either .

“It’s amazing, I can’t remove all the dirt even after using 「Clean」 . ”

It removed the moldy stench but the brown fabric remained the same .

“It was probably that color from the beginning . I agree that this is a little tough for a former Japanese . ”

Suzuki sighed as well but he didn’t seem to find it as tough as I did . The difference probably stemmed from the various experiences he had in this world .

After all, I could count the number of times I camped outside and just like before, I always used 「Clean」when doing so .

“Well, let’s take turns to rest for now . Oh right, let’s decide that nobody will be allowed to enter the room while either one of us is resting . ”

Strangely, Suzuki added a condition which was obvious .

… Fuu .

“Do you have tissue boxes? Here are ten boxes . The ones in this world are rough . ”

When I asked after taking ten out of the two hundred 400-sheet-tissue boxes that Miri bought for me from my item bag, Suzuki was unusually flustered .

“Hn … yup, thanks . That helps . ”

He said as he accepted the tissues . The virgin Hero sure was honest .

Although I didn’t have any erotic books in my bag, I did have a few volumes of comics with suggestive drawings so I passed those to Suzuki too .

He let me take my break first maybe as thanks for that .

Our break times would be three hours each so my first task was to transfer to My World .

After all, I could not check up on Pionia and Sheena No . 3 when I was on the ship .

After transferring to My World, I noticed a large change .

There was a huge mountain .

“Master, welcome back . ”

Pionia welcomed me with her usual voice which lacked any intonation .

“Pionia, what is that mountain?”

“It’s a silver mine . ”

“Silver mine?”

It seems that Carol mentioned that the price of silver had gone up recently so she consulted her on the possibility of creating a silver mine .

“We have already mined about 500 kilograms of it . ”

” … Ah, thanks . ”

Five hundred kilograms was amazing even if it was just ores . I guessed that I would have to make use of my alchemy skills which I have been neglecting for a long time to refine them .

Oh right, since I was at it, I could dabble a bit in silver crafts .

I will be able to increase my Alchemist level and also create some crafts from silver and gold .

Naturally, I still couldn’t process mithril so the mithril I snatched from the bandit in Florence was still buried inside my item bag .

“Hence, Master, I wish to receive a bonus . ”

“Bonus? You’d like more magical power? All right, face your back to me . ”

“Negative . Magical power is not a bonus, it is something like a salary . The bonus is something else . ”

“Something else?”

Heh, it was rare for Pionia to state her desires .

Well, from before, she has always had quite a few wants even though she never said them out loud so I wasn’t that surprised .

“What do you want?”

“I want a younger sister . ”

“Hurk . ”

I inadvertently choked even though I wasn’t drinking anything .

What did she mean by wanting a younger sister?

Was that perhaps an indirect request for me to make a child with Haru?

N-no, it’s still too soon .

Incidentally, we did still make sure to use contraceptives when Haru and I do the deed .

“Master, what are you misunderstanding? I am asking you to create a homunculus . ”

“Oh? Homunculus?”

“Affirmative . Master should have received a homunculus seed from Goddess Torerul-sama in the past . ”

“Hn? Ah, that’s right . ”

I totally forgot about that .

Previously, I received three test tubes from the Goddess Torerul-sama .

Pionia was born from the tiny egg that was inside one of the test tubes .

And I still have two of those test tubes remaining .

“Is it necessary?”

“Affirmative . Shipbuilding in the shipyard, management of the alcohol brewery and the hot spring facilities, working the fields, mining work, and taking care of Fuyun, I am about to reach full capacity . ”

I see . But in that case, can’t Sheena No . 3 just help out when she’s free? I thought to myself but,

“In addition, if you order me to manage the newcomer Sheena No . 3, it will truly be over my capacity limit . She actually caused a cave-in at the mine and we were buried alive . ”

So Sheena No . 3’s presence was not a benefit but in fact, caused harm . That girl once managed the man-made labyrinth on her own for decades so was she actually so useless?

No, maybe Pionia and Sheena No . 3 just have bad compatibility .

Homunculus and Automata are similar but different entities after all .

However, just what are homunculus?

I was a little apprehensive to the prospect of another being like her appearing .

However, I certainly needed to reflect on how I have been pushing too much work onto Pionia .

“All right . ”

Well, if I prepared another homunculus, Pionia wouldn’t get bored even when I’m not around .

I took out a test tube from my item bag .

Then, I opened the lid and let the egg within fall to the ground .

It’s been a long time since I felt this feeling of apprehension .

Eh? I feel like I’m forgetting something?

The egg that fell onto the grass grew at an alarming rate .

“Ah, I remember now, this is bad!”

It was too late by the time I realized it .

The egg grew into a girl with cat ears and long green hair . However, she had the exact same appearance as Pionia below the neck . Just like Pionia when I first met her, she was completely naked .