DAY 18 NIGHT - INN THE LADY FINGER BOUDOIR

THE GUILD WORKERS guided us to the inn. The sign over the entrance

read "Lady Finger Boudoir." Was this a love hotel or a bakery?!

What kind of sicko would bring twenty girls to a love hotel? Did they

assess the Class Rep's skills and assume that she'd assembled a harem? I

felt Class Rep's piercing stare. Just thinking about delicious desserts! Yeah,

pastries and tiramisu! What skill made her eyes so sharp?

Looking closely, I realized that wasn't what was written on the sign.

It actually said "Laddy Flinger Boudoir." Someone call the cops! There's a

monster throwing guys around; it's actually a hotel!

"Welcome! The Adventurers' Guild told us you'd be coming."

A young girl stood by the entrance and passed out flyers for the

Boudoir. What's a young girl doing advertising a love hotel? This is totally

depraved!

I turned around. "Let's go back! The Adventurers' Guild has to

answer for its degenerate recommendation! I'll burn them to the ground!"

"Excuse me, sir, please don't leave. Our inn merely has an odd name.

Please don't burn anything!"

"No, this is unacceptable," I said. "Anyone who takes us to the Lady

Finger Boudoir is a pervert targeting high school students. This is an

obvious den of iniquity! Why would you name your inn that?"

The girl with the flyers was holding back her tears. She had a point

when she told me to stay. Why waste my time burning down the

Adventurers' Guild? This place is the real problem…

"Haruka-kun, why are you holding your staff like a rifle?" Class Rep

asked. "Why did you just take aim at the inn? Did you just pull back an

imaginary bolt-action lever?! Your eyes have the dark intensity of a trained

assassin! You're making that poor girl cry! What's your problem?!"

"Huh? I won't shoot! Well, now I won't. I was just, y'know,

indulging in my fantasies?"

"What kind of fantasies are those?! Is this what you think about when

you visit an inn?"

"Class Rep," I implored, "could you imagine saying 'last night I

stayed at the Lady Finger Boudoir?' We need to do something!"

She thought about it for a moment. "Fire."

Her wish was my command. Torching this place would be its own

reward.

"Wait! No, don't shoot!" the flyers girl shouted. "The guild staff

recommended us because we're a great inn. All of our many patrons choose

to stay because of our commitment to hospitality. Please don't destroy

them…"

Tears began to fall onto the girl's stack of flyers. She was bawling.

Rolling my eyes, I said, "Fine. I won't fire."

I gave the girl a pat on the head. Her face flushed crimson, and she

scampered inside.

"Pa, customers are here!"

There's always tomorrow, I thought. I can burn it down then.

Everyone glared at me like I was the pervert who named the place. I

don't deserve this kind of judgment!

We piled into the building and enjoyed a delicious dinner. It was my

first proper meal in ages, and it tasted incredible. The hot spring bath

required an additional fee to use, but the rooms were decent. It just needs a

new damn name.

The girl with the flyers told us that the Lady Finger Boudoir was

named after a local hero from the owners' hometown. What kind of parents

would name their kid Lady Finger?

When the town was pillaged by a swarm of monsters, Lady Finger

led all the townspeople to safety and single-handedly drove off the

monsters. He defeated all the monsters but succumbed to his wounds in the

end. The town was utterly destroyed.

No one knew his real name, so they called him the Lady Finger.

Seriously, why?!

To honor his memory and his heroism, they named the inn the Lady

Finger Boudoir. That hero would probably hate the name. Lady Finger, did

he have delicate hands?

"Ever since I was a tot, Ma, Pa, Grandma, and Grandpa all told me

stories about him," said the girl with the flyers. "I only recently noticed that

it's an odd name. But we're so grateful for him. I want to be just like him

when I grow up!"

Looks like changing the name is out of the question, I thought. She's

been brainwashed from a young age. Still, they should repaint the sign.

"When he helped us escape, he gave us a big grin, turned back and

said, 'This here's my town. No chance of me leaving it. Gonna defend my

home till my dying breath. I'm doing this for all of ya, so y'all need to build

yourselves a new life somewhere else. Build a place that makes people

smile.' He laughed as he made his last stand. We wanted our inn to be that

place. That's why we named it after him."

Aside from the name, he did sound like a real legend.

There was no chance they'd be persuaded to change the name. They

were the types who wouldn't change it even if it meant going bankrupt.

I went to my room to relax and check my stats.

NAME: Haruka RACE: Human LV: 09

JOB: — HP: 120

MP: 122

VIT: 118

POW: 117

SPE: 118

DEX: 116

RES: 130

INT: 134

LUK: Max (Above Limit) SP: 177

COMBAT SKILLS: Cane Mastery Lv6, Evasion Lv5, Foresight

Lv5, Magic Infusion Lv6, MAGIC: Heat Lv4, Movement Lv6, Weight

Lv5, Packing Lv5, Four Elements Lv5, Wood Lv4, Lightning Lv3, Ice Lv2

SKILLS: General Health Lv3, Sensitivity Lv3, Calisthenics Lv4,

Walking Lv6, Servitude Lv3, Appraisal Lv5, Clairvoyance Lv5, Presence

Detection Lv6, Enemy Tracking Lv6, Magic Manipulation Lv6, Presence

Concealment Lv5, Stealth Lv5, Hiding Lv4, Map Lv5, Focus Lv6, Physics

Resistance Lv4, MP Regeneration Lv5, Stamina Regeneration Lv3,

Parallel Thinking Lv3, Serial Thinking Lv3, Dash Lv1, Airwalk Lv1

TITLES: Shut-In Lv4, NEET Lv3, Loner Lv4, Sorcerer Lv5

ABILITIES: Corporate Proactiveness Lv3, Master of None Lv3,

Blockhead Lv3

EQUIPMENT: Wooden Stick?, Clothes Set?, Leather Glove?,

Leather Boots?, Cloak?, Contact Lenses?, Ring of the Destitute, Bag of

Holding, Monster Bracelet Power +1% Speed +1%

As expected, I couldn't fly, but I'd learned Dash. Did that just mean I

could move even faster, or did it mean I could cause damage by crashing

into things? Probably a little bit of both.

Then there was Airwalk. That sounded like a secret basketball

technique, like a Chaos Dunk or some other slam jam. If I could really walk

on air, I'd be eating roast pigeon for dinner in no time.

I was a Sorcerer now, too, and my intelligence and resistance were in

the low 130s.

Did spellcasters in this world become more powerful by fighting

monsters? That would explain why my Sorcerer level was going up so fast.

Maybe I'll have to start fighting from the rear like other mages? This world

can be so intimidating.