Guide to Evaluating Exotic Race "Custom" Girls

Peaceful days passed extremely quickly. After word spread of my feat of taking on a hundred Beast-kin alone, my fame rang even louder. Ariel's side also received more support from nobles of the Three Magic Kingdoms because of it. The fact that I was Ariel's Guardian Knight was no secret among the nobility.

Now, it was not just the campus—even many adventurers on the Northern Continent knew of my deeds. Many of the Beast-kin who had challenged me back then were adventurers by trade.

They spread my story everywhere, and some of my former adventurer teammates occasionally passed through Sharia as well. They were all very enthusiastic and would come find me to drink together. After all, being able to call me out for drinks greatly raised one's prestige among companions.

A few days ago, Clark arrived in Sharia. After we parted ways in Forest Song City back then, he went to the Conflict Zone and called back the former members of his old party, Void Pathfinder.

He was still the captain of an S-rank adventurer party now.

A few days ago, I did not know if their adventurer group, Thunderbolt, was holding a gathering in Sharia, but he came to Sharia too.

Since he had come to Sharia, of course he had to meet a celebrity like me, so he made a point of coming to my house to find me.

I gladly accepted his invitation and went with him to a bar to drink ourselves senseless.

That day, their entire adventurer group had rented out the whole bar. It was full of adventurers, men and women alike, and especially lively.

After hearing my name, many people came over to toast me. In my previous life, I had liked drinking with classmates back in university anyway, so this time I refused no one.

At least this world had detoxification magic, so it would not lead to a hangover. What was there to fear, then?

During the banquet, I met many people. The one who left the deepest impression on me was a Sword God Style Sword Saint named Soldat Heckler. He could drink very well too, and deliberately challenged me to a drinking contest while we drank. In the end, we even stripped naked and wrestled in the bar.

The final result was probably that I lost, right? I could not remember very clearly. In any case, the atmosphere at the scene was very lively.

After the wine had gone around three times, Clark secretly found me behind Niki's back and said we should go to the pleasure district together, find a place, and continue drinking for a second round.

I was drunk at the time, and I was a little tempted, so I went along.

Back when I went out as an adventurer, Isolte was always by my side. During my later travels, except for the time I went to Shirone Kingdom alone on a forced march, there were people with me at all other times too. I simply never had the chance to visit the pleasure district.

This was the first time in over forty years across my previous life and this one that I had gone to a social entertainment district like the pleasure quarter. It would be a lie to say I was not excited. I was even looking forward to it a little.

The pleasure district of this world was a bit like the nightclubs I had seen on computers before. Young girls stood together for you to choose from. Of course, if you had a favorite, you could directly name the person you wanted.

The difference was that there were many types of young girls here. In the videos I saw in my previous life, they were all uniformly long legs, short skirts, and a small handbag hanging from their arms.

But in this world's nightclubs, the row standing there included humans, Beast-kin, elves, Dwarf-kin, Mine-kin, and all sorts of Devil Race.

It was truly like a humanoid museum, dazzling to the eye. After choosing for a long while, I ultimately picked a heavy-flavored Devil Race woman to drink with me. After all, I often saw Beast-kin and elves around me.

She was a bewitching beauty with a human body and a snake tail, named Nagini. When I touched her snake tail, it felt somewhat cool. According to her, she actually had fifty percent Sea People blood. No wonder her body was like this.

Her scales were smooth and felt extremely supple, and when we drank, she would coil her snake tail around the vital area of my lower body, pressing herself tightly against me, making me feel a little unable to stop.

Only then did I get the feeling that this was another world. Once Rudy lost his virginity, I would bring him along to try this. Earlier, I saw a Devil Race woman with three breasts. Next time I came, I would request her and give her a try. Let us not talk about her for now.

The Devil Race woman drinking with me tensed all over when she heard my nickname, the Fearsome Demon King, and almost made me disarm on the spot. I guessed that back on the Demon Continent, she had often heard the names of this or that Demon King.

However, my current combat power should not be lower than an ordinary Demon King's, so I was not afraid of others calling me by that nickname. If some genuine Demon King found it unpleasant and came to challenge me, then I would fight. I was not afraid of them at all.

The young lady served me very thoroughly. It made me feel a little as if I were floating toward immortality.

Of course, I also asked her about the Demon Continent, and I even deliberately used Demon God Language to converse with her.

If a language was not used for a long time, it would slowly be forgotten, so I had to use different languages often as well.

"Nagini, where did you live on the Demon Continent before?"

"Dear guest, this humble woman used to live in the southwest of the Demon Continent, in a small village a hundred kilometers north of Emil City. Most of the people in our village were Snake-kin like me."

"Oh? Are there many of your race on the Demon Continent? Speaking of which, with a tail like yours, isn't it hard to move around on the Demon Continent?"

"No, dear guest, we Snake-kin are not very numerous on the Demon Continent. Also, when we move on land, it really depends on the place. Areas with lots of rocks are unsuitable for us to travel through, but in sand or mud, our movement speed is not slow at all.

"Also, we can go into the sea. Because we have Sea People blood, we won't be attacked by the Sea People after entering the sea. Fishing in the sea is an important source of income for our village!"

"That really is pretty good. Then do you hope to return to the Demon Continent now?"

"Dear guest, you're joking again. What Devil Race person who came out of the Demon Continent would want to go back? The land there is barren, and even eating one's fill day to day is very difficult. There is no guarantee of safety in life, and no one has any rights at all. If someone is randomly slaughtered on the road, nobody cares.

"Before, there was a Demon King who liked using our race's snake scales to decorate her palace, causing an especially large number of Devil Race people to hunt and kill us Snake-kin. I would rather be a slave here than return to the Demon Continent."

"That's true. After all, that place is savage and uncivilized. The existence of order can ensure that even people without strength have the lowest level of safety. Looking at it that way is very sad, but it is still better than having none."

"Dear guest, don't say such mood-killing things anymore. Let's keep drinking. Tonight, I'm going to serve our Lord Demon King properly too. Hee hee."

Conversations like this were everywhere in the shops of the pleasure district. This was the main reason adventurers would risk their lives to take commissions. After our emotional exchange ended, I finally fulfilled the dream of being Xu Xian from my previous life that night.

A few more days passed, and I received Rudy's invitation. His new home had finished being renovated, and he would hold a birthday banquet there to entertain all his friends and celebrate his two younger sisters' tenth birthday together.

It should be that haunted house. I remembered that later, he said that because I had been busy with duels during the Beast-kin mating season at the time, he had not commissioned me. Instead, he had taken Zanoba and Cliff along to deal with the ghost in the haunted house.

But later, they discovered that the ghost was actually a doll. Of course, the doll was handed over to Zanoba to research.

As long as this history had not changed, that was fine. This was an important turning point. If Rudy had not chosen this house, I guessed I would have had to find an opportunity later to take him exploring there once.

Fortunately, there was no need to do that now.

The house in the book was one Rudy bought in order to marry Sylphie. I did not know how far their relationship had progressed now.

Because of my appearance, Sylphie's guard duties on Ariel's side had also decreased somewhat, and she often had time to stay together with her childhood friend.

Oh! Right. Because Rudy introduced Elinalise to Cliff, Rudy and Cliff could be considered acquainted too. So he really was worthy of being his sworn friend from my previous life. Although they did not attend the special class together, the relationship between the two of them still became especially good. Now, in Rudy's heart, Cliff was already a friend on the same level as Zanoba.

That was good. Cliff's magic circle research and Zanoba's doll research meant the Magic Armor would definitely still come into being in the end. Since my total magic power was also very large, when the time came, besides Rudy, I could also freeload a set for myself. Picking up ready-made goods really felt great.

On the day of Aisha and Norn's birthday, I attended together with Linia, Pursena, and Doris. There were a bit many of us, but I had prepared valuable gifts as well. I believed Rudy would not mind.

The gift I had prepared for Aisha was a staff, one I had used Ariel's connections to commission from a specialist.

The body of the staff was made from a composite of spruce wood and scaled octopus tentacle, and it was extremely light—twice as light as Rudy's Arrogant Water Dragon King. The head of the staff had three reverse-scale-shaped metal plates built into it, each inlaid with a Sea Dew Stone. This kind of stone could only be harvested from sea monsters in the depths of the ocean, and it was extremely expensive.

On top of that, I had personally taken charge and carved a magic circle along the staff's grain. As long as magic power was poured into it, the staff could generate a curtain of water. It could block an enemy's vision, and ice-type spells could also be cast through that water curtain to form the skill "Frost Barrier."

I had put thought into this gift. As my first disciple, I felt Aisha would definitely become incredibly formidable in the future. In my eyes, her potential was even greater than her brother's.

So this counted as a kind of investment on my part. The entire staff cost about one thousand gold coins to make. It really was a little pricey. But I figured this would probably be the only gift I ever gave her, so after thinking it over, I gritted my teeth and paid.

As for Norn's gift, I had Ariel find a servant to help me choose a formal dress.

After all, with Aisha, there was the status of master and disciple, so that was easy enough to explain. But with Norn, I did not have much of a relationship with her. If the gift I gave was too valuable, Rudy might think I was stealing his thunder.

After the gifts were given, unexpectedly, both of them were very satisfied. I had mentally prepared myself for Aisha's reaction when she received the staff I gave her, since I had spent so much money on it.

But Norn also liked the formal dress I gave her very much. There was a difference of several hundred times in price between the two gifts. I had no idea what the two of them were thinking.

By the time we arrived, Ariel's group, Zanoba, Cliff, and the others had already arrived.

I did not know whether Rudy had invited Elinalise. If she met Cliff later, would things be a little awkward?

During the banquet, I chatted with Aisha, Ariel, and the others. After a while, Elinalise and Nanahoshi also arrived. Since they were fellow countrymen, it turned out Rudy had also invited Nanahoshi.

This time, she was not wearing her white mask. I guessed everyone present was seeing her true face for the first time. I wondered, from the perspective of this world's natives, whether Nanahoshi's appearance seemed strange or beautiful. In any case, by the standards of my previous life, she definitely counted as a beauty too.

Especially in this world, where straight black hair was so rare, that kind of Eastern classical beauty's face shape of hers really did stun me.

But I saw it often, so I had long since gotten used to it.

Ariel silently walked to my side, her hand skillfully pinching my waist like a pair of pliers.

With an unchanged expression and a perfectly normal look, she said to me, "No wonder you've liked going to Student Silent's place to study summoning magic so much lately. So that's how it is. Dolin, I never expected your charm to be this great.

How did you trick her into taking off the mask? I sent so many attendants, including Luke, and none of them ever saw her true face. You went once and got her handled?"

With my powerful willpower, I also replied to Ariel with a calm expression and a calm tone:

"Dear, you're overthinking it. Is it possible that we were only discussing summoning magic? Among the people you sent over, is there a single one whose magical talent can compare with mine?

Perhaps all of them put together, plus Luke, still wouldn't have as much magical talent as I did when I was five.

So comparing those rotten fish and shrimp to me really has no meaning at all.

You have to know, the man you, Ariel Anemoi Asura, set your sights on is absolutely no mediocre vulgarian."

Although the hand pinching my waist squeezed even harder, I could also feel her pride.

I seriously suspected that in our relationship, she was the one in the inferior position. After all, in the past, I often hadn't given her the time of day.

The banquet had not yet begun. Because she saw Ariel beside me, Nanahoshi did not come over to my side to greet me. She did not seem to like dealing with old foxes like Ariel very much.

That sort of thing made it easy for her to expose more flaws.

After a long while, I noticed that something was a little off with the people who had arrived, so I went to find Rudeus.

"You didn't forget to invite Sylphie and Roxy, did you?

You're that brave now?"

"What are you thinking, Big Brother Dolin? Sylphie and Roxy came first thing this morning. They're in the kitchen preparing dinner right now!"

What? They were actually preparing dinner together already.

I really could not tell. Just a while ago, Rudy had still been learning about love problems from me. It had not been long, yet he could already get both of them to come to his house and help him cook.

This was a genius! I gave Rudy a thumbs-up and showed him my heartfelt admiration.

Maybe in the future, I would have to ask him for advice instead!

Another hour passed, and after the food was ready, we began today's birthday banquet.

It was different from the birthday banquets I had attended in Asura.

The birthday banquet at Rudy's home was more like one held by an ordinary family back on Earth.

A whole big family sat around the dining table, celebrating happy birthday for today's birthday girls. Rudy had also prepared birthday gifts for his two younger sisters.

During the cheerful meal, I discovered something especially funny.

Sylphie and Roxy did not seem to have told Rudy which dish had been made by whom.

When the banquet reached the halfway point, the two of them asked Rudy in unison which dish he liked eating the most, and which dish tasted the worst.

That kind of death question made me cover my face, not daring to look. It was truly terrifying. Fortunately, aside from Doris, the cooking skills of the other women in my family were all too awful to describe in a single word.

I probably would not have to face that death question.

Over on Rudy's side, he hesitated for close to five minutes. Several times, words were on the verge of leaving his mouth, only for him to swallow them back down himself.

The final result seemed to be that Rudy finished by eating every single dish on the table. I did not know whether he ended up judging which of those dishes tasted better.

When we had finished eating and were about to leave, Nanahoshi found me. She was a little hesitant, but in the end, she still said to me:

"There's an important person who wants to see you. He might look a little frightening. But don't worry, he probably won't hurt you.

Can you come to my research room tomorrow?"

"Okay. I'll be there on time tomorrow morning."

A big shot—who could it be? It had to be either Orsted or Perugius. Only those two could be called big shots in Nanahoshi's eyes. Whatever. In any case, neither of them had any reason to harm me right now, so I probably wasn't in any danger.

The next morning, I went to Nanahoshi's laboratory on time. To my slight surprise, she had been waiting for me at the door the whole time.

"Lin Chen, listen. The person who wants to meet you has a strange curse. It makes all kinds of living creatures afraid of him. Of course, I'm not affected by that curse, but I don't know whether you will be.

"Also, I've already told him that the two of us come from the same place. So he probably won't hurt you. If you're afraid of him, you absolutely must not attack him first."

"Okay, I know who you're talking about. Did Orsted not tell you I already met him before?"

"That happened? He never told me. All right, then. Let's go in."

Nanahoshi and I entered through the main door. Since the first floor was a storage room, it was fairly dim inside, and Orsted was sitting in the shadows on the first floor.

At first glance, he really was a little frightening.

I looked at him and nodded to Orsted in greeting. Then I said to Nanahoshi, "You go upstairs. Don't worry, I won't start fighting with Lord Orsted."

Nanahoshi nodded to me, then went upstairs.

I sat down across from Orsted and met his gaze. I spoke first.

"Lord Orsted, may I ask what you came to see me for this time? Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Dolin Prodia Greyrat, born in Dragon God Calendar year 402, November 11th by the common calendar. Your father is Xerxes Prodia Greyrat, your mother is Eris Boreas Greyrat. In addition, you have a grandfather named Darius Prodia Greyrat. None of what I said is wrong, is it?"

"Yes. Everything you said concerns my relatives in this life."

"Good. During this period, I investigated everything you have done from childhood until now. I now somewhat believe what you told me. There have indeed been many times when you acted as though you had known in advance what would happen later.

"For example, you created the Seven Heroes exhibition to resist Laplace. That action indirectly saved tens of thousands of children in Fittoa Territory. It seems you knew ahead of time that the Teleportation Incident would occur.

"Tell me about this. Do you know the cause of the Teleportation Incident? After all, this is the first time I have encountered this incident as well."

I guessed that when he said it was the first time he had encountered it, he meant that across all of Orsted's loops, this was the first time he had encountered the Teleportation Incident.

"Sorry, I don't know the specific cause of the Teleportation Incident either. In my memory, I only know that Nanahoshi was transported to this continent after the Teleportation Incident.

"In addition, Nanahoshi and I have another person from our old home, and he also attends this school. His name is Rudeus Greyrat.

"The times when the two of us reincarnated into this world don't quite line up with the date when the Teleportation Incident occurred.

"So I don't think we were the main cause of the Teleportation Incident. In my memory, before the Teleportation Incident happened, there was a jewel hanging in the sky above Roa City in Fittoa.

"So after Rudeus reincarnated, I went to look, but at the time, I did not discover that jewel.

"As for other clues, I don't know."

"All right. As for the other reincarnator besides you, Nanahoshi has already told me about him. And regarding these matters of the Teleportation Incident that you mentioned, thank you for informing me.

"In view of your honesty, I know of a ruin that would be beneficial to you. Are you interested in going to see it?"

"? What ruin? How is it beneficial to me?"

"It is a ruin we of the Dragon Race discovered in secret. Within the ruin are the insights into sword intent left behind by the First Water God. I heard that you took a master at a Water God Style dojo. Perhaps it will be of some help to you.

"Seeing as you have agreed to help me deal with Hitogami, I can take you there with me."

"Really? Then what's the price? Dealing with Hitogami? I probably shouldn't live long enough to see the time when you deal with Hitogami."

Orsted glanced at me. He looked very surprised; he hadn't expected me to so directly take my own lifespan into account. It seemed he had already realized I could not directly help him deal with Hitogami's true body.

"How about this? The price is that you help Ariel ascend the throne, and in addition, help me deal with one of Hitogami's apostles once. You only need to fulfill all of this after you have comprehended the First Water God's sword intent.

"If you fail to comprehend it, none of this counts. What do you think?"

"All right. I agree."

"Very well. Dolin Prodia Greyrat, three days from now, I will wait for you in the forest twenty kilometers southwest of Sharia. When the time comes, once you arrive in the forest, I will find you."

"Okay. I'll arrive on time."

Then we ended the conversation. I went upstairs to greet Nanahoshi and told her that I was going to the ruins together with Orsted.

When she heard that I was going on a long trip, she looked a little lonely. But then she seemed to suddenly figure something out, and left.

I figured she had probably gone to find Rudeus, to have Rudy help her replenish the mana in the magic circle over the next few days.

I didn't pay it much mind and went home. I still had to say goodbye to all kinds of friends over the next few days. Although going out with Orsted probably meant using teleportation magic, it would likely still take quite a bit of time before I could come back.