This space was no dream.
When you thought about it, that much was obvious.
If it were a dream, why would I be able to carry around documents and an electronic dictionary?
After arriving in this world, I had been so stunned by "Magic is so cool!" that my brain had completely shut down. Only now did I finally notice.
"…Mi… Mio…?"
Mio remained perfectly calm.
"Honestly, you should've realized the moment I brought in paper."
Yeah, she had a point.
"It's fine, though. I never once felt like breaking up with you and dating some other guy. But spending my whole life alone sounds awful too. That said, marrying you is completely out of the question."
A little painful to hear.
"Our lifestyles are just too different. If I married you, I'd stop being myself."
Well… that was exactly why we broke up in the first place.
"Being friends with benefits is okay, though?"
There it was again—that refreshingly blunt side of Mio.
"And kids… I do want at least one."
She'd raise the child alone.
I knew exactly how hard that would be back in Japan.
Looking straight at my face, she added casually,
"It's not that big a deal."
Mio said it so matter-of-factly.
『Don't worry~ I already gave her my Blessing~』
The penguin's voice rang out.
"Blessing?"
『An ability that attracts money to her.』
"…That's how I landed that huge contract."
Mio nodded, convinced.
『She can win any gamble she wants, too~』
"…I see."
Mio's expression turned slightly complicated.
"Penguin, you can do something like that?"
『It's not my power~』
The penguin's figure was nowhere to be seen.
Instead, the silhouette of a young girl appeared.
"Ah, it's her."
It was Carina—the girl who had been close to the penguin. She had apparently loved herself so much that she made a doll of her own likeness.
"…Eh?"
Mio's eyes widened in shock.
"Ah, this is just a doll."
"R-really…?"
『The Blessing is Carina's ability. I'm only borrowing a portion of her power~』
Huh, interesting.
『Carina already died in your original world~』
So that's what happened…
"What kind of person was she?"
『The last name she used was Карина Максимовна Гороховская~』
What language is that?
Mio looked stunned.
"G-Gorohovskaya…?"
Her face twitched.
"…Mio, you understand that?"
"…Lend me the electronic dictionary for a second."
She tapped away for a bit, then turned the screen toward me.
Soviet Union.
Former First Lady.
"Haah!?"
She was an insanely important figure!?
『Thanks to her ability, her husband rose all the way to become President. But that same power never made her husband truly happy~』
The penguin's voice sounded strangely melancholic.
『You should be able to use it properly, though. Good luck~』
After talking with Mio for a while longer, she went to bed alone. I was sent back to my original spot, electronic dictionary still in hand.
"Alright! With this electronic dictionary, I'm going to expand my cooking repertoire!"
That dictionary was truly incredible.
It contained entire books introducing cuisines from all over the world. Every ingredient had a link that jumped straight to a detailed explanation page. Those pages often included information on the creature's ecology and cooking methods (not everything, but a surprising amount).
"Electronic dictionaries are amazing!"
For someone like me with almost no formal education, it was a godsend.
It even had detailed sections on different kinds of dashi and how to make them.
The creatures in this world were different from Japan's, but there were fish that resembled tuna and sea bass.
I decided to search for them.
At the villa, I examined the large catch of fish, cross-referencing their appearance with the dictionary.
"Hmm… this one's like sea bass."
I'd never paid that much attention to telling fish apart before. Of course I knew the ones we used at the shop, but…
"This looks like yellowtail…"
I sorted them one after another.
Before, I would've just grilled everything. Now, thanks to the dictionary, I could search "yellowtail" under the Lifestyle → Cooking category and get hundreds of pages of recipes.
"Electronic dictionaries are seriously the best."
Thank you, Mio. You really bought me the perfect thing.
If it had been a paper recipe book, I would've wasted hours just trying to look things up.
"I guess you need knowledge just to research properly, huh…"
The dictionary's cross-referencing feature made it so convenient.
After spending the afternoon researching cooking at the villa, I headed over to Miju-san and the others.
The baby girl's name had already been decided.
"Mi-i."
Miju-san had combined the "Mi" from her own name with the "I" from Izumi.
Simple, but cute.
The problem was Ramel-san's child—a boy.
"Rumi?" they had suggested.
Apparently "Rumi" could be used as a male name here, but to a Japanese person like me it sounded completely feminine.
"…Maybe something a little more boyish…"
"Hmm…"
Ramel-san and I racked our brains.
Ramel + Izumi.
Nothing good came to mind.
"Iru…?"
Sounds like hip-hop.
"Mei" sounded too girly too.
"Miru?"
"…That's a girl's name." No matter how you looked at it.
"What if we add something at the end?"
In the end, we settled on "Miruda."
Miruda-kun.
You're a boy, so do your best!
That night, I was having a security meeting with Valante-san.
"We should centralize all home functions into this main mansion."
We still owned the original house I had bought, but ever since Ramel-san and Merry-chan's deliveries, everyone had been gathering here.
"…That house has memories, though."
We hadn't lived there long, but it was where I had witnessed Merry-chan giving birth.
"You don't need to sell it. This is just about unifying security."
That was true. Going back and forth halfway was inefficient.
"Understood. The mansion has plenty of space anyway."
Most of the residents here actually preferred living at the villa. The reasons were simple: it was safer and offered more freedom.
Almost all the former cabaret girls had chosen to stay here.
"Among the women we recently purchased, one lower-class prostitute slipped in."
Ah, that girl who had cried and begged.
"The usual brothel only deals with candidates who haven't been publicly displayed yet, so it was fine. But she had already been shown openly. If her face gets recognized outside, it'll be trouble."
Seriously?
"She should never leave this villa. We should have her live here as something like a maid—helping take care of everyone."
If it got out that she was a former lower-class prostitute, she could be beaten without anyone batting an eye.
What a terrifying world.
Even if she used to be one, the treatment wouldn't change.
"Shall we talk to her?"
I went with Valante-san to speak with the girl.
The girl who introduced herself as Remil answered enthusiastically,
"Yes! Please let me do that!"
She looked genuinely happy.
"I'll work really hard!"
There were still many issues, but thanks to Valante-san, everything was running surprisingly smoothly.
When I tried to thank her again,
"Buhiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!"
Valante-san was forced onto all fours, her ass fixed in place, and she started squealing like a pig.
So this was how my thanks turned out.
Valante-san… you really are something else.
"Yeah."
"A proud elf acting like a pig, huh?"
"Buhiiii♡♡♡ Buhiiiiiiii♡♡♡"
I stroked her ass while pressing my cock against her entrance.
"Bubii! Buhiii♡♡♡"
She couldn't move because of the restraints, but her pussy was twitching visibly, clearly begging for my cock.
"You're disqualified as an elf, looking like this. Do you want to live the rest of your life as a pig?"
"Buhiiiiiiii♡♡♡"
She sounded delighted.
I slowly pushed inside.
Valante-san's pussy was already overflowing with juices, dripping onto the floor in fat drops.
Her cunt was incredibly tight and felt heavenly.
The best part of keeping her fixed like this was how clearly I could feel every twitch and squeeze of her inner walls.
"Buhiiiiiiii♡♡♡ Buhiiiiiiii♡♡♡"
She never stopped her pig squeals.
Every time I moved, her slick, velvety folds clung to me, sucking me deeper. The pleasure was so intense my mind started going blank.
"I'm going to cum, Valante-san."
The moment I said it—
"I-I'm cumminggggggggg!!!!!!!"
She abandoned the pig act and screamed at the top of her lungs.
Her pussy clamped down hard, greedily milking me for every drop.
『Dogg!!』
I unloaded deep inside her.
The mix of exhaustion and ecstasy left me dizzy, but I didn't pull out.
I loved staying inside and going multiple rounds—especially with Valante-san.
"I'm not pulling out. We're doing it again."
I grabbed her face and turned it toward me.
"…Ahahaha♡♡♡"
Her beautiful, usually sharp features were a complete mess—tears, snot, and drool smeared everywhere.
"What an incredible face."
Valante-san was normally a stunning, dignified beauty, yet now…
"…I love being turned into a pig♡♡♡ I love having my worth reduced to nothing but this pussy♡♡♡"
"Then I'll keep filling you up over and over."
Two hours later, after pumping more than ten loads into her, I finally released the restraints.
"Valante-san, I'm pulling out now."
"…Yes♡"
The moment my cock left her,
『Blyuuu!!』
A loud, obscene sound echoed as thick semen gushed back out of her ruined pussy.
"Higyuuuuu♡♡♡ Look at it♡♡♡ Look at this perverted cum-filled pussy♡♡♡"
She spread her folds wide with her own fingers, proudly showing off the overflowing white cream.
"Once you know pleasure like this… you can never go back♡♡♡"
With an expression completely lost in ecstasy, Valante-san smiled dreamily.
"For this cock… I'll do anything♡♡♡"
She laughed, utterly broken and blissful.