Chapter 189

Both Aqua and Darkness, who had once helped sell goods in her shop, knew all too well just how terrible Wiz's eye for purchasing stock was.

"Instead of letting you waste money buying magic tools that won't sell, why not hand the money over to me to manage as household expenses!"

Lately, Aqua had been living on an allowance, a far cry from her previous spendthrift ways with dividend money, and she wanted to increase the total household fund so as to increase her own daily allowance.

"Hah, what use is giving it to you, you drunkard? So you can turn the money into booze?"

Darkness retorted irritably; the last time she had audited the accounts, she discovered this woman Aqua had withheld part of the ingredient money to buy an extra bottle of good wine, and they had quarreled over it, ending with Aqua apologizing because she was in the wrong.

But ever since that day, Darkness would audit the accounts constantly to prevent Aqua from skimping on the daily three meals again.

"However, regarding your desire to purchase new stock, Aqua and I share the same attitude. Miss Wiz, really, forget it. Your magic tool shop isn't easily profitable, so don't go losing all the money you've earned."

Darkness also held little faith in Wiz's eye for purchasing goods.

"You two are too much. Buying new stock is one of my few joys these days."

Wiz took a hit, but had to admit she truly had no eye for purchasing.

"What are you doing? What happened to Wiz?"

Just then, Broly returned from outside; he had gone to deliver Vitality Potions to the Succubus Shop. The once-daily deliveries had now become once a week, delivering a week's supply at a time.

"Wiz wants to throw her money into the water, and we're stopping her from doing it."

Aqua put it succinctly, though her words were somewhat hurtful to the Lich.

"Miss Wiz wants to purchase new stock, but she has no eye for purchasing new stock..."

Darkness objectively explained the situation.

"Wiz's money should be left for her to control. Aqua Master, you shouldn't be eyeing her wallet."

Broly glanced at the Lich, then at his own master eyeing her wallet like a tiger, and said to Aqua with some helplessness.

"I'm just afraid she'll lose money. You know she's going to become your wife eventually; in other words, her money is your money."

"Aqua Master, the wine you're drinking now was also bought with my money, and it was bought by you skimping on everyone's meal fees."

Broly reminded her.

"At least it's something to drink; it all went into my belly, so there's no loss."

Aqua argued back, then shrank her neck and fell silent.

"Losing money is a minor matter, but since we'll all be living together from now on, we can't just watch her keep making losing deals, can we?"

Darkness's reasoning held water.

"Do you have any good ideas?"

Broly asked directly.

"Persuade her to give up on purchasing new stock."

Darkness said.

"Wiz, what do you think?"

Broly asked the Lich in turn.

"Since everyone says so, I can only give up."

The Lich was a bit dejected, but she was willing to accept everyone's well-meaning advice.

【Wiz Happiness Value Decreasing】

"Is there a way for you to purchase stock without losing money?"

Broly pressed the question.

"Uh..."

The Lich felt troubled; if she knew such a method, she wouldn't have gotten poorer the more she opened shop before meeting them.

"Ah, got it!"

However, as long as she was willing to think, a method could still be found. After the Lich carefully considered how to make her chosen stock purchases not lose money, she actually thought of a method that barely counted as a method.

"How about you all come with me to purchase new stock? My eye is no good, but if you help me pick, we should be able to avoid buying goods that are comparatively hard to sell to the greatest extent."

【Three cobblers equal one Zhuge Liang】

Hearing this, the phrase flashed through Broly's mind, and he gave the Lich a thumbs up: "That's a good idea."

Darkness stroked her chin; as a Noble she also had some Appraisal Skill, and so agreed readily: "Sounds not bad."

"Hmph, with me, Aqua, here, it's your luck. I was once a very powerful Treasure Appraisal Expert!"

Aqua's interest was piqued, looking full of confidence, but her so-called Treasure Appraisal Expert status only existed in certain games where she made spirits sneak items from the mortal world.

But it didn't matter; others didn't know her true situation. Wiz, recalling that even the pickled cabbage Aqua made could sell big, completely believed her.

After leaving the magic tool shop in the care of that Hell Duke Vanir, Wiz used her Teleportation Magic to set off with the three.

"Teleportation!"

A complex Magic Circle gathered beneath their feet, and in just an instant, the few of them, wearing backpacks and looking like they were going on a trip, vanished in the brilliant Magic Light.

The next moment, the Magic Light dispersed, and the figures of Broly, Wiz, and the others appeared on a vast Plain.

Broly looked around in surprise, certain this was not the Plain near Axel, but a place some distance away from Axel.

"What, are you interested in the Teleportation Magic I used?"

Seeing the boy's expression, Wiz couldn't help but ask.

"Yeah, interested."

Due to the actual experience being somewhat similar to when the Crystal Palace transmigrated him, Broly nodded vigorously.

"Hmm, this magic is quite complex; even among Advanced Magic it's one of the harder ones to learn. Your Intelligence isn't enough, so I'll teach you hand-in-hand later."

There are two ways to acquire Skills in This World: one is spending Skill Points directly to learn a Skill, the other is Self-Learning to learn a Skill.

The former is simple, but requires sufficient Skill Points and the Prerequisites for learning the Skill, such as minimum Attribute Values requirements.

The latter is difficult, but can reduce the Skill Points needed for point allocation through learning, and even bypass certain Skills' Prerequisite Attribute Values requirements.

Broly, whose Intelligence stat was at an average level, could not learn Advanced Magic like Teleport through point allocation; he had to do it the traditional way.

"Wiz, what kind of place did you bring us to? Are all your Magic Tools Purchased in the Wild?"

Aqua looked around, and not discovering any Town nearby, immediately started clamoring.

"Of course not; it's just that the place I want to go does not allow Outsiders to haphazardly set up Teleport Magic Coordinates.

And this is the Plain area near the Crimson Demon Village where the Red Demon Clan settles.

Hmm, there used to be quite a few Beastmen settled here before.

Strange, where did those Beastmen go?"

Wiz introduced the place a bit, then found the situation here a bit strange.

However, it had already been over a year since she last came This Side to Purchase Commodities.

Beastmen are a Nomadic Tribe; Migration is very normal. Of course, it's also possible they were Wiped Out by the Red Demon Clan.

"Over there, a Herd of Creatures is coming."

Suddenly, Broly pointed toward the Forest direction bordering the Plain area Not Far away and said.

"What?"

The Three People of Aqua looked over, but did not sense any Abnormal movement.

But just after seven or eight seconds passed, a rumbling sound rang out from the direction Broly's Finger pointed.

Only to see, group after group of sturdily built Beastmen rushed out from the Forest, and upon seeing the situation on This Side, they let out roars like frenzied Wild Beasts and charged straight toward them.

"Ah, it's a Herd of Beastmen!"

Aqua cried out in surprise.

"But, how come they're all female Beastmen?"

Hearing the Beastmen, Darkness was Originally a bit Excited, but upon seeing that side was a group of surging female Beastmen, she asked strangely; she wanted to see Male Beastmen.

"In the current world, Male Beastmen Existence is already rare; it is said to be because female Beastmen's Desire is too vigorous, causing Male Beastmen to basically all be Exhausted to Death.

Even if a Male Beastman child is Occasionally born, they will be Trampled to death by female Beastmen before adulthood.

Today's Beastmen are all a bunch of guys who Abduct invading alien males, bring them back to the village, and do Unspeakable Acts."

Wiz answered Darkness's question.

"Ah, the ugly, savage Male Beastmen who would do all sorts of things to me after catching me are gone?"

Darkness seemed to have her Dream shattered, the light in her eyes lost its highlight.

"Damn it, what are you thinking, you Masochist Pervert Muscle Woman? Even if there were Male Beastmen, you couldn't possibly be caught. Pay attention to the Wifely Virtue befitting my Disciple's future wife!"

With a *pa* sound, Aqua raised her hand and directly slapped the Female Knight's Butt hard.

"Ow~"

But after slapping, Aqua covered her hand and started yelling at Darkness.

"Just how much Muscle does your Butt have?"

"There's no Muscle on my Butt at all; the outside is all soft."

"Eh, is now the time to Argue about this? Those female Beastmen are almost here."

Wiz gave a Reminder, only then stopping Aqua and Darkness's argument.

"Speaking of, they want to attack us, right?"

"Uh, not exactly; female Beastmen are Not Interested in alien females. Normally when females pass through their Territory, it's even Safer because the male Wild Beasts and Magic Beasts in their Territory have all been caught."

Wiz shook her head, Denying Darkness's guess.

"Then why are they charging over now?"

Aqua frowned and asked.

"Those female Beastmen smelled the scent of a Male, and have fallen into a state of estrus, preparing to assault an alien Male."

Wiz finished speaking, this side fell silent for a moment, the next moment...

"Damn it, they're actually coming for my cute Disciple?!"

Aqua grabbed her Flower Bud Staff and glared at the charging female Beastmen.

"You won't get past my defense line!"

Darkness also raised her Great Sword and stood at the very Front position.

"If possible, let's try to make them Calm down."

Wiz said a sentence, and frost had already condensed under her Foot.

"Human females, we're Not Interested in you, Hurry up and scram!"

"Hand over the man, I want to eat him, then give birth to forty boys and sixty girls!"

The female Beastmen still have Wild Instinct; after Aqua's side took out Weapons, they could clearly sense This Group was Difficult to Deal With.

But this could not become a reason to stop them, already Thirsty for males, from attacking the human Male, even if that human Male looked like a cub.

"Who would hand Broly over to you Ugly Beastmen?"

"Bastard, daring to call us Ugly, I'll shit on your head!"

"Charge, Sisters, kill them, Snatch their man~"

The Chastity Defense Battle for the Saiyan boy was on the verge of breaking out, and the Battle announced its End less than half a minute after it started.

"Water Creation."

"Earth Cleave!"

"Cursed Resentment Ice Seal~"

Aqua was responsible for releasing water, Darkness responsible for playing the Water Barrier, Wiz responsible for casting ice Magic that made them Physically Calm on the female Beastmen who were Submerged in water but still struggling to Swim.

In just a moment, a gigantic ice sculpture appeared on the plain, freezing inside a group of female beastmen in heat, their twisted, ferocious faces mad with the desire to vent their lust rendered lifelike within the ice sculpture.

"Can these beastmen be eaten?"

Broly, who had been protected the whole time, looked at the female beastmen frozen into ice sculptures and couldn't help but ask his three wives beside him.

"Broly, what are you thinking? How could you eat this kind of dirty, in-heat female beastman?"

Aqua scolded him.

"Uh, it's not that they can't be eaten. In the recipes I've seen before, there were some dishes made with beastman meat.

Reportedly beastman meat is somewhat similar to pork, only compared to ordinary pork, beastman meat is more firm and delicious, but it also has a stronger gamey smell than ordinary pork; it must be a chef who knows how to cook beastman meat to handle this gamey smell problem well."

Darkness gave a different answer.

"Broly, do you really want to eat them?"

Wiz asked. Although the food spectrum of humans in this world is also quite broad, unless it's someone with relatively heavy taste, rarely would anyone eat demi-human monsters that also possess intelligence.

Of course, if you rewind time by one or two hundred years, beastmen still counted as being in the food spectrum of humans in this world.

"These beastmen wanted to eat me, and I just happen to want to taste their flavor too. This should count as mutual pursuit. Is there any problem?"

There was no problem, but under Aqua's firm opposition and protest, Broly could only reluctantly leave those frozen ingredients, turning back at every step.

"With the beastmen's life force, after thawing, some should still be able to survive."

Broly produced the thought of secretly returning to pick up corpses, and followed behind Wiz, heading toward the plain area where the terrain gradually rose.

(Chapter End)