Chapter 49: Well, No Matter How You Look at It, This Story Is Way Too Convenient for Me, So There’s No Way Lumia-san Was Serious… Right?

Under the pleasant spring sunshine, the park in the early afternoon was moderately lively.

Because it was still the time of day when children were at school, almost everyone in the park was an adult.

The only park in Aquila’s central district — Aquila Park — was an ordinary park like any other, with tree-lined paths, lawns, plazas, and a fountain.

However, the cylindrical pillar standing near the center was not something you would find just anywhere.

Including the pedestal, it was a white stone pillar over thirty meters tall with a diameter of about five meters, and mysterious characters and symbols were inscribed on its surface.

It appeared to be some kind of object related to ancient magic, but its true nature was not well understood.

Several such pillars had been found on the Northern Continent.

Some were discovered as objects that had existed since long ago, while others suddenly appeared in places where they had never been before.

The pillar in Aquila Park was one of those.

Because relocating or destroying them was practically impossible, this type of pillar was left in place at the location where it was discovered.

In Aquila’s case, several decades ago, while old buildings related to the autonomous government were being demolished, a pillar suddenly appeared.

Because the pillar was in the way and made it difficult to construct buildings in the area, the place was developed into a park and became Aquila Park.

The area around the pillar formed a circular plaza with a radius of about thirty meters.

Benches were placed around the periphery of the plaza, and in Aquila’s central district it was used as a typical meeting place.

Among the people waiting for someone was Kazui.

Sitting on an old wooden bench, Kazui was waiting for Lumia.

After receiving the reward, Kazui had split up from Yuri.

Yuri headed to a gym for mages in order to train as a mage, while Kazui headed to a specialty store that sold clothing and equipment for adventurers in order to buy a martial arts uniform and such.

After buying the martial arts uniform, he went around to other stores, bought various necessary items such as the magic cards he had lost, and then visited Aquila Park.

In case Lumia’s statement of "Let’s meet around half past two in front of the cylinder" turned out to be true.

(Nine times out of ten, she was just joking... and teasing me.)

Kazui could not clearly judge whether what Lumia had said at that time had been serious or a joke.

He thought it had probably been a joke, but he also could not completely abandon the hope that it might have been serious.

Therefore, after finishing his shopping, Kazui visited the meeting place around 2:15 p.m. — a little earlier than the specified time — and waited for Lumia.

(It would be great if, by some mistake, Lumia-san’s words were serious.)

Just being able to have sex with an attractive woman like Lumia and take her virginity was already an attractive story for Kazui.

On top of that, he would even be allowed to copy skills from Lumia, so for him it was a story that was far too good to be true.

(Well, no matter how you look at it, this story is way too convenient for me, so there’s no way Lumia-san was serious... right?)

While muttering that, Kazui looked around the plaza.

In the plaza there were people waiting for someone or simply resting on the benches.

Out of pure curiosity, Kazui activated Sexual Appraisal and began appraising the people who caught his eye.

First the women, and then even the men — Kazui ended up using Sexual Appraisal on them.

Using appraisal-type skills on others without permission was prohibited in some cities, but Aquila was different.

With ordinary appraisal skills, the likelihood of seeing information that would be troublesome if seen was low, so many cities did not prohibit them.

In bright daytime, even if one used an appraisal-type skill, it was hard to notice, and if one used it while hidden in the shadows, it was hard to notice even at night.

The fact that it was practically difficult to crack down on was also a reason why many cities did not prohibit them.

In fact, in the case of Kazui’s Sexual Appraisal, which only emitted a faint blue light, it was hard to notice even when used in a plaza illuminated by strong sunlight.

Of course, even if someone noticed the use of a skill, there would probably be no one who would realize that he was using something like Sexual Appraisal, a skill exclusive to succubi.

(There are quite a few... people who have built up sexual frustration.)

Including people just passing by, Kazui tried Sexual Appraisal on about thirty people.

As a result, six people showed the Sexual Appraisal result of "state of sexual frustration."

That meant roughly two-tenths of the people were in a "state of sexual frustration."

(And there were slightly more women...)

Of the six people in a state of sexual frustration, four were women.

Because he had thought there would be more men, it was an unexpected result for Kazui.

(Maybe it’s because men can relieve it more easily in entertainment districts or something?)

In the small city of Aquila there was no entertainment district, but in the larger nearby cities there were entertainment districts for men.

Kazui had heard stories from male adventurers who had gone to the brothels in the entertainment districts of those large cities and played with women.

"If something like this was going to happen, I should have just gone to a brothel and gotten rid of my virginity sooner."

Yesterday, Kazui had made a statement like that to Yuri.

The "brothel" he had mentioned at that time referred to the brothels in the entertainment districts of the nearby large cities.