Chapter 335

Lately, I've grown too accustomed to this "academy" life, and in doing so, I've forgotten one key fact: the world of Luminor Academy, the one I’ve been reincarnated into, isn’t just an ordinary academy setting. It’s actually a dating sim… and an adult one at that.

Why bring this up now, you ask?

Well, that realization hit me hard when Ethan and I casually wandered into this "Dungeon Reward Market" without thinking.

"Welcome~! Is there anything specific you're looking for?"

"...Ah, no. We’re just… browsing."

"...We’re just looking around, so don’t mind us."

"Of course! Let me know if you need any help~."

The cheerful shopkeeper’s response, out of place in this kind of shop, only made the situation more awkward for Ethan and me.

The moment we stepped inside, shelves filled with numerous things immediately caught my eye—shapes that, despite their form being quite clear, were obviously intended for women. My face heated up just at the sight.

‘Right… now that I think about it, dungeon rewards included stuff like this.’

The "dungeons" in Luminor Academy worked similarly to those in most games. You explore floors, find hidden rooms, gather loot, and defeat the boss at the end to claim the final reward. Sure, thinking of it in a real-world context was strange, but this was a world based on a game. Resetting the dungeon's environment for each new person and awarding random loot was "normal" here.

Typically, the most common random rewards from fantasy dungeons were weapons, armor, money, and potions. But since Luminor Academy was an adult game, some of those rewards were, well… less conventional. One such reward was currently displayed in front of me: a toy modeled after a man’s… well, you know.

In my previous life, we called it a dildo.

‘Great, of all the places to walk into, it had to be this one…’

In hindsight, it made sense. Adventurers who explored dungeons saw their bodies as their greatest resource. So if they got a weapon or armor, their first thought would be to equip it. Money could be spent, and potions were usually kept or sold to specialty shops.

Which left the toys. They had no real value outside of certain uses

, so of course this market would sell such items.

“So, they even hand out rewards like these in dungeons…”

“…It seems that way.”

“Do you think you're interested in something like this, Lilith?”

“Wh-what? N-no, of course not! What kind of question is that, young master Ethan?! Do you see me as some lewd maid who’d use such vulgar things?!”

“…No, I didn’t mean it like that.”

Ethan's delayed response made me want to pry further, but something told me I didn’t want to hear the answer. We’d just look around briefly and leave—it was too awkward to walk out immediately.@@novelbin@@

"……."

Though, now that I was looking, weren’t these… a bit small?

In the adult videos I watched in my previous life, these kinds of things always seemed bigger than the real thing. But now, as a woman, they didn’t look as large. Maybe it was because I was used to Ethan's size. Compared to him, most of the items here seemed smaller…

“…Are you thinking about buying one?”

“No. Compared to young master Ethan’s… these aren’t that big. Even if I used one, it wouldn’t feel…”

"……."

“No! I wasn’t comparing your size to these toys!”

“…I didn’t say anything, Lilith.”

Still, the way he suddenly avoided eye contact and slipped a hand into his pocket made me think he was imagining something inappropriate.

“For the record, I’m not interested in any man other than young master Ethan.”

“…What?”

“I mean, even the thought of using something like this repulses me. Even if it’s not real, I refuse to let anything other than your… uh, real thing enter my body.”

“…I-I see… Don’t worry, Lilith. We’re not buying anything.”

No matter how much these toys mimicked the real thing, they were against my beliefs as a former unicorn. The thought of a heroine climaxing with a toy shaped like another man’s… you-know-what disgusted me. And I definitely didn’t want to be that heroine.

Realizing that lingering in this shop could lead Ethan to think I was strange, I quickly tugged him toward another display, hoping to find something a bit more… normal.

—Whirrrrr. Whirrrrrr.

"……."

A vibrating massager powered by magic. Pass.

‘What the hell… How could something this long even… is there really someone who could fit this inside them?!’

A ridiculously long string of beads. Definite pass.

—Vrrrrr! Vrrrrrrrr!!!

“Wahhh?! Hyahhh!!”

“Lilith?! Are you okay?!”

“Yes, yes… I was just startled.”

A seemingly harmless wand turned out to be a high-speed vibrating… thing the moment I touched it. Definite pass.

Seriously, what kind of world has stuff like this?!

‘Now that I think about it, Ethan used similar things to train Lilith in the original game…’

Some of those larger, more dangerous toys were used for punishment. The original Ethan was a vile character, beyond comparison to the current one.

Even if I had Lilith’s body now, I had no intention of indulging in Ethan’s more twisted preferences. Lilith certainly didn’t want that either in the original game.

I mean, unless it didn’t violate my personal beliefs, I might consider a little… compromise. But still.

Realizing there wasn’t much else to see other than sex toys, I decided it was time to leave. This entire trip had been a waste of time.

“Young master Ethan, I think we’ve come to the wrong shop. How about we visit somewhere else?”

“…Wait, Lilith.”

“Yes?”

…Why was he making me nervous all of a sudden?

Don’t tell me this is the moment where Ethan suddenly awakens to his dark tendencies like in the original game?!

If that’s the case, I’ll have to throw away my position at the academy, my generous salary, and my feelings for Ethan and just run for my life. The original Ethan was so depraved, he forced Lilith to submit to other men—and even animals—as punishment.

The idea of engaging in any physical acts with anyone other than one man was utterly unacceptable to me as a former unicorn.

—Swoosh.

“This… doesn’t this look like it would suit you, Lilith?”

“…What?”

“This headpiece with the ears. You always wear the same one, don’t you?”

"……."

Well, strictly speaking, it wasn’t the same one. I had several headpieces that were identical, so he’d never noticed when I changed them.

The headpiece was just a symbol of my position as Ethan’s maid, so I never bothered with anything fancy. Unless I was in the bath or going to bed, I didn’t take it off.

I hadn’t thought much about it, but it seemed like Ethan had noticed and wanted a change.

‘And to think I was worrying about Ethan awakening some dark tendencies…’

Thank goodness I only thought it to myself. I felt so stupid for jumping to such wild conclusions.

The headpiece Ethan picked out for me was a maid’s headband with black cat ears attached to the top. The design was simple, but cute.

…It looked like something you’d see on an untrustworthy cat-human character, but still, Ethan picked it out for me, so I might as well try it on.

I took off my regular headpiece and placed the new one on my head. Surprisingly, it didn’t feel bad. Looking in the mirror, it actually matched my hair tone pretty well.

“It looks good, young master Ethan.”

“Does it? Then I’ll buy it for you as a gift.”

“…Thank you, young master Ethan.”

He offered to buy it as a gift, and as his maid, I couldn’t exactly refuse. I nodded in appreciation.

“Oh, just a moment! That item is part of a set, so you’ll need to purchase the rest as well~!”

“The rest?”

As the shopkeeper explained, we waited at the counter for the "rest" of the set. When she returned, she was holding a white leather collar… and…

“…The set includes the collar and this ‘tail’!”

It was a certain type of black tail that could only be worn… in certain ways.

“I-I don’t need it!!”

…In the end, we did buy it.

The shopkeeper wouldn’t sell them separately, so we had no choice.