The Fallen Prince’s Pleasure Dungeon: I Won’t Let the Female Adventurers Leave ~ I Was Reincarnated as the Villain in an Eroge, and Even Though I Just Want to Live a Quiet Slow Life, Beautiful Girls Keep Gathering Around Me!?~ - 34

Chapter 34: Is This Some Kind of Restriction Play?

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“Whoaaa!?”

The day after I started building the dummy dungeon. When I brought the group of gnomes over to help, Mine cried out the moment she saw the construction site. The site had plenty of space. That was thanks to our dungeon being located within a mountain range. Unlike the main dungeon that led to the lower floors, the dummy was being built to expand horizontally.

Based on my personal policy, I wanted to fuss over the “interior design,” but according to Imelda’s information, my older brother Uber had started making his move.

…The Second Prince, Uber Raymond. He was a slender, blonde-haired handsome guy, but he was a man whose face was perpetually stuck with a sneering, condescending expression. He should be twenty years old now.

Even in the original game’s prologue, he had been the spearhead in ousting the protagonist, Alto, from the royal palace. It was the same in this world. He had framed me and threw me in prison. I managed to break out and flee at the very last second, but the pursuers sent after me were likely mostly his doing.

That man was now looking for me again in earnest. The troublesome part was that both Uber himself and his aides were quite capable and this wasn’t based on my game knowledge, but memories from my time living in the palace.

Uber himself was a magic swordsman with the strength of a 【Silver Grade】. His aides weren’t just for show either. They were knights who had survived real battlefields. If they were approaching, I couldn’t let them get near the real dungeon. The entrance kicked out men, but they might have a way to break through such a barrier.

“I’m thinking of setting traps in this dummy dungeon to make the enemy lose their motivation. Fighting them head-on is stupid, and I don’t want the monsters to get hurt… Hey, are you listening, Mine?”

“I’m sorry! No, it’s just that your construction speed is… there was nothing here before, right? You’re too fast. I wonder if our help is even necessary? Ah, of course, we’d welcome the extra work!”

If the interior didn’t need to be fancy, I could do it in an instant with 《Create》.

“Like I said before, I think it’s amazing that you and the gnomes can do things by hand. I’m counting on you, okay?”

“!! Yes, sir!!”

The gnomes all pumped their fists in unison, showing their high morale.

“Alright. Now, back to what I was saying. Anyway, we aren’t going to welcome intruders here. We’ll turn them back at the entrance as much as possible. If they still break through, we’ll trap them in things that drain their spirit.”

“For example… Would a maze without a goal be no good?” 

Mine asked.

“If we make it a simple cave with no one inside and no treasure, wouldn’t they just leave in disappointment?”

“Then they’d just search the surrounding area, right? They’d think, ‘If there’s nothing here, let’s look elsewhere.'”

“I see. Then, what about traps that take their lives?”

“That’s also rejected.”

(It’s not that I have any hesitation about killing humans, but…)

“The opponent is, for better or worse, the prince of a nation. If we kill him, a whole army might mobilize. It’d be the same even if he just went missing. It’s a Tower Defense where we turn them back without killing them… Plus, this is basically a ‘restricted play’ challenge.”

“I see, I see. A ‘restriction,’ is it? Oboro-san mentioned that she wanted to incorporate that into the brothel as well.”

“Don’t listen to anything that girl says.”

(Just how pink is her brain?)

“Anyway. I want to make mechanisms that look like they lead to something, yet make it impossible to clear… That’s the goal.”

Regarding that, I had received ideas from Medi and the others beforehand.

“Medi said traps that split up the group would be good.”

“Divide and conquer? Is Medi-san a strategist?”

“Actually, she said, ‘If they’re all alone, they’ll get lonely and want to go home.’ However, like you said, there are benefits to splitting them up. If they come in a group, let’s try to separate them as early as possible.”

Next was Oboro’s idea. Surprisingly serious, she proposed a plan for “infighting.” Oboro would disguise herself as one of the enemies to cause chaos, sow seeds of paranoia, and drive them to clash with one another.

However, I rejected that. I had no intention of putting my monsters on the front lines. With Oboro’s strength, it probably wouldn’t be a problem, but there was always a “what if.” I didn’t want any of my people getting hurt by humans.

And Nyu, of course, suggested traps that were slimy and sticky. That one was adopted. If the discomfort index hit its maximum, they would surely decide to retreat sooner.

“That’s great! It sounds like it’ll be worth building!” 

Mine was fired up.

“Do the gnomes have any good ideas?”

The tiny gnomes huddled together, whispering and consulting with each other. Mine spoke up as their representative.

“We can’t think of any high-impact ideas, but… It’s simple, but how about attacking them with sheer volume?”

“Volume? As in the number of traps?”

“Yes. And also…”

She explained the idea to me.

“Yeah. That works. But man… That sounds like a lot of work, doesn’t it? Well, for you and the gnomes, I guess that’s killing two birds with one stone.”

“Yes!!”

With her usual perfect smile, she set to work.

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Just around that same time….

Prince Uber and his forces, who were targeting Alto’s life, were riding their warhorses into the region near the dungeon. It was a group of about twenty people, including the prince. Looking out over the surroundings from atop a small hill, Uber asked the bearded knight beside him.

“What about that village?”

“It’s a small village with no major local specialties. Shall we conduct inquiries there?”

“Right. And… if there are any young girls, maybe I’ll ‘play’ a bit before we go.”

“I see, Uber-sama wishes to stretch his wings while away from his wife…”

“Hehe. Don’t make it sound so scandalous.”

“My apologies.”

With a smirk, the bearded knight took the lead and headed toward the village, the very village where the clumsy village girl lived.

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