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!?~ - 6-7

Chapter 6: Brace Yourself, You Useless Little Village Girl

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It was midnight. A warning sound rang inside my head as I slept in a warm bed, and I snapped my eyes open.

“―!?”

This was… A sign of an intruder. A human had entered this dungeon.

“This is bad.”

I thought I’d finally be able to sleep peacefully.

“Mm, I can’t move―”

When I looked to the side…

“Su… suu…”

Medi was sleeping quietly, clinging to my left arm. Her body temperature had changed to that of a warm-blooded creature, so she felt warm and soft. I didn’t want to wake her. With the utmost care, I slipped out of her embrace. I got out of bed and headed to the living room.

Sitting on the sofa, I projected six “screens” onto the wall in front of me. Each screen showed a different location: the front of the house’s entrance, near the dungeon entrance, and the upper, middle, lower, and deepest floors. I scrolled through each camera with my will, and then…

“There.”

I found a figure in the corridor on the upper floor. She wore a simple long skirt. Her flax-colored hair was tied in a side ponytail and hung down, and she wandered the dungeon looking uneasy.

“Just as I thought… a village girl…”

I hung my head. She was a “villager.” Classified as【Unmarked】, a human with no combat ability. In the game, she was a familiar character to players, appearing from the very beginning and entering the dungeon. She had no weapon and no defense. She was a tutorial-like existence who could be defeated even by the weakest child goblin in the dungeon. She had zero awareness of traps and would get caught in any of them as if drawn in. She wasn’t flashy, but she was a charming beauty with broad appeal, and her figure was surprisingly well-developed for someone from a medieval-style village.

“And her setting too…”

She had a childhood friend in her village who shared mutual feelings with her, and she dreamed of marrying him. That profile was also one of the reasons for her popularity. It couldn’t be helped since it was part of the game’s design, but there was only one illustration for the “village girl.” From the player’s perspective, it looked like the same girl kept entering the dungeon and suffering terrible fates over and over again.

…To begin with, why did a normal village girl come all the way to a dungeon deep in the forest? Even though it was far from any settlement, village girls somehow wandered in alone…. Every single time. They could have stopped at the entrance, but they just walked right in. The dungeon entrance was said to have a mysterious charm that lured humans in, so it couldn’t be helped.

Because of all that, she became known as the “useless village girl,” a character whose body was drawn to the dungeon despite her feelings for her childhood friend, constantly getting defeated by monsters and traps. Combined with that running joke, she was one of the most popular girls among users. Even though she wasn’t a named character, she had one of the highest amounts of fan art. I liked her too.

“But still…”

It would be easy to drive her away here. I had withdrawn the monsters for now, but even sending a single child goblin after her would be enough to defeat her. But I had no intention of making her suffer in this world. That was something you could do in a game. This was reality for me. I wasn’t going to mix up games and reality. I wanted to do lewd things, sure, but I wouldn’t do anything cruel.

More importantly, my policy of “not advancing the main scenario” mattered. If I defeated the village girl here, the damage would spread to the other villagers, and the rumor would reach bandits and rogue adventurers.

(Dungeon equals valuable treasure.)

Thieves who thought that way would start breaking in, and rogue adventurers who took personal requests from villagers would come to conquer the dungeon. If that still wasn’t enough, the village would eventually send an official request to the Adventurers’ Guild, and I would end up facing powerful guild-affiliated adventurers…

“No, no, no!”

If things escalated like that, the main scenario would progress. My end would draw closer! Ah, in a way, this village girl was also a “Harbinger of End”!

(Should I have taken measures earlier?)

In the game, intruders only appeared after you placed your first trap, so I had let my guard down.

“…Alto…?”

I had raised my voice without realizing it and woken Medi up. Still in her pajamas and hugging a pillow, Medi looked at me while rubbing her eyes.

“Ah, sorry. Just some work.”

“Woooork…? Mmm…”

She toddled over to where I was sitting on the sofa.

“Medi?”

“Mmm…”

She climbed onto me as I sat there and suddenly hugged me, using me instead of a pillow.

“I, I can’t move, you know?”

“Warm…”

This was bad. A sweet scent and a soft, squishy feeling. Medi was half-asleep, but this time her grip was strong. I couldn’t easily escape from a 【Mythical】-level hug. Being pressed so close did feel nice, though…

Still, I had to deal with the village girl.

“…No choice. I’ll handle it like this. Brace yourself, you useless village girl…!”

I stared at the monitor and muttered.

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Chapter 7: Are You Going To Do Something Lewd to Me!?

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There were no monsters anywhere near where the village girl was walking. Not wanting to draw human attention, I had kept the most dangerous “monsters” in the dungeon far away from the entrance. And I hadn’t set up any traps yet. In other words, her safety was guaranteed for the time being.

“The best case would be if the dungeon itself wasn’t discovered…”

I had actually tried blocking the entrance before, but it hadn’t worked. Even when I tried to physically seal it with Create, it was impossible. I placed a massive boulder there, but it vanished immediately afterward. It seemed that the dungeon’s instinct to lure humans in couldn’t be stopped, even by me, the Dungeon Master.

Most likely, there was nothing I could do about humans entering. If that was the case, then what I could do was make sure this dungeon didn’t seem like a threat and have them leave peacefully.

“Would the village girl be the type to listen if I talked to her?”

She had no intention of exploring or conquering the dungeon. She wasn’t like bandits or adventurers. Even watching her through the monitor, she just looked lost. I could scare her by showing her a monster, but considering her tendency to get defeated easily, there was a possibility she would “lose on her own and end up defeated on her own.” That was basically how it went in the game. Even though she had no chance of winning, she would charge in barehanded and get beaten down.

I considered sending Medi, since she was also female, but she had petrification abilities.

“Zzz… zzz…”

The girl in pajamas sleeping in my arms. It was hard to believe from her appearance, but she was a powerful monster that even ten thousand village girls couldn’t defeat. Traps were also out of the question, for the same reason as monsters. The useless village girl was a character who would properly end up in “indecent situations” even from the most trivial traps. If I set up binding ropes, no matter how suspicious they looked, she would touch them herself and end up tied up in a way that looked like some kind of bondage play, even though that wasn’t supposed to happen.

“That wouldn’t normally happen.”

She had a tendency to get caught up in those kinds of situations. That was the useless village girl. So… I wanted her to leave here safely on her own two feet, without making contact from my side as much as possible. If I just wanted to send her back… right. For example, I could use Create to block off all forward paths with walls, turning the maze-like dungeon into a single path leading back out.

“But if she spreads rumors, that’s a problem…”

If she returned to the village and said, “There was a dungeon there,” then eventually someone else might come here. Silencing her while letting her return safely…

“…I’ll use that.”

I stared at the village girl on the monitor and muttered.

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“What is this…? Why is the inside of this cave like this?”

The village girl was confused. She had stepped into what looked like a cave entrance in a crack along the mountainside, only to find an artificial-looking corridor stretching endlessly. Torches were mounted on the walls, providing a fair amount of light. As far as she could see, everything was well maintained. And yet, there was no sign of people.

Maybe this was the “dungeon” she had heard about in legends. A labyrinth ruled by a cruel Dungeon Master and filled with vicious monsters. A terrifying place where humans, especially women, were preyed upon and consumed. Yet there wasn’t even a single beast here, let alone monsters.

“It’s eerie…”

…Even as she said that, the village girl kept going deeper. Then..

Clank!

“Eek!?”

Something suddenly fell right in front of her, as if to block her path. It stabbed into the ground in the corridor.

“A sign?”

It was a sign. A wooden signboard. There were words written on it.

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　　　Do not go any further!

　　　　　It’s dangerous!

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Simple. Very straightforward.

“Th-That’s way too suspicious!”

A fair reaction. And yet, as if drawn to it, the village girl reached out her hand. She tapped it and checked it.

“A wooden sign… a normal one.”

If this had been a dungeon trap, she would have already fallen victim to it.

“I don’t understand this at all…”

However, just as the creator of the sign intended, she turned back. It would have been best if she headed straight out of the dungeon, but..

“Huh? Which way did I come from?”

A fork in the path. She had clearly come from the wider passage, but being extremely directionally challenged, she…

“This way! I’m sure of it! It smells familiar!”

Confidently chose the wrong path. And immediately…

Clank!

“Eek!?”

The same thing happened again.

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　　　　Not this way!

　　　The other path!

　　　　　　Go back!

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“Huh? That can’t be right…”

When she tried to ignore the warning and move forward, another sign appeared.

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　　　　　That’s wrong!

　You want to see your childhood friend, right!?

　　　Follow the directions!

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“W-Who is that? How do they know? That’s scary…”

Was someone watching her from somewhere? And how did they know about her childhood friend? Half doubtful, she went back and took the other path.

(What a strange place. When I got back to the village, I would have to tell everyone.)

Thinking that, she kept walking. But..

“Ah, my legs are tired… I can’t go on…”

She staggered and leaned against the wall. Then, another sign.

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　　　For someone like you!

　　　Turn right at the corner

　　　　　Rest area ahead

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“A rest area? Really?”

Having completely forgotten any caution about dungeon traps, the village girl followed the sign, hoping to soothe her tired body. There, she found…

“Chairs! Chairs!”

Clean wooden chairs! A small room with nothing else in it, and a single wooden chair placed there unnaturally! At the foot of the chair was a strange device she had never seen before, but…

“I can finally rest…!”

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　　　　　Take off your shoes

　　　　　　Go barefoot

　　　　It will ease your fatigue!

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“Take off my shoes? But if it helps with fatigue…”

A cautious person would at least check for safety before sitting, but the village girl obediently took off her shoes, placed her supple bare feet onto the mysterious device, and sat down. If this had been a dungeon trap, she would have immediately suffered for it. Or rather…

“Phew………… ah!?”

The strange device suddenly started moving on its own and tightly restrained her feet from both sides. She couldn’t move!

“N-No way!? Such an elaborate trap!?”

The village girl cried out in despair.

“Are you going to do something lewd to me!?”

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