CHAPTER 69: NEW OCCUPATION!

Lily regained consciousness.

The heat in her body that had been floating like falling into clouds subsided, and Lily covered her face with both hands.

"Sob, sniff...!"

She despaired. More than laying an egg in front of everyone, Lily despaired at her situation of no longer being able to return as human.

A human laid an egg.

Moreover, she’d laid a monster’s egg.

Now Lily had become humanity’s enemy and could no longer hide and live among humans.

The Goddess Church.

The center of the human alliance and the Goddess Church followers who showed the most zeal in confrontation with the Demon King’s army hunted witches who copulated with monsters.

To begin with, most who gathered in the slash-and-burn village were those who’d committed crimes or broken taboos. They’d built the village by burning trees and securing land to avoid taxes and the Goddess Church’s fanatics.

The Goddess Church’s followers unconditionally killed monsters.

They also killed all who copulated with monsters.

Moreover, having copulated with a monster, received its seed, and even laid an egg, Lily had nowhere to return.

"Sob, sniff, sniff...!"

And what most made Lily fall into self-loathing was the ’pleasure.’

In 37 years, Lily had never once felt such pleasure in her life.

Not just the pleasure when first earning money, but compared to any pleasure obtained during sexual acts in life, the pleasure of laying an egg surpassed imagination.

She wanted to taste it once more.

Lily couldn’t raise her head from self-loathing.

"U-um...."

"...What."

Lily answered with a sharp tone she didn’t realize to another female hunter who approached her side. Though they’d all been penetrated by monsters once, she hadn’t forgotten that frozen expression at Lily laying an egg.

"W-well...."

"Why? Disgusted?"

Lily sneered while scanning the other female hunter with her eyes. Everyone was eating a late meal while scooping slime fluids, but no one invited Lily to eat or refused to eat together.

"Urp."

One female hunter whose eyes met Lily’s almost spat out the slime fluids she was eating.

She seemed to recall the scene of Lily laying an egg, and their expressions looking at Lily were beyond dirty and filthy - they looked like they didn’t even want to associate.

’Ridiculous.’

Lily had a hunch while laying the egg. Would only she face this fate? The order was just that she was first.

’Better to have been taken by that monster.’

At least the monster, even after ’using’ her once, would pay attention in this slave group for using her once.

’Otherwise I could be eaten by other monsters.’

Better to be eaten by an orc.

Kruuuruk.

Those corpse-like monsters didn’t have lower bodies now, but higher-species monsters definitely had them.

Having seen off a colleague who retired from the trauma of being attacked once by those monsters in a dungeon, Lily didn’t want to experience that.

But she’d laid an egg, and even wanted to do it more. Lily felt like crying.

"H-here...."

The female hunter held out a wooden cup. Full of slime fluids not yet touched, and Lily couldn’t understand the woman approaching her without any hesitation.

"Not dirty?"

"...."

The female hunter glanced at others and shook her head. And asked in a very quiet voice.

"Was...it good?"

"What?"

Lily’s voice rose in absurdity. The female hunter was startled and shushed.

"Your voice is too loud...!"

"Good, you say. Is that something to say to me right now-"

"I’ve never seen you go that hard while doing it with me before."

"...."

Lily was silent. The other person was someone who’d shared acts with her in one bed a few times, and both Lily and the woman were people who came to the slash-and-burn village for the same reason.

"Hey, was it really that good? More than when with me...?"

"I don’t know.... Try it yourself."

"...Would that be okay?"

"You crazy bitch."

The other person was serious. Lily’s anger flared at the words of sharing acts with monsters just for pleasure.

"You think that makes sense?"

"...But still, we have to live here now."

The woman was resigned. Ghouls were still stationed at various points of the wooden fence.

"The monster said it. We can’t live outside anymore. Then rather just...."

"Hey, I, I support you."

The endurance guy approached nearby holding a wooden cup. He didn’t know about the monster, but these three had once rolled together on a bed.

"I-it turned out this way, so can’t be helped. We have to live somehow. Can’t just die."

"You.... Haa."

Lily lamented. In the subtle factional fight occurring within the pyramid’s lowest layer, Lily tried to wear a crown made of dirt even there, but unfortunately only two people were on her side.

3:4.

Not just the female hunters, but even the quick-shooter seemed greatly shocked by Lily ’laying’ an egg.

Thud. Thud.

Suddenly footsteps were heard. The seven hunters were startled and gulped down the fluids they were eating.

"Hmm. Seems you’re doing well."

A cold-impressioned blonde woman they’d never seen before looked down at the hunters with disciplined posture like a knight. The hunters bowed their heads at those arrogant eyes.

The other person was a much higher existence than themselves. Having long lived as lower class, they could immediately sense that from the other person’s appearance.

The woman reeked strongly of monster. That momentarily irritated Lily.

"Ahem. Nice to meet you. I’m Eila. Master’s knight."

"...What brings a knight here?"

Since no one spoke, Lily stood up and answered. And Lily discovered a new monster standing behind Eila.

"Oh...."

The monster, no, the man was smiling refreshingly at her. Though muscular like the monster that violated her, his belly had no belly fat, just muscles packed firm. And at the large member that pants couldn’t hide, Lily’s heart sank.

Same green skin but not disgusting. Rather lovable. And Lily was certain she was crazy for thinking that.

"Are you Lily?"

"...."

Lily just nodded. Eila looked at Lily for a while, then pointed at the orc youth behind her and opened her mouth.

"Your son."

"????"

"The egg you laid became a son."

The humans fell into confusion. Since Lily laid the egg and fainted and the monster entered the dungeon, not even a few hours had passed. Yet an orc who looked like a proper warrior was Lily’s son? Even Lily couldn’t believe it first.

"Ah...."

But Lily couldn’t say anything at the déjà vu she felt whenever looking at the orc, Arthur. His appearance smiling broadly at her too closely resembled her father who’d held her long ago.

"Um.... He looks kinda similar to you?"

The endurance guy pointed back and forth between the youth and Lily several times. Definitely they resembled.

"W-wait a moment. R-really my son?"

"Of course. Having received master’s grace, not even two days passed from laying the egg. Like 10 months shortened to 2 days, growth is also very fast. If complicated, think of it as master’s grace. I don’t know the details either."

Eila answered readily while shrugging, and pushed the orc’s back. The orc stood before Lily looking awkward.

"Um.... Should I call you mom, or mother?"

"Haa."

Lily’s common sense as a human collapsed. But emotions and instinct began surging definite feelings toward the orc.

"...First, your name?"

"Arthur. Father named me Arthur."

"...."

Once, she’d decided to name a son Arthur if she bore one. But she never expected a son to suddenly appear this way.

"...Huu."

Lily steeled her heart. Looking carefully from top to bottom, he was a considerable handsome man’s image, hard to believe he was born from that monster. Most of all, she liked his slim waist.

’If only he wasn’t my son.’

"...Ahem. What am I thinking."

Lily coughed and blushed. Really enough to have such thoughts, Arthur had a refreshing appearance that inspired favorable feelings as a woman before thinking he was human.

In other words, conversely, Lily was clearly recognizing Arthur as ’son,’ not definitely as the opposite sex. Something like instinct hard to describe as the opposite sex.

"Arthur will live here and help you all. He’ll train with me inside the dungeon and build strength, but will mostly live with you."

"Wait a moment. Who are you to...?"

"Let’s say I was a knight of a renowned family. And I intend to make your son my squire."

Eila bowed to Lily with disciplined posture.

"Please let me teach your and master’s son."

"A-are you really a knight?"

"Of course."

At least regarding posture, Eila was unmatched. Lily thought Eila didn’t seem to be lying at least.

"...P-permission or whatever."

Lily squeezed her eyes shut. Giving permission was as good as acknowledging Arthur as her son.

But.

Lily was someone who valued survival more than judgments and notions bound by common sense.

"...Please take good care of my son."

"Thank you. Then Arthur, I’ll return to master for now."

"Yes, Mother Eila."

"What...?"

Lily didn’t understand for a moment. But she couldn’t continue words at Arthur - her son’s appearance standing confidently before her.

"Father said to do as ...told, so what should I do first?"

"...."

Lily glanced at the other hunters. They were all shocked that an egg became a sturdy man in just a few hours.

But Lily’s intuition was clearly ringing alarm bells. The female hunters were scanning Arthur up and down while drooling, and the quick-shooter was hunching his shoulders and avoiding Arthur’s eyes.

"...First Arthur."

Lily took one big deep breath, then held out both hands to Arthur.

"Call me mom."

"...Yes, mom!"

Arthur smiled brightly with an innocent face.

***

Though I’d evolved others before, this was my first time directly evolving. My evolution likewise occurred at the summoning facility, and I could feel my body gradually twisting.

Evolution.

Awakening to a new existence.

Like Lime evolved from just an ordinary slime to slimehole, maybe I could also completely transform into a new existence.

’Though the evolution tech tree seemed to have only one.’

What kind of existence would I change into? I calmly waited for the fog to settle.

"Puhuu."

...Harder to breathe than before? I touched my belly first.

"No."

The belly fat had no change at all. No bodily changes either.

"What?"

If only there was a mirror. I swept away the fog with my hand, and soon Lune greeted me first-

"Hiii."

Lune was shocked the moment she saw me. Did I really become a monster?

"M-master...!"

Though Lune called me master, she was scared. Why on earth? Why?

"M-master is.... Huaaang!"

Lune burst into tears on the spot. I lifted my arm with some unknown anxiety.

"Whoa."

The arm had no changes. But strange brown cloth sleeves appeared on the arm, and when I withdrew that arm, geometric pattern marks appeared all over.

"No way, damn?"

I threw off the bizarre-form robe that appeared on my body. Muscles and belly fat still hadn’t decreased, but geometric patterns extending from the arms were engraved all over my body.

"No way, no way!"

I pulled down the underwear that appeared below. Thankfully there was no strange tattoo on my dick.

"No, no, what does this mean...."

I checked my information with trembling heart.

[Rok Grimfang Shek: ★★★★☆]

Name. I’d gone from Rok Grimfang to Rok Grimfang Shek. Actually, the name didn’t matter.

Level: 75 / 90

Level. I could now rise to level 90. Just 5 more levels and I could face Luna head-on.

Species: Orc

Age: 3 years old (33 years old)

Gender: Male

Rank: Rare

Birth: Forneus’s Dungeon

Affiliation: Grimfang’s Dungeon

Occupation: Orc Shaman.

Shaman. No, the occupation didn’t matter. What mattered was these geometric pattern designs surrounding my entire body.

Rub rub rub.

No matter how much I rubbed with my hands, they wouldn’t erase. Lune sniffled looking at me with tears, and I wanted to cry too.

"M-master’s body has graffiti.... sob, sniff...!"

"Th-this damn...."

The price of evolution was harsh.

I’d become 4-star,

And became an orc with tattoos on a muscular fat body.