Chapter 43: Urgent objective

We stayed talking for a while and I told the girls that I was a Leech and that I have the power to acquire skills and bloodlines from those I eat.

Except for Ibuki who didn't understand anything the other girls were shocked by what I said, Diana looked at me with pride, Kira had a look of amusement and Érica had a look that reminded me of fanatics from my old world which I thought was dangerous.

Things only got worse when I said that when I get a pure lineage I can change race to the lineage race during evolution.

Ibuki once again didn't understand anything and just praised me, Diana was even more proud and started laughing about having found the best teacher, Kira started muttering dangerous plans about world conquest and once again Érica was the one that worried me the most since I could see a glint of obsession in his eyes.

"(Erica wouldn't be a Yandere, would she?)" (me)

That thought scared me a lot, obsessive people are dangerous, they don't usually care about anything but the target of their obsession and they do crazy things.

The rest of the conversation was trying to calm their emotions as they started to lose their minds due to the absurd information I spoke.

When I finally managed to calm them down it was too late and we ate the flesh of a gray wolf that Diana hunted and I ate half the body of the Tiger Beast Man, after which we went to sleep in separate beds.

Ding!

<[ You have acquired the following skills:

• [ Night vision: 1 ]

• [ Ki Control: 1 ] ]>

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The next day I wake up almost unable to breathe, the reason for this was that somehow the girls dragged the beds over to mine and fell asleep cuddling with me.

Érica was sleeping on my left arm, Diana was sleeping on my right arm, Ibuki is lying on top of me with her head on my chest and Kira is next to Ibuki lying on my left chest.

To get out of this situation I had to once again use my Intimidation skill to force them to wake up, as my arms were in torment and there was almost no air in my lungs.

When they woke up Diana quickly got up and got into a fighting stance, Érica shot up into the air with a slash of her face, Kira jumped into the darkest part of the disappearing cave and Ibuki lazily opened his eyes and said in Goblin language.

"Good morning Master." (Ibuki)

"..." (Diana)

"..." (Érica)

"..." (Kira)

"Good morning Ibuki, good morning to you three too." (me)

"Because everyone was sleeping together with me." (me)

When I ask this question Érica turns her head away, Diana gets a confused look and Kira gets a little red in the face.

"I couldn't sleep away from the master, and when I saw that Ibuki was going to his bed I joined mine and slept with it." (Érica)

"I saw both of them so I thought I could, did I do something wrong master?" (Diana)

"I woke up in the middle of the night and the three of them were sleeping with the master, so I thought I should do the same, but it took me a long time to sleep due to shame." (Kira)

"You didn't do anything wrong, just let me know next time, and don't worry about these things Kira they always do it without my permission, feel free to sleep wherever you want from now on." (me)

"Thank you, master." (Kira)

I get up and roast meat for everyone, leave the rest of the wolf to the girls and go eat the Dwarf's meat.

Ding!

<[ You have acquired the following skill:

• [ Basic hammer technique: 1 ] ]>

After we've all eaten I tell everyone to get ready to take things from here to our house, when a question pops into my head.

"Kira how did you guys transport so many items hereafter your robberies?" (me)

"The Dwarf, Tiger Beast Man, and I have storage items, they're small items but it's enough to carry things more efficiently." (Kira)

"I and Érica have it too, we found it a little while ago in the Goblins' warehouse, they didn't know what it was, we also found three more there." (Diana)

"My item box and Diana's only fit ten items, and yours?" (Érica)

"Mine has space for twenty items and the other two have space for five items, I think Viborá also had one that he kept hidden inside his body." (Kira)

"That's good information, but what is the weight and size capacity of these items?" (me)

"In the case of mine with twenty spaces, it holds a total of 50 kg, the two with five spaces hold 20 kg." (Kira)

"Mine and Erica's have ten spaces and hold 40 kg." (Diana)

"Can you stack items?" (me)

"No master, but if the items are small like coins you can put them in a bag and keep the bag as one item." (Érica)

"(This will be of great help in the future, it's not the same as the item box system in games but it's still useful.)" (me)

"And how do you use it?" (me)

"Normal ones can be used by anyone, but more expensive ones can only be opened by the owner, they can register the user's magic or Aura signature or even register their blood to prevent theft." (Érica)

"When you go to use it you have to insert mana into the item, so the information of the items inside appears in your head to choose to remove the item or if there is an empty space to place an item." (Érica)

"With this information, we have a way to go now, I imagine you have almost no empty spaces in your storage items, don't you?" (me)

"Mine has only 2 spaces in use, which are my weapons." (Kira)

"Mine is full of books on magic." (Érica)

"Mine has five survival items like a knife, a folded tent, a change of clothes, a purse with some silver and bronze coins, and my adventuress card." (Diana)

"Those who are empty go to the warehouse and fill your boxes with items, let's make a few round trips to take everything." (me)

"When we get home don't worry about putting anything away, just empty everything and we'll come back here for more." (me)

After that we took the coins and separated them into bags that fit fifty coins and put them in the storage items, so the first trips were to take the money, then we took the weapons and armor, we left the potions for last.

During the various round trips I used my ability [ Detect Weak Presence: 6 ] to avoid the monsters along the way, all this change took all day and we only ended up in the middle of the afternoon.

Ding!

<[ Your skill leveled up [ Detect Weak Presence: 6 > 7 ] ]>

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<[ Your skill leveled up [ Detect Weak Presence: 7 > 8 ] ]>

After we've finally finished bringing everything to our house everyone is exhausted, Ibuki and Érica can't even get up off the ground, Diana and Kira are sitting resting in a corner catching their breath and I'm going to see the prisoner before resting.

I have to confirm he's still trapped and use more crippling poison on him so he's immobilized until tomorrow.

When I get to the room he's stuck in I see him trying to free himself using his teeth to cut the lines, when he sees me he gets scared.

"You bastard, what more do you want from me because you kept me stuck there all this time?" (Viper)

"Don't worry, tomorrow I'll decide what to do with you." (me)

"But first I wanted to say that your information is very useful, we've already finished the whole bandit group thanks to your information, thanks." (me)

"What?" (Viper)

"You took them all out, impossible, even if you kill them all the boss is supposed to have come back and killed you." (Viper)

"So that was your plan?" (me)

"Use your mates as bait for me and make your boss hunt me down later and save you in the process." (me)

Did he really think such a naive plan would work? Well, he never saw the strength of the girls or mine in battle, it's also true that we don't fight the bandits or Kira head-on.

In both fights, we used tactics and plans to increase our chances of success.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you but your boss won't save you." (me)

After talking to him I go over and bite his neck and use more crippling poison to immobilize him and use my lines to mend his bonds.

So I go back to the cabin where the girls are resting, when I get there I tell everyone to pay attention and pull a red-stained bag from the box of items I carry now.

"Diana I imagine there is a bounty on the bad guys' heads isn't there?" (me)

"Yes master, but only the Tiger Beast Man and the Dwarf are worth anything, the four humans are unknown." (Diana)

"I'm going to give you an urgent goal Diana, I want you to go back to town and take the bounty on their heads, and use the money to buy pots, cookware, plates, and cutlery." (me)

"I will carry out your orders master." (Diana)

"Kira want you to go with Diana but for a different purpose I want you to take the money we have and buy a mask that can hide my race and status from others." (me)

"I think I understand what the master wants, I know exactly where to go." (Kira)

"Érica, I want you to pack up everything we brought in the cabin tomorrow, okay?" (me)

"Yes Master." (Érica)

"On second thought I want to ask if there are any bottles that can hold a lot of water?" (me)

"Yes, there is a master, but it is very difficult to find around here, they usually have space inside to hold fifty liters of water, but they are expensive." (Diana)

"I want you to buy it if you find it, also bring forge and joinery tools." (me)

"I will try master." (Diana)

"I will find the best tools for the master even if I have to steal." (Kira)

"Please don't steal." (me)