How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 130

143. There’s Treasure in the Basement (1)

I completed the preparations as quickly as possible and headed to the labyrinth leading to the underground vault with Princess Elenia.

It didn’t take more than a few tens of minutes after entering this underground labyrinth to realize that calling it almost a dungeon was not an exaggeration.

The first thing that greeted us was a trap.

It felt like a trap was triggered every ten steps.

Whether it was a poisoned arrow flying at us or the floor suddenly rising towards the ceiling.

Various other traps awaited us.

After escaping those using my abilities, the next thing was…

“Be careful! Aileen!”

As soon as Princess Elenia warned from behind, the ceiling opened, and a giant two-headed snake popped out, lunging at me.

A trap that quickly delivers monsters to the intruder’s location, huh!

“Ugh! They really have everything here!”

The snake’s heads attacked from both sides.

Moreover, both were venomous snakes.

I quickly stepped back to avoid them and reached out my hand.

“Cut them down!”

Blades of water and wind raged around me, tearing the two-headed snake to shreds.

Meanwhile, I used the wind to blow away all the blood and venom to prevent them from touching me.

“Oh, Aileen. You’re skilled after all. Good response.”

Princess Elenia, who had been watching the battle, admired me honestly.

“Haa. I’m very grateful for that.”

I sighed, confirming that the monster I had dealt with was definitely dead.

I appreciate the praise, but I’d rather avoid these situations.

I looked at the entrance where the monster had popped out a moment ago.

It was neatly closed as if nothing had happened.

What a troublesome labyrinth.

“Fortunately, the level of monsters placed in this facility doesn’t seem to be very strong. And avoiding the traps is easy with my abilities.”

“…Please refrain from saying such things outside. Even though it looks like this, our knights can’t even touch it.”

“I won’t make such frivolous boasts either.”

As she said, it’s not an easy place.

The fact that I seem to be dealing with it easily just means that I’ve improved my skills that much.

“Ah, by the way, can I take the magic stones from that snake?”

“Yes, yes. Go ahead.”

“Oh, since it has two heads, there are two magic stones?”

“Yes, yes. That’s great.”

Princess Elenia smiled wryly, seemingly relieved by this lack of tension.

It was really fortunate that the difficulty of this place was not much different from the original.

‘Well, it’s just imitating a dungeon, after all.’

Honestly, the traps are more annoying than the monsters.

I would have progressed faster if it weren’t for them.

Finding the way is also a problem.

‘And since this is just treated as a facility in the building, the ‘Resident of the Labyrinth’ trait isn’t activated?’

I guessed as much, but I was hoping just in case. I checked several times, but the ‘Resident of the Labyrinth’ trait is not activated.

It’s a similar tunnel, so why?

Well, if it says no, then it must be no.

There’s no reason to dwell on it.

As I was thinking that, another monster appeared.

As I stepped forward, the bricks on the floor seemed to sink slightly, and then the wall opened.

It’s a device that senses the weight when someone enters the hallway and immediately releases the monster.

Another monster was about to appear through the opened wall.

However, it couldn’t come out and was struggling, entangled in something like a black net.

I used the shadow’s superior spirit, Fluorite, to materialize the shadows and create a net at the entrance.

This guy’s materialized net is tough.

“You’re out.”

I let electricity flow through it, electrocuting it to death.

This time, I received a small amount of Influence Points.

Is it because it’s a trap that the protagonist breaks through in the original work?

Still, it’s worth getting caught in the trap at this rate.

Admiringly, I immediately borrowed Undine’s power to create a water spear and quickly launched it.

The monster that was charging straight at me from the front was pierced and died.

But it’s annoying when they keep attacking so often.

“That’s true. It’s really convenient… spirits are.”

The princess said, looking at Undine, whom I had summoned into the air.

She reached out her hand curiously, and Undine nonchalantly giggled, grabbed her hand, and played with it.

Uh-oh, Undine. I didn’t tell you not to follow strange ladies, did I?… I should tell you next time.

“Lucel is the same. The spirits you guys use seem diverse and convenient. Can I make a contract too?”

“If you try, you will definitely be able to.”

You probably can.

I didn’t deny that possibility.

The more prestigious the bloodline, the better the qualities to become stronger.

This is a world where the element of bloodline is strong.

“But it’s not always easy. Even though it looks like this, I have to pay attention to managing these guys.”

And I’m secretly suffering from honing my abilities.

Like a swan desperately paddling under the water.

There’s no need to appeal to the suffering.

I just shrugged my shoulders appropriately and changed the subject.

“By the way, traps aside, how did you create this?”

The specific time when the Falgentania Archduke family settled here was not mentioned, but it must have been at least 300 years ago.

It was quite strange that monsters were roaming around so vividly in a 300-year-old facility. It was also a question.

“Hmm, according to the records left by my ancestors, it seems they commissioned a skilled magician to build it at the time.”

“Was he perhaps a black magician [a magician specializing in dark or forbidden magic]?”

To capture and store monsters, not to mention build special facilities for traps, a black magician would be an expert.

“Well. I don’t know about that.”

Princess Elenia smiled wryly and subtly avoided answering.

There’s probably something ambiguous about it.

Considering the trends of the time, nobles sometimes hired black magicians to do work.

But let’s not ask too deeply.

‘You know too much. I don’t want that kind of development to happen.’

These things should end with minor curiosity.

Anyway, let’s focus on breaking through this place quickly.

“Can we keep going?”

“Although the structure is somewhat troublesome, I think we can break through it enough at this rate.”

“Oh! You’re reliable!”

“For that reason, I’m thinking of increasing the pace of walking a bit, but is that okay?”

“It doesn’t matter. Huhu. I won’t fall behind.”

The princess confidently pointed to the sword she wore on her hip.

“Even though I look like this, I can handle my own safety. Don’t worry.”

“…Well, Princess, please step back about five steps from there. Ah, should I attach a gnome [a spirit of earth] in advance?”

“…Aileen, do you perhaps not trust me?”

“Ahahahaha. Of course not~.”

“Haha. I see. Well, there’s no way you would.”

“Please step back seven more steps from there. I’ll attach one more spirit.”

“…”

Ignoring her glaring at me with a scary look, I moved forward.

It’s not that I’m ignoring her, but it’s easier for me to go alone if possible.

It’s better not to let her touch even one monster.

‘And the points are precious.’

Just by cutting down the monsters that keep attacking, the points are recovered.

As expected, it’s a facility that the protagonist should originally solve.

‘If the protagonist doesn’t eat it, I have to eat up all these opportunities.’

Let’s take everything we can without leaving anything behind.

‘And it’s strangely bothering me.’

I kept checking the messages that kept appearing from time to time.

From just a few minutes ago, messages started to notify me so much that it was strange.

…….

…….

…….

It keeps happening. There’s no end.

It’s so annoying that even checking is a hassle.

But is this really happening as I solve the events here?

‘The message is also somewhat ambiguous? What’s indirect?’

There’s something separate from me solving this place.

The basis is a hunch, but I can’t ignore it.

‘Anyway, let’s hurry.’

* * *

Around the time Aileen and Princess Elenia were conquering the underground facility of the castle.

“Haaaaaaahm~ I unexpectedly have nothing to do~.”

Lucel Elbeid couldn’t hold back a yawn and rolled around on the bed.

If her colleagues saw this, they would scold her for doing something pathetic, but who cares, there’s no one watching now.

And if there was really something to do, she wouldn’t show such a lazy appearance.

“…To think they would really go in with just the two of them.”

Lucel also thought that Princess Elenia’s actions were truly edgy, unlike other noble young ladies, but she didn’t know she would be so headstrong.

Does she not have a sense of crisis?

‘Well, Aileen, that kid, doesn’t seem to have any particular problems…’

Putting aside what his usual words and actions are like, his spirit power cannot be considered evil.

That was also why Lucel didn’t openly stop the princess.

She wouldn’t say that all spiritists are good, but in Aileen’s case, the way he uses spiritism relies extremely on the goodwill of the spirits.

If he himself is evil, the spirits will not follow him or his power will be weakened.

In the worst case, all spirits may turn their backs on him.

Whether he himself knows that fact or not is another matter.

‘But that princess who suddenly believes that is also quite something…’

Perhaps she also has elements to evaluate Aileen in her own way.

Well, what can I say now that their stubbornness is like that.

Anyway, Aileen and the princess’s destination has already been told to many people in advance.

If something happens, it will be known immediately.

Lucel was also thinking of following them immediately if she felt something strange.

‘But me. Do I have to wait like this until they both come out?’

Princess Elenia asked Lucel to take care of the aftermath while she was away.

But there’s really nothing to do.

‘I’m bored?’

Of course, important tasks would not be handled by anyone other than a member of the family, and Lucel knows nothing.

All I can do is use my strength?

But there probably won’t be anything to entrust to me if possible.

In the end, after much deliberation, Lucel chose to rest and roll around.

Of course, it’s not to become lazy, but to relax for a while.

Even though she looks like this, Lucel has never been negligent in her tension when she is with the princess.

Especially after the last mistake… the kidnapping incident, she was secretly reflecting on it, so she paid more attention.

Let’s rest, hoping nothing happens.

According to the conversation between those two humans, it seems like they will be busy again when they return.

‘Ah, right. Wouldn’t it be better to send a letter to Sylvester in the meantime?’

It seemed like it would be good to report it once.

Is there a messenger going to the battlefield?

If I ask the people working here, will they tell me?

Lucel was about to call a maid working in the Archduke’s family to ask.

“What’s wrong, Elbeid-nim [a respectful title]?”

“I have something I want to tell a colleague on the battlefield…”

Lucel tried to say it to the end, but as a result, she couldn’t.

-Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!

It was like a noise that grated a glass awl on a steel plate in her ear.

“Ugh!”

“Hiek!”

Lucel was not the only one who heard the hallucination.

The maid who was with her also seemed to feel the same phenomenon and was making a painful expression.

“What… what was that just now?”

Lucel had never heard such a strange sound before either.

She’s just a young sprout who hasn’t even lived for 50 years yet, but this was the first time this had happened.

If Sylvester or Aileen, or someone else with some knowledge of magic, were here.

They would have explained that the phenomenon just now was caused by an excessively high mana soaring within a certain range, directly affecting the brain.

Unfortunately, there was no one here to explain it.

That’s right. Really unfortunately.

No one would notice and respond to it.

“What… is it?”

Lucel belatedly realized and blankly looked up at the window.

A huge magic circle has appeared in the sky.

“What is thattttttttttttttttttttt?!”

A pure white magic circle floating in the completely blue sky, clearing away all the clouds.

Seeing that, I had an ominous feeling.