How a Black-Haired Barbarian Survived the Labyrinth in Another World – Chapter 106

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: JayM
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The bread was crispy on the outside and filled with a rich cream on the inside.

It was a delicacy so delicious, you could die eating it and not even notice.

‘I’m touched.’

His eyes welled up.

He had tried all the decent bread in Labyrinth City, but nothing could compare to this.

He enjoyed savory bread. But most bread was often a bit bland and meant to be eaten with other dishes. In short, a meal replacement.

Sweet bear biscuits had been his only indulgence, but…

Not anymore.

Jeong Yoo-shin jumped up from his seat and approached the teddy bear.

“…What is it?”

“Let me hug you.”

“Gasp! D-Don’t!”

The teddy bear flailed its fluffy arms.

“I want a hug!”

Luna, her mouth covered in cream, ran towards Jeong Yoo-shin while wagging her tail.

“Chirp, chirp!”

Lin also ran across the table.

“Luna, Lin, you should wipe the cream off your mouths.”

Anne said calmly. Luna and Lin stopped and nodded.

“Okay.”

“Chirp.”

Karin looked at Anne with a curious expression.

“Anne, they listen to you well.”

“They do. Maybe it’s because I give them food. I’m not really sure.”

Anne replied while tilting her head.

Jeong Yoo-shin sat back down at the table.

So, the bread was ready.

They just needed one more thing.

“Wouldn’t it be a bit boring to just sell bread? Don’t we need something else?”

Tarman wiped the cream from his mouth.

“We have milk. Very fresh milk.”

“Really? Then let’s go with that. Now, the last problem remains.”

Everyone’s gaze focused on Jeong Yoo-shin.

“How do we attract attention? How should we advertise?”

“…”

While everyone pondered, Luna stood up on her chair and raised her hand.

“We’ll show them the Slime Dance!”

Jeong Yoo-shin looked concerned.

“Won’t that be tiring?”

“Not at all!”

“Chirp, chirp.”

Lin nodded in agreement.

“Lin, you want to dance too?”

“Chirp!”

Jeong Yoo-shin facepalmed.

They were a truly unstoppable duo.

“Do as you please.”

Honestly, it didn’t matter what happened. He would do his best, but if it didn’t work out, he was prepared to accept it.

He, Tarman, and Anne were all novices when it came to running an inn.

They were barely breaking even these days.

Perhaps failure was inevitable. But there was something more important than that.

His priority was for everyone to enjoy the festival safely. Failure was acceptable. As long as they were safe and sound, they could always try again.

‘I hope nothing goes wrong.’

He silently wished.

“We’ll bake the bread! We’ll leave the cream to you.”

“Alright.”

The teddy bear left the inn.

Everyone gathered in the kitchen and took their places.

They took out their tools, preparing to make the cream as soon as the teddy bear delivered the ingredients.

“Hmm. The cream will spoil easily in the summer heat. We’ll need a magical tool that emits cold air.”

Karin muttered while stroking her chin.

Jeong Yoo-shin’s eyes widened.

He had forgotten. Dairy products spoiled easily in summer.

“There’s a magical tool like that? How much does it cost?”

“Well… About 15 gold coins?”

“…Do you know where they sell it?”

“I saw one at the magic tool shop in the Central District. I’ll go buy it.”

“Alright.”

Jeong Yoo-shin handed Karin a pouch of money and looked around.

He forced a smile while trying to suppress the urge to cry.

“Shall we begin?”

“Let’s make delicious cream!”

“Chirp, chirp.”

Everyone entered the kitchen while chattering excitedly.

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Karin went to the Central District with the money Jeong Yoo-shin had given her.

It was a familiar route. She entered an alley and went into the magic tool shop.

“I’m looking for a magical tool that emits cold air.”

Karin told the shop owner. The gnome sitting at the counter went into the storage room and returned shortly.

“I have one. 10 gold coins. The magic stone will be about two gold coins.”

“I’ll take it. Can you have it delivered?”

“Yes. Where should I send it?”

“Do you know the inn run by a barbarian in the southern district?”

“Ah… That place? I’ve heard rumors. Is it real?”

“Yes.”

“I’ll have to charge a hazard fee.”

“It’s not dangerous at all! I work there!”

“R-Really? You’re a brave woman. Hmm? Wait a minute… Aren’t you Karin-nim?”

“Now you recognize me? And don’t use honorifics. I’m just an explorer now.”

“Even if you say that…”

“Anyway, don’t badmouth our Skar. Just send the item quickly.”

“Yes, yes.”

The gnome shop owner watched Karin’s retreating figure and muttered to himself while scratching his head.

“Karin has become so gentle I almost didn’t recognize her. How strange.”

Karin bought a robe in the central district, put it on, and went to the eastern district.

As she entered the eastern district through the gate, she saw many beast-people.

Karin walked confidently through the crowd and entered a dark alley.

After walking for a while, she found a wooden house with a suspicious-looking potion sign.

Gulp.

This was it.

The hidden shop.

A place that sold items that couldn’t be openly sold in the city.

She felt bad for Skar, but she couldn’t take it anymore.

Rummaging through Skar’s laundry basket like a thief.

Burying her face in his underwear and sniffing them lewdly.

That busty priestess eyeing Skar.

All of it.

While Skar was unconscious after his last labyrinth trip, she had made a nonaggression pact with Mion. But pacts were made to be broken. She intended to claim Skar for herself.

And this festival was the perfect opportunity to do that.

‘I won’t back down.’

Karin opened the door and entered.

Creak.

The shop was filled with strange magical tools.

“Oh my. We have a distinguished guest today.”

Someone muttered from behind the counter.

A dark elf, her vital areas barely covered by a silk cloth, sat at the counter while puffing on a pipe.

Karin frowned at the acrid smell of smoke.

“Exhale. What are you looking for?”

“A love potion.”

“With that lewd body of yours? Who are you going to use it on?”

“A man.”

The dark elf chuckled.

“He must be quite impotent.”

It was true.

No matter how much she tried to seduce him, Skar was unmoved. Yet, he would steal glances at her breasts and stare at her ass when she turned around.

The thought of his sharp, predatory gaze sent a shiver down her spine, and a tightness gripped her lower abdomen.

“J-Just give me a love potion.”

“Hmm?”

The dark elf hummed and looked down at Karin’s pants.

More precisely, at her crotch between her plump thighs.

“You seem quite impatient. And you have a faint aura of a curse about you.”

“I know.”

“Do you know what it is?”

“Yes.”

“Sigh. Alright. Wait a moment.”

The dark elf turned around and rummaged through a cupboard.

“Hmm. This should do it.”

The dark elf handed Karin a glass bottle filled with a yellow liquid.

Karin carefully took the bottle and sniffed it.

A strangely pleasant scent wafted from the liquid. It smelled delicious.

“W-What is this?”

“It’s a paralyzing love potion. It’ll make him stiff as a board… down there. And he’ll howl like a wolf in heat.”

Gulp.

Karin swallowed hard.

“Be careful not to use too much. One drop is enough.”

“Alright. One drop.”

“Again, be careful. Just one drop. Any more than that is dangerous.”

“I know. How much is it?”

“You’re in a hurry. Three gold coins.”

“That’s too expensive.”

“Then I’ll give you a discount. Two gold coins and 50 silver coins.”

“Fine. Here.”

Karin emptied her coin pouch and handed the money to the dark elf.

“Got it. Have a good festival, Red Wolf.”

The dark elf chuckled.

“Ugh! You knew? You’re really nasty.”

Karin glared at the dark elf and left the shop.

Jingle.

As Karin’s red tail disappeared along with the jingle of the bell, the dark elf put her long pipe back in her mouth, inhaled the smoke, and exhaled.

“Sigh… A love potion. She doesn’t need that. So impatient. Just like her mother.”

The dark elf’s words echoed softly in the silent shop.

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Karin returned to the inn after passing through the eastern district gate.

Her heart pounded as she entered the kitchen. People inside were chattering and stirring something.

It was cream in a large pot.

“You’re back? The magic tool just arrived. Where did you go?”

Jeong Yoo-shin asked her with a bright smile. Karin stared at his face for a moment.

Why was he smiling so brightly?

He usually exuded a lewd aura, as if he was trying to seduce her.

But when he was working or concentrating, he pretended to be innocent.

She felt resentful of him for that.

“I had somewhere to go.”

Jeong Yoo-shin tilted his head at her curt reply, but then he nodded understandingly.

“You probably wanted to check out our competition for the festival, right? I understand. But don’t worry too much. We’ll win.”

‘You don’t understand my feelings at all.’

Karin suppressed a sigh and rolled up her sleeves.

“I’ll help.”

“Good.”

Karin, feeling a surge of spite, pressed close to Jeong Yoo-shin. His body stiffened.

“Y-You’re too close.”

“So? We have to stir this together, don’t we?”

Karin whispered into Jeong Yoo-shin’s ear.

Just then…

“Ahem!”

Someone cleared their throat at the kitchen entrance.

Jeong Yoo-shin, Karin, and the others turned their heads towards the sound.

“Snout, why are you so late?”

The boar beast-person scratched his head with an embarrassed expression.

“I’m sorry. I’ve been busy with work lately.”

“Come on in. We have work to do.”

“Skar, can I talk to you privately for a moment?”

Jeong Yoo-shin, sensing something serious in Snout’s voice, nodded.

“…Alright. I’ll be back.”

“Hurry back.”

Jeong Yoo-shin left the kitchen as he was seen off by Karin.

“Sigh.”

Karin sighed deeply and joined the others who were diligently stirring the cream.

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Jeong Yoo-shin was surprised by the sight that greeted him as soon as he left the kitchen.

“What’s this…?”

Several people with serious expressions were sitting solemnly at a table.

Ashur Startree, the head of the Swordsman’s Guild.

Ursula, the head of the Southern District Branch Explorer’s Guild.

A dwarf dressed in expensive-looking clothes.

And…

Mion.

The strange combination of people confused him.

“If you’re back, you should have come to see me. Do I have to come find you?”

Ashur said while waving his hand.

Ursula nodded curtly.

“Skar.”

Mion smiled and waved slightly.

“Skar. We’ve met before, haven’t we?”

The dwarf in expensive clothes grinned. Jeong Yoo-shin tilted his head.

Hmm?

Where had he seen this dwarf before?

“Ah.”

He had met him during the chef interviews after he killed the slave hunters.

It was also the day he first met Luna, the fox beast-person.

‘He was the dwarf who asked me if I was the barbarian who didn’t rape people.’

He had thought the dwarf was a lunatic, but…

“Old man, I remember you now.”

Jeong Yoo-shin replied while approaching the table.

“Sorgin Goldhand, head of the Southern Merchants Guild.”

The dwarf extended his hand, and Jeong Yoo-shin shook it.

“Small in stature, but a man of high standing.”

“…You’re quite the charmer.”

The dwarf replied with a wry expression.

Jeong Yoo-shin crossed his arms and looked around at the group.

“So, why are such important people gathered in this humble inn?”

Ursula looked at Jeong Yoo-shin quietly.

“…You were there too, so you know.”

Jeong Yoo-shin frowned.

He was there?

What was she talking about?

“The barbarians made a proposal.”

“…A proposal to offer them women or something?”

Jeong Yoo-shin responded lightly. But the atmosphere grew even heavier.

“That’s right. They offered to control the crowds during the festival in exchange for ‘holes.’”

Those fucking lunatics. Was that really their proposal?

“…But why are you telling me this? I’m just a…”

“There was a condition attached to the proposal.”

A condition?

Ashur leaned back in his chair leisurely.

“They said they’ll only accept ‘holes’ chosen by you.”

What?!

Jeong Yoo-shin froze in shock, then managed to utter a single sentence.

“Holy shit.”

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T/N – Holy shit indeed. The barbarians really want the MC to get laid, huh? In other news, the slavers are really screwed if this deal pushes through.

Also, is the MC finally getting some action? I agree with the elf though, Karin doesn’t really need the potion. Though I am curious about the curse. Is it the MC’s negative imprint? If it’s so visible, why has no one reacted to Mion then despite her living in an actual temple?

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