Isekai Absolute Copy and Online Shopping - Chapter 167

The next day after spending a sneaky hot night with Alexa, like nothing happen we back to our activities once again.

Considering that we can get a lot of reward by spending time fishing in the lake here, inside this treasure trove’s oasis, we decided to spend some time here for the time being.

After having some rest from the rough “night activities” last night, I woke up and go back fishing on the lake’s shore again.

Ma… even though I said it “fishing”, the thing that got hooked didn’t stop with only just a fish though… something like a strange item and gear was caught by my party member yesterday after all.

There’s a lot of things that can be caught here aside from fish, after all, fishing was just only a method to get something good out of this lake…

Maybe called it playing a “Gacha” *Something like lottery or gambling in Japanese* is more fitting, rather than calling this activity as ordinary fishing.

Sitting on top of the simple chair, I sat comfortably with a fishing rod in hand while taking my time enjoying the beautiful sunrise that was reflected on the lake surface.

At my side, Alexa was doing nothing and just snuggled at me like a lazy cat.

With drowsy sexy limpid eyes, she having a relaxed even breath while relaxedly enjoying the morning sun.

[Ohoh~ so the culprit of last night strange noises in the woods was really came from the both of you after all~]

While I enjoying the morning like this with Alexa, all of a sudden, Anna’s voice coming from our back, making both of us turned our heads toward her direction.

[So, you really take Alexa as your mistress? It does not end with taking me from Gart, you even take Alexa, who was his admirer as your woman, isn’t that too much, Alex?] *Anna

[Hey, why you put it like that?! I never take you from Gart or anything, isn’t the one who wants to be with me was you?! In the first place, you’re not his lover or anything~

So, Your statement about taking you from Gart is invalid~]  *Me

After having the small banter, we look into each other eyes and started giggling.

Giggle* giggle*

[Leaving the joke aside, Alexa, isn’t it good for you?~] *Me

[Hmm? I wonder which part of me is good for being this womanizer women?] *Alexa

[ha… if I think about what you just said further, maybe you’re not completely wrong~ giggle*]

[Hey! If you want to badmouth someone, please consider the place and time okay? I’m still here after all~] *Me

Giggle* giggle*

As we have a light conversation with a bright mood, Anna’s twin sister, Anni approached us with a thin smile plastered on her face and began to join in our conversation.

[Master, congratulation on getting a new woman.

And Alexa, welcome to the harem.] *Anni

[Anni, you already wake up too?

And, please stop congratulate me sarcastically like that, okay?] *Me

[Thank you, please take care of me from now on…] *Alexa

Ignoring my complaint, Anni gave Alexa a smile and nodded her head.

Looking at how beaming her smile is right now, I started wondering if her statement before wasn’t sarcastic, but her genuine true thought.

‘still… there’s no way a woman would be smiled brightly like that and genuinely happy after seeing her man having a new mistress right?…

…

Whatever… Maybe it’s just my feeling’

Leaving this thought back into my head, I finished greeted the ladies and go back to focus on my fishing once again with Alexa clinging at my side lazily.

As for Anna and Anni, they already go back to start fishing not far from me with high spirit, expecting to get a good gain for today also.

Maybe, their experience of getting a Unique rank new gear yesterday, made them really pumped up to go fishing once again.

.. Huh? You guys wondering why Alexa not fishing like me and the other?

Hmm…

Like what she said last night, she decided to stop living as an adventurer now and want to live a normal life.

Ma… even if I put it like this, she the true reason is she just wants to enjoy her time like this with me.

After all, after we conquered the Hell desert, she plans to exit the dungeon and started living normally in my hidden city, as a normal citizen.

As for her living cost?

… I think, after selling the Eternal Night accessories to me(Since she plans to do it) and with her saving, she could live healthily and well in my city for 100 years without a problem.

….

[Alex, did you not think this lake is quite weird?] *Alexa

While I lost in my own thought and enjoying my leisure time fishing, Alexa who was at my side suddenly asked me,

[Hm? What do you mean by weird?] *Me

Intrigued by her sudden question, I couldn’t help myself to curiously turned my head to her,

[This Lake, and all its strange rules…

…

Did you not notice it until now? Why we can spend our time leisurely like this even though we know that we are inside a Dungeon right now?

…

Isn’t this fact alone strange?

…

As if…] *Alexa

[As if… the Dungeon trying to waste our time here and hinder our progress to do the Dungeon Conquest!] *Me

Realizing what Alexa trying to imply, I subconsciously finished her unfinished words.

‘Right! Why I did not think about this possibility?!’

Shocked with this discovery, I stood up from my seat and stare at the peaceful serene Lake scenery in front of me in bewilderment.

[Actually, Alex, you don’t have to be shocked like that.

I believe with all the preparation and supplies you have on your private inventory, I think spending one or two days here is not much for your party] *Alexa

With her words, I gradually calmed myself from the revelation state, and back to sit on my simple comfy fishing chair.

……

[Alexa, since when you realize it?] *Me

After back to my seat and exhale a long breath, I turned my head to Alexa which was on my side and asked.

[Just recently.

I start to think, maybe this place is one of the Dungeon trap.

After all, the strict rule about can’t use any skill, and fishing is smell too fishy to me.

…

With my not long experience of challenging a dungeon, this place is just too good to be true if it was really just giving reward meaninglessly like this] *Alexa

[There’s some good point from your statement…

But, I think with the enormous food here, the people who found this place didn’t need to spend their supply and enjoy this place in their heart content, am I right?]

[You’re quite funny, who in the right mind will use the treasures here as foods to fill their empty stomach?

Just so you know, all the wonderful fruits and fish in this lake will make you a great fortune if you sell it outside…

So, do you think the poor adventurer will choose to keep it with their life on the line or eat it to ease their hunger?

I think, considering how adventurer doing their things, the first one is definitely taken as their first priority] *Alexa

As Alexa started to explain this thing to me, I gradually understand how ominous this Oasis true face.

Just imagine, after you spend a lot of time traveling around the hot desert, you found Oasis which has the same scale and value as a treasure trove.

If I was in these poor adventurer shoes, with the thirst and greed caused by the poor living condition in mind, I surely will spend a very long time here, greedily gathering this good stuff before realizing it too late that all the supply I had was sucked dry.

In this situation, I could imagine the party will slowly crumble, and a fight that was grounded by greed and selfishness will ignite.

They will surely begin to fight each other, and rob the supply that their party mates have to survive alone in this desert.

…Maybe it’s not stopping in just supplies, if the person had unsatiable greed, even his/her party member gain will also be robed by that person…

Of course, this possibility will only happen and be counted if the party I mentioned before wasn’t solid enough and having a bad apple within them.

But still…

After realizing that the situation in my mind is very possible to happen, I think this Oasis is scary enough as a meticulous and well-designed trap…

[Sigh… After hearing your explanation, I believe this place is not a safe place as what Chali’s note described… the people who give her the information, surely is a shitty bastard for not telling about this possibility…] *Me

[Cuckle* Considering most of them are greedy and selfish, I’m not really surprised if they deliberately skipping this possibility in their while selling the information about the Hell desert in mind] *Alexa

[Ha… I somewhat understand why they all do that though, with how tight and strict rivalry between the adventurer was, making their competition disappear and die from their own foolishness is a welcome thing for them…

Maybe the Adventurer Guild also already considers this thing as a natural selection to increase the quality of the adventurers that worked under them..

Thus, they can still sell the information in their hand in this manner] *Me

[If you put it that way, it’s reasonable enough if that practice still running till this day…

Anyway, what will you do after knowing this?

Should we leave this place tomorrow?] *Alexa

[I think leaving tomorrow is a great choice.] *Me

Answering Alexa briefly, I turned my head toward the buckets next to my chair.

In there, I can only found a few salmon-like fish, swimming around in the cramped water inside the buckets.

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{Desert Salmon}

Dungeon Special Ingredient.

-In the Special Lake inside of Dionysus’s garden, living a special fish which living naturally in there.

That is a Desert Salmon.

In the Old Era, the taste of the Salmon was craved by the nobles and commoners for its heavenly taste.

*Effect : There is no effect, this fish basically just a normal food ingredient.

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I don’t know who write or set the status in my appraisal, but, he/she surely putting it a long way to just describe a basically Zonk item from the Lake Gacha here.

‘Why they not just directly wrote it as a failure, and enter the words “Please try your luck once again”?!’

With a heavy sigh, I gradually realize, that the good things only could be found on the first day.

Maybe if I spend more time fishing here, I can get something good out of it…

But.. this “Maybe” is what the gambling addict usually thought and have.

These addicts, after chasing these uncertainties will fall deeper and deeper to the dark side of gambling, trapped in an unending evil’s circle of loss and gain.

Anyway, After realizing this place was more ominous than I thought, leaving it alone and continue with our exploration is the best choice…

With this thought, I firmed my decision to leave this Oasis tomorrow.

‘Furthermore, I can’t spend my time here too long since “That” plan already start… who knows if I left it for so long, it will shift to undesirable direction…’

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