Let's Go to the Pleasure District!

After everything, we'd returned to Tsudon and then made our way to the pleasure district.

We came here to play!

Of course, as a matter of etiquette, we'd taken showers beforehand to clean ourselves up. No oversights here.

I'd also thoroughly checked the config menu, but there weren't any options like child lock or ethics filter removal, so we'd have to give up on fully adult establishments.

Even if such places existed, it was easy to imagine the key scenes would have consciousness skipped anyway.

"Let's hit up a hostess bar type of place yo! Surround ourselves with girls and live it up yo! Maybe we can even get some touching in yo! There's a chance we couldn't touch before because we were both players yo!"

"That's a real possibility. We need to verify this. Yeah, we definitely need to verify! Let's gooo! Yeah!"

"I'm more curious about the appetizers and stuff. Oh, but the booze is probably better in real life."

Penpen had already taste-tested alcohol since she cooks.

So you can drink alcohol here… Well, Penpen definitely can. She's obviously an adult just by looking at her body.

Meanwhile, me… Tria-chan might trigger some safety filter due to her physical age. Alto is borderline, but probably able to drink.

"Ehh, really yo?"

"Yeah, refrigerators probably aren't widespread here, so unless there's a mage who can use cooling magic, you won't get chilled drinks. Doesn't look like they have cocktails either. Though apparently there's something called Dwarven Fire Liquor."

"By the way, Penpen… Have you learned cooling magic…?"

"Yep, all done."

"As expected of Penpen-shi! You're so cool I could shiver yo! Now let's all go together yo!"

Even the pleasure district isn't scary if we all go together.

Well, I was never scared to begin with. It's just a game after all.

"Excuse me. We're a group of three, can we get in?"

"… I'm terribly sorry, we're currently at full capacity…"

"Three of us yo! Can we get in yo?"

"We're reserved for a private party today…"

"Um, three people here. Are you guys open?"

"Would you like to work here — wait, no! Er, today's our day off!"

What is going on? There are plenty of establishments here, but we can't get into any of them.

What's the deal with this?

"I feel like they're avoiding us…?"

"Maybe the shops aren't implemented yo…?"

"Ah. Could this be one of those things where there are tons of shops lined up but only one actually lets you in?"

Possible. That happens sometimes… Grrr.

This is supposed to be VR mode but this game's attention to detail is lacking, dammit!

"Then let's ask the next shop which ones are actually open yo! They should at least give us that much of a hint yo! Excuse me! Three people yo! Can we come in yo!?"

"Yes… Please, come in, valued customers."

… Looks like this was the right shop.

The three of us were guided by a male attendant to a sofa booth.

In the dimly lit establishment, the light on the table glowed softly.

"Women! Drinks! Food!"

"I-I've never been to a place like this, my heart's racing…"

"As long as you have money, it's not scary. Don't worry, Tria-shi. If it's a ripoff that's one thing, but… Ah, three girls who are okay with touching please. Drinks and snacks too, whatever's good… And juice for this one here."

Penpen seemed pretty experienced at this. Does she go to places like this often in real life?

After waiting quietly for a bit, the three girls Penpen requested came to our seats. Along with a cart carrying drinks and food. Ooh, they've got that nightlife hostess vibe. So alluring.

"P-pardon me."

"Thank you for having us today."

"Shall we start with a toast?"

The three of them slid in to sit on our left sides, one next to each of us.

Whoa, that nightlife perfume scent. The flower fragrance is so rich and heady. Like a flower of the night…

"Alright, I finished chilling the drinks, so I'll start the toast and then everyone's on their own. To Tria-shi's successful defeat of her long-standing enemy, the turtle! Cheers!"

""" Cheers! """

Everyone raised their glasses filled with alcohol.

… Wait, when did these glasses get distributed and filled? S-so efficient!? What's going on!? E-even Tria's eyes couldn't catch that!

"Oh, Tria-shi gets juice. Obviously. Let me know if you want more drinks chilled, I have cooling magic."

"… It's because of this body, can't be helped."

For Tria-chan's healthy development, we should probably refrain from alcohol. Yeah. Well, it's a game so it doesn't really matter, but roleplaying is important.

"Spirit-sama, Tria is fine with drinking alcohol. In fact, I'd like to try it, so, um, please don't hold back."

"No no no. We can't do that."

"Hm? What's up yo? hic"

Hey, Alto's already drunk.

"Fwaaah, I'm all warm inside yo. Miss, gimme a kiss yo."

"U-um, that would be trouble, dear customer."

"Hey Alto. Don't go overboard and cause problems for the staff."

"… Nah, this is for verification yo? Really, it is yo?"

"Even so, you should take proper steps, Alto-shi. The cast's mood is the most important thing in places like this. Right?"

Penpen was saying this while holding hands with her hostess — fingers interlaced in what's called a lover's grip.

Penpen's hostess didn't seem to mind at all. She was totally into it. Wow, impressive.

"So we actually have this curse-like thing, and we don't know if we can touch people. Oh, it's not dangerous or anything, it's just like a barrier that prevents touching anything too sexy. See, isn't it weird?"

"Ehh, really? It is weird!"

"Want to try touching various parts of my body to see what you can and can't touch?"

"Sure, let's start with patting your head?"

"Oh, this works! Can I do it to you too? I can!"

"Yay, congratulations!"

Penpen, you're really something! She demonstrated how she can't touch her own chest, and now they're patting each other's heads! What smooth moves…!

Hm? What is it, miss?

"Here you go, young lady. Some fruit. Say ahh."

"Whoa!? A-ahhh, nom."

Cut fruit on a pick. An "ahh" feeding from the hostess! Any reason to refuse? None. Ahhh. Nom.

Oh, this is probably apple! It tastes like apple so it's probably apple! So sweet.

"… S-so cute… Th-there's more, young lady."

"Mm? Nom, gulp. Ahhh."

Like feeding a baby bird, the hostess kept giving me fruit with "ahh"s.

Whoa. Yummy yummy.

"Next is a grape. Here, ahh."

"Nom."

Oops, I got a bit too eager and ended up sucking on her finger too. Slurp… I see, finger licking is okay. I glanced over at Alto.

"… Can't touch boobs huh yo. How about thighs yo? Poke poke."

"Y-you really can't touch, can you…"

"That's what I'm saying yo. Weird, right? Can't do kisses either yo."

"Mm, t-too close… Y-your face is so pretty…"

Alto was making progress with verification too. So thighs and kisses are no-go.

Oh, looking at Penpen's side, knees seem to be okay. She's having a great time giggling and chatting with her hostess.

… Hm? What is it, miss?

"Um, young lady. Would you like to try… mouth-to-mouth feeding?"

"Wha!? I-is that okay!?"

"Then first, this apple…"

Verification! This is for verification!!

… Oh, grape pieces are too small for mouth-to-mouth, that didn't work.

Huh, Alto's getting her butt slapped. Is that allowed!? I thought butts were off-limits… Maybe over clothes it's fine? Probably counts as combat damage? Huh! … But if we slap them, they might die? Better to just be on the receiving end.

And Penpen's hugging her hostess. Wait, can I do that too!?

And so, verification proceeded smoothly, and we enjoyed the nightlife establishment thoroughly.

The final bill came to 1 gold coin and 13 silver coins… There was some commotion and Alto was, well, being Alto. Yeah. She drank like crazy and threw up. Considering the trouble we caused, it was probably fair.

We had fun today. We'll be back!