My Taboo Academy

[Entering the Grim orc’s Fortress]

[ Reward coins from hunting ’Servants of grim reaper’ are tripled]

[Boss-level ’Grim orc’ give 20 times the normal coin reward]

The second we entered, Aria’s excited voice rang out.

"This is a Golden zone! Highest payout in the academy! Competition for these is insane. A dungeon this sweet just appearing here?!"

"You’re this hyped even though no one’s cleared it yet?"

"Of course we’re clearing it! Check your gear and weapons one more time before we move."

Everything looked fine... except my phone still had no signal.

"Are you okay, Elle?"

"Yeah. I’m fine like this."

Elle was still holding my hand tightly.

Her small, soft hand looked tiny against my mine.

Just holding it was enough to make me start getting hard. My body really had no chill.

’Calm down...’

This wasn’t some casual trip with two pretty girls.

We were inside a dangerous dungeon. Getting distracted could get us killed.

The gravitational waves had warped space and dropped us into a completely different place far from the academy.

It looked like ancient ruins buried under desert sand.

’Last time was in a forest.’

The scenery had completely changed.

A wide dark corridor stretched ahead and behind us, wide enough for three people to walk side by side. Sunlight and fine sand poured down like a waterfall from a large hole in the ceiling.

Aria finished stretching and glanced back at me.

"Ren, have you ever shown Elle your skill? It might be better to warn her first so she doesn’t get shocked."

She was probably speaking from experience.

Fair point.

"How am I even supposed to explain it?"

"...Yeah, that’s the problem."

Maybe it was better not to go into detail.

I still didn’t fully understand Soul Excretion. All I knew was that it matched the tastes of the goddess of lustbound.

The protagonist of this world had ridiculous compatibility with Fleshlight collection.

Personally, I treated it as a finishing move because it ignored most defenses.

"Elle, behind you!"

Aria drew her sword. A suitable target had just appeared.

"Kwaaarrrrrrkkkkkkkkk!"

A green monster bigger than a goblin raised its arm toward Elle.

"I’ve got it!"

I pulled out the Glock and aimed.

"Elle, cover your ears!"

*Bang!*

The bullet punched cleanly into the orc’s head, but its toughness was higher than expected. It didn’t drop.

’It’s fine.’

I can finish it properly after the first hit.

"Soul Excretionn!!!"

It tanked a headshot. Let’s see if it can tank this.

"Kwiiik!?"

I knew I had it. The orc that had been about to attack Elle suddenly clutched its stomach and staggered.

"No need to hit it again."

Aria judged the fight already over after one shot.

Soul Excretion was that strong. Soon the orc’s ragged pants swelled,

and dark gray soul jelly burst out.

"Ugh... that’s disgusting..."

Aria stepped back with a grimace.

"What is that?"

"Basically the orc’s soul."

It was easier to explain it that way.

Neither the soul nor the essence was something that normally left the body in physical form,

but telling Elle it was like materializing and pulling that out should be enough for her to understand.

"Is it dead?"

Elle asked.

"No. The soul jelly is still linked to the main body."

Crimson Eye could see even the invisible connection.

The jelly was still connected like a Bluetooth device. Meaning...

If I lightly nudged the mindlessly floating jelly with my foot

"Kyuk... kkkik..."

The main body let out a weak moan. Everything was working as expected.

"That’s... weird."

"I barely did anything, but it looks like it’s being tortured."

I thought the same.

Even a hunter who regularly killed monsters looked uncomfortable with this.

Maybe because Aria was a decent person...

"Time to finish it."

I stepped on the jelly and quietly said the words.

"Become a Fleshlight."

Using the soul jelly as material, I created a fleshlight.

The moment the Fleshlight became the new vessel for the essence, the connection to the main body weakened sharply.

The body turned into an empty shell.

"This is my skill, Elle."

"The orc got cute..."

...Alright. Let’s go with "cute."

How was Elle not disgusted by me?

Even when something lewd and vulgar appeared right in front of her, she still reacted like this.

She was beyond naïve. Completely defenseless.

Aria watched her with a complicated expression, unsure if Elle was serious or acting.

Elle was completely serious.

[Acquired skill: **Firearms Expert** ]

Turning the soul jelly into a Fleshlight and reducing the main body to a shell apparently counted as a kill.

There was no cleaner way to neutralize something.

"Kwuwok. Kwowouk."

"Kkuwiik."

More orcs came running, drawn by the gunshot.

"I’ll take the front! Can you cover the rear, Ren?"

"You saw that, right? These things can barely touch me."

"Only if it keeps going that smoothly."

I was still a solid marksman. Large targets charging down a narrow corridor with nowhere to dodge were basically free kills.

"Cover your ears, Elle!"

**Click** **Click.**

Something felt wrong. The round had jammed.

’A jam? Right now!?’

"Urrgghh!"

I was about to switch to fists when Elle stepped in front of me, shielding me.

I froze for a second.

I hadn’t expected the girl I thought needed constant protection to step up and protect me.

In a way, I had been underestimating her even though I knew I shouldn’t.

"I’ll handle this."

Elle blocked the orc’s attack with her thick wooden staff and fired an Intangible Magic Bullet.

The shockwave pushed back an orc bigger than she was.

While she held it off, I cleared the jam and raised the gun again.

’Guns really do jam more easily inside dungeons.’

Don’t panic. Panicking is worse than a jam... or so I told myself.

**Click**

"Ah, come on...!"

Two jams in a row was excessive!

"This isn’t a defective product?!"

Aria, who had already dropped three orcs, laughed.

"What did I tell you earlier?"

"...It’s not just a 5% chance!"

"Your stats are still low and your proficiency is at the bottom. Malfunction rate is probably over 30%. Power’s reduced too."

So I had to use a gun inside a dungeon while dealing with all these penalties?

I cleared the jam again and aimed.

Elle had already taken down two more orcs.

’Her overall evaluation was higher than mine...’

She was basically a senior when it came to dungeon runs.

A childhood friend with a ridiculous figure who giggled while squeezing her own chest... and also an academy top student.

I finally dropped the naïve idea that firearms would always perform perfectly.

"I’ll protect you, Ren."

"It’s fine. Send a few my way!"

"Yaksha Assault!"

I didn’t just stay in the back. I used the charge skill and body-slammed an orc away,

then fired.

’**Soul Excretion!!**’

*Bang! Bang!*

"Kkwiik!?"

One down.

"Let’s do this together, Elle."

"That’s the first time you’ve said that..."

"Have I ever used you as a shield before?"

"Uh... yeah..."

Damn it. No more holding back.

"**Soul Excretion!!**"

"Kkwiik!?"

I had planned to fight mostly with the gun, but the Glock jammed so easily that I had to keep clearing it while mixing in hand-to-hand just to keep up.

Elle’s magic was different.

Intangible Magic Bullet never failed, hit hard, and was fast.

Even though it was basic magic, it was clearly more reliable than firearms inside the dungeon.

’I’ll just accept that jams are normal.’

The reduced power still stung a little.

Without the soul effect, it probably would’ve taken at least four clean hits to drop them.

’I still like that it’s basically one-shot, one-kill when it works.’

Aria, as a solid B-class hunter, cut through the orcs with steady, clean movements.

Once an orc went down, it stayed down.

**Bang!!**

"Become a Fleshlight."

I said it with as much charisma as I could manage.

Elle, who had been watching quietly, suddenly raised her staff and shouted:

"I want to join too!"

"What?"

"Become a Fleshlight! Yap!"

"Pffft!"

Aria burst out laughing in the middle of fighting.

"Alright! Let’s do it together!"

Hunting should be fun, right?

"Become a Fleshlight!"

"Become a Fleshlight!"

Elle had turned into a mysterious Fleshlight-chanting girl.

[Level up]

[Level up]

[Firearms proficiency increased]

Nice.

As we cut through dozens of orcs like they were soft cake, the experience that had been stagnant finally exploded.

The door to growth had opened wide.

[Level up]

[Level up]

*Bang! Bang! Bang!*

Elle supported me with a steady stream of magic bullets.

"The orcs are getting cuter, Ren!"

"Yeah. Become a Fleshlight!"

"Become a Fleshlight! Hehe... it feels like a magic spell."

"Elle! Girls shouldn’t go around saying... ’Fleshlight’!"

The soul jellies had slightly different colors for each orc. In Elle’s eyes, the ugly monsters had turned into colorful toys, so calling them "cute" actually made sense for her.

’We’re starting to overwhelm them with firepower.’

The jam rate hadn’t dropped, but my hands had gotten faster at clearing them. Since Elle only needed to keep casting from a safe position, the division of labor was clean.

The last orc fell to my final shot.

[Firearms proficiency increased]

[Level up]

[You have acquired the skill "**Fleshlight Enhancement**"]

What is this?

["Fleshlight Enhancement" makes the selected fleshlight overall abilities increase.]

A buff skill? What exactly happens when you enhance a Fleshlight?

Tighter? More durable...?

"What’s wrong, Ren? Did you learn a new skill?"

...

This was not something I could discuss with Elle while she looked at me with those clear eyes.

Would Aria understand?

"Did you learn something weird again?"

I briefly considered asking if I could treat her like a Fleshlight, then immediately decided against it.

"Let’s collect the loot first."

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