Catacombs (first solo adventure)

The Monastery was built on top of old ruins from presumably the ancient Adorian Empire. The only still standing part was the large bath which was restored while the rest of the above structure has been either repurposed or had its stone mined to build out the current Monastery.

But underground there were still catacombs left ancient tunnels from when this was some kind of temple.

It hadn’t been long since I got here but knowing the future challenges and having somehow established a routine I couldn’t deny that I was kinda excited to explore the ruin.

The game was an eroge filled with plenty of lewd cgs, sure, but at its core it was a fantasy world with adventure, magic and miracles and I had the chance to explore this world, as much as I was dragged into this situation I couldn’t deny that this kind of opportunity was something I could have never had in my old world.

Therefore I have been scouring the surrounding of the monastery for the last couple days. Finding bits and pieces of the ancient ruin.

Normally the hero would be here who had the talent to stumble upon such places by accident or fate or whatever so I wasn’t even sure if I could find it by myself but after pulling a few vines aside near a suspiciously intact wall I finally discovered the entrance.

It was a narrow hole in the wall, a leftover of a secret entrance to the catacombs, and I couldn't resist the urge to climb in.

In game there were a couple lewd cgs where the saintness would get stuck in the wall due to her rather large posterior as she climbed in after the hero.

So I made sure to scout the surrounding beforehand. The cgs here were comparable harmless but still embarrassing so I hoped that before joining the hero party they wouldn’t trigger.

As I climbed through the hole just as I was sure I could get all the way through I got stuck. I squirmed and wiggled but couldn’t get out either way. The hole definitely looked like I could fit through so I continued to struggle but sadly to no avail as my butt simply didn’t want to fit and now my chest hindered me from getting out either.

Suspecting the worst I was about to cry for help when I heard footsteps approaching from behind.

"eek" I yelped in surprise as I felt a firm hand spank my ass out of nowhere tumbling forward I made it through and looked around. Cracks in the ceiling let some sunlight in through it was still hard to see as dust was swirled up by my rather clumsy landing.

Dusting myself off I stood up feeling the sting on my ass.

I wanted to find out who helped/spanked me to give the guy a scolding but when I looked out there was nobody there as if the perpetrator had made his escape just after pushing me through.

Sigh…I rubbed my poor butt feeling the distinct handprint, he could have been a bit more gentle but at-least I am not stuck anymore so that’s something I suppose. Still I had to make sure I could get out by myself first and foremost.

To my surprise this time around getting through was no problem at all and I suspected that the next time I wanted to get in I would magically get stuck again so halfway through after making sure I could get out I stopped and made my way back.

“Ridiculous eroge logic.” I muttered dreading having to get spanked every time I wanted to get in as I looked around having casted light to better survey my surroundings.

Honestly I couldn’t quite remember this scenario much as it happened during my first run and I hadn’t really done these ruins since.

Unlike traditional liniar RPGs this was an open world game with countless ruins and dungeons, some were definitely a must do or were integral to the story one way or another but this being an open world game there was a ton of optional content, side quests, parallel paths you could choose instead of the main road and hidden adventures you might only be able to find once you played through the game or full-filled certain conditions.

I had done this ruin once early on but as it wasn’t really important I simply picked up the saintess in later runs and went to more exciting locations. It was a beginner dungeons, there were no monsters here, it was simply a labyrinth so you couldn’t even level and while the main item here had plenty of use and even some lewd cgs it wasn’t the only way to acquire it and it wasn’t a must have either.

Still for the current me, that was different, for a hero who could find dozens of artefacts with each dungeon run later on, it might not be much, but for me this was my very first adventure in this world. That it didn’t have any monsters was also the main reason I could do it alone without having to rely on others. As powerful as Claires healing already was at this point due to her absurd capacity she was utterly useless as a combatant against anything that wasn’t demonic or undead.

A lv.1 slime would likely be able to defeat me right now. So any dream of exploiting my knowledge of the whereabouts of powerful items was mostly for naught right now as they were either in monster infected dungeons, abandoned in dangerous locations or guarded by whoever ate the previous owner. The few I knew were in relatively save places were spread across the continent way too far away for me right now.

There were also items hidden in cities, auction houses, and other less reputable places across the world. Acquiring them often required either having the strength to claim them, completing challenges to earn them, or this being an eroge there was obviously the option to gain them with the help of a willing heroine. The heroine would need to have reached a certain level of either corruption or lewdness and could trade herself in behind the heroes back to acquire the items.

You can guess which path I preferred which is kinda ironic now that I plan to avoid that option as much as possible.

Looking around I made my way into the heart of the labyrinth, upon reaching the first crossroad I pulled out a piece of chalk and marked an arrow pointing back to the entrance just in case. I was going to set regular arrows marks always pointing back towards the entrance in order not to get lost. I also took my note-book with me to sketch out a simple map so I could plan ahead and mark already surveyed areas.

At least for now my tactic was to keep to the left wall and slowly explore all the chambers. I could then simply follow the right wall back to the entrance.

The first few corridors were dead ends with them either having collapsed over time or anything worthwhile having already succumbed to dust. Though there was one chamber with a couple old bronze coins underneath what I presumed must have been a bed at some point. As a nun I didn’t have any money of my own as all things necessary would be distributed by the monastery with us even sharing items between each other like hair brushes, towels and other commodities.

I did have a chest of my own personal stuff likely inherited by Claires mother based on its contents. I honestly didn’t even know if her parents were alive or not though I presume they weren’t as there was nothing about them ingame and claire had never talked about them during any dialogue I knew of. Of course there were many paths I hadn’t tried out yet so I can’t say for sure if there wasn’t one among them were she talked about her family as not everyone would see it in a positive light to be giving away to the church but I kinda doubted the last possibility giving Claires forgiving and understanding nature. So presumed dead until proven otherwise.

Anyway while my first bounty might seem meager it was the first money I earned in this world so I was actually quite happy. Around 12 bronze coins or the equal of 1 silver coin. Don’t ask why its based 12 I have no clue either.

Having to be back before curfew I quickly hurried home. I definitely needed some way to tell time underground maybe some kind of hourglass or clock.

I couldn’t afford a pocket watch right now not that there was one to buy here anywhere and an hourglass would be too inaccurate with me constantly moving around. With my current rather cautious approach it would take me a while to clear the whole ruin especially as I only had a limited timeframe each day. Going there during my shorter breaks didn’t make sense so I had to go in the evening with time wasted going back and forth I had around an hour and a half to explore each day.

On the second day I once again came around the same time in the evening, once again I made sure nobody was nearby and was certain I would fit through the hole. It might be tight but I definitely shouldn’t get stuck so easily. It was a bit shameful to say but my current measurements were pretty close to 90-60-90 proportions. Though Claires might be a little over 90 in both areas it still meant that if my chest didn’t get stuck neither should my butt, so I could only blame the game forcing an event on me for getting me stuck. It already treated me like an eroge heroine despite the fact that I hadn’t even joined the hero party yet.

Getting stuck once again I prepared myself for a slap on my ass once I heard the familiar footsteps, but instead this time around I felt a hand groping my ass. At first only one then gaining courage he used both hands to grope me, I squirmed in place trying to wiggle out of his grip and into the tunnel but it was useless so I eventually gave up.

I wanted to yell at him but was too worried that he might be able to recognise me as the most likely culprit was a villager from the nearby village, most likely one of the hunters and getting caught would have all kinds of annoying implications. For one the Abbess might ask me what I was doing crawling into such a dangerous place and forbid me from entering the ruin again. On the other hand this situation was embarrassing enough even without him knowing who I was.

Still once I find out who he is I will definitely report him to the Abbess in secret and she will teach him a lesson not to grope a random woman's ass. Especially not that of a nun!

“Gasp”

I blushed slightly at his daring touch, where before he seemed hesitant, after not hearing any protest from me, he grew bolder touching my ass as he liked. Stroking and kneading it like dough it became harder to keep my voice down from both indignation and shame.

All the while as I was busy thinking how to get my **** he continued groping my ass until he finally seemed satisfied giving it a few pats and then pushing me through. I immediately got on my feet covered my face with part of my cowl and looked outside. I might have landed just as clumsily as before but this time I was prepared and immediately tried to see who it was but the guy was faster, already past a corner where I only caught a glimpse of his boot.

Sighing I gave up for now. Atleast I didn’t get spanked this time around even though getting groped wasn’t much better.

Time was money and I had a ruin to explore, I could think of a way to catch him next time, for now with my notebook out I circled all the unexplored pathways I had seen and hadn’t had the opportunity to explore last time.

Going to the crossroads once again I took a new path.

The tunnels had heavily damaged murals that at this point could hardly be identified with nature having reclaimed the walls. Roots of trees and plants could be seen growing everywhere. Still that wasn’t true for all the areas as some seemed to be in far better condition than others. The color of the stone changed slightly between areas meaning these stones were either brought from another quarry or the tunnels were built at different times. Interestingly enough what I thought to be the older tunnels further in didn’t deteriorate as much, you could still make out some of the stories these mural portrait. There were legends that still existed even during this time through in slightly altered form.

Whether it was just for decoration or had some deeper meaning I couldn’t say for sure as most were only partially intact to begin with.

I didn’t find the main chamber this time either but my luck was definitely better than yesterday as I had found another 24 bronze as well as a common chest with random loot. While some chests had guarantied loot based on location there were also chests of different rarities with random loot.

A common chest had mostly common items with a slim chance to have an uncommon items and infinitesimal chance of having a rare one. Well I might have gone overboard with the infinitesimal but it was something like 95% common 4.95% uncommon and 0,05% rare. Opening hundreds of common chests you would eventually get a rare item out of one but you might as well go search for a rare chest instead or atleast an uncommon one with a ~5% chance for rare items.

There are higher rarities but it will take a while before I will be anywhere close to finding something above rare quality for a while.

Still I did have my hopes up for an uncommon item even if I couldn’t use it I might still be able to sell it for a good chunk of change.

Trying to keep my expectations in check I opened the chest being greeted by a small light as the contents manifested.

…

It was uncommon… I should be happy as I can probably sell it to some noble Lady for a good price … well if I manage to find one with that particular interest..

But…

I closed the box again hoping something else might materialise but sadly it wasn’t that kind of mechanic.

Opening it again I was greeted by silicone beads… anal beads to be precise.

Silicone wasn’t something they could produce in this world right now so it definitely held value but at the same time I didn’t wanna go around with a chain of anal beads.

Uncommon item: Beginner anal beads made by a skilled artisan with materials not available in this world. Increases anal pleasure by 30% percent and subsequent anal sex by 20% for up to 6 hours after use.

Disclaimer: Might not be large enough to satisfy experienced users.

Why did it have to be a sex toy…

"haaah..."

Everything was so serious with ancient murals underground and a sinister aura of exploring an old ruin of a fallen empire only to then be reminded again that this was an eroge. A very advanced and innovativ open world eroge but still a sex game.

Taking it up I inspected it closer already having read the description. Sex related items didn’t quite obey the same rarity restrictions as normal items. An uncommon item would usually be one of higher quality with at best a minor enchantment.

A passive effect that held for 6 hours was definitely not a minor enchantment even if it was of questionable usefulness.

It had 6 beads of progressing size starting with a small one the width of my thumb and going all the way up to the width of golf ball with a ring at the end to pull on.

Not sure if the last one was especially beginner friendly but it was too much of waste not to take it with me even if I wanted to just leave it here. After some deliberation I decided to leave it in the chest and carry it back. It was a small chest which had both benefits and shortcomings, there would be no large weapons in there but on the other hand the chance of acquiring a small useful accessory I could hide under my nun robe would have been much higher than from a large chest.

Having a total of 3 silver coins or 36 bronze I decided to inquire when the next merchant would pass through. I might be able to buy something useful. It wasn’t much but 36 bronze was around half a month’s workers salary. And I might find more until then.

6 silver or 72 bronze was what an unskilled worker made in the city per month or 2.5 bronze per day. A normal guard made 12 silver per month or one gold coin. Not that they would ever see a single gold coin like that as it was impractical for normal people to use who mostly traded in bronze and silver.

A decent meal in the village inn for example would cost around 2-4 bronze depending on whether there was meat and **** included or not otherwise 2 bronze coins were enough to fill your stomach in a rural village. Obviously cooking yourself is always cheaper.

My 36 bronze would be enough to live and eat decently at the village Inn for a week roughly.

Though the prices in the city are one and a half times that for the most common Inn so three silver would be enough for 4-5 days including room and board.

Well that is if you wish for a private room as shared rooms are much cheaper but that wouldn’t even come into question for me. Sleeping alongside total strangers was already a rather unpleasant thought and considering my current appearance that was double so.

Well not that it matters to me as I would sleep over at the local church anyway. It was one of the benefits of being part of the church. With the monastery being rather rural we seldom got guests outside of local lords but usually churches had additional quarters for pilgrims and would if necessary make arrangements to make space.

Sharing a room full of nuns was something I had no problem with as while they might be strangers I doubted they would do something to me and even if, a lesbian orgy wasn’t something I was opposed too.

Anyway setting down the box close to the exit I noticed a piece of paper lying at my entrance.

In the ruins so ancient, where shadows play,

A nun found a secret, in the light of day,

Curious and bold, she sought to explore,

But found herself trapped, in a wall’s narrow door.

Her hips too wide, her curves too sweet,

Stuck in the stone, where the shadows meet,

Her habit pulled tight, her blushes a flame,

Yet something within stirred without shame.

A hunter came by, with lust in his eyes,

Drawn to the sight, of her tempting thighs,

He watched as she wriggled, her body so fine,

Trapped in the stone, a vision divine.

His hands roamed free, as he knelt by her side,

Feeling her flesh, where she couldn't hide,

She gasped at the touch, but did not protest,

For deep down, she longed to be caressed.

…

I blushed reading the letter, being the unwilling protagonist of this lewd poetry.

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