Now that they had finally left the dungeon, they had been in danger due to Mirian's recklessness.

  But Ryan had given the order that, according to him, would make her reflect properly on her actions.

  "Kyaaaaa! Stop, Helen! No more!"

  Smack. Smack. Smack.

  "Kyaaaaa! My butt hurts!"

  "Ryan, please, tell her to stop!"

  "Ha, ha, ha, ha. First time I have enjoyed a perverted order from Ryan."

  "Hey Helen, that is not being perverted. It is a punishment, do you understand?"

  "Yes, yes."

  "Just say yes once!"

  Smack. Smack. Smack.

  Three more spankings and she finished with the ten. Her skin was left completely red.

  [Debt collection applied]

  [Debt bonus: +50 Points]

  [Debt bonus: +45000 XP]

  "It hurts so much..." Mirian murmured, rubbing herself with tears in her eyes.

  'They are supposed to be top-ranking heroines, but they just seem like children.'

  "I am sorry. I will not do anything so reckless again... Truly."

  "I wonder if that will be true. If not, Helen can always punish you."

  "No, I mean it..."

  Ryan nodded. After a while, their clothes had dried and they put them back on.

  Ryan had asked if they had any idea where they were, and they nodded. According to the environment and the shape of the forest, they were in elf territory.

  'Are there really elves in this world? I always wanted to see one.'

  They went deep into the forest, trying to reach the center.

  According to Helen, it would be easier to get out of there if they found the elf village, as the spirits guard the forest and usually set traps so travelers with bad intentions get lost.

  "Look around you. There are many dead monsters."

  "Yes. That is a normal thing." Mirian responded.

  "But why do they not disappear like the ones in the dungeon?"

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  "You should know that by now. Unlike these monsters which are real creatures, in the dungeon they are more like summons or manifestations of mana power that condenses in the dungeon. No matter how real they look, they are not. Although they can still kill you."

  'I see. To me, an MMORPG dungeon is just a function loop, but in this world, they have their own logic.'

  "Stop talking and come see this." Helen interjected.

  "Tracks?" Mirian responded as she approached.

  She crouched in front of the tracks and picked up some dirt from them, sifting it with her fingers.

  "They are fresh. Someone passed through here recently."

  "Human tracks?" Ryan asked curiously.

  "More like elf tracks." Mirian reaffirmed.

  They began to follow the tracks. They were not tracks in a single direction; instead, every few steps they moved several meters away.

  Mirian deduced that was the movement the elf was using to fight, alternating between the ground and the trees. Although they saw many dead monsters as they followed the tracks.

  "We have walked a lot since the dungeon. My feet hurt. These boots are very old." Ryan complained, though he kept walking behind the girls.

  "Heh heh heh. Maybe you should order Mirian to massage your feet." Helen laughed.

  "Don't give him crazy ideas. Shut up." Mirian grumbled.

  "Fine. It is not like I am planning to ask for something like that."

  Grrr... Grrr...

  "A monster?"

  They turned in all directions, trying to find the source of the sound. They were alert.

  Ryan looked behind one of the trees; what looked like leather shoes came into view.

  When he got closer, he noticed immediately that the sound was coming from there. And there she was: a beautiful fainted girl.

  The sound was coming from her stomach.

  "I think she is hungry." Ryan commented as Helen and Mirian approached.

  "She is an elf."

  Her long ears poked out from her yellow hair.

  "Ryan, heal her, please. She is dying..."

  Ryan approached. He crouched in front of her and placed his hands toward her body.

  "Recovery."

  Her body stirred. She began to open her eyes slowly.

  "Eh? Brother?" she asked confused.

  "I am not your brother. You still haven't come to your senses."

  "Ah, I am sorry." She became agitated and stood up suddenly, moving away.

  She began to look at everyone with suspicion, but then she calmed down upon realizing they had healed her.

  "How rude of me. Thank you very much for helping me, heh, heh."

  "It is alright. But what happened to you? Did you kill all these monsters?"

  "Yes. I was training, but there were many monsters. I got excited and ran out of mana."

  She paused and took a deep breath.

  "Then I could not move, heh, heh. And I nearly died of hunger."

  "You are very careless. You must value your life more." Mirian stated in a scolding tone.

  'Look who is talking.'

  Bang!

  "You are worse! Shut up!" Helen hit Mirian on the head.

  "Heh, heh. That was only this time." Mirian murmured.

  'These two act like children.'

  Ryan sat on one of the tree roots. It was curved and worked very well as a chair.

  "And can you tell us how to get out of here? We do not want to disturb your village."

  "Yes. But I would like to invite you to my village to thank you for helping me."

  "Don't worry about that."

  "I insist. Please, come with me."

  'I feel like I am forgetting something important. Why is that...?'

  [Automatic debt collection initiated]

  "Shit. I had forgotten." he murmured, agitated.

  "Eh? What is happening to my body...?"

  Helen and Mirian stood watching with their hands on their foreheads. From their gestures, they had clearly also forgotten Ryan's debt system.

  The elf girl approached, kneeling until she was in front of Ryan. She took one foot and began to take off his boot.

  Leaving his foot free, she took it with both hands.

  'What is the order this time...?'

  Ryan turned his gaze toward Mirian; she also turned her head, feigning ignorance. Ryan turned to look at Helen, and she did the same by looking away.

  "Wh... why isn't my body reacting? What am I doing...?" The elf complained, confused and blushing.

  She began to massage Ryan's right foot. And slowly she brought her lips to the big toe and began to kiss it.

  "No... I don't want to... Why am I doing this?" the elf complained with tears in her eyes and red with shame.

  She approached again, this time bringing her tongue toward his big toe.