Chapter 38: Homunculus Workshop (2)
Hearing it was a homunculus workshop, I thought it would exist in a central or flashy part of the capital, based on cutting-edge magical engineering and alchemy.
However, the place the man led me to was near the outskirts of the capital, a spot so deserted it was lined with empty buildings.
"Is this the right place?"
It looks like a dungeon no matter how you look at it.
"Yes, it is correct. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."
After guiding me to the entrance of the workshop, the man excused himself, and I stood at what looked like the entrance to a dungeon, lost in thought.
'Did I come to the wrong place?'
The golem factory I visited before was built in a vast plain area, and arriving by carriage, I could watch the workers assembling golems.
Usually, such tours gather people from nearby, about 10 or 20 at a time, but waiting at the entrance, it seemed I was the only other person around.
'It's impossible to have a tour by myself, right?'
Inside the homunculus workshop, a pungent and unhealthy smell wafted around, and Shuru, with her sensitive nose, was distressed enough to hold her nose.
Feeling like entering further might reduce my lifespan or expose me to harmful substances, I quietly started to back away.
'I know canceling after saying I would come is a nuisance to the merchants, but... this place doesn't seem right...'
My nose started to sting, and a subtle sour taste formed on my tongue, instincts warning me not to enter the workshop.
"Are you Sir Ban, the trainee knight here for the tour?"
I should have decided to return earlier without hesitation.
Just as I was about to leave, I naturally had to turn back due to the timing.
"Yes, that's correct, but..."
The person who emerged from the underground passage was a mature woman with light blond hair, dressed in a black suit and holding a stack of documents, seemingly one of the employees here.
Her cold skin, which seemed never to have seen sunlight, and her eyes glowing red in the darkness were striking, indicating she was operating a mana circuit.
'Is she a bodyguard? Or......'
The moment I approached her, I felt a sweet fragrance.
It was the scent I remembered when I received a homunculus delivery, allowing me to realize that she was not a person but a homunculus.
'Clearly, homunculi installed with artificial intelligence move differently.'
If it weren't for the smell, I might have thought she was just another human.
"I will guide you inside as Number 3."
"Because she is the third of her model."
I thought there would be proper names, but here they just use numbers, seemingly because the person in charge didn't want to bother giving them names.
"You cannot bring companions, but you can bring pets."
Following Number 3 inside, I held Mollang and Shuru close.
Shuru grumbled discontentedly, covering her nose, while Mollang seemed unfazed by the smell, sticking close to my shoulder.
'It's incredibly dark, isn't it?'
Normally, even if the entrance of such facilities is dark, the production line inside is kept bright to prevent issues during manufacturing.
But this homunculus workshop had no proper lighting, just a few luminescent beads embedded in the ceiling.
Of course, I could see in the dark by activating my mana circuit, but if a regular person were to visit, they wouldn't be able to see anything.
'What kind of tour is this?'
Tours are usually brightly lit or made easier to view deliberately to ensure visibility even if it's generally dark.
"During the homunculus manufacturing process, exposure to sunlight or any light source could cause burns, so no stimuli, including light, should enter during production."
As I descended the stairs into the interior, the place had minimal lighting, and the only sources of light were the floating red eyes.
'What are they touching?'
They were handling strange parts I couldn't recognize, and I had assumed they used materials like meat or bones to construct bodies, but surprisingly, the homunculi were made by combining thick liquids and injecting them into test tubes.
The machine was connected to several flasks large enough for a person to fit into, now filled with the liquids I had seen being injected.
'So they make them ......'
"Where can I view the manufacturing process?"
"You can start watching from now."
The homunculi working there stepped aside, and in front of the giant experimental apparatus, which was emitting a faint mana glow due to the injected liquids, Number 3 extended her hand to me.
"Do you mean the ticket? Here..."
Just as I was about to hand over the golden ticket I had kept in my pocket.
"No, please give me your semen."
The words that came out of Number 3 were so beyond my expectations that I froze, hand still in my pocket.
"You have used it once before, so you must know that semen is essential for the manufacture of homunculi, right?"
'Does that mean they're going to make one right here in front of me?'
No matter how you put it, suddenly asking for semen puts me in quite a difficult position...
"Could I perhaps observe the process of making someone else's homunculus instead?"
"Due to the negative reviews we received last time, we have no new orders, so there are no plans to make any at the moment. If you would like to observe the process directly, we would appreciate your assistance in providing materials."
'For some reason, Number 3's voice feels like it has thorns in it.'
"Then could you please move over a little......"
"Regulations require that we do not leave the homunculus manufacturing facilities unattended with outsiders. It would be problematic if you accidentally touched something."
'Damn, security regulations make sense, but still, in front of others......'
So, it means I have to extract it right here... It's not easy to just masturbate in front of a woman.
"Would you like help if it's difficult for you alone?"
What kind of help... I was about to ask, but there was only one thing she could help with here.
"Mass-produced individual assembly."
As Number 3's eyes flashed red, the waiting homunculi gathered beside her, their red eyes glowing.
"You can use any of them freely. They are all brand new and have never been used."
One of the homunculi, dressed in ordinary work clothes, casually started undressing to show me, and the way Number 3 emotionlessly stripped off the homunculus's clothes was quite... no joke.
Moreover, emotionlessly standing there, half-undressing the homunculus and slightly spreading the lower half to show it, the sweet fragrance that flowed out made my head dizzy...
"But I heard that other body fluids shouldn't mix... That's why you seal the bottles to take them away, right?"
"Homunculi's bodies are designed to not mix with foreign substances, so feel free to use them, and we will take care of the extraction."
After hearing that, I no longer needed to hesitate.
It was when I was about to use one of the homunculi transferred to me by Number 3.
Seeing me get an erection, Mollang threw off her clothes and began to attach herself to my lower half.
"Ah, it's not allowed outside... ugh...!"
Knowing my weakness all too well, Mollang immediately burrowed into my underwear, starting to suck with her body, knowing that seeing her face would excite me more, so she deliberately unfastened my underwear to make my pants fall off, fully embracing my organ with her entire body and beginning to attach herself.
Especially this time, unlike before, she didn't completely swallow my penis but ingeniously took in just the tip with her buttocks, creating projections like legs around the lower base to wrap around it, making it feel like a small woman was straddling me and shaking, which was a different excitement from before.
"A slime... transforming...? Moreover, that form is......"
Clearly, Number 3 said earlier that using Mollang to extract wasn't allowed, but she seemed confused by the current scene, not knowing what to do, and I was quicker to receive the signals than usual under the unemotional gaze of the homunculi watching Mollang and me attach.
'Ah... ah... This way of extracting is a bit embarrassing...!'
Extracting forcibly by twisting my legs around while Mollang draws out my semen is a sight I dislike being seen by others.
However, Mollang mercilessly sucked on my lower body, leaving me no choice.
Mollang only stopped moving once her body was filled with semen, which she then began to absorb into her core, forming it into a ball.
Embarrassed by my appearance, Number 3 touched my cleaned penis and began to inspect the semen Mollang was digesting.
'I didn't give permission, but she attacked first?'
Lately, Mollang doesn't listen to me.
Previously, she would eat the semen as I provided, but lately, as soon as I get an erection, she's been assaulting my lower body, even outside today!
'What if she forces an erection and assaults me without me initiating it later?'
It was time to discipline Mollang.
"This will be usable."
"Yes? You said no foreign substances should enter..."
"That's true, but in cases where it's manufactured for a special purpose, it's not a foreign substance but rather needed as a genetic template."
Did she need something else?
"Originally, I intended to collect a separate sample, but since it's already mixed, we might as well use it."
As she said this, Number 3 pressed on Mollang's belly, forcing her to vomit the semen, and Mollang tried to cover her mouth to stop it, but the semen flowed from her body into the machine.
As the semen entered the flask through the test tube, it began to merge with the liquid inside and started forming a shape similar to a small human.
"With this amount, we can make one."
"And do you know why I told you to bring a pet?"
I obviously didn't know.
I just brought them because I was told it'd be good to do so.
"Pure semen, along with the genetic information of the soul's intended host. Plus, when connected to a long-distance communication device, it becomes possible."
"What do you mean? What becomes possible?"
As she spoke, Number 3 forcefully extracted the semen stored in Mollang's belly and inserted a bead into her mouth.
"We can create a homunculus containing this child's soul."
The moment the bead touched Mollang's core, she reverted from her human-like appearance back to a round slime form.
Then, as the machine started operating at high speed and began emitting light...
Something seemed to go wrong...
A large flask big enough for a person exploded.
The hellish smell I noticed before entering this homunculus workshop was precisely this.
As the homunculus was manufactured, numerous gases spread around, and I quickly put Shuru inside my clothes to filter the air she breathed as she coughed in distress.
The homunculi waiting around did not seem affected as they wiped the spilled liquids with cloths and cleaned up the fragments. Soon, a naked homunculus appeared through the dense fog.
I tried to check on Mollang's condition, but instead of her usual girl-like appearance, she was a drooping, ordinary slime.
"Ugh... Does it hurt? Why...?"
The homunculus just created from my semen had long blue hair that flowed down to its waist.
Naturally, its skin was pale white, having never seen sunlight, smooth without even peach fuzz, as it stood up, vomiting the liquid it was filled with from the flask...