Gender-swapped Saintess: A Survival Diary on Hell Difficulty

After Roland agreed to Renee's request, the room fell silent again.

In the lavishly decorated space, only a sticky, strange sound remained.

gurgle~ gurgle~

After a while, Renee had a 200ml glass bottle in her hand, which was mostly filled with a clear, sticky substance.

These are the materials prepared for the experiment.

She stood at the door and said goodbye to Roland.

"Sister Roland, I'm going to test the effects of this mucus now."

"Yes, thank you for your hard work."

Roland smiled and nodded, then gave some instructions.

"Remember to tell me as soon as the results are in. We need to go to the basement to test it out. There are still many beast girls who need treatment."

Watching Renee walk away down the corridor, Roland returned to the center of the room.

She looked down and examined her tentacle suit again, the tentacles extending out and reaching in front of her eyes once more.

At this moment, the platinum tentacles had lost some of their luster compared to their original form.

The thick layer of moisturizing mucus covering it had been collected by Roland using her apprentice-level magic, [Cleansing Water Ball], and given to Renee.

Now Roland finally understood why the six tentacle monster girls in the basement were listless due to insufficient slime.

She now feels like she's back in Earth's winter, her skin is dry and cracked, and she doesn't even have Vaseline at home.

Indeed, only by becoming a tentacle monster can one understand the suffering of a tentacle monster.

Roland simply used her magic to condense several water spheres, which enveloped the tentacles, making her feel slightly more comfortable.

Next, she began to try to adapt to the way the tentacles were operated.

This tentacle suit has considerable potential. If one can use it skillfully, even without using it for spellcasting, simply wielding eight spiked clubs to smash people can leave enemies dazed and confused.

She took out an armored humanoid figure from her spatial ring and placed it in the center of the room.

This is a common test target in academies and adventurer guilds in another world. The magic array on it can record the attack strength and give a rough rating.

Although it's not exactly rare, it's not cheap either; I smuggled this thing from Nightingale.

Roland channeled her magic power, activating the magic circle on the chest of the armored humanoid figure.

Magic continued to flow in until it emitted a faint purple glow, at which point Roland removed her hand from the armor.

She took a few steps back, mentally estimating the distance between the tentacles under her skirt and the humanoid target, then focused her attention and channeled her magic into the platinum tentacles.

This is a magic enhancement technique commonly used by extraordinary individuals.

It is typically used in close combat to increase limb strength.

Some melee-focused warriors can even use special techniques to unleash devastating elbow strikes that pierce through shields, catching enemies off guard and causing damage.

However, Roland didn't understand those fancy tricks; she simply used the most basic enhancement techniques.

As magic was injected, the golden patterns on the tentacles began to charge, emitting a gentle magical glow, and then began to curl up, compressing and storing energy like a spring.

As the tentacles curled into a ball, Roland suddenly twisted her waist, and the tentacles shot out, striking the humanoid figure with lightning speed.

Boom! ! !

The dull thud echoed, and the magic runes on the humanoid target flickered before finally settling into a yellow glow.

Wow, that's incredible!

"Basic magic enhancement can actually produce an attack intensity close to that of intermediate magic, and even slightly higher than the force I can exert."

Roland was overjoyed. She picked up one of the tentacles with both hands and rubbed it lovingly.

She was wrong; she shouldn't have spoken ill of the system.

This tentacle suit is incredibly awesome! She loves this kind of practical and inexpensive skill.

Comfortable to wear, I love wearing them!

Moreover, this thing can not only be used for physical attacks, but also for casting magic.

She couldn't wait to try again, and one by one, the low-level magic circles at the apprentice level lit up, with each tentacle illuminating one of them.

However, before she could successfully cast the spell, Roland felt a wave of dizziness, and the magic circle flickered and then collapsed.

"Oh dear, my brain isn't working properly; the magic is all over the place."

Roland's eyes turned into mosquito coils, and her eight tentacles became messy, as if they had been stimulated, and all curled up back into her skirt.

It took Roland quite a while to fully recover.

She reached up and lifted her skirt, looking down at the listless platinum tentacles below, and sighed softly.

This is like trying to play on eight phones at the same time. Forget about blocking the bridge across from the CEO, you'd probably have a hard time even walking.

"Sigh, I still need to work hard slowly."

……

After an afternoon of practice, Roland was barely able to manipulate her two tentacles, making delicate movements similar to pouring water and sipping tea.

Although it can't be used in actual combat yet, you can treat yourself to snacks, cream puffs, and black tea while reviewing official documents, which indirectly improves work efficiency.

This is somewhat similar to Ms. Tree upstairs.

The large tree spirit, relying on her vine tentacles, can not only handle several official documents at the same time, but also drink tea and read newspapers while working.

However, Roland has a single-threaded human mind and cannot yet understand how that was done.

After all that fuss, Roland was ready to go downstairs for dinner.

Then a new problem arose.

"Um... how do I take off this tentacle suit?"

Roland reached out, pinched the dress that covered her chest, and tried to pull it outwards.

As a result, the suit felt like it was glued to my skin. When I pulled it with a little force, my chest jerked, and a subtle pain immediately shot into my mind.

"Oh my, no wonder it can be used as an extra hand to cast spells."

"This is practically like your own skin!"

Roland rubbed the sore spot, her thoughts racing, and a peculiar idea popped into her head.

The tentacles are equivalent to his human-shaped hands.

The fabric of the battle suit is equivalent to the skin of one's human form.

According to this reasoning, wouldn't wearing a tentacle suit be equivalent to running around naked?

Damn, that's weird.

Roland shook her head, banishing the strange thought from her mind.

The most urgent task is to find a way to remove the tentacle suit.

This thing may look good, and it may even seem sacred, but people in this other world have a very negative stereotype about tentacles—they're either evil or erotic.

Her battle outfit isn't particularly evil, but it's definitely going to be emotionally manipulative.

Leaving aside the exposed back, even the semi-transparent tentacle-like stockings and gloves, no matter how well they cover up, still give the impression of something improper.

Roland began experimenting with various recycling methods.

I tried everything – injecting magic, issuing commands with my mind, even Spider-Man's web-shooting gestures and magical girl transformation poses – but nothing worked.

After studying the system interface for a long time, I finally remembered that this skill appeared along with the cross-shaped mark at the corner of my eye.

The magic connection to the cross-shaped mark allowed him to control the tentacle suit.

"Combat suit recovery."

As soon as the thought crossed Roland's mind, she felt a wriggling sensation on her skin.

Between them, the tentacle suit emitted a golden light, and the whole thing began to twist and liquefy, like Venom in an American movie, turning into a pool of white and gold liquid that slowly submerged under the fair skin.

Finally, it turned into a golden line, flowing along the skin into the unidentified cross-shaped mark at the corner of the eye.

Roland's eyes lit up as she looked at the cool special effects.

Which 21st-century man wouldn't love such a cool and stylish visual effect?

Just then, a cool breeze blew in through the window, brushing against her naked body and sending a shiver down her spine.

Cough cough, the exit effect is cool, but it's a pity it swallows your clothes.

The clothes she's wearing today are handmade and cost half a gold coin.

The wind blowing on my bottom feels so cool and refreshing, it's really embarrassing.

At this moment, the unfolded system interface flickered slightly, and a thin line extended out from the skill icon of the [Tentacle Suit].

A brand new skill has appeared!

The name is...

[Touch-based equipment]