Im honestly not sure if it was a good idea to tell her.
Even if Lin is giving a really excited look. One that screams, I want to swarm soone with bugs.
Wait.
Wasnt she the one that told to not share things like this with Ai, for this exact reason?
Ai continues oblivious of my thoughts, Okay. With this, we definitely have a stronger chance of holding our ground. However, we will still need to leave here. There will be too many eyes here and would be extrely risky.
With a glance at Lin, they both begin pulling up stones from the center and corners of the hut. They lift out of the respective holes, what appears to be backpacks. Its clearly an ergency pack they prepared earlier.
Lin with a low voice, Ai ca up with this idea to keep everything in a bag to hurry, in an ergency. I was hoping we wouldnt have to use this so soon, though.
In the corner of my eye, I can barely read the lips of Ai.
I think she said sothing like Finally. Im glad she can put this behind her.
As they continue gathering items, I walk out the house.
Welcoming from the opposite wall is the spider woman, who I assu to be Gong.
Being able to finally to get a good look at her, Im able to see what she really looks like.
She has an angled chin, yellow greenish eyes, a small nose, and pale skin that appears almost greyish. Two lines of black chitin along her face, match her wiry, but shiny black hair.
Honestly, she seems like a combination of dangerously sexy and very, very poor.
Covered in what is essentially ragged clothing, the shape her clothes take reveals she is overly endowed.
Where her human and spider body connects, appears to be connected at the thighs. Her legs are the pedipalps. In fact, her body reminds of an ani I watched, with an Arachne type character.
Regarding her spider side, her body initially appears to be black, shiny, and smooth, but upon closer inspection appears to have smoothed down fine hairs all along her body.
The size of it is close to the size of a first-generation Humr.
From the little I can see underneath her body, there seem to be larger hairs. All across her body, both human and spider, there are dense, artistic patches of webbing. It reminds of tattoos a bit.
Honestly, while Im normally scared of small spiders, her being large makes it not as bad
Ooo, thats pretty cool. I think her spider feet have tiny paws.
Tiny Paws!
Oh. Im right next to her.
Without realizing it, I seem to have gotten extrely close to her and have been just staring at her feet. I hear a small sniff above .
It is also at this ti, that I see she is leaning right above , her generous cleavage right next to my face. As I look up at her, she arches her back, allowing to see everything due to her loose clothing. Subconsciously, I cant help but gulp at the sight.
Oops, my bad did I distract you a little? she says with a massive shit-eating grin.
Leaning in close, next to my ear, she takes a long sniff and then nibbles on my ear. I stumble backward, a little in fear, but mostly in surprise at the stimulation. Annnd I should probably learn to avoid the giant, sexy spider lady. Shes dangerous. In more ways than one.
She slowly climbs down to the ground, now holding a smug, happy smirk. Her carefree and lighthearted voice floats down, as she helps to my feet Well, well, well. Look whos actually a big shot. With a small voice, she leans in, Both healing and taming. Arent those so big abilities for soone like yourself? People have been taken for faaarr less.
Ah. Shit. Is this blackmailing? I think this is where she blackmails .
With a finger on my chest, she twirls it in circles before landing it on my chin, raising it for to look directly in her eyes. I wonder if your taming ability might work on , as well?
She smirks, but is clearly waiting for an answer. Uh, no not to my knowledge.
I can see her nose tilt slightly and then a hint of relief.
With a slight pout, she continues, Pity. I would have liked to be a little more connected with you.
It is at this point that Ai and Lin have co out. Seeing and Gong together out here, Ais eyes quickly squint, but then relax. Shes clearly co to another internal conclusion. Both she and Lin cautiously approach.
Turning to Ai and Lin. If you dont have anywhere to go, you can co to my humble abode. I have plenty of room, assuming that you can pay, of course. It should co to
She pauses, staring at , 2 coppers per person. Only requirent though, he has to co with you, pointing at .
Lin speaks up Why would you want to bring Big Brother Jas? Hes just a friend that is helping us out a bit. Both my and Ais heads snap to Lin, but with a look to each other, it is clear she is saying that to protect .
Though shes not completely wrong. Frankly, if Gong wanted to take us out, she would have no problem doing so. Gong busts out laughing Hahahaha, thats amazing I never thought I see sothing like this.
Lowering her voice, she whispers to us No need to worry too much, I overheard what happened in your area and thought that you could help to heal so old wounds of mine, if you were able to heal hers, gesturing to Ai.
As you can probably already tell, this is a pretty enormous deal, but Im not really sure who else to turn to especially being what I am. Ai and Lin faces turn to looks of pity at her. It appears this is also a world where people discriminate against demi-humans. Why did that have the be the aspect held in common with fantasy worlds?
Not only that, but if you actually can ta creatures, that will make my own ho safer to live in. So, its really beneficial for us both, if you are willing.
Ai is clearly anxious, quickly responding, That seems like its fair if thats okay with you, she directs the last portion to . I cant help but smile at her attempt to keep a handle on the situation, but also to keep my opinions in the decision. With a nod, I consent.
Seeing my affirmation, Gong looks to be getting strangely excited about this. Aweso! Lets goooo cough I an, lets head out.
Thats actually adorable.
Before we head out, Lin sighs and runs up to , smothering in a huge, tight hug.
Okay, a little too tight. Shes pretty strong now. Thank you, Jas. You really dont know how much all of this ant to us.
As she separates slightly from , her arms still wrap around my back, watering eyes looking deeply into mine, with our faces close, conveying her imnse gratefulness.
Almost imdiately, I feel soft hands gently pry Lin away.
Ai gives a slight bow and while still holding onto Lin I agree completely. Youve helped far more than you know. Lets bury him and move quickly though; Gong is looking antsy and we are losing a lot of light gesturing at Gong, whose image has shifted from a mysterious demi-human stranger to a happy, but impatient little kid.
In what appears to be a quiet and solemn mont, we open up one hole in the house and place the scums body within. Lin and Ai place a rock on top of the hole, covering it up. I neither push them on this or probe further.
Both Ai and Lin seem to have additional bags, with large amounts of books, from who knows where, on their backs. When I ask them if they want to carry it, they decline, seemingly happy about their improved strength. They never expected to bring these with them, due to their weight, if they ever had to leave. I can feel Ai and Lins eyes on as we head out. Its a prickly feeling that I cant quite place.
Soon after, we leave with Gong.
Leading us down alleys, she leads us deeper and deeper into a darker sector of the alleyways.
As we travel through these areas, I see Lins and Ais faces grow more confused. It appears even they arent familiar with this area. Moving next to Ai, who seems to be the information holder of the duo, I ask her so questions. So, where do you think her ho is?
Looking briefly at , she whispers, She has to be living in The Depths oh right, you wouldnt know what that is.
Sighing, The area weve just co from is called the Alleys, with our specific section called the Ways. It is sowhat close to the main comrcial and residential areas. The Depths are the areas where most of the demi humans live and work. There are a lot of abandoned housing and workshops out here, since there arent many reasons to co out this far away from the major city centers.
She takes a breath.
For a demi-human like her, she probably has to live deep in the Depths to stay safe. This is a tolerant city, allowing demi-humans to live freely within the city and even expand its borders. Because of that, we have an enormous population of them. However, even now they get crushed as fodder for local gangs or clans. Even we dont go near the Depths when certain groups go hunting.
A little dismal from this piece of information, I cant help but feel for Gong and her people. If this is how they are treated by normal humans in a positive environnt, I cant imagine what it is like when cultivators actively go after them. When I beco stronger Ill make a place for them. A place they can be safe and not be hunted down.
Live life normally.
I just have to get to that point first.
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