Chapter 165: Rough Start – Part 1
"Who was that person?" I sternly question as I release Caterina's hand, who slowly sheathes her sword as she stares at the Travelers suspiciously.
"Whakaahua, our healer," Samkelo answers, eyeing the Punisher Captain quite warily.
"What the fuck is going on?" U Thant growls, but he doesn't seem like a threat, even though he's a lionfolk. I can feel that he's just posturing to not look like a wimp.
Ciel then uses her angelic aura to diffuse the situation. "We're all among friends and allies here, so let's sit down first and talk through this calmly," she kindly suggests, the power of love in her voice soothing even Caterina, who un[Equip]s her armor.
And so we do as she says.
I get so looks of disbelief from the Travelers as my wives and I occupy a whole sofa and also my lap. There are also wandering eyes since the girls are all wearing very attractive clothing that shows a lot of skin, but it's Aoi who receives the most glances as they start to imagine the logistics of fucking a dragon.
Chesa, the Thalanthro girl, seems more interested in Gify, though. She also barely showed any reaction to Whakaahua's disappearance and Caterina's shouting, so I already have her pegged as a "weird one."
There are two Chira soldier guides here, so I point to one and order, "You, call Prince Hekeman-u. We have a serious situation here."
I know that this soldier knows Andraste, and though he freezes for a second in indecision, he still bows and hurries out.
Then I turn to the Travelers… the Heroes, and command, "Now, tell us who this Whakaahua was."
But U Thant, the snow lion, really wants to take back control of the conversation. "Wait, wait. What did you do to him that made him teleport? You two were just staring at each other when he suddenly jumped in his seat and went 'oops,' then just disappeared."
I think that's a fair question, so I answer honestly, "I have a skill called [Sense Soul] that lets
see so of your 'Stats,' and what I saw when I used it on Whakaahua was… confusing. To begin with, his 'Na' is definitely not Whakaahua."
"Then what was it?" Samkelo eagerly hums.
I frown and look away as I try to rember, and Gify gives
a little clawed hand by showing
the mory in question, "So random characters, like, 'Munzer K-N-Q,' then it was…" -I hold back a grin because that'd be inappropriate- "'Tycho peeweechinchin wowowo baa~sd.'"
"[What…]?" the young gno quacks in English confusedly.
I shrug and let out a deep sigh. "That's what I saw… along with so numbers that were ridiculous, like twelve 'plus' eighty-six 'Strength.'"
"What does that even an?" Urie asks out loud, but she doesn't get an answer.
Adding those numbers, you get ninety-nine, which is a common "max value" in certain RPG gas. Coupled with his na being as if soone had just typed random things (chinchin is schlong/penis in Japanese), I believe he was so sort of "cheat-like" existence. Could've been a Gifted, but that'd make him a very frightening Gifted, if not God-like.
"How about we recall Lily? She should also hear what happened," Alissa suddenly suggests, and even I agree.
I turn to one of the Companions and calmly order, "Call her back for us." And she promptly obeys with a nod, though I sense a lick of fear in her expression. I am sending her to basically convince a grumpy, angry dragon to co back.
Samkelo turns to Alissa and questions curiously, "How do you know her na?"
But Alissa smiles proudly. "I know quite a lot about my husband's forr wife."
"Forr wife?" Urie repeats in disbelief.
"You're from Earth, right? Aren't you too young for that?" U Thant questions , his fanged jaw slack from surprise.
"I'm thirty years old," I answer with a wry smile.
"Fuck, you're the sa age as !" mama bear… sister bear shouts, taken aback, but then she suddenly frowns. "That explains so things…"
"Ayy, another fellow old fart!" Samkelo cheerfully exclaims with a grin.
"I-I'm not old!" I retort, horrified.
But the (old) young gno ignores
and points to Chesa and U Thant as he teases, "These two squirts are little teens, just like most of the soldiers, so it was just Lily and
who were mature here, and it was starting to get lonely."
That draws so soft chuckles as the tension starts to diffuse.
"I see you have an enviable inclination towards nonchalance," Caterina calmly states, and I take note of her use of "enviable." She is soone who needs to chillax a bit more, after all.
He shrugs as he smirks and leans back in his seat. "I've made Lily and the white cat mad a few too many tis, so I'm used to it."
"Why do you call
'cat' but call Lily by her na?" U Thant dryly asks.
The gno flashes him a cheeky grin. "Cuz it ain't funny when she's mad."
"Oh, it is; you just need to learn how to dodge," I state matter-of-factly and mirror his expression.
"I believe you ant not literally," Yunia calmly clarifies, and her joke gives
a pure smile, wiping away so of the pain from this explosive first eting.
And I wryly continue, "Yes. Well, the [Dodge] skill also helps, but if you need it, you did sothing wrong."
"Since you ntioned it. What was that exchange with her about, exactly?" Urie curiously inquires. I didn't peg her as a drama hound, but she is an adrenaline junkie, so I guess she likes any sort of excitent.
"We're monogamous back on Earth.
creating a harem was a betrayal," I succinctly explain.
"Huh…" sister bear grunts thoughtfully. For once, she doesn't try to act irreverent, as it's clearly a serious topic for .
"Are they really all your wives?" the r girl curiously asks.
Alissa's pimping senses start tingling, but she also senses that Lily is returning, so she keeps it brief, "Yes, we are, and we're proud of our positions, but let's not talk about this right now because Lily is returning."
The Companion saunters into the room, quite happy with her successful mission, and Lily cos in right behind her, giving
a mont to finally appreciate Lily's clothes along with those of the other Heroes. They're all wearing a comfy but fashionable shirt and pants combo with vibrant colors and intricate silver trimmings that have a rather formal air but (unfortunately) aren't semi-transparent like normal Chira fashion. I do like sharply dressed won, though, and both Lily and Chesa look ready to kill.
The Heroes also wouldn't be out of place on Earth, except for the fact that they're all non-human, though Lily could pass as a cute little girl. But then the venomous look that the roasted cinnamon dwarf gives
pulls
out of my musings. She even frowns at Lina, and I think I know why she'd object to
having a loli on my lap.
"The fuck happened?" she asks and looks around as she sits down.
And so I describe everything that I saw in Whakaahua's [Soul Info].
"You sure that skill can't be fooled?" Caterina questions, as even she finds Whaka's "Stats" to be ridiculous.
I shrug tiredly and honestly answer, "It's the first ti such a thing has ever happened, and I simply have no idea what the fuck those 'Stats' an. I only know what I saw, and Gify can confirm that there's no error in my mory."
"Gih!" she chirps and proudly stands up on my shoulder.
Chesa subtly bites her lower lip and puts a hand over her heart as she's lovestruck by my chibi white griffin's adorableness.
Gih!
And then Caterina grimly continues, "But the fact that he disappeared without releasing a single trace of mana ans he either used heretical magic or he has level one hundred in [Mana Efficiency], which has only ever been achieved by Emperors or elderly Grand Mages."
"He was neither, but we don't know much about him. He was just the healer that was assigned to us," the snow lionfolk assuredly confesses.
"But if his 'Stats' were true, then he definitely could have perfect mana efficiency," I point out. Adding up the numbers in his "MP" entry results in 999,999 mana, which I assu is God Ruler level, if not beyond that.
But Caterina's words take such a somber tone that it gives us pause, "If an existence such as his truly exists… then the Realm is in danger."
We fall silent for a mont as we reflect upon that. Whaka's existence simply doesn't make sense.
And then Samkelo shares an interesting piece of information, "I saw him using an Inspection Crystal in front of us. If he could fool it, then maybe he could fool your skill, too?"
"So… a heretic," the Punisher affirms, her expression turning dark and murderous.
"Wouldn't be the first ti a heretic spy has managed to get close to a Gifted," Alissa bitterly remarks. Indeed, the Innocent Nymph, the werefox spy that tried to approach us from behind, and the heretic that appeared in the bandit camp we attacked in the Misty Low Forest; all attempts to kill us.
"Are you sure the spell he used was heretical?" Lily soberly questions the Punisher.
"Only heretical magic doesn't use mana, and when you use mana, you always leave a trace," she states categorically.
"She's a Punisher Captain, by the way," I proudly add.
"Right, introductions!" Ciel suddenly exclaims.
And we finally share everyone's nas. I also share my new na because the vision only showed them my earthling na.
"Chuuni," Lily grumbles, trying not to smirk, as I know that she doesn't really dislike my new na.
The other three do grin teasingly, though, and then the gno curiously asks, "Why did you change your na?"
My answer is clear-cut, "Because Heitor is a grandpa's na, and I just wanted a cool na for myself."
But they just chuckle.
"What's the problem with his na?" Alissa questions with a frown, feeling a bit defensive about her beloved husband.
"Imagine if his na was literally Dragon Knight," Lily dryly answers, seemingly disliking having to talk to my wives.
"It'd be weird, but not sothing that deserves ridicule," my loyal fox slave assuredly retorts, and Kaatohe and Hukarere nod emphatically at her words.
"It also sounds like sothing from Maplethorne," Hana adds in support.
"Different cultures," Lily hums dismissively with a shrug.
And that ticks off Alissa just a little bit, but she drops it, for she knows not to start an argunt with Lily.
Then we finally finish introductions, and I receive a lot of raised eyebrows at the number of won who are related to . But first, the golem trio draws eyes full of wonder from the two "boys."
"Are they like robots?" Samkelo excitedly asks.
"Not exactly," Jarn calmly begins.
"Our emotions are heavily suppressed," Ted follows with a clinical tone.
"And we're conditioned to only have one wish: to serve," Suzy finishes in kind.
"Rad," U Thant hums, puzzling
because I think that slang is too old, even for .
"So, you're people?" Lily skeptically asks, her face still sharp and stern.
"We have more in common with summons," Ted explains.
"And they are rely mirrors, copies, of the summoner's soul," Suzy adds.
A hint of a smirk starts to creep up on her face as she turns to
and gives my ass a brief tonguing, "So you put a copy of your own soul in a female suit of armor? I always knew you had a thing for traps, but I didn't imagine it would involve making yourself into one. Must be a new brand of narcissism."
"Isn't she just Roxanne, but worse?" Ciel worriedly asks through [Bind].
"At least we have a second confirmation that I'm Wolfy's type," Roxanne smugly retorts.
"'Narcissism'?" Alissa questions, then the golems give her an explanation of the word through [Bind], and the negative connotations of "Narcissism" tick her off further. "Why is that such a bad thing? There's nothing wrong with loving yourself. Wolfy is a great person, and it's simply good to have more of him," she states emphatically and gives
a beaming smile.
This is the kind of praise and worship that I expect of my lovely wives, but for the Realm Travelers, it only sounds cringe, and then it cos off as borderline insane once they realize she's being 100% not ironic. I've been around these wonderful won for so long that I'd actually forgotten what an earthling would think of their behavior towards .
And Lily narrows her eyes in disapproval, her expression making alarm bells ring in my mind. She's giving off the signs that she's preparing for a fight, but it's already too late to appease her.
"How old are you, Queen Alissa?" she quietly asks with a thinly-veiled hostile tone.
Alissa imdiately understands what she's getting at. It's always been in the back of my mind how young most of my wives are and how the average non-creep earthling would call
a creep pedo and then sic the cops on .
"I'm old enough to lead n into battle and kill others with my own hands," my brave wife faces the ultimate boss with a bold, unwavering declaration.
"You sound young," Lily states, then turns her sharp eyes towards , and I brace for the incoming verbal spanking. "Have you been fucking underage girls, Wolfy?"
I just smirk and cheekily answer, "They aren't underage in this world."
Alissa imdiately backs
up as she glares at the roasted cinnamon loli, "It's the Sin of Rape to have sex with immature girls. If the Gods allow, then it isn't morally wrong."
"You have child brides, Wolfy," Lily severely states, completely ignoring my fox sex slave, and that ticks Alissa off once again, making her legitimately angry.
"You don't have the right to treat
like a child," Lina suddenly chis in and gives Lily a gloomy stink-eye, defending both Ciel and
from being called pedos.
"As I'm a dwarf too, I can sense that you're very young, so, in my world, you are a child," the angry loli states to the angry loli.
"We're not on Earth," I calmly retort, trying to not sound smug.
"I believe there are more appropriate tis for this conversation," Samkelo attempts to diplomatically diffuse the situation.
But the young snow lion sides with the angry loli as he reprovingly remarks, "No, no… I've just rembered that I heard that King Wolf Ryder married three forr slaves, with two being Blood Slaves." And he tries to sha
with his stern stare as if I give a single fuck about his opinion.
"You aren't supposed to mix fantasy and fetishes with reality, Wolfy," Lily caustically adds, almost sneering.
Now the mood heats up as our side recovers from the shock, and our indignation starts to flare up. Everyone can easily detect the disgust and disapproval in Lily's and U Thant's tone, and such harsh criticism of us, the royals, deeply offends our loyal n.
"Regardless of whether or not you're his forr wife, your tone is too disrespectful," Oritiki warns dangerously, and the bull's aura of dignity and authority clashes with the loli's aura of anger and scorn as they attempt to intimidate each other.
Things are starting to get out of control.
And the dragon inside
smirks at their challenge, but there are more important things than butting heads with moralistic earthlings.
Then a powerful, crystalline voice echoes throughout the room, the virtuous purity of her tone making her impossible to ignore and the intensity of her reproval enough to stop the bull-headed Horn and the bullheaded loli. "Now is not the ti for such talks of morals," Ciel reprimands the childish trouble-makers.
But while U Thant bites his tongue, Lily stubbornly insists, "Oh, it fucking is! My ex-husband has not only cheated on
with multiple won, but he's also a fucking pedophile!"
So I just give them the naked truth, "Okay, and then what? These are the rules of the world, and the Humanoid Gods still approve of , as I still have the Blessing from the Goddess of Knowledge, even after all this degeneracy."
"If we don't tell you that your actions are abhorrent, then who will?!" Lily lashes out frustratedly. I know that all she wants is to fight because she's angry and hurt, but I'm not just going to accept her moral-bashing.
So I fully glare at her as I growl, "You're not going to convince
to change! You're just going to drive a wedge between us like this after the Gods explicitly told us we have to work together to not die!"
And I get a bad feeling that both Lily and U Thant want to say "fuck the Gods," but they seem to know that that would go down very badly with the present Punisher Captain and the nurous pious Rupegians. I also now understand that the Gods had to explicitly tell us to work together, or we'd be at each other's throats right now.
Yunia then coldly bashes them back with the truth, "I understand that there's a calamity approaching? One that is worse than the 'Fortress of Calamity' that threatens the Chiras?"
But the Heroes don't seem to have realized that there's a bigger picture here, so I give them a little push, "I've been sent here by the Gods to find the Lord of Storms that's sowhere in the Broken Skies, not to deal with this Fortress of Calamity. There's still a lot more going on in the rest of the world than just this little threat to the Sky Lands, like multiple assassination attempts upon my life by heretics, for example."
That finally gets Lily to stop, as she frowns thoughtfully, then sighs and stops glaring at us. She's not enough of a berzerker to completely lose her "Intelligence" when angry.
And so, the bomb has been defused, allowing the mood to settle down again. Oritiki and the others on our side are still quite miffed, but they won't press this further if we let it go, though they won't forget this offense by the Heroes.
An awkward silence begins to set in, but then Samkelo remarks with a conciliatory tone, "Rumors take a while to get here, and when they do, they've been warped a lot. Like, people have been talking mad shit about you."
"The Chiras warned us that you could enthrall and seduce any woman with your touch," Chesa suddenly adds, and the not-Zora girl stares at
with a rather concerned expression.
I shrug as I calmly brag, "I have high 'Charisma' and multiple sex skills. I can even use magic that makes sex into sothing amazing, so the rumor is partially correct, though it's a bit exaggerated."
"What the fuck…" Lily grumbles in disbelief, while U Thant and Chesa beco speechless, then Samkelo starts wheezing.
"That's why I'm here. I'm chasing his tail," Urie remarks with a smirk, talkative again, now that the topic isn't about morals.
Yunia's feeling vengeful, so she attempts to make them even more disgusted, "And because he's the only weredragon in existence so far, a lot of won want his children, as they seek more prestige."
Then Alissa pounces on the chance to proudly pimp
out, "But he is extrely skilled in sex, capable of giving so many bliss-inducing orgasms to won that they hopelessly fall in love with him."
And Kaatohe cos in for the finisher, "He also has [Mana Body], which makes his cum magical, so it's really tasty and nourishing to Chira spirits like ."
"Eww…" Lily quietly whines, while Chesa just grins in disbelief.
"Okay, TMI, dude," U Thant complains as he raises his furred hands in a plea for us to stop.
But he once again uses such an old slang that it throws
off, so I reflexively remark, "You're using English slang, but your na is completely exotic to ."
He questioningly raises a furry eyebrow. "What? Don't you know Bur?"
But I frown in confusion. "Bur? Where is it? I've heard the na once, but I don't rember where it was on Earth.
"Right next to Cambodjia," he answers, sounding a bit annoyed at my ignorance.
Now that is a place that I can point to on a map, though it's a curious choice for a reference since "Cambodjia" isn't a particularly recognizable country. "Oh, yeah~… I just don't know much about the countries over there."
"Hmph… you're not the first," he grumbles and glances at Lily, who pointedly doesn't look anywhere near where he's sitting.
I turn to the other Heroes and ask, "What about you two?"
"South Africa. I used to be black," the beardless gno answers with a grin.
"What?" I quack confusedly.
He just shrugs and answers amusedly, "I guess there aren't any black gnos, or sothing? So that's probably why the Gods made
white?"
"I also had darker skin," U Thant quietly chis in.
"I had pale skin," Chesa hums.
"We have no idea why we were changed this way," Lily flatly adds as she refuses to look
in the eye.
I want to say that she used to be lighter-skinned, but I don't have the energy to address her right now.
"You could always use [Alteration Magic] to change your skin tone?" Kaatohe questions them.
"We don't feel like it," Chesa nonchalantly answers.
"I like this white coat…" U Thant hums as he pats his arm with his furred hand.
And Samkelo just shrugs.
Then we turn towards Chesa, as nobody has anything else to add. "What…?" she whispers confusedly.
Her forgetfulness is… well, odd. "Where are you from?" I kindly ask.
"Philippines, Puanabik…" she answers, then imdiately adds rather dryly, preemptively answering my question before I can ask it, "My mother was Russian, so I inherited her facial features and skin color."
Then Lily tiredly raises her hand and scans the non-Heroes as she shares, "For those who don't know, I'm an Indian who emigrated to Canada, but I assu only we know what those words an?"
And Alissa doesn't miss the opportunity to be antagonistic, "We know quite a lot about Earth, as Wolfy has told us many stories about it, seeking comfort in the mories, for he had nothing else to remind him of ho, alone as he was when he first ca here."
Technically the truth, though it's more like I simply allowed them to peruse my mories through [Bind] and with Gify's help.
But the problem is that Alissa's little speech kills the mood just as it had started to recover.
"Sorry… I couldn't stop myself," she guiltily apologizes through [Bind].
"The Gods said that separating us was necessary…" Chesa points out, sounding rather sorrowful as she empathizes with my story.
Instead of guilting them further, I decide to impassively follow up with my opinion, "I am a King now, so I believe my purpose was establishing a safe territory that we could start spreading our earthling knowledge from, and I'd never have achieved this much if I hadn't been forced to abandon my old, ek self."
U Thant and Chesa share a look, then he worriedly admits, "We're dumb teens, so we don't know much."
"There's no hurry. You'll find your calling one day," Ciel kindly soothes them. Then the lion's eyes fall upon her massive cleavage for a split second before he looks away.
Then our chat is interrupted as the Chiras have finally returned, but it's only Diplomat Tamapa with a couple of soldiers, and the zebra-headed man looks awfully tense.
Seeing that he has everyone's attention, he clears his throat and calmly announces, "Your Highnesses, Travelers, the King and Queen would like to speak with you about Mr. Whakaahua. We've already begun a search for him, but we have little idea of where he might've gone."
"I'll have my detachnt join your n in the search," Caterina imdiately volunteers. I believe her goal is to have the Punishers observe the Chiras rather than for them to be useful to the search itself.
"You're welco to join our n," Tamapa answers with a nod.
Then we leave the mansion.
Announcent
Hall of Fa of Patrons
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