"Elsi. Could you help
for a mont?"
Elsi opened her eyes at the sound of soone calling her. The one looking for her since morning was Aira, one of the maids of this mansion. Rumor had it she was originally a child who engaged in theft, but after being influenced by the lord, she was now working as a novice nun of the Archdeity Church and as a maid in the mansion.
She was carrying so things. Several small flowerpots were placed in the hallway, and among them was a massive, heavy flowerpot that Aira couldn't lift. Elsi didn't understand why humans engaged in the act of raising such flowerpots. What was the point of raising a flowerpot you couldn't eat or talk to?
Aira pointed to the flowerpot, which was as big as her torso, and spoke.
"Please move this for ."
"Alright. It looks heavy, so I'll help."
To normal humans, it was a very heavy flowerpot, but to Elsi, it had the sense of weight of rely lifting a dumbbell. She lightly lifted the flowerpot and took it to the yard. Aira said to Elsi.
"Thank you. It was so heavy, I was having trouble."
"This is nothing. If you want to ask for another favor, just say the word."
Aira nodded and looked Elsi over. Still dressed in a revealing crop top and hot pants, her attire disoriented the people inside the mansion. There weren't many who felt sexual desire for beastfolk, but such a shaless outfit was bound to make people embarrassed. It was the sa way people would be embarrassed if a monkey walked around with its erect penis exposed, even if they felt no sexual desire for the monkey.
When Aira stared at her, Elsi asked.
"If you have sothing to say, say it."
"No. I don't have anything to say, it's just... I was thinking how strong you are, Elsi."
"All of us are this strong. I find it strange how weak humans are. They beat us in war, but ordinary people are weaker than us."
"I know, right? I need to get stronger quickly, too..."
"If you're going to train, I'll help you."
"No. For now, my lord... does this massage, and I heard if you get it, your body gets stronger."
"Massage? What's that?"
"He kneads the body like this to loosen the muscles, and at the end, my lord personally injects his strength to make it flow through the whole body."
"Makes strength flow? That sounds strange. Getting stronger like that is only temporary. You shouldn't trust mages or magic. The sa goes for a cleric's magic."
"Aww, but I'm going to try it once. Our lord's wife said she gets that massage every day."
"The lord's wife? Oh, you an that rmaid?"
"Yes, yes. Her. She got it every day and beca incredibly strong."
"Is that so? I see."
Elsi just let the story go. It was because she thought getting stronger through massage was absurd. This was a very rational and logical thought. To beastfolk, strength was all about physical training. Magic was nothing but an enchantnt that hindered physical training, a dirty forbidden art. That's why Elsi hated mages so much.
A few days passed, and Elsi found Aira knocking on her door. Aira said.
"Elsi! Co look at ! Just co and see for a second!"
Elsi, who had been relaxing on the sofa, got up. She was also curious about what could be happening so early in the morning. When she followed Aira outside, Aira was standing in front of that sa flowerpot from a few days ago. Elsi said.
"Did the cleric tell you to move it again? I'll..."
Aira blocked Elsi's outstretched hand and, with a triumphant face, pointed at the flowerpot and spoke. Aira's expression looked sohow very excited.
"Now, look, Elsi. The power of massage!"
After saying that, Aira grabbed both ends of the flowerpot and took a deep breath. Elsi, worried that Aira might get hurt, said.
"Stop. If you get hurt doing that..."
"Urratcha!"
Elsi stopped mid-sentence and shut her mouth. It was because Aira had let out a forceful exertion yell and lifted the flowerpot. Elsi knew the flowerpot's weight from having lifted it herself. That flowerpot was not a weight an ordinary human woman could lift with such vigor. Aira lifted the flowerpot high above her head and then slowly set it back down. Rubbing her back slightly, Aira grinned.
"How about that? The massage is amazing, right?"
Elsi couldn't believe the effect even after seeing it with her own two eyes. Aira gave a thumbs-up and a wide grin to Lusius, who was watching the situation from afar. Elsi, wondering if the flowerpot's weight had lightened, lifted it herself and even examined it from all angles.
But the weight was the sa. The sa heavy sense of weight filled Elsi's hands.
"Amazing. To get this strong in just a few days."
After pondering for a mont, Elsi went to the upper floor. As soon as she saw Eve walking down the hallway, Elsi said.
"I request a duel."
"What? A duel?"
Eve showed a lukewarm reaction to Elsi's sudden request for a duel. She said.
"Can't we do it a little later? I'm a bit busy right now."
Eve said, showing the docunts in her hand. Elsi nodded and replied.
"Then I'll wait outside, so finish your work quickly and co out. I want to duel."
Compared to beastfolk, rmaids were physically weak. Most rmaids couldn't even walk, and they were often helpless on land. That was why Elsi was curious just how strong Eve was. Unlike humans, whose strength could be roughly gauged at a glance, she'd never properly fought a rmaid, so it was hard to tell.
Elsi was waiting in the mansion yard, kicking a stone. Cellu, who was swimming in the swimming pool at the edge, asked Elsi.
"What are you doing?"
"I requested a duel. With... that... Lady Peta?"
"It's Lady Peta. Her na is Eve."
Elsi pondered for a mont, then looked at Cellu and asked.
"rmaid. Do you know about the massage?"
At those words, the corners of Cellu's mouth twitched, and she barely caught her breath before speaking.
"Uh... um... ye...s, I know. Massage. Very effective! Our Eve... phhbt... got it and got super stro...ng! That's right!"
Elsi knew Cellu was always grinning, so she didn't find it strange that she was smiling as she spoke. Hearing that, Elsi nodded again. It seed Lusius's massage had a solid reputation among the rmaids as well.
After a little while, Eve ca out wearing light clothes instead of the dress she usually wore. Eve walked out leisurely, a curved sword in one hand. She said to Elsi.
"Hey, I won't go easy on you like our groom does, you hear?"
Eve looked strangely displeased. Elsi thought it was because she was being looked down on. So she responded lightly to Eve's provocation.
"Don't go easy. The cleric didn't go easy either. Do your best. I'll do my best too."
When Elsi nonchalantly brushed off her provocation, Eve looked even more annoyed. She pointed her curved sword at Elsi's head and said.
"Fuck, just co at
already. I'm busy."
The mont those words ended, Elsi charged at Eve. Taking a lesson from her previous defeat, this ti she intended to end it in a swift and decisive victory, rushing at Eve at full speed from the start. Eve, surprised by Elsi's unexpected speed, still swung her curved sword wide to narrow Elsi's angle of approach.
Dodging where the white trajectory was drawn, Elsi approached Eve. In Elsi's eyes, Eve's abdon looked wide open. Elsi revealed her sharp fingernails and reached for Eve.
"Where do you think you're going!"
Eve barely escaped Elsi's grip. Her shirt was torn wide open, revealing her underwear and bare skin. Elsi quickly lowered her body into a stance and lunged at Eve again like a spring. Eve stabbed her curved sword into the ground, then scraped it to kick up dust. Her vision suddenly obscured by the sudden action, Elsi retreated.
Elsi looked around, a clear sign of tension on her face. Eve's combat sense was considerable. She had a calmness as if she had killed people while crossing the edge of death countless tis. Elsi had thought that the mont she tore Eve's clothes, she would be flustered.
The curved sword flew out from within the dust. Elsi dodged the curved sword and rushed in that direction. Judging by its direction and speed, if she went in now, she could definitely catch a weak point. Elsi's hand cut through the dust.
"Caught you, you fucking cat bastard!"
But there was nothing there. The curved sword could be seen flying through the empty space next to Elsi. Eve was in a stance in Elsi's blind spot. She had obscured her vision with dust, thrown only the curved sword, and moved quickly to another spot. The mont Elsi was suspended mid-air, Eve snatched her from the empty space and slamd her to the ground.
"Keuk...!"
Elsi, her face smashed into the dirt floor, struggled. But she couldn't beat Eve with physical strength. Eve revealed her sharp teeth and spoke. She was in a good mood from the satisfaction of victory.
"I won, didn't I?"
".....I admit defeat."
Two losses since coming here. Elsi's heart was heavy with a result unbecoming of a beastfolk of the Marimba Tribe. Eve roughly fixed her torn clothes and picked up the curved sword that had fallen to the ground. Elsi got up from the ground and asked Eve.
"Is your strength because of that massage?"
"Huh? Uhh..... uh. Right. The massage. I got... my husband's excellent massage every... day... and... my body... keuheup... got healthier... and... that..."
Eve praised the massage, the corners of her mouth twitching. Cellu, who had been watching the duel from the swimming pool, also had her face buried in the water, making bubbles. Her shoulders were shaking, a clear sign she was laughing hard.
"If you get my husband's massage... it's... also... helpful for... training... you know? Eung?"
Eve's face was beet red as she constantly tried to suppress the corners of her mouth. To Elsi, her expression looked as if she was trying to hold back the corners of her mouth from naturally rising as she recalled the happy feeling of the massage.
"Is that so? Is the massage that amazing?"
"Uh, uh. That's right. Massage is the best. The best! Fuck, it's fucking the best!"
Eve, who had raised her tension to the max and was repeatedly shouting "the best" into the empty space, suddenly lost all trace of a smile, scratched her head, threw her curved sword to the ground, and sighed.
".....Motherfucker."
"Is there anything you won't say, Eve?"
As Cellu pouted and chided Eve, Eve spoke again.
".....Fatherfucker."
"That's more like it."
Cellu praised Eve. Elsi began to think about the massage once more.
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