Chapter 149: I Can’t Just Accept an Engagement Like This! (1/2)

“This is…a human’s weapon?” Slightly wary of the blade, Numila didn’t accept it right away, but instead asked, “What are its uses?”

“This blade is able to increase the effects of one’s fire magic, as for what that means exactly, you will know once you use it.” Shoving the blade into her claws, I smiled thinly before pointing at the hilt: “You grip onto this and draw it out.”

“Like this?”

While Numila had no hands to speak of, gripping a hilt was still possible for her claws. With her left claw wrapped tightly around the hilt and her right claw securing the scabbard, she gingerly tugged on the blade. However, the blade barely budged as she fumbled around with the scabbard.

“Not like that, normally you use your right hand to grip the hilt since that’s the main hand.” I immediately corrected her while shaking my head.

“Oh.” She flipped her claws around and this time the blade instantly flew out in a shower of fiery sparks. In just a few moments, the fiery blade was in full view of the harpy witch. “This blade…it’s gorgeous!” She exclaimed with sparkling eyes.

“It’s so beautiful, thanks for giving me this blade.”

“I’m lending it to you, not giving it…”

“Ah, just lending huh…” She trailed off in a slightly dejected manner. Even so, that didn’t stop her from waving the blade around enthusiastically with her right claw. With every wave, it seemed like the flames on the straight blade grew ever brighter until finally, even I was hit by a wave of scorching heat despite the distance between us being over two meters. This heat…wasn’t it a lot scarier than when I wielded it?

“This temperature…this magical output…why does it feel like my flames have gotten hotter even though I infused less mana into it. Furthermore, this blade seems to be sharper than my claws! “Unbelievable! Was this really created by humans? So humans were actually such amazing creatures…uncanny…unreal…un…”

Auntie, are you about done with the uns? Don’t tell me you’ve become a die hard fan of humans just like that?

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“Mhm, this blade was truly made for creatures with an affinity for fire. In the human world, such a blade could easily cost a fortune worth tens of thousands of slaves.”

“That much? That’s more than ten times the size of my clan.”

Even though she hadn’t left the Prison of the Dead before, it seems like the word slave transcended cultural barriers. As a harpy, she naturally understood the term as referring to those poor males caught in her nest.

Looking at that stunned look in her eyes, I suddenly felt a sense of pride for being a human: “Such a powerful blade isn’t something that can be crafted by any old craftsman, it’s a high-grade enchanted weapon after all.”

As she happily waved the blade around, within her she clearly felt the increase in strength caused by the blade. With a crazed “Wahaha” she laughed, “Kwah, you actually gave me such a treasure, I’m so happy!”

“…I’m lending it…not giving it…” How did this suddenly turn into me gifting you the blade? Wasthis the so-called bandit nature of the harpies at work?

“Don’t mind those minor details, if a girl’s too miserly, her kitty cat will start to shrink.” After throwing out those words, which I couldn’t find the energy to tsukkomi, she puffed up her chest and pointed her feathery weapons at me. Dang…those must’ve been a pair of 36Ds if those feathers were removed.

“How many times have I said this already, I’m a male not a female!” Just as that last word left my mouth, an alarming thought crossed my mind. What was her reaction again when I last said this? Didn’t she inspect my lower ha—that, don’t tell me she’s going to do that again…no way!

I immediately shielded my pee pee or lack thereof with the Grimoire of the Dead.

“Lies, don’t think for a second that I’m not aware of what a male has hanging down there, and you definitely don’t have anything hanging down there.”

“But I’m really not lying, that thing will grow out in the future, mhm, that’s right, it will grow out in the future, definitely!”

“Really?”

“Really! Realer than reality!”

“If you’re really a male then I permit you to be my fiance, as long as you give me this blade.” Instead of the predicted inspection, instead she seemed unusually embarrassed and…when did I say that I wanted to marry you? Please spare me sister, I know demonic ladies are a genre in of itself but that’s in the 2D world. What do you want me to do with all those feathers in the 3D world?!

In the midst of my furious tsukommis, my silence ended up being taken as consent by the seemed-to-have-roasted-her-brains harpy.

“Hey, whatever you’re thinking of right now, the answer is no”

“Why’d you say no…isn’t this one beautiful enough for you?” For a tomboy like her, who would’ve expected her to have such a charming side when she spoke in such a gentle tone…

“It’s not that, you’re really pretty and all but our races are different…”

“It’s alright, there are only females in the harpy witch race so we have to get our males from the other races anyway.”

“That…” How should I even say no to that? If I’m too forceful will she turn on me right on the spot? But if I’m too soft on her, she might just think that I was willing to marry her except that I had some other considerations…

“Are you worried about this one’s “thing”…don’t worry, this one’s body hasn’t been touched by another male yet. Harpy witches are different from harpies, we are absolutely loyal to our mates.” As she said that, her bewitching face inched ever closer towards me…to the point where I was able to smell her scent, her musky…stimulating…scent.

“Men and women shouldn’t…don’t come so close…” Such an eyeful…there was nothing human-like about her except for her face and body shape, but that face of hers…it’s just so pretty…and those curves…I bet any man would die for a chance to bury their head in those curves.