Chapter 73 (1/2)
Pione was a woman.
It's obvious when I see her naked as she hugs me.
Splash
Digestive juices continue to fall from the Slime.
”That's disgusting!”
”Eh!?”
I went into some bushes with Pione.
Kaede followed us and gave Pione a cloth to cover herself.
”So you were a woman.”
”I'm sorry I lied to you.”
”We'll talk about it later.”
I came out of the bushes and looked for the slime.
While avoiding the falling digestive juices, I drew my sword and took a leap to get closer to him.
Glush
I cut its body in half with a vertical slice.
The water begins to flow back from the source to the river.
”So?”
”Um, I didn't mean to offend you.”
We were standing near the fountain asking Pione for an explanation.
”In my family, it was not accepted that I was a girl, so my father had no choice but to raise me as a man. I didn't want the family to fall apart, so I tried hard to pretend to be one...”
”I see.”
”What, you really believe me!?”
”Is there a reason not to?”
If what Pione says is true, we can only accept it
After all, nothing troublesome resulted from her concealing her true identity.
But I won't deny that I was very surprised.
What surprised me was the fact that both Kaede and Frau had noticed.
They had both told me that her feminine appearance was very obvious.
Perhaps the demons in the city also knew this and kept silent.
But I could not notice her feminine appearance....
Suddenly Pione clung to my leg.
”Please! Don't tell anyone about this! I'll do anything!”
”What?”
My body had been shaken.
Those words could make any man's heart tingle.
I can't help but wonder what kind of things I could ask her for.
”I will also do whatever my master asks me to do.”
Kaede gently tugged at the hem of my shirt while blushing.
Hearing that was so embarrassing that my face turned red and I had to look away.
”Fray would also do anything for you. I am a faithful slave to my Lord. If possible, I would also like you to stroke my head and praise me every time I do something for you.”
”Kyui”
Frau, who was on top of Panda, says such words without any sign of embarrassment.
In Frau's case, I think she wants me to praise her for what she did before.
As I patted her head, she said, ”I'm so incredibly happy about this! I love it!” and pushes her head against my hand.
”So, since we're here, is there anything you want me to do?”
”Huh.”
As she looked at me with teary eyes, Pione's face was blushing.
My mouth was full of meat.
Then I tore off a piece of bread, dipped it in the soup and ate it up.
I was gorging myself on so much food that I had to drink water to get it down.
”I was so silly, I never thought you'd ask me to stay for dinner.”
”Hmm? Did you want me to do something to you?”
”Waaaah! That's embarrassing! Stop it!”
Pione's face reddens.
But saying ”anything” was definitely a slap in the face.
I'm not sure to what extent my request would be acceptable. But I figured it'd be best not to be too blatant in this type of situation, so I decided to play it safe.
But I had no intention of doing anything wrong either.
First, I have no merit in revealing Pione's identity.
So I just asked to stay at her house for dinner so she would have peace of mind.
...Well, that also includes sleeping over at her house.
”Sorry for all this. Even though you've paid me for the work I did, I'm abusing your t hospitality by staying at your house.”
”It's okay, I honestly thought $3 million was cheap compared to the work you did.”
”Oh, yes.”
I don't know what the market price is here, so it's hard to answer.
I'm sure that on the human side, a request like that would be around 100 million. But it's just a rumor, so I'm not sure.
”If you want, you can stay as many nights as you want.”
Pione touches her cheeks with both hands and smiles.
”I'm flattered, but we have to leave tomorrow.”
”Oh...”
She immediately became depressed.
The atmosphere was so overtly dark that it made us feel like we were doing something wrong.
We also want to take it easy, but we have a situation where we can't just do as we please.
”Hah~, I thought you might be friends... Eh?”