Chapter 263: A Big Tadpole (1/2)
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”Wow, are you a flying blazing skull?!”
”How are you alive?”
”How can you talk?”
”You don't have eyes… how can you look at me?”
”Hey, your fire doesn't burn!”
”But it's warm…!”
”Can I hug you?”
The little kids began to pester Belphegor the most. To them he was really a strange being. At least the others looked mildly humanoid, but Belphegor was just a giant floating skull in the most literal sense. And he was covered in red flames that didn't burned when they touched him. In fact he was very smooth when they touched his skull. He actually kept himself rather clean and always took warm baths of milk to keep himself fresh and with all the calcium he needed.
”…Yes I am a flying blazing skull. I am not alive, I an Undead. I can speak through my soul. I can look through my soul too. Indeed, my fire doesn't burn because I can manipulate it and its part of my soul. It is warm so you can feel comfortable. You can hug me if you want.” Said Belphegor. He answered all the kids questions one by one with incredibly patience. He was a gentle-hearted skull and had learned to be gentle with kids such as Chaos, Erebus, and more.
The adorable orphans began hugging him and he felt rather warm inside, not the warm of his fire but he felt as if he was connecting with the kids… and also felt surprised they were not scared of his hideous appearance, but only curious about him.
”Y-You're not scared about how I look, kids?” he asked.
”A bit… But you're nice!”
”Nice people deserve to be treated nicely…”
”Big sis taught us to be kind!”
”She said that there are people of all shapes and sizes out there, so whenever we were to meet them, we have to be open…”
”You're cool! Can I mount you?”
”I see…! And yes, you can mount me if you want to!” said Belphegor, as several kids suddenly sat down over his skull and he carried them around, holding them tightly to not fall using his flames, which didn't burn but were warm and welcoming.
”Wooah! This is awesome!”
”Uwawaahhh…!”
”I-I am going to fall! Uwaah!”
”Calm down kids, I am holding you tightly!” laughed Belphegor, flying around the large hut and making the kids giggle in excitement over such a new experience.
”I can see that Belphegor is having fun with the kids…” said Boxxy while sitting over her own treasure chest.
”Wow, is that treasure chest part of you?”
”You're cute!”
”Want to become my big sis?”
Some of the kids approached Boxxy, who was a Doppelganger, in this form she/he was able to take into the form of an androgynous sexless girl-like youth, with chocolate-colored skin and long silvery-white hair. She covered her body with her own long hair and sat down over her treasure chest.
”This is my shell! Inside is my actual body… If you open it in a dungeon, you'll get chomped!” said Boxxy, trying to intimidate the kids, but only getting amazed looks.
”Wow! Really?!”
”That's a treasure chest mimic then!”
”Big sis hunted some in a nearby dungeon… they're tasty!”