171 Vol. 3 pt. 41 Patch 7.0: Monster Showdown (1/2)

The serpent drops Fenrir off on the beach near the others before collapsing.

Despite how confused Fenrir still is from getting carried over by her, and it looks like the others are all confused as well, he gets to the point and asks, ”Can you heal her, Cass?”

”Sure,” Cassiel says, cautiously approaching the serpent. It's the first time she's ever been this close to a monster of this size that wasn't wanting to kill her, and it's the first time she's ever tried healing a non-player in general whom isn't Rock.

The serpent moves when Cassiel stands next to her, looking at Cassiel with one of her eyes which is larger than Cassiel's head.

Cassiel turns around and looks back at Fenrir.

”She's safe,” Fenrir says.

”O-okay,” Cassiel says, taking a deep breath before raising her hands to the serpent to heal her.

Mystical, golden light flows from Cassiel's hands into the serpent, and the serpent relaxes and closes her eyes upon feeling it.

”Hey there, princess,” a familiar voice says from behind Fenrir.

Fenrir turns around and sees the same odd man from before. Only, now he's trying to flirt with Oleander.

The man hops off of his mount and kneels down in front of Oleander. ”Would you like to fly with me? I could show you the world with my trusty steed,” the man proposes, taking Oleander's hand into his own.

Fenrir can't help but cringe at the sight, but when he looks at how Oleander is reacting, he sees the sadistic gears turning within Oleander's head.

”You're so sweet!” Oleander says, raising his hands over his heart as he speaks in an extra feminine tone. ”And you're such a cutie, too.”

While those two flirt, Fenrir sees something else happening to make this day even crazier than it already is.

Shogun and Rock are staring at each other.

They are not just staring at each other, but they look way too interested in one another. Rock's tail is wagging and even Shogun's feathery tail is wagging a bit.

”They grow up so fast, Onii-chan,” Saya says.

”I am not letting my dog hook up with some oversized fox,” Fenrir thinks back to her. ”She's like a daughter to me!”

”So, you're telling me that you not only tongued your own dog, but you did that with your dog that you see as a daughter?”

”I'm going to uninstall you.”

”You'd have to uninstall your brain to do that, silly Onii-chan.”

Shogun walks up to Rock and then rolls over onto his back in front of her.

Rock closes the distance, sniffs him all over, and then licks his face.

”I've healed her as much as I can,” Cassiel says. ”Who's that guy talking to Olly? And why do you… look so sad?” she asks after seeing Fenrir's face.

Fenrir raises a very sad finger to point at Rock and Shogun happily wrestling with each other. Despite Shogun being so much larger and more powerful looking, he lets Rock win all of their little fights and is always the first one to submit to her victory.

”That's… really cute,” Cassiel says.

Fenrir grabs Cassiel's shoulders and shakes her. ”This is basically watching some random guy I don't know coming up to my daughter and trying to seduce her! And it's working! Rock is totally falling for him!” he explains.

”I'm tired. Stop shaking me,” Cassiel says, brushing his hands off of her shoulders. ”Look, they're happy, isn't that all that matters? Don't tell me you're one of those guys who are overly protective of their kids and tries to stop them from dating. That's what mine did and that just made me hook up with a bunch of douchebags instead of the respectable ones since they were the only ones that would date me behind my parents' backs. Do you really want Rock to go off behind your back with animals you don't know? At least that fox isn't trying to get her high and trying to pimp her.”

”You… had a rough time dating before, didn't you?” Fenrir asks after hearing her rant and seeing how upset she looks at recalling those memories.

”Our kids are allowed to date as soon as they're old enough.”

”You're already planning on us having kids?”

”Sh-shut up, bastard. Of course I am. Don't point out the obvious.”

”Alright, alright. I promise I won't be overly protective, but I'll still want to meet all of their boyfriends and girlfriends. Hey, wait. I haven't met your parents yet and have never even talked to them. Do they even know I exist?”

Cassiel looks away and tries to whistle but fails at it.

”Cass. Are you dating me behind your parents' backs?” Fenrir asks again.

Her attempt at whistling speeds up and grows louder.

”You really suck at whistling.”

Cassiel turns her head around to face him once more, ready to shout at him, but gets a surprise kiss on her lips instead.

A surprised moan turns into an angry shout as soon as he pulls his lips away from her. ”D-don't surprise me like that, you perverted dog overprotective bastard!”

”Looks like you've got a trouble one there, bro!” the stranger shouts over from Oleander.

Cassiel glares at the strange man and draws her sword. ”Who are you calling trouble, asshole?” she asks.

”Woah, you called somebody something other than 'bastard,'” Fenrir teases.

”Th-that's because I don't want to call him something I call you!”