206 Vol. 4 pt. 9 Patch 2.0: Prime Real Estate (2/2)
”I thought you were playing this game for fishing?”
”Listen. I'll fish. Eventually.”
”If you say so! Hey, Sho Sho, can you give us a ride over?” Oleander asks.
Shogun looks up at Oleander, uncurls himself, and walks over to the two lovers while yawning.
Oleander makes Corwin get onto Shogun's back first so that he can sit behind him, wrapping his arms around Corwin and rubbing his front up against the other's back. ”See you over there!” Oleander says.
Who needs rowboats when there are flying foxes?
Fenrir looks down into the water and cracks his knuckles after Shogun takes off with the others.
”I could go for a wake-up swim. You gonna come with us, girl?” Fenrir asks Rock. Actually, when he thinks about it, she is definitely going to be coming with them because he doesn't want her to be alone with Shogun while nobody else is online and nearby. But, when he remembers what Cassiel got on his case for before about being overprotective and knowing that Shogun really isn't that bad, and that they've likely already done more than he fears, Fenrir gives up and shrugs.
Rock barks to indicate that she's coming despite Fenrir's inner turmoil over it.
”Alright. Just wait for Shogun then,” Fenrir says. ”See you on the beach!” With that, he dives into the water and only realizes after entering the water that he's forgotten his sword and Rod.
Oh well. Things should be fine, and it's not like he uses anything but his hands when he gets into fights in the first place now.
Underwater, Fenrir looks around to confirm one thing first before heading toward the beach.
Yep. Their favorite serpent – real serpent, not humanized serpent which would be Nell, is swimming around in the distance looking for mimics, rowboats, and anything else that might look like a tasty snack.
”I hope she doesn't go through a rebellious phase,” Fenrir thinks to himself.
”I hope she does. It'd be funny,” Saya replies.
Fenrir ”jumps” under the water when he suddenly hears her voice inside of his head.
”What, did you already forget about me? Hmph! I see how it is, baka Onii-chan,” Saya teases him.
”I just wasn't expecting it. Anyways, hey, Saya. How've you been?” Fenrir asks her.
”You're so boring! Can't you say something less generic than that? At least use like, a funny accent or something.”
”I'm just thinking. How can I have an accent in my thoughts?”
”Like this!” Saya says with a heavy, British accent.
”That's even stronger than Nell's. I'm impressed.”
”Too bad you're impressed instead of not-boring!”
”Yeah, yeah. I know. I'm the worst. I'm the most boring person in all of existence.”
”Considering that you basically are my entire existence, that's both figuratively and technically true.”
”You know, that actually hurts a tiny bit. I can't even argue with your logic. I really am the most boring person in all of existence to you.”
”Yep! That's why you should totally be less boring.”
”Fine, I'll try just to liven things up for you.”
”At least have more sex or something so that I can have fun with those memories.”
”You're turning into a pervert instead of being a tsundere.”
”It's – it's not like I want to see those things, you perverted Onii-chan.”
”Close enough. Anyways, I'll talk to you later. Gotta explore a bit with the others.”
”Have fun! Don't die and don't be boring! Or do die. I wouldn't care or anything. Hmph!”
Fortunately, thanks to the blessing given to him by Nell, he can sigh at how silly Saya is while underwater without choking on water. Being able to breathe underwater without gills is convenient.
Fenrir finally makes it onto the beach and everybody else is already there. Even Rock has been brought over by Shogun already, and she looks like she's interested in trying out some of the shells on the beach as food. To his surprise, she actually seems to enjoy the taste and crunchiness of them as she goes from shell to shell eating every single one she can find.
”Fenny, your pupper has weird tastes,” Oleander says. ”I guess it makes sense since she's yours.”
”Between you and my assistant, I'm really starting to feel bullied here,” Fenrir says, flicking Oleander on his forehead. ”You see that, Saya? You're lucky I can't flick your forehead.”
”Hmph!” Saya hmphs.
Fenrir flicks Oleander's forehead again.
”H-hey! What was that second one for?” Oleander asks.
”That one was for my assistant. I can't flick her, so I'll just have to flick your forehead instead and pretend that you're her.”
”Hmph!” Oleander hmphs.
”See? You're similar.”
”You make your assistant hmph at you?”
”She's a tsundere.”
”You're the worst, Fenny.”
”I know.”