Volume 5 Chapter 15 (2/2)

Is it just my imagination or are my subordinate monsters looking at me with cold eyes?

Kuina the Celestial Fox then came into my view. She was humming unconcernedly while eating an apple. All of the golden apples were turned into potions so what she was eating was just a regular apple.  Perhaps just something to snack on.

This is perfect, I'll try it.

”Kuina, come here for a moment.”

”Yay ♪! Coming over right away.”

Kuina rushed over to my direction with a smile on her face.

Upon arrival, she gave me a tight hug.

When I patted her head, she squinted her eyes. As always, she was a pampered child.

I then firmly grasped Kuina's fluffy tail.

The soft fur wrapped gently around my hand and when I grasped tighter, I felt the flesh of her tail as it gave a pleasing reaction. My hand felt the warmth of her tail.

Ahh, it feels so good. So soft, oh, so soft.

Caressing her tail gave me so much satisfaction.

”Kuina, do you dislike it when I hold your tail like this?”

I asked to confirm.

Kuina, with a blushing face and intoxicated eyes, leaned onto my body. Her breathing was rough.

”Oto-san, it feels good when you hold my tail like that. More, hold on to it more tightly.”

As she requested, I tightened my grip and it resulted to Kuina liking it more. It didn't seem she could stand so I supported her for the time being.

”Oto-san, like that, it's amazing, Kuina's tail, feels so hot”

Hmm, it seems that, as I thought, grabbing the tail itself wasn't the issue. Maybe it's because that for Celestial Wolves, grabbing the tail is considered a taboo?

Just in case though, I decided to apologize later on and say that I didn't mean to give offense.

But then, suddenly, I felt a stare fixed on me. I turned around and saw that Fel was hiding as she watched Kuina and me.

Her face was bright red and her eyes were wide open. Furthermore, she was holding her own tail while it was between her legs.

She was moving her mouth so I decided to use wind magic to hear her voice. I became able to use wind magic when Aura became my Covenant Monster.

”Hawawa, for parent and child to do such perverted things. But Kuina looks like she feels really good. I wonder, if Father… Uuu, my tail feels so itchy.”

Yup, as I thought, I should properly apologize later.

I was certainly a good-for-nothing.

Even so, Fel's tail felt quite nice. If they would permit it, I would someday like to hold Fel's tail with my right hand while I held Kuina's tail with my left. I'm sure, that will feel the best.

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A short while after, our break ended.

My forces assembled and then, after the barrier was cancelled, moved out.

Thanks to the break and the potions, my monsters were in tiptop form.

Like so, we pushed forward to meet with Marcho.

Nevertheless, we couldn't afford to be careless.

Each of the three strongest Demon Lords—[Beast], [Time], and [Dragon]—could crush me easily no matter how ingenious I tried to be or how many traps I prepared. So for Marcho to be cornered like this—even though it was by multiple Demon Lords—carelessness was fatal.

I then glanced at two of the remaining Mithril Golems. The golems carried the thing as it was covered by a white cloth.

Yeah, we are definitely going to need to use that.

As I thought of such, I wondered whether R'lyeh Diva and her troops were alright. It was about time she sent a scheduled report. Just then, I heard her voice from the water within the earrings I wore.

Despite her laughter, she properly conveyed the trouble she was in.

”I give you permission to retreat. Prioritize your and your subordinates' lives. We're just going to have to advance from hereon under the assumption that the enemies know of our every action.”

Monsters that could control dimensions were able to peek into this world from another dimension. Moreover, depending on the circumstances, higher ranking monsters of such type could also launch sneak attacks from that other dimension.

Not having any control of the other dimension was truly undesirable, to say the least.

That being said, unlike my regular troops, I didn't have a trump card for R'lyeh Diva and her subordinates so I couldn't push them needlessly.

It can't be, is this girl…

”Don't push yourself too hard. Come back at all cost.”

Either way, I commanded her to make sure she could come back.

Like that, our communication was cut off.

Aside from praying for her sake, there was nothing I could do. And so, I moved forward and did my part.

Besides, I believed that as long as it was R'lyeh Diva, she could overcome whatever trouble that came her way.