Volume 2: Chapter 1 - Part 8
Author: Geraint
Several days later, we were camping on the woods during daytime and I was resting from the long night of driving while everyone was working together to prepare their meal with the huge mountain boar that I hunted from the wild. They need learn how to dismantle the monster by themselves or it will hard for them to survive in this world.
I was speaking to Naamah on crystal ball and the other two disaster witches are listening with her to me.
Showing them the map, I pointed my finger in a part of the border between the Land of Bestia and Human Territory.
"I want you girls to open a path in this part of border so we could pass through that place."
"But Seir-sama, that place is heavily guarded by the alliance which is currently at war with the beast tribes." Naamah said while thinking deeply about the plan.
"It will be such a pain if we took another detour. Our route will be shortened if we went straight through their military defense line over there."
"Seir-sama, that's..."
"Was it impossible for you guys? Do you need help?"
"No! It not like that, Seir-sama! The three of us are already enough to destroy that place and it wouldn't take that long. It just that..."
"What is it, Naamah?"
"Well, it won't directly affect us but if we went and destroyed that place, humans would think that beastfolks are conspiring with the demons and the war will escalate with more human countries joining the alliance. The beast tribes will surely get overwhelmed by the enemy forces and destroyed with the their refugees coming to my territory just like the elves."
"Oh, I see. I get what are you trying to say but how will we cross that place? In the end, I will be the one who will destroy that place from behind."
"Ugh... I guess, we really don't have any no choice."
It's decided that they will do the job while Naamah looks troubled.
"Uuuuugh..."
"We're talking about Seir-sama here. It will always end up like this. We just don't have to delay what's already inevitable. Hahaha!" Hannya laughed after tapping Naamah in the shoulders.
"My territory's budget for this month!" Naamah cried.
"I still have the treasures that I stole with Lilith from the Demon King Castle. You could have some of it for your funds."
"Seir-sama, thank you! Please marry me!"
This made me felt weird and awkward.
"I think that's a little bit..."
"You should at least say 'Yes' even it's not possible!"
"After all, just like with Lilith. We are half-siblings. I should be calling you my big sister since we have the same father which is the former demon king. Prince Eligor wasn't aware of that when he sent you an invitation to become part of his concubine."
Suddenly, I heard something dropped from behind and when I glanced, I saw you Yuuka and other girls looking at me with shocked expression.
"Huh?"
Yuuka went towards me and she grabbed me up on the collar.
"You and Lilith are half-siblings?! Is that true?"
"Yes... the same happened to her mother which was a human. She was also taken as a prisoner just like my mother."
She glanced to Lilith which she responded with a nod to her.
Yuuka sighed after her confirmation.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? I could treat her as my little sister, you know?"
"She wouldn't like it anyway. Her pride as my maid, she won't allow it. She already made an oath with me."
Yuuka pinched Lilith in the cheek, hearing that from me.
"I nearly misunderstood your relationship with him in the past. I thought you like him and see him as a man but you're actually his little sister."
"Seir-sama is my master, not my brother. If I allowed it, he will spoil me rotten and I don't want that."
Lilith looks in pain when Yuuka suddenly let go of her, leaving her with swelling cheek.
"Yeah. You're right. I am already aware with how he treats Fuyumi like a doting brother."
Few days has passed and we finally arrived near the border between human territory and demon realm. The problem was we met with a dead end and there's no road for the vehicle with the rocky mountains in front of us.
"I guess we have no choice but to walk by foot from here on."
"Eh...!"
Everyone's faces is telling me that it's pain in the ass.
"Some of you guys gained a lot of weight from overeating! Lose some weight! Just think of it as we are hiking!"
I retorted to them.
We walked though the rocky path, going through the mountains and cliffs.
Everyone was breathing heavily when we reached the top and all their eyes was struck by the beauty of the sceneries with different species of birds flying around the greenery of tall trees.
"Wow!"
"This is amazing!"
Shiina was about to passed out from exhaustion and Lilith gave her a shoulder.
"I'm sorry for being a death weight, Lilith."
"You should exercise sometimes to burn your excess fat."
"Ugh! I'm sorry for being fat."
She took a hit inside and she cried while apologizing.
"Well, all those excess fat goes to your chest anyway. I'm so envious."
Lilith replied with dejected face.
"Lilith!"
Only me and Kaho-san didn't break a sweat from climbing.
"Seir, let's go for another round to that mountain. The first one to reach the peak is the victorious."
"Sure."
The two of us are competing the whole time which made us ahead of everyone.
"Stop it, you two! Don't leave us like that! We should always stick together!"
Saeko-sensei was mad and yelled at us.
"Mooo!"
"Okay, okay! I'm sorry. We won't compete anymore."
Kaho-san just smiled and calmed her down.
I looked around and found Riko looks sweaty, sitting on the rock while holding her right foot. Going to check on her, I asked:
"Riko, are you okay?"
"Oh--Seir-kun! This is nothing."
She was surprised and told me she was fine but her expression is showing different that she looks in pain.
"Let me check on it."
"Huh?"
I moved down and check her foot, taking off her black shoe and sock then I noticed how charming her legs until she noticed that I was already looking under her skirt.
"Stop looking, you perv!"
She blushed and immediately held down her skirt.
"Sorry."
I returned back to look at her foot when I saw a scar from operation across her ankle.
"This is..."
Touching a part of her foot with my finger and she already enduring a pain.
"Ouch!"
"You stupid, why didn't you tell me about this?!"
I can't take it anymore when she hid something like this important to me.
"Sorry but I just don't want to speak about this."
"If you told me earlier, I didn't let walk on your own and strain your foot!"
"Just because we're old pals but there are also things that I won't tell you!"
"Hey! Stop arguing, you two!"
Yuuka went between us.
"Then what kind of relationship do you want so you would tell me?"
"Eh?"
Riko was surprised when I asked her and her face became flushed while I stared closer to her eyes to see if she's going to lie in her response.
"Hey! You're too close!"
She looked away as she tried to push me away.
"I'm just making sure that you won't lie."
"Stop it! Don't look at me like that!"
She was very embarrassed.
"Onii-sama..."
I felt a chill as I glanced towards Yuuka who has menacing smile on her face when she called my name.
Riko gulped when she saw how scary Yuuka with her smile when serious.
"Come with me. We'll have a nice talk with Ayaka."
Yuuka grabbed me from behind and dragged me away.
"Riko!"
Riko sticked out her tongue and mocked me which I thought that it was kind of cute when she acted like that.
"Bheh!"
Her face was still beet red when she looked away.
(To be continued.)