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Chapter 10 - Chapter VIII: Making a splash!

Late April, Saturday morning, in Lily's bedroom; her room was as messy as always.

Lily was slowly getting up, on all fours, and with the mannerism of that of a cat, she stretched her limbs. "Nya... My stomach hurts. I ate too much of Siegfried's Crispy Chicken Fillet last night, guh... I don't feel so good. Nya... I wonder what will we do today?"

Then her stomach started to hurt again, "I better head to the toilet." She exited her room, and headed to the bathroom, after relieving herself, there she saw Ivanna sitting on the dinner table and sipping a glass of warm milk, "Ah, good morning, Lily." She politely greeted, "Nya, good morning to you too, Ivanna." She looked around, "Where's Siegfried?"

She shrugged, "I do not know. I have not yet seen Mr. Siegfried, perhaps he's out on his daily jog." She asked another question, "And Mina?"

She pointed outside, "Tending to the gardens that she made just three days ago. I must say, she has quite the green thumb." Then the front door opened, and Mina's face was covered with dust, dirt and her face was caked in sweat. "Oooh, that's that." She had a contented look on her face before removing her gardening gloves, "Excellent work, Mina, what did you plant?" Ivanna wondered, and Mina fidgeted for a second before she smiled shyly whilst blushing intensely, "Um... I've planted Tomatoes, Cucumbers, and Potatoes! I asked Lily to ask for the seeds in my stead..." she had a weak laugh as her voice trailed off.

Then they heard someone coming down the stairs; it was Siegfried he has his usual expression with a hint of irritation, "Oh, Siegfried there you are. I thought you were out jogging." He looked at Lily as his expression of irritation melted into a look of surrender and shook his head, "Heinz... told me that I should show you girls around, immediately." As he softly spoke, then Lily had a gleam of eagerness and excitedly said, "What? What?! We're going somewhere?!" He held his hand up, "Let me finish." And continued, "I have a question... For you three." He added, "How good are you girls at swimming?" And the trio tilted their heads in confusion.

Then the scene transitioned into the girls and Siegfried riding a public bus towards the water park. Lily could barely contain her excitement, and Mina was sitting next to Lily trying to calm her down, and Lily was chanting, "Water Park! Water Park!" Over and over, "Lily calm down! We're in a public place, I understand your enthusiasm but please calm yourself." And Lily replied with a gleeful expression, "Sorry Mi-mi, I couldn't help it, it's my first time going! I can't wait to slide down a giant waterslide! I've only seen them in commercials and Anime and now we're actually going!" she glanced at Siegfried for split second and had a mischievous smirk, then she whispered, "Say, are you excited of seeing him without his shirt on?" Mina's ears reddened in embarrassment, "Lily you know we shouldn't talk about things like that!" she chuckled playfully and Ivanna added, "My... An aquatic park? Lily is right, I've only seen them in magazines. Truly, how exciting!"

Then they finally arrived at the Water Park. Lily yelled out triumphantly, "Woo-hoo! We're finally here!" Siegfried placed his finger on his lips and shushed her, "Shh..." Lily covered her mouth and apologized, "Nyehehehe, sowwy nya." He shook his head in exasperation, "Ah, look over there, that must be the commission booth." Pointed by Ivanna, there a short line of customers was waiting to get in through admission. It was mostly humans trying to escape the spring sun, and the others are amphibious-type monsters such as Toadmen, Frogkin, Fishfolk, and the Japanese Kappa. Siegfried nodded, "Let's go." After getting in line, Siegfried successfully procured the tickets for the entrance pass.

Ivanna then noticed that his Host is grumbling about something. "Hmm? Is something the matter, Siegfried?" He shook his head, "It's nothing..." and handed each of them a ticket, "Come." "Alright, one at a time." Guided by the staff, "Locker rooms for males is that way and for females this way."

He nodded, "I'll see you girls at the main pool." They nodded, "Roger that!" said in synch by the trio, and went their separate ways for now.

At the men's locker room...

Siegfried placed his bag at his rented locker, he took off his shirt, and his pants and changed into his brand-new swim trunks and wore a grey sleeveless jacket, and zipped it close. "Hmm... that'll do. Also, Heinz gave a piece of advice earlier."

*FLASHBACK*

"Also, you bought the girls swimsuits, eh? Damn, I never thought you'd be like that you horndog you." As he teased Siegfried, "They suggested it. I only paid for their purchases not chose for them." As he softly spoke, but then remembered when Ivanna pulled him into the changing booth to see if it looks good on her, "Wait, technically I did but—" he said in a panicked voice, "Aha! So, you DID choose their swimsuits! Oh Freddie, you closet pervert! AHAHA!" Siegfried was getting annoyed, "Let me explain...!" but he didn't as Mr. Heinz was too busy laughing himself to death, after a few seconds he finally subsided and said, "Well, Freddie-boy, piece of advice for you" He listened intently, "And that is?" he continued, "Compliment them." Siegfried had a confused look on his face, "Hm? What do you..." he interrupted him, "Say those swimsuits that you personally choose look great on them, understand? It'll make them feel better 'bout themselves." he looked at his phone with a puzzled look on his face, "I'll try..." and he placed his hand onto Siegfried's shoulder, "Viel Glück, Siegfried."

*END OF FLASHBACK*

(Complimenting on their outfits...)

He took a deep breath to calm himself, then exited the Men's Locker Room, there he felt like he was being watched by other people. Not surprising, as he's the minority in a country full of Japanese.

Near the Main Pool, Siegfried waited for the trio. "Siegfried! Over here! Over here!" in the distance, Lily, Ivanna, and Mina all wore the bikinis that Siegfried had bought for them. Lily wore a pink and white bikini with a blue skirt that emphasizes her figure and overall beauty, Ivanna looked graceful and overflowing with beauty and elegance and Mina looked like an innocent goddess of fertility that is ready to bless the dry lands.

The entire male populace of the place was staring at them, slack-jawed as they walked by, Lily strutted her stuff, with a smug expression, Ivanna walked with grace and elegance and Mina walked timidly, and shyly, but nevertheless garnering attention from the male and female populace.

"Did you wait for a while, nya?" Lily asked Siegfried, but Siegfried shook his head, "Nein, I just arrived here." He softly spoke and Lily teasingly said, "That so?" and gestured to their bodies, "Well, what do you think?" she asked, then their Host hesitated before taking a short breath, and looking at the trio in the eye and said, "You three..." (What is this burning sensation? Embarrassment? I haven't felt this since... Come on, just say it.) and with a slight redness on his face, he let out, "You three... look amazing..." He declared, "Stunning even." Then the trio was stunned at their Host's remark and looked embarrassed as well, and unbeknownst to Siegfried, he had inadvertently earned the scorn and jealousy of present males of the water park. (This bloodlust...)

Lily chuckled nervously, blushed, and said, "T-Thanks... Hehe..." And smiled widely as Ivanna placed her hands on her cheek and her face burned red, "My, my, why thank you, Mr. Siegfried. You do know how to make a woman blush!" and Mina was too embarrassed to say anything, but managed to mutter, "T-Thank you, Siegfried..." and smiled warmly at the compliment.

She gazed at Siegfried's sleeveless jacket, showcasing his toned arms, and was smiling pervertedly, to the point that she was drooling a bit. "Alright, let's get wet." He took off his jacket and showed off his toned body. Slim yet muscular, a full set of V-cut 6-pack abs, toned pecs. A perfect balance of muscle tone and slenderness; not too bulky with muscles yet not too thin as well. He stretched his arms to warm his body up.

Albeit his body is littered with scars and not to mention the Tattoo that bore the number II on the base of his neck, it's hidden if it weren't for KoN's Synthe-skins which hid them from the public eye.

And the girls? Oh, they were wet all right. But not in the way Siegfried thought or anticipated, and in their minds, they were silently losing their marbles about how physically fit Siegfried is. "Um, Lily...?" Ivanna asked the distracted Lily and without a breaking glance from her Host she responded, "Nya?" "Never have I ever seen Siegfried without a shirt, and... needless to say, it's way beyond anything I could conjure in my mind."

Lily's nose actually bled when he saw shirtless Siegfried, and immediately wiped it off with a towel.

He noticed that the girls weren't moving from their positions, "What's the matter? We're burning daylight here."

They went on a variety of rides, first, they went to a ride that simulated surfing, Lily went first and kept falling off the surfboard and struggled to keep her balance, "Whoa, nya!" and wiped out from the board. Then Siegfried went, and slipped off the board the first time, but didn't give up and saw other experienced riders on how they did it and tried again. He replicated what he saw on the experienced riders as he held the surfboard with his hand and went in, he then finally kept his balance and was surfing a simulated wave, he gained confidence with his surfing and did a little trick to show off a little bit. They went to a variety of slides and rides but Siegfried decided to stay in the Lazy River to relax a little bit, while the girls went on different rides.

Then they went on the tallest ride in the indoor water park, a tall water slide, Lily was the one who wanted to go first among the three. The slide itself is 35 meters tall or 100 feet, and 60 meters long, or 200 feet, it had a blue and yellow tube slide, blue-painted platforms, and stairs, above there are people both human and monster alike lined up for the slide, and for safety precaution, people or monster below 3 feet (1m) or below is not allowed to go.

Then it was time for Lily to go, for safety reasons they go by intervals whenever someone goes in, a plastic but firm shield inside the tube that closes, and the rider sits on their feet. When it's time for their turn the shield opens up and the rider slides across the tube. Then it was time for Lily to make a splash, she grabbed hold of the railings and waited for the operator to give the green light.

When the operator gave the thumbs-up, Lily slid right in, and the shield opens and down she goes, "Nyahoo!!!" the young Nekomata screamed of thrill and enjoyment, she laughed of joy and pure ecstasy and saw the light inside of the blue tunnel and began to skip on the chest-deep water, she yelled, "Nya! Again! That was awesome, nya!" and she heard screams of thrill from Ivanna when she was launched out of the tube, "My word, that was so... exhilarating!" Lily swam towards Ivanna, "Nya! I know, right?!" and Ivanna nodded energetically in excitement, and Lily looked around and said, "Where's Mina?" Ivanna pointed at the tube, and soon voices of excitement followed, "Whoa...! Clear the way!" and a 6-foot, 9-inch, female Minotaur launched out of the tube, "That was fun! Scary... but fun!" Lily asked, "What took you so long, Mina?" she had embarrassed, and chuckled nervously, "I, um, had second thoughts. But Siegfried encouraged me to go for it." she looked up at the platform and waved at him, and he waved back, "And so I did."

Back at the top of the platform of the slide, Siegfried was next in line, before he was approved of going in, he warmed up his arms and legs, and cracked his knuckles and joints on his back.

When Siegfried slid in, he thought, (Oh... this reminds me of the time when I used an ejection pod to launch myself behind enemy lines...) the operator gave the green light and Siegfried slid right in, and the shield opened and he was launched down, but compared to the girls, Siegfried was not thrilled but rather the opposite; he had a bored look. As he was sliding down, he yawned and thought, and later he was launched into the pool, his hair covered his face, and dove down underwater and rose up and slicked back his hair, and heard a group of teenaged girls shrieking in delight, "YAAAA! OMG! HE'S SO HOT!"

But Siegfried paid no attention to his group of fans or rather he didn't realize that he now has a group of fans.

As he swam out to the edge of the pool and sat, there not too far out he was greeted by the widely smiling girls, "Hiiii!" he looked around cautiously and pointed at himself, and the girls nodded vigorously, and Siegfried didn't want to be rude, and with an awkward expression he waved back and they shrieked even louder. "So noisy..." then Lily, Ivanna, and Mina all narrowed their eyes in disgust at the other group and approached their Host, "Oh, hey."

He stood up and Lily asked, "Yo! How's the ride?" asked by Lily, and as Siegfried was about to reply, she gestured to the two and seized their host by his hands, and dragged him away from the other girls' line of sight. Lily, Ivanna, and Mina blushed heavily when they were holding his arms and Lily holding his toned back, "W-What are you three...?" and Lily whose face is red as a tomato just shook her head, "N-Nothing, nya! And directed him toward other rides.

And after trying out different rides that are available inside, they decided to take a break from swimming and bought food from the nearby food stands. "Food... Do you three want some?" he asked, "Ooh! Then I want Yakisoba!" Lily exclaimed, "Oh, I would like some green salad please." He nodded and grunted towards Mina, she paused for a second before, Lily whispered in her ear and suggested her a bite-sized snack, "U-Um, Takoyaki, please..." he nodded

He made a mental note of what their orders are and went on his way to get the food while the girls find a table to sit in. After getting the food, Siegfried saw the girls are being disturbed by a group of males, a mix of monster species; a male Minotaur, a male Felynne, and a male Satyr. "Hey, girls, wanna have some fun with us?" pervertedly suggested the Satyr, "Damn, you girls are looking really cute." Declared by the Minotaur as he flexed his muscles, Lily took the initiative and politely asked them to back off, "We're all flattered, really, but please. Fuck off." And the male Felynne remarked, "Ooh, feisty. I like that." Lily recoiled her head in disgust, "Eww." Then Siegfried interrupted them, "Excuse me. What business do you have with them?" he said in his usual cold tone, the male group looked back, and the girls' distressed look melted when they saw their host to their rescue while carrying all their requested food, and of them asked, "Huh? The fuck is you supposed to be?" he simply said, "Their Host." he declared to the group, as he tries to take the diplomatic route by avoiding unnecessary attention and most preferably unnecessary violence, "Their host, eh? Why don't you be a bro and screw off, we're just about to have fun with them." After hearing the Satyr's insult, he calmly said, "I'm afraid I can't do that. I have my duties to fulfill." The Satyr laughed and mocked him by repeating what he said, "HAHAHA! 'I have a duty to fulfill.' What a load of bullshit. Do you have any idea how fuckin' retarded you sound right now?" he mocked him further, and the girls are getting angry, "Hey! Why don't you take your overblown ego and screw off, also we're not coming with you!" the satyr glanced and shrugged, "That so? Then!" he struck a punch at Siegfried's stomach, and due to his limited and suppressed state he felt the punch and causing him to recoil a bit. And the Satyr looked at Siegfried with a malicious grin and laughed and his buddies laughed with him, "What's wrong? Are you gonna hit back? Oh wait! You can't! Cuz' of the law that prohibits humans from harming monsters!" and the minotaur spoke up, "Heh! So he's like a punching bag then?" and the satyr agreed at the thought and they began laughing, Siegfried clenched his teeth and fist in frustration the state he's currently in, (Perhaps I'll rip his throat out when no one's looking...) then suddenly the Satyr felt like his body was turning at a sharp angle, and he felt the ground beneath him smashing his back, and the Felynne was also thrown into the ground, and the male Minotaur choke-slammed into the ground and the three girls said in unison, "Don't you dare talk down on our Host!" it was Lily, Mina, and Ivanna that took down on the invasive group that harassed them, as pool security and lifeguard immediately escorted them out of the premises. Lily, Ivanna, and Mina panted heavily as they themselves couldn't believe what they had done, Siegfried's eyes lit up in shock at what happened, and he said, "You girls..." Lily glanced and blushed, "Well... I just couldn't stand it, y'know letting them talking you down like that." Mina added, "A-And doing a low blow by punching you in the stomach while carrying all our food." Ivanna looked satisfied with herself, "Indeed, they deserved it." Siegfried simply smiled and said, "Thank you. You three have my gratitude." And they looked away while beet-red from blushing, "N-No problem." Lily said, and in Siegfried's mind he replayed what happened earlier:

Ivanna snuck up on the male Satyr's back and Judo flipped him into the ground, with so much force it incapacitated him, and Lily did the same also but kicking the male Felynne's crotch first before flipping him down. And the most impressive of all was Mina lifting a full-grown male Minotaur with one hand and smashing him down with full force. And he thought to himself, (These girls... They're dangerous. But, I'm thankful to have them by my side...) and Lily suggested, "Man, those chumps totally killed my mood to have fun." And she continued, "Wanna go home?" and the others agreed on the idea, and went home.

As the sun was setting, the four of them took the bus to get home, Mina sat next to Ivanna was fast asleep, and Lily sat next to Siegfried behind the two as she too was fast asleep and lay her head into Siegfried's shoulder, but Siegfried didn't mind it. And he recalled what happened today and remarked, "Wherever we go, trouble always follows." He sighed and he was bopping his head and his eyelids were getting heavy, and before he knew it, he fell asleep beside Lily.

Current information bestowed for the public, provided by the Knights of Nights.

Subject: Intelligent Aquatic Life

"As the revelations were revealed in Vienna, Austria in 2012, it's no secret that humans to say the least were surprised at the living proof of a monster. But, in the aftermath of that revelations, it turned out that life below the sea has a society similar to our own. They have laws, they have rules, systems, social structures, and forms of governance.

The fabled Lost City of Atlantis is actually a real thing. And it's not just a city, but actually a nation. As a myriad of Mermen and Fishfolk live harmoniously for the past 2000 years, even in secret they have aided humans besides the Knights Organization in aquatic Search and Rescue, the salvation of ship and plane wreckages, for a millennium and most recently, with the Cultural Exchange Bill aiding them to clean the plastic littering their domain."

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