„Good morning, Isis-san."
„Good morning, Horus-san."
The day after welcoming Isis to the castle, I greeted Isis again. I was happy to realize I wasn't alone.
„Ngo!"
„Yeah. Good morning to you too, Raku!
He was pleased when I stroked his head.
„This sand castle is amazing. It's not cold at night at all."
Desert nights are cold. Unlike in the daytime, the temperature drops all at once when the night comes. So at night, all windows and other spaces from which cold can get in are closed.
On top of that, I keep the heat of the day to some extent at night. At first I was surprised at the cold night and thanks to that, the inside of the castle is not cold anymore at night.
After her greeting, she was very nervous and asked apologetically.
„Ah, umm, can I go take a bath?"
There is a pond that I dug out near the castle. It's quite large and desert is quite hot. I also use it for bathing.
„Of course, then I'll have Golem guarding you!"
„Thank you very much!"
Isis looks happy. Golems are useful in these situations. She was surprised at first, but now she seems to have gotten used to golems.
„From now on, you can bathe whenever you want. I adjusted Golems to follow Isis-san instructions as well."
„Thank you very much."
„Oh, and you can talk to me more casually in the future. I'm also gonna do that when talking to you."
Isis seemed a little stiff, so I decided to tell her that. It's fine if she is fine with the way she is speaking with me, but I didn't want her to feel reserved.
„Um,yes. Then thank you, Horus-sa-, Horus."
I was a little surprised at Isis, who rephrased her words with a shy look. As I thought, cute Isis is…
After, Isis headed to bath. Meanwhile, I have to avoid the place where she is going to bath. As expected, I can't go and peek at that kind of girl.
Bathing Isis…No, no! What am I thinking about? Stay calm, stay calm…..
„Kya, kya~aaaa!"
However, at that moment, I heard Isis scream. Something's happened! In a hurry, I jump out of the window. I use Sand magic to cushion my fall with sand.
Then, I started runing toward the pond where Isis is bathing. When I arrived, what I saw was a big monkey fighting against the golem. The color of monkey is yellow and his shoulder width is wide. Clearly different from previous monkeys I encountered!
There are three of them. The golem is fighting them, but he is having a hard time fighting all of them at once.
„Sand Magic – 'Sand Spear'."
I created twelve 'Sand Spears' and sent them flying. A couple of them got stuck in one monkey, but these guys are light on their feet despite their big size. The big monkey that was pierced by the spears didn't seem to have taken that much damage.
"Uhouhouhouhouhouhoooooooo!"
One of the big monkeys shouted. You're in quite an excited state. Don't tell me you saw Isis bathing in the water? If that's the case, you're a erotic monkey.
„ Sand Magic – 'Sand Vortex'."
This is for fast-moving opponents! The sand behaved like a whirlpool, and the monkey's feet were taken.
„Uho!?"
They are desperately trying to escape, but I'm not letting you go that easily. Take this—
„Sand Magic – 'Sand Giant Fist'!"
I hit all three of them together with my giant sand fist. The big monkeys were blown away, got stuck in the sand and stopped moving.
Hmm, to try to attack a girl who is bathing, what an unbeliveable erotic monkey that was.
„Isis. Are you okay?"
„Ah, can you…please?" (TN: since I am not native speak of japanese don't exactly how to translate this, but she is trying to say here to not look at her, and is acting bashfully)
„Oh, I'm so sorry!"
Oh, no! I accidently turned around! I couldn't see it clearly because she was covering it with her hands, but they were pretty big….No, what am I saying?
„I'm going back to the castle, if you need anything, just call me!"
„Umm, thank you!"
After receiving thanks from Isis, I went back to my room and jumped into bed.
Uff, I'm so tired. I remember my carelesness. World desires dissapear! World desires dissapear! (TN: again this world desires dissapear is because while he was remembering his carelessnes he also remembered Isis naked body and he wanted to disperse those thoughts and in japense is 煩悩退散, or Bon'nō taisan which literally means dispersal of worldly desires)
After a while, Isis came back. I apologized to her again.
„Oh no! It's fine! You came to protect me… and I was happy about that…!"
She seemed to be concerned about me and said something kind. I'm glad she wasn't angry, but I'll have to be careful in the future.
No, before that, I might want to strengthen my golem a bit more.
So I went outside the castle and called the golem to increase the amount of sand that makes up the golem. I make four more golems, each two sizes larger than the last. But I also kept the original size golems so that they could be used in small ways. In total, there are now twelve sand golems protecting the area around the castle.
„Ngo~"
„Yeah. Now, there won't be any more problems with security when Isis baths again."
„Wow, I'm sorry you had to do all this just for me."
When I turned behind me, to the direction where the voice came from, Isis was standing there. She was watching me and heard what I said.
„It's not your fault Isis-san, because I was originally planning to fortify my defenses."
„You know, when we talked before, you told me not to hold back, right?
„Yes! It would be easier for me if you were more relaxed with me."
„Well, then, I thought it would be easier for both of us if you just call me Isis, without any honorifics." (TN: So from now on he will just call her Isis, without adding -san to her name, I will fix previous chapters, since I was not sure to add -san or not because author was also sometimes adding it and sometimes he forgot about it, I guess?)
Isis suggested that. Yeah, then—
„You can call me Horus, too, without any honorifics to my name, if you like. Is that okay Isis?
„Ah, yes! Horus!"
Good. In that moment, I thought Isis's smile became brighter.
This is how the second day after I met Isis ended.
And on the third day, a new guests showed up at our castle.
"Ari~"
"Ari, Ari~"
That's right. The visitor was someone who helped me with honey, or in this case, ant honey. They were the golden ants that I had saved and who had given me their honey.
„Huh? It's a honey ant."
„Eh? You know about them Isis?"
„Yeah. They're honey-collecting ants that live in the desert."
„I didn't know that. But how did they find this place?"
„Ari ~ Ari ~"
The ants are gesturing and saying something….
„Maybe the honey you gave me before was from them?
„Yeah. They were being attacked by other ants, but I saved them and they gave me some."
„Oh, so that's how it is. Honey ants are sensitive to smell, so it seems they followed the scent of honey."
Isis told me.
„Oh, but how did they know it was me?"
„It's kind of a vibe, but maybe I'm wrong?"
After Isis said so, ants started shaking their heads up and down. I can understand this gesture. They are signaling that Isis guess is correct.
„But why did you come all the way here?"
„"Ari ~"
"Ari, Ari ~"
The ants are trying to tell us something again. Hmmm…..
„Maybe they want us to come with them."
Isis held her chin as she considered this.
The ants were also shaking their heads up and down.
It seems that Isis was right, but still, I am not sure I want to go with them. I don't think they're bad ants, though.
„What should we do?"
„I'll leave it to Horus – but they seem to be in desperate need of something…"
If it is something serious… Yeah, then—
„Okay, we'll go with you."
„Ari!"
„Ari!"
The ants were happy and pleased that we'll go with them.
„Ngo!"
„Raku! You also want to come with us?
„Ngo!"
Raku doesn't like to be left out, does he? Of course he'll come with us.
„Now, everyone get close to me. Ants, show me the way. Let's go!"
„A , aryii~iiii!?"
We started moving with waves of sand. Some ants are making a lot of noise, but you don't have to worry about falling, it's completely safe!