" Hey boy, are you okay? Are you still alive?"
I heard a clear and warm voice.
Boy? Oh, you mean me.
I was struggling to get the dead mantis off me, but I was trapped underneath it.
" Whoever you are, thank you for saving my life. I don't know who you are, but I'd appreciate it if you could move this for me..."
I turned to the direction of the voice for help. A woman in a revealing suit of armor came out of the grass.
I was first surprised by her appearance. She had blonde hair and blue eyes, which I thought looked good. Her face was also quite beautiful. And her chest, if it were real, would be at least an E-cup.
However, however! What's with those bat-like wings on her back and the horns on her head?
The woman stopped when she was right in front of me. Looking up from where she had stopped, I could see two peaks and the inside of her skirt.
I hurriedly turned my eyes away, but she seemed to have noticed and spoke to me with a smirk on her face.
" Oh my god, you're so young, you can't help it. You are young."
"I didn't do it on purpose. It just happened to be in my line of sight..."
I was trying to come up with an excuse, any excuse that would work. Having never had a girlfriend even in real life, I didn't know exactly what to say. And since I didn't know if she was a NPC or a player, I kept falling deeper and deeper into my thoughts.
Then while I was trying to think up an excuse, she pulled the dead praying mantis off of me.
" I am surprised you survived being attacked by a silver mantis. I don't know how you survived being attacked by this Silver Mantis."
When I tried to stand up, I felt a sharp pain in my cheek. I used my fingers to search for the source of the pain, and discovered that the cut itself while small, was quite deep.
"You're a little hurt, aren't you? Hold on, I'm going to cast a healing light on you."
She reached out her hand to help me stand and placed her hand near the wound on my cheek, muttering some unfamiliar words. Her hand began to glow as she placed her hand on the wound. I stiffened, anticipating the pain of the wound.
But the feeling of her hand on the wound was soft, warm, and absolutely painless. As the light faded from her hand and she gently removed it, I touched the area where the wound had been and found that it was completely smooth and healthy.
" It doesn't hurt anymore! What did you do? "
"Don't you know anything about magic, boy?"
" Magic, now that's something! Magic is amazing, isn't it? The scratch is healed."
"I only learned this one as a joke, so it doesn't really heal much."
She looked a little embarrassed, but seemed happy with the praise.
"Yes, you're right. Well, in that sense, I guess you're lucky boy. By the way, we haven't introduced ourselves to each other yet.
Now that I think about it, I haven't even heard the name of my benefactor yet. Since it' s the first time we've met, we should be polite and exchange names.
And I don't care if it's a PC or an NPC, but I need to be taken to the town first.
"Oh, sorry. My name is Kent. Are you a PC by any chance?"
"My name is Mirialia. And what's a PC? Is it some kind of profession?"
If she doesn't know what PC means, does that mean she's an NPC character? I asked Miriallia about that and one other thing I was curious about.
"Miriallia, can I ask you a question? Are those horns and wings real?"
She looked dubious at my question.
I'm not sure if I should have mentioned it or not.
"You're asking a lot of weird questions, aren't you Kent-boy? Of course I have one. I'm a succubus of the dream demon tribe Muma. Have you never seen one before?"
"Sorry for the rude question, I've never actually seen them before..." I followed Miriallia's gaze and found that she was looking at my crotch area. I was so relieved to have saved my life that I forgot all about it, but when I looked at her, the area between of her legs was wet with the liquid.
"Oh! No, no, no, no, no, no, no!"
What kind of shame is it to be seen peeing in front of a beautiful woman you've never met before? I was so embarrassed I wanted to run away.
I hurriedly covered my crotch. I'm sure you'll be happy to know that I'm not the only one.
"I'm going to finish dismantling this mantis soon, so just wait for me. Then we can take a bath in the nearby spring.
"Yes, that's right. The sticky mantis fluid on my clothes is disgusting."
"That's fine, I'll leave you to it."
As soon as I did so, Miriallia began to quickly dismantle the mantis. While I waited for her to dismantle it, I enlarged the message log window that was flashing in the corner of my eye.
＞Handsome Skill Activated [Miriaria] Friendship Level Greatly Improved!
＞Handsome Skill Activated [Miriaria] Friendship Level Greatly Increased!
＞Handsome Skill Activated [Miriaria] Friendship Level Greatly Increased!
＞Handsome Skill Activated [Miriaria] Friendship Level Greatly Increased!
＞Handsome Skill Activated [Miriaria] Friendship Level Greatly Increased!
> [Miriaria] Status: Changed to Favored
It seems that Miriallia's friendship level has been greatly increased and her status has been changed to favored, according to the log.
It seems to me that the power of the unique skill of [Handsome] is terrifying. I'm not sure what to make of it, but I'm sure it will help.
"Now that we've dismantled it, let's go to the spring and clean it up as we promised, Kent."
Miriallia approached me after dismantling the Silver Mantis Silver Mantis. It is quite surreal to see the scythes and legs of the mantis flying around on her back.
But I am a man who always returns the favor he receives. And right now, the only thing I can do is to hold her backpack. So I proposed to her.
"Miriallia-san, I'll carry that heavy bag for you."
"What? Damn, this is heavy."
"I can't thank you enough for helping me, so at least let me carry your bag."
I'm not sure what to do, but I'm going to do it.
Thud, thud, thud, thud.
Oh man, it's really heavy. And the spine is starting to make weird noises. My legs are also starting to cramp up.
"Kent, are you sure you're okay? You don't have to push yourself.
"It's okay to take it easy. Hahaha.
"If you really feel like you can't do it, just tell your big sister, okay?"
So, with that, we walked to the nearby springs.