The village of the serpent people was on a plain with a mountain at its back. Just like the beastman village, a log wall was built to surround the settlement, and when you pass through the gate, you can see several shacks and workshops. In the back, on the mountain side, there seemed to be some kind of kiln or furnace installed, and smoke was rising high into the sky.
"Is this a village? There are fewer buildings than I thought."
"Yes, the building feels quite small compared to the number of people."
Rifana agrees with my words. Elmina-san's line of sight seems to be directed towards the mountain behind the village.
"That mountain, doesn't it look like the mountain where Sealta was?"
"Is that so? If that's the case, then I wonder if the Snakekin tribe's living quarters are using the ruins."
While talking about such things, I arrived at a place like a square. It seems that this is the central plaza that connects various parts of the village, and there seems to be a fair amount of people passing by. For some reason, the Snake People who pass through the square are staring at me.
"It may be a little unsettling, but please use this square as you please.
"Oh, can you prepare a bed for me?
"yes"
Elmina-san told me to take out a moose (provisional) from the treasure box. A huge body with an estimated weight of less than 1 ton suddenly appeared in the square and made a noise. Crumpled ice pops out from the open stomach to take out the internal organs.
"I hunted it as a souvenir. As expected, it was difficult for the three of us to do the skinning and dismantling, so it's a bit half-finished."
"This is a big shot. Let's deal with it."
"I'm sorry to trouble you with souvenirs."
While Elmina-san was interacting with the serpent people, I used earth magic to make several stone buckets, purify them, and put the organs into the buckets by type. The offal that is not suitable for eating has been buried locally, so what is here is only edible if processed.
I prepare for the camp while watching the snake people who are pulling the corpse of a giant elk (temporary name) with a few people. It seems that they will prepare a bed, but what kind of bed is it? I remember reading a book or something about snakes sleeping in tree hollows or holes dug in slopes.
"Hey, are you okay?"
As I was setting up the tent, Rifana, who was working with me, asked me worriedly. She said so and she tried opening and closing her hands and turning her shoulders several times.
"Hmm, I'm not feeling particularly sick. It's not getting better either."
"Well, you can't ask the god in your head?"
"It's so busy processing the power it's taken in that it doesn't react. Well, you said that the processing would be over in a few days, so I guess I'll just have to wait it out."
"It's such an unreliable story... But don't push yourself.
"What is strange..."
A bitter smile overflows involuntarily at Rifana who looks at him with a quizzical look. What the hell did I do? I don't know anything about it... but if I had to say it, I'd run into Behemoth's flamethrower, I saw Elmina-san naked when I went to pick up some iron, and I punched an ancient mechanical soldier. I wonder. Yeah, when I think about it like this, it's pretty stupid.
"I won't let you say that I don't know anything... Well, that's fine, what should I do now?"
"What are you going to do?"
"Even if you say you can rest your body, it doesn't mean that you just spend your time sleeping, right?"
"Ah, that's right... I have something like a kiln or a furnace in the back, so I think I'll go see it."
"Hmm..."
You seem dissatisfied with something.
"Oh my God? Do you want to flirt in the middle of the day, Mr. Rifana?"
"Bah...!? You didn't say that!?"
"Hahahaha, sorry.
Fusher! Rifana gets angry and hits Pesipesi, but he hits me as he does. She has a bright red face and she is really pretty.
"Both of you, have you finished setting up yet?"
Elmina-san came back while we were playing around. She said she would come to greet the leader of the snakekin tribe on behalf of her, but she seems to have already returned.
"We have finished setting up the tent. Shall we make a simple stove and a stone pail to store water?"
"Yes, will you do that?"
"Wow"
Using earth magic, I quickly made a simple furnace and a stone bucket to store water, and stored water in the stone bucket. Well, earth magic is convenient. It is very useful when camping because it can easily mold soil and stones.
"Rifana, let's go pick up firewood with me. Taishi-kun, please take it easy in the village."
"If you're going to pick up firewood, can I help you?"
"I'm here to rest Taishi-kun's body, so please be quiet. For the time being, you can walk freely in the village, but you shouldn't bother me, okay?"
Saying that, Elmina-san pulled the rifana away. Being left behind, I scratch my head wondering what to do.
"Well, is that okay?"
I felt that Elmina-san's actions were a little blatant, but it wouldn't be that bad. I can't help but be dazed here, so I start walking toward the smoke rising on the mountain side.
I noticed it within a few minutes of walking.
"I'm being watched."
Eyes pierce from here and there. All of the snake people have strong eyesight. The ladies who seemed to be having a meeting at the water well, the ladies who were carrying something, and the ladies who were dismantling the elk (provisional name) were all staring at me. Even small children are peeking out of the shadows. It's scary to be seen like this!
yeah? Tiny? Come to think of it, I haven't seen any men at all, but I wonder if the serpent race is a race that only exists with women, just like the Harpies? Then where is their father?
I stop and look around, but I still see only women. I smiled and waved at a small child who was watching me from the shadows and hid.
Umu, somehow, they had a rather exclusive feeling towards humans, or a strong sense of wariness... It doesn't look like they're married to a human who got lost in the village of Arkenia, or something like that, why? I wonder if
Harpies seem to be like ahhh when they catch male elves and beastmen in heat. It seems that those who get hit will give up thinking that they were bitten by a stray dog. As a result, I think it's delicious and they don't have an aftertaste.
It's a really cool culture. Mr Harpy.
I? Even if I give up, I'm in a position where I've been healed, so I have nothing to complain about.
While walking while thinking about such things, I arrived at the destination. After all, the source of the smoke seems to have been the smoke from the furnace that made iron. In the workshop, several daughters of the serpent race are drenched in sweat while moving the bellows, throwing fuel and something that looks like iron ore into the furnace.
When I was observing the girls who were drenched in sweat, I found myself standing next to the Emerald Snake People who had guided me to this village before I knew it. Moving without sound is bad for my heart.
"What are you doing, human?"
"visit"
"visit?"
"Didn't I tell you earlier? I also do blacksmithing.
"HM"
The emerald serpentine tribe moves smoothly and talks to the elder sister of the serpentine tribe who seems to be the master of the blacksmith. I can't hear what you're talking about over the noise of the forge.
The two of them turned their gazes to me several times and moved towards me together. Yeah, it's a little strange if you don't get used to that kind of movement of the snake people.
"If you want to divide the iron, you'll need to pay for it."
"The price is… Hmm, how about a whetstone?"
When I was picking up iron ore near the Kett Si village before, I took out some whetstones that were cut from river stones and shaped. It's an item I picked out with my blacksmithing skills from among the sandstones and slate rocks that were rolling around.
Master Onee-sama selected some of the whetstones that I brought out and pointed to a few that were of good quality. Umu, as expected of a connoisseur.
"Okay, I'll give you everything."
Kokuri, Master Onee-sama nodded and brought some irregular iron lumps from the fire place. When I took out a hammer from the treasure box and hit the iron lumps, they all seemed to be of good quality.
"So how much iron can you give me?"
Master Onee-sama tilted her head and thought for a moment, then handed over some of the iron ingots and placed the whetstone she specified earlier on her side. Hmm, I want one more voice. If you're going to rebuild not only the sword but also the shattered bushknife, I'd like a few more lumps of iron.
"Could you share a little more? If you don't mind, I can cut the whetstone into a specified shape.
After thinking about my proposal for a while, the master and sister began to draw a line on the whetstone with a wax stone. The whetstone is molded according to the earth magic. It draws quite a subtle curve, so I can't get out of my mind.
After stroking the processed whetstone with her hand, the master sister gave a thumbs up after checking it. And he will serve the iron nuggets even more. The transaction was completed with a thumbs up as well.
But this parent and sister are silent.
"Are you really not afraid of us?"
"Yeah? Yeah, I'm not scared. There's no reason to be afraid."
"Have you no reason to be afraid?"
"First of all, I'm strong. Maybe even if you guys come in a bunch and just run away, you can run away as much as you want."
Saying that, I picked up the stone that had fallen at my feet and crushed it. Shattered stone overflows from between my fingers.
"And now we're apart, but my wife has an Arkenia. Do you know Arkenia? The upper body is the same as a human, and the lower body is a giant spider. Why is it because the lower body is a giant snake? Everyone is amazing. She's beautiful, and her scales are sparkling and beautiful, aren't they?
Saying that, I turned my attention to the emerald scales of the serpent. Umu, this person's scales look the most beautiful. Sometimes it's rainbow colored.
"... do you want to touch it?"
"Are you sure?"
She silently nodded and held out the tip of her tail. Oh, I thought it was hard and rough, but it's more moist and smooth than I thought. When you rub it in, it has just the right amount of elasticity, and it feels cool and comfortable.
"Uh...! Huh... too, are you ready?"
When I was stroking and stroking it for a while, an emerald scaled serpentman tribe called out to me. It looks fidgety as if it's holding back something, but did something go wrong while you were touching its tail?
"Thank you. It feels like I want to touch it forever. I thought your scales were beautiful, so I looked at them. Sometimes they shine in rainbow colors."
"Mu, mufu!? That's right."
The movement of the tail is somewhat suspicious, but is it okay? I wondered if I had touched her unintentionally in an embarrassing way. I'm sorry.
"Hey, I have business, so please excuse me."
"Oh, yes"
The emerald scaled serpent race is leaving at a tremendous speed. Amazing, how fast can that snake body go? When I suddenly shifted her gaze, her master sister was tilting her head and holding out her tail. She let me enjoy it, but it turned out that each person's touch is quite different.
In addition, for some reason, the serpent people who were present at the scene of the fire presented their tails in turn. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but what was it? I feel like I've become a masseuse.
☆★☆
"What do you mean?"
Rifana smiles and looks down at me with blue streaks on her forehead.
"No, I don't know either"
After the tail massage was over, the blacksmith sisters finished their work and welcomed me. They prepared fruit wine, fruits, dried meat, etc. from somewhere, and began to take care of them, with me as the center.
Right now, my legs and waist are entwined with the snakes of my sisters, both my arms and the back of my head are wrapped in soft breasts, and I am in a wonderful state where I can enjoy the fruit and fruit wine brought to my mouth. Exactly sake pond meat forest.
I asked about the situation several times, but the sisters just smiled and didn't answer anything. There is a degree of taciturnity, but it's not like I'm being treated badly, or rather, it seems like I'm being welcomed normally, so I left myself to myself.
I'm sorry, I lied. To be honest, the situation was so wonderful that my brain refused to think about it. I mean, you're surrounded by amazingly beautiful women, and you're in a sake pond meat forest. It's a man's dream.
"Come on out!"
"Ouch, ouch, ouch!
Rifana, who has triangular eyes, grabs my collar with both hands and pulls it. stop it! Some children are crying!
"Let go of you guys too! This is! It's mine!"
Fusher! Rifana threatened the serpentine sisters. With an expression that it can't be helped if it goes that far, the sisters untie the snake body that was wrapped around me. The scales that were reversed at the moment they melted left my hands, feet and hips feeling reluctant. It hurts a little.
Finally, the master sister who was hugging me from behind released me, and my body was held by Rifana. Seeing us like that, the sisters shrugged their shoulders with an expression that seemed to say, "Well, it can't be helped." said. Rifana desperately shaking off invisible blowing kisses with her hands is somehow cute.
"After all, something strange happened when you took your eyes off it, didn't it!?"
"Well, I'm surprised... I'm sorry, please forgive me!"
When I was about to fall in love with her, she seriously strangled me, so I tapped Rifana's arm and surrendered. Don't strangle her with a smile, it's scary.
"No, Rifana-chan. At times like this, you have to accept it with an open mind. If you don't do it in moderation, you'll escape, you know?"
"Uu~!"
Rifana, who was warned by Mr. Elmina, stopped closing my neck and hugged me. Elmina-san also quietly snuggled up to me.
"But you have to take good care of us too, right?"
A gentle whisper in my ear sends chills down my spine. Why is there a woman's problem today? No, this must be luck, not women's trouble. Thank you, thank you... No, this is what the bad god intended, isn't it? Thank you After all, this is a woman's problem, isn't it?
But there's no way I wouldn't be happy to be teased by a beautiful woman! I can't move for a few days anyway, so I should let myself go to the torrent here! ? Think, I'm thinking Remember, the wives who are waiting for me at the place where I should return. It's gonna be cool Have a will of steel.
"I need you to take care of me too."
Rifana looked up at me with teary eyes. A will of steel shattered easily.