Bon Appétit

"That guy is doing that to hide the fact that he got taken from behind. Tsk." I had humiliated the village chief using the harpy. Since the intruders consisted of a 'village ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠chief' and a 'rescue squad,' the chief possessed a significantly higher level and grade than the others.

'Even if I stimulate her sexual pleasure through a subordinate, I can still see it all.'

"Ah, it's dripping... Tsk." The harpy even lay down on the floor to prevent the handful of seed she’d received from the village chief from spilling out. The scheduled time was drawing near, and I sat on the edge of the bed.

"Phew."

"Master, would you like something to drink?"

"Water this time."

I waved off ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠Ryun, who was trying to sneakily lift my robe. I had been worked to the bone hauling lumber, and I didn't have the energy to 'drink' Ryun right now.

150 pieces of lumber. While the harpies were busy squeezing seed out of the stud prisoners, the ghouls and I had gathered wood as if our lives depended on it. We had managed to collect a fair amount over three hours, but it was still woefully insufficient.

'There are just too many facilities I need to expand all of a sudden.'

I was basically going to use up all 150 pieces of lumber I had today. First, 20 pieces to upgrade the summoning facility to Lv. 2.

I had summoned 10 subordinates on the second day, and two harpies this morning. 'This "summoning" thing is what bothers me.' I wondered what would happen to the subordinates born through breeding. I had intentionally delayed summoning to find out.

'Instead, I'll use the lumber for something else.'

I had 150 lumber stacked up. I could build a barracks with 20, and I planned to increase the number of barracks significantly. Current capacity: 26. Target capacity: 41.

'No extra rewards for duplicates, as expected.'

Upgrading the barracks was one way, but I planned to build multiple barracks and assign different subordinates to each. The existing ghoul barracks. The slime barracks. The barracks for the harpies and their future children. And Ryun's barracks.

'I can't keep Ryun sleeping next to me forever.' It wasn't good for my mental health. I needed a private room for Ryun while also increasing capacity, so I expanded the barracks haphazardly around the existing ones.

I spent a massive amount of lumber building three barracks at once, but soon my maximum capacity would increase by 15. And filling that increased capacity would be the new subordinates and the new faces summoned via magic stones—

"Master?"

Ryun's movements slowed. I stood up, cheering internally.

"Finally."

Capacity 28 / 26. Exactly '3' more than before. It was time to harvest the fruit from the harpies. I placed a piece of wood in front of the prison where the prisoners were well over capacity and sat on it like a chair.

"What will happen..."

The harpies were crouched comfortably on the slime waterbed with their wings folded. It was a posture like a chicken laying an egg, and the direction was fully visible to the humans in the prison.

"...Ptooey!"

"Ah, ahh, ugh..."

First prison. Mei was still acting as if she hadn't been humiliated, and the village chief—come to think of it, he didn't even have a name—had his gaze fixed on the harpy he had seeded.

"Haa, haa."

And the second prison. The stud hunters, who had spread their seed evenly among the three harpies, were panting while watching the harpies' childbirth, shaking their own members inside the prison. They, too, seemed to intuit whose seed was inside the harpies.

Finally, the third prison.

Eila was still unconscious, but traces of her belly slowly swelling were visible. Since Mei, whose harvest was faster, still had a slim belly, I wondered if there was a difference in the grade of offspring based on the breeding.

"Ryun."

"Yes."

"Someday, you'll be like that too."

"...I hope it comes soon."

Ryun stood next to me and leaned her body against mine. As Ryun wished, I inserted my finger inside her robe, poked my middle finger into her rear, and loosened it gently.

"...Not from behind, right?"

"Obviously."

It was no use rushing. While I was gently loosening Ryun's rear with my middle finger, the fruit finally ripened.

"Haa, hnggg..."

The harpy (★☆) was the first to tremble. The crack of her vulva spread left and right, and something smooth revealed itself.

"...An egg?"

It was an egg. And it was the size of a fist. As soon as the harpy laid the egg, she slumped backward.

"Haa, haa, haa."

The harpy lowered her arms, tears and saliva streaming down. Perhaps she had reached a climax from laying the egg, as fluid was sprayed over it.

'It doesn't tell me what it is.' It was probably a method of placing the egg directly into the summoning facility to hatch it. The harpy carefully cleaned the egg with her feathers, and Mei, in the first prison, covered her mouth with her hand.

"Ugh, uwegh!"

Mei vomited sour stomach acid. Since she hadn't eaten anything proper, a tiny bit of undissolved slahole fluid fell to the floor.

"Huu..."

The village chief groaned, denying reality, but two harpies remained.

"Ah, i, it's coming...! Haa-ang...!"

The harpy (★☆☆) twisted her body. She also laid an egg through her vulva.

"Oh, ohhh!"

The stud hunters cheered. From the moment they started thrusting their hips voluntarily after being forced into the sexual act, they had abandoned something as humans. Having been made to give birth to monster children, the shock must have been immense.

"Huu, hng...!"

Finally, the harpy (★) shook her body violently. The village chief squeezed his eyes shut upon seeing that the harpy he had seeded was about to lay an egg.

"Ha, haa, huuu..."

The harpy knelt and slumped down. Her face and tongue were slack, tears and saliva streaming down, and her lower body trembled as if in a spasm.

Twitch.

A differently colored egg dropped from beneath the harpy. I clapped my hands at the color, which showed a much smoother luster compared to the other eggs.

"As expected!"

Experience gained a day earlier doesn't go to waste. I happily ran over, grabbed the harpy's face, and shook it.

"Well done!"

"Huu, heee..."

The harpy's eyes were unfocused from the post-birth climax, but she began to regain consciousness, sucking on my finger with her tongue.

"Huu, Master, later, for me..."

Thump.

The harpy's head dropped. Having broken through a 6% probability with a low-level ★ body, it was only natural she'd be exhausted.

"Ryun. Lay them down."

"Yes."

I carefully retrieved the eggs from the harpies. They were quite hard, so they wouldn't break even if dropped, but I handled them as carefully as possible to avoid any bad luck.

"Hehe, hehehe."

The first thing to do was to hatch the eggs laid by the two harpies. Fortunately, placing one on the summoning circle was enough. Crack, crack. As mana filled the summoning circle, ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠the eggshell broke. The harpy who had laid the egg was watching the egg even while being laid down by Ryun.

"...Was this the main event?"

I hadn't seen hide nor hair of a monster summoning ticket or magic stone summoning, yet they were handing out facility blueprints for just one hatching. "Ryun!"

"Yes...!"

A new facility had appeared due to the capacity overflow. I entrusted the two summoning tickets and two blueprints that had dropped as rewards to Ryun. 'I'll deal with those later.' For now, I had to hatch the egg in front of me. I placed the second egg. As expected, it was a Harpy (★). 'So far, so good.'

If the two hatchings so far were just appetizers, today's main course was obviously this smooth egg.

"Haa, haa..."

The harpy (★) was looking this way with anticipation, even with her head buried in the floor. After nodding to the harpy, I placed the egg on the summoning circle.

"New subordinates are always welcome!"

Mana scattered into purple mist. A moment later, the mist began to swirl and rotate fiercely. Whooooom—!! I'd never seen an effect like this. Could it be? No way, right?

"......."

It was ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠named an Angel, but it wasn't much different. Except that its wings had moved to its back and it had long, avian-like talons below its forearms. A Harpy Angel. I couldn't help but laugh at the appearance of an angel with bird legs.

'No. I shouldn't judge by appearance.' Look at that beautiful ☆. Evolved forms are always welcome, and the Harpy Angel would now become the squad leader of the harpy unit.

"......Master? What should we do?"

The two newly born harpies and the Harpy Angel were staring at me blankly. The three barracks had also finished construction, lifting the restrictions on my subordinates, and I opened the door to the second prison with a light heart.

"What should you do, you ask."

I pointed the stud hunters toward the new barracks. "Alright, do your jobs."

"W-wait. Even so, doing it with girls who are young enough to be our daughters is a bit..."

"Ugh..."

If it was blocked by the system, there was nothing I could do. "Then you guys do that from now on."

I paired the three stud hunters with the newly hatched harpies and sent them to the barracks. "If you can't sow, you'll be the fathers. Find out which one of you is the father. Got it?"

"...Hehe."

The stud hunters and harpies looked at each other and laughed. They disappeared into the barracks laughing, and my nose stung as I watched them go.

"Hehehe."

The daughters they produced weren't from my seed. 'That means I can eat them too.' Therefore, if I repeat sowing and strengthening, a 5-star harpy will eventually appear. 'I can just eat it then.' As they say, food that needs to be aged should be left to sleep for a long time.