Catching a Fairy
Catching Fairies
As I pushed through the tall grass, a wide meadow unfolded before me.
"There it is! That's Mushroom Village!"
Hazy smoke rose high into the sky.
Pai pointed at the smoke and smiled brightly.
"What kind of village name is Mushroom... Village...."
Why was the Doctor-nim's naming sense like this? Were naming sense and invention ideas separate things?
"Ah, surely you haven't forgotten even Mushroom Village."
Dina, who was walking beside me, scoffed lightly.
White mucus kept floating inside her body... how should I put it, it was a little bothersome.
"Think carefully for a moment. Why would the village be named Mushroom Village? Isn't it obvious just by looking?"
It couldn't be what I was thinking.
"...I don't know."
"Hmph... the reason is..."
It was then.
"Whoa?!"
Pai, who was walking ahead, made a strange sound and stopped.
—Rustle.
A single bush sat squarely in the wide meadow.
"Th-there's something there!"
Pai, hiding behind my back, pointed at the bush and shouted.
"...Pai, I didn't know you were such a coward. You were perfectly fine in front of the Tentacle monster just now, but now..."
"No! It's a person! I saw it clearly with my own eyes!"
At Pai's words, Dina and I looked at each other.
"And... p-people are scary. Especially just ordinary people even more so.... Ah, anyway, go check it quickly!"
However, anyone could see that the bush was not large enough for a person to hide in.
It was a small space, barely enough for a wild animal like a squirrel, rabbit, or fox to hide its body.
But a person? Surely, Pai wasn't trying to play a trick on me again.
—Rustle.
But at that moment.
—Rustle, rustle, rustle.
"...?"
A movement that couldn't be considered normal.
The clump of bushes shook violently, as if something was about to pop out.
"See! There's something, right?"
"Wh-what a fuss... it's probably just a Slime or a small mini-goblin hiding in there anyway."
At Dina's confident tone, Pai immediately went towards Dina and pushed her back.
"...Then you go. I clearly said it was a person."
"Ah...! Don't push me! Pai!"
But Dina was the only one capable of 'combat' here.
In the end, she had no choice but to go first.
And a strange sense of déjà vu washed over me.
We just came from being thoroughly beaten by a Tentacle monster; this couldn't be the next event already, could it?
'...No way.'
I pulled my body back and got into a stance so I could run away at any time.
"Go on! Go! It's a person, right? It is a person, isn't it?"
"W-wait. Certainly, it's not the magic of a wild animal, but..."
Dina extended her tentacles from her back and completely surrounded the bush without any gaps.
So she could snatch anything that popped out in an instant.
And slowly, she narrowed the range of her tentacles, as if to grasp the bush.
—Rustle...!
It was then.
As if the presence inside the bush noticed Dina's movement, an unknown yellow shape flew towards us.
"...Now!"
But Dina's tentacles were not slow enough to miss it.
Swoosh—
The tentacles that had surrounded the bush simultaneously rushed towards the yellow shape.
—Squeeze!
"Squeal—!!"
A scream, presumed to be from the yellow shape, burst out.
"What, what?! So, you caught it?"
The job was over in an instant.
"Ugh...!!"
What was caught by Dina's tentacles was none other than a small human.
"D-damn Spirit... what are you doing now! Let, let me go!!"
As Pai said, it was indeed a 'person'.
With distinct features, splendid blonde hair, and even a simple outfit made of green petals.
At a sight that seemed straight out of a fairy tale, I couldn't take my eyes off it.
But what stood out the most were the two wings attached to its back.
"A Fairy?"
The two wings, which looked like an insect's, flapped wildly.
"What. It's a Fairy...? Why is this here...?"
"Th-this, you say? You damn Spirit bastard... are you treating me like an object now?"
The Fairy, perhaps angered by Dina's words, frowned deeply.
With a feeling as if it would explode if touched wrongly.
"Wh-what~ It was just a Fairy. I got scared for nothing."
"Pai. Weren't you... an Elf? But you can't even distinguish a Fairy. And it's so small, too."
As Dina said, the captured Fairy was at best the size of my palm.
...At least, it wasn't a size that looked like a person.
"Well, well... not all Elves live with Fairies, do they?"
Pai snorted as if it were nothing.
"...Wait, an Elf? Did you just say Elf?"
Then, the Fairy struggling beside them turned its head this way.
"What, it's really an Elf? Can you see me, by any chance?"
The Fairy, even stopping its wing flapping from just now, looked at Pai with curious eyes.
"It seems like the first time since the Great Fairy died... No, wait, can you see me too?"
And the Fairy slowly turned its head towards me.
"Uh... I can see you."
"...!"
Soon, as if something was so amazing, the Fairy's eyes widened.
"Ah, she's a witch."
"Aha. Of course. ......Wait, a witch?"
"...?"
But at Dina's words, the Fairy immediately changed to an unamused expression.
"Ah, then the situation is clear. You're a Spirit contracted to that witch, and that Elf must have been brainwashed or something similar. That's why, with enough magic, you can see me."
"......Brainwashed? Me?"
"Yes, you. Blue-haired Elf. You've been brainwashed. It probably won't do any good to say this anyway."
This... is this something you should say in front of the person concerned?
"Hmm~"
Fortunately, Pai seemed to brush it off as if it were nothing.
That strange snort made me feel eerie, but I tried hard to ignore it.
In fact, it's questionable whether Pai was properly brainwashed, but it doesn't matter now.
After all, she masturbated when she wanted to... and even had her way with me.
Is there a way to use brainwashing that I don't know about?
Or is she a special case, different from others?
...Anyway, Pai is both an ally and a risk factor to me.
"But where are you guys going? The closest village from here is Mushroom Village... but you'd better not go there."
"Hmm? Why?"
"That's obviously......"
The Fairy opened its mouth, then, as if realizing something, closed it instead.
"Hmm. Why should I tell you this? You're a witch and a Spirit. But why would I...... Ughyaaaak!!"
Just then, a ridiculous scream burst from the Fairy's mouth.
Swooosh—
"It hurts! It hurts so much!!"
"You'd better speak quickly before I suck all your magic power dry."
"U-ughyaak!!"
Dina's tentacles shimmered very faintly.
A faint blue light mixed with blue and purple.
It was flowing out from the Fairy's body along Dina's tentacles.
"N-no...!! Ugh, then make a contract! That you'll spare me if I tell you!"
The Fairy cried out desperately.
Soon, the shimmering light faded, and the exhausted Fairy hung its head low.
"Haaah... you guys are truly hopeless...."
"...."
Dina silently stared at the Fairy.
But originally, in fantasy worlds, were Spirits and Fairies in such a relationship?
I thought there wasn't much difference between them.
Well, this is also that unpredictable Doctor-nim's world, designed as he pleased, so perhaps I should just let it go.
"The contract is complete. If you tell me why you shouldn't go to Mushroom Village, I will spare you. Speak quickly."
And for a very brief moment, as Dina closed and opened her eyes, a faint breeze swept past her.
"...Already? Ah, I understand. First of all... there's a witch there. In Mushroom Village."
"What kind of witch?"
"...That."
But the Fairy closed its mouth again, with an expression that it didn't want to tell.
And then, as if nothing had happened, it glared boldly at Dina.
"I d-don't know that either. Anyway, I already told you......"
Swooosh—
However, before the Fairy could finish its sentence.
"Ughyaaaak!!?"
"H-huk!?"
As if they had made a promise to each other, the Fairy and Dina simultaneously let out groans.
"A-are you okay?!"
I quickly supported Dina, who was about to fall.
Though it was only for a fleeting moment, Dina's body swayed like a broken puppet.
"I-I'm fine."
"Wh-what are you doing!? You can't break the contract as you please!!"
I surmised that this happened because of the contract.
It seems like it happened because she broke the contract to spare its life...
"Ugh... if only I had some magic power left...!"
Dina, clutching her chest and fuming.
Moreover, the Fairy did not miss the moment Dina's power weakened.
"...What. It's a dying Spirit. Indeed, since the Great Fairy died, Spirits must be having a hard time too."
The Fairy leisurely floated in the air.
A snort, whether of pity or mockery, fell from above my head.
"Huhuhoot. But, well. Is it my business? Spirits always treat Fairies as tools, don't they?"
"...."
Dina silently glared at its form.
"Well, nothing will change even if you stare like that, will it? Incompetent Spirits usually get beaten even by ordinary Fairies."
And then, like a gnat, it buzzed wildly above my head.
...Is this an event that must be seen?
Even while recognizing that it was a virtual character, I subtly got angry and wanted to punch it.
"Hey, Harin."
Then, Pai, who had been quietly watching, lightly poked my back.
"Fairies can be used as magic power replenishment later, and they're useful in most situations, you know? So, how about catching one?"
"...Eh? How?"
Surely, she wasn't telling me to use my Mental Collapse ability?
But the Fairy, like Dina, was not affected by the brainwashing passive.
So I naturally thought the Mental Collapse ability wouldn't work either.
"Ah, no. Not Mental Collapse... just wait a moment...."
Before she could finish her sentence, Pai started rummaging through her bag.
"Hmm... here, this. Drink this."
Soon, she handed me a potion.
"Uh... this is an aphrodisiac potion."
The potion Pai handed me was none other than a pink aphrodisiac potion.
"Really... you've forgotten even a witch's basic common sense."
However, unlike when she handed it to me before, her expression was quite serious.
"You're a witch. Witches are a race that lives doing what they want. And you know what you want."
"...?"
Pai, at the same time as speaking, placed the aphrodisiac potion in my hand.
"No...! What you want...! You want to have sex...?! Don't you??"
"...Wh-what?"
At the sudden shocking remark, my shoulders reflexively jumped.
"Witches can use a mana boost when they do what they like! Come on, quickly! Drink it!"
"...Ugh."
If I drink this again, I'll lose my mind....
......No?
Maybe it doesn't matter?
Currently, my Corruption index is 3 points.
Even after being thoroughly violated inside that giant Tentacle monster, the Corruption index was still 3 points.
In other words, simply being soaked in aphrodisiac would not raise the Corruption index any further.
Moreover, when I first drank the aphrodisiac by Seis, there wasn't much change.
"...I'll try it."
If the Corruption index doesn't rise anyway, anything is worth trying.
And well... one aphrodisiac potion should be fine.
"Gulp, gulp...."
"Ohh."
The feeling is strange. Pai is looking at me with an interesting expression right in front of me.
"...Phew. I finished it. Now... what should I do?"
"Huh? Ah, right. Turn around. You just focus on that Fairy over there. Using your Mental Collapse ability will finish it. Understood?"
"U-huh?"
Pai, holding my shoulders with both hands, turned me towards the Fairy.
And the very next moment.
—Squeeze♡
"Hgyat!?"
"Ahh...! You need to focus!!"
Pai's fingers burrowed into the gap of my armpit.
"W-wait...! Hngh...!"
The Elf's delicate hand gently wrapped around my chest.
"Focus! Focus!"
From the outside in, a ticklish sensation gathered.
Perhaps because I drank the aphrodisiac, there was no sense of repulsion.
"...Um? What are you guys doing...?"
I slowly extended my hand towards the Fairy.
Then, Pai's hand reached into my cleavage.
"Uuugh...."
It was hot.
My armpit and chest became hot for a moment with Pai's warmth.
"...Mental Collapse... sh-shoot, shoot...!"
Dina stared blankly at our ridiculous appearance.
A slight sense of shame and a strangely pleasant sense of depravity swept through my entire body.
"Why the chest...? Suddenly? Here?"
The Fairy, seeing that sight, was dumbfounded.
Sluuurp—
In the end, it gave us an opening.
"Kii-eut?! Wh-what is this...!?"
The Fairy's body glowed brightly.
—Squeeze♡
At the same time, Pai started kneading even harder.
"Huhuut...! Hngh...."
Using my chest as a controller, she was manipulating me.
Knead, knead...♡
Moreover, Pai's true intentions were obvious, and how should I put it... it wasn't bad.
"Ah... wait...!! Ugh...!"
The Fairy groaned in pain.
Even though that sight was a little pitiful, I had no intention of stopping.
And it's hard to express in words, but the feeling of magic power rising and flowing out was better than I expected.
"Aaah...!!"
The Fairy, swaying in the air like that, eventually landed on the ground, and Dina, who was closest, threw herself at it.
"There, caught it!"
It seems Dina caught the Fairy.
"Ah, no, this is cheating...!! Ughyaaaak!!"
"Give up! You gnat-like thing... I'll make you feel it to your bones. What happens if you mess with a Spirit...."
"Ah, wait, wait...!! Ughyaak!!"
Now, the Mental Collapse skill was over.
I stopped the magic power emission and caught my breath.
"Hngh... hey, Pai... stop now...!"
"...Uhuhu."
But for some reason, Pai didn't let me go.
My body also had no intention of moving.
"Haaah...♡"
...I'm not addicted, am I?
I instinctively looked around.
In this surrounding meadow, there was no one except Dina, the Fairy, and Pai and me.
No animals, no people.
"...Pai."
"...."
If that's the case, then there's nothing I can do.
Wouldn't it be nice to enjoy myself a little here before leaving?