The Ice Saintess, Sharia Canape (1)
It was the hour of dawn.
A figure pushed through the underbrush, deliberately avoiding the trail. A pointed hat sat pulled low over their head, and they advanced with nothing but a gleam of light in their eyes.
Annie Bahrenheit.
She glanced down at the small vial hanging from her necklace. Inside was a thick, milky-white fluid. She stroked it with loving reverence, as if it were a treasure, and a crooked grin spread across her face.
Inside this is the baby batter Lashu dumped in me. Smells so good — healthy cock juice♥ I can use this for tracking♥
Her lips parted. Her tongue peeked out, and then, as if she had made up her mind, a thick, saliva-slicked tongue slid free and wet her lips.
I want to fuck Lashu♥ Right now!
Annie's obsession with Lashu Leonhart was only natural. Her madness had been swelling with every passing day.
As she pressed on, she heard signs of people nearby. She did not stop. She merely thought.
Bandits?
She kept walking, and at last a group of figures appeared and swiftly closed in around her.
They were all wreathed in black smoke. Black Troops.
"Hey, judging by the smell, that's a woman. A woman all alone… what's she doing out here? Heeheehee!"
"Why even ask? Let's fuck her."
"Uwor, gheungworheh…"
Surprisingly, a few of them still had their wits about them. Most, of course, just staggered around like zombies.
Annie surveyed their condition in a single glance and sighed.
"What are these bugs?"
To Annie, who had never heard of the Black Troops, everything about them was new — their recklessness included.
"How dare — how daaare you — tear that bitch apart!"
The Black Troops could not hold themselves back any longer and charged. Some came to rape her. Others came to tear her tender flesh and eat it.
The thunder of their footsteps filled the woods. Watching them rush in, Annie licked her lips. She could see it clearly — four rings of light swirling around each of their chests.
Experts on the same level Lashu used to be. But…
She simply stood there, as if nothing at all were about to happen.
The moment the Black Troops hemmed her in at arm's reach and stretched out their hands—
Krrrk, shhhk!
Tentacles of pitch-black energy erupted from the ground. Like crocodiles bursting from a river, they punched through the Black Troops nearest her and began tearing them apart.
Splurch! Puhwaaak! Crrrack!
In the instant before they died and vanished, the Black Troops began to melt, their forms dissolving as if Annie were drinking them in.
Having absorbed their power, she tipped her face toward the empty sky and let her tongue loll out.
"Haaat♥ Angh♥ Hauuut — I don't know what these things are, but they taste pretty good?"
Then she shook her head.
"Ah, no. Still, they can't compare to Lashu…♥"
After her satisfying meal, Annie pressed onward. She was just about to leave the forest when dozens of Black Troop goblins came swarming toward her from the opposite direction.
If she had still been her old, powerless self, she would have been terrified and collapsed on the spot. But the woman she was now had already awakened to her true nature through her long communion with Lashu. She was no longer afraid.
"Heuh♥"
Ecstasy bloomed across her face — the face of a female in heat — as she fondled her own breasts.
"Haa♥ Delicious little things♥"
As if the charging Black Troops were so adorable she could die, Annie licked her lips with thick, greedy relish and spread both hands.
Around ten in the morning.
In the rumbling carriage, Sharia rested her arm on the window frame and propped her chin in her hand. She admired Lashu sitting across from her. Asleep like this, he looked unbearably adorable.
No matter when I look at him, he's so sweet and lovely. How does a body that small produce that kind of intensity?
Last night's sex rose unbidden in her mind. She still could not forget the way Lashu had mercilessly slammed his meat into her.
Nnnh…♥
Sharia reflexively squeezed her thighs together. It was already too late. Her pussy was growing wet, and her nipples were hardening of their own accord. She turned her face toward the window so no one would see the flush in her cheeks.
I've liked him from the very first moment I saw him. Lashu, if I have your child, I have to be first! At the very least, I have to be the first to give birth! I cannot lose to my sister…
She indulged the desire without a shred of shame. Sion had been good at everything since they were children. Compared to her, Sharia had always been the slower learner. Even as they grew up, Sion had married the greatest hero of the age, while Sharia had been left with no choice but to marry a noble from one of the capital's most powerful houses.
It was the difference between a treasure that existed nowhere else in the world, and a jewelry set studded with Diana rubies. Anyone could see which one was better.
But she was certain. Lashu would become a treasure even greater than that.
He still has a long way to go as a hero, but yesterday he was rather magnificent. What he needs is time and experience, I suppose? He might even become a greater hero than his father!
Anticipation stirred in her chest. Looking at everything Lashu had accomplished so far, it seemed he could go even further. And Sharia still did not even know that he had defeated Horus.
I want to do it one more time… I want to monopolize the glory of being impaled on Lashu's holy sword♥
Secretly licking her lips with sticky hunger, Sharia let out a hot breath. Then a tray appeared in front of her face.
"Are you hungry?!"
Aki sidled up and pressed close. Sharia startled.
"What? No?"
"But you just licked your lips, didn't you? It's all right, hoho. They say the adventurer's path is one long stretch of hunger."
"Wh-who said that?!"
"Adventure novels. Here, eat up!"
What she offered was a set of dango. Sharia made no effort to hide her displeasure.
"Ha. I don't need it."
"In the East we have a saying — rice is power. And these won't make you gain any weight!"
"I-is that so…? Then just one bite."
Sharia was sensitive about her figure, as any woman would be. If she got all chubby? Lashu would surely be horrified.
She carefully picked up one dumpling and ate it. Her eyes lit up like stars.
It's delicious! Damn it, I cannot lose to this woman.
Scheming furiously for some way to beat Aki, Sharia stuffed the dumplings into her mouth at speed. She emptied the tray in an instant and made up her mind.
She would defeat Aki. With cooking!
Clunk!
The constant jolting shook me awake. Ah. I must have dozed off for a bit. Still, it had been a damn good nap.
Goddess, what time is it…?
You know that's not it! Please always teach me and guide me!
I pulled out a map and compared it against the view outside. If it was noon, we ought to be entering the canyon soon. Looking out, though, it seemed we had not reached it yet. Slower than I thought.
Then we need to take a shortcut. No telling what James might pull in the meantime.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't getting antsy. But I really wanted to stop those fucking cultists.
That was how I was going to eat every woman in the world, after all.
Lin, can you hear me?
I sent the thought to Lin by telepathy. She just nickered.
"Prrrrung, kihihing!"
Listen carefully. From now on, go where I tell you. There's a shortcut there. Please!
Lin, who had been pulling the carriage, immediately swung her head and changed course. From the driver's seat came the sound of Lumina freaking out.
"Huh? What's with this one? Hey, hey!"
"Why? What's going on?"
"Augh, this one won't listen!"
"A horse that won't listen? Don't worry, that happens."
"No, fuck! Hey, I'm serious! Augh, I can't even hit her!"
I laughed on the inside. In the original game, there had been several ways to reach specific places in a hurry. I planned to use one of them.
I might have to pay a price for it, though.
Before we knew it, we had arrived at something that looked like a mining camp. When Lin stopped, I stepped out as naturally as I could.
"I'll check on Lin."
I went outside and did not check on Lin at all. I looked around instead.
Ash-gray ravines stood packed close together, and the ground was littered with scattered gravel. Nearby I could see overturned mine carts and pickaxes, along with several reasonably well-built huts. And the highlight — mines lined up in a row.
So this place really existed. I had been worried the setting might have gotten twisted.
I thanked Lin.
"Lin, thanks."
"Prrrrung!"
Not like she was some horse-girl who'd actually talk back. I was standing there sighing when someone approached.
A blue-haired dwarf with a cigar clenched in his teeth.
"Who are you folks? What brings you here?"
A few more dwarves in pointed hats filed out behind him.
"Ah, we are a hero party. And who might you gentlemen be?"
At my question the dwarves snorted, sucking on their pipes or tipping back cups of beer.
"Calling us gentlemen."
"That fancy talk don't suit us, young fella!"
"Still feels nice, though. Haha!"
"We're miners, and this here's the mining camp we run."
I figured as much. The words "mining camp" confirmed it. In the original, the protagonist could go anywhere through the mining sites. There were secret paths only the dwarves knew.
Lucky.
I asked carefully.
"Um, gentlemen. We're trying to get to Myra, but the road is quite long. And with Black Troops and all, the monsters have been no joke lately."
"Ah, that's true enough. That's why we've been living at the camp ourselves."
Another dwarf came forward from the back to complain.
"Especially the goblins! Those damn bastards have been tormenting us every single day!"
"Gentlemen, would you happen to have a secret underground path that goes straight to the capital?"
The dwarves were genuinely startled by that. Of course they were. A kid who looked this young had just casually mentioned a secret path.
"Hoh. How do you know about that?"
"My father is none other than Reiner Leonhardt. I heard it from him."
At that, the dwarves finally nodded.
"Ah, Reiner — we know him well! Famous, isn't he? Khaha!"
"Hmm. If you want us to tell you, we can. We've been working on that path anyway."
"But first, help us out a bit. There's a goblin settlement in the mountains nearby — would you go take care of it?"
Harassed by goblins, huh? What was going on? Yesterday's Black Troop goblins flickered through my mind. Were those the ones giving them trouble?
That was when something caught my eye. Things hidden among the huts and mine carts — invisible unless you looked carefully. Dwarven weapons were scattered all over the place.
From siege lances to gunpowder shells. That's insane.
And they had even thrown a quest at me of their own accord.
Objective: Go to the goblin settlement and resolve the problem.
Reward: 10,000 CP, Mining Site Dwarves' Trust UP!
I had no choice but to accept this. Couldn't hold back!
"Understood. Then we'll take care of it for you!"
"Good. We'll get ready."
I went over to Lin.
"Lin, let's go to the mountains around here. To the goblin settlement. Can you do it?"
Lin nodded. Thank god she understood what I said. If she didn't, none of my exploits so far would have been possible. I grinned and called out.
"Great. Then I'm counting on you!"
We climbed back into the carriage. As we started rolling again, I explained the situation.
My aunt propped her chin in her hand.
"To think there would be a dwarf mining camp here. Lucky."
That's right. A genuinely lucky break.
We ran for a long while, climbed, and at last arrived at the goblin settlement. We got down and prepared for a fight. Goblins were that kind of race, after all. Of course I could just suppress them myself if things went south — but my companions needed to grow some too, right?!
"Huh?"
Lumina, who had been walking ahead, stopped in confusion. I looked past her at the goblin settlement.
It was such a wreck that even if ghosts came pouring out, you would have gotten a few hundred of them. Huh. This shouldn't be. Why… was it like this?!