Chapter 307: Oyagodong
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 307: Oyagodong
Is that Swish-Swish?
She’s a bit big for Swish-Swish, isn’t she?
Loooooong.
In fact, she wasn't just 'a bit big'; she was enormous, nearly the size of the Snake Queen's true form.
Beautiful black scales covered her entire body, decorated with the pale emerald scales characteristic of Swish-Swish.
Her appearance was such that anyone would call her a spirit beast, and the internal energy she exuded was extraordinary.
She finally evolved!
Well, Chirpy evolved too, so it makes sense for Swish-Swish to evolve as well.
But her face is still the same?
I thought she'd look a little intimidating and cool like the Snake Queen, but her face still resembled a puppy more than a snake.
“Piyak!”
And her cry is still 'piyak'?
A spirit beast of your stature should be mindful of her dignity now.
Of course, my own cry is 'Gekgek,' so I'm not one to talk...
【Black Cloud Heavenly Thunder Flower Spirit-Dracaena LV30】
Dracaena!
It seems Swish-Swish evolved into a Dracaena.
So, what's a Dracaena?
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【Black Cloud Heavenly Thunder Flower Spirit-Dracaena】
The evolved form of the Ball Python, the Snake Princess of the Gaegaek Cult.
With a heart that desires to protect someone, she has fused the profound principles of Gaegaek with the power of healing.
She is a unique species and can mimic some of Gomodo's techniques.
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They said Black Cloud Heavenly Thunder Flower Spirit was Swish-Swish's original name.
Dracaena must be the name of the new species she's become.
It's very similar to Tus and Pus's new species description.
It didn't explain what 'Ananse' meant, and this one doesn't explain what 'Dracaena' is either.
The spider sisters evolved after eating my tail, so did Swish-Swish evolve by eating my tail too?
The Snake Queen must have packed up a hefty amount of my tail meat back then and fed it to Swish-Swish.
Wait, now that I think about it, Chirpy seemed to have evolved after that day too.
Argentavis also packed up some of my tail.
And the wolves were showing signs of evolving soon.
…It's my own tail, but it seems to be quite an amazing thing.
Unfortunately, I don't have a tail right now.
Because I'm in my human form.
“Stay still. You can't bring out your tail like that, can you?”
“I don't have a tail in this form, you know?”
“That's something we'll find out once we remove these cumbersome clothes.”
The Snake Queen, persistently aiming for my other tail.
Seriously, her daughter is watching with her eyes wide open, and she's not even pretending to stop anymore.
“Kuaak! Swish-Swish!”
“Pyak pyak.”
Swish-Swish wagged her tail, making a cute sound.
To be honest, this wasn't the first or second time the Snake Queen and I had been like this, so she probably thought it was a regular occurrence and approached slowly.
As she slithered closer, she suddenly froze.
“…Hiek?”
Swish-Swish's chubby tail bent like a bow, forming a question mark.
“Hieeeek!”
Swish-Swish leaped into the air.
She instinctively coiled her body into a ball, then peeked her head out to slowly examine me.
Did she just now realize I'd turned into a human?
Seeing her so happy about it doesn't feel bad.
But that aside, aren't you going to save me now?
“My daughter has undergone a metamorphosis, and my companion seems to have grown up… There's no need to hesitate any longer!”
“Y-You'll get hurt! There's something around my neck, remember?”
“The token was made to protect my companion until he matured. My companion is now sufficiently mature!”
This is bad.
My body is gradually slowing down, which means the Snake Queen must be continuously using her Demonic Eye.
Crack.
Look at that. Stone dust has started to float in the air.
It means she's using her Demonic Eye at maximum output.
For what?
To strip my clothes off!
I may like some gerorong, but now is not the time!
“Piyaaaaaak!”
Before I could even mourn my clothes being stripped off, Swish-Swish was deployed to the battlefield.
Having come to her senses, Swish-Swish lunged at me.
“Yes, my princess. This mother will show you a demonstration…”
“Saaaaak!”
Her face sharpened.
That's my Swish-Swish!
“Hmm… Then together?”
“Piyak!”
Swish-Swish?
Even Swish-Swish, whom I trusted, has betrayed me.
“Piyayak!”
Now Swish-Swish has completely joined forces with her to strip my clothes.
The Snake Queen on my lower body.
Swish-Swish on my upper body.
Even I can't withstand a pincer attack from the two of them.
…The Snake Queen is doing this because my form has changed.
I must have looked like I'd come of age.
So, what if I turn back into a lizard?
“I'm fine with your original form, too.”
…That doesn't seem to be the right answer.
In that case, it would create the very bizarre scene of a large lizard tied up by two large snakes.
What should I do?
Am I, a pure lizard acknowledged by the Unicorn, about to be corrupted?
Tears are about to well up.
At the same time, my line of sight began to lower.
“Heuk…”
Somehow, my body felt lighter, and my clothes seemed to have gotten a bit bigger.
The sleeves became way too long.
“C-Companion…”
The movements of the Snake Queen and Swish-Swish stopped at the same time.
“Hi… Hieek…”
What is it?
They seemed determined not to let me go. Did they suddenly have a change of heart?
“That form is… Ugh…”
“Hieeeek…”
Swish-Swish, though startled, was staring intently at my face.
“That's cheating. Cheating…”
Srrk.
The restraints from the Snake Queen and Swish-Swish were released simultaneously.
What's going on?
I quickly slipped away before they could change their minds.
“What on earth…”
Huh?
Why does my voice sound like this?
It sounds a bit… frail?
Like a voice before puberty?
“Hehehe…”
“Milpuuuuuu!”
“Hehe… Oyagodong…”
Aish, you scared me.
When did you guys get here?
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Fortunately, the assault on my chastity by the Snake Queen and her daughter seems to have come to an end.
“Gekgek.”
I was sure they wouldn't have stopped even if I'd turned back into a lizard, but it's fine now.
Because I succeeded in driving away their worldly desires with a combination of Humanization and Miniaturization.
I literally became a young human for a moment.
Miniaturization reduces my body's size, and Humanization lets me take a human form, so it might be natural that using both at the same time would produce such a result.
It has no use in combat, but its power was immense.
So much so that I instinctively realized I shouldn't use it carelessly.
Just look at Swish-Swish.
“Hieeeek…”
She's still twisting her body.
She seems to have been greatly shocked by my younger form.
Now she's even avoiding eye contact.
Swish-Swish has now returned to the size I knew.
I'm not sure if she can imitate my techniques thanks to her evolution, or if she learned it from old man Compy.
Seeing old man Compy's whiskers lying on the floor like a war trophy, I guess the old man must have gone through a lot.
“Hehe…”
The Bicorns, who appeared out of nowhere, began to repair the Snake Queen's temple as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
We're planning to move our residence anyway, but that doesn't mean we're abandoning this place.
We plan to return here once everything is over.
Even if not, there was a chance it would be incorporated into my territory.
“Hehe… Love Palace…”
“Vacation home, vacation home…”
The Bicorns, as if they knew this, began their construction work diligently.
“Indeed, I saw them back then, but they truly are mysterious spirit beasts.”
I find them fascinating every time I see them, too.
“They are horses exiled from the Heavenly Realm, so perhaps such abilities should be expected.”
Right, horses exiled from the Heavenly Realm...
Huh?
“Gek?”
Horses exiled from the Heavenly Realm?
“What's with that expression?”
Come to think of it, I think the Heavenly Fox said something like that too?
“One husband?”
“Many wives?”
The Bicorns also tilted their heads.
Why are you acting so surprised?
That's the look on your faces.
No wonder the Bicorns were so competent. They were from the Heavenly Realm?
To be honest, I don't really know what the Heavenly Realm is, but just the name sounds impressive.
“Hehehe…”
“Hehe… Conjugal union, conjugal union…”
The Bicorns vanished like shadows once again.
Hmm, I think I have a rough idea where that mysterious technique of theirs comes from.
“I was thinking of offering them a meal, but they left right away.”
I know, right.
They appear with a 'hehehe,' and once their work is done, they disappear with another 'hehehe.'
If the Unicorn is a being I can understand with my common sense, the Bicorns seem to be beings beyond it.
Seeing how competent they all are, maybe it would be fine to turn the remaining Unicorn into a Bicorn too.
And so, in the temple the Bicorns had left, only the lizard, the small snake, and the gerorong Snake Queen remained.
It was a cozy and comfortable scene, just like when I first arrived here.
…Actually, it wasn't that cozy at first.
The Snake Queen was planning to eat me for stealing her daughter.
But what's so great about having a shared background?
A Basilisk and a Green Basilisk.
The Snake Queen and I were bound to connect.
“Gekgek.”
If I had said that out loud back then, I would have become one of the stone statues somewhere in the temple.
For daring to call myself a Basilisk when I was just a Green Basilisk.
Of course, since petrification doesn't work on me, she might have just taxidermied me instead of turning me to stone.
The Snake Queen, saying that Bixi doesn't taste good, brought a large ox from somewhere.
“Piyak!”
I ate my fill of the meat, which had been roasted to a golden brown by Swish-Swish's Destruction Ray.
Now that we've filled our stomachs and caught up, it's time to get to the main point.
The reason I came here was because I heard she had been attacked.
But even without that, I was planning to visit the Snake Queen anyway.
“Gekgek.”
I rummaged around and took out what I had hidden between my scales.
Take a look at this.
“This is?”
The Snake Queen's eyes widened as she was playing with Swish-Swish with one hand.
What I took out were two inner cores with brilliant patterns.
I'll eat one of the inner cores, and the remaining three will be distributed to my followers.
I've been constantly worrying about how to distribute them and haven't decided completely yet.
But one spot is certain.
The Snake Queen, Parsil.
One inner core from a Profound Realm spirit beast will be given to her.
The Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Spirit Fruit, the Thousand-Year Hwari, the Thousand-Year Snow Ginseng Wine.
Besides those, I was able to eat countless inner cores and elixirs thanks to her. If I hadn't caught her eye, I likely would have been killed by some Gaechalgoatal while wandering around cluelessly.
So I plan to repay her kindness.
“You've gathered two inner cores of this level? …No, not two, but four? How on earth… Your own internal energy already surpasses the Transformation Realm, and now this…”
Parsil wore an expression of disbelief.
“And… you intend to give one of these to me.”
“Gekgek.”
Yes.
I want the Snake Queen to eat the inner core and become stronger.
Just like she was when we first met.
The master of this jungle, who would not lose to anyone.
I hope she is reborn not as a lower-tier dragonkin, but as a higher-tier spirit beast befitting her power.
“…Is it truly all right for me to accept this?”
“Gek!”
Goes without saying.
“Yes… No matter how much I refuse, my companion will not be swayed.”
She knows me well.
This is why I like the Snake Queen.
We've rubbed flesh...
No, we've rubbed scales for a long time, so of course we know each other.
“Then… I will accept it gratefully.”
The Snake Queen took one of the inner cores.
She chose the Ice Dragon's inner core.
It will be highly compatible with her, a Basilisk.
In terms of element, it would suit Baek Rang, but considering their species, Qiongqi's inner core would be a better fit for her.
“This is… the inner core of a Profound Realm spirit beast…”
The Snake Queen gazed silently at the inner core I handed her.
“I apologize. If I were one of my companion's followers, I could have used it more efficiently by cutting off your tail, but since I am not, it's as if I've wasted one whole inner core.”
What are you talking about!
How could it be a waste for the Snake Queen to eat it?
Of course, if I ate it, gathered the internal energy in my tail, and cut it off, it would be more efficient...
…Huh?
“Gekgegek!”
I hurriedly shoved my hand into the Snake Queen's mouth.
“Mmph! Mmph! What are you doing!”
Taking back something you gave is truly pathetic, but…
“Gekgegegegek!”
If I just share my tail from the start, I don't have to worry about distribution!
Just spit it out for a second.
“It's already too late… Ugh… Oop!”
“Gek… Gekgegek!”
But I couldn't retrieve the inner core that had already gone down her throat.
“Geeeek…”
No, why didn't I think of that?
I was mistaken because of what my Master advised.
Eating four inner cores at once is dangerous, but eating them one at a time, four times, isn't dangerous, right?
“How… could you…”
“Gek…”
I think I did something I should be sorry for to the Snake Queen.
After saying I'd give her a gift, I shoved my hand into her soft mouth and randomly touched her snake tongue, getting my hand covered in saliva.
Look at her, face bright red and breathing heavily.
“Geeeek…”
She seems really angry.
“How…”
I should apologize first.
“Your perverted tastes, my companion… are truly fascinating.”
Huh?
“Hehehe… Beast, beast.”
“Hehe… Onaesota…”
Aish, why are you guys back again?