Chapter 70
Chapter 70
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 70
Chapter Title: Big-Boobed Pixies #3
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"Wait, Dryad?"
That was the name I gave her... No. Wait. This was their language magic at work. The pixies' concept of her must have been translated into that for me.
When you thought about it, the fact that we were even having this conversation was a kind of miracle.
"Yeah? Why?"
"No, it's nothing. But taming? She's not some beast or anything."
For some reason, Sharan and I had ended up in a relationship where we did that kind of thing every day. But I couldn't just let "taming" slide.
"We got close through love and friendship."
"Love and friendship? You mean you're friends?"
"Yeah. Something like that."
"How do you even become friends? We can't do that sort of thing."
Serinyu stuck out her lower lip, looking almost envious as she said it.
"Tell me. How did you become friends?"
"You want me to tell you?"
"Yeah. If we could become friends, we wouldn't have to fight, right?"
It was a fair point.
But did she really think I'd just hand over trade secrets like that? If this were a restaurant, it'd be like asking for their recipe on the first meeting. Wasn't that just swallowing manners whole?
"Why do you keep dragging it out? Is it hard to remember?"
"..."
I'd thought that, but Serinyu's attitude seemed purely curious—nothing more, nothing less.
How should I put this?
Even in our short conversation so far, I could feel it. These pixies... compared to humans or similar beings, they seemed incredibly pure and innocent.
They gave off the vibe that they'd fall for any trick, and I could already picture them getting duped and suffering for it.
"Not really. You're right—it'd be nice if we didn't have to fight."
"Exactly! Fighting is bad!"
Maybe because I'd agreed with her.
She looked pleased.
"But the forest is full of fights, so we have no choice but to keep battling. That's why I'm curious. Dryads are a bit dangerous. I'd love it if we didn't have to fight them."
So they saw her as a predator, huh.
But the reason Sharan and I got like this was probably because I'm a guy. With an all-female species like dryads, I doubt anyone else could get close. Sharan herself had fallen for me the moment she sensed I was male.
"Tell me quick. We agreed not to fight today, remember?"
What did that have to do with anything?
The logic that not fighting meant sharing info was utterly ridiculous. Looked like I was right—their way of thinking was pretty childish by human standards.
Of course, humans were cunning like that.
Human society was this massive web of people interconnected and functioning together. It was bound to differ from a small group living in nature like this. These forest pixies probably rarely even communicated with outsiders.
"Alright. You want to know how to befriend a dryad?"
"Yeah."
"It's not hard to tell you. But if I do, you have to tell me something I'm curious about too."
Either way, this seemed exploitable.
If the pixies understood give-and-take, I could get some valuable info. They were locals here—they had to know a lot.
But.
"What? Why should I?"
She furrowed her brow slightly as she said it.
"Huh?"
This bitch?
"Why should I tell you what you're curious about?"
What the hell?
Serinyu looked genuinely baffled as she said it... Did I mess up what I said?
This threw me off a bit.
"Because I told you what you wanted to know. So you tell me something in return. You scratch my back, I scratch yours—don't you get it?"
I explained it as plainly as I could.
"Give you one? That'd just benefit you."
Serinyu crossed her arms, speaking in a tone like it was the dumbest thing ever.
"We might not even keep not fighting forever, so I can't just do nice things for you."
No, fuck.
So she'd take one for free but give nothing to a potential enemy like me?
"No, wait. Then what good am I doing for you? Telling you how to befriend dryads benefits you, doesn't it?"
"I don't know how that'll turn out with you, so I take whatever good I can get. And I shouldn't do anything good for you. You're Qlus, right? In the forest, you always have to be cautious. Think about gains and losses. One wrong choice could cost you big."
—Smack.
Serinyu even pointed at me as she lectured. This bitch was talking like she was the teacher!
"Argh! You little...!"
She couldn't see things from my perspective!
No, she was just selfish!
All about her own gain!
"Eek?! Why are you yelling?! You wanna fight now?! We just said no fighting!"
No, shit!
What the hell was this bitch!
So fucking frustrating!
"Guh!"
Calm down! Calm down, Qlus! Kim Qlus!
I couldn't flip the table here out of anger! Their mindset was fucked, but their combat power was decent enough!
Approach this carefully!
They seemed pretty dumb at first glance. I could totally sweet-talk them! Stay calm! Fix this!
"S-Speak! We agreed no fighting! You gonna break the promise?!"
Serinyu and the other two pixies lowered their stances warily. If they used magic, it'd be trouble. I exhaled sharply and spoke in as even a tone as possible.
"What? Who said anything about fighting? We just promised not to, like you said. So why fight? If we made a promise, we keep it. Right?"
Even I knew it was a shameless excuse.
Any human would call it treating them like an idiot.
"Huh?"
But.
"...Yeah. Promises have to be kept."
It worked.
"Right? What are you even on about? I'm not fighting."
"Hmm... You just yelled. So I thought you wanted to fight. You caused a misunderstanding by yelling. Isn't that your fault?"
"..."
What an absurd attitude.
Pixies seemed like a species that picked fights without realizing it.
"And we don't know if you'll keep the promise or not. We're not idiots. That's why we got wary."
Always blaming others.
Anyway, good excuse heard.
"Fine. We're good then? No fighting, got it."
Serinyu nodded.
Seizing the moment, I slipped in a surprise question.
"But can I ask one thing?"
"What?"
Serinyu tilted her head.
This was basically an intelligence test. Their thinking was so different from mine. I needed to figure out how to talk to them.
"How'd you get close to those fairies?"
"Fairies? What's that?"
"Huh? You don't know?"
What?
Wasn't the language translating?
"Those little flying ones. The ones you sent at us."
"Oh, them? Why call them fairies? They're not fairies."
Of course, in their language, it wouldn't be "fairy"... Hmm, so proper nouns only translate one way?
"Anyway. How'd you get close to them?"
This question directly contradicted her "own gain" rule. I was asking about something I was curious about, and she'd said answering that would benefit me.
But.
"They came to us, and we played with them. That's how we got close."
She answered without a second thought.
"..."
These guys were really pretty dim.
"Oh, right. Anyway. We were talking about dryads. How'd you befriend one?"
Serinyu asked like she'd just remembered.
"...Yeah. I'll tell you how I befriended the dryad."
"Yay!"
She got purely excited at the promise.
"Thanks!"
And as she cheered...
—Bounce!
Her huge, heavy breasts jiggled up and down in a piston motion.
That bust morphing was real... Ugh.
Her areola even peeked out a bit, but she didn't care.
"Tell me quick! I'm waiting—don't tease!"
"Alright, here goes. How to befriend a dryad: give them a gift."
"A gift?"
"Yeah. A gift."
Serinyu tilted her head.
I explained to her.
"If you give someone something you think is good, how do you think they'd feel?"
"Who knows."
"Why not?"
Ugh, this thick-headed idiot.
Did I have to spell this out too?
"Why not? What I think is good might be something they hate."
"What."
Why was she so logical here?
"Hmm... What if you pick something they like?"
"How do you know what they like to give them something good?"
"..."
"If you know what they like that well, you're already friends, right? I don't know what the ones who hate me like."
Serinyu said it like it was obvious.
"I want to know how to become friends, not how to get closer to ones who already are."
Couldn't even talk to these idiots.
"We don't know much about dryads anyway."
"Whatever. I gave her a gift. She liked it, so we got close."
"Huh? So it was luck?"
"Yeah. Luck."
"What? It was just luck? Anyone could say that."
Fuck, seriously.
Tempted to flick her forehead hard.
"Anyway. What did you give her?"
"That..."
Whitey.
"..."
I glanced at Serinyu.
Her face was bursting with curiosity. A bit rude and bitchy, but it was kinda cute like that.
"Something really good."
So I said.
"Something really precious and good."
"Something really good?! What is it?!"
Her excitement exploded as she clenched her fists and shouted.
"Can't just tell you."
"Why!!!"
"It's super good for me. We're not friends yet. Can't spill good stuff to non-friends. Right?"
"Ah."
She seemed to get that it made sense.
"Yeah, that's fair. Can't share good stuff with non-friends. Good stuff is for friends only..."
"Exactly?"
"Yeah... So how do I become friends with you?"
"What? You wanna be friends with me now?"
Now she wanted to be friends?
"I'm super curious what that good thing is. Gotta be friends to find out. So let's be friends."
Wow, had I ever seen such naive idiots.
She straight-up bought my words.
Like fairies in fairy tales... who trust humans blindly and get screwed over. Even the grumpy ones.
Pixies had that vibe.
"Not hard. Remember what I said earlier?"
"What?"
"About giving gifts."
"Oh!"
She was totally hooked.
"Let's exchange gifts. I'll give you something I think is good, you do the same. Then we can be friends."
"Got it! Let's do that! Just give gifts! Our best stuff!"
The excited Serinyu shouted.
"Heh heh, yeah. That'll do it."
"I'll get it right now!"
"Right now?"
"No, not today. Meet here tomorrow and we'll exchange then."
"Okay!"
—Flap flap flap.
Serinyu grinned wide and low-flighted back to her group. Damn, she was surprisingly agile. How did she fly with those heavy tits?
Anyway, back with her crew, she started chattering excitedly.
"Good."
I turned away, watching.
Sharan sidled up beside me.
"Mama. Gonna give pixies gifts?"
"Yeah, planning to."
"Then, Mama."
"Hm?"
"Secretly feed 'em Whitey."
"What."
Secretly feed them Whitey?
"Pretend it's a gift—they'll eat it, right?"
"No, Sharan?"
"Yes? Mama?"
"How do you read my mind like that?"
Unbelievable!
"Same thought as me!"
I synced with Sharan!
If I used the gift exchange excuse to feed those rude pixies my Whitey... maybe I'd claim them like Sharan.
That was the plan.
"Shaa shaa! Sharan thought same as Mama!"
Sharan had the exact same idea!
"Heh heh, yeah!"
Look at this selfish, rude, but naive species. They bought my bullshit. Sweet-talk 'em right, feed 'em Whitey, addict them... Just like Sharan and Lumika. They'd be mine for sure.
I'd avoided this method usually, but no choice.
That chat was too frustrating.
"Then, Sharan. Can you make a little jar for Whitey?"
"Yes, Mama!"
Sharan and I danced in excitement.
"All females love Mama's Whitey, so secretly feed and make 'em Mama's!"
"Our Sharan's so smart!"
"Shaa shaa!"
"Hahaha!"
This felt so damn good.