"You two aren't related, are you?" I asked as Mary hugged Jilly's abdomen.
I shivered a bit as all the little golden legs braced Mary, but she was giggling from it. I was still keeping my distance; I didn't like to be tickled.
"No, this little blind vagrant is just someone I see quite often in these parts. I have tried to eat her numerous times and almost was killed each time by freak accidents. So I decided to just leave her be; I also suggest not trying anything that she doesn't like," Jilly warned me.
Interesting, so Mary had some kind of protection thing that made chance work in her favor. That would explain how a blind, cute, and defenseless monster has survived so long in this world.
Jilly had also just confessed to trying to eat Mary on numerous occasions like it was nothing. Looks like there were conflicting views here.
On one side, there was Mary, who couldn't see the world and all of its ugliness, but she assumed that most people were good at the hippie monster. Then there was Jilly, who was a monster like I had read about for all intents and purposes, but a tad bit more civilized in some senses.
She was also an eleven out of ten if you could just get rid of the bug body and homicidal nature, but you can't win them all. It also didn't look like I was going to be getting rid of her anytime soon, so I might as well take her up on her offer.
"You said that you can get some wood or something that I can burn, right?" I asked Jilly.
"Hm? Oh, that, yes. I can climb to the top and pass some wood down. I wanted to try this new thing out anyways… Okay, so it will work, good," Jilly said, but the last part seemed like she was talking to herself, and I started to get a sneaking suspicion, but I was pulled from my thoughts.
I had to watch as Jilly gracefully, and with no effort apparent, crawled almost fifty meters of the waving cliff wall. I had considered trying to climb the wall myself, but even with my new strength and body, there was no way I would chance trying to climb that deadly ascent.
"EEEK!" Mary squealed and fell over backward like something had pushed her, and I rushed over to her.
"You okay?" I asked as I slid my arms under Mary to help her up.
Meanwhile, above, I could hear some thunderous crashing noises, but I was distracted. There was a mostly naked blind snake woman in my arms, sue me.
"OwO, that hurtsss, but I can sssee sssomething blue!" Mary said with unrestrained excitement as she rubbed her head and cuddled into my arms.
"What?" I asked in confusion, but not not liking the cuteness I was receiving as the bagging up top intensified. "How do you know what the color blue looks like?"
That was the best I could come up with at the moment, but suddenly the ground shaking and banging from up to stop. I looked into Mary's grinning smile, about to ask her what the screen said, but then a sound similar to a table saw started.
"Alright, what the hell is that woman doing up there," I said rhetorically, but Mary answered me.
"I don't know," Mary said so cutely that I just stared at her.
I had that one coming for saying it out loud, but I was getting distracted again. Since Mary knew colors, the next most logical thing to think was that she could read, right?
"What does the blue screen say, Mary?" I asked her, but she just shrugged and gave me basically the same answer she had just given, and I was about ready to just throw logic away entirely at this point.
"I don't know, I can't read," Mary said plainly to me, and I blinked at her.
"Then how do you know that the screen is blue if you were born blind?" I asked, just hoping for a sliver of logic to protrude in this mind-bending conversation, but I had no such luck, and I tossed logic out the window.
"I don't know; it's blue," Mary said and then cuddled into my chest again.
Suddenly, the buzzsaw up top stopped, and silence reigned over the rock-filled canyon. Mary had been slowly wrapping herself around me, and now I had no choice but to carry her, not really a bad thing.
"I am going to pass everything down; try to make a nice stack!" Jilly yelled down as she hung over the edge.
"Pass down? I could catch…" I started to complain, but shut the fuck up and ran for my life with Mary laughing in my arms.
The sun behind was blotted out by what I could only assume to be planned and perfectly cut fresh lumber planks of various sizes. What the hell was this witch doing?!
Boards started to rain down like fat long wooden spears, and I was doing everything in my power not to become a precooked skewer. As I dodged, though, I started to notice something strange.
No matter where I moved, the planks just barely missed me, but they did miss me every time. So, I stopped moving and stood still, and the boards rained down around me until I couldn't move, but not a single one touched Mary.
I did get a couple gashes, but my body was healing very fast, and now that it was over, I let out a long breath. What every Mary's power or ability was, it had just saved my life, and I was glad, but I had a large number of other emotions racing around inside of me.
"Isss went up a level!" Mary squealed in my arms, and I looked down at her.
What was going on here? Level? That sounded like some game BS, and I was starting to develop a sneaking suspicion of what was going on, and when Jilly poked her head over the top of the forest of boards pinning me into place where a bright yellow construction-grade hard hat, I was sure.
That damn thing gave the girls both Systems just to spite me!
So, whatever was over lording this world seemed to have the ability to give out systems as he chose. I don't know if I would call this cheating now that these two miscreants were part of my party, but I was paying for every advantage with attempts on my life so far."Sorry, I guess I can't kill you either with that little snake of snakes wrapped around you. Well, we have the wood, now you need to pile it! Also, are you going to burn that Troll or not?" Jilly asked me with impatience."Umm, if you can help me out, I can start the fire while you pile the wood unless you know how to cook the meat?" I questioned Jilly as I watched the hard hat slide off the top of her head and rest on her bare back just below her neck."What'sss going on?" Mary hissed up from my arms."Uck, fine, but this better be worth it! Stupid man, can't even kill him! Probably would just leave me wanting more after anyways!" Jilly grumbles as she starts to rip the planks off of the grou
I got the fire started with minimal risk to my life being applied. Jilly had thrown a couple of the long boards at me, but they went wide, completely missing me."Look, the more you mess around with your vain attempts to kill me, the longer it will take to get the meat down," I said as I walked over to the fallen Rock Troll that I had killed."Mmm, maybe, but you have yet to show me anything that would make me less likely to want to eat you," Jilly said while looking at me hungrily and licking her lips.I ignored her; I was already having enough trouble as it was concentrating with Mary on my back. She had started licking the back of my neck, and I was having trouble staying focused as I walked over to the corpse.This was the hard part now, and I needed to get the meaning of this thing quickly before Jilly decides that she doesn't want to wait for the meat. This woman was getting worse and worse as time went on, and I didn't want to keep relying on Mary
After having to hold Mary under my arm and fend off Jilly with the fire sword for about fifteen minutes, turning them once, they were done. The smell of the meat was quite good, and it filled the air, so I could see why it had to keep the girls back.This was probably the best thing that either of them had ever smelled. The bit of human in each of them yearned for the complexity of flavor.Eating fresh meat was probably second nature to them and every other monster. If they could all eat it raw, why would they try to cook?Now, I grabbed some burnt point short spear that I used to skewer the steaks. I was tempted to give Jilly hers right away in payment for trying to kill me, but instead, I spent five minutes running around waving meat sticks around while holding Mary off.I was trying to cool them off, but Jilly took it as me running away. Instead, being the intelligent centipede, she was had decided not to chase me. Instead, she grabbed one of the hot s
< Don't be stupid this time, and hear me out. If you plan on having these girls around you and you don't want to become lunch while you sleep, you had better listen!>Jeez, this guy was forceful, but I wasn't ignoring what he was saying. There was an excellent chance that he was right, and it would only be a matter of time until Jilly figured some way around Mary.<Good. Now, My name Herotipanlopolis, Great God of Heavens Ninth Gate of Oberomian. You can call me Hero, but I am the ruling god of this world.>You just made that up, didn't you?<I can wait until they kill you if you would prefer. Then I can reopen the gate and hopefully find someone more willing to accept the gifts that are bestowed upon him!>Fine, you're right. I am being a bit of a turd, and I do need your help. So, lay it on me; what is this fancy and unique System that you have for me?[Ranching System] Activated![Level Up] Level 1 gained!
"Jilly! Stop!" I called out, but it was too late to stop her.Suddenly, as I ran, my vision was filled with what must have been at least fifty little white borders and black windowed messages. Each and every one of them read the same thing in rapid succession, and then the air was filled with yipping, then all hell broke loose.[Spine Nailer]x69Suddenly, balls of fire, ice, and green smoke-looking stuff that I could only assume were poison gas began firing off in all directions. I ran and tackled the tall Oomukade by her centipede body and knocked Jilly to the ground.Jilly's attack stopped, and she turned on me, but I was already crawling up her smooth body to pin her down. She had not been able to see the fireball that had just passed where her head had been seconds after I had tackled her."Oh, isss this more meatsss?!" Mary asked as I was now moving up Jilly's waist."No, and you can't go running into a fight like that!" I scolded Jilly
"I sssmell bloodsss! There mussst be meatsss" Mary and her snakes hissed, and one of the snakes tongues went in my ear, making my eyes go funny as I had a minor body spasm."BAH! Mary! Stop letting your snakes hiss in my ears!" I said to her as I caught my balance."Sssorry, I isss ssstill hungry. Feed me pleasesss!" Mary hissed excitedly, and I wiped the drool from her cute mouth, making her smile.I turned back to the three-headed dog and wiped Mary's spit on my pants. The dog looked in rough shape and would need to be cleaned up, and some of those wounds may be sewn up."So, are we going to eat it, or are you just going to stare at it?" Jilly asked as she leaned down to me."Can you go put more wood on the fire, and I will cut up some more of the troll when I am done here, okay?" I asked, and Jilly threw up her hands but then clicked off to tend to the fire, mumbling as she went."Stupid man, thinks I am his slave, just wait until he is s
I dropped off the girls on the rock I had been sitting on before to cook the meat. It wasn't cold, but the girls had been shivering, so I figured this would be the best spot for her while I cut more meat up."Are we going to cook her alive, Or do you want me to kill her?" Jilly asked me as two large twenty-centimeter golden curved blades shot out from under her hair.Bera and Cera were both burying their faces in my chest as they grabbed at me in fear, and I couldn't really blame them. Only Riez had the balls to look Jilly in the eyes and her face blades."Stop it! I am taking care of her, and you will go find something to do while I get this meat ready, or I'll…." I trailed off as I looked up at the sword face. "Just leave the girls alone. They have already been through enough, and I am going to get more meat to cook. Please go find some more…."[Monster Girl: Riez, Bera, and Cera] Is now in your care![New Title]: Monster Nanny
I looked at Riez's naturally green eyes because what other color would they be? They were pretty, but that wasn't what was important right now."Yes, I will make it taste much better, you can ask Mary her as she drools in excite...OwO!" I had been saying but then bit me harder this time, hitting a nerve and making my knees buckle."Sof merkin fun ov meh!" Mary said with my neck still in her mouth.I was barely able to stay on my feet, and I didn't dare try to pull her off. Mary was all but breaking skin right now, but if I moved, that might change.I suppose I really needed to start treating these women like ladies and not my pets. I deserved to get a bite for saying that after she had been so cute with me.I relaxed my neck, and Mary slowly let go, and I was able to stand back up straight. The other four had stayed perfectly quiet the entire time."Sorry, I know I said that I wouldn't do it again, and I do. So, I deserved that. I will start