## Chapter 356 – Dungeons and Adventurers (23)
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Elves.
They were a type of demihuman usually found in legends or fantasy.
Their defining features included snow-white skin and ears that were much longer and more pointed than those of humans.
They were also a long-lived race, living much longer than humans, and their appearance hardly aged, making them a fantastic race for women.
Their hair color might vary, but they generally had flowing green or golden hair and eyes that sparkled like stars.
Oh, and perhaps they were also vegetarians, a higher race that loved nature and lived in harmony with it.
It was nice to encounter an elf I had only heard about, but it seemed that such wondrous feelings were unique to me and not shared by anyone else.
“To scar the face of a new bride…!!
You asked for death, so I shall grant it.
Now, what kind of death do you desire?
Shall I tear open your belly and devour your intestines?
No, I should sever your limbs and make you a toy for my husband.”
Of course, anyone would have such thoughts if an arrow grazed their face and left a scar, but still.
Reah was angrier than I thought, already extending her sharp, knife-like claws and calculating how to dismantle the prey caught in her trap.
‘W-wait a minute…!!’
“Ah, does my husband prefer them with their limbs attached?
Then I shall sever their tendons, so do not worry?
To commemorate our honeymoon, I shall gift you a toy that can never walk or move again.”
“Heeek!! T-toy?
What are you going to do to me with that little monster?”
Like a mouse caught in a sticky trap, the elf lay stuck in the web.
However,
As Reah pushed the elf over with her long legs, the web seemed to detach from her body with great force, and the elf’s clothes tore with a ripping sound.
“Aah!! Kyaaaaak!! It hurts!!”
‘Are her clothes really made of leaves?’
The tank top and short skirt, seemingly made of 100% pure leaves, tore away, revealing her snow-white skin. The elf, as if ashamed to be seen naked, used her newly freed arms to cover her chest.
However, as if to explain the real reason for her screams, the areas of her skin that had been in contact with the web, such as her arms and abdomen, turned red and swollen, as if she had been freshly waxed.
Seeing the skin, now smooth from the removal of even the fine hairs, swell up, I realized that if the web’s viscosity had been just a little stronger, her flesh might have been torn off as well.
But rather, that flushed appearance was quite alluring, and to be honest, it would be a lie to say that I wasn’t a little turned on.
Isn’t half of the tentacle porn in the world about elves?
The bad ending where a successful elf warrior or adventurer elf archer falls into a trap and becomes the prey and breeding sack of tentacles is always in demand.
Anyway, Reah gave a chilling smile to the elf, who was desperately trying to cover her body with her arms.
But I began to sense something was off, and perhaps it wasn’t just my imagination, not long after that.
“Hic! Heeit!! I’m caught by a monster!!
And some strange bug monster is trying to enter my navel!!
Like in an ero doujin!!”
“Can’t you shut that mouth of yours?”
“Nooo!! A spider monster is infiltrating my body…!!
And will turn my womb and body into a breeding factory……!!”
Well… that kills the mood.
Ever since Reah had grabbed the elf, claiming she would take care of her, and placed her on her workbench, the elf’s chatter had been incessant.
Seeing her face, teary-eyed and flushed, as she made those noises, even I, who was watching from the side, felt my fantasies about elves shatter.
Even Reah, who had been gleefully thinking about cruelly dismantling the elf, now wore a disgusted expression, as if looking at food waste.
‘Can’t we just dump this woman somewhere?’
“I agree…
This one is more toxic than Enic, who only has females in her head…
Ah!! I didn’t mean to speak ill of my husband!!”
‘That might have hurt a little…’
“N-no, Husband!! It’s not that!!”
“Hyaaaaat!! Mother, Father, I’m sorryyy!!
Your daughter has become a plaything for the monster’s lust…!!
I’ve become an irredeemable impregnation sack!!”
Had she finally become too disgusting to even eat?
With her mouth tightly bound with thread to prevent her from uttering another word, the elf woman was thrown naked outside. We thought we would never see her again.
Of course, that was a huge mistake.
It was mealtime again, and we were sitting together, feeding each other meat and being lovey-dovey.
In the midst of that, Reah’s eyes suddenly flashed, and I couldn’t help but know.
“Heh heh… Ohoho…
Now, say ‘ah~’?”
Her gaze quickly softened, and she gave an awkward smile as if nothing had happened, but I had already seen a strand of web beneath her feet twitching madly.
‘Reah, are you okay…?’
“Such a thing would only bring bad luck if eaten.
The meat would surely be tough, and it would only cause a stomachache.
It’s best to ignore a liquid-filled thing like that.”
Even Reah, the hunter of the wilderness, was now taking a stance of complete disregard. In fact, even before this, the elf woman had come looking for us again.
Despite being chased out naked, she had somehow woven together some more leaves, this time wearing only a leaf bikini.
Of course, Reah, in order to check if prey had been caught as the web twanged, had gone outside the hideout several times, only to be met with a sudden barrage of arrows each time.
And yet, it was we who were swallowing a surprisingly hollow feeling.
‘She’s really terrible at shooting, isn’t she?’
“Tsk… Won’t she just tire herself out…”
If the arrow that grazed Reah’s cheek during their first encounter was the best shot she had, would anyone even believe it?
Especially considering that it was an arrow shot while she was struggling, stuck in the web.
Later, Reah even stood still and became a target while the elf woman shot arrows, with an expression of disbelief.
Usually, stray arrows are the scariest, and even if someone is bad at shooting, one or two arrows are bound to hit.
But seeing every single shot miss, I felt like I, who had never even shot a bow before, wanted to give her pointers.
About a day passed like that.
“Husband, this time too…”
‘We have to move…
Dungeons aren’t as easy as I thought…’
It felt like we had just moved the other day.
No, to be exact, it was a day earlier than the day before yesterday, but Reah, sensing something strange was about to happen again, as if another geological change was about to occur, stared into the air for a long time before saying something difficult to me.
I was being held between Reah’s plump breasts and embraced as if being comforted, so I was like, ‘Oh yeah,’ but still.
Looking at her telling me this, she seemed sorry, but in reality, she might be even more upset herself.
For a spider, the web is its home and the means of a stable life.
Abandoning the web, which is also a hunting tool that allows it to hide from predators and continue hunting, and constantly having to leave and wander, is something she would naturally not want.
‘We’ll find a good spot.
Where should we go this time?’
“Is that so? Then this time, let’s go that way…”
But leaving through the door now meant facing the ‘walking bad luck’ that Reah had mentioned.
Similarly, when we gently opened the door made of web like a lid, an arrow flew towards us again, as always.
But as the arrow neatly embedded itself in the web wall next to us, Reah sighed and tried to ignore it as she began to walk.
You know how it is, right?
Watching a clay movie about the comical daily lives of brothers wearing red and yellow clothes must feel like this.
“Waaah…!! I slipped…!!”, “Hmph…!!”, “If I aim carefully…!!”, “Ah… Too bad……!!”
Even as Reah was walking, the elf woman was chasing after her, shooting arrows.
Yet, the arrows she shot from right in front of her were all missing, reminding me of a horsefly buzzing around a cow, annoying it.
The arrows aimed at Reah’s upper body pierced the air, and when she tried to shoot at her lower body, the trajectory strangely curved, and the arrows stuck in the ground.
She looked normal, even beautiful, but her actions were clumsy…
Even as I was wondering what it would be like to live with that face if I were a man, the elf woman was stubbornly shooting arrows that all missed, making sounds of regret as if she was truly disappointed.
“Ah… Too bad……”
“I was going to go easy on you in front of my husband…”
At that moment, with a small murmur, the elf woman’s body bent into a ‘ㄱ’ shape and was thrown backwards.
Eventually, Reah, unable to endure the annoying buzzing of the green horsefly, swung one of her legs like a whip, hitting the elf woman’s abdomen squarely.
Reah had been a human woman from Chao Xing when she was young, but considering how much she believed in folk beliefs, her actions were quite unusual.
Until just now, she hadn’t even thought of touching her, fearing she might be cursed, but now, had the elf woman become so annoying that she was willing to bear the bad luck?
“Ugh!! Aht!! Aah… Aht ah……”
Seeing her thrown backwards, rolling roughly on the ground several times, only letting out painful groans, I wondered if she would even be able to get up today.
Reah, with cold eyes as if she hadn’t even bothered to control her strength, stared down at the elf woman’s trembling body for a moment, then turned her head away and continued walking.
“H-hit…… it……”
Finally, with the feeling of something snapping from her hard chitinous leg, a difficult laugh was heard, and Reah’s footsteps stopped again.
“I’ll suffer from bad luck for a while.
I apologize to my husband in advance.”
The elf woman, trembling and lying on the ground, barely holding the bow she had just shot with in her shaking hands.
Of course, it wasn’t like I had any particular ill will towards the elf woman, but if she attacked Reah, my ardent ally, then she was an enemy to me as well.
If Reah decided to get rid of her, it wasn’t my place to interfere.
Even now, the elf woman was lying on the ground, unable to get up, wriggling her body with effort.
Just as Reah, drawing her sharp claws, was about to approach her and pierce her with those knife-like claws.
“M-mommy…… sob……”
With a small sob and a familiar word, Reah’s hand stopped in mid-air.
“I… I tried hard… I’m… sorry……
I don’t… think I can catch… it…
My arm… my stomach… hurts so much… sniffle…
Aah… Paa… Heheheh……”
Reah’s hand, which had been quite fierce, suddenly stopped, and I, sitting on her shoulder, gently stroked the side of Reah’s chin with my leg, as if to say it was okay.
Then Reah trembled her lips for a moment, slowly retracted her claws, and turned away, as if averting her eyes from the scene before her.
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“Rielnia Unde Glasier.
R-Rielnia is my name, Unde is my family name.
And Glasier is the name of our village…
My friends, and my mom, call me Riel.”
“I’m not particularly curious.”
The youthful girl called “Riel” was now standing up properly, unlike when she had been rolling around on the ground earlier, and was introducing herself.
“I’m sorry. You weren’t just a monster after all…
I didn’t know… I’m really sorry……!!
Thank you for forgiving me even though I was annoying.
And thank you for healing my injuries.”
It is true that there are many ways in which Reah cannot be called an ordinary monster.
Of course, she enjoys raw meat, has knife-like claws, and, most importantly, has the lower body of a spider.
But she was once human, and she still seems to retain some of those human emotions.
Just like me, whose mind is entirely human.
So, in fact, Reah and the other Arachne are more accurately classified as demihumans rather than monsters, although there may be room for debate in academia.
‘Then am I a tentacle human with a human mind?
I guess I’m a Tentahuman?’
Of course, the fact that I’m making such inhuman jokes might mean that I’ve already given up on being human.
Anyway, the elf woman, placing her hand on her chest and bowing with a sad expression towards Reah, suddenly cried out “Ah!!” as if she had sprained her back, and grabbed her waist.
‘She couldn’t use much nutrient fluid, so she’s not fully healed yet.
Her ribs don’t look good either, so be careful.
If she overexerts herself, she’ll get hurt again.’
“Hmph… Try not to move unnecessarily.”
Reah still didn’t seem to like Riel, and only showed a reluctant reaction.
Instead of her, I sat down on the ground and concentrated on diligently carving letters into the ground as if digging a hole.
[What are you doing here?]
“Ah!! A monster is talking……!!”
It’s not like you’ve never seen a talking monster before… but I guess you haven’t.
In some ways, I might be the first human-friendly monster.
Am I not a benevolent Enic who tirelessly uses his tentacles to care for females for the sake of coexistence and harmony with humans?
“Wow…!! I’ve never seen a talking monster before!!”
Anyway, I ignored Riel, who was making a fuss with all sorts of exclamations at me, and continued to write diligently.
[Answer.]
“Ah!! That’s… well…”
Feeling hesitation in her eyes as she lowered them slightly, I waited patiently while looking up at her for a moment.
After all, if I didn’t get an answer, the story between us wouldn’t progress.
“My family…… my family……”
But as soon as the story began to progress, the emotional storm that the elf girl brought was more intense than I had expected, and I couldn’t help but let out a small sigh inwardly.
