I Became a Tentacle Monster Blooming in the Academy Garden 23

## Chapter 23 – The Correlation Between a Girl and a Toilet

“Come to think of it, the Alchemy Department also takes liberal arts classes related to monsters, right? Is that why you’re looking into this?”

After their playful banter subsided, Yui, who had been gazing at the open book with a subtle glint in her eyes, spoke. Startled, Karla offered a somewhat weak excuse.

“Uh…!! That too… I’ve been a little interested in pet monsters lately…?”

“Pet monsters… that’s nice… So, what were you looking for?”

“I don’t know the name… Uh… are you going to help?”

“Of course? I’m from the Medical Department, you know? I learn about monsters that can be used for medicinal ingredients and related things. I even learned about monsters in my country.”

“Ah, right!! You’re from Chaoxing!!”

The Chaoxing Empire.

Just as Barmhausen, Karla’s homeland, represented the West, Chaoxing was a vast nation representing the East.

Unlike Barmhausen or Groden, its population was quite limited, mostly consisting of East Asians with black or dark brown hair, making them easily distinguishable.

In Chaoxing, a nation ruled by an emperor who reigned over numerous clans, biological research had been actively conducted since ancient times.

The form of society thus established was ‘biopunk.’

This was best represented by medicine and bioengineering.

Sometimes, there were jokes that the reason they looked so similar was due to the rampant genetic manipulation. Chaoxing possessed considerable knowledge and technological prowess in the field of biology.

Of course, just as each East Asian had their own unique characteristics, individual differences naturally existed. However, in some ways, those jokes weren’t entirely wrong.

From commoners to royalty, the citizens of Chaoxing each underwent at least three bio-manipulations, and the genetic makeup of newborn babies was slightly altered to affect their lifespan or health.

As a result, a somewhat standardized form of gene emerged, and one of its characteristics was black hair.

Thus, from a certain point, the Chaoxing Empire became known as the ‘Land of Black Hair,’ establishing itself as an authority in bioengineering.

Realizing once again that the girl before her was likely a young lady from a prestigious clan somewhere in that empire, Karla’s eyes began to sparkle.

“Really? Did you forget about me? Karla, you’re so mean…”

“Hehe… sorry…”

“I’m just kidding. So, can you explain what you’re looking for?”

“Yeah!! Well… a friend told me about it…!!”

Adding a qualifying remark that sounded like an excuse, Karla began to gradually share information about the spider currently inside her, focusing only on the necessary details.

She couldn’t exactly take it out of her vagina and show it, and more importantly, her impure intentions would be exposed.

Even if Yui was her closest friend, Karla couldn’t bring herself to reveal something like that.

Instead, she slowly recounted all the other information, such as the spider’s appearance and the characteristics she had learned from her own experiences, excluding the parts that could connect it to herself.

Then, staring intently at Yui, who seemed to be pondering something, Karla waited for her answer.

“Hmm…”

“Do you have any ideas?”

“Actually… I’m not sure either… I thought I would know if I heard the story…”

“A spider-like appearance, a little smaller than the palm of your hand…
With four pairs of legs…
But it’s not a spider… its skin is made of flesh, not an exoskeleton…
And it can communicate and interact with humans…?”

“Yeah, yeah!!”

Seeing the puzzled expression on Yui’s face as she repeated the description, Karla could easily predict that this question would also be unsuccessful.

“I need to think about it a little more… Based on the descriptions alone, it sounds close to an Arachnela, but Arachnela species have exoskeletons for their skin.”

Karla’s expression darkened slightly as she swallowed hard at Yui’s calm explanation.

“Arachnela are like mutants that were created from failed bio-experiments by the Tang Clan of Chaoxing…
As I said before, it’s a monster that’s similar to combining the upper half of a human with the lower half of a spider.
But its size isn’t just the size of a palm… and the spider part is an exoskeleton…
Arachnela can communicate with humans to some extent, but they tear humans apart after communicating…
Although, they usually don’t even communicate at all.
I guess that’s not it…?”

Slightly disgusted by Yui’s chilling explanation, Karla nodded silently.

“Basically, among the creatures designated as monsters, only a very few can communicate with humans.
As you know, except for the Aein, who are treated as humanoids or have similar forms, there are almost no other monsters that can.
Arachnela are also treated as monsters in academic classifications, but there are discussions in academia about treating them as Aein.”

“Then… what other possibilities are there…?”

“The most similar in appearance might be the Flesh Centipede.
It’s a multi-legged monster with flesh directly exposed without an exoskeleton.
But it has too many legs… more than 100 pairs…
Even from its larval stage… And it’s not friendly to humans…”

“So, there’s really nothing…?”

“That’s right… I don’t know what your friend’s pet monster is…
At least, I need to see the real thing to figure it out…
As Karla knows, there are so many different kinds of monsters, right?
Maybe it’s the larva of some monster, so it hasn’t fully grown yet.
I don’t know the details of that part either…”

The real spider.

What kind of expression would Yui make if she knew that the real monster she was talking about was currently sleeping soundly inside her vagina?

Swallowing hard for a moment, she gave Yui an awkward smile, feeling like she could get full just from swallowing her saliva.

“Ahaha… I’ll ask my friend directly later… Hee…!!”

“Is something wrong?”

“Ah… it’s nothing…!! Hehet…!!
Then, I’ll go to the bathroom for a bit…?”

“Go ahead, Karla.
I need to go out again for a while…
I’ll be back before roll call.”

“Uh-huh…!! See you later…!!”

Yui, looking puzzled at Karla’s momentarily horrified expression, watched Karla’s staggering figure as she slowly headed to the bathroom. Then, she smiled sweetly and looked down at the book.

On the same page that had been open before, Yui’s eyes narrowed slightly like crescent moons as she looked at the illustration of something similar to an earthworm.

“Enick’s worker larvae aren’t pet monsters…”

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Karla had rushed into the bathroom, startled by the sudden movements of the being in her belly.

‘W-wait a minute…!! N-not yet…!!’

Covering her mouth to prevent any sound from escaping, she hurried along, and after throwing her pajama dress into the corner, Karla was finally able to gently lower herself onto the toilet seat.

Only then could she slowly spread her legs, as she had done in the library bathroom. She barely managed to let out a small, trembling sigh, and then placed her hands under the black spider as it began to crawl out of her vagina, to help it come out comfortably.

“H-heup…!! Did you… sleep well…?”

Then, the spider turned to look at her and waved one of its legs as if to say hello.

Seeing this, Karla smiled brightly, realizing that what she had experienced so far was not a delusion. She began to think about what she should do with this creature that seemed to have just woken up.

“Hmm… what are you, really…?”

Thinking about it, Karla herself didn’t know anything about this creature.

Just that it liked being inside her vagina?

She didn’t know what it ate, what was fatal to it, nothing at all.

So, even if she took care of it, she had no idea what to do for it.

“D-do you like… eating…?
Ah, is that weird…?
Is there anything you want to eat…?
I don’t know anything about you…”

Seeing the spider tilt its body, bending one of its legs at Karla’s question, Karla realized once again that even if it understood her, it couldn’t actually tell her anything, and she began to feel dejected.

“Haaah…”

‘If I don’t know anything…
I can’t take care of it…’

But then, she remembered what had happened in the library bathroom. She recalled the spider’s appearance after drinking her honey water, when its body had become plump. She opened the faucet of the sink next to her.

The self-contained water system, one of the essences of Groden Kingdom’s magical engineering, could produce water on-site using a magical-engraved faucet, a semi-permanent consumable.

She was going to let it drink the water first, but seeing the spider avoid the water and crawl up her arm, she wondered if this was the wrong approach.

The only difference between that water and this water was one thing.

‘Could it be… that it has to be from my body…?’

Watching the spider pass her shoulder and slowly crawl down, moving back to her lower abdomen, Karla bit her lip.

“I have to… take good care of my pet…
That’s right… this is just giving it food…”