116. Good Deed

116. Good Deed

“Calm down.”

“Hyeok!”

“… I won’t eat you.”

The green-haired girl, who had been trembling with her head bowed in front of me, let out a terrified cry as I took a step closer.

It was like a hamster seeing a dragon right in front of its eyes.

I’ve never seen a dragon in person, but I’ve often encountered their overwhelming majesty through books.

For example, in a book where a dragon, flapping its huge wings, landed on the ground, transformed into a human, became a woman with a large chest, and then took away the girl offered as tribute.

Or in a book about an incredibly powerful dragon who was cursed by an evil witch and became a helpless girl, only to be enslaved.

… Hmm, that book was interesting. I should find it in the library later and reread it.

“Hiiik!”

Sniff sniff.

I buried my nose in the girl’s neck and sniffed.

Then, the fresh scent of grass filled my lungs. It was as if a vast meadow unfolded before my eyes.

It felt like standing in a meadow where I could run without any obstacles, feeling the cool wind from beyond the horizon. A world divided into the sky, so blue it felt like it would pierce your chest, and the land, so vibrantly green-

… Enough with the long explanation, to put it simply, it smelled like mint.

“Hwaaang!”

Looking down from my neck, I saw the girl’s flat chest. If I gently placed my hand on it to feel its volume, it was a meager chest that wouldn’t even measure up to Claire’s, let alone Ur’s, fitting into one hand.

Instead, perhaps, two peaks rose alone on the flat plain. As I instinctively touched the nipples and twirled them, the slightly swollen pink dots made the girl’s body tremble, and then, instinctively, I lowered my head and tried to suck milk from the girl’s flat chest-

“I told you not to?!”

“Ah, yes.”

It was Claire’s small hand that stopped me.

As I thought earlier, Claire’s jealousy was quite formidable. She didn’t even remember what we did enthusiastically on the bed a few days ago, yet she told me not to do it to other people.

It’s truly a national loss. Such a pleasant thing should be known to more people.

… Yes, more people.

I said, making a firm resolution in my heart.

“Alright, alright. You can let go now, Claire.”

“… I’ll be watching.”

Under Claire’s suspicious gaze, I looked at the girl.

“So, what’s your name?”

“Ye, yehet! My na-.”

The flat-chested girl with green hair suddenly bit her tongue and continued speaking with difficulty. She looked like she was in pain.

“I-I don’t know….”

“Huh?”

My tail began to sway at the puzzling answer. Why doesn’t she know her own name?

When I was still a baby, I couldn’t say my name because I didn’t know the Imperial language. It was difficult to pronounce whether it was Skadi, Shukadi, or Shuka-ji.

… Of course, after my father’s painstaking efforts to teach me the language, I can now pronounce it normally.

Ahem ahem.

But this girl didn’t seem to not know the Imperial language like I did back then.

Then why?

“Th-that… it’s a bit of a long story….”

“What is it?”

“It’s really long….”

“It’s okay. Tell me.”

I listened to the girl’s words.

——

“Hah.”

“I see… How unfortunate.”

“N-nnh?”

My body trembled at the intense sensation of falling.

At some point, I wiped the saliva that was flowing from my mouth with my sleeve. I shook my head back and forth and even flapped my tail vigorously, and only then did my mind become clear.

While I was licking Freya’s tail in my dream, Priscilla was stroking the girl’s head with pitying eyes. It seemed the girl’s long story had finally ended while I was dozing.

“Priscilla?”

“Ah! Skadi, you’re finally awake! Did you sleep well?”

“I just dozed off for a bit.”

“It’s been two hours.”

No way.

Is she trying to tease me for dozing off? I turned my head and looked at Claire.

“It’s true.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

“… Wait a minute.”

Come to think of it, my body was tilted. The blue academy sky was reflected in front of me as if I were lying down, and Claire was also looking down at me from on top of me.

It’s not like Claire suddenly grew taller and could look down at me, or I became shorter and smaller than Claire.

She must have laid me down on her lap and let me sleep.

Claire, with a victorious expression, was freely stroking my tail.

“… It tickles.”

“Huhu.”

After moving my tail to dodge Claire’s hands for a while, I asked her.

“So, what did she say?”

“What did she say-“

“Ah, I can explain that.”

At that moment, Priscilla interjected. My vision was instantly filled with golden hair and red twin buns, and Claire, whose space had been invaded, wore a displeased expression.

“Yield a little.”

“Tsk.”

Priscilla whispered something to Claire and then looked back at me and opened her mouth.

“She said she had an accident and lost her memory. She said she lived a difficult life, and somehow ended up at the academy.”

“Oh… I see.”

As expected, she’s good at summarizing, probably because she’s a mage. I could understand it all at once. Priscilla continued.

“She explained it in detail for two hours. Isn’t that amazing?”

“That’s amazing.”

To talk for two hours about a two-sentence story, isn’t she a child with amazing talent in many ways? It’s no wonder I dozed off for a moment.

“In that sense… Skadi.”

As I was thinking that, Priscilla smiled and lowered her head towards me. Priscilla, with half-closed eyes, looked at me and whispered slowly.

“What do you do when you’re thankful?”

“Ah, right.”

I raised my head. Priscilla’s face drew closer.

It was a face I had seen so often that I was already accustomed to it. A cute face that seemed confident yet clumsy. Red eyes that strongly resembled her older sister, and assertive twin buns.

A face that would smile foolishly and melt if my tail brushed against it, yet sometimes exuded a captivating allure…

Her bright red eyes reflected my image. The blue eyes reflected in the red mirror had a beautiful purple hue.

“Ngeut….”

“Hmm….”

Our lips met.

Our breaths mingled, our skin touched, and then again-

“Ah, ah, it hurts!!”

“….”

The girl’s scream from the side ruined the mood. Claire was pinching the girl’s thigh, emitting a golden aura from her entire body.

Claire, with fire burning in her eyes.

Hmm.

Come to think of it, I hadn’t decided what to do with this green-haired girl yet. She said she lost her memory, so she didn’t even know her name.

“Hyeeng.”

“So… what are you going to do?”

I pushed Priscilla, who was on top of me, away with my tail and spoke to the girl. The girl, rubbing her reddened thigh, flinched at my words.

“W-what am I going to do…?”

“You said you lost your memory. You have nowhere to go, right?”

“Yes, yes….”

The green-haired girl with long ears opened her mouth with a sad expression. It was a plea about her situation. Starting with not knowing who she was because she lost her memory, she talked about surviving by eating insects crawling on the ground, satisfying her hunger by eating weeds, and-

“I was so hungry back then that I couldn’t resist the smell of food coming from the academy, so I dangerously climbed up the tree branches that were sparsely growing on the wall….”

“… Stop.”

I think I’m starting to understand this child’s personality.

Anyway.

“If you really have nowhere to go, do you want to stay in my room? There’s plenty of space.”

“R-really?!”

It is said that a benevolent ruler should bestow virtue. I don’t know what this has to do with ducks, but it’s called virtuous rule.

Anyway, the important thing is to rule with virtue. I will also become the lord of the north after my father, so it is natural to show kindness to those in need.

At my benevolent offer, the girl, who had been trembling at the sight of me until moments ago, began to look at me with sparkling green eyes. I continued.

“First, let’s decide on a name. I don’t know if you’ll remember it later, but for now, you’ll need a name to call you.”

“Yes!!”

“What? Wait, Skadi, you’re bringing in another woman-“

Claire’s small protest was pacified by my surprise kiss. After kissing for about 3 minutes, Claire also fainted helplessly.

“Okay, I’ve got a good name.”

“Yes!”

Carrying the unconscious Claire and Ur, who was fast asleep, bored, on both my waists, I said to the girl.

“How about Flora?”

“Flora?”

“Yes. Because… it sounds nice.”

It was a name that flashed through my mind. I don’t know what it means, but it’s easy to say.

“I like it!”

“Yes, then Flora….”

“Yes!”

After shouldering Priscilla, who was also dazed, I looked at Flora. Her appearance, clad in muddy rags, was visibly dirty at a glance.

“… Let’s go wash first.”

“Yes!”

It was just the right time, as Ur had also gotten dirty from lying on the ground and sleeping.

I’ll wash you thoroughly.

I nodded and led my new family towards the dormitory.