Ch.77Training the NPC. (3)

A Person from Green Stone.

I curse my intelligence 6 brain for not including beast-folk in my calculations, even though I knew he was from [Spirit Demon Kingdom Siltra].

That damn white tiger girl in the player position called Green Stone, and the reason was simple.

“Ho ho. Not satisfied with Miss Ray, Miss Ragni, and that golem woman, who else have you seduced?”

“Green Stone, I might actually kill you.”

“Ahem. Just joking. Still, I don’t think Miho is lying.”

“E-Elder!! Please help me!! This man is a piece of trash who torments women, subjugates them, and steals ‘both their bodies and hearts’!!!”

“……”

Should I seriously beat her up later?

Even Green Stone, after hearing Miho’s story, looked at her with eyes that said “what the hell is this crazy woman talking about,” and I lightly clenched my fist.

They say water always knows the answer, but I think fists are quite knowledgeable too.

“Eek?! See!! A-A violent man!! He doesn’t hesitate to raise his fist against a woman!!”

“Green Stone. Are you going to stop me?”

“What are you waiting for? Haven’t you hit her yet?”

Hit her? That sounds a bit off. In the end, with Green Stone’s permission, I brought my fist down on Miho’s head.

“Kyahung?!!”

[Ah. I’m jealous.]

Crazy Gor. I told you to stop, didn’t I?! Just think it, THINK IT! Don’t display those words on my status window!!

“Oww. A-Are you going to hit me into submission too?! I-I won’t submit to violence!!”

“Green Stone, is this woman really from your hometown?”

“Unfortunately, she is indeed from my hometown and the one I’ve been waiting for. But I don’t understand why she turned out like this when she was perfectly normal in Siltra.”

Miho was surprised to learn that Green Stone and I knew each other, and then her expression crumbled as if the sky had fallen, and she whimpered.

“W-Wait a minute, Elder!! You shouldn’t say that?! You helped drive me out of Siltra!!”

“Huh? Me? I never said or claimed such a thing.”

Driven out of Siltra? In the online game Eight, playable characters have no history.

Beast-folk are beast-folk, demon-folk are demon-folk, elves are elves, humans are humans, and dwarves are dwarves. That’s all. So this is quite fresh.

“No!! You definitely said it! Be honest with yourself! The reason why humans, who have the shortest lifespan on the continent, are the most numerous must be learned from outside! You said we can’t find answers by remaining isolated! The beast-folk elders were moved by your words and practically forced me out because I was born a ‘white tiger’!!”

“…No. What does that have to do with me? I simply stated facts, and they acted according to their own judgment.”

“Even my sister was moved by your words!!”

“Oh? Even Hono? So, what about the elves?”

“Eh? Are we really changing the subject to elves now?”

Green Stone completely deflected the conversation as if he had zero responsibility, and Miho, who had been arguing so strongly, was dragged along with the change of topic.

She seems to lack conviction.

“W-Well, the elves remain the same. They say humans are a race obsessed with war and always see elves as creatures for sexual exploitation.”

“Ho ho. What ancient history are you talking about? These days, only elves under 200 years old get captured by humans, and all we need to do is protect those youngsters properly. Goodness.”

The scale is different, the scale. It’s as if elves consider anyone under 200 years old to be a child, like 20 for humans. After listening to their conversation for a while, I turned my back.

There’s no reason to stay with that pervert and Green Stone, right? I want to hug Ira and sleep, so I should head back.

“Huh? W-Where are you going?!”

“Going back. There are people waiting for me, it’s late, and I’m sleepy.”

“Hmm. Well, you’ve had a rough time. Are you leaving for Neiti now?”

“Yes. I’m planning to leave within this week. Feel free to come to my house anytime for details.”

“Alright, take care then.”

“You too.”

“Elder!! That pervert man needs to be caught…?! Kyahung?!!”

When Green Stone gave her a knock on the head instead of me, I gave him a thumbs up, and he nodded slightly in apology.

To be honest, I had kept my distance from Ray because I thought she might get NTR’d when the protagonist or player appeared, but now that I know the reality, everything I’ve done so far feels stupid.

Unless Ray is interested in that kind of thing, she wouldn’t want to get involved with a crazy woman like that.

Now, what remains is the protagonist. Will the protagonist be male or female?

Personally, I hope it’s a female. I can introduce other good male characters to Ray. Please be a woman.

As I turned these trivial thoughts in my head on my way home…

[Master. That woman from earlier is following us.]

“…What?”

Green Stone, did you let her escape? More importantly, why is she following me?!

Since we weren’t in the mountains, the veteran mountain keeper’s senses didn’t activate, and Gor noticed before me and alerted me, making me pause.

What should I do? How do I shake her off?

[I suspect she’s tracking your scent. And it seems Green Stone really did lose her. He’s currently searching in a different direction, running quickly.]

Damn. It seems her hiding and tracking skills are higher level than I thought.

Certainly, this morning Ragni couldn’t notice that woman right in front of her and was just staring into space.

“Is there a way?”

[I could throw you in the direction of home from here, and I’ll sleep outside tonight and return during the day. That way she won’t be able to track you.]

Throw me, huh. As someone who’s already been thrown by you twice, I’m feeling a tingling sensation in my back and waist again.

[Don’t worry. This isn’t an emergency situation, so I’ll control my strength properly, and I’ll protect your waist carefully since it doesn’t belong to you alone.]

“Why don’t you just sleep outside and take your golem body far away?”

[Hmph.]

I’m not affected by her expressionless “hmph” in the chat. Get some emoticons someday.

I lightly jumped onto Gor’s head, and Gor picked me up with one hand and started spinning around.

Huh? Why are you suddenly spin…?!

[It’s to hide the direction I’m throwing you from that woman. I’ll aim for the rooftop of our house.]

“W-Wait…?!!”

*WHOOSH!!*

My voice didn’t have a chance to finish, and I soared through the night sky.

*

Rustle, rustle.

“…Hyang?!!”

Miho, who had been tracking the fleeing Jack, found herself on the completely opposite side of the city.

And there she encountered…

“G-Golem only? W-Where’s that man?”

The golem, heavily imbued with that man’s scent, had spotted her just like the man had done in the morning, but the man himself was nowhere to be seen.

How does he keep shaking me off and finding me? Even Green Stone, the strongest and most skilled elder among elves who has lived for thousands of years, couldn’t track her and fell behind. It’s baffling.

“…W-What? Why are you looking at me like that?”

The status window, invisible to others. Gor was talking to herself.

[This woman smells like a serious pervert. The way she’s looking at me isn’t normal.]

Despite her strong words, her eyebrows were relaxed, unlike when she was with Jack, and her eyes were moving rapidly, scanning her own body.

Judging that her gaze resembled the way perverted middle-aged men looked at Ragni or Ray, Gor thought:

[Clearly, she groped Ragni’s chest, and Master said she’s a lesbian. Does she like all women? If so, was she born with the wrong gender?]

“…I see you can’t speak. How pitiful.”

There was no way their conversations could align. Gor tilted her head at the woman who suddenly called her pitiful, and Miho, noticing that the golem understood her words, continued:

“A-Are you also subjugated and trained by that man, forced to follow him? Does he violate you too?”

[I wish he would, but he doesn’t, which is frustrating.]

When Gor shook her head in response, Miho sighed and approached Gor.

“…Sniff, sniff. Ahh. Even though you’re a golem, you smell nice. What does that man have that attracts all these pretty ones?”

[It’s because I bathe with Ira’s fragrance oils. And Master is actually overwhelmed by how forward those two women are.]

“Sigh. Hey, you understand what I’m saying, right?”

*Nod*

“T-Then, would you like to travel with me instead? You look very strong, and if you’re not forcibly held by that man, come with me!”

[…Is this the NTR Master was talking about? So this is how he thought someone might approach Ray and take her away.]

Gor remained silent, just quietly observing her. Taking this as agreement, Miho slowly reached her hand toward Gor’s head…

*SLAP!!*

“Ouch?!!”

[Reaching for someone’s body without permission when you’ve just met them is not only perverted but also shows a lack of basic manners.]

Of course, Gor rejected her touch. Moreover, this woman, despite her level, doesn’t seem strong enough to match herself or her master, not even Ray.

Women are naturally attracted to strong members of the opposite sex. Gor found it difficult to understand why Jack was worried about NTR from someone like this, whether female or male, and turned her back to move away from her…

*WHOOSH!!*

*GRAB!! WHOOOSH!!*

*THUD!!*

As soon as she turned her back, Miho pounced on her from behind, but Gor caught her without even looking and threw her into the sky.

Despite being thrown quite high, Miho landed lightly on the ground like a real cat, which surprised Gor a bit.

And Miho also seemed quite shocked by Gor’s reaction, movement, and strength, her eyes wide open.

[What is she trying to do?]

“…A-Amazing. Both that man and you. You’re incredibly strong, aren’t you?”

[This is getting annoying since we can’t communicate. Should I write something to tell her to get lost?]

“H-Hey!! Just let me touch you once!! Your hair felt really soft just now!!”

[……]

Gor touched her own hair slightly at her words. Could it be that in that brief moment, she had touched her hair? Gor had reacted as quickly as possible, but had she still managed to get through?

But more importantly, touching this body dedicated to her master without permission?

[…Touching a woman’s hair without permission is unforgivable, even for another woman.]

*Clench*

“Huh? W-What?!”

The golem’s expression remained as expressionless as before, but seeing Gor clench her fist so tightly that it made a sound, Miho immediately realized something. Somehow, the golem was angry.

“U-Um. Why are you angry? I-I’m sorry. I don’t know what’s wrong, but I’m sorry…!!”

*WHOOSH!!!*

[The problem is that you don’t recognize the problem as a problem. Although I don’t have Master’s permission, I’ll ‘train’ you here with my own hands.]

“Eek?!!”

A completely different situation from before. Seeing Gor charging toward her, Miho let out a shrill scream and backed away, but…

*WHAM!! THUD!!*

“Kuhak?!”

Before Miho’s eyes could properly track her, both of Gor’s hands instantly grabbed Miho’s arms and pushed her against a tree behind her.

“Cough! W-Wait a minute?! I didn’t attack you just now!! You understand me, right?! I don’t intend to be hostile…!!”

[I know. If you had killing intent, I wouldn’t have let you touch me or catch you.]

Ignoring her excuses and responding only through her status window that the other couldn’t see, Gor moved swiftly.

She quickly gathered both of Miho’s arms and held them with one hand, then used her free hand to unbuckle Miho’s belt and lightly tied her legs.

“Hyaang?! W-What is this?! Why are you doing this?!!”

[I was already a bit irritated. Seeing Ragni, whom Master has started to cherish, crying. Master acting mercilessly toward ‘enemies’ because of that, and despite being annoyed with himself for it, forcing himself to hold back against you who really irritated him.]

Like Ragni, though not to the same extent, Gor’s intelligence had also increased tremendously with each level up.

From what she saw at home earlier, and from observing Jack when he met Green Stone in the mountains and then this woman, she had deduced enough about the situation’s connections.

Yes, this woman was the problem.

“L-Let me go!! Did your master order this?! It was that pervert master, wasn’t it?! Let me go!! I don’t fight with girls…!!!”

[Let’s see how long you can keep spouting such nonsense.]

Straddling her abdomen, Gor slowly extended her empty hand. Seeing this, Miho felt a terror as if she were about to be violated and struggled, thrashing about.

But there was no way her resistance would work against Gor, who was already heavy as a golem and had strength stats equivalent to over level 200.

That night, the cry of a tiger echoed through the mountains.