I Must Create Every Monster Girl Myself Then!!!

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Utarou and Julia looked at Dryholm's watch towers as they walked down the narrow path, the surrounding forest had been burnt and the burgeoning farms pillaged.

The siege had seemingly ended, considering winter was soon approaching the pair could only assume that this was a temporary retreat, considering they (meaning, just Julia) had to dispose of some stray goblin marauders on their way home.

"They can probably see us now." Utarou remarked dryly.

"Feeling a little bitter?" Julia asked sympathetically. Utarou pondered for a moment.

"Yes, but this is an opportunity." Utarou smirked.

"Oh?"

"Consider, I have proof that I can create monster girls if they just listen to me. Henrek will be on his hands and knees begging for forgiveness once I show him how I saved his sister and made her better!" Utarou declared. Julia made a face but said nothing, looking over to the tower.

"Oh hey it's Hope! HEYYY HOPE! IT'S US!" Julia shouted, extending her arm into the sky and making it larger so she could be seen.

In response they heard the battle horn being rang.

"Or maybe that was Hans… It's hard to tell from here." Julia laughed awkwardly.

"The full welcome for the rightful governor of Dracons!" Utarou laughed confidently, before pausing.

"In case it isn't… Julia you're not going to throw me in jail right?!" Utarou asked as he quickly hid behind the slime woman. Julia laughed.

"Don't worry! I'm on your side 100%, this whole 'Slimenoid' thing is pretty cool." Julia smirked, Utarou nodded in agreement.

"That's right, it lets you pad your-" Utarou began before having his mouth covered.

"SHHH! You didn't see anything remember." Julia hissed, referring to an incident that had happened days prior involving Julia seeing how much… let's say weight her slime could support in a disproportionate fashion.

"Yeah yeah…" Utarou muttered as the cavalry of Dryholm's guards quickly approached on horseback.

"What 'n the damned hell… Utarou?!" Barney exclaimed, stopping his men and their horses just as he got close enough to see who was with the mysterious slime woman.

"You fellas hold back. I'll see what'n the hell the bastards gone 'n done." Barney muttered to himself as he walked up to the pair, sword out.

"Heyyy Barney~! Long time no see." Julia cooed, unsubtly trying to flaunt her new figure. Barney's face twisted for a moment as he remembered the voice.

"JulIa?!" Barney shouted, stopping in his tracks as he looked the woman up and down. Despite being made of slime, she had Julia's face, and wore a striking replica of Julia's clothes.

Her body wasn't as petite as Barney remembered, not by a long shot.

"The one and only! Did you miss me!?" Julia asked as she ran towards the man, jumping up to give him a hug only to be met with him side setting her.

"Boo, you're no fun…" Julia pouted as she sat on the ground, Utarou cautiously approaching, looking for any hidden head cages Barney might have on him.

"Relax… Considerin' you ain't dead and ol' Julia is lookin' like that, I'mma be takin' it you sorted that whole Adam thing out." Barney sighed, sitting down on a boulder at the side of the path as he sheathed his sword. Utarou let out the deepest sigh of relief.

"Yep! Should've trusted me then aye?" Utarou exclaimed, regaining some of his former infinite confidence quickly.

"I dunno, I think all that running and surviving we did helped me get the XP I-" Julia began before Utarou shoved both of his hands into her face.

"You know I can talk from anywhere now right?" Julia laughed as a mouth opened up on her shoulder.

"WELL SHUT UP! DON'T TELL THEM OR I'LL-" Utarou began, pointing aggressively at Julia's chest as he did so.
"OKAY OKAY GOT IT!" Julia exclaimed, pushing Utarou back before he could finish. Barney let out a solemn chuckle.

"I see you two haven't changed a lick." Barney sighed, motioning for his men to approach.

"What's happened since we left anyway?" Julia asked, looking around at the burnt forests and farms.

"A lot. Come on, let's get inside before the rain starts." Barney yawned.

"What the hell is that thing…" One of the soldiers whispered.

"Did he finally turn a monster into a woman?" Another soldier suggested.

"Doesn't it look… familiar somehow…" The first soldier muttered.

"Can she hear us LOUDLY AND CLEARLY!" Julia shouted in annoyance as she faced the men.

On the way back Utarou and Julia explained what they'd done, and how Templar Adam had taken back Utarou's head to appease the Pope.

"Hmpth, all's well on that front. Doubt it'll get us back in the King's good graces though." Barney groaned as he rubbed his temples.

"Yeah I've been hearing some rumblings about an… Open Zone? I dunno, those Trolls talk funny." Utarou explained.

"That's what the bastards are callin' it huh?" Barney laughed as they approached the gate, leaving the horses at the stable.

"Well the official decree is that since we're without a governor, this land is now ungovern'd and such. Means the bastards in Lolcons and Burtcons can up'n send whoever they want 'ere." Barney explained.

"Wait, aren't they provinces loyal to the king?! Why would they be sending goblins and trolls to attack us?" Julia exclaimed, indignant at the idea their neighbours would do this to them.

"Eh, I hear they ain't done nothin but let the bastards know we're not under royal protection no more. One way border that we ain't got a hope 'n hell of protectin' thanks to that whole one city thing what you did." Barney continued, glaring at Utarou for a moment before letting out another sigh.

"Though if you'n hadn'ta done that we'd still be in the booneys eatin' dragons day in day out." Barney offered as they walked through the gate to reveal Dryholm's current state.

It was much how Utarou remembered, though not as new and shiny any more. The streets had begun to acclimate filth and the buildings were beginning to deteriorate. The signs of siege were clear, with a large boulder having crushed a house and not been moved in what Utarou could only assume to be months.

"Where's Henrek and Hope? Oh my god the baby! What's their name?! Is it a boy or a girl?! ARGHHH I CAN'T BELIEVE I MISSED IT!" Julia squealed as she looked between the Governers Office and Henrek's house, both on the opposite of each other.

"He's up there." Barney explained, pointing towards the wall.

The natural hills of Dryholm had proved an ideal natural defence, but a project Utarou had put into place was the creation of higher walls.

A good call considering the myriad of dents and the singular hole that now existed in the completed wall, presumably one the aforementioned boulder had been launched through.

Amongst the towers that dotted the wall Utarou noticed one of them had been modified, the one Barney was pointing to.

"He's been holed up in there pretty much since it finished, Hope's been keepin the house warm for ya though Julia." Barney said.

"OH! You're telling me he's been there instead of with his cute new baby?!" Julia exclaimed.

"He's changed Julia, I dunno if you bein' all uh, like that will do 'em any good." Barney cautioned as Julia ran up the stairs.

"YEAH WELL TOO BAD HE'S GETTING A PIECE OF MY MIND! UTAROU YOU'RE COMING TOO!" Julia shouted, stretching her arm back to grab Utarou.

"I'm sure it'll be fine-" Utarou began before being yanked away from Barney and up the stairs.

"You could've just waited, we're not in a rush you know." Utarou sighed as he was carried effortlessly up to Henrek's tower.

"NOPE! I know my brother he's going to get obsessed and depressed and he'll have pushed everyone away because he thinks he's the only one who can do things!" Julia declared as she stood outside the tower, placing Utarou down.

"I mean, wasn't he the only one who could do anything in your family?" Utarou asked

"WELL NOT ANYMORE!" Julia declared, kicking down the unlocked door.

Sitting by the fire, in a desk covered in maps, books and empty bottles, sat Henrek, having aged dramatically in the last year and a half since Utarou had seen him.

He looked tired.

"What's this?" Henrek asked slowly, his voice dripping with exhaustion as his eyes struggled to focus on who had just burst through the door way.

"IT'S YA DAMN SISTER AND THE GUY WHO FIXED HER!" Julia declared as she slammed her fists onto Henrek's desk. Utarou approached cautiously, clasping his neck as he entered.

"Damnit… the visions again…" Henrek dismissed, looking at the half empty bottle of spirits on his desk. Julia grabbed him by the face.

"HENREK! IT'S ME!" Julia shouted, her voice flustering as tears began to well up. Henrek blinked.

"J-Julia…?" Henrek asked.

"Yes… I WAS SO SCARED!" Julia cried as she jumped over the desk to hug her brother, while Utarou awkwardly stood by the doorway.

"And you… Oh god… Thank god…" Henrek exclaimed, letting out a deep sigh of relief.

"Y-yeah, you better not be planning anything!" Utarou tried to say as sternly as he could, still clasping his neck in the hope it would save him from more months of darkness.

"I can't plan anything more…" Henrek sniffed as he patted his crying sister on the gelatinous back.

"G-good! And you will… accept your official punishment… please?" Utarou requested trepidatiously. Henrek laughed.

"I accept it, just let me see my family before you execute me…" Henrek sobbed.

"WHAT?! No way!" Utarou exclaimed, stepping back. In the time returning to Dryholm, Utarou had been considering what to do with Henrek.

He couldn't execute him, nor would he want to. Despite his insubordination Henrek was an extraordinarily gifted fighter, and more importantly the only man Hope was interested in.

But he couldn't let such a blatant act of rebellion go entirely unpunished either, leaving him to rot in jail would be a fitting punishment but he wanted to make sure Hope and him had plenty of time to copulate.

"Then, what?" Henrek asked, wiping away a tear. Utarou could only think of one option.

"You're relieved of duty effective immediately, I'll have a new job for you once I figure out what the hell kind of situation you got us in." Utarou declared, looking around the room trying to decipher them all.

It seems that Henrek had plans that extended far out of the kingdom of Oldser, or perhaps he had managed to make enemies across the whole continent of Aurora.

Either way, Utarou took Henrek's seat by the fire, reclaiming his rightful spot as the Governer of Dracons.

"Go get everyone, I think it's time for a proper discussion. Also get me some proper underwear because these chafe real bad." Utarou commanded. Henrek sniffed.

"Aye aye sir." Henrek saluted dutifully, quite gladly returning to his position as subordinate.

"You gotta show me the baby! Is it a boy or a girl? WHO CHOSE THE NAME ARGHH!" Julia squealed as they left Utarou alone in his new war room.

Once alone, Utarou let out his own sigh of relief.

"Alright, you've proved you can make monster girls, you just need to secure loyalty so that never happens again." Utarou said to himself, picking up one of Henrek's glasses and pouring himself a drink.

"Ahhhh… Never again shall I be without good drink and good food!" Utarou swore, raising a glass to his new promise.

He had secured the first layer of his hierarchy of needs, a Monster Girl, now he had to secure food and safety.

 

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The squad sat in the main tower, Hope with little baby Lilly in her arms sitting next to the exhausted looking Henrek on a couch Julia had dragged up the cliff, opting to stand beside them and save the seat getting wet.

Barney, May, Junior and their new daughter Autumn sat on some stools near the entrance, while Rhiney poked his head in through the door, having gotten too big to fit inside.

Utarou had moved the desk so he'd get some good dramatic lighting behind him from the fire as he clasped his hands together, face low.

"Now, you're probably wondering why I gathered you all here." Utarou said seriously.

"WELL IF YA WANNA TAKE ME HUSBAND DOWN YOU GOTTA GO THROUGH ME FIRST!" May shouted aggressively, standing up

"Wha? No no no no!" Utarou clarified, panicking slightly.

"I need to rethink my tactics, I can't rely on my immortality and I can't trust everyone to follow my plan for the sake of monster girls… the weirdos…" Utarou thought to himself as Julia calmed the ever aggressive May down.

"May, May relax! We're

"Oh, is that it then? Barney ya bastard habe ya apologised to the governor then 'n thanked him yet?!" May shouted.

"Wh-what?! I didn't do the coup! An' I let him out, that's enough of 'n apology enough right?!" Barney retorted defensively looking at Utarou.

"Uhh, yeah you're good." Utarou said, awkwardly giving a thumbs up.

Henrek stood up and sighed before quickly taking the knee before Utarou.

"I, Henrek Porak, would like to-"

"Stop stop stop! It's fine!" Utarou begged.

"- formerly apologise for the attempt on your life and the coup against your authority-"

"That's enough you don't gotta spell it out!" Utarou cried.

"- and will bear any punishment you wish to give me." Henrek finished, returning to the couch with Hope patting him on the back.

"That was for him." Hope explained as Henrek visibly deflated in his seat, finally letting some of the weight of his sins fall off his back.

"Look, let's get one thing clear here." Utarou declared, looking around the room to see the group of people he'd nurtured and brought together.

These were the people, and more importantly, the families he'd be relying on to make sure he never ever got into that situation again. If he was making Monster Girls, he was making powerful girls like Julia. And if Henrek could manufacture such an effective way to trap him, then he had no doubt Julia could as well if she wanted to.

With just one monster girl, he could maintain a good friendship and relationship.

With five monster girls, he could solidify a group dynamic in his favour.

With a thousand monster girls, he would need a system of government in place.

Unfortunately Utarou hadn't considered or invested in these people yet, he simply swung his power as a Blessed Being who was appointed Governer by King Oldsier around.

Now his ability had been proved fallible, and his authority granted by the king was gone.

He had to change how he was looking at this, he wasn't playing a 4X strategy game.

He was playing an RPG, and he needed to make sure he maxed out his social connections.

So long as he had a tight knit group of powerful people that were loyal to him, he would be truly indestructible.

"You were all scared and didn't believe in me, I can forgive that once. However as the lovely new and improved Julia there can attest, I know about Monster Girls." Utarou explained, pointing towards Julia who waved towards Junior, who was cowering behind his father at the sight of Julia.

"Hmpth, so we're just supposed to follow ya everywhere now? Isn't you still bein' hunted by that Templar Adam fella too?" May asked indignantly.

"I however do not know how to be a leader. Henrek if I've understood everything correctly, Dracons is now unclaimed territory right?" Utarou clarified. Henrek nodded.

"What are you suggesting…?" Herek asked tiredly.

"May, have you ever wanted to be a queen?" Utarou asked with a smirk. May, taken aback, shook her head.

"Too bad! I declare you and Barney the King and Queen of this new nation!" Utaoru proclaimed, grabbing a map and scribbling out the name Dracons.

"W-what?!" Everyone shouted in unison as Utarou wrote down his new kingdom's name.

Monsteria.

The Future Kingdom of Monsters.

"N-now hold on! You can't just be-" Barney began before being cut off.

"You can decline if you want of course, but I trust your judgement. The people trust your judgement! They'll respect both of you! More than me! I mean, let's be honest here, I've not exactly given people a good impression of me!" Utarou laughed, his 9 months in darkness had given him a lot of time to reflect on his actions since he arrived in this new world.

Utarou had come to the conclusion that he was not capable of being a strong warrior king, he didn't have the charasmia, strength or presence to command armies of men into battle.

However, Barney did, he'd also willingly sent Utarou off with Rhiney to escape the siege.

More importantly, Barney Junior listening to him was the only reason he was able to escape his prison.

This was a trait Utarou wanted to foster, and alongside the natural disposition of his father for leadership it meant he was the perfect choice.

Plus, May was ultimately the one controlling their pet dragon, granting her a position of power such as Queen and the privileges that came with that would hopefully ease her natural distrust of authority and listening to orders.

"And what'n about you then huh? Gonna be pullin' some strings 'n such a bet." May scoffed. Utarou raised his hands.

"Guilty as charged. But quite frankly the only thing I care about are my monster girl projects. As long as I have the ability to do that, I'm all good." Utarou explained with a smirk.

"You'd make a better leader than him… or me." Henrek added with a sad laugh.

"You guys don't want to be bothered by anyone and to rule your own life right? This is the perfect opportunity! I just want my monster girls, Henrek and Hope just want to protect their loved ones and Julia… is an adrenaline junky. Let's all help each other out and make a new kingdom we can all live in happily!" Utarou declared. Barney and May looked at each other, then to their kids, Autumn was fast asleep and Junior had gone outside to play in the rain with Rhiney.

"Argh, fine. You better have'n a plan for all the nonsense Henrek got us into then." May sighed.

"Oh don't worry, I'm sure I will… What exactly have you done Henrek in the last year and a half?" Utarou asked. Henrek shriveled up in his seat.

"I've ruined everything…" Henrek cried as he plunged his hands into his face in despair.

"Oh boy."

 

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"I haven't explained the full extent of everything to you all… so I suppose now is the best time." Henrek sighed as he slunked towards one of the maps strung up against the wall.

Utarou turned around in his chair, Julia was playing with the kids, Hope was anxiously watching what her husband was doing and Barney and May were still reeling from having been declared King and Queen against their wills.

"Starting from the beginning, I tried to arrange an official meeting with someone higher up in the church to try and call off Templar Adam, that was probably my first mistake." Henrek sighed as he put a pin in a large peninsula to the south west of Oldser, it was the Avoisan Papacy, the city state that the entire church answered to.

"With Vicar John leaving and the public trial, everyone knew about the heresy going on, including the merchants. Especially the merchants who you'd been selling your… mystery meat to." Henrek shuddered, Utarou hadn't exactly been upfront with how he'd been paying off the taxes to King Oldser.

"Oh yeah, since I was locked up you wouldn't have been able to sell my mince meat to the king. What happened there?" Utarou asked casually.

"Your what?!" Hope gagged as she realized what Utarou was saying.

"Oh good lord I 'n nicked some of that…" May hurled. Julia subtly moved to block the kids from hearing what the adults were talking about.

"What?! Healing factor, you know I wouldn't have any diseases!" Utarou retorted defensively.

"Ahem, needless to say I worked very hard to keep that secret. Unfortunately we ran out of our reserve almost instantly without the extra income, I tried to become a subject of King Oldsier again but that led to problem number 2." Henrek continued, placing a pin on Richton, on this continental sized map it was just above Dracons.

"Turns out the former governor of Dracons had moved to the capital and took the liberty to change my message, I only found this out months later but by then it was too late. From the King's perspective we'd just killed one of his Blessed Beings in cold blood. I think the former governor wanted to reclaim his territory but we were just declared ungoverned. Burtcons and Lolcons claimed most of our border territory but left the core lands alone." Henrek explained, pointing to another map that was a map of the territory of Dracons, with pretty much every border village of any worth being swallowed, the hilly regions that surrounded Dryholm were untouched.

"What about the whole goblin and troll thing?" Utarou asked.

"Yeah, that is problem number 3." Henrek sighed as he rubbed his temples.

"I uh, may have contributed to this part…" Hope offered meekly.

"No no, you didn't do anything wrong." Henrek rejected immediately.

"But if I wasn't there then maybe-"

"Doesn't matter, the whole world could burn for all I care, I'm not hiding you or Lilly ever." Henrek replied, the vigor and passion returning to his voice.

"Well, what happened?" Utarou snapped.

"Ahem, right… I took Hope and Lilly to a meeting in Burtcons to try and establish some diplomatic ties. I hadn't realized the Governer of Burtcons was an Aviosan fundamentalist so upon seeing their eyes he chased us out of the province and started funnelling their various goblin tribes into our lands, also blocking all traders from entering the unclaimed territory for 'safety reasons'." Henrek continued bitterly.

"Huh? Lilly as well… I thought you gave her a normal legacy skill?" Utarou asked.

"You haven't noticed her eyes? They're gnarly- I mean they're an adorable shade of red!" Julia said, quickly correcting herself as she picked up her niece and stretched her over for Utarou to see.

"W-w-woah Julia are you sure that's safe?!" Henrek panicked as he saw the concerningly thin arms holding his baby in the air.

The year and a half old girl had her fathers face, but her eyes were a piercing glowing red, almost identical to her mothers except for the colour.

"Fascianting, perhaps she has the potential to be a cat girl still…" Henrek nodded.

"Don't talk about my baby girl like that." Henrek demanded seriously.

"Fine, fine, not until she's older." Utarou smirked.

"Never." Henrek reiterated.

"Fine." Utarou rolled his eyes, he'd talk about his granddaughter like that.

"Ahem, anyway after a while of trying to raid Dryholm and failing, they started banding together to siege us. Terrible creatures. That's about when you escaped."

"Alright, doesn't sound so bad so far, you're still getting trade from Lolcons right?" Utarou asked.

"We were." May growled as Henrek sighed.

"I tried to offer our territory to become a part of Lolcons. Turns out the Governor didn't appreciate finding out we were responsible for all of the Wyverns migrating to his territory, and instead of offering to move us in no! No, he just blocks us from all trade!" Henrek shouted in frustration, looking towards the bottle of liquor on the table.

"That's when he started the drinking and self isolating" Hope added.

"I wasn't… doing too much of that." Henrek sighed as he paced around the maps.

"Alright, so Goblin tribes attacking, no trade from north or south, and as far as you know Templar Adam is still coming to destroy everything." Utarou reiterated.

"Pretty much. I've pretty much spent the last few months fighting against the siege, deploying my men on suicide missions to try and scare off the ring leaders and waiting for the inevitable visit from Templar Adam. The siege has calmed down as winter rolls in at least… but they're gonna be back stronger when spring comes around…" Henrek sighed, collapsing onto the couch with Hope.

"There there, it's all gonna be okay now…" Hope said soothingly.

Utarou nodded.

"We're going to be attacked by Goblins on all sides in spring, Burtcons hates us because of the Monster Girl plans, they're a no go, Lolcons hates us because of a problem we caused, there's an angle there, and the church… Wait what's going on with Vicar John?"

"He simply sent a letter saying that he could no longer help us and that unless we could get to the Pope, then Templar Adam's heresy banding was absolute." Henrek clarified.

"Easy then! I just need an audience with the Pope and you just need to sort out the Wyvern problem in Lolcons before spring!" Utarou declared.

"You make it sound so easy." Henrek laughed.

"Don't worry, we've got monster girl power now." Utarou smirked, pointing towards Julia, who twisted her head back and gave a thumbs up, causing Junior to scream, which caused Lilly and Autumn to start crying.

"Oh no no no! It's okay!" Julia cried as May and Hope came in to calm their respective kids.

"Ya a mad man Utarou, but the kinda mad I can respect! You go 'n sort out this business with the church, I reckon with the blue lass here we can do somethin' fierce with those Wyverns." Barney declared confidently.

"Yeah… Yeah." Henrek nodded.

"Alright! I hereby declare the start of the Winter Mission! We have 3 months to sort this out before those goblins start to siege again people let's go!" Utarou declared, clapping his hands, causing the babies to start crying more.

"Utarou be quiet!" Hope hissed.

"sorry."

 

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"Uhm, sorry about the uh… things sir… Was just following orders and all…" Hans muttered awkwardly as Utarou stretched after getting off his horse.

"Huh? Oh yeah right you had the key didn't you." Utaoru remembered, looking the man up and down properly. Though he was a much meeker man than Utarou had imagined, shorter and thinner with a dainty face and doe eyes, a squeaky voice.

"I still have it if you uh… want it." Hans offered meekly. Utarou laughed and brushed it off.

"Don't worry about it, as long as you follow my orders like you did Henrek we'll be fine." Utarou shrugged as he entered his tent.

The squad had split into three teams, May and Hope focusing on the reconstruction and preparation during the winter back in Dryholm, Julia, Barney and Henrek were going to try and establish diplomatic ties with Lolcons in order to secure some military assistance, while Utarou with a selection of 4 doggedly loyal guards were making their way to Avotica, the city the Pope of the Avoisan Church lived in.

Hans wasn't the strongest soldier but he was the most competent navigator and most theologically knowledgeable man Barney could trust.

Rufus was the undisputed third strongest man in Dryholm, not as skillful as Henrek and not as strong as Barney, though that wasn't to say he lacked in either department.

Penelope wasn't a soldier at all, but she was the only person in Dryholm with any magical ability; she'd also insisted on coming on the pilgrimage to further her studies by escaping the backwater that was Dracons.

Finally was Garf, the strong silent type who preferred tending to the horses than talking with people.

All 3 of the soldiers were approved by both Barney and Henrek and given strict orders to listen to Utarou, regardless of whatever hair brained scheme he might come up with. Penelope was May's friend so she got added in as well.

Though all of them hoped it wouldn't come to that, including Utarou who just wanted everything to go smoothly for once.

"R-right, yes sir…" Hans muttered as he returned to his shared tent with Penelope.

"You should learn to knock, a lady could be changing in here." Penelope teased, looking up from her grimoire with a relaxed smirk.

"O-oh sorry! I didn't think, I'm not used to sharing, uh, spaces with girls." Hans explained awkwardly. Penelope laughed.

"Relax! I know you wouldn't do anything." Penelope cackled as she shut her book, swiveling on her stool to talk to Hans better.

"Yeah I guess…" Hans laughed nervously as he sat down opposite the woman.

"So, he accept the apology? Any hard feelings?" Penelope asked curiously.

"He didn't even remember me…" Hans sighed, taking out the key.

"Yeesh! Harsh! Probably has other stuff on the mind. I heard he managed to fix Julia, any idea how?" Penelope asked as she casually started flipping through her skill tree, seeing if she had anything interesting available to unlock yet.

"Oh uh, something to do with a tier 4 skill I guess…" Hans shrugged.

"Ho oh? I've gotta get a private audience with the guy at some point." Penelope smirked as she rubbed her hands together.

"H-huh?! Why?" Hans asked incredulously.

"Uh, hello? Magic and skills basically go hand in hand, and I don't think the Holy Path turns girls into slime." Penelope retorted.

"Y-yeah but, well I dunno… he's weird." Hans countered meekly. Penelope rolled her eyes.

"Please, when I lived in Kolob I was dealing with real weirdos. Trust me magic fetishisation is a real problem in our society." Penelope declared sarcastically.

"R-really?"

"No, I was a young orphan girl in a small village with more handsy old perverts than nice grandmas. Only reason I didn't end up baring a bastard to one of them was because I can shoot fire out of my finger tips thank you very much!" Penelope explained with a sardonic smirk.

"Oh god that's awful…" Hans muttered tearfully. Penelope rolled her eyes again.

"Crying isn't a good look for a guy you know." Penelope sighed as she left the tent to get to know her fellow travelers better.

The caravan was fairly light, they only had three tents and minor furnishings being carried across two wagons. Utarou only asked for a desk and his note books so he could keep formulating theories on how Julia's evolution actually occurred.

Penelope and Hans slept in one tent, with a stool each and a candle for light while Garf and Refus slept in the other.

"Knock knock knock, not doing anything to scare a young maidens eyes are you?" Penelope shouted as she approached the mens tent.

"Not unless the horse man's breath counts! Good lord he stinks." Rufus mocked gagged, trying and failing to get a reaction out of the ever stoic Garf.

Entering the tent Penelope found it identically bar, except somehow still messier than hers and Hans'.

"Yeesh, you sure that isn't you Rufus?" Penelope teased as she took a seat. Garf, without saying anything, got up and left.

"Oh wait, you don't have to go!" Penelope apologised, quickly standing up but it was too late.

"Aah don't worry about him, he's not comfortable bein' around people." Rufus explained.

"Right… Well I just wanted to ask if you had any idea about Utarou's method." Penelope asked casually.

"Huh?" Rufus replied, entirely clueless what the young woman was on about.

"You know, how he figured out that tier 4 skill? Turned Julia into slime? Like what's the idea. You guys were the guard. I figured you'd know him better than lil ol' me." Penelope explained, fluttering her eyelashes. Rufus blushed, the witches beguiling spell working despite not using any magic like a charm.

"Ah shucks, I mean I know of the guy, seen him a bit more than you probably but he ain't exactly the easiest guy to understand. Talks a lot but I don't understand much of any of it." Rufus admitted as he looked away, scratching the back of his neck.

"Boo, well I'll suppose I'll have to introduce myself properly then." Penelope shrugged, quickly leaving the tent. She saw Garf sitting near the horses as she left the tent and made her way to Utarou's.

"Time to get some one-on-one time with the former governor, once executed and now a loyal vassal to King Barney…" Penelope thought to herself as she opened the mans tent.

"Hello! Not indecent I ho-" Penelope began, opening the cloth to reveal Utarou, stripped of his clothes, as a gray blob of goo was aggressively pulsating around his legs.

"It's not what it looks like." Utarou panicked, the goo stopped pulsating.

"Also, run." Utarou added.

 

[m4gpier]

"Huh, so this is Lolcons." Julia remarked with an unimpressed huff.

"Well, it used to be Dracons. The original border is still there a bit further north." Henrek sighed.

"Pretty sure they up 'n yoinked Nihola." Barney grumbled as he looked around the familiar road.

"Is this where you and mom are from?" Junior asked as he looked around.

"Oh yeah, you haven't been here yet have ya! Well not since you were in ya ma's gut hah!" Barney laughed as he scruffled the 6 year old's hair. Junior was riding on the front part of the saddle with Barney controlling the horse.

"Is the scary slime lady from here too?" Junior whispered, though not very quietly as Julia visibly pouted as she heard him say that.

"Now c'mon boy! She ain't nothin but a sweet heart, what's gotcha so spooked of her?" Barney asked sincerely.

"She was the scary lady in my room, remember!" Junior whined, hitting his dad in the thigh with as much force as a 6 year old could muster for emphasis.

"Huh? That was a week'n before she arrived son it couldn'ta been her." Barney sighed, but Julia suddenly put two and two together.

"Uh oh." Julia gasped, causing Barney and Henrek to whip their heads around.

"It… couldnt'a been… right? We thought the boy just went 'n wet himself." Barney asked seriously.

"Uhhh…. Barney, Henrek, you remember all of that mass that got spilled in the watch tower…?" Julia asked, blushing.

"Yes…?" Henrek replied, unsure of where she was going.

"And you remember how I said I got that pulsating head ache when we found that other piece of me attached to the slime?" Julia continued as she nervously looked away, pressing her fingers together.

"Yeah…" Barney added, nodding slowly.

"And you remember that I said I couldn't find the pieces I lost in Dryholm and said they must've disappeared because I didn't have that headache?" Julia anxiously asked.

"Don't tell me… The bloody bits what sunk in the floor boards attacked my son?!" Barney bellowed.

"NO! NO! Just uh, you know I can kinda imagine that if somehow, potentially, I was in that situation, I might, for example, hypothetically… try and… find someone… and be a little… confused…" Julia blushed, planting her face into her hands.

Her crush on Barney would most certainly have been shared by this other Julia, though given she would've woken up buried in 6 feet of dirt perhaps she wasn't the most stable initially.

"SEE DAD! I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T WET THE BED! SHE WET MY BED!" Junior shouted indignantly, pointing at Julia.

"So what you're tryna tell me there's another you running around Dryholm?!" Henrek asked in a panic.

"Uhh, well… You remember that sealed pot Utarou wanted?"

"You're kidding me." Henrek exclaimed, slack jawed at the audacity.

"The hell's he thinkin'?!" Barney shouted.

"Well… Guys if he didn't even tell me, I think there's probably a reason he kept it hidden…" Julia muttered, remembering how pained the green slime infused part of her had been.

"Yeah, I'll trust his judgement… not like I have a choice. At least it isn't with the girls back home right?" Henrek offered.

"Hmmm, I just wonder what he'll be doin' with it…" Barney wondered, uncharitable suggestions came to mind first.

Utarou did love monster girls after all.

…
​

"Also, run." Utarou said to Penelope as she looked on in horror as the pulsating goo mass leapt off of Utarou's legs and towards Penelope.

"AHHH! FREEZE!" Penelope squealed, the spell freezing everything in front of her solid, including Utarou and his tent.

"T-t-t-thanksh…" Utarou shivered, his healing factor quickly fighting against the freezing as fast as possible.

"What… the hell… was that?" Penelope panted as Hans and Rufus quickly ran over to see what the commotion was about.

Garf opted to stay with the horses.

"It… wash… Belrhg." Utarou shook off the icicles in and around his mouth while Rufus helped Penelope up and Hans looked at the frozen ice block.

"What the… Is that a-a… A face…?" Hans stammered, looking at the grey blob to reveal some twisted melty of a woman.

As Hans stared at it he realized he recognized the woman.

"JULIA?!" Hans squealed, jumping back and grabbing his sword.

"Yep… Well, partially. Lemme explain." Utarou sighed as he looked down at himself, seeing his pants had been devoured by the shebeast.

"As I'm sure you're all aware, Julia turned into a Slime girl with some kind of new legacy skill called 'Slimenoid', we found that every piece of her became sentient the moment she unlocked that skill. These are the pieces that were left in Dryholm." Utarou explained as he grabbed his frozen bundle of clothes.

"Penelope be a dear and unfreeze these would you?" Utarou asked with a sigh, tossing the clothes towards the confused witch.

"W-wait but why is she… like that?" Penelope asked as she grabbed the frozen laundry.

"Current hypothesis, something to do with the water."

"The water?"

"I brought a book on monster physiology with me, it has a single page about slimes on it. Now assuming both this book is accurate and that this Slimenoid legacy skill acts identically to how a regular slime works… both of which I have reason to suspect…" Utarou sighed as Penelope threw him his freshly defrosted underwear.

"... Then water plays a key part in how a slime grows. The book mentions a couple varieties of slimes. Green slimes mainly grow off of plant life, grey slimes off of mineral water in caves and pink slimes with mana." Utarou explained as he put on his underwear, tapping the ice cube containing the Grey Slime Julia.

"No mention of blue slimes, which is what our mentally stable Julia we all know and love is, presumably that's a slime made out of flesh considering how I grew her mass." Utarou continued, Penelope throwing his freshly defrosted pants to him to put on.

"So wait, why did this… thing attack me then?" Penelope asked nervously.

"Grey slimes are known to mindlessly attack any living creature to try and devour them. Notably, she wasn't actually trying to digest me… partially… I think she was trying to drink my sweat." Utarou hypothesized.

"Now… huh? Why the heck would she be tryna do that?" Rufus asked indignantly.

"I dunno, but I have a plan to try and fix her." Utarou said with a sly smirk.

"Oh no…" Hans and Rufus muttered in unison, recognizing that look.

"What?" Penelope asked, naively.

"I simply need to take a bath inside of her." Utarou declared.

"Huh? Penelope asked again, slack jawed.

 

[m4gpier]

"Oh god… Will they accept me? No of course they will… Arghhhh! How long has it been!?" Julia thought to herself, looking at her pink slimy body as she paced around the garden, just out of sight of Hope and May.

Pink Julia had woken up in an alchemist's laboratory in Burtcons, having no idea where she was or what was going on she escaped and had been making her way back to Dryholm for the last month. She had decided to sneak in through the hills, out of sight of the guard towers.

Sneaking into May's back yard she saw that her and Hope were chatting, Lilly and Autumn both sleeping on a cot.

"They're so cute I just wanna eat them ARGH! But will they freak out ohhh goshhhhh why did Utarou make this all so complicated!" Pink Julia whined to herself.

Rhiney flew down without warning and landed by his patch in May's garden, alerting the ladies to Julia's presence as she let out an involuntary yelp of surprise.

"Julia! You're back already? Did something happen with Henrek and Barney?" Hope exclaimed, excited at first before worrying about the implications.

"Yer turned pink too. Didnja say somethin' about findin' a green version of yourself as well?" May pointed out as Julia stood frozen.

"Uhh… What?" Julia said, entirely baffled by what was happening.

"Oh wait… Utarou said there might be others…" Hope muttered as she walked outside to greet Julia, noting that this Pink Julia.

Was very small, half the height of her and with barely any length to her pseudo hair like the blue Julia she'd met.

"Others?! Wait a minute… You mean like this?" Julia asked as she split herself in half.

"Yes! Oh my goodness I'm glad you managed to make it back then!" Hope exclaimed, giving the pink Julia a hug.

"We's gonna have to be dealin' with many of you's ya think?" May asked, annoyed at the idea of repeating the same happy reunion over and over again. Pink Julia pondered.

"I don't know, I remember what was happening when I was a puddle very clearly…" Julia sighed.

"Utarou left some instructions in case we got any 'surprise visits'. I think he might know… But why wouldn't he tell us?" Hope wondered.

"I'mma guess he didn' want us plannin' for somethin' what might not happen'. Or maybe he's just a twat." May shrugged as threw Rhiney his snack, a lamb carcass that had mostly been stripped of it's meat, quickly returning inside with Hope while pink Julia reeled from the information.

"C-can I see the babies?" Julia suddenly squeeked, having not moved an inch.

"Ya can take the brat for all I care, bein' Queen's a lot more nonsense than I care for right now." May huffed.

"Huh?"

"Oh, Utarou made her queen after Henrek relinquished power to Utarou again."

"W-what?"

"Come in and drink some tea, I'll explain." Hope chuckled, grabbing the small pink Julia by the hand and bringing her inside.

…
​

"I still don't get why I didn't sense them like I sensed that other one." Julia pondered as she sprawled out on a couch, awaiting Henrek and Barney to finish their meeting with the governor.

"I mean we can't sense each other right now." Twolia countered as she sat cross legged by the fire.

"True but wouldn't another me try and get in touch? We weren't that subtle when we came back home." Threelia sighed as she leaned back dangerously far on her stool.

"Maybe she had something weird happening, like when we had that green slime stuff in us." Fourlia offered as she looked down the hallway.

"Oh my god…" Julia remarked.

"What?!" The other Julias exclaimed in unison.

"Utarou definitely has another version of us in a sealed pot right?" Julia said as she started pacing around the room, the other three Julia's moving to sit around her

"So if he did that, then that means he couldn't ask her to keep hidden…" Julia continued as she rubbed her chin, the other three Julia's slowly merging together.

"Maybe that other Julia is CRAZY, or isn't all me, but Utarou thought I might try and combine with her anyway!" Julia finished, looking up at the now larger Twolia.

"We wouldn't be that stupid." Twolia retorted as Julia stepped forward.

"Yeah, yeah we would." Julia sighed as she merged back together.

'We still don't know how this body works…" Julia remarked as she looked at her goopy hands.

"I'll trust you Utarou, but I really want to know what you're planning right now." Julia sighed as she sprawled back out onto the couch in her full figured form.

…
​

"So you weren't having sex with it?" Penelope inquired suspiciously as she rode alongside Utarou.

"NO! I may love monster girls but right now Grey-chan here is all monster, no girl." Utarou retorted defensively.

"So, you would have sex with it if it looked like a girl?" Penelope pressed further.

"No no no, Monster Girls require a harmony between beastial traits and feminine, there must be a balance, one without the other is simply unappealing." Utarou sighed, shaking his head.

"Fufufu, noted…" Penelope smirked as she quickly grabbed her notebook out and started writing.

"They're getting along… I think…" Hans muttered, he'd been watching the back and forth between Utarou and Penelope for the last week, and it'd mostly consisted of Penelope prodding Utarou's character to confirm that he was in fact, as single minded as everyone said he was.

"Hmpth." Garf mumbled.

"Oh hey look, you got a word out of big man here!" Rufus laughed.

"D-did I?" Hans stammered.

"We take small victories with ol' Garf. Anyway, I reckon she's tryna do the deed with 'em." Rufus explained.

"W-what!?" Hans exclaimed, shocked.

"What? You never had a lady askin' all sorts of inappropriate questions? Because lemme tell ya if she is then she's looking for something and it ain't just platonic." Rufus laughed.

"I-I can't say I have…" Hans mumbled.

"Hah! Poor lad, I would've thought your boyish charm would be a hit! Ladies love a soft guy but…" Rufus began flexing his large biceps.

"... I suppose it's the muscle that attracts em like moths to a flame!" Rufus laughed. Hans mumbled something in agreement, turning bright red in embarrassment.

"Hmpth." Garf added.

"Ay look! I got one!" Rufus cheered.

 

[m4gpier]

Utarou had never been blessed when it came to women.

In his original life his particular interests could only be satisfied through fiction and cosplay.

And he didn't have the face, money or charasmia to pick up a cute cosplayer girl, nor the drive to settle with such a subpar replacement.

When he was reincarnated, he thought he had been granted a gift from a great kami to find the monster girls of his dreams.

Then he finds out that they don't exist in this world.

So Utarou had never expected to be in the scenario where he had a woman forcing herself onto him.

Let alone for it to be called a "ritual."

This wouldn't be a problem.

If she wasn't a damnable Elf.

…

30 Minutes Earlier
​

"So this is Avoitica huh?" Penelope nodded as she looked around the impressively tall and gothic towers, built out of an exquisite black marble.

"I guess, assuming Hans didn't get us lost" Refus laughed as he noted the various warriors dotting the streets. This city was armed to the teeth with people loyal to the Avoisan Church.

"Are we sure this is the right city?" Utarou pondered as he wondered why a holy city would have so many soldiers.

"I-I didn't! You guys can read right…" Hans mumbled as he led the group towards the central church.

"They're just messing with ya! A little bit of what you guys call joshing around." Penelope teased.

"Y-yeah." Hans blushed.

"Seriously, why would a church have so many military guys?" Utarou asked genuinely. Penelope and Refus looked at Utarou for a moment.

"He might not be messing with you." Penelope sighed.

"I take it your old world didn't have wars then." Refus shrugged as they turned a corner, suddenly entering a massive courtyard.

Templars of all varieties stood at attention, all keenly aware of the Blessing Being in their presence.

Utarou had sent word of his approach of course, though despite him arriving long before his letter could the Templars had been keenly aware of his approach for some time now.

The Avoisan Church was the single most powerful organization on the continent of Aurora.

And Utarou, despite his status as a blessed being, was openly a heretic.

"Aha! There's the immortal man himself!" A familiar voice called out. Utarou looked around to see Adam cheerfully approaching.

"Woah, he's hot." Penelope remarked unabashedly.

"P-Penelope! We're in Avoitica!" Hans exclaimed.

"You were thinking it too." Penelope teased, Hans flustered before ultimately deciding to remain silent.

"A-aha! Hopefully the uh, head you gave the pope was satisfactory?" Utarou asked cautiously, looking around at the other Templars, who were all presumably on a similar level to Adam.

"Not in the slightest! But, the Pope is willing to grant you an audience. Come, we've prepared the ritual." Adam laughed as he placed an arm around Utarou's shoulder and began dragging him away.

Garf and Rufus both stopped Adam, grabbing his shoulder.

"Hold on a minute, we're under strict orders to protect him. Where he goes we go." Rufus exclaimed.

"Y-yeah…" Hans added uncommittedly.

Adam turned around, smile beaming as usual.

"Of course! Forgive my rudeness. How about a little hostage exchange then?" Adam offered.

"W-what?" Utarou remarked.

"Huh?! Since when was this a-"

"I give all of you, including the young witch there, complete access to our library. A thousand years of very flammable history." Adam explained, interrupting Rufus before he could voice his refusal.

"W-WHAT?! REALLY?!" Penelope squealed as she jumped in front of Garf and Rufus.

"H-huh? What would we want to do with flammable history?" Rufus asked dimly.

"Idiot, if something happens to Utarou we burn it down." Penelope smirked, smacking her fingers to create a small spark.

"Believe it or not, no heretic's head is worth that much destruction. Of course, it'll be completely unguarded." Adam laughed, shouting orders to the other templars.

"S-so you can either let it all burn or you have some back up prepared…?" Utarou asked anxiously.

"Well, backups exist but you're not worth destroying that much history over it. Consider it a sign of good will and trust!" Adam exclaimed gleefully.

"Mhm…" Utarou muttered as he looked back, seeing that Hans was still following while Penelope ran off, being followed by Garf and Rufus.

"I-I'm with you still!" Hans announced.

"Great." Utarou sighed.

…

5 Minutes Earlier
​

"I don't get why I have to wash myself before meeting the pope. He'll just be a smelly old dude right?" Utarou groaned as he chatted to Hans in the next stall over.

"Well, cleanliness is next to godliness… I guess." Hans muttered as he quickly got changed.

"Well whatever, I haven't had a good bath in too long! Remind me we need to build an onsen in Dryholm." Utarou declared, emerging from his stall entirely nude. Hans immediately covered his eyes.

"Y-you could've changed in there." Hans mumbled.

"Bah." Utarou shirked off.

Quickly getting changed, Utarou strode into what Adam had been calling the "Temple Centuria."

This is where guests would perform a purifying ritual before discussing anything with the pope.

It was a large domed building, with large windows and stained glass paintings dotting the walls.

At its center, where all the light was directed, a single person standing in the middle of a circle created by deep grooves that let water flow throughout the Temple.

"Only the blessed being may come any further." The person said, it was a woman's voice.

Hans looked at Utarou who simply shrugged.

"It'll be fine… probably."

Utarou approached the woman, she was wearing a large green hood decorated in the churches symbol, her shoulders were exposed and the sleeves of her jacket were massive.

Once Utarou entered the circle, she turned around, revealing her glistening silver hair, her tired eyes and incredibly youthful appearance.

But Utarou only noticed one thing.

"KNIFE EARS!" Utarou shouted, immediately trying to leap back as the woman took her hood off, revealing a headband and letting her long elven ears free.

Utarou found himself hitting an invisible barrier, turning back to see Hans looked to be frozen in time.

"Now that's not very nice, saying slurs." The elf tutted sarcastically, her voice was smooth and slow like an elegant waltz.

"What have you done?!" Utarou shouted angrily as he tried to claw his way up and out of the barrier.

The elf sighed.

"Relax, from everything I've heard you'll enjoy this ritual~" The elf said with a smug expression, dropping her clothes in a moment to reveal a few things.

Her body was gorgeous, proportions shaped by god himself, or just a gifted figurine sculptor.

Second, it was covered in bandages and scars, small knicks and scratches that hadn't quite healed.

Thirdly, despite Utarou's head being filled with rage at the idea, his little Utarou had gone rogue.

…

3 and a Half Shameful Minutes Later
​

Hans blinked, and Utarou had gone from standing on one side of the circle to the other, looking incredibly disgruntled while the elf hadn't moved an inch.

"H-huh?" Hans exclaimed.

"You may now approach young… man." The elf paused, turning her head to check Hans before deciding a gender.

"You're not gonna do him as well are you?" Utarou asked grumplily adjusting his pants.

"No no, the ritual only applies to blessed beings." The elf explained.

"You must be an experienced hag then. How long have you been doing this for the church?" Utarou snided.

"Oh, I only started the ritual today." The elf smirked.

"WHAT?! The pope would let you do that?!" Utarou exclaimed indignantly. The elf thought for a moment.

"Hmm, I don't see why they wouldn't." The elf said with an airy tone as she walked towards a nearby elevated throne.

"Well I'm going to complain directly to the man himself!" Utarou announced, causing the elf to laugh as she walked up the throne to sit down.

"Well, perhaps I should introduce myself properly now." The elf laughed softly as she sat down cross legged on the throne.

"I'm Ghaeltifts Au Neiva. The Pope of the Avosian Church."

"Of course… Of course." Utarou hissed as Hans looked between Ghaeltifts and Utarou, entirely baffled by what had could've possibly happened.

"W-what?" Hans asked, entirely lost.

"OF COURSE THE CHURCH IS GOING TO BE LED BY A DAMNABLE KNIFE EARED HAG!" Utarou screamed indignantly.

Across the cathedral, Penelope heard the rumbling of Utarou's shout and looked up for a moment, before quickly returning to her book of magic fundamentals, writing as much down as she could.

"Sounds like Utarou's going to be finished soon…" Penelope muttered as she wrote like her life depended on it.

 

[m4gpier]

"Huh?! W-what?! The Pope's a-a-an…" Hans stuttered, looking up at Ghaeltifts in disbelief.

"A WRETCHED KNIFE EAR!" Utarou shouted, the empty cathedral echoing his disdain throughout the dome.

Ghaeltifts laughed as her tired eyes leered down at the two who stood before her.

"Why, Utarou from everything I've heard this is your first time leaving Oldser, I can't imagine you spent enough time in Richton to encounter one of my kind, let alone to establish such a horrible impression of us!" Ghaeltifts cackled, resting her head on her hand.

"Ohhh I don't need to have met one of your kind here to know that I don't like you." Utarou growled as he tried to walk up Ghaeltifts' stair case, finding that with each step he took the stone stairs moved to keep him in the same place.

"Really? You know, us Elves like to be informed about something before we make an opinion." Ghaeltifts said in mock surprise.

"The hell do you know about me then!" Utarou shouted angrily, still trying and failing to reach the woman.

"Well I know you were reincarnated here 8 years ago, you were Sir Utarou of The Mountain Keep for King Oldsier until begging for the title of Governer of Dracons with a ridiculous offer he couldn't refuse, to which you paid back by secretly using your own flesh as mince meat, challenging the churches guidance so flagrantly you had to be declared a heretic, decimating Burtcons by chasing the wyverns out and then proceeding to somehow discover a Tier 4 skill that was off the Holy Path! Did I miss anything important?" Ghaeltifts asked with a playful yawn, her left eye beginning to glow green as opposed to their neutral brown.

"Oh you've missed a lot of important things." Utarou growled.

"Your own flesh!?" Hans exclaimed in disbelief, everyone ignoring him.

"Firstly, you missed out on my love of Monster Girls." Utarou declared, causing Ghaeltifts to roll her eyes.

"Secondly, you missed out my hatred of Elves!" Utarou reiterated.

"Honey, those aren't that important right-" Ghaeltifts began, interrupted by Utarou's loud snort.
"Oh you WOULD think that, with all your high minded and pretentious bullshit!" Utarou screamed, pointing an accusatory finger towards the woman as he started trying to run up the stairs, to equally little avail.

"Where are you getting all of these ideas, I must say they're a lot more flattering than most human stereotypes against us." Ghaeltifts laughed. Hans could only mumble something incoherent and shrug.

"I'm getting them from the only reliable source for isekai, light novels!" Utarou shouted as he sprinted as fast as he could, having managed to move a whole centimeter before tripping and crashing into the floor beside Hans.

"Right, well despite my position as Pope, I thought showing you a good time would help assuage your… interesting ideas about my people." Ghaeltifts sighed.

"I didn't consent!" Utarou retorted.

"Oh? But you finished so quickly."

"N-never mind that." Utaoru coughed while Hans looked at the two cluelessly.

"Quite, well I can only assume you sought my audience to gain my favour? Perhaps cleanse your heretical record? Beg for support in a trying time?" Ghaeltifts speculated boredly.

"Uh, all of those things…" Utarou mumbled, realizing his rampant hatred of Elves may have blinded him to slightly more pressing issues.

He could wipe Elves off the face of the planet after he creates his Monster Girl Utopia.

…
​

"The dread… I'm feeling it again." Henrek groaned as he and Barney sat watching Julia experiment with her splitting ability.

"Awh don'tcha feel too bad! The meetin' could've been worse. We ain't bein' ran out of town like'n the last three." Barney offered with his usual chipper attitude, taking a swig of beer as he looked towards Dryholm.

"No, it's just that Utarou will have made his way to Avotica by now. You know how he gets about Elves…" Henrek sighed.

"Eh, he's just meetin' with the Pope, probably an old man what hates' Elves too. Can't be too many of them Elvoisan weirdos in the city right?" Barney suggested.

"I dunno, I heard news that they're trying to reconcile. I'm surprised you have an opinion on the Elvoisan Church, you never struck me as particularly religious." Henrek noted, taking a sip of water.

"Hate all the bastards what try'n tell me what to do. Much'n prefer leavin' things to ya spirits 'n such 'n the olde gods. Elvoisan fellas are the ones who make'n it all weird, all that lovin' stuff, blergh." Barney said, remembering the time a wandering missionary tried to sell Barney on the religion.

"Sounds like you've met one! I thought Oldser was way north of where they usually tried to convert, I've heard a few stories from the southern guys when I used to guard Mountain Keep. I think it's just an Elf thing though." Henrek suggested.

"Is it? Maybe Utarou's got a point, though he's got it well weird don't he. Talkin' about bein stuck up with'n a superiority complex… I mean the hell kinda Elf is that?" Barney muttered. Henrek laughed as he shook his head and shrugged.

"Maybe it's like the monster girls he rambles on about and they don't exist yet!" Henrek laughed before looking at Julia instructing Twolia and Threelia to stretch out Fourlia like a sling shot.

"Oh god, he wouldn't make the dirt licking, STD ridden and festering wound elves like that would he?" Henrek asked, horrified at the idea.

"BAH! C'mon now, Utarou's a mad man but he HATES em! Can't imagine he'd be able to talk to one of em' long enough to say more than how much he hates em!" Barney cackled.

"Right… right yeah." Henrek nodded, the dread only mounting.

Elves were a people blessed with long lives and incredible magic, but in exchange had fragile constitutions and extreme poverty in their lands.

Imagining what might happen if these Elves were lifted from their squalor?

Was a terrifying thought indeed for the Human.