RX78-3: Yeah, totally my fault. thanks to Astrefernal and you, I realized it quickly, so thanks!
leonardobluesummers: I know xD that's why I didn't put smut genre in this story despite it is kinda smutty. the genre for this story is mostly adventure, romance and comedy. so yeah, the lemon would be like a boss fight in this story... a rather rare find.
gaby11: Thanks! and Yeah xD sorry again if you get offended. though in my defense, Chimera's name as Gabby is actually canon.
Romance Breeding: Nothing really, Alipheese accepted the truth that she would die and leave her children, but now that she has a chance to keep on living, she probably will do her best to pamper her children for the years she missed on from their lives... before fucking Naruto just like her dream xD
SPark681: Oh! this chapter is about Happiness village actually!
Happy Chaos: hahaha, I didn't leave the story for that long, dude xD.
genilgames: Yep! she will for sure! she just doesnt know what she's getting into.
Lucian Naruto: So true, I do feel sorry for her too, along with pity though. as for being abandoned, I guess my mind is half and half about that, because from what I read, both angels decided to left Ilias because she massacred whole Remina, the fact Eden stayed with Ilias alone make me realize she in canon is just to blind to see the evil in her own mother.
maybe Lucifina and Michaela did want her to come down to earth just like them... but she refused.
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As always, thanks for the reviews guys! and I hope y'all like this chapter as much as I do!
Chapter 10, Let the Hero do his thing
START!
"You suck…"
Naruto said with a small laugh after he blocked a strike to his neck and kicked the penetrator away with a little bit of his strength.
A little bit which translated to Luka being thrown a few meters away while holding his pained gut.
Seeing such a thing, Naruto merely made his laugh a bit louder.
"Ugh… fuck you"
Luka weakly groaned which Naruto ignored as he turned his attention to his dearest sister that sat a few meters away from his location on a rather large tree stump.
The woman has returned to her lamia form now that they're no longer in Iliasburg.
"What do you think about his fighting style, sis…?"
Seemingly uninterested in the boys' 'spar', Alice merely huffed while folding her arms under her impressive bosom, something that made the pair jiggle a little bit and took Naruto's attention for a brief second.
"He sucks…"
"Ugh"
"… Forget about his fighting style, he is far weaker than when he fought against a wild monster girl that attacked him. I think against someone he considers his own 'ally', he unconsciously holds back most of his real strength, a rather large weakness if I say so myself"
By the time Alice finished her words, Naruto already took a seat beside her and currently leaning his head against her shoulder while nodding with a serious expression on his face, uncaring of Alice's arm that slithered into his waist and pulled him closer to her.
The sibling's attention is currently focused on groaning Luka that is yet to stand up.
"We should add another person into this 'Hero Party', one that is weak enough to fight on equal ground with Luka"
Hero party.
It was what the people of Iliasburg called them, and after a few days, the nick just stuck despite within this party, only Luka has the plan to take the mantle of the Hero.
Oh well… anyway…
Naruto and Alice are strong, far too strong that even if they hold back most of their strength, they can still injure Luka pretty badly. The kick Naruto did just now prove it.
"… another human?"
Alice asked with a sneer full of disgust after she thought about what her dearest brother have said just now. It is pretty taxing enough to tolerate one human named 'Luka', and now, her brother said he wants to add another member to this group of theirs…?
Seriously?
"Nah, considering Luka's dream is a world peace where humans and monsters can live in harmony, what harm another monster girl can do, right…?"
It was here, Luka in question walked in their direction, -still holding his stomach in pain- with a sweat drop on the side of his head.
Does his opinion not matter to the two?
Of course, noticing the incoming Luka, Naruto's smile widens, happy to see the purple-haired boy looking fine and already up.
"So, what do you think, Luka? As the Hero in this party, in the end, your opinion will be the one that decides everything that happens to this group… adding another monster to this group was just my suggestion so you could train better"
"Oh…"
Not expecting Naruto to say such a thing, Luka became speechless for a few seconds. But after he thought about the pro and cons of adding a member to their group, Luka in the end nodded… with a slight hesitation in his eyes.
For what it is worth, Naruto was thinking about him when he said his suggestion.
Now he feels bad for being so distrustful toward Naruto.
"Good! Then once we reach Happiness Village, I'm gonna tell Lucretia so she can join this party!"
"NO! You imbecile! I knew that was your plan all along!"
Suddenly, right in front of Luka, red-faced Alice used her powerful tail to smack Naruto away with something akin to jealousy in her eyes.
Naruto…? he laughed.
"Ahahahaha!"
"Don't you dare laugh this matter, you darn playboy!"
For his answer, Naruto merely kept his laugh… well, until Alice shot powerful dark magic right in front of his face that is.
BOOM!
That shut him up.
-Timeskip-
"Uh… Naruto, are you sure you're alright?"
Walking through the road toward the Happiness Village, Luka asked that question to his blonde mentor that has a few purple bruises on his face.
Of course, his question met with rather carefree waves of Naruto's hand.
"Of course, don't mind a few bruises like these… I and Alice brawled so much back when we were children and the wounds from back then were more severe than these"
Honesty can be heard in Naruto's voice after he shrugged Luka's worries.
Then again, back then he was but a human child. Durable body or not, he was but a human child, and the wounds from his 'brawls' with Alice were much more severe than the few bruises he currently has.
Of course, Alice didn't leave unscratched too as he was a pretty good brawler and gave as much as wounds as his sister did in their brawls.
His relationship with Alice is healthy, after all.
They are siblings before they are a lover.
"Uh… how severe are we talking about here?"
Of course, after he heard Naruto's words, the worries in his tone become much heavier as Luka trying his hard to not look at Alice with a bewildered expression on his face.
Severer than purple bruises…?
That doesn't sound like a healthy relationship to Luka.
"Few broken bones and some other things that I forgot, but meh… not something you can't recover from, so like I said, don't mind it"
Fateburn has been the only family that keeps the title of the monster lords for generation after generation ever since the first monster lord, the dark Goddess, Alipheese the first.
This happens not only because of their blood but also because of their desire to become stronger and stronger so they won't shame the name of Fateburn.
Naruto and Alice might be lovers, but before they're lovers, they're siblings. And before they're siblings, they're members of the Fateburn family.
A rather brutal brawl where they get a few broken bones and a day full of pain…?
That's normal.
"I-If you say so…"
Luka said in the end, seeing Naruto look rather uncaring about his own past with his sister.
Then again, seeing the pair walking hand in hand with a smile on their faces, even Luka won't be able to guess that the two could brawl and hurt each other at the moment of notice.
He just can't picture himself hurting someone he cares about.
"Oh, monster…"
Naruto suddenly said. And before Luka can say anything, the blonde and his sister suddenly disappear, leaving Luka that only unsheathe his sword with a rather serious look on his face.
It's time for battle…!
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"He is improving…"
Standing ten or so meters away from Luka's position under the shade of a rather tall tree, Alice said this with a rather uncaring expression on her face. Something that broke into a rather bashful blush when her brother tiptoed and kissed her on the cheek.
"Don't be like that now, he's just starting… who knows, maybe he would become strong enough to defeat you in a year or two"
Blushes or not, even Alice cannot help but snort in disbelief the moment she heard what her dearest brother have said.
That was funny.
"That's funny, if a purple idiot like him can defeat me in a year or two, then I would rather eat nothing but your semen for the rest of my life"
"Huh…? What kind of bet are you doing that you would reward yourself if you lose?"
Naruto said after he blinked a few times once his mind registered Alice's full sentence, knowing how much Alice liked his semen compared to the other things.
Yes, she likes the food that humans made, but in the end, as a monster girl, her main preference would be his semen.
It is the highest quality semen of a male who drank the milk of Echidna thorough his life, after all.
"So…?" uncaringly, Alice said with an adorable pout on her face while glaring half-heatedly at her brother "… it is my bet with myself, you have no right to question it, idiot"
"Of course, I have the right considering it was my semen you were talking about"
Ignoring Naruto's words altogether, Alice merely huffed while turning her attention back to Luka. All the while, her tail that wrapped itself around Naruto's waist squeezed slightly in a show of affection.
Being ignored and seeing Alice won't respond to his words, Naruto in the end merely shrugged his shoulders.
His sister is just that strange sometimes, after all.
-Later-
When the trio of the Hero party reached the Happiness Village, they saw the condition of the peaceful-looking Village.
Females of all ages tend to their usual days…
To Alice and her little brother, the sight alone is rather strange.
To Luka…?
He is being an idiot once again.
"Huh, the Village is more peaceful than I thought at first"
Luka said naively while smiling, happy to see such a beautiful sight of a nice village similar to Ilias Village, his hometown. Behind him, Alice frowned at his stupidities while Naruto resisted his urge to reprimand his student.
So idiot…
"Idiot, take a look around you once again… there is no man among them"
"Oh right…" Once he heard Naruto's statement, Luka's eyes widen slightly in surprise. He really didn't take notice of such an obvious missing thing within this picture of a peaceful village "… But hey, there's a boy th-"
Just as he tried to say something to Naruto, the sibling suddenly disappear, something that made Luka groan a little.
But still, he unsheathed his Angel Halo, knowing the two only disappear when there is a monster(s) about to come to their group.
And just as he thought, the boy that he saw now is being harassed by a harpy that came from the sky.
Another day… and another job for a Hero like him.
"Hey! Get away from him!"
And thus, Luka dove forward.
-With Naruto and Alice-
"So… we're leaving him…?"
Alice asked with a lone raised eyebrow pointed toward her little brother.
Unlike usual, they're now walking around the forest instead of watching Luka fight with the Harpy that was scouting her area jurisdiction.
"Hmm…? I just don't really like the fact we cannot be seen among the other monsters and must hide when we are traveling around with Luka, you see… so I thought, why not just go toward where Luka will head?"
Happiness Village.
Harpy Village.
Happiness Village is the neighbor of Harpy Village for years. The fact the former held no men except for a single boy is probably also because of the Harpies that began to attack and kidnap male humans since a few years ago.
Just like most monster races in the world, Harpy is a race of full female monsters. They need human males to reproduce and to keep their race away from extinction. But because of the racist belief of Ilias that has spread to the Happiness Village and the destruction of Remina, the relationship between the two began to dwindle and dwindle.
It was the reason for Lucretia's visit to the Monster Lord castle back when he was a child, after all.
She wanted some peaceful suggestion from the late monster lord so that Harpies can marry human males once again.
Of course, the late Monster Lord died before her plan to restore the Harpy race can move.
Thus, Lucretia was forced to choose between her morality and her race's prosperity.
The latter won by a large margin.
"Hmph! You just want to see that winged woman!"
Jealousy tinted Alice's voice as she used the tip of her tail to poke her little brother in his ribs a few times. Though, Naruto himself merely let out a large smile after he heard her accusation.
He won't deny that.
"I won't deny that, I do miss her after all"
A Harpy can mate with any male, but the Queen will only take the strong as her mate. And Naruto already marked Lucretia as his, something that she accepted bashfully a few years back.
For some reason, Alice and his mother don't seem to support his relationship with Lucretia.
Maybe because Lucretia is basically a bird and them being snakes…?
"My son… try to think of me as a snake once again, and believe me, the moment I return, I will strangle you"
On his walk, Naruto paused when he heard the threatening voice of his dearest mother… and she sound serious, something that made him sweat nervously a little bit.
Nearby, Alice is watching him with a huff with hands under her bosom.
From his face alone, she knows that he was currently being reprimanded by their mother.
Hmph! Eat that, you stupid playboy, Alice thought happily. Behind her, the tip of her tail wags cutely.
"Go, reprimand him more, mom… this guy is becoming cheekier and cheekier ever since your death. I'm pretty sure if not for my constant reminder, he would be having sex with a lowly monster girl right now"
"Oi, oi… even I have my preference, sis"
Sweatdrop got bigger, Naruto barked back to his big sister like that, something that she simply returned with a 'bleh' expression.
This girl…
"Your preference is a strong woman, and if not for mother that chased away that gross woman, Cassandra, years ago, you would've become her fuck toy by now"
Alice chided, seemingly joking, but with such a serious face that Naruto can't help but shake his head. Why is she chiding him for having a preference for strong women when it was what was taught as the member of the Fateburn family, he doesn't know.
But strong is just one thing among his preferences.
"Of course, I won't you dummy. Cassandra might be someone strong, but she gave me an evil vibe, I would've rejected her even if mom didn't chase her away"
Naruto explained, trying to make Alice see the reasons.
Unsurprisingly, she doesn't.
"… Really?"
"Well…" here, Naruto scratched his cheek a little with a deep thinking expression on his face "… Maybe after I talked with her for a few days"
"She would've fucked you by then, pervert!"
"Hahahaha~!"
It was a usual day for the two of them.
-Back with Luka-
"Where are they?"
After he defeated the harpy and saved the harassed boy, Luka whispered something under his breath. His eyes constantly looking around, trying to search for the probably hidden monster…
Naruto and Alice have yet to return, which means, there must be another monster in hiding, right?
At the very least, that's what his rational mind said.
"H-Hero… are you looking for your companions?"
Just as he was deep in thinking, one of the female villagers came to him and said that with a fidgeting body and a blush on her cheeks.
Not knowing why Luka ignored these as he nodded.
"Yeah, I'm kinda worried… have you seen them?"
He said while staring at the fidgeting and blushing woman.
If he were to say something like 'Yeah, they're usually back after I took care of the monster' it would tarnish their image, and despite they -More so Alice- refused to be seen as Hero, Luka know none of them wants to be seen as a bad person by humans.
They might not care for their own images, but he does.
They're his friends, after all.
"W-Well… I saw them walking in the direction of the Harpy village"
"I… I see…"
Luka followed, hesitant.
If there is one thing that Naruto taught to him, then it would be a mind that is no longer so naïve that he would believe everyone's words, no matter how believable it was.
And then again, this woman and her village have been facing the harpies for so long… it would be no surprise if their desperation led them to lie to him, hoping that he would have what it takes to save them.
He really would love to, but…
"Alright, thank you for the information. Then I will wait for them until the nighttime, and if they're yet to return by that time, I'll follow them"
Naruto and Alice are both powerful, it would be no question that they would easily defeat the whole harpy village if they wanted to.
He has no reason to worry for them, not when there's a chance this woman in front of him trying to lead him by the nose.
For all intent, they probably just walk around to find some mushrooms to eat. And knowing Alice's appetite, it wouldn't be a surprise at all if that was what happening.
So, for now… let's just wait.
-With Naruto-
"You think he would follow us soon?"
Came the voice of Alice as she took a small glance in the direction of the Happiness village. Beside her, Naruto merely let out a small hum for a few seconds.
That's a good question.
"Probably this afternoon or when the night comes. I did leave some tracks for him to follow and a book that explains the basic weakness of monsters, after all"
And the most basic weakness of a harpy is their rather bad night eyesight.
Hearing what he said, Alice stared at him with a single raised eyebrow. And seeing such an expression from her, Naruto could easily notice the hidden question behind it.
You did what…?
"Come on now big sis. It was just a book about basic weaknesses, it's not like high-level monsters or Queens had the same weaknesses as their underlings"
In the end, after she heard his words, Alice nodded and relent.
Yeah… the book Naruto lent to Luka merely explained the monster races' habitat and their basic weaknesses… something the higher-ranked monsters no longer have as their power easily negates their weakness.
The stronger a monster is, the less chance they have a weakness.
By the end of the day, to defeat a stronger monster, you need to be as strong or stronger than the monster yourself.
"Okay then… oh, we're here"
"Conceal"
Alice spoke that when she took notice of the incoming Harpy village, where many tall trees can be seen and the housing is on top of said trees.
Seeing the same thing and knowing nothing good if they were seen, Naruto muttered a spell for both of them, hiding his and Alice's presence from the weaker monsters.
"They better have good foods… cause like hell I would stay by your side when you're here"
Jealous-looking Alice said while folding her arms under her bosom, a normal pose for her when she spoke her mind or when she was making a serious statement.
And right now, she's more than serious.
"Heh… don't be like that, I won't have sex with Lucretia that soon, you know? I mean, I'm her mate and all and she would go into her heat the moment she sees me, but she probably has a few restraints ready"
"… Restraints to tie you up on her bed?"
"I meant restraints in her mind so she won't go wild, dummy!"
For the answer, Alice merely harumphed, obviously doesn't believe his words about Lucretia. After all, the woman might look regal and all, but at the end of the day, she's a harpy, and in the mind of a harpy, nothing's more important than mating.
So yeah, she doesn't believe her dearest, yet dummy brother's words on this.
"Whatever… after we're done here, I'll dry your sperm so you won't be able to get fucked by any other monsters unless I let you"
After she said this, Alice was thinking about it and can't help but to lick her lips with her snake-like tongue, suddenly feeling hungry for Naruto's semen once again. And Naruto himself, seeing the act and knowing what she was thinking cannot help but to blush a little.
Alice is such a pervert…
Oh, woe him to be surrounded by perverts.
"You said it as if you can, sis"
It was a death sentence for him to say such a thing, Naruto knew this, but he just can't help it. For all intent, his sperm is just like a minotaur's milk… both are almost endless.
So, the thing Alice said is actually not as easy as you think.
Of course, the moment the words came out of his mouth, Alice glared hard in his direction followed by a rather adorable pout.
A rather strange mix… but that's Alice.
"I'll do it… just you wait"
Oh… woe him.
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Knock
Knock
When the two reached the biggest tree house they could find, Naruto wasted no time and knocked on the door a few times. Behind him, Alice is still pouting like a child.
"Yes, who's th-…"
And as the door opened, Lucretia widens her eyes.
-Later-
"… You're not doing anything"
Alice said after she and Naruto finished their bath in Queen Harpy's house. In front of her, Naruto merely drying his hair using a white towel that Lucretia lent to him.
And his eyes, they're staring at her with a question.
"Huh… doing what?"
"You know… I thought you would be fucking with that bird by now"
Heard what his sister said, Naruto merely snorted. He's kinda offended that she thought of him as a person who can only think with his lower brain.
But knowing it was probably because of her loneliness after he left her, Naruto pinched her hand slightly and nothing else.
"Luka is coming, and I told Lucretia to fight him without any pleasure attacks… after all, he was lucky the most monster girls he fought were only using pleasure attacks against him"
If Luka really wants to become a Hero, he must know that not every battle is as easy as enduring pleasure and attacking at the same time.
Sometimes, a monster will want nothing but his life and will use every means necessary to do so.
It wouldn't be funny if Luka expected a pleasure attack, only to get a heavy punch to his gut, right?
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… Well, it would be funny, now that he thinks about it again.
But let's concur, Luka needs a more life-threatening battle instead of a battle where he would win whether he won or lose against the monster girls.
What does he mean by that?
Of course, he meant it literally… after all, what kind of 'lose' when you got raped by a beautiful monster girl?
To Naruto, he considers such a thing as a win too.
"… You just don't want Lucretia to touch any male except you"
Here, Naruto nodded.
His girls are his girls, nobody and no one shall touch them as long as he lives. And even if he were to die, he would just resurrect himself to beat up anyone who dare to touch his girls.
"That too, I guess"
His mother Alipheese, his sister Alice, the four heavenly knights, and Lucretia… they're his.
Before he could even think about anything else, Naruto felt weightless as Alice wrapped her tail around his whole body and threw him onto the bed, where she quickly bound him once again, leaving nothing but his face free.
And above said face, Alice's face looming with a teasing smirk.
"Then, if that bird's not going to have sex with you tonight… I will"
Here, Naruto let out a small hum.
His hands got free as he easily outpower his sister's binding. Though, instead of pushing her away, Naruto merely let his arms rest around Alice's neck and pulled her closer for a kiss.
And feeling this, Alice's smirk got wider.
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Inside Naruto's mindscape, Alipheese the fifteen nodded happily seeing her children going at it like a pair of rabbits in heat.
Their loves for each other are still strong despite their separation…
And for that, she can only be happy as their mother.
-With Luka-
"Give up, Hero… you're too weak to be a challenge to me"
Panting and with wounds all over his body, Luka can only grit his teeth as the tall and regal harpy across him spoke that coldly, her eyes staring at him like he is nothing but a nuisance to her.
The battle… was too one-sided.
Unlike most monster girls he had met, the Harpy Queen never used any pleasure attack on him.
Every time he got close, she flapped her wings and would have clawed his whole face if not for his fast reflexes. And even from afar, she simply flapped her right wing and sent out several blades of wind at the same time. The reason for his current, grievous wounds.
Just as he said before… the battle is too one-sided.
'No wonder Naruto said I won't survive if I came here any earlier…'
Actually…
Even now, he's not sure about the rate for his own survivability. But still, low rate or not, he will fight!
"I won't give up! Not unless you return those people you've kidnapped to their village!"
"…"
Not answering, the Harpy Queen merely cover the lower part of her face with her large and regal pink right wing with a very lady-like movement. And in her eyes, a telltale of anger can be seen.
"Stupid Hero…"
A sneer came out of the woman's mouth. And at the same time she did this, her power seems to explode as the roof of her own housing got destroyed by her pure energy alone.
Uh… oh…
Is he ready to face such a thing?
Luka doesn't know. But Naruto trusted him to become a Hero… and thus… he will become one! Failure is not an option. No… it was never an option in the first place!
"… Then die"
And then, a large blade of wind appeared and came toward Luka…
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Just like the blade of a guillotine.
Aaaaaaand cut!
xD
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