I was Transported to Another World and Became a Yuri Heroine
Four
"Wait, you're a goblin and you don't want to rape us?" Scribe blinked as the group interrogated a captive monster.
"What?" the captive goblin looked offended, "Ewww."
"I thought all goblins did that," Sinon mused.
"No," Devas noted, "just the ones who come from the depths. The surface goblins reproduce non-sexually."
"Huh?" Scribe asked.
"We eats. We get full. We split in two," the Goblin explained.
"Oh. Just like bacteria," Gabrielle noted, though no one else understood what she meant.
"So even if I posed sexy, they'd just go 'what'?" Sinon noted.
"Basically. They just don't care," Devas said. "Though someone who's as flat as you can't really do sexy..."
Sinon just ignored that.
"Well, they're still attacking villages, even if not raping," Scribe noted. "So we still have to stop them. Miss Hero?"
"Banishment Blade!" Gabrielle sent the captive goblins away.
"We defeated the goblin camp, and I didn't see any in the woods," Sinon noted. She was an excellent tracker as well as an archer. If she said there were no goblins, it was likely true. "So, what next?" she asked.
"Go report to the village elder," Scribe noted. "Also, I need to figure out how to write this up for the scrolls..."
"I'm looking forward to us resting tonight," Devas murmured as she cuddled Gabrielle, who blushed.
"I'm not expecting them to get much rest," Sinon noted to Scribe.
Scribe blushed.
Sinon brushed her hand over Scribe's, "Maybe you and I could...?"
Scribe went pinker.
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Wolves howled in the distance.
"Father!" the princess sighed, "I'm scared."
King Homuru sighed, the grizzled old man sitting in a chair, in the dining hall of his Keep. "Easy, daughter... the wolves can't break in."
"But it's been WEEKS! Howling and prowling outside! Make them go away!" she weeped.
Homuru silently wished for a brave, heroic daughter, like the Hero Gabrielle. Instead, he had Sasuki, who hid and cried whenever danger came.
"More wine, my lord?" one of the knights offered.
"No, but thank you, Sirius," Homuru said wryly.
Homuru sighed. He was being harsh, he supposed. And it was deeply unpleasant, dealing with the howling and such.
"We should hunt all the wolves down!" young Tyrest demanded.
"We don't have the long spears..." Sirius started.
Sasuki murmured. "None of the maids complained about your long spear."
Sirius ignored that as he continued, "or the heavy nets needed. Trying to fight them with just swords is folly."
"Coward," Tyrest scowled.
"No, just not stupid," Sirius answered dryly.
"No fighting, boys," the old guard captain scolded them. She looked at the king, "I suggest locking up the keep, and issuing everyone extra wine rations. Maybe we can get drunk enough to sleep through the howling."
"Ha! A wise suggestion," Homuru admitted.
"Yes! Wine!" several others agreed.
Beer and wine was poured, drinking was done and eventually much of the keep slept...
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"So, the wolves only come at night?" Gabrielle clarified as they took a wagon through the woods.
(Being a 'Hero' usually meant they could hitch a ride wherever. In this case they were borrowing a trader's wagon, in exchange for guard duty. Travellers had been jumped a few times, on this road...)
"Yes. But there's no sign of them in daylight, no tracks, and no trace of a den," Scribe noted.
"So it's supernatural," Devas noted.
"Or they're awful at tracking," Sinon had to point out.
"Ha," Gabrielle conceded that. She looked over at the elf, "Can you...?"
"I'll check for wolves when we get there," Sinon agreed, "but it's likely the tracks have already been obscured."
"So we'll have to wait until the wolves appear," Scibe nodded thoughfully.
"We couldn't go out after them tonight...?" Gabrielle offered.
"In the dark, with no spears or nets, outnumbered?" Sinon drawled.
"Okay, not a great plan," Gabriellle conceded.
"We could manage," Devas said confidently.
"As much as dying heroically fighting wolves sounds good, I'd rather not," Scribe noted.
"Spoil sport," Gabrielle teased.
"We're getting close to North Keep," the driver called.
They were in the far north, and a light dusting of snow was on the ground. The trees were bare of leaves, and looked eerily skeletal around them. The wind chilled them all...
Well, except for Devas, who lounged in her enchanted armor. "What?" she smiled and explained, "I'm hot blooded."
"I could have told you that," Gabrielle murmured.
The wagon rolled into the cleared area around the keep, coming up to a fortified gate. There was a staked, wooden fence surrounding the building.
"Welcome," the surly man on guard sighed.
"We are the Hero's Party, here to see the Duke," Scribe told him.
"Ah," the man visibly brightened. "Go on in."
As they neared the keep itself, Devas frowned slighly as she looked around.
"Something wrong?" Gabrielle asked.
"I can feel residue of something magic," Devas said. "And its strong."
"The wolves?" Scribe asked, "Or something else?"
Devas paused then admitted, "I'm not sure."
Gabrielle nodded, "Everyone, keep a eye out."
The wagon came to a stop, and the four hopped out as servants rushed to unload supplies. At the same time a well dressed man strode up to the group.
"I am Sebastian," he bowed slightly, "m'lord's steward. Please follow me inside."
As they walked to the main doors, Sinon was examining the snow covered ground. "If there were any wolf tracks, they've been covered up by people going out," she told Gabrielle.
"So we'll have to go out tomorrow morning, as expected," Gabrielle noted quietly.
The Keep had the feel of a smaller territory, away from the capital. It wasn't ornately decorated, and the internal feel was more practical. There were a LOT of suits of armor out on display, along with weapons and such.
The group reached the main hall, where a page announced, "Now entering: The Hero Gabrielle! Demon Lord Devas! Elven archer Sinon! And Scribe Alyssande Sugardrop the Third."
All three party members looked at Scribe in surprise.
"THAT is why I just ask people to call me Scribe," she sighed.
"I think it's cute," Sinon smirked.
Lord Homuru listened to that with amusement. He stood as he said, "Welcome to North Keep. We appreciate your help."
To be continued...
Notes: I'm kind of REALLY tired of Goblin Slayers' 'Always Chaotic Evil Rape Machine' Goblins. It's just icky.
Dipping into a bit of heroic fantasy. Will (probably) finish up that bit next chapter.