14xx/05/28 Johannes Calendar

28 days since arrival…

Well, I can cross the Harpy Tower off my bucket list.

I returned back to the Happiness Village to stock up on Harpy feathers. I met the same nude fairy blacksmith again at her spot, which is a small circular stone arena in the middle of the village. She was surprised that my rifle was imbued with a very potent magic that can create a Monster Girl out of anything. Her eyes nearly popped out of her face as I told Sophie to transform. A brief discussion later, I decided to head toward the official weapon shop manned by the siblings to see if there's anything I need.

There was nothing I need at the moment. I briefly considered a simple necklace made from purple jade, but I squashed down the idea completely.

We had lunch at the Church under the Shaded Tree, a church which consisted only of a lone priest under a huge oak tree. The tree provides shade for us as we nourished our body. I chatted with the priest to ask him about the current faith trend of this world.

Apparently, the worship of Ilias was still strong, but it was considered to be waning due to the absence of Goddess Ilias and the lack of judgement from said goddess. It was equivalent to my world's Christianity, which was considered the biggest religion in the world yet many seems to take it for granted. Another religion was on the rise, a goddess by the name of Lady Sylph captured the heart of the youth by its tolerant and loving religion. From what I heard from the priest, it seems that Sylph doesn't give a fuck about what we do, as long as her follower didn't hurt other people. They did host many fun parties though.

After we recovered our strength and supplies, we decided to head north to find the Harpy Tower. There's gotta be something I can loot there. If not, at least having a higher vantage point to see the entire area would help tremendously for navigation. But first we have to go through a thick forest thicker than my mistress's thigh and twice denser than my buddy Hito. Sometimes I wondered how he survived this long when he was so fucking dense. Hell, a girl can throw her naked self toward his dick and he still won't give a shit!

The travel was not that bad to be honest. We were attacked a lot, but at this point we just literally swat away our opponent like flies. We encountered a new Girl though; her body indicates that she was a woman fused with a honeybee and a honeycomb. Fortunately, her honeycomb was legit honey and they occasionally dropped a quarter piece of those combs when I shot at it. Latina stored all them honey in her jars at her saddlebag. At least we have more rations along the way.

We reached the tower around dawn; the sun makes way for the moon as we approach the crumbling monument of history. The tower was a 20-story tall stone tower which is covered in moss, creepers, cracks and moulds. On the outside it looks like it was abandoned; it was hard to think that a village of Harpy hides in this dilapidated building. Several pieces of rubbles stick out like sore thumb as I observed the area.

The door was a set of large mahogany wooden door reinforced by iron pallet and bars. I tried to open the door and to my disappointment the door remains intact. Not wanting to spend the night outside when a perfectly good shelter beckons, I decided to return toward the northern side of the tower.

Like I stated before, odd chunk of bricks and rubble sticks out of the otherwise steep and lateral wall structure. I saw several cracks with lights coming out of it. With a quite resolve I decided to scale the wall to get inside the tower and open the gate manually for Latina.

As a man who loves to do activities involving any form of climbing, I was used to the usual vertigo sensation as a man literally hangs on at the edge of life and death by his hands and feet. My hand which was used to the pen was also acquaintance with the harsh, craggy surface of a small jutting rock as I climbed the wall. Sophie was at my back, ready to fight in case shit hit the fan. Latina decided to collect dead leaves off the ground around the tower to create a bed in case we fell off.

Isn't my Centaur one of the most thoughtful girls I ever met?

The climb wasn't long. I reached level three and encountered a hole in the wall. I shined through the hole and to my delight found a room which was considered empty. A small acrobatic stunt later, I and Sophie managed to squeeze through the wall and end up in a room which I considered as dank. A staircase beckoned me forward, so I used it to reach floor level.

Along the way, I found several Harpies sitting idly along the hallway at ground level. It seems that while the young hero named Luka is successful in his mission, not everybody was cured of their disease. They were the guardian and caretaker of the queen until she became better. They also said that I should stay in the first level area as many more unhinged characters can be found above ground floor. It seems that many harpies weren't actually sick to begin with…

The gate was then duly opened to let in a tired-looking Centaur. So here I am, in the tower, surrounded by harpy guards and maids. Several bonfires were lit throughout the hallway, illuminating the area with an ethereal orange glow. We took a spot beside the staircase.

But just as I was about to tuck in for the night, a harpy suddenly came in and asked me to help her deliver a letter to her boyfriend tomorrow. I told her where the fuckboi is, but she said that he's in Medal Queen's castle. I have no idea who the fuck is Medal Queen, but she sounded interesting enough to warrant a visit. So, I accepted the job.

I'll figure out what to do tomorrow. Tonight, I'll sleep off my fatigue and hope Latina or the harpies didn't diddle me while I'm snoozing.