14xx/06/28 Johannes Calendar

58 days since arrival…

We bade farewell to the sisters in the morning and head straight toward Iliasville. The sisters were reluctant to let us leave, especially Kael, whom they already seen as a big brother figure much to our shock. I saw the way he treated them; like a loving uncle who has returned from jail after his sentence was lightened. He even threatened to break my jaw when I insinuated that the only reason he got close to them was to have his turn with them!

Natsuki is…well, I did have a talk with her one-on-one during one of our breaks in the travel. It was beside a river, which water looks clean enough to be used. She was…distraught when I met her. Normally if she was my underling, I would've chewed her out for wasting our time back then. But seeing her distressed makes me realise that there's more to the story than what I assumed.

That, and I don't want to make a scene when Oskar is standing behind me menacingly with a mace.

Personally, I would let her stew over this shit on her own. But we will be working together on the ship, and last I remembered, sails aren't as fast as flying. It would be hell for me if I'm stuck in a wooden flotsam with a pack of wolfs instead of dogs.

Diplomacy skills are not as fun as martial skills are, but the ability to fire off epic comebacks make it worth thousands of hours of studying public speaking. So it was easy for me to coax the poor girl to tell me what's wrong.

To summarize it all, she and her sisters were abused viciously by her father who is a brutal inquisitor for the Ilias Order after he returned from his many campaigns against the Monster Girls. So cruel was his treatment, that her mother died from one of his rampages. But her last word was forgiving that son of a bitch. That was enough to wake the fucker up and turn his life around to the point that he died as a saint.

So what she learned from that ordeal is to be kind no matter what, because anybody can change if given the chance.

It doesn't make sense at first. But then I remembered that this world is not like my world; sex is an acceptable if not far more lucrative alternative to violence in this world. So, offering blowjobs in exchange for not paying rent is not only acceptable, but is also commendable when the only other option is to resort to violence. And because this is within a city, its far more convenient to simply get on her knees and open her mouth than risk life and limbs trying to kill a pack of gangsters.

…Yeah, still stupid in hindsight.

But before I can do anything else, Oskar lost his mind and start French-kissing her. I naturally draw my gun, but his words were enough to stop me. Weirdest way to find out Oskar has a hard-on for broken goods.

Then when I just thought my woe is over, the captain came up and saw the two fucking. The captain maybe old, but he ain't stupid. With a wink and a smile, he told them to take as much time as they want much to their embarrassment, and then he left. The duo was angry at me, but I don't give a fuck. Those two started fucking like I wasn't even there, so I might as well not say a damn thing.

And because of that, we ended up spending more time than needed, and camped at the bridge because some idiot somehow donated enough spunk to fill a sperm bank to another bigger idiot. It ended up with us having to dip into beef jerkies cuz our hunter is busy being plowed on like a corn field after winter.

Oh well, Iliasville is just a few steps away from here. Today, grass bed. Tomorrow, soft beds.