Chapter 1: Exercising with a Kobold
Hot!
It's so hot!
Why did I decide to jog around town when today's the hottest it has ever been?
Me and my dumb exercise are to blame.
All of this trouble to maintain that average guy body build just like my brother.
I see a big tree with so much wonderful shade.
If only I can make it, I'll be saved!
As I get closer and closer, it seems to only get farther away.
I come to a stop, falling onto my hands and knees and bowing to the mighty sun for I am a fool.
I give up!
I lie down on the sizzling sidewalk, allowing myself to cook like a human pancake.
I'm sure if I persevered just a little longer I could make it to the sweet luxury that is shade.
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
So this is how I die, huh?
Of heatstroke on a sidewalk?
What a terrible fate to have been met with.
Everything is getting blurry.
Wait a minute.
Maybe it's not my time yet!
I still have the water bottle in my pocket!
Shakily, I manage to pull it out.
Untwisting the cap, I stick my desert of a tongue out as I await the divine relief of liquid nourishment.
Only a drop of water lands on my tongue.
Not enough to save me but I'm not picky.
At least I got a taste of water to help me as I begin to expire.
On the other side of the street, I see a mother and her son walking.
Her son looks at me.
"Mommy, why is that man lying down on the sidewalk," he says.
"Pay the young man no attention, sweetie. He's just a weirdo," she says.
That's not nice. Can't you see that I'm suffering?
Oh well, they have walked off now.
Time to become one with the sidewalk.
Become one with its concrete.
As I pass into the next world beyond, I see a figure seemingly running towards me.
It matters not now as my eyelids weigh heavy.
I close my eyes and embrace my sun baked death.
Huh, so it really is just nothing after death?
I fuckin' knew it!
I guess the belief of another world was too exciting to pass up.
I blame you, Isekai genre!
I wanted to be a hero, do quests, and live happily! It would've been so awesome!
"Hey! Are you ok," the voice of a girl says.
A g-girl?
Maybe there's still a chance for me to go into another world.
Perhaps I'll wake up and see that cute girl in my face.
"Riiiise and shiiiiine," she says.
Something cold washes over my face.
Is it water?
It feels really nice.
More of what I assume is cold water starts to hit me. Okay, maybe that's a bit much.
A torrent of water rushes over my face like a waterfall.
I'm starting to drown!
I jolt up off of my back, breathing for dear life.
"Is this the new world?" I ask, looking around frantically.
"No sleepyhead. This is the real world," she answers cheerfully.
"So you tried to waterboard me?!" I shout, running a hand through my wet hair.
"Oops! That's my bad. Let me help you up," she says.
Looking up, I notice the girl is standing before me, offering her rather big hand.
She's not a human either.
She's a monster girl.
A genuine monster girl before my very eyes!
I mean they're not rare around here or anything.
Quite common actually.
BUT SHE'S TALKING TO ME!
And she's really cute too!
Oh my god!
"Hellooo," she says.
"Huh," I say, snapping out of it.
"Are you going to sit there and blush at me or are you going to take my hand, silly?" she questions, smiling.
Taking her hand, she pulls me up onto my feet.
Her hand has really soft padding like the paw of a dog.
"If I didn't happen to come upon you by chance, you would've succumbed to heatstroke there," she says.
I realize that we are under the shade of a big tree.
It's probably the same tree I tried to make it to before I passed out.
I also see the bucket she must've used to pour water on me. There's still some water in it actually.
"Thanks! I would've been a goner," I say, grabbing the bucket and shoving my face in it.
I drink the water like it's going outta style. Such sweet relief!
"You're welcome but you gotta be careful from now on. You got really lucky I showed up when I did," she says.
"Oh trust me. I'll be so much more cautious," I say, putting the bucket down.
Looking at her, her tail is wagging excitedly and she has a big grin on her face.
Her eyes are even fixated on me.
What's going on?
"W-Why are you looking at me like that?" I ask, nervously.
"I just came up with a fantastic idea," she says.
"And what's that?" I ask.
She grabs my hands, surprising me.
"I'll be your personal trainer," she says enthusiastically.
"W-Wait what?!" I exclaim.
"It'll be so much fun, won't it?" she says.
"W-Well, I-I mean I'm not objecting but why help a complete stranger out?" I question.
"You mean you don't recognize me? Maybe you should take another look," she says.
Oh no!
I haven't really been keeping up to date on things! C'mon brain, don't fail me now!
She must be pretty popular in the gym crowd.
Waaaiit a minute.
That's ridiculous! There's no way I'm talking to her!
R-Right?
If it's not her, then maybe she'll be flattered to be mistaken for such.
"You're Polt, riiiight?" I ask with uncertainty.
Her eyes light up.
"Bingo!" she shouts.
Oh.
My.
God!
"I'm not worthy of you being my personal trainer!" I exclaim quickly.
"Oh c'mon! Don't think like that. I'm nothing special," she says.
Doesn't she own a spa, a stadium, and not to mention Sports Club Kobold?
With how famous those places are, one would be seen as important and special.
"So since y'know who I am, what's your name?" she asks.
This is so surreal.
"R-Ryuta," I stutter.
"It's nice to meet you, Ryuta! Starting today, I'm going to help you stay fit," she says.
She's strangely getting me hyped up about this despite me being somewhat confused at how fast things are going.
Guess I just gotta go with the flow as he would probably say.
"I'm counting on you, then," I say, confidently.
She hugs me rather suddenly, her chest pushing into mine.
"P-Polt," I stammer.
"I'll do my best," she says, hugging me tighter.
She's kinda crushing me now and it's starting to feel more like hell than heaven.
"You could ease up a bit, ya know," I chuckle, trying to make it sound like I'm not in pain.
"Sorry," she apologizes, freeing me from her embrace.
She grabs ahold of my right wrist.
"We've done enough talking now. Let's get going," she says, taking off and forcing me to run with her.
"Where are we going to exactly," I ask.
"To exercise, of course! I said starting today, didn't I?" she says.
"I didn't think you meant literally today! I thought maybe we would actually start tomorrow!" I yell.
"Well, time waits for no one," she laughs.
Did… did I make a grave mistake?
"We only have a couple of hours left before it's night, don't we?" I ask.
"That's why we are going to do a montage," she answers.
Is she being serious?
"We can't do that in real-time! We can't just jump cut when we feel like it! This isn't anime," I say.
"Okay, Ryuta! I want you on this treadmill for a good thirty minutes," she says.
"Wait, where are we? We were just running down the sidewalk," I ask, confused.
"We're in Sports Club Kobold, of course. Now get started because those thirty minutes aren't going to do themselves," she says, gently pushing me onto the treadmill.
"But how did we-?"
"Just go with the flow," she says, cutting me off.
"Fair enough, I suppose. So how many minutes running and how many walking," I ask.
"You're going to run the full thirty," she says.
Excuse me!?
"That's… a bit demanding, isn't it," I say.
"You certainly complain a lot and ask a lot of questions. Could it be that your heart's not in it?" she taunts, a smug look on her face.
So that's how you wanna do it?
"Fine! I'll show you! I'll blow your expectations out of the water!" I shout.
"That's the spirit," she says.
Starting up the treadmill, I get my pace going.
I can do this!
"Oh, wait. I can't let you cheese this," she says while I'm only two minutes in.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I ask.
"You gotta be going at max speed otherwise it's too easy," she says.
Seriously? More like too insane if you ask me!
"Let's not get too crazy now! Hey, stay away from that button!" I say, worried.
"Boop," she says, pressing the speed button.
The treadmill dramatically speeds up and I kick it into high gear, desperately trying to keep up.
"See? You're doing just fine! Keep it up," she says.
Despite my best efforts, it's all for naught and I eventually tire out, getting thrown off the treadmill.
On the ground, I lay in slight pain and just glad I didn't miraculously break anything.
That would suck.
"Nine minutes! You performed better than I thought you would," she says ecstatically.
So this was just a test then?
"What did you even expect from me?" I ask, getting up off the floor.
"You see… I kinda thought you would fly off after thirty seconds," she says, averting her eyes while twiddling her fingers.
"In other words, you had zero faith in me!" I yell, getting up in her face.
"Now, now! That's not true in the slightest, Ryuta," she chuckles nervously with her hands up.
"What else could you mean by that?" I ask.
"W-Well… I didn't mean to say that! Please forgive me!" she shouts, hugging me out of nowhere.
Her c-chest.
Maybe I can let it slide just this once.
No! What are you thinking, Ryuta? Give her an inch and she might take a mile.
"N-No," I say.
"You won't forgive me?" she asks softly, pressing her chest even more so against my chest.
Now I know she's aware of what she's doing!
I won't lose to her!
"Y-You're… forgiven," I reluctantly say, hugging her back.
Damn it.
"Yay," she says. "But seriously, you did really good today."
"T-Thanks, Polt," I say.
"Chu," she gives me a kiss on my left cheek.
Blood rushes to my face in an instant.
D-Did that r-really just happen?
I-I think I'm going to explode!
"I've reached my limit today! Please excuse me for a moment!" I shout quickly, pulling myself away from her and running out of the workout room.
"Ryuta! Where are you going exactly?" she says, worried and running after me.
"To cool off!" I yell as I run into the swimming pool area and jump in.
"Oh wait! I can't swim," I say quickly as I hit the water.
I immediately sink below the surface.
Well, I guess this is how I really die.
I'm fine with that.
I met a wonderful girl at the end of the day.
What more could I ask for?
"You can't go dying in my pool! Hold on, I'm comin'!" she shouts, diving in.
"So what did we learn today?" she asks as we stand outside of Sports Club Kobold.
"Exercise is important but don't overdo it," I say.
"And?" she says.
"Don't go jumping into water when you know you can't swim," I chuckle, embarrassed.
"Mhmm. That concludes our session today," she says.
"I'm happy to have met you and have you as my personal trainer," I say, smiling at her.
"Awww, thank you! That means a lot to me," she says, smiling back at me.
As we shake hands, a curious thought comes to mind.
I wonder.
"Hey, Polt. Before we go our ways, may I try something on you?" I ask.
"Certainly," she says.
I pet her on the head.
"R-Ryuta," she stutters, blushing.
"Who's a good girl?" I tease, adding in scritches.
"I'm a good girl," she says ecstatically while her tail wags excitedly.
I figured as much though I didn't actually think it would work.
I'll consider that payback for the spontaneous cheek kiss.
"Alright, I'm done," I say.
She grabs onto my wrist, not letting me remove my hand.
"Not yet. Just a few more minutes please," she begs.
"Really?" I sigh.
Adhering to her, I pet her for the extra minutes she asked for.
It takes roughly twenty minutes before she finally has had enough.
"I'll see you tomorrow, right?" she asks.
"Of course," I say.
"See you later," she says, waving as she takes her leave.
"See ya," I say, waving back.
With that, I make my way back home.
After having ramen for dinner, I take a shower then throw myself into bed.
Today was very bizarre but still fun nonetheless.
I always wondered what monsters were like in person but I never really had the courage to approach one because I was too shy. Luckily, Polt was the one to approach me and now I know they are just exactly like us. I wonder what hosts go through with their homestays. I imagine it to be a bit hectic. It does sound exciting despite however crazy it could possibly get plus you're being a huge help all the while you bond and make new friends and such.
No fair!
Hosts are probably having a much more fun life than I am by the way I'm thinking about it!
I sigh.
Oh, who am I kidding? I wouldn't want to be a host because I'd be terrible at it. It requires so much responsibility and being the person who almost killed himself twice in one day doesn't spark sought after qualities of a host to me.
So I'll gladly stay in my lane but make an effort to engage more with those who are in the program.
A week quickly passes by.
Polt and I spent each day jogging around the city and doing stretches at her gym.
It's impossible not to be exhausted by the end of our sessions because she can tell when I start slacking.
I'm not complaining because it's nice to have someone to push you to do your best.
Exercising with a friend is pretty refreshing honestly.
She's so caring.
She makes me feel so… happy.
Yet it's become more difficult to be around her.
I even had to cut our session short yesterday because I just couldn't deal with how weird my heart felt.
Could it be… that I have gotten feelings for her?
Isn't that illegal or something like that?
I don't know.
I'll ask her tomorrow and if it's not then I'll confess and ask her on a date.
It's easier said than done though.
Enough about all that now.
I gotta relax my body since we're not doing a session today.
Getting out of bed, I go into the kitchen.
What am I going to eat for breakfast?
As I look through the pantry, the doorbell rings.
That's strange. I wasn't expecting anyone today.
Going to the front door, I unlock it and open it up.
W-What!?
"P-Polt?" I say, surprised and confused.
"Hiya Ryuta," she greets with her typical excitement.
"How do you know where I live?" I ask.
"I have a really powerful nose so I just sniffed your sweat rag from my gym and followed that scent here," she explains as I let her in.
That's not creepy at all.
"You should've called to tell me you were coming over," I say.
"I got super excited about this new exercise I thought up so I wasn't really thinking about anything else," she says.
"A new exercise, huh? I'm interested as long as we're not doing it today," I say.
"It's completely different from the usual stuff we do. Just do this one with me and I'll let you relax," she says.
Can't really say no to her.
"Alright, show me what this new exercise of yours is," I say.
She immediately grabs ahold of my right wrist.
"Then let's go," she says cheerfully.
"W-Where are we going exactly," I say.
"Where's your bedroom?" she asks.
"I-In the back," I answer.
"That's where we're going," she says, leading me to my bedroom.
Please don't involve using my dresser.
I would die of embarrassment if she opened a very specific drawer.
"Okay, I need you to sit on the side of your bed," she says.
"Like this?" I ask, simply planting my butt on it.
"Perfect," she says.
I was going to wait until tomorrow but she's here now so ain't no time like the present!
"H-Hey, so I've been wondering about something," I say.
"Sorry, but could it wait just a minute? I'll hear you out after we're done," she asks.
"Yeah, that's fine," I say.
"Are you ready?" she asks.
"Yes," I answer.
Don't really know what I'm ready for but I assume I must stay still.
"Actually, what am I supposed to be do-," she kisses my lips abruptly with her hands firmly grabbing my shoulders.
Caught off guard, I pull my lips away.
Is this real?!
"You don't want to do it?" she asks softly, her right hand rubbing my left thigh.
"I didn't think it was on your mind," I say.
"You were gonna tell me that you like me, right?" she asks.
"I was going to ask you on a date too but all of this is illegal to begin with, isn't it?" I ask.
"They amended it a few weeks ago so it's completely legal to engage in sexual activity," she answers.
So I worried for nothing?
"I didn't know," I say.
"So do you want to continue?" she asks.
"I-I've never done this sorta thing before," I say nervously, blushing.
"I haven't either so we'll figure this it out together," she says.
We kiss again, my hands grabbing her waist.
Pausing for a moment, she pulls off her tank top, baring her big boobs.
I take her right boob in my mouth, flicking my tongue against her nipple while I caress her left boob.
Her soft moans really turn me on.
It's so jarring to see her like this.
Removing her boob from my mouth, I take off my shirt.
She kneels and helps discard my pants and underwear.
"Already ready to go, I see," she says, smirking at my erection.
She takes my stiffened member in her mouth, getting moans out of me as she bobs her head.
Pulling me out, she traps my dick between her boobs, titfucking me.
I can't… hold it in.
"Polt," I moan.
"Shoot it out for me, Ryuta," she begs seductively, keeping her mouth open with her tongue out.
I gasp, shooting my load on her tongue and chest.
"There's so much of it," she giggles before swallowing. "And I love your salty taste."
She stands up and takes off her hot pants, leaving her in nothing but navy blue panties. I stand up, pulling her close.
"Polt, y-you're so beautiful," I say softly.
She blushes.
"Ryuta," she shouts, tackling me onto the bed.
On top of me, she looks deeply into my eyes and lays a hand on my left cheek.
We share yet another kiss, our tongues clashing with that salty flavor being shared between us.
After a few more minutes, she rolls us over, putting me on top.
Moving down to her crotch and taking off her damp panties, I go down on her.
Her body jerks and she yelps as I lick her pussy.
She's so… sweet.
She grabs the back of my head as I continue eating her out.
"Deeper," she says, burying my face in her crotch.
Per her request, I push my tongue inside further, fucking her with my tongue.
"I'm… I'm cumming!" she yells, her hand on my head tensing up and her body quaking.
She pants as her orgasm subsides.
Pulling my tongue out of her, I get up on my knees.
"I… I need you inside me," she says softly, spreading her pussy apart.
Grabbing my dick, I line it up and gently push forward with my hips.
We gasp loudly as I penetrate her, pushing the rest of me inside.
"Are you okay," I ask.
"Yeah. We can continue," she answers.
I thrust slowly, getting used to this new sensation and pleasure.
Her insides are gripping me so tightly.
"Faster," she says.
Speeding up, everything suddenly intensifies and only after a few minutes, I find it hard to stop the inevitable .
"Polt!" I shout.
"Ryuta!" she shouts back, holding her arms out to me.
I lie down on top of her, her arms tightly embracing my neck.
"I'm at my limit!" I exclaim.
"Cum inside me!" she yells, locking her legs around my waist.
Moaning louder together, I cum, shooting semen deep inside her.
Pulling out, I lie down beside her, both of us panting heavily as we cuddle.
She takes my hand into her's, interlocking her fingers.
I reciprocate.
We nuzzle our faces against each other.
"So where do you wanna go for our da-?" The bedroom door is suddenly kicked down and the wall is blown in, interrupting me and causing both of us to scream and cover ourselves up.
"FREEZE," a woman with sunglasses yells, standing in the doorway with a pistol aimed at us.
"YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO RUN," More women shout, coming in from the blown down wall and all sorts of more guns trained on us.
Red laser sights are all over our bodies.
What…
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!?
"W-What's happening?" I say, panicking as I process the situation.
The woman with sunglasses is seemingly human but the others are all different monster species.
Who are they? Some kind of task force?
"You're under arrest," the human woman says.
"I thought the laws were amended?" I say quickly.
"They were but it only applies to those in the program at the moment, not the general public," she explains.
Wellllll, shit.
Polt holds onto me tightly.
"Ms. Smith, this is my fault! I thought it applied to the public now and so I initiated the action, not him!" Polt says.
"P-Polt?" Ms. Smith says, surprised. "That may be true but he still should've known. Ignorance of the law is unacceptable."
"Polt, it's ok," I say gently.
"No, it's not! I won't let them take my Ryuta," Polt shouts.
Ms. Smith sighs.
"Weapons down," she orders.
They all train their guns off of us.
That's a relief.
"I'll give you an offer on behalf of Polt," she says.
Please don't be something somehow more horrible than prison.
"What is it?" I ask.
"You'll go to our building and we'll get you registered," she says.
"Really? Thank you, Ms. Smith," Polt says with great joy.
Thank God.
"Like what? In a few days or next week?" I ask.
"Oh no, I mean today," Ms. Smith says.
"Well, that's not so ba-,"
"You have about one to two hours to do so. Depends on how I feel, really," she says, cutting me off.
Is she being serious?
"I don't even know where it is!" I say.
"Oh well! You better get on it then," she chuckles, looking smug.
This woman is going to agitate me repeatedly in the future, isn't she?
"Fine, better than the slammer," I say.
"Welp, my work here is done. Squad out!" she says.
"Mission success!" the other women shout happily.
Everyone immediately leaves and talks casually to each other like they didn't just kick a door down and burst through my bedroom wall!
How much money is this going to cost?
I sigh deeply.
Shifting my attention to Polt, she gives me a reassuring smile.
I smile back.
I'll get over it especially with Polt in my life.
After taking showers, we make the smart decision to get dressed in the living room.
"Seems our date will have to wait," Polt says.
I throw my arms around her waist, hugging her from behind.
"Unfortunately," I say.
"If you need money for the repairs, I'll gladly give it to you," she says.
"Thanks. I honestly forgot you own highly successful businesses," I chuckle.
"Yep! Maybe we'll get ourselves a nice big house later down the line," she says cheerfully.
Is she implying that she wants kids?
"U-Us? W-With kids," I mutter, blushing.
"Whatcha say, Ryuta?" she asks.
"N-Nothing," I say quickly.
"Well, you best go on your way before you're outta time," she says.
"About that. Who were they exactly?" I ask.
"That was Ms. Smith and the MON Squad. They will most likely explain the rest," she says as I take my leave.
"Got it. And you wouldn't happen to know where the building Ms. Smith mentioned is, would you?" I ask, turning around.
"Not really. It's been some time since I been there. I'm sorry," she says.
It was worth asking at least.
"That's quite alright. See you soon," I say.
She gives me a quick peck on the lips.
"See ya in a few hours. Be safe," she says.
"I will," I say, walking out the door.
Let's get this registration stuff handled and things will be just like they were.
Or at least I hope so!