It seems Dumbass had returned with 2 of his dragon friends and they were giving the vixens trouble. Not my problem. I was comfy at the bottom of the lake. I had made my bubble and was having breakfast. They were busy however so I could surface. I regretted telling Raishin and Greg that we would leave tomorrow.

My breakfast finished and I walked into the Floating Lotus. I got gazes on me but they were all busy so I only had to evade Medea.

“Come on! Can I at least hang out with you! How about an Elgards eyes contest!”

Didn’t you lose yesterday?

I pushed back Medea’s gaze.

“Show me all your secrets! Huh? Veyle! Come here! Agnis is cursed!”

Uh oh.

A petite blonde 9t chick appeared. I guess not every 9t has a killer body. Her tails were very long though. I tried to run but she grabbed me with her enormous tails.

Hey aren’t tails like these cheating?

She held up her hands and moved me towards her. I introduced myself with the introduction pose and she did the same.

“Heh you like my tails ehehe thank you!”

She was quite an airhead.

“But flattery won’t let you escape! It’s time for your detoxification treatment!”

But I’m cursed not poisoned…

“Doesn’t matter, we have it all!”

She brought me to a small room which looked like a massage room

“Lie down here please.”

I complied.

“All your tails out please!”

I complied again.

“Quite unusual to have 9 tails at such a young age.”

I’ve been under a lot of pressure from a young age.

“I can tell, most people with this many curses are quite dead.”

She had stripped me to just my underwear and was actually giving me a massage but with her giant tails. She seemed to have imbued them with some special magic. It was extremely relaxing. I can understand now why Raishin went to the spa so often at the uni.

“Hmm, these curses seem quite resilient.”

I wasn’t paying much attention. I was just enjoying the massage. Some of the curses did disappear but I didn’t care. Maybe I should take relaxing a bit more serious.

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I woke up and I was wrapped in my own tails. I must have dozed off because it was so relaxing.

Veyle was gone. She had removed almost 1000 curses but I was still afflicted by almost 4000 curses. I will get rid of them slowly but surely.

I dressed myself and decided to join Raishin in the hot baths. I felt stupid for dressing myself because I had to undress for the bath. Raishin was relaxing in a bath with a strange woman. She was quite tall and burly. It is that she was in a bath that I could identify her as a woman because her facial features were quite… masculine. I guess this is why Raishin isn’t talking to her.

Wow this bath is relaxing.

So which 9t chick got lucky?

None but I don’t think they’re serious. They seem to love this sort of chase… they’re all older than me, they have no business getting owned by a baby like me.

Oh, Kaya said that doing this builds attraction but they’re also hoping you would just choose someone. Aylena had a talk with all of them about that. She also said that you might not be up for it now so that they should keep it down.

I will have to thank Aylena. And I get it. If the roles were reversed and there were only 5 9t chicks left alive and I spotted one I would certainly go for her.

Raishin spread his arms out

This place is a paradise! Just take them all!

Well, it’s a good thing that I’m not you. Now stop pestering me with this. I will get to it eventually. Just not now.

I think I know what the problem is!

Raishin pushed me with his index finger.

Tell me.

Nobody has moved your heart yet! I forgot this. I can fall for any hot chick. But for you! They need to move or break through your heart of stone!

Hey! I don’t have a heart of stone!

Then pick a 9t chick! Your way of introduction is deeper than just saying Hello, right? Or you can’t? Heart of stone! But this blunder is on me. I will have to keep looking for you. As long as all these chicks are this horny, they won’t manage.

You really are taking this seriously, aren’t you?

Of course! Just as you wish the best for me, do I wish the best for you. Now excuse me. I need to screen all these chicks and find out what type would be the best for you.

Raishin got out of the bath and walked off.

I sighed and looked at the woman in the bath.

“What?”

Nothing…

I got out and went to the sauna. The steam smelled nice but I didn’t get the effect of getting a good sweat. Is this heat resistance hindering my enjoyment here? But all these 9t also have heat resistances. I then went to relax in the bar. I wanted to ask Raishin to join me but he was too busy with his personal quest and interrogating vixens.

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It was a very relaxing day. The sisters had such a busy day that I could go about my day stress free. Never have I been so relaxed. I will have to thank Dumbass and his 2 friends for that.

I woke up the next morning and there was a ruckus. I’ll just continue sleeping. This isn’t my problem. I almost fell asleep when someone tugged on the illusion of my room and I pretended to not notice. The illusion shattered moments later. I guess my rest is over.

Medea came in. “Agnis, we need your help! These dragons aren’t leaving!”

Those dumbasses are still here?

I walked into the hall and it was a mess. They had claimed the Floating Lotus as their lair.

Hey, assholes what are you doing? This is a 9t sanctuary, get your smelly behinds out of here! It’s starting to smell like dragon here!

“Oh, it’s you again, tell them we will use this treasure as a deposit and that we will move in here. We were thinking of staying here forever but we still have to discuss that right Rugathornyr?” Dumbass looked at R-nyr,

R-nyr had a lecherous look on his dragon face. At least that’s what I assumed it was.

“I like the servants here, so sexy and fluffy. I need to work on my human form.”

Guys… not another word, pack your stuff and get out of here! This is not your home! You can’t just move in because you feel like it!

“Why not? This is our jungle!”

Oh really? And who’s maintaining the jungle?

The dragons looked at me as if I was speaking Hourai and then looked at each other.

“What are you talking about? How are we supposed to know that?”

My headache returned.

Let me keep it simple for you overgrown lizards.

I walked toward them while dynamically changing my [Fireball]. This place was made by 9t with illusions so it would be fire resistant.

If something is your property, you’re supposed to take care of it. Now it’s certainly not you dumbasses that are taking care of this jungle, it’s the elves so no, this jungle is not yours. So, since this jungle isn’t yours, you also can’t force your stupid ideas on these hard workers here. So, I would suggest that you get here while I’m still asking nicely.

I said that I was asking nicely but I was ready to blast them the moment something stupid would leave their mouth.

“Tha…”

I blasted the dragons.

“Hey! Chill! Cool down dude!”

Oh, you want ice? Get out of here! Nilah! Let’s drop these clowns!

Nilah turned into her fox and grew to her original size.

“Wait, this thing looks strong! How about we get 70% of this place and you get 30%”

Nilah wrapped her tails around one of the dumbasses that tried to do [Dragon Dance] and drained his mana. These dragons are a joke. I turned the other dragon into an ice cube and only Dumbass was left.

“How about a 50/50 share? You can even take half of the chicks here.”

You disgust me.

I shot [Frost Disks] at him and he fled. I launched the other 2 away by growing [Frost Pillars] beneath them. I walked to a wall and used [Fireball] and dynamically changed it. I made it compatible with the illusions that made this place. The ceiling had already fixed itself. I found the matching runic sequence and added it to the illusions which created this place. It turned the Floating Lotus in a Floating Fire Lotus. The heat will be concentrated at the top because these dragons don’t believe in using doors.

Right, this should keep these assholes out.

I got met with many hugs and was shown appreciation. They had a rule to not be violent with customers but even the other customers around here agreed that these dragons needed to get kicked out. Why can’t they be more like Vinny? I had a short chat with Medea and explained to her on how to keep the Floating Lotus ablaze.

“Oh gosh and you’re smart too!”

Medea please… focus on keeping this place dragon free.

“Thank you! You will always be welcome here! And free of charge! This is your home!”

Uhh thank you, do you know what Greg was up to all the time?

“I think he had spent most of his time making aromatic oils.”

What a weirdo, can you get him for me? I will fetch Raishin.

Raishin was doing something different and stuffing his face. The food intrigued me so I joined him.

Hey, this dish is amazing! Is this a 9t specialty?

It’s spirit salmon, which is generally our favorite food. I think it might be our specialty. I will ask Medea for some recipes.

We kept eating until Medea and Greg came to fetch us.

Hey Medea, can you teach me the recipe’s to these dishes?

“Sure, I want something in return though.”

Uh, sure, what is it?

Medea took the introduction pose. We connected our hands and tails and I got information about how to make these dishes and she requested to know some interesting facts about the world outside the jungle.

“Thank you!”

No problem! This is pretty useful! Thanks for showing and teaching me a bit about my culture.

“As I said this is your home now come back whenever you want, you too Greg and Raishin! Also be careful, I have heard that there is some strange disease going around.” The 9t chicks that weren’t busy came to see us off. They also gave us a stupid amount of food which I appreciated.

We will make sure to get back!

Don’t let those dragons harass you any more than they did!

Yeah, just fry them when they return!

So ehm, what now? We don’t have much of a goal now besides getting stronger.

Hmm how about we return to Igrini. There should be a dungeon in the southeast.

Do we take the river again?

Hmm, as I remember it was close to the Eastern Aquini Mountain range.

You mean the part of it that is in Igrini but is still part of the Aquini mountain range and annoys the Igrini inhabitants to no end?

Yeh, there is a dungeon there so if we go to the mountains, we can easily get over the border there. I don’t know what monsters it has there though.

I grabbed Raishin and Greg and dashed toward the mountains. We encountered some jungle dragons. They were stronger than those dumbasses but I just avoided them. They can’t catch me!

We arrived at the mountains 4 days later.

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