Midnight, Leo woke up hearing some whispers.
"Okaa-san..."
He looked at Shea's face contorted in pain and fear. She was arranged to sleep a little further from the couple.
He sighed and moved near her. Looking at her face, he put his hand on her bunny ears. His body relaxed unconsciously from the fluffy soft feeling in his hands.
'No wonder people capture them as slaves, these ears are—'
Something hit his stomach, he saw Shea hugging his waist with a smile on her face.
He tried to release her iron grip without much force. He might break her arms if he used too much strength.
'I don't care anymore,' he thought and laid down beside her carefully to not disturb her.
He deadpanned one last time and closed his eyes, ignoring the two soft things pressed on his waist.
Morning, Shea woke up to feel something hard in her face, she sniffed unconsciously and smelled a familiar scent.
'This… smells like Leo-san.'
She noticed her hands latched onto him tightly. Thinking of it as a dream, she dozed off happily.
Yue woke up and tried to hug Leo, but her hands met nothing. She opened her eyes and noticed him sleeping with Shea.
A vein popped on her forehead. An idea appeared in her mind and her lips curled into a sadistic smile.
She covered her hands in golden lighting. Even after being ready to share him, it hurt her heart a bit. She settled her resentments with the golden lightning at the cheating couple (in her eyes).
"Ababababa!?"
Shea released him and twitched on the ground.
A numbing pain woke Leo up, he sat up and rubbed his eyes. "...A mosquito?"
After shaking the drowsiness, h4 noticed the angry expression on Yue's face.
"...Why were you sleeping with her?"
"Hehe~ How can I leave such a beautiful rabbit alone in the night?"
He explained the actual situation with telepathy, he knew this woman was childish and prone to jealousy.
Shea shot him a blaming look at Leo. "H-H-How c-can you do something like that? I-I won't be able to m-marry now. Y-You need to take responsibility for sullying my innocence."
The duo stared at her with dead eyes.
"W-What, t-that's not wrong, right?"
Her change from lovable to shameless really surprised him but he didn't forget to reply, "No!"
Shea buried her face in her knees and started sobbing.
'Hehe~ I won't let this chance go to waste,' she thought.
"O-Oi don't cry here, go outside," Leo said.
Shea cried harder in response. He looked at Yue and flashed a 'Help me' look.
"Hmph!" Yue turned her face and ignored him.
'Fuck, should I let her cry? Technically, it was her mistake not mine, but her tribe will regard me as a womanizer, even though I didn't do anything.'
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His face formed a helpless look as he said, "Fine, I'll fulfill one of your wishes, if it's within limits."
Shea hurriedly raised her head and answered, "Take me with you!"
"No!"
"Hic, i-instant rejection, Uwah!"
"Now I get it, you were… messing with me," he said in a cold voice.
Shea showed a somewhat furious look and said, "You always call me weak this and weak that. Then let me come with you if I can defeat Yue-chan."
Yue glared at her coldly. "...Don't call me Yue-chan. I am eighteen years old…"
He ignored Yue's blatant lie and looked at Shea. "Why do you want to come with us?"
She replied with a smile, it was filled with sorrow and regret, taking them by surprise.
"I don't want to burden my tribe anymore. They nearly became slaves just to protect me. I have made them suffer enough just because of my existence."
"Still y—"
"—Besides, I think I can get along with Leo-san and Yue-san~"
A vicious smile appeared on Yue's face. "You think you can defeat me... I'll allow you to come with us... if you can put a single scratch on me."
'Her useless pride got in the way of her rationality.'
Shea ignored the smile on Yue's face and raised her right hand in the air. "Bring it on!!!"
"...I'll make you regret it, stupid rabbit."
Leo shook his head and walked out of the tent. He took the glass of water from Cam who stood there naturally.
"Leo-sama, how is my daughter? She sure takes after her beautiful mother."
He took out his beloved Desert Eagle and pressed its muzzle on Cam's head. "So it was your idea?"
He tilted the gun upwards and shot.
Bang~
A chunk of rubble fell on Cam's head. Cam covered his bunny ears from loud sound.
His lips curled into a murderous smile.
"Gather everyone outside in an hour... I have a surprise for you all."
Cam sweated bullets seeing the smile on his face. "...As you wish, Leo-sama."
After eating breakfast, Leo went outside the cave. All adult Haulias stood there whispering something.
He walked and stood in front of them with a solemn face and asked in a serious tone.
"You Haulias consider yourself very skilled in Hiding and Tracking, right?"
He saw every Haulia puffing their chest with pride.
"Y-Yes, Leo-sama. We are unbeatable when it comes to hiding and tracking."
"Oh, how about this?" he said and completely hid his presence.
Haulias eyes opened wide, they couldn't feel a bit of his presence, even their sensitive nose failed to catch a whiff of his scent.
Leo undid his skill with a smirk. "Are you still best at hiding?"
"NO!" they shouted together.
"Do you still want to stay weak like this, so any random group comes and rape your wives and children? … Answer me, you pathetic weaklings!"
"NO!!!"
Haulias vigorous voice resounded through the area. His words made them recall the event of yesterday. A murderous look flashed on their face.
"Do you want to become stronger so something like that won't happen again?"
"YES!!!"
"What will you do when some messes with your family?"
"...."
"Twist your daggers in their throat," said Leo.
"What will you do when someone looks at your family with lecherous eyes?"
"Gouge their eyes out and castrate them," One woman replied with a bloodthirsty smile on her face.
"Good. What will you do if you meet Imperial soldiers again?"
"""KILL!!!"""
"Good, then I'll reforge your body through training, but the pain will make you cry. So don't piss your pants later. Do you agree?"
"YES!"
"Stop moaning like a whore and show some energy."
"""YES!!!"""
"I'll turn you weaklings into the best assassins in this world. Every nation will cower in fear from just your name."
"""PLEASE!!!"""
"Let's start with a 100km sprint around the mountains."
"""YES!!!"""
Haulias seemingly replied on autopilot then understood the meaning of his words.
He smirked seeing their bunny ears twitching in panic. "Start running already, you bunch of worthless rabbits."
'Acting like a villain is kinda fun.'
Meanwhile, Shea was running in panic with hundreds of fireballs chasing after her. She had a bit of regret for the choice but some feelings overpowered the regret.
Yue stood there with a sadistic smile on her face. "Fufu, you wanted to beat me and come with us? I won't let you."
Shea still heard it with her sharp hearing. "W-Why?"
"...You are too weak," Yue stopped for a moment. "You won't last a single move against our enemies."
Shea suddenly stopped and let every fireball crash into her body. Her eyes didn't waver in the least from the pain and stared directly in Yue blood-red eyes.
"...Then I'll become stronger. I won't cry even if it breaks my bones," she bowed deeply. "So please teach me how to use my monsterous abilities."
Yue didn't expect this and stood still for a moment.
"... … So you can talk big. Fine… I'll make you a monster if that's your wish."
"Yes! Make me a true monster capable of helping Leo-san."
Shea's request made her training ten times harder.