"What took you so long?" Grim asked Yu and Isaac who were sweating and panting a lot.

"You...just left...when you heard goat shouts..." Isaac said in between pants. Yu nodded as she dismounted Isaac. Yu was being carried by Isaac, piggyback style. Grim just embarrassingly chuckled.

Grim knew what he did.

When Yu was teaching him how to pick up the mushrooms properly, he heard the goat's screams. He immediately knew it was Chimeras since goats weren't that common inside the forest. Knowing the information, he immediately bolted in the direction with super speed.

Yu and Isaac were left there, confused. Isaac followed Grim, but since Yu couldn't catch up and be alone might be dangerous, he gave her a piggyback ride.

Yu hesitated but reluctantly agreed.

Isaac then used the spell 'Superhuman.' The spell was common among fighter typed adventurers. It gave the person who used the spell an average amount of speed, strength, and endurance buffs. It could be turned on and off if wanted to. Though the mana cost was quite low but the longer one uses it, the more problematic the cost would be.

The distance Grim went was far, so it took Isaac a hard time catching up. Thankfully, Yu was there to help him. She used the spell, 'Mana restoration.'

You get the gist of it.

With Isaac running and carrying Yu and Yu supporting Isaac with the mana, they took much lesser time. Though it didn't mean that they were exhausted. It also didn't help that the both of them were blushing.

Grim noticed it when they arrived and grinned a little bit.

Isaac proceeded to look at the surroundings and saw three ladies. One of which was a demon.

"Why is there...a demon girl here?" He asked, taking a deep breath. Yu looked at where the demon girl was and concluded that it was George's.

"I think that's George-san's summon!" She said with stars in her eyes, looking at Mileena. Mileena was just standing there, staring at Tina with a furious blush.

"Oh yeah, that is Mileena! My summon." George replied. Yu just stared at Mileena with interest but was too tired to move.

Isaac then looked at the two girls that were together.

"And who are they? Are they your summons as well?" Isaac asked.

"Hey who are you calling summons?!?! We're Chimeras for your information!!" Tina exclaimed while Emily was embarrassed by her antics. Isaac was confused.

'Chimeras? Them?' He had trouble thinking they were truly Chimeras since they looked nothing like it. 'Wait a minute, can Chimeras even shapeshift into beautiful looking women?'

Isaac was lost in thought while Yu looked at the Chimeras with the same interest as what she had while looking at Mileena. She mustered all her energy to walk over to them. Then, she attacked them with a barrage of questions.

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"You'rechimeras?Wowsoyouguyscanreallyshapeshift?canyouchangeintosomethingelse?whyareyouguyshere?cndljihioqnkfnjowhdofn" Her mumble descended into codes or something close to dark magic incantations.

With that, a magic circle was being formed from behind her. Once she stopped asking questions the magic circle disappeared.

The two Chimeras were perplexed because of the quickness of her talking. Grim and George were surprised and scared at the same time.

"Ummm" Emily could not talk and Tina was just silent, trying to understand what in the world she said after the questions.

"So they are Chimeras." Isaac interrupted.

"Yeah? so?" Tina grumbled loudly, finally snapping back to reality.

"Why aren't you eating us?" Isaac asked, skeptical.

"Well, that is why they are in their human forms now." George piped in, turning to the two Chimeras. "To talk about it and hopefully end with them not eating us."

"Oh." Isaac commented. George then informed Yu and Isaac about what happened.

"So." George then started. "Where were we again?"

"Oh, I believe I told you why we couldn't just stay in our human forms and why we can't go to another forest." Emily responded.

"Right! Well, shit. We have a problem then." George happily replied.

"Why are you happy?" Grim, who was beside him, asked.

"No idea!" George replied happily again.

"Well, this is a problem." Grim said. They were trying to help the Chimeras in their problem. George was thinking about it and got an idea.

"Wait! How many days can you stay in human form?" George asked.

"2 weeks at most." Emily replied.

"And if you run out of mana. How many days do you need to rest?"

"A day or two." George then got an idea. He leaned towards Grim and asked something.

"Is there an artifact that could help them regenerate mana faster?" George whispered.

"Yeah. The only problem with that is it's expensive." Grim answered.

"How many coins are we talking about?" George asked.

"About 10,000 gold coins." Grim replied.

"Wait, gold coins?!" George asked, shocked that there were gold coins.

"Yup. 1 gold coin is about 500 silver coins." Grim informed him, shocking him more. George thought about it. Something like that could give them more supplies. But looking at it, he wanted to help the Chimeras. And the future possible victims. He was determined to get it.

"We'll work for it." George said with determination. Grim was surprised. He wasn't thinking about himself. He wants to go home, but he would sacrifice it for others. He grumbled in annoyance and dismay.

"So, let's finish the mushroom quest first." George said to the whole party, recomposing himself. "I promise you that I will do my best to help you."

The two Chimeras were surprised by his statement. Someone wants to help them. That was new. Emily happily thanked him while Tina just grumbled.

"Then let's do this!" George said as Isaac and Yu got to collecting more mushrooms. The two Chimeras were now part of the party. Isaac and Yu were okay with it. Tina went with them to be taught how to. Emily, meanwhile.

"Um, this attire is uncomfortable for me." She said to Grim and George.

"Huh, why?" Grim asked.

"it is uncomfortable on my breasts and private parts." She mumbled.

"What do you want? A dress?" Grim asked. "'Cause I have one but it's too small for you."

"Huh?" George piped in, shocked and confused.

"What?" Grim asked George.

"You have girls' clothes?"

"Yeah." Grim admitted.

"So what, do you also have a skimpy bikini?" George asked.

"ummmm" Grim was interrupted by George.

"And a nurse outfit?"

"uh..." Grim was starting to sweat.

"As well as a cat maid outfit?"

"..." Grim was sweating a lot now.

"How about a bunny girl outfit?"

"..." Grim was starting to sweat bullets.

"How about those Japanese schoolgirl outfits??"

"..." Grim was starting to blush in embarrassment.

"How about that trap? Do you cosplay as him?"

"W-which one?" Grim mustered all his energy to answer.

"You know, that pink-haired one. I think he was a warrior? I don't know, I haven't watched the anime yet. Or was it a game? Anyways, the character name started with an 'A.'"

"Umm...nope." Grim lied with a wobbly smile while sweating a lot and blushing too much in embarrassment. Somehow, George bought the lie.

The two were so into the conversation that they forgot Emily was there. She was too confused to interrupt it. Suddenly, someone tapped her shoulder from behind. She turned around and saw Mileena holding large type bras and medium to large panties in her hands. She then gave it to her.

"Uh, thank you." Emily replied.