I'm pleasantly surprised by the golems' questions. It shows that they're slowly coming up with their own questions as they learn new things, so they aren't unchangeable automatons and are actually capable of evolving.

Now I suddenly feel like creating some more baby golems, but it's family time, so I suppress my scholarly desires and turn my attention toward my girls again.

Roxanne, Hana, Ciel, Klein, Romy, Melanie, Allura, Kyora, and Alonso go for a swim while everyone else stares at the crystal clear water to observe the sea life. Hukarere (who's on duty) is also staring, but her gaze looks rather uncomfortable, so I [Telekinesis] up to the cabin to see what's up.

"Are you alright?" I softly ask as I land, and I seem to startle her a bit.

"Well, yeah?" my white wolf replies with a shrug.

I walk up to her, pull up her lupine helmet, kiss the tip of her snout, and see her hairs stand up on end. "You looked a bit uncomfortable. Just tell me if you're unwell."

She awkwardly looks away and confesses, "I'm not unwell. It's just … I'm a bit scared of the water."

"Oh, you can't swim?" I ask with a teasing smile.

And she attacks me with puppy eyes. "Nope. We lived in the sky, you know? Not exactly known for its wide seas and lakes."

I hum softly as I caress her fur, "Huh… what about Atawha?"

"Even worse than me. At least I can float since I practiced in the big baths back in the castle."

I grab her head and grin, then kiss her snout again, but this time, she answers with a lick on my lips, making me chuckle softly. There's no way to kiss her without things turning messy due to her lack of lips, but I do enjoy this part of her.

"Don't act so sweet, or you'll get me excited again," she sultrily remarks as she fondles my balls.

"That doesn't sound like a bad thing," I huskily reply, my friend instantly up.

But then she suddenly pulls her hand back and flashes a glare as she grumbles, "It is when I'm on duty."

And I chuckle heartily. "Okay, point taken. Anyway, I'll teach you two how to swim later when you're both off-duty."

"Wind blows," she happily affirms with a nod. I think that's a Chimera saying that she simply translated directly into Andraste.

Then I leave Hukarere, and Alissa senses that she seems more comfortable, so I guess my presence helped her a bit.

But now, I turn my predatory gaze to the row of women presenting themselves at the railing. Once again, I'm reminded of Léonne's and Ofilia's wonderful behinds, but there's someone wearing a micro-bikini right next to them, hogging all the attention of my hungr eyes.

I approach Yunia from behind and hug her tight. Her answer is to reflexively lean back and coo softly as I play with her body and use a bit of spirit touch to hasten her "heating up."

"I believe Allura has swam far enough to not notice you two," Léonne calmly points out.

I sneak my hands under Yunia's clothes as I give the fox mommy a confused look.

"You saw me getting plowed by my husband, so now I want to see you plow your wife," she excitedly explains, a hungry look growing on her stern face.

"Would you rather see me plow Alissa instead?" I suggest with a grin.

"No, you're doing me!" Yunia demands.

And Léonne smirks as she sultrily answers, "Alissa would be nice, yes, but I can wait to see you plow both of my daughters at the same time."

And we both grin hungrily at each other while Ofilia simply turns red in embarrassment, then Léonne starts casting [Ignorance]. I think I'm fine with doing Yunia in front of everyone, even Jacques' and Kyora's harems, but that blue dragonkin doesn't like to see spiciness because it makes her really damn excited, so this spell is a courtesy to spare her from that.

Then I pull it out.

It's so unfortunate that Jacques isn't like Behrouz, Roxanne's father, because I want to do Léonne so goddamn bad that it's maddening. I'll never let Jacques touch any of my women, but I can't stop myself from fantasizing about Léonne, and I'm sure she also fantasizes about me.

Alissa grins as she stares at me, then kisses the tip. "I'll roleplay as my mother whenever you want," she states through [Bind].

And your dad will roleplay as me…

We hang out sans clothes for a bit more, but then Allura starts to swim back, so we dress up, [Clean] everything, and pretend like nothing happened. Alissa doesn't detect any smell, and we clear the air of residual Light mana particles, but the way everyone is so happy and friendly with each other makes the young fox very suspicious.

"I'll take a swim with my wives. I want to explore underwater," I announce, both to quickly get away from the inquisitive thirsty girl and also because I really want to do this. Then I tell everyone to gather through [Bind].

Roxanne casts [Water Breathing] on all of us, and I summon a few water elementals to help us swim, then we jump into the crystal clear water. Gify doesn't like being wet, and she has no desire to swim by herself, so Roxanne makes a [Water Breathing] bubble envelop her whole body, allowing the lazy griffin to stick to my shoulder and remain dry.

Anyway, monsters aren't a very healthy addition to environments as they have a tendency to deplete the wildlife and even destroy the flora, but because Central Lake is always kept clear of monsters, it was allowed to grow one of the purest "idyllic fantasy" environments that I've ever seen.

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The nutrients that come in through the rivers are deposited at the bottom of the lake, and the sun is strong and penetrates deep due to the clear waters, so the flora has two clear types: short filterers and tall algae. The filter plants are small and either porous, fuzzy, or tentacly to increase the surface area through which they can absorb the nutrients, while the algae grow tall to get more rays of light, but not too tall as there are a variety of problems that come with growing too big.

Deeper in, most of the filter plants are like stony corals, creating a stable foundation for a mer town called Filfenga. It's said to be a beautiful place to visit at night as, just like in the High Forest, the magical, glowing plants activate when the moons are up in the sky.

But Central Lake is still quite a beautiful place during the day, too, as the colorful and passive fauna is more active during this time, and the clear water allows us to see quite far. There's just so much fish around that it's no wonder Aoi could catch so many so fast. Though, only a mage who can cast spells underwater would be so successful in hunting around here.

"Hey, that fuzzy plant looks like an armchair," Lina remarks through [Bind], and we all turn towards where she's pointing.

"Wait, how do mer communicate underwater?" I blurt out.

"They squeak a lot," Hana casually answers.

We approach the armchair, and Lina promptly sits down in it, but the brown and fuzzy seat tickles her in a weird way, so she immediately gets off.

"What's their language called?" I curiously ask.

And Hana answers again, "I think, over here, it's called Kikiki."

I use the search function in my skill menu to find [Kikiki Language], then I put ten points in it as I watch Ciel hesitantly sit down in the armchair.

"Oh, Gods…" The angel moans as the fuzzy little strands tickle her in a way that makes her feel… things.

"KIK!" I suddenly squeak as I try to mumble a mere "wait." This language is a bit weird, so I take it out of my mind for a moment as there's something rather dangerous going on right in front of me. "Ciel, I'm not going to be NTR'd by a plant…" I sternly warn her.

"Well, you could stick your thing in the armchair, and I'm sure it could make you happy too," Roxanne affirms, looking for any excuse as she tries to convince me to watch Ciel get done by a plant.

And the corrupted angel doesn't reply, trying her best to keep a poker face, but we know what's going on under there.

"So… some plants can impregnate women or get impregnated by humanoid seed," Hana suddenly remarks, and Ciel jumps out of the seat in a fright, then closes her legs real tight, but we're almost sure this one isn't capable of impregnation, so we smirk teasingly at the frightened angel.

Then Yunia launches into a scholarly explanation, "They're like unintelligent dryads, except they don't copy humanoid genders, and some even say that those plants are a third gender since they can both impregnate and become impregnated without changing their bodies."

"Hermaphrodites," I hum.

And that triggers a memory of mine in Alissa's mind, who blurts out, "Futas…?"

"Yeah…" I mumble as I cringe, but the girls are even more depraved than I am, and Hana finds the idea of having a sword between her legs very interesting. I've given her one twice before, but I'd rather not explore this area anymore as it's too "dangerous."

And Ciel gives me a hand by changing the topic, "Anyway, back to the armchair… we, uh…" but then she trails off as she doesn't know what she wants to say about it.

The golems pick up on her conflicted thoughts and decide to help her by sharing theirs.

"Tentacles may be similar to a 'swords,'" Ted suddenly begins with a fact.

"But this plant appears to be more similar to a vibrator," Suzy continues with a reassurance.

"The question is whether or not it's capable of impregnation," Jarn finishes with the crux of the matter.

Then Ciel comes up with another excuse. "The sensation reminds me of Gify's 'massage,'" she innocently confesses, trying to convince us that it's okay.

"Seafood makes you excited, huh," Roxanne teasingly remarks and smirks.

"It's in her blood. Sommerlande were born for the seas," Hana answers matter-of-factly. As a half Sommerlande herself, she knows what she's talking about.

I think it's fine, as long as she follows some conditions, so I take out my collar with the Ring of Fertility and hand it to Ciel. "And keep your bottoms on. Nothing should get in," I soberly state.

She gives me an apologetic look as she takes the collar, then sits back down on the spicy armchair. The effect is instantaneous as the fuzzy hairs tickle both her sensitive areas through the fabric of her bikini. And so, we settle in around her to observe the corrupted angel as she slowly goes mad.

Alissa detects Laguly approaching us, so I turn around and wave at her. The tomboy siren swims closer out of curiousity, her body waving with entrancing motions, then notices Ciel, and her eyes go wide in surprise as she blushes.

"KIKO!" I squeak, attempting to say "hello," and my whole body reflexively shakes like a wet noodle. Apparently, the Kikiki language has a physical component.

And now the siren turns her surprised eyes towards me, then replies after a moment, "[Hello]!" squeaking and shaking just like I did.

"[This plant can impregnate]?" I ask as I point, and my speech comes out kind of caveman-like. I need to squeak loudly and click my tongue very hard to be heard underwater, which is probably why the language is so "compact."

"[No, but itchy]," she replies and makes a scratching motion on her forearm. Then she swims closer with extreme grace as her curiosity overpowers her embarrassment. "[How you speak Kikiki]?"

"[Secret]," I squeak, and the skill makes me cover my face with one hand, kind of like sign language.

Then Ciel's whole body begins to quiver as she has an amazing one. Her expression is one of bliss, a beautiful sight that I'll never get tired of staring at, but it makes her look absolutely depraved, like the corrupted angel that she truly is.

Laguly stares at her with confusion and excitement as Ciel's expression is one commonly seen when being Ravaged (though the bliss is many times more intense through my Weapon).

"[This itchy, but how she doing it]?" the young siren questions in disbelief.

"[Tentacle love]," I answer matter-of-factly, and it takes Laguly a moment to realize what it means.

"[I understand]…" she squeaks quietly with a wry smile.

After that, Ciel feels quite satisfied, so we just take a swim through a kelp forest, which is quite an interesting sight as the plants filter the sunlight like the canopies of trees. Then Yunia and I use [Animal Tongue] to get a school of fish and a coral-like tortoise to play with us, though we did need Aoi to turn into her human form first because even the fishes are terrified of her.

The slippery fellows can be quite cheeky with their playfulness, even though their lack of expressions makes them look like they're wearing silly masks. But the tortoise is a cool dude, too, and he actually enjoys carrying Lina around on his back.

"Spirit animal," I telepathically tease my little girl.

"Tortoises are actually the spirit animal of the wererabbits," Alissa corrects.

"What?" I hum confusedly and frown at her.

"What?" she mirrors me.

"What do you mean by 'spirit animal'?"

She tilts her head cutely in confusion. "An animal they have a spiritual affinity with?"

And my frown deepens. "How does… how does that work? Why do those two have an affinity?"

"Rabbits are quick and small while the tortoises in Conchononoi are big and slow. They have a natural affinity for fighting together."

Oh, it's about combat…

I scratch my horn with a claw as I reply, "Well, by spirit animal, I meant an animal that represents a person's personality."

And now it's her turn to frown. "But that's just what being a wereanimal is."

"Ehhh…" I hum skeptically.

But we drop it there because we don't feel like arguing. Though I feel that Alissa just wants to annoy me by arguing about it, it wouldn't work through a mental conversation as our emotions are too easily exposed, so she just smirks, and I kiss the back of her neck, making her tail wag sluggishly through the water.

We shouldn't stay away from our Companions for too long, so after swimming around a little more, we return to the ship.