Chapter 80: After Enjoying a Delicious Meal Together, I Tremble in Fear of the Greatest Terror of My Otherworld Life
"Lucia, we’re going to eat now, so finish up and come back soon, okay? The capybara girls might be hungry too."
"Got it. I’ll enjoy a bit more fluffing and then bring them over."
"Kemolori, don’t go overboard."
"Yes!"
Well, it was only natural for Lucia to be swarmed by her comrades. She had been worried sick that they might have been forced to drink poison and suffer just like she had. Being able to reunite safely must have made her incredibly happy. The way she was moving around inside the capybara mountain, rubbing her body against them, was surely her way of expressing joy.
Lucia was feared by the dog girls and the horse girl, but she seemed to be well-liked by the capybara girls. That was really good. It would have been sad if every beastman was terrified of her. She had been genuinely sad when Iferaski wet herself the first time. No matter how much of a god she was, Lucia’s mentality was still that of an ordinary girl.
Besides...
Maybe she deliberately stayed outside because she thought that if she joined the meal, Iferaski and the dog girls might not be able to eat.
That was probably it.
I hope that kindness gets across to them. With that thought in mind, I left Lucia and the capybara girls in the alley and returned to the sanctuary.
Thanks to Raffilia-san’s Saint skill, we didn’t have to worry about food, which was a huge relief. There were 11 of us—3 men and 8 women. Considering there were still 12 more people outside (even if they ate lightly), preparing meals for everyone would have been an enormous hassle in both time and money.
The menu was even more luxurious than usual: bread, two kinds of cheese, grilled fish, sausages, soup, and wine.
Not only had we learned that Raffilia-san could duplicate one person’s meal, but her kindness in wanting to give the beastmen something delicious had made the spread even more extravagant.
The soup was made by stewing cabbage, turnips, and Chinese chives. It had been prepared in advance while fire was still allowed, so it was cold. Using fire at night was prohibited in the city, so we couldn’t reheat it. However, thanks to the Saint skill, the soup in the bowls was steaming hot.
The cabbage soup I’d eaten before had been honestly pretty bad, but today’s soup was incredibly delicious. Even though I was worried about needing the toilet before bed, I ended up having three extra bowls. The natural sweetness of the cabbage and turnips melted into a thick broth, perfectly balanced by the slight bitterness of the chives. There shouldn’t be any chemical seasonings here, yet the vegetables’ natural umami made it this good...
While the two macho guys and Retory-san were eating first, the dog girls and Iferaski eventually woke up—whether driven by hunger overcoming their fear of Lucia or lured by the smell—and started eating too.
The dog girls had voracious appetites, especially for the sausages. Since cutting them with a knife didn’t make them disappear, Raffilia-san kept slicing more and more.
We didn’t have enough tableware, so I suggested putting sausages in bread like a sandwich. It was a huge hit. It might have been a small thing, but was this the first time my modern knowledge actually came in handy?
I had just introduced the hot dog to another world and fed it to dog girls. If I could be greedy, I’d love some tomato ketchup... but since tomatoes are native to South America, they probably don’t exist in this medieval Europe-style fantasy world... Or maybe they do somewhere under the name "tomeito."
While enjoying the delicious meal, we did self-introductions.
In a situation where everyone was hesitant to speak up, the first to introduce herself was the 14-year-old German Shepherd girl, Shepa. Her name was easy to remember thanks to the dog breed combo. I wonder if beastmen have classic names like Pochi or Shiro too. Though I heard on TV once that almost no actual dogs or cats are named that...
Shepa had sharp eyes, thick eyelashes, and distinctive black ears with tips that stood straight up.
We continued clockwise. Next was Retory-san.
Then the 12-year-old Golden Retriever girl, also named Retory. She was Retory-san’s daughter. Their faces looked alike. But having the same name as her mother was a bit confusing.
Raffilia-san later explained that when beastmen are enslaved, the slave traders give them easy-to-remember names. Then the new owner gives them a different name. It was like calling a Shiba Inu "Shiba" before it was sold.
Apparently, the family calls each other Retory (parent to child) or Mama (child to parent). When others refer to the mother-daughter pair, they use Mama Retory and Petite Retory, so there’s no confusion. I see. Kind of like Moomin or Bakabon.
The next pair was another set of lookalikes: the 19-year-old Siberian Husky sisters, Rian and her younger sister Rian. They had striking black-and-white hair. As a hunting-oriented clan, both had sharp eyes.
After them was Iferaski, then me, then the macho guys.
The two macho men were apparently named Dol and Uda, but Macho Taro and Macho Jiro worked fine for me. They weren’t the sleek modern pretty-boy macho type, but the classic Showa-era wrestler type with big bellies.
Their appearances were nearly identical, but you could instantly tell them apart by their equipment. The one who looked like he’d torture a little girl’s pussy with a corn-like giant cock was Uda, and the one who looked like he’d torture a little girl’s ass with a sweet potato-like giant cock was Dol.
To the beastmen, the macho guys were still part of the slave trader faction, but they themselves had only been slaves. Once we explained the situation, they didn’t fully reconcile, but everyone agreed to let the past stay in the past.
It seemed like the human and beastman groups would somehow manage to get along. That was thanks to Retory-san and the two macho guys having the rationality of adults.
The real problem was the stray elf.
It was the elf’s turn to introduce herself while Raffilia-san helped her drink water.
"It’s not like elves give their names to anyone except spirits."
That part was fine. But what came next wasn’t.
"There’s no way I’d tell my name to untrustworthy humans or beastmen."
Completely unnecessary.
If she could walk on her own, she probably would have left the circle long ago.
Raffilia-san, worried about her after she only drank water, gently said "Don’t hold back," only to be snapped at:
"Elves only eat water and fruit. Don’t you even know that?"
The mood instantly soured.
Still, Raffilia-san, Retory-san, and the macho guys took into consideration the elf’s inability to move her limbs and didn’t scold her. They were that mature.
However, the youngest, Petite Retory, innocently spoke her mind: "Mama, why is that girl angry? Is her tummy hungry? Then she should just eat some bread."
"—!"
The elf got furious and started to say something.
At that exact moment—
Click.
The door opened and the group of capybara girls entered. Lucia was lying face-down, being carried on the backs of the capybara girls like a living mattress. They swarmed around Raffilia-san to receive their food. The capybara girls had no concept of lining up and pushed each other aside, rushing forward to grab bread and raw cabbage. They crunched and munched away with satisfying sounds. During all this, Lucia had rolled off and was lying on the floor.
Once the capybara girls had full bellies, they loaded Lucia onto their backs again and disappeared into the traveler’s bedroom in the back.
Thanks to Lucia’s appearance, both the elf and the beastmen quieted down.
Even though she was a Dragon God, was she really that scary when she got carried in like a capybara futon...?
She had turned into the ultimate NEET who wouldn’t move a single finger on her own... She had been completely melted by the charm of the capybara girls.
But it was a relief. Thanks to Lucia, the elf didn’t get to spit out any more venomous words.
The timing was too perfect. She really had been considerate after all.
Now, the remaining issue was assigning sleeping quarters.
The elf would definitely refuse to sleep in the same room as the beastmen.
The dog girls would be too scared to sleep if they were in the same room as Lucia.
So it was decided that the elf would sleep in Raffilia-san’s room. I and the two macho guys would sleep in the kitchen/dining shed, and the dog girls would sleep on the pews. Iferaski could sleep anywhere. If she wanted to suck my dick first thing in the morning, she’d come to me. If she was scared of Lucia, she’d probably sleep on the pews or somewhere else.
I headed to the kitchen/dining shed with the two macho guys.
To get a little warmth, we lay down near the stove. Since some time had passed after the fire was put out, the floor was cold, but the air was slightly warm thanks to the pot with embers. I refused to believe it was the macho body heat warming the room. This faint warmth was definitely from the pot. It had to be the charcoal fire inside the pot...
"Sorry for making you sleep in a place like this."
"N-no, please don’t worry about it. You were being considerate of the ladies. We understand."
"No, really, sorry about this."
"Don’t worry. We’ve never once laid a hand on the beastmen who were our tools for business. We won’t touch the women either."
"Ah, yeah. Good night."
A little while after closing my eyes, I suddenly realized something.
"We won’t touch the women either"?
...Does that mean they would touch anything other than women?
No, that was just one possible interpretation. They didn’t actually say that.
Three men lying in a narrow shed, side by side...
Could it be that I was currently facing the greatest crisis since arriving in this other world?
I knew I could win if I fought back even if I was attacked.
But would my anal defense power while sleeping be able to withstand the attacking power of the macho guys’ corn-sized giant cocks?
Unable to fall asleep easily, I quietly slipped out of the dining shed.
