"Yeah, I think that might be a good idea," he said with a small laugh. Specca nodded and glanced to the caravan.
"Go ahead and take your time getting changed, we'll wait out here and keep an eye out for any other unwanted surprises. We'll make sure you're not disturbed," she said before looking to the other girls. They all looked at her carefully and nodded.
"Yeah, go ahead, Daniel," Triska said watching the nixie closely.
"Take your time," Alyssa added. Squeak nodded with a small squeak. Daniel looked at them curiously then down to his ragged clothing.
"Well, alright then. I won't take too long," he said before walking over to the caravan. The girls watched him climb up and into the cabin before looking to Specca with glares. She giggled softly and raised an eyebrow with an amused smile at them.
"What's with those looks? I did nothing wrong back there," she said softly.
"I'd say you did do wrong claiming Daniel to be yours," Triska said with narrowed eyes.
"Very, very wrong," Alyssa added sternly. Squeak nodded in agreement, also showing discontent for the nixie. Specca merely looked at the girls with an arrogant smile.
"I'd say it's a rather fair claim. After all, I'm the only monster girl here who hasn't tried to rape Daniel," she said looking over to Alyssa and Squeak, both girls showing a bit of concern as they glanced to each other.
"I can talk to him about his favorite interests and stories," Specca continued as she looked up with a thoughtful smile. The girls just gave her dull glares at that remark before glancing over to the caravan.
"I just removed a slime woman from around his body before it could rape and or kill him while none of you could," Specca said while counting on her fingers.
"You nearly killed him yourself in doing so," Triska accused, pointing to the nixie with narrowed eyes. Specca looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"I told you to hold onto him didn't I?" she asked plainly. Triska growled loudly before holding her arm with a flinch, the girl's skin burned and sensitive still. Alyssa and Squeak glanced to her with concern while Specca shrugged with a calm smile.
"What I said was a fact, after all I am the best match for him out here," Specca boasted arrogantly. The other girls looked at her with glares, but before they could say anything about the matter Daniel started to climb out of the cabin dressed in a new set of clean clothes. Specca smirked at the girls then looked over to Daniel with a gentle smile as he walked towards them.
"You look very handsome, Daniel," she said softly. He chuckled with an amused smile.
"I'm just wearing the same kind of clothes I had on before," he said examining himself. Specca nodded with a calm smile still.
"I know, I just felt like saying what was on my mind," she said softly. Triska narrowed her eyes at the girl as she clenched her fists.
'I'd love to give you a piece of my mind.'
Daniel smiled at the nixie then looked over to the other girls, all of them jumping a bit before forcing quick smiles for him. He glanced to Triska's arm with a worried expression then to her.
"Are you sure you're ok, Triska?" he asked. She nodded and looked to her arm.
"I've gotten worse just training back at home, I'll be fine. Really, don't worry about me, Daniel," she reassured softly. Daniel nodded then looked over to the river.
"I guess we can rule out slime women as possible allies of mankind," he said scratching his head.
"I could have told you that, those monsters are more feral than sentient, they're just like wild animals," Alyssa said shaking her head. Daniel smirked then looked off into the distance.
"I didn't think that every monster I met out here would be up for talking, never had any delusions about that. Still, I've got to try, I know there are those out there like you girls that would be willing to give peace a chance, I just need to find them," he said assuredly. The girls watched him stand there with curious expressions. He was nearly raped/killed/swept away by a raging river a short while ago, and yet he was just as determined to seek out other monsters in the world as before.
"You're the bravest human I know, Daniel," Specca complimented with a gentle smile. He glanced to her curiously as she looked at him with adoring eyes.
"To have such faith in your beliefs even though they are so radical, to be so brave as to stand before the monsters of this world all in hopes of talking to them about peace, you're incredible," she praised softly. He smiled at her while the other girls looked at her with dull expressions.
"Thank you, Specca, but I'm not really that incredible," he said shaking his head.
"Yes you are," Triska, Alyssa, and Specca said eagerly, along with Squeak who squeaked quickly in agreement. The girls glanced to each other then back to Daniel as he looked around at them with a curious smile.
"Um… well, thank you," he said with a small shrug. He looked over to the campsite then back to Specca.
"Specca, were you hungry at all? Alyssa took care of lunch and prepared some delicious food for all of us," he asked. Specca glanced to Alyssa, the witch glaring at her, and then looked back to Daniel.
"Oh, that's quite alright. I managed to catch a few fish while I was in the river, I'm fine. Thank you for offering though," she said gratefully. Daniel looked at her curiously at that remark.
"You caught some fish in the river? And ate them… alive?" he asked. She nodded with a small giggle.
"Well, I am a water monster after all, we need to eat too. They looked so good I just couldn't help myself, although I'm sure Alyssa's cooking was still adequate," she said with a shrug. Alyssa clutched her staff tightly as she scoffed at the nixie.
'I would imagine it was better than raw fish, yes.'
"Yeah, it was. She's quite the magical cook," Daniel said looking to Alyssa. She smiled brightly and nodded while Triska and Squeak glanced to her with dull expressions. Specca smirked bitterly at the girls then smiled gently at Daniel again.
"Perhaps next time we stop I can try my hand at cooking you a meal. I've read a few cookbooks back at Ashwood and I would love the chance to make you a warm meal as well," she offered. Daniel looked at her with a curious smile while the other girls glared at her again.
"Really? I suppose if you would like to, sure, Specca. That sounds great," he said with a nod. Specca nodded eagerly with an innocent smile.
"It would be my pleasure to be able to cook for you," she said softly. Daniel smiled at the nixie then looked over to the other girls, all of them jumping a bit and once more forcing quick smiles.
"Well, shall we head off then? We still have a ways to go before we reach the elven forest," he asked looking around at the girls.
"Whatever you say, Daniel," Specca said softly.
"Always ready when you are," Triska said with a confident smile.
"Yep yep. I'll clean up the campsite really quick then we can go," Alyssa said before running over towards their eating area. Squeak walked over and looked at Triska's arm, then to her with a worried expression. Triska smiled a bit and shook her head.
"I'll be fine, Squeak, really," she said calmly. Squeak looked at her with concern then gently took hold of Triska's arm, the ant girl then licking along the skin with short squeaks. Triska jumped a bit at the touch then watched with wonder as a euphoric sensation rippled through her arm. Her pain vanished with the touch of the ant girl’s tongue while a pleasurable feeling spread along her arm to her chest.
"What's she doing? Is she tasting her?" Specca asked with surprise. Daniel chuckled and shook his head.
"No, she's using her saliva to help ease Triska's pain. An ant girl's saliva is good for treating wounds," he explained as Triska watched with a slightly glazed look in her eye, feeling her arm tingling while the ant girl's tongue felt extremely good from the touch.
"Squeak… thank you," she breathed out as she felt her discomfort vanish completely. Squeak licked all along the girl's hand and arm then looked at her with a soft smile. Triska held out her arm and moved it around, then looked to Squeak wi
th a smile.
"Thank you, it feels great now," she said with a small laugh, then looking back to her arm with amazement. It was still slightly reddened and burned in some places, but she felt no pain at all now.
"Interesting, I wasn't aware of that detail about the ant girls," Specca commented, adjusting her glasses and examining Squeak curiously. Triska glanced to her with a raised eyebrow.
"I thought you were the monster expert out here," she flatly stated. Specca looked at her with a dull glimpse then away.
"I do know quite a bit more than you I'm sure, but I never said I knew everything about every monster," she said with annoyance. Daniel smiled at her then looked over to see Alyssa waving her staff around, the witch's relic glowing an orange hue as the stumps of wood and dishes sank back into the ground amongst the twisting green vines. After everything had shifted down into the dirt the vines vanished while Alyssa looked around in approval of her cleanup work. She looked over to see the group watching her then waved to Daniel with a cheerful smile. He waved back with a small chuckle then glanced to the other girls.
"Let's go then," he said as he started walking towards Alyssa, the witch hopping over to him playfully.
"And I don't want you pushing yourself anymore today, Alyssa," he said as they started walking towards the caravan together while the other girls watched them.
"Oh, Daniel, you don't need to worry about lil ol' me," she giggled as she skipped along next to him.
"You just love playing the part of a little girl, don't you?" he asked with amusement.
"It's so much fun!" she cheered. The other girls watched them climb up onto the caravan then glanced to each other.
"Well then, I suppose I'll go update Daniel's monster book about the ant girls, since he trusts me to be his guide out here and to manage his books," Specca boasted with a calm smile.
"You may be his monster expert out here, Specca, but that doesn't mean that he's yours," Triska quipped back. Specca smirked then started walking towards the caravan, the girl's tail swaying behind her gently.
"We'll see about that, Triska, we'll see," she said as she walked away. Triska and Squeak glanced to each other then followed the nixie, both watching her closely.
After everybody was aboard the caravan the group set off along the dirt road once again through the outerlands, with Lucky pulling the large caravan behind him with no trouble at all. They traveled along the path while trees and small hills were seen all around. Sitting in the front Alyssa was holding the reins to Lucky while looking around carefully, on alert for anyone, or anything, that may be close by. After the close call with the slime woman earlier she wasn't about to let such an incident happen again. Inside the cabin Specca was sitting against a wall while writing in Daniel's monster book, having a calm smile as she wrote diligently and swiftly. Sitting next to her Triska was glancing at the nixie while having her dagger in her hand, holding the tip with her other hand as she tilted it around casually. Across from them Daniel was sitting back against a pillow while reading one of his books, having a calm expression while his eyes slowly moved left to right. Next to him Squeak was sitting on her legs with her abdomen sticking out to the side, leaning back against the wall while watching Specca carefully.
"There, I believe that is adequate," Specca announced as she finished writing. She crawled forward then sat next to Daniel as the other girls watched her with dull expressions.
"Here, Daniel, what do you think?" she asked holding the book out for him. He set his down and took the monster book with a curious smile, reading the pages while Specca watched him with loving eyes.
"That's great, Specca, this is really going to come in handy. How did you memorize all of this though, there's so much detail about all of these monster classes," he asked with an impressed smile. Specca brushed the hair back around her ear with a blush.
"I like to read, Daniel, and I've always had a very good memory. It's just one of my many talents," she said softly. Triska and Squeak watched the nixie with dull glares while Daniel looked through the book with awe.
"I'll say, thank you so much for doing this, Specca," he said gratefully. Specca smirked and glanced down with a raised eyebrow.
"The pleasure is all mine, Daniel. Please, allow me to show you another one of my talents," she said as she reached down and pulled his pants down slightly. Everybody jumped with surprise as the nixie held a hand up to hold her hair back over her ear while she leaned down face first onto his lap.
"Specca! Wha… what are you-" he started before looking up with a soft gasp as the nixie started moving up and down while making soft breathing sounds, using her mouth and tongue on something that belonged to him while Triska and Squeak stared with shock. Even Alyssa was staring back with wide eyes while the nixie performed oral service on the boy.
"What the HELL?" Alyssa yelled out.
"Hey!" Triska cried out as Squeak watched with shock. Daniel quivered before holding a hand down on the nixie's back, the girl making soft kissing and slurping sounds while her tail swayed around behind her. She brought up one hand to hold on his chest while the other grabbed hold of his erection, the girl moving her head up and down slowly while she gently stroked him.
"Specca… that… feels so good…" he breathed out as he closed his eyes.
"SPECCA!" Triska yelled out, the girl then flinching in pain. She looked down to seeing her dagger's blade had cut her hand, the girl wincing again before looking back to seeing Daniel and Squeak staring at her with surprise. She blinked then looked over next to her to see Specca still sitting down while writing in Daniel's book, also staring at her with surprise.
"What? What is it?" she asked nervously. Triska looked at her with a stunned expression then around to see everybody staring at her. Alyssa was glancing back to her with a raised eyebrow.
"Triska? What's wrong?" Daniel asked as Squeak looked at the girl curiously. Alyssa glanced to Specca then back to Triska with a questioning expression.
"Were you daydreaming about them having sex this time?" she asked flatly. The group jumped a bit at that remark while Triska looked at her with frustration.
"No I wasn't daydreaming about-… just never mind!" she yelled out. She flinched and then looked down as her palm had a cut across it and was bleeding.
"Triska, you cut yourself. Are you ok?" Daniel asked worriedly.
"Why did you just yell out my name? I wasn't doing anything wrong," Specca asked shaking her head. Triska glanced to her with a frustrated growl then down to her own hand.
"It's nothing, just forget it," she muttered as she set her dagger down and held her wrist, breathing steadily as she felt her hand in pain. Squeak crawled over and took hold of her hand, squeaking softly with a worried expression.
"Squeak, that's ok, you don't always have to-" Triska started before the ant girl started licking the wound, the girl's tongue lapping around the cut. Triska felt a powerful wave of euphoria spread from her hand and up her arm as her pain receded.
"Squeak… you don't have to…" Triska said before leaning back with a gentle sigh, watching Squeak with a glazed look in her eye as the sensation was slightly overwhelming. Specca watched the ant girl curiously then looked back in the monster book with a raised eyebrow. Triska watched Squeak tend to her injury as her mind was reeling from the sensation of the ant girl's saliva.
'Why… why does it have to feel so good?'
"Squeak, thank you," Daniel said with a gentle smile. Squeak finished tending to Triska's injury then sat back, squeaking with a happy expression at the girl. Triska looked at her hand with wonder, seeing that although it was cut the bleeding had stopped as well as the pain.
"Thank you, Squeak, but you didn't have to do that," she said looking to the ant girl.
"Actually, I think she did," Specca commented adjusting her glasses. The group looked to her as the nixie was reading through her entry about the ant girls.
"What do you mean?" Daniel asked as Squeak sat back down against the wall next to him. Spe
cca looked over to Squeak and examined her carefully.
"Squeak is an ant girl, and ant girls have a hive based behavioral instinct within them, much like all monster classes that are based from insects. They treat those in their nest as family, and they share a group mentality that they must help one another to survive. When she saw that Triska was injured, both earlier and just now, her instinct to help kicked in," she explained. The group turned to Squeak as the ant girl looked around at everybody curiously. Triska looked at her hand for a moment then over to Squeak, the ant girl smiling gently at her. After a moment Triska smiled softly at the ant girl.
"I see, thank you, Squeak," she said gently. Squeak nodded as Daniel smiled at the ant girl.
"It sounds like we've got our own nurse for our trip then," he said with a slight chuckle. Squeak leaned over and nuzzled against his shoulder while holding onto his arm, looking at him with a bright smile while squeaking a few times. Triska twitched then forced a smile to hide her anger.
"Calm down, Squeak, Daniel's not hurt. You get can let go of him now," she said through her teeth.
Suddenly the caravan swerved as Lucky neighed loudly outside, the group tumbling to the side of the cabin.
"Whoa, Lucky! Whoa!" Alyssa yelled out as the others tumbled about inside the cabin. Daniel smacked back against the rear wall before Specca rolled over and collapsed across his lap. Triska stumbled to the side before she gripped the wall for support and braced herself while Squeak tucked into a ball and rolled over to the side before tumbling back into the wall next to Daniel and Specca.
"What's going on out there?" Triska yelled out as the caravan swerved again before coming to a halt. Squeak slowly uncurled and peeked around while Specca rubbed her head a bit, the nixie slowly getting up across Daniel's lap as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Is everybody alright?" he asked. Squeak slowly sat up with a small squeak while Triska grabbed her dagger and sheathed it again, the teen then moving towards the front of the cabin.
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