Trade
It was a strange sensation.
Quilin May was in front of me, and I looked over my surroundings.
At the same time, May herself seemed mildly perplexed.
After taking a jump in her quilin form, she let the cloth hanging down her arms sway as she touched down.
She was in her human form, using her left hand to hold her head.
“Ah~ an interesting Skill you’ve got there. I thought I saw ten, but it’s a completely different one, perhaps?”
The information I obtained from my Skills was probably being transmitted to her as well.
I understood this is what it meant to be linked.
The information I held… the informational map, and the enemy dissertations were being shared with her.
Similarly enough, whatever she saw through her eyes was being sent to me.
“… My head is starting to hurt. The information to process has jumped up all at once.”
I held my head, and saw myself holding it from her point of view. Yet there she was, occupying the same space in my field of vision. It was quite an outrageous sensation.
From the Jewel, the Seventh offered some advice.
『Lyle, limit the information flow. Think you can do that? Vision… you don’t have to share the five senses. For now, you don’t have to give her your Skill effects either.』
May opened her eyes wide.
“Well color me surprised. You really can talk.”
It does appear she heard it that time. I intuitively manipulated my own Skill, and somehow manage to control the flood of sensory information.
And after I made it so I didn’t have to see through her eyes simultaneously, I shook my head.
The Fifth called over to her.
『Right. Like this, we’re all able to talk with Lyle. That voice usually doesn’t reach any other, but… it seems you caught onto it.』
On his kind voice, May brought both her hands to her chest, and began to shed tears.
“Fredricks… sorry, I… couldn’t keep my promise.”
Having a girl crying before my eyes put quite a damper on my mood.
In his gentle tone, the Fifth.
『It’s fine. I also lied to you. Because I thought we’d never meet again.』
May wiped her tears with a finger, and replied with a smile.
“But like this, we’re able to talk once more. And that’s something to be happy about, Fredricks.”
But the Fifth…
『… Sorry, May. I’ve already died. What’s left in this Jewel is my… Fredricks Walt’s Skill, along with his memories and heart. I’m something of an imitation produced from a record.』
Sorrowfully, May fidgeted around.
That must be just how identical the Fifth of the Jewel’s presence was to the real deal. Enough for her to think I had sealed him in.
『It’s my responsibility the promise went unfulfilled. You don’t have to worry about it anymore.』
“But… but still!”
May reached out her hand, and touched the Jewel hanging at my neck. And the scenery suddenly underwent a change.
(This sensation… I’m being drawn in?)
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It was the stable that often came out in the Fifth’s memory.
Around were the various animals he had been raising, and in the center stood me and May.
“Miquel, Angelo, and Maia… why? I mean, everyone should be dead already.”
Surprised, may tried to touch the horses and other animals she called out to. But without accomplishing its purpose, her hands passed through them.
She looked towards the room she had once lived.
And from it, a girl in a white one piece dress ran out, and started talking to the animals.
The creatures cried out in response, and walked up to her.
A large dog approached small May, and she seemed delighted as it licked her face.
“… Zeroute.”
Calling out its name, May looked down with a sad expression. There, I heard footsteps approaching.
I turned to find the Fifth at the stable’s entrance.
『… I never thought something like this would be possible.』
I sought some confirmation.
“Is this your room of memory? But why is May here?”
He held his head, and shook it.
『Like I know. I can only think she went through your Skill to connect with us as well. But it’s been quite a while since we’ve met like this, May.』
Bursting into tears, May jumped at the Fifth. She had changed to her quilin form.
“Fredricks! I’ve gotten bigger. I’ve become a full-fledged adult, and I can even make my own herd!”
The Fifth embraced the large quilin’s neck, and patted her.
『You’ve sure grown. I see, so you’re an adult now… I’m happy for you. I couldn’t help but wonder about it. But now I can be sure. So I never met you to the end, did I. Well, I’m glad you grew up so healthy.』
As she tilted her head, the Fifth explained.
『… Our memories only go up to the last moment we held the blue gem. There’s nothing after that. So I don’t know how it all ended.』
May pointed her forehead at him, ad he started patting it.
Her actions seemed to indicate she didn’t mind either way.
『Hey, May? Can you listen to my request?』
“Request?”
May peered into his face.
『… Will you lend Lyle a hand?』
The Fifth left me in her care.
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Inside the forest.
After I regained consciousness, I headed off back to the village.
May had blown away the gathered monsters with her lightning, so there was barely any work left to do.
I confirmed the surrounding situation with Skills, and looked around the area from which the three boys had run off before pressing onwards.
“Here it is. Really, even if they wanted to toss it aside, did they really have to scatter it like that? It’s quite a pain to collect it.”
I picked up the last silver coin, and put in the sack. There were fifty in total.
That’s either the last of it, or the boys themselves still have whatever remains.
Letting out a sigh, I turned and looked at May.
She was in human form.
And in her outfit clearly unsuited for entering a forest, she stood prim and proper.
The twigs and grass never stained or caught onto that cloth. Despite all the mud on the ground, her sandal-like footwear didn’t pose the slightest problem.
In this dark forest she kept a calm expression, following behind me.
“Do you really plan on following me?”
May looked at me perplexed.
“Of course. It’s Fredricks’ request after all. I was always being saved by him, without an opportunity to repay the favor. Well, my goal’s mainly to defeat monsters anyways. There’s no problem with working alongside humans for that one.”
I went over the coins again, sealed the bag, and turned to her.
“Um, coming with me pretty much means you’ll be becoming an adventurer you know?”
She responded with tired eyes.
“It really doesn’t mattered. Among my comrades, there are others out adventuring as well. It’s not like I’m the only curious one out there.”
When I found myself shocked at that surprising reality, she smiled.
“Ah, but you won’t be able to tell them apart. Look.”
She touched the horns growing diagonally back from her ears, and they shrunk until they could no longer be seen.
“Like that, our appearance is the same. There’s a few humans out there that can see through it with Skills, but… if they try to do something, I’ll go on the counteroffensive.”
Still surprised, I…
“So you can be discerned with Skills.”
“Hey it passes a surprisingly large amount of times. In all truth, even if they can see, quite a lot of humans pretend they can’t. Though there are idiots here and there.”
And what happens to such idiots is something I could understand without asking.
(And if she’s found out, would she have to run?)
No one of a low skill level would be able to capture a sacred beast. And if one does have the ability to do some, then that means even without doing so, they had enough competence to put food on the table.
May hung her head a little.
“And if Fredricks was speaking the truth, then we can’t remain irrelevant. In your sense of time’s passage, about three hundred years ago. Back then, there was an event that caused a large decay in our population. For a single person’s sake.”
Agrissa…
My grandmother’s lineage brought back to its roots, came from the devious vixen Agrissa.
With that blood in her veins, Celes was trying to move a country.
“Did it go down that much?”
May asserted she wasn’t too knowledgeable, before telling me.
“Some of our race made light of her. They were captured. Splendidly stuffed and mounted. The horns and scales made into human tools, and the meat eaten up. Even when they aren’t troubled on food, humans tend to do that one quite a bit.”
It was a sentiment she couldn’t understand.
“Is that why you’ll lend me a hand?”
May put her hand to her chin, and made an earnest expression as she analyzed me from head to toe.
“Since Fredricks isn’t here anymore, I might as well ask his descendent. Hey, want to make a child with me? If possible two? I really want five, mind you.”
I did a spit take, and from the Jewel, the Fifth.
『Maaaaayy!! You’ve got to treasure yourself more!! Don’t just throw it out like that!』
He was crying out, but the Sixth grumbled in response.
『So you treat your animals like that, yet with us, it was all, go make one already, and done it yet? … I really can’t accept it.』
I tilted my head.
“Do you know what you’re saying? Go ask a male of your own species.”
She scoffed and…
“I’d like to ask if you know what you’re saying. For the species you all refer to as sacred beasts, there’s no such thing as a male. And I know about baby making, at least. Isn’t that why this human form exists? Ah, but… if you say that you’d prefer quilin form, even I’d be a little troubled here. Those sort of special hobbies are something I haven’t heard of until now.”
Seeing her scratch her reddened face, I yelled.
“Idiot! Who the hell said something like that!?”
“Then it’s all good. No~ even with the longevity and all, it’s no good if our numbers decrease. And it seems the monsters are increasing as of late, so the balance is going to crumble at this rate. Okay, we’re doing this.”
I shook my head quite violently.
“Why? You have a mate? Come to think of it, there were lots of girls around, but… Ah, could you be the harem sort? But that’s strange. I heard humans didn’t make harems that often. Ah! I’ve got it!”
She seemed to find a satisfying answer within herself.
“Fredricks had a Harem, so you’re a subspecies that makes harems. Yep, yep, I know for sure there are human males that do it, so there’s no mistaking it!”
“That’s full of mistakes! You really plan on living in human society with that level of understanding!?”
I wanted to clear up her misconceptions…
“But the surrounding female held affection for you, right? I really don’t understand you humans. But I’ll follow you because I want your seed. I’ll give you power, and you’ll spread your seed in me. Alright, that sounds good.”
“No it doesn’t! It’s too far out that I don’t know where to start… anyways, that sort of thing is supposed to happen between two people who love one another!”
There, voices came from the Jewel.
Third and up.
『What to do. I can’t say I agree with the boy’s sense of values.』
『And wait, if that’s all it takes to earn a quilin’s help, then why not go for it?』
『My cute little May is… wait, isn’t Lyle’s sense of values a bit strange?』
『Seventh… are you sure you didn’t educate him wrong?』
『Well, me and Zenoire were the perfect couple. There’s no helping if Lyle was jealous of that.』
I found the Seventh’s casual bragging to be irritating, and I’ve heard grandma complain about him before.
You’ve got to be careful not to end up like him, Lyle, she would say in a kind tone.
(I’m not a noble anymore, so I have nothing to do with political marriage! And just making children is… who’s going to explain this to my comrades!?)
I continued listening to her outrageous demands as I continued to the village.
“Okay listen here, definitely don’t bring up child making. I’m serious here! Especially not around Novem.”
May thought back.
“Novem? Ah, the one with her hair tied up, right? That child was quite a strange one. Your harem is filled with novelties, and that child’s especially so. I wonder what it is… I get the feeling I’ve met her somewhere before.”
What’s she talking about? That on my mind, I saw my comrades… Novem and the others at the entrance of the forest, entering in order to search for me, so I called out to them.
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After returning from the forest, I went to the chief’s house to give my report.
With sweat pouring down his face, he let out a deep sigh.
“Meaning a quilin isn’t coming to destroy out village?”
“Yes, I talked her out of it. She also said that as long as the forest’s balance wasn’t damaged any further, she’d stop at a threat.”
I couldn’t really go as far as to say that May was that specific quilin.
The three boys were currently locked in the village’s storehouse.
It seems that after returning, they had explained how they had angered a quilin, sending the village into chaos.
And naturally as it was, the village chief was blamed.
I had returned while he was thinking of a countermeasure, so that’s why I’m here.
“That’s a huge help. But how can we get the villagers to understand that… among them, there are some idiots petitioning to kill the three of them and offer them to the forest for forgiveness.”
Doing something like that held absolutely no meaning. Even if he explained that, the chief didn’t currently have the means to stop the panicking villagers.
I turned my eyes to the village’s money on the table.
And from the Jewel came the Third’s voice.
『Ah, I just thought up something nice.』
It definitely won’t be nice, I thought, as I touched the Jewel to ask for his explanation.
『It’s the best response for both you and the chief. You’ll need May’s assistance, but first do some trading with the chief.』
Perhaps thinking it interesting, the Sixth endorsed the idea.
『That does sound nice. Make your reward the report to the guild about your examination.』
The Fourth too.
『In exchange for not taking the reward money for the request. I was also thinking about it, but… if the situation really is this bad, I’m sure the chief will lend some power. What’s more, he’ll even owe us!』
The Fifth.
『I don’t want to involve May in your backroom dealings, but… there’s no helping it.』
The Seventh.
『There’s merit for all parties. Lyle… you’re doing a good deed. The chief will be accepted by the village, and you’ll be evaluated labyrinth-ready. Happiness for both sides.』
Just what exactly is going through their minds when they see the chief before my eyes desperately grasping for a solution…
But I couldn’t think of anything better to overcome the situation anyways.
“Chief, a little bit of your time.”
“What?”
And thus began the trade with the chief.
Oh boy! 3 AM!
(Thanks for the chapter!)
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May is er carefree?
ty for the chapter
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Thanks for the chap~
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Dem son, just bang her. It’s a sin to turn down such invitation for a sacred ritual from a sacred girl.
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Beside that, May give a big reveal, all sacred beasts are females! Got “catch” them all, Lyle!
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not sacred beasts, quilins, other species (what are the odds, that quilins are the only sacred beasts?) may or may not all be females, we don’t know yet.
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“I’d like to ask if you know what you’re saying. For the race you all refer to as sacred beasts, there’s no such thing as a male.”
I would like to ask how you understand this sentence as “only Quilins”?
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Perhaps because “the race” means only one? Otherwise it would have been “races”, right?
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Nice try. What is the subject? Quilins? Or sacred beasts? Quilins are not even mentioned in the sentence at all.
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All right, lets look back slowly at more of the direct passage:
[“Do you know what you’re saying? Go ask a male of your own species.”
She scoffed and…
“I’d like to ask if you know what you’re saying. For the species you all refer to as sacred beasts, there’s no such thing as a male. And I know about baby making, at least. Isn’t that why this human form exists? Ah, but… if you say that you’d prefer quilin form, even I’d be a little troubled here. Those sort of special hobbies are something I haven’t heard of until now.”]
As you can see, Lyle definitively sets the subject to Quilins. Given that, there is no error in logic reading that ‘the species’ she mentions is Quilins and the plural ‘sacred beasts’ only refers to the population of Quilins. Not saying it’s not a possibility that the author won’t turn around and say that other divine beasts like true dragons won’t all be females in this novel, but until there’s proof of that, there’s nothing wrong with saying only Quilins at this point. In fact, earlier on they were called ‘Dragon Mares’. If you want to speculate, then you could say that all dragons are divine beasts with male forms to match the Quilin female forms. That would still only make this refer to only quilins though.
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Why is no one mentioning that fact that humans sometimes eat Quilins! I mean if they can mate with humans you could call them a subspecies of humans. that means the ones eat them are cannibals.
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you realize she is an animal right?
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Now, now, everyone has their own behaviour in bed, so she likes it rough, nothing wrong with that.
:P
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Necrosis you realize necrophilia is a thing right?
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yep but I have necro phobia so it is impossible plus necrosis is a symptom of disease creating bacteria that eats flesh so it isn’t anything close to that
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I liked my own post XD
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“Since Fredricks isn’t here anymore, I might as well ask his descendent. Hey, want to make a child with me? If possible two? I really want five, mind you.”
I like her. She’s assertive. S-rank her Lyle! Asap!
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that feeling when the most progressed relationship in the harem is with a Quilin XD
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But remembering how much of a wimp he is, that sentence means nothing.
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So all those novel MCs are from a Harem Subspecies? That answers quite a few questions, I’m not sure which ones, but I’m certain they are answered now.
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Like why most are dense AF, it might be a mechanism to facilitate the gathering of harem members. If the Homo Haremus did pay attention to one girl from the start, that’d severely decrease his possibilities to build a harem.
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The awesomeness of this chapter can barely be contained!
Thank you for your translations Yorai-kun.
I can’t live without this daily dosage now.
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The biggest question is, will she pull carts?
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Noooooooooo, you can’t be having a cute girl pull the cart. Lyle is not Naofumi, the slave-driver!
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hey she was quite ready to do it that firo-chan XDD it´s the pride of her species the bigger and heavier the carriage the more prestige they have these strange chocobo look alikes :D
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The cause might be that fitoria is the hero of the carriage and her off sprints are envious on a genetic level.
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off springs??? i never heard of off sprints XD
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Threesome in the jewel and no one is crying. Damn lyle dont need to use any protection
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but she wants to have children so she wouldn´t agree to that
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true but maybe pregnant every is kinda harsh
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Sorry, wrong reply
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Why? No need her when we got Porter! :)
Wait Porter + Lyle(Seed) + May(this is destiny!) = Gundam Seed destiny! XD
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thx for the new chap
2:00 am yoraikun, i love to see updates at this hour they are great to read in breaks, (im a night shift manager)
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But making babies while 5 people are watching plus one of them is crying………
Thanks for the chapter :)
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lyles objectives
1. Learn all skills to get rid of the predecessors
3. time for snusnu
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I’d say “why not just take the jewel off?”, but let face it, with all the crazy he has in his group, he might need a skill or two to handle all that at once.
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taking the jewel off won´t work it´s linked with him the further he´s away from it the more mana is expansed for communicating with it was mentioned in an earlier chapter
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They would obviously all be joining in so there would be no crying. Wonder if Lyle could end up having even more children than the 5th with his harem lol.
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Im refering to the ancestors…………………
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I think Lyle would wait til they had finished passing on their skills and thus disappear from the jewel like the 1st and 2nd did. Unless for some reason Lyle awakened to exhibitionist.
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I… I thought you were saying he would do it together with the ancestors in the dream world…
….. I thought I was pure relative to the internet resident.
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Thanks for the chapter!
There needs to be order in this, Lyle, so go through them in the proper order…
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Is Novem the reincarnation of Agrippa? While Celes holds her skill with the gem?
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May is only around 80-90
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i think Novem’s household had married a quilin in the past, more possible…
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It could also be true that Novem’s house is of some other sacred beast, race and quilins interacted with them or something, since Novem is referred to as non-human constantly and is liked by non-humans etc.
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and maybe novem is of the same race as septem (that bitch inside celes)?
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Well they have to share some sort of connection
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Thanks for the chapter!! <3
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Why is it raining inside my house?!?! ;_;
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it’s the onion ninja fault, bro
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No it’s the piss ninja
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Golden Shower Ninja.
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May chan (*^ω^*)
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thanks a lot
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Thanks for the chapter!
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So I’m guessing after Lyle kisses all the girls and connects with them they are going to be able to enter his mind also and train with the ancestors..But that’s just my theory :O
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Hmm.. Interesting indeed
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A GAME(Novel) THEORY!!!
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Thanks for the chapter :D
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My guess is May will attack village and Lyle gonna show his harem can fight to stand still with May. Then chief will stop the fight by promising to keep balance in forest. May will fake satisfy with offer and leave.
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Thanks for the chapter.
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Thanks for the chapter. The whole conversation Lyle had with May, but especially this line: “Since Fredricks isn’t here anymore, I might as well ask his descendent. Hey, want to make a child with me? If possible two? I really want five, mind you.” brought a smile to my face. Plus the ancestors’ reactions helped turn this into a feel-good-happy chapter.
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You know Sevens Gaiden? I just imagined the protag being told “You see those horses? They’re your relatives.”
…:P
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Omfg! that completely slipped my mind. That would be funny to read, but I’m going to wait till Sevens ends before starting Gaiden.
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Thanks 4 the chapter!
Go Lyle! Help replenish the quilin numbers!
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May is awesome
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Thanks for the chapter.
Wait for May to boldly said about the ancestors to his harem members! XD
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well personality wise she seems nice but I am with Lyle on this one mating with an animal is just weird and the fifth is by far the worst ancestor out of the all he’s even giving the 8th a run for his money
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Bruh
as long as she’s in human form (and she’s cute — THIS IS AN IMPORTANTTRUTH) it’s fine
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I can fap to this
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So do Quillin only get daughters, or are all male children of the fathers species?
If you think about how only special bloodlines (mostly nobles) can use magic it makes you wonder if all of them have a Quillin in their ancestry.
At least the way May spoke about Agrissa disproved my theorie that she was a Quillin gone wrong.
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how old does human form May look like?
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It’s not the first time he’s done these kind of dealings and won’t be the last. Thanks for the chapter
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I some how imagine May looking a lot like Hestia.
TY for the chapter!
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Isn’t she blonde? or was it white haired?
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She has white hair, silvery perhaps
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pretty sure she was defined as white haired during childhood and then blond now (it seems that her human form hair is based on her mane), which makes sense, children tend to have brighter hair during early childhood
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Ohh wow
I was right in thinking that May would turn out to be likeable :>
Well it could still change in the future…
honestly among the current H members (excluding May), the only one I found pretty likeable is Monica.
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prediction : later he use the connection skill against celes in their fight so he could grasp her movement.
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he would have to get close enough to deep kiss her without knowing her movements and getting killed, gravely injured… also wouldn’t that give her same info about him?
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that being said, in case Celes ever becomes one of the good guys (for whatever reason), she could “prove” her intentions by forming connection with Lyle and sharing her thoughts and feelings.
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Or we made have another evil Brother Sister Tag. Lyle turn Evil because he kiss his sister.
They live happily ever after with Lyle harem growing with lots of male dead! XD
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may i mean
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Your saying the only way for lyle to win is gor him to french his sister? Sounds like a battle harem plot to me.
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wincest
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I love the culture shock in this chapter. Beast girl bringing in her own views on sex bring out golden comedic moments.
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reminds me of some crusader kings II mod (or patch) where one actually assign a horse as a lord of a domain heck you can even let your son (or daughter) to a horse
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small edit: *let your son or daughter marry to a horse
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just played millenium aigis sometime ago , somehow it made me remember this novel …strange
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Might be because we have pegasus knights in that game at least. Don’t know what May looks like but i’d love to have her in the army
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A quillin, or Kirin, is one of the legendary animals in japanese mythology. http://images.lmgtfy.com/?q=Kirin
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The pegasus knight thing was the closest thing I could think of that would make the impression of a kirin.
Ahaha, if it was in regards to May’s looks, I was referring to her human form.
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Check the anime the twelve Kingdoms, the quilin is key for the story, and if you liked read the novels
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Ah, may’s human form was described several chapters ago… think of her as a loli with big breasts, like Hestia from Danmachi. Add to that a horn (which she can hide at will), and you’re good to go
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…
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Finally caught up. I’ve read the entire series up to this point in the last few days. Was a very enjoyable ride. Definitely a top tier WN, and the translation quality appears to be quite good. Thank you.
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Thanks for the chapter!
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Looks like the ancestors could train all of his companions using Connection. I wonder if they ever will?
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Did anyone else besides me also take a spit take at the “let’s make babies!” Scene. Seriously I’m reading this while in bed and got spit on my pillow.
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May, Monica and Miranda are top 3 ..
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Thanks for the chapter!!
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michelangelo. heh.
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I was damn sure May would be the usual “You’re not him! I won’t acknowledge you (as his successor/my groom/whatever)” that opens up little by little seeing his bravery/kindness. I’m glad I was wrong. She’s much more interesting this way.
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All of this strange shlt being pointed out about Novem and he doesn’t seem to care other than being bewildered. I hope to God Novem is brainwashing him, because if he still trusts the harem building people manipulating slightly psychopathic Celes-acquainted girl without wanting any answers until plot demands it because he’s that big a blockhead, it’s a massive fail for this novel. That’s just some next level BS if it were so.
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