
“Aisha, isn't it time you stopped pouting?”
“Hmph!” Aisha flatly rejected Kaleesh's suggestion. Clearly, it was Alhazred who was wrong here, not Kaleesh.
Even so, Aisha was still a child. Anyone, even adults or adventurers, will most likely lose control of their bladders when faced with a dragon full of anger. There's no shame.
“How about this..” said Kaleesh, removing apple-like fruit from its storage. “Fruits of the Celestial Realm. Would you like to?" These fruits were dropped by monsters in the range of levels 100 to 120. Such fruits could be found easily in the Heavenly Realm, and eating them would cause players to continue recovering food points over time for a short period of time. It is one of the most valuable foods in the game.
AMO has a food status that represents how full a character is. If it dropped below a certain level, it would give a punishment to their abilities that would get worse as they got hungrier. At very low levels, characters can be exposed to status effects such as Vertigo, Hunger, or Enervation, and if exhausted completely, they can even starve to death. That is a very important stat—unless your character is one of the species that does not need to eat at all.
You can't really taste the food in the game. Food items have ratings that should reflect their taste, but what affects them is how many food points they recover and what buffs they will give you. Heavenly Fruit was ranked 6th, so in theory, it should taste quite good.
The fruit is ripe and juicy, filling the air with a seductive sweet aroma. Aisha could not stop her eyes from sparkling at the sighting. “Oh...” he gasps, drools. But then he held back. “T-No! you can't fool me! You tried to win my heart with food!”
“Hah,” Kaleesh laughs. “That's what you said, but your body inevitably has to be honest. You want this, don't you, Aisha?”
“Nhhh...” Aisha groans. "me..."
“So...” says Kaleesh. “So, you don't want it at all." He attempted to return the fruit to its storage when Aisha, trembling, opened her mouth to interrupt.
“Mau..” murmured.
Kaleesh's hearing was good enough to understand what he was saying, but seeing Aisha squirming like that gave rise to his sadistic side. "Hmm?" she said. “What was that, Aisha?”
“I... i... I want it!” he said, agitated as he spoke. “T-Please give it to me, Mistress!”
Kaleesh. "Good boy!" she said. “This is your wage. Make sure you enjoy it.” She reached out the fruit with a dazzling smile on her face, feeding Aisha by hand.
“Te-Thank you!” said Aisha. “Mpff... Gulp!” She bit him greedily, juice dripping onto his cheeks as he chewed. "Oh wow!" he stated. “This... It's so delicious! Very nice, Madam!”
He's so funny like that. For a moment, Kaleesh was at a loss for words. Does the fruit really taste good? Curious, he tried to bite her himself. The skin is nice and crisp. It tastes good to bite, and the fleshy fruit tastes good in its mouth. A series of bewildering flavors appeared in his mouth as he chewed, leaving behind a scrumptious remnant of flavor.
"Yes!" Kaleesh agrees. "That's pretty good!"
“Yeah...” Aisha babbling. "That was amazing! If you continue to give me that delicious food, soon I will not be satisfied with the others.”.
“Hah,” says Kaleesh. “Do not be silly. You can eat that fruit every day if you want.” This was indeed a bit time consuming, but once a player reached a high enough level, obtaining as many Heavenly Fruit as they wanted was an easy matter. They were always in high demand in the player market by low level characters who could not get their own, so many high level players gathered large amounts of inventory to sell for spending money. Young had filled his storage box to its limit with food and potions, to the point that he had a large pile of Heavenly Fruits. Thanks to his efforts, Kaleesh has more food than he can eat. It is a symbol of comfort.
“I'm not being silly!” said Aisha. “That's the best thing I've ever felt! Thank you very much, Madam!” His face finally smiled widely again, making Kaleesh relieved. All she wanted was to make Aisha happy.
"really?" Kaleesh asked.
“But we just started. I'll give you such a delicious meal that you can't even imagine it.”
“O-Oh... I don't know..” Aisha refused. “It looks like it would be a waste for me..”
Kaleesh gently shook his head. "Absolutely not. You are my servant, Aisha! And friend! You are precious to me.”
Aisha trembled without a sound. He pressed his hands against his face, trying to hold back the silly smile that spread across his face, but to no avail. "Yes madam!" she said. Everything that belongs to me is yours!
“Gosh...” says Kaleesh. “You don't have to force it, Aisha. Honestly!"
"Yes madam!" reset Aisha. “I freely offer all of myself to you!”
“It...just the same..” Aisha is just beaming.
The two walked through the treacherous Meadow Forest, raving with each other cheerfully about various things. They are completely without burden. To anyone who looked, they must have looked like the most stupid person in the forest. That includes those who follow them, who approach and approach, lulled with the thought that they are unfortunate prey. But it was a trap.
Kaleesh "mapped" his victims, stalking them as if they thought they had the upper hand.
"Welcome" he whispered. “It's a pleasure that you can join us.”
*
Bandits Hebrai and Gladd are both former mercenaries. They were once the captains of the scouting team and were quite confident in their abilities. As first-rate scouts, they could use various techniques to hide their presence and magic power from detection. Hebrai have almost supernatural senses, and Gladd has a keen sense of danger that helps him avoid traps.
"What do you think?" ask Hebrai. The two followed the girls from a distance of several hundred meters. Aizen had asked them to investigate the northern area of the hideout, and they did not take long to realize their presence.
“Well, they are obviously idiots,” Gladd reply. “The girl was a child, and the others..I don't know, nobility? Royal family? Maybe something more luxurious? Oooh, I hope he cries when I force myself— Ouch!” Gladd let his lust in the beautiful girl and got over her, so Hebrai beat her.
“Quiet,” said. “Do you think this could be a trap? Who wears a dress in the woods like this?”
"No ideas. I didn't see any. Whaddya think? You're better at recognizing things than I am.” Gladd's loyalty is to his work first, and next to his lust . He is not the type of person who likes to take shortcuts in dangerous jobs, and he also does not tend to be bottomless optimists. He based his judgment on cold, hard-to-believe facts.
“No one around,” Hebrai said. “I don't think this is an ambush.” “So they just sit around. My bahayaku feelings also didn't warn me about anything..”.
“In case something goes wrong, I will catch their attention.you report what happened to the base. Same as usual.”
Gladd nodded. He glanced at the girl like a lustful beast. Hebrai kept a flat face, but internally, he thought the same thing. That girl is almost very pretty. Both men find it hard to resist.
“Oi!” Gladd yells. "You're there!"
The girl turned to look at him, a grin on her face. "Hello!" she said. “I've been waiting for you.”
The meaning of those words is clear. Everything was set from a high place. This is a trap. The girl had noticed their presence and was waiting for them to attack.
“Hah! What can two girls do to us? Try whatever you want, but we will still do what we want!”
Even if they were led into a trap, Gladd and Hebrai were elite scouts. Gladd's words were rash, but his actions were taken into account. He had already turned around, preparing to flee at high speed.
Of course Hebrai knew this. His job is to keep his attention to himself. “Quiet, Gladd!” he said while silently brandishing one of his smoke bombs. Then he shouted, “Now!” At his cue, Gladd started running. But...
“Go so fast? Ah, don't be like that. You guys came all this way! You guys should stay and play with us for a while.”
He can't escape.
“A-What exactly..?” the elf girl muttered. The bandits echoed his thoughts.
"What the fuck?"
"Hey! Women! What are you doing?!"
They're in the woods, right? But then, what happened to the trees? All they could see in front of them, as far as their eyesight, was a blank white void. Behind them was a precipitous cliff blocking their exit. Their perception of the world is distorted. What their senses show cannot be reality. Under these circumstances, they had no hope of escaping.
The girl grinned. “Tell me,” said. "What do you think?" Her charming smile was the last thing the two men saw.
***