Case 116: In search of entertainment. (Ranka Arc Start)

Case 116: In search of entertainment. (Ranka Arc Start)

Our destination for this journey is far, very far.

If the trip to Xeno took about ten days, then this one would take twenty. It's not so much about the distance, although it is indeed farther, but it's mainly about the terrain.

Now, most of the land itself is plains and simple forests, which are not difficult to traverse, but there are also stupid geographies like swamps and deserts as well, just to annoy car users like us.

It's been five days since our journey started, and we're now going through a desert. Needless to say, everyone is bored out of their minds. There's literally nothing to do, except play card games, board games, singing, verbal games, internet games, and many more. The problem is, we've already done all of those.

So now almost everyone is doing their things in silence, be it sleeping or meditating, excluding me and Liana.

''Do we have anything to do...?'' Liana, who's back hugging me, asks absentmindedly.

''It's the fifth time you've asked that, you know?'' I reply.

And haven't you been massaging my breasts since earlier? Are they worth nothing now? Is that it?

''Take your hands off.'' I frown, slapping her hands on my breasts.

''Hey, don't get mad. I'm sorry, alright?'' She hugs me even tighter, showering my neck and cheek with kisses. ''At least tell me what I did wrong?''

Tch.

''...Nothing.''

Hearing that, she smiles brightly and continues to grope me once again.

''Hah... Oh.'' Liana suddenly exclaims. ''Another sandworm.''

Following her gaze, I can see a giant sandworm swimming through... Well, the sand, in the distance, they've been a reoccurring character for a while now.

It was pretty creepy at first, seeing such grotesque creatures suddenly jump at you from a distance, but the jumpscares got stale pretty quickly.

Liana pulls out the D.E. that I gave her earlier and aims at the sandworm.

clack

skrrt

BANG

The bullet hits the sandworm right in its head, then a huge explosion erupts when I snap my finger.

''Another headshot.'' Liana grins triumphantly.

clap clap clap

''Wow~'' I give her an 'enthusiastic' applause.

'''' ... ''''

Fuck, I'm bored.

''Let's just watch anime.'' I propose.

''Yeah, I'm sure there are still good ones out there.'' Liana puts the D.E. away and begins squeezing my breasts again. ''I'm tired of those isekai stuff.''

''I see. We'll have to thank Archbishop Henry later, then.'' Tina replies.

''Maybe give him some dragon blood?'' I stroke Anna's head and add.

''Perfect gift.'' Liana chuckles.

I'm pretty sure we're considered 'hostile' to the dragons anyway after I threw their diplomat out of the window that day. So might as well suck some of their blood out for Tina and Anna so they can extend their lifespan. We got Santa Claus and Fox Saint here for backups, so we need not fear some small fry dragons.

''Hmm... Can we ask for the Beast King's help if we were to fight the dragons?'' Tina raises her eyebrow.

''Is the cat-kin clan a part of the government here in the first place?'' Liana interjects.

''I think so.'' I reply. ''So probably yes. The support stuff.''

''That's good, at least.'' Liana says.

Ranka as a whole is not exactly a country, it's just a region of beast-kin clans. The one Ranka government, ruled by the Beast King, claims all the clans in the region as its states, but there are still clans that swear independence. There were even civil wars happening a few years back as well.

It's a mess, basically.

''Woah!''

The car suddenly stops following Justia's scream, almost sending me flying face-first into the seat in front of me.

''What's wrong?!'' I poke my head into the front row.

''Um... There's a kid blocking our car.''

Following her hand pointing forward, I can indeed see a young girl with brown bear ears standing in front of the car, arms wide.

''Huh?''

Is this a robbery?

No, the girl looks too well-off for that to be true, and she's alone as well. What the hell?

The girl in question excitedly runs around the car to the window near me and knocks on it.

''Do we open?'' I ask.

''Why not. Worst case, I'll just punch her away.'' Liana shrugs.

How violent.

Seeing that nobody has any opinion anymore, I lower the window. The girl's face immediately turns even more excited.

''Um! Miss Elf!'' She looks straight at me.

''Me?'' I point to myself.

''Yes! Would you like to put your giant breasts to good use?!'' She points to my breasts.

'''' ... ''''

What the fuck??