Reject Humanity, Return to Monke

Moving through the now less-populated camp, we finally arrived at the East entrance where Typhial was waiting with her wings flapping up and down as she waited with a pout on her face. When she saw us coming, her face lit up as she restrained herself from soaring towards us. Instead, she approached us with formal steps, her wings flapping every so often.

"Finally, you arrive." Her face was stern as she glared at me, her soft features hardening as she turned around. "Follow me, I'll show you the ropes."

"I'll be leaving then-ta!" Reia saluted cheerfully before she turned around as well before bolting off towards the tent of Oshurkova. "Lady Oshurkova's duties may require some help-ta!"

And with that, the skimpy maid turned a corner and vanished from our vision. Looking back to the front, I noticed Typhial was shivering slightly.

"Uh… Typhial, are you okay?" When she didn't give me a response, I approached her warily as her shivers became more pronounced. It didn't take too long for the shivering to transform into shaking. It was then I felt an aura that gave me chills deep in my spine. I froze up and couldn't help but stare at the harpy in horror.

"That damned maid thinks she can take the time of my precious Lady…" Typhial's dark whispers of rip and tearing entered my ears as she wished death and torture upon the skimpy maid.

'Holy shit… I just stumbled upon a real-life yandere!' I had to force myself not to blurt that out lest the very-obvious yandere turn her wrath upon me. I'm not saying that I cannot defeat her, but I'm sure that she's way more experienced than I am that she could probably beat my ass and hang it out like a rag after said beating.

It took a few moments for the enraged harpy to calm down and steady herself. She then turned around and addressed me with the sweetest smile I could have ever seen in my entire life.

"Sorry for that. Shall we continue?" Feeling my very life threatened by the smile she was giving me, I quickly nodded and off the both of us set towards the forest.

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We walked into the forest in complete silence. Typhial had already cooled down into a friendly standard as she led me through the forest she had already scouted the day before.

"Look, sorry you had to see that side of me earlier." She broke the silence as she stopped in place, her body turning to face me. "I normally have that under wraps, but that side of me is already an open secret among our group, so they, more specifically Reia, try to coax it out of me whenever they can."

"It's fine." I shook my head as she gave me a smile, not that kind of sickeningly sweet smile earlier. No, a genuine smile, although it quickly became sickeningly sweet again as her pupils turned into pinpricks, her facial features forming those of an unhinged, female young adult.

"Although if you try and lay a hand on Lady Oshurkova… I don't know what I'd do…" She said this in the most sing-song tone possible, which honestly, sent more chills down my bones and my spine.

"Crystal clear." I gave her an okay sign with my fingers and she dropped the topic. Her previously pinprick pupils enlarged once more as she took on a normal, female young adult look.

"Great!" She clapped her hands as she gave me another genuine smile. Turning around once more, the both of us continued with our search for any drops around the forest. If I'm not mistaken, we've already been walking for about an hour, so we're pretty much a distance away from our own camp.

"I'll fly up and look for any beacons. Stay here, and don't move." A good 30 minutes into our walk after the hour spent on walking away from the camp, Typhial suddenly spoke aloud as she regarded me with her stern gaze. I nodded and she took off, her wings generating wind enough to make my fur, and the leaves hanging on the trees to rustle harshly.

I looked up, trying to see her figure through the tree line, but wasn't able to tell how thick the foliage was. Refraining from continuing a lost cause, I climbed a tree and rested myself on the tree branch to hide myself in case another Dungeon Master not affiliated with our group decides to move through here.

It was about a few minutes later that I heard a rustle from the tree line above. A few seconds later, I saw Typhial flying downwards as she slowed her descent into a crawl and landed safely, her feet touching the ground as she skidded about a few meters.

I dropped down from my perch and landed a few meters next to her. She tensed and readied her weapons, a short sword she had sheathed on her waist now sitting comfortably in her grip. Once she got a good look at the offender, she sighed and sheathed the sword back in its sheath.

"Sorry." I had the decency to apologize for surprising the battle-hardened harpy, which I was sure was a bad decision on my part.

"Don't surprise me like that next time. If I didn't get a good look at you, I could've injured you right here and now." She sighed as she shook her head. "Anyway, disregarding this blunder, I've found a drop. It isn't too far from here, probably a 20-minute jog."

"I can run, and not be out of breath when we arrive." I supplied, my hands tapping both of my meaty legs as I stretched them both out.

"Good. I'll run with you until we can get into a clearing I found in our direction. From there, I'll fly and scout the area around the drop and wait for you. Sounds good to you?"

"Pretty much." I nodded and braced myself for an upcoming jog.

"Alright, let's go." Both I and Typhial jogged in the direction where she found the supply drop. It wasn't long until we found the clearing she was talking about, and she took off, using the jog as a boost for her takeoff. Looking at the direction of her flight, I grinned once I saw what was lying in wait.

'Well, giant trees? Don't mind if I do.'