Chapter 262: We Are Strong! The Strongest Companions Are All Gathered

I had thought the knight holding the capybara-crest shield was one of Lucia’s pranks, but there was a capybara girl walking knock-kneed over there, so that must be Baka.

Which means by process of elimination...

’Dura-san?’

’Yes. That’s right.’

’What is that?’

’It seems you were unable to recruit companions, so I will participate to make up the numbers.’

’Is that okay?’

’Yes.’

’What’s with that appearance?’

’Have you forgotten? Mecha-girl is my original form. I changed the shape of the armor.’

’I see. So you can do that kind of thing too.’

’Long-duration combat at full power is impossible, but for ordinary jousting with normal knights it should be possible without problem.’

’Thank you very much. Sorry for making you go out of your way for various things.’

’No, no. Because I cannot let everyone know that I am the control computer of a space battleship, please treat me as a different person from Dura.’

’Understood. Then what should I call you?’

’In that case, Duran. This way it sounds like a male name, and even if Masaharu-san calls me by the wrong name it can be covered up.’

’Understood.’

And so I held out my hand to the armored knight.

"Nice to meet you. Duran-san."

’I haven’t introduced myself yet.’

Ah. Crap, I messed up.

"Masaharu. Do you know this knight?"

"Ah, ah. Looking closely, it was an acquaintance knight, Duran."

"Indeed. My name is Duran Grudasiel. In the past I served Lord Sahar’s father. This time, upon learning that Lord Sahar would participate in the tournament, I hastened here to lend my strength. Because I have ugly battle scars on my face, I cannot show my bare face—please forgive me."

"No, not at all. I am Iria Nawayoru of Margolant. There is no one more reliable than an acquaintance of Masaharu. Lord Duran. I thank you for coming."

Gashi.

Iria and Duran shook hands.

I turned my face toward Fullru and appealed with my gaze "You’re also a companion fighting together so introduce yourself," but she looked the other way. Hmm. She should have started to develop a little sense of camaraderie with everyone, but maybe she still can’t act friendly toward a knight she’s meeting for the first time.

Apparently waiting for our self-introductions to finish, another unfamiliar knight came out in turn.

The knight was shorter than me but wider. He gave a stocky impression.

However, more than his build, the large ornament on his head stood out. A lock of golden hair like Esty-san’s tail was sticking out like a ponytail. Furthermore, the same kind of golden hair was hanging from both shoulders and covering his back like a mantle.

"Um, hello."

"..."

There was no reply.

For now I held out my hand for a handshake.

"Nice to meet you? I’m Ooi Masaharu."

"..."

There was no reply. Can he not speak?

The fact that he’s here means he’ll cooperate, right?

"I am Iria Nawayoru of Margolant. Please treat me well."

"..."

Even when the honorable knight Iria introduced herself, the mysterious knight did not reply.

Fullru not greeting is usual so that’s fine, but who is this silent knight? Just as I was thinking that—

"Ah. Yes. If the two of you don’t understand, then it’s fine. We’ll also participate to make up the numbers."

"Esty-san?"

"Yes. I effectively used the gold coins I received this morning."

"Is that helmet ornament a tail?"

"Yes. I don’t know how it works inside the armor, but when I tried to bring them outside from the head and shoulders, I could."

"I see."

"Inside the armor I’ve also extended two tails as cushioning material, so I can use the power of five tails in total. I don’t think I’ll lose to ordinary knights, but against A-rank knights there’s no way I can win. So please think of it as making up the numbers."

"Thank you very much. That’s a big help."

"Please call me Steisan or something."

"I see. Easy to call—that helps."

Iria: Strong, so there’s not much need to worry.

Fullru: Even if she gets injured she just wants a cock in her anus, so there’s no need to worry.

Dura-san: From the start a cheat existence that needs no worry. According to her, even in the worst case if she’s completely destroyed the main body is far away in space so there’s nothing to worry about.

Esty-san: Even if she unluckily encounters a strong enemy she can just surrender, and even if attacked in the worst case if she goes all out there’s no worry of being killed (however the moment she goes all out there’s a fear that all the knights will turn into enemies).

In other words, the strongest members who need no worry have been gathered.

A high elf, a former youngest A-rank knight in history, a space-fleet flagship android, a nine-tailed fox.

No matter what kind of opponent becomes the enemy, I don’t feel like I’ll lose...!

"We are strong!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

No one joined in.

"I wanted to create a sense of unity?"

"You want to create it with erotic butt-fucking? Masaharu. That kind of thing in the middle of the day is a bit..."

The pink-brained elf is making outrageous mishearings.

She seems quite frustrated. Tonight I’ll thoroughly fuck her anus.

"Beaver!"

"「「Beaver!」」"

I forced a sense of unity. Fullru also beavered in a small voice.

"It’s good that five people are gathered, but what about Duran and Steisan’s mounts?"

"Ah. Thanks to Lucia-sama’s kindness, we will ride divine beasts."

"Eh? Divine beasts?"

Pakara, pakara.

As if timing it perfectly, two horse-like creatures emerged from the shadow of the bus carriage.

Or rather, they looked like oversized capybara stuffed animals with their legs stretched out.

To put it bluntly, the sense of incongruity is extreme...

I feel like I’m seeing an Arctic hare for the first time.

"Kaka, Pipi... Why that appearance..."

"Hihiin, ka?"

"Hihiin, deshu!"

"Your neighing is terrible. This is bad. An outrageous combat force has been gathered..."

With just these two strangely appearing horse-likes, couldn’t they annihilate the knights of not just this country but the entire world...?

"Participating as gods is unfair after all, so for now please stick to ordinary horse abilities."

"Understood, ka?"

"Understood, deshu!"

At any rate.

Mofu.

For now I tried hugging them. I see. Because they were originally stuffed animals it feels nice.

Mofu...

After that we formed a circle in the open space and had lunch while talking about the events of the morning.

Somehow two children who look similar to the capybara girls and beaver girls but are slightly different have increased, but Lucia must have brought them from somewhere again. If I care I’ve already lost.

The new faces are smaller than the capybara girls and somehow have thin tails growing.

After lunch it’s leisurely lounging nap time.

I stroke the transformed Lucia—commonly known as Capybara-chan—together with Rui.

"Ah. That’s right. Rui, did you check your status?"

"Yes. Capybara-chan taught me earlier. I also looked at the skills, and they’re amazing."

"Oh. Were there any good cheat-level ones?"

"Yes. I don’t know the effects, but they’re amazing. I was Saintess Lv2."

"Saintess...?"

Seijo. I only get a bad feeling.

"Yes. Surely it defeats monsters with holy power."

"Is that really a saintess...?"

"Yes."

"Is the ’sei’ really ’holy’?"

"Eh?"

"It was a skill rather than a job that had Saintess, right?"

"Y-Yes."

’Lucia. Is Rui a saintess?’

’She’s a sex girl.’

’As expected... Because she died from anal masturbation, of course she’s a sex girl. Belatedly, what are the effects of my Sex Warrior and Rui’s Sex Girl?’

’Interest in sexual things wells up.’

’And then?’

’Eh?’

’Eh?’

’No, look, skills have other effects too, right?’

’...Eh? No?’

’...Seriously, just interest in sexual things wells up?’

’Unn.’

’Then my current Sex Knight simply means I’m erotic?’

’Unn. Extremely erotic.’

’...’

I see. A shit skill. But I’ll leave it.

If I delete this skill and lose my sexual desire it would be a disaster.

"That aside, Rui. Do you know what race the newly increased children who look like capybara girls are?"

"Aren’t they nutria?"

"Nutria? I’ve heard of them, but what are they?"

"They’re a type of rodent that lives by rivers. Not as big as capybaras, but pretty large."

Rui moved both hands in a circle and drew a size about that of a puppy.

"Capybara, beaver, nutria. The giant rodent lineup is complete!"

Capybara girls: no tails.

Beaver girls: large flat tails.

Nutria girls: long thin tails.

They’re all similar beastmen like this. Regarding these three types, I can somewhat understand why they get lumped together as mixed-breeds because they resemble each other so much. For the time being, if the need arises to call them collectively I’ll call them rodent girls.