Rowan, who had now been turned into a 'dusky' himself, sighed silently.
*Even worse luck. But... Burgeon is actually pretty fun.*
...
The Desert.
"So you came to find me?" the Scarlet King asked the forest prince before him.
"That's right. My mom's been looking at me funny these past few days. I want to stay at your place for a bit. Don't worry, I'm very capable."
"In that case, forget it. I'd rather just feed you for a few days. My High Priest still has a *very* strong opinion of you from your last visit."
"It's fine. If he has an opinion, he has an opinion. I don't care."
"But *he* cares."
"Fine. I won't ask for any men this time. I'll just go play by myself."
"...You should probably still take someone with you."
"My destructive power isn't *that* great, is it?"
"The desert ecosystem is already fragile. I'm afraid you'll pull some big stunt."
"Is my reputation really that bad?"
"I wouldn't know. It's all based on word of mouth. Your reputation is whatever they say it is."
Rowan fell into deep thought.
Rowan settled down in the Scarlet King's palace and asked a handsome 'dusky':
"Hey, are there any giant beasts or demon gods in your desert? The kind that harm people."
The handsome 'dusky' replied:
"I think there is one. I hear in the west of the desert, there's a Gorgon who often harms people. They say any creature that looks into her eyes turns to stone."
Rowan's eyes lit up the moment he heard this.
"A Gorgon!
!
!"
The handsome 'dusky' was a bit startled.
"...Yes..."
"Is she beautiful?"
"... (His focus is a bit different, he thought, but still answered) I hear she's incredibly seductive."
"Where is she?
I'm going to go take her... life."
"I don't know."
"Forget it. I'll find out myself."
...
Rowan held up a long, thick, sharp-tipped wooden spear. He adopted the pose of an ancient Greek sculpture and threw it. The pose was beautiful, the wooden spear was thick, long...
Rowan looked at the Gorgon, who was now pinned to the ground by the wooden spear and vines.
She had the upper body of a human and the tail of a snake. Her hair was made of countless snakes, and her beautiful face was extremely seductive. She was quite pretty. And now that she was bound, her full figure was even more pronounced, constantly exuding temptation. It was just that her head of snakes was disgusting.
At home, Rowan had to hold back. But for this kind of creature, now that she was captured...
"My little ancestor, are you planning to take your big sister's life?" the snake demoness cooed in a bewitching voice.
Rowan felt speechless. He hadn't even done anything yet. He first used a Dendro construct to cover her eyes before he dared to look at her and speak.
"Oh my, you like to play this way?
How exciting. I mean, your body is already so strong, and you still play like this... Aren't you afraid your big sister won't be able to take it?"
"Is this how you lure people?"
"What?
Don't you like it?
By the way, you're not really going to take my life, are you?
Sister is begging you, okay?
Sister will let you do anything... *anything*... at all." Her seductive voice grew heavier, enough to make one blush.
But Rowan knew how wicked this thing was. She was cunning. Rowan's original idea was to play with her a bit before killing her. Now he just wanted to kill her. But seeing her like this... maybe he should spare her life?
"Little brother, is your heart moved?
Then hurry and jump into sister's embrace. Also, can you undo this thing? It hurts so much, sister."
"Little... bro... ther." Rowan's face gradually darkened. He seemed to be plotting something unpleasant. *You're* the little brother.
"By the way, what's with your eyes?"
"As long as you let sister go, sister will tell you. Not only tell you, but I'll give my entire self to you, no problem."
Rowan pulled a sharp wooden stick from his pants... but then remembered she couldn't see. So he just made the vines binding her tighten.
"Ah!
Don't!
That hurts!"
"Talk. Or I'll let you experience what 'perverted' really means. The 'unspeakable' kind of perverted."
Rowan decided to fight poison with poison. *She wants to get lewd?*
*Who's afraid of whom.*
Rowan's vines wrapped around her body, not missing a single angle, binding every single snake on her head.
"It hurts! Stop! Sister will tell you everything!"
Rowan stopped his actions, 'pah'-ing in his heart. *Softie.*
"It's a curse from the heavens above. I was once the most beautiful woman on this continent. She stole my beauty..."
"Who are you kidding?"
"I was too reckless and got cursed."
"That's more like it. If you die, will this curse remain?"
"I can't die."
"Then why were you afraid I'd kill you just now?"
"Who wants to die for no reason?"
Suddenly, the Gorgon felt a sharp pain.
"It hurts!
Brother, be gentle!"
Rowan felt a little sick. *Like this, I can't bring myself to do it.*
"I think I'll let you see your current situation."
Rowan removed the blindfold.
The Gorgon opened her eyes wide and saw that her head and body were separated.
"Ahhhhhh! O(≧口≦)O
What are you doing?!
Put me back!
!
!
Hurry, or I'll go cold!"
"Don't worry, you won't. And shut your mouth. Or I'll make your body a part of mine. You should know I have that ability."
The Gorgon recalled his terrifying ability that seemed to devour all things, and a cold sweat broke out.
"According to your description, you originally had a human-like body, right? If you make me happy, I might just build one for you."
"Really?" The Gorgon's eyes instantly lit up, as if they held stars. It was just that no one dared to look at them.
"I can consider it."
"Geez, I've never tried it with just my mouth before..."
...
"Ahhhhh!
You ate my body!"