“If that’s true, then that’s how it’s going to be. Dragons are a greedy bunch. If they get you in their sights… it’s no laughing matter, you know,” Cthulhy continued.
Glenn thought that he was in deep trouble.
He wondered if he had indeed done something serious, and if he had gone too far, saying something unnecessary. However, he hadn’t had any other words he could have used to persuade Skadi at the time. He had intended to do everything in his power as a doctor to save her. As such, Glenn hadn’t a single regret about the words he had ended up using to persuade her.
Nevertheless, his lack of regret had absolutely nothing to do with how to get him out of his current situation.
“Big brother,” said Skadi.
“Miss Skadi, for now at least quit it with the big brother stuff… I beg you,” Glenn replied.
“Dr. Glenn! What about our promise?!” cried Sapphee.
“We’ll go, don’t worry. F-for now, how about the three of us—”
“No!”
Glenn fell silent at the strong rebuttal that came from both sides of him. He had no idea what he should do, but when he saw the fierce look in Sapphee’s eyes, he wasn’t confident any of his words would reach her.
“U-um, Lady Draconess, while I did tell you to do what you wanted… This is far too, well—how should I put it—bold… and I’m not exactly sure what I should do…” Kunai said, looking unusually flustered. She had a pale complexion to begin with, but now her face appeared downright ashen. Unfortunately, Glenn was just as much at a loss as she was.
“You sure are being pulled in every direction. Nothing’s better than being popular, is it?” Cthulhy said, stifling a yawn as if to say it was someone else’s problem—although Glenn had to admit it really didn’t concern her. He thought it was big talk coming from Cthulhy, considering she had more than enough tentacles to be pulled in any direction she wanted.
“Dr. Cthulhy, please give me your advice,” Glenn said.
“I see. Well, in that case I’ll give you a good idea,” Cthulhy replied, lifting a tentacle from her octopus pot and beckoning Glenn over. “Stand both of them up and come sleep with me. That would earn you full marks.”
“Ab-so-lute-ly not!” Sapphee cried. Her tail started to go berserk. Making her escape, Cthulhy squeezed her whole body down into the octopus pot.
Glenn glanced over to Skadi. Skadi was smiling happily, as though she was simply enjoying some mischief. He had heard her say she hated war, but it seemed she had absolutely no qualms about attempting to lure Glenn into breaking his previous promise to Sapphee. Glenn desperately racked his brain for a way to pacify Skadi and go shopping together with Sapphee.
Both Skadi and Sapphee had scales.
The problem Glenn now faced was how he could get through the situation without ruffling either of their scales. It was a problem far greater than any test he had taken in his years at the Academy.
But the one who would grade him, Cthulhy, was happily asleep inside her octopus pot.
***
No one knew.
The heart that had been excised from Skadi was soaked in liquid medicine and preserved in the Central Hospital. This mysterious tumor was an important specimen. Cthulhy planned to use the tumor to identify its cause and do research on ways to, if possible, prevent a similar disease from occurring in the future.
But something happened one night.
The tumor began to tremble and quiver.
It changed into a mollusk-like shape and skillfully opened the lid of the jar it was stored in. Using the small opening that it had created, it slipped out of the jar.
With a splat, the thing fell to the floor.
There was no longer any trace left of the heart that had haunted Skadi—the transparent blue object jiggled its body back and forth and made its way toward the city of Lindworm.
No one knew.
No one knew that the thing had escaped. Or where the thing would go.
No one knew anything about it. Yet.
AFTERWORD
Hello, it’s me, Origuchi Yoshino.
A manga adaption is in the works! How fantastic!
People have often left reviews about this series saying, “I bought this by accident and thought it was manga,” and “this book would be better as a manga, anyway,” but it appears that, one way or another, plans are moving forward on a manga adaptation!
At the time of writing this afterword, I still don’t know what’s going to end up happening, but I am praying that everything goes smoothly and that it’s a huge success.
Now then, for my acknowledgments.
To my editor Hibiu-san. As always, I appreciate all of your support. I feel guilty for having you work on so many things at once, now including the plans for the manga adaption. I hope you’ll be able to ride this momentum and find your way to the end of the manga adaption process.
To the illustrator who has continued to work through volumes one, two, and now three—Z-ton-san! Memé is just so, so, cute I just don’t know what to do with myself. Speaking of Z-ton-sensei’s impressive one-eyed illustrations, their power was even enough to awaken my editor to the cuteness of one-eyed girls. Thank you so very much! And of course I’m at an absolute loss for words for the color illustration of the three girls. Their girls’ night chat is just sooooo cute! (My vocabulary needs work.)
And to Shake-O-sensei for your comments! You’ve been drawing pictures of my work and posting them on Twitter ever since the first volume. Now the long-awaited debut of Memé Redon that you asked for has come. I suggest you all read Nurse Hitomi’s Monster Infirmary— it’s a masterpiece! Look, world—behold the beauty of one-eyed girls!
Thanks to all of the other writers who always hang out with me. Thanks to my family, who are always innocently providing me material for my stories. Thanks to all of the proofreaders who never fail to point out even the smallest of my mistakes. And more than anything, my biggest thanks to all of you for reading my book.
I even snuck some hints at what’s coming in the next volume in here, so it’ll be rough if volume four never comes out. Especially for me.
What monster girls will appear? Stuff like fairies and alraune! And that amorphous blob thing, too!
—Origuchi Yoshino
About the Author, Yoshino Origuchi
It’s been exactly a year since the first volume was released.
I can’t hide my surprise that a light novel targeting an extremely niche demographic has made it to its third volume during this publishing recession. Not only that, a North American release is scheduled to be published, and a manga adaption is currently being planned!
Surely this means the age of the monster girl is not far on the horizon. Best wishes to all who are not human.
About the Illustrator, Z-ton
Lately I’ve been building up muscle in the upper part of my pecs and my shoulders.
This is because monster girls are physically strong by nature, and I need to build up my strength if I want to keep up with them!
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