Agh! But asking about his gender was not the important thing right now. The important thing right now was trying to know about the village he came from and his tribe.
Even though he’s such a cutie that I want to squeeze and hug, I must resist and only pet his head.
“I can’t believe it; I’ve never seen a man look ….” Said Lucifer.
“G-Geez… Stop saying such hurtful things….” Sighed Syllis.
“Come on, guys, don’t point it out anymore… Syllis, you’re a beautiful man,” I said.
“Ahh… R-Really?” Asked Syllis while blushing.
“Yeah, you’re very strong too. I am glad you survived,” I said with a gentle smile.
The adorable rabbit boy smiled cutely at me.
“It wouldn’t have been without your help… I-I am forever indebted to you, Maria!” Said Syllis, as he held my hand and his eyes looked at me quite lovingly…
I blushed a bit because he got really close to me all of a sudden, which made Partner, Lucifer, and Emeraldine all grow rather envious. Even more, I even noticed Catarina furrowing her eyebrows for some reason.
“Oi, shrimp, don’t get ahead of yourself!” She said, suddenly surprising the trio as she was the one that ended up acting the most jealous.
“U-Uwah! S-Sorry…” Syllis apologized as he moved back to his seat.
“I am surprised Catarina did it for us.” Said Lucifer.
“Y-Yeah… Did she join us?” Wondered Emeraldine.
“I feel a sisterhood forming between her and me,” Said Partner.
“W-Why are you looking at me like that?!” Asked Catarina, getting all angry.
“Anyways! Let’s not go off-topic, please. Syllis, dear, can you give us… a brief explanation of how you ended up in that situation and what happened to your village?” I asked.
“Ah! Right… the village….” He sighed.
“Huh? Did it get… did something happen to your rabbit-kin?” I asked.
“Yeah… Around… four years ago,” Said Syllis.
Four years ago?! I wasn’t even reborn in this world… I was still the stupid Maria that didn’t remember her previous life and was doing dumb stuff that only made her an easier prey to the cunning aristocrats!
Everyone fell into silence. We really thought we could help, but if the entire thing might have happened such a long time ago…
“I originate from the brave Rabbit-kin Tribe. We named ourselves the Knife Fangs… Well, we used to… the village was suddenly attacked by giant black spiders four years ago, and many of us ended up spreading around the entire forest. I haven’t… seen my parents since then… I’ve already assumed they died,” He sighed.
“Spiders… Like the ones we just killed?” Asked Lucifer.
“Y-You killed spiders? The black spiders?! But magic nor our attacks could get through their shells… how is it possible for you to do that?” Asked Syllis in shock.
“Well, we are stronger than them,” I said.
It was that simple, really.
“S-Stronger than those monsters? Incredible… you’re all really amazing then! Ahh… Please! Can you help us out?” He asked.
“Help? But wouldn’t they all be dead by now?” Asked Catarina.
“You’re being a bit too harsh there,” Said Lucifer angrily.
“Since when has the prideful dragon been so soft?” Asked Catarina.
“You’re talking like you have known me all my life, child,” Said Lucifer.
“Okay, stop! Don’t fight! …Syllis, tell us more. What happened after you escaped from that attack?” I asked.
“I was able to regroup with a dozen of my people and even found my little sister that I was looking for so long… But my parents… I couldn’t find them… After what happened there, we made a little village near some ruins, where the monsters rarely went to for some reason….” Said Syllis.
“Are the rabbit-kin people still there?” I asked.
“Yes, they should be….” He responded.
“Then why are you away from them?” Asked Partner.
“Th-That’s because I went out to hunt for prey… we were starving. After surviving for four years with whatever we could find around the ruins, most of the things we could gather were gone, and we needed to go deeper into the spider-infected forest to find more food… But… it was too dangerous, so I often went myself to hunt small beasts or gather mushrooms and berries….” Said the boy.
“You?! Alone?!” I exclaimed.
“Well, there were three more boys my age… but the rest were mostly elderly or women… We didn’t want to make them risk their lives….” Sighed Syllis.
“I guess we’ll have to go pick them up,” I said.
“Please! I will do anything you want if you help them get out of this accursed forest… We should never have stepped in here as we traveled around these plains….” Sighed Syllis.
“We’ll do it!” I said as I petted his head.
He smiled adorably before hugging me.
“Thank you! Thank you! With your strength… I am sure that you might be able to do so… I will do anything you want after that… I-I can even… give you my body… I really don’t have anything else after all….” He said while blushing.
“Y-Your body?!” I exclaimed once again.
I realized I suddenly got all red as I began eyeing his slender and beautiful body.
Uwah, he was a snack now that I could see him well enough. He had such long and beautiful legs and even had some hips too… That chest was godly as well, and his face was so cute… I would devour such a cute boy! He shouldn’t really say such things to me!
…Especially because there are three very angered ones behind me.
“Y-You can save up your body for yourself!” Said Partner, hugging me from behind and pulling me away from the cute rabbit boy.
“Y-Yeah! There is no need to do that, Syllis… You’re a free man, don’t sell your body. That’s only something slaves do… and only when they’re forced,” Said Emeraldine.
“I-Indeed, I am sure you wouldn’t want to be with a ghost, right? You probably got a girl you like from your village,” Said Lucifer.
These guys were real smooth talkers.
“Maria is a ghost?! I couldn’t tell…” He said with surprise.
“Haha… Yeah, I am a spooky ghost! …But a good one,” I said.