I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Chapter 15 [Yohaka, Take a Bath]

In some region of an ancient forest.

A hunter clad in Rathalos armor looked around at the marks left by sharp weapons and the huge footprints, and said:

"It seems that the Dragon Slayer passed through this location..."

The Palico, dressed in a male Rathalos Palico outfit, looked at the footprints left by the female Rathalos and the remains of a herbivorous dragon not far away and said:

"Hmm, it seems that the Dragon Slayer is still chasing after that female Rathalos, meow..."

The hunter, dressed in Rathalos armor, looked in the direction of Scylla Town and said:

"This is bad... If Zhanlong keeps chasing like this, he'll eventually get to the vicinity of Scylla Town."

The companion cat nodded and said:

"Yeah, meow. With the Dragon Slayer's relentless and aggressive nature, it might chase you to the ends of the earth. The problem can only be solved if the female Rathian being chased is defeated or its direction is reversed."

The hunter, clad in Rathalos armor, gazed at the distant forest and sighed, saying:

"I really hope that female Rathalos can fly in a different direction, otherwise if it gets hunted down, I'm a little worried that the Dragon Slayer might chase the female Rathalos's corpse all the way to the town of Kusla."

The companion cat said with an indifferent expression:

"As long as no one gets hurt, meow. If that dragon slayer dares to chase us all the way to Kusla town, the anti-flying dragon ballistae on the city walls will give it a good beating, meow."

"Hopefully, but we must speed things up and try to defeat the dragon before it reaches Scylla Town."

The companion cat shrugged and said:

"I don't care, you're the boss, I'll listen to you, meow."

...in the town of Kusla...

In Milia's bathroom, Milia and Yuhaka were together. The two little girls were taking a bath, both of them completely naked. While Milia was washing Yuhaka's hair, who was making a comfortable sound, she was curiously looking at Yuhaka's tail.

"Uh... this doesn't seem like Mew's tail..."

Milia said this while looking at Yuhaka's constantly wagging tail. As for why the two of them were in the bathroom... the answer is simple.

A few minutes earlier, after Ehaka finished eating the food on the table, he stood up but accidentally stepped on his own cloak and fell towards the table with an "OwO?" expression on his face. Milia, who was standing nearby, saw this and immediately tried to grab Ehaka, but she couldn't stop him and fell onto the table with him.

"prprpr~"

"What's going on here...?"

Milia lay on the ground with a speechless expression, saying this, while Yuhaka, who was on top of Milia, stuck out her little tongue and licked the oil stains on Milia's cheek. A faint blush appeared on Milia's face, and she quickly grabbed Yuhaka's little face and pulled away a little distance from her, saying to her:

"Okay, Youyou, don't lick it..."

After Milia pulled away, she was suddenly stunned to find that Yuu could still lick her with her tongue. Then Milia saw Yuhaka sticking out a long tongue like a red-armored beast and licking the oil stains on her cheek.

Milia's interest in studying Ehka was reignited by the fact that Ehka could extend its tongue like a Red Armor Beast!

Milia curiously reached out and pinched Yuhaka's long tongue. Feeling uncomfortable with her tongue being pinched, Yuhaka "slurped" and pulled her tongue back. Then, Yuhaka stood up from Milia and licked her little hands.

Milia stood up and patted the food scraps off her clothes. The scraps came off, but the grease stains on her clothes would be difficult to clean if she didn't wash them off properly.

Milia also noticed that Yohaka's cloak and clothes were covered in stains and oil, and needed washing. So Milia said to Yohaka:

"Um, Youyou, take off your clothes, I need to wash them."

Whether it was because he heard Milia say that he should take off his clothes, Yuhaka's eyes lit up. He then grabbed the hem of his clothes and ripped them off with a whoosh. Milia watched as Yuhaka, completely naked, lay on the ground stretching like a cat, and suddenly felt her eyes twitch.

What's wrong with this child? It seems like Youyou desperately wants to take off those clothes... and...

Milia glanced at the clothes Yu-Yu had just taken off; it seemed she wasn't wearing panties...

........in the bathroom........

Milia, who was washing Yuhaka's hair, looked curiously at the large tail behind Yuhaka's rear end. From its appearance, it didn't seem like a Merlin's tail. Based on Milia's understanding of Merlin and Ellin, although the tails of the two beastmen races were diverse, it was only the degree of hair growth that was different. As long as you shaved off the hair on the tails of those Ellin and Merlin, no matter what kind of tail it was or what shape the hair was, the bald look would be exactly the same.

But Yuhaka's tail is different. Although Yuhaka's tail looks like an enlarged version of Merucat's tail, upon closer inspection, the black hair-like things on Yuhaka's tail are not the hair of a Fanged Beast, but scales like bird feathers.

Milia had seen this type of scale on a monster, the Naruga Kuruga. This made Milia suspect that Yuhaka might be a child of the Naruga. After all, there were many monsters in ancient legends that transformed into human form. However, those legends only involved Elder Dragons, and there was no record of other types of monsters transforming into human form. Most importantly, these were just legends, and there was no record of seeing an Elder Dragon transform into human form.

Milia reached out and touched Yuhaka's smooth arm, but didn't find anything like a velociraptor wing blade. This puzzled Milia. Could it be that Yuhaka was actually some kind of orc?

Faced with all these questions, Milia decided to wash Yuhaka's hair first.

"Alright, Yu-Yu-chan, it's time to pour the water down. Close your eyes."

"Hmm~"

After hearing Yuhaka's answer, Milia slowly poured a bucket of warm water over Yuhaka's head to rinse away the foam.

After rinsing, Yuhaka shook his head vigorously from side to side like a puppy to shake off the water. Then, Yuhaka shook his cat ears and turned to look at Milia, who had been splashed with water. Milia then grabbed a towel and smeared it on Yuhaka's head before giving him a good rub.

Chapter 16 [Yohaka's Invitation]

Milia angrily rubbed Yuhaka's head, resulting in her being pushed to the ground and bitten.

"Hahaha! Youyou, stop biting! I'm sorry! Hahaha, it tickles!"

Yuhaka was a little sore from Milia's angry head rubbing, so he pounced on Milia and gave her a few light bites. Of course, if Yuhaka had really bitten her, Milia would have lost a few pieces of flesh.

"Haah...haah..."

After being tormented by Yuhaka, Milia was a little too weak to do anything else—of course, she was too weak to laugh anymore, don't get the wrong idea.

Milia looked at Yuhaka, who was lying on top of her and staring at her with his big orange eyes. Milia chuckled and said to Yuhaka with an apologetic expression:

"Haha... I'm sorry I hurt you. Please forgive me. I'll treat you to barbecue sometime."

Upon hearing Milia's words, Yuhaka immediately stood up and began to wag its tail rapidly.

Milia watched Yuhaka's tail wagging happily and couldn't help but twitch her lips, thinking, "This child seems a little too gullible..."

Perhaps because she heard Milia invite her to eat barbecue, Yuhaka couldn't help but drool.

Because Yuhaka was lying on top of Milia and was shorter than Milia, Yuhaka's drool naturally dripped onto Milia's slightly heaving chest.

"Youyou! Your drool is dripping all over my chest!"

Upon hearing Milia's words, Yuhaka looked down at his drool in confusion, then wiped it away.

........................

After removing the drool from her chest, Milia blushed and pinched Yuhaka's cheek with a shy expression. Yuhaka looked at Milia with a puzzled expression, not knowing what Milia meant by pinching his cheek, and Milia's current appearance also looked very strange.

Seeing Yuhaka's confused and somewhat innocent expression, Milia sighed helplessly and lowered her hand from Yuhaka's cheek. She had almost been licked, which made Milia a little unable to control her emotions, but seeing that Yuhaka hadn't done it on purpose, Milia found it hard to be angry.

Finally, with no other option, Milia patted Yuhaka and said to her:

"Alright, Youyou, let's go take a bath."

Upon hearing Milia's words, Yuhaka hopped into the bathtub with his short legs. Milia's lips twitched as she watched Yuhaka jump in. Well, Milia knew that her bathtub, which resembled a small pond, had an urge to jump in, so she didn't bother to remind Yuhaka. Although she herself had jumped in quite a few times when she was little, the consequence of which was always a beating.

Milia slowly entered the bath and breathed a comfortable sigh of relief. Sure enough, after several days of missions, taking a nice hot bath at home was the most comforting thing. After all, there was no hot bath available in such an ancient and primitive place as the Ancient Forest.

Similarly, there was nowhere to rest properly. Even in the safe hunter camps, the hunters could only sleep on makeshift beds made of haystacks, straw mats, and cotton cloth.

Sleeping on that kind of bed wasn't very comfortable. When Milia first slept on that bed, she didn't sleep well at all that night. At the same time, hunters also had to deal with potential attacks from monsters and harassment from poisonous insects. Of course, smart hunters would bring some incense to repel poisonous insects, but those incense were not cheap.

Water is also a major issue in the wild. While food can be sourced locally, water requires careful consideration of the environment. Generally, areas with pools are often guarded by carnivorous monsters, as they are their prime hunting grounds. In such cases, hunters will not risk going there to fetch water. Of course, if you are strong enough, you can try to compete with those monsters for exclusive rights to the pool.

Another point is that the water in the wild isn't very clean, because you can't know if there's an animal carcass or its droppings upstream, or even its bathwater (I'm talking about you bathing in a koala!).

In desert areas, water resources are even scarcer, and places where you can find water are extremely rare.

The thought of having to go to the Ancient Forest to do a mission again tomorrow made Milia feel incredibly tired. Who told her to show off by treating Yuhaka to a meal? Although she still had some savings, it probably wouldn't be enough for Yuhaka to have a meal.

"ha........"

Hearing Milia sigh, Yuhaka used a doggy paddle to get in front of her, staring at her with his big orange eyes, and said:

"Milia? What's wrong?"

Milia looked at Yuhaka, who was squatting in front of her, smiled slightly, patted Yuhaka's little head, and said:

"It's nothing, I was just thinking about doing a mission in the ancient forest."

Hearing Milia's words, Yuhaka's eyes lit up as he looked at Milia with some excitement and said:

"Yooyo, the nest is in the ancient forest, Milia, do you want to come?"

Hearing Yuhaka's words, Milia said with some surprise:

"Huh? A nest?? Could it be that Youyou's home is in an ancient forest??"

"Ok!"

In response to Milia's question, Yuhaka nodded in affirmation. Milia was surprised to hear this, as she had never imagined that Yuhaka would live in the Ancient Forest. She was well aware of the dangers of the Ancient Forest; even novice hunters (HR1 level) needed to be led by a hunter of HR3 level or higher to enter the border areas of the Ancient Forest to carry out missions.

Milia looked at Yuhaka's petite body with no muscles, her harmless little hands, and her small fangs, and couldn't understand how Yuhaka could survive in such a dangerous place. But Yuhaka's next words made Milia understand how Yuhaka lived in the ancient forest.

"Youyou, there are many of them (dozens of Merlin cats), the den is very safe!"

Hearing this, Milia realized that Yuhaka wasn't living alone in the ancient forest; there was actually a tribe of Yuhaka living there as well.

The thought of these things immediately ignited a desire in the minds of the scribes in Milia's heart to observe the tribe of Yuhaka and her people.

Chapter 17 [Yohaka: I'm off!]

At Milia's house, Milia, wrapped only in a bath towel, was using a dry towel to dry Yuhaka's body. Yuhaka happily wagged his tail as Milia rubbed him. He felt very comfortable after taking a hot bath, and it was quite pleasant to see Milia rubbing him with the dry towel.

However, when Milia was wiping Yuhaka's body, Yuhaka's big tail was very unruly, always wagging back and forth. Sometimes, the big tail would even smear on her face, which made Milia so angry that she immediately grabbed Yuhaka's big tail and clamped it between her legs to stop it from moving around.

"OwO?"

Yuhaka, whose tail was trapped between her legs, looked puzzled. Although Yuhaka didn't know why Milia was trapping her big tail, she wanted to pull it out. So she wiggled her little bottom and tried to free her tail from Milia's legs.

"Ah—! Youyou!"

As Yuhaka tried to pull out his large tail, some soft hairs from it brushed against Milia's legs, causing Milia to blush and her heart to race. She immediately yelled at Yuhaka.

"OwO?"

Yuhaka wore an innocent and confused expression. Seeing Yuhaka's puzzled look, Milia's lips twitched again. What could she say now...?

"Ha... Fine, Youyou, you'd better hold onto your own tail."

As she spoke, Milia grabbed Yuhaka's tail and shoved it into Yuhaka's arms. Yuhaka looked completely bewildered, holding his tail with an "OwO?" expression. Yuhaka glanced at his wagging tail and wondered why Milia didn't seem to like it.

Uncomprehending, Yuhaka suddenly looked at his big tail and licked it clean with his little tongue. Luckily, Milia behind Yuhaka didn't see it, otherwise Milia would probably be steaming with anger.

After Milia finished wiping Yuhaka's body, something unexpected happened when she was about to put Yuhaka's panties on him. Yuhaka seemed to dislike wearing panties.