Gash Zapper is a tailless lizardman who travels with a water spirit.
“Looks like the Spirit Festival’s over…”
Gash muttered in the Helicon inn as dawn broke, letting the dry northern wind rush in through the window. Below, townsfolk were busy cleaning up after the festivities. In Celesta, the most energetic creatures are merchants. Without prompting, they’d already be hard at work today, preparing to squander their earnings at the next festival.
Gash watched as human, lizardman, and foxkin merchants bustled past the town gates, leading camels and desert lizards. He remained still for a while, wanting to bring up the next topic with the girl behind him but unable to find the words. After hesitating for five minutes…
Once part of the Celesta army, Gash was known for his reckless bravery. Now, he shook himself repeatedly, mustering the courage to speak, and finally raised his voice as usual.
”So, what now, Heeery?”
The water spirit, Heeery Water, had only asked to see the Spirit Festival. A spirit unable to freely attend a festival dedicated to spirits—this frustration was what Gash, stripped of his tail and pride as a warrior, had been tasked with resolving.
What happens when this is over?
Would Heeery merge back into the waterways of this region and disappear somewhere else?
…Even though he knew they loved each other deeply, Gash couldn’t shake the anxiety.
“We still have time before checkout… I wanna sleep a little longer…”
His monumental question was brushed aside with ease.
Turning around, he found Heeery wriggling like a caterpillar inside the blanket.
”Seriously? You’re a spirit and you’re such a sleepyhead!"
"You didn’t let me sleep until dawn, Gash…? It’s fine, yesterday was just that kind of day… Come here and sleep with me. What’s with you warm-blooded creatures getting up so early…"
"I’m not some cold-blooded thing! I just have low blood pressure!”
Even as he said that, Gash slowly crawled into bed. Inside the blanket, Heeery—still naked from their passionate lovemaking yesterday—half-asleep, casually slid into his arms.
”Nyu…fuu…"
"I’m saying… you told me when we first met that you wanted to see the Spirit Festival."
"…Did I?"
"That was only four or five months ago!"
"Was it…? Something about Gash’s non-stop eroticism since then has been kinda overwhelming…"
"…Anyway. The goal’s achieved, so what now?"
"…I dunno… How about we just stay warm together until the next Spirit Festival?"
"You still wanna see another one?"
"But it was fun…”
Heeery pressed her soft cheek against Gash’s chest, half-asleep as ever.
”…Fine.”
Gash couldn’t help but feel a little deflated as he hugged her small head close.
Heeley had apparently made up her mind to spend time with Gash and had no intention of returning to the natural world.
She felt cheated, all that anticipation for nothing.
Then, cutting into their late morning like a buzzsaw, came a dark elf—Bright Light, as she introduced herself.
“Hey, looks like night’s over for you two."
"Knock and come in through the door, you idiot! Don’t phase right through walls!"
"Oh, you’re awfully grumpy this morning."
"I’m only grumpy because I just woke up, you jerk!”
Bright Light—or so she claimed—was a gender-neutral beauty of dark elf descent.
If she were truly a light spirit, she’d probably have a whiter vibe… but pointing that out might turn Heeley into some kind of mermaid, and the lizardfolk would never stand for that.
“Didn’t you pay back yesterday’s debt? Just check out already!"
"Hahaha, that’s awfully harsh. But whatever."
"It’s because you keep barging in on us two enjoying ourselves!"
"From where I’m standing, you two are constantly indulging in private fun, aren’t you?”
Gash and Heeley glared at her. Not like they were having sex from dawn till dusk, but it was undeniable that their conversations turned sugary sweet when they were alone.
Now fully awake, the two decided to get up.
”So? What is it? We can cover the lodging fee if you want to leave."
"Nah, I refrained yesterday because I couldn’t interfere with your lovers’ night as a spirit.”
Bright grinned.
”I thought we were already interfering enough."
"I have a favor to ask, Gash Zapper."
"…What is it?”
She was technically their benefactor, so Gash couldn’t exactly call her an idiot and turned his face toward her while slipping on his jacket.
”I want to have sex with you.”
”…Huh?”
Heeley and Gash both let out a stunned cry at the same time.
”Well, Heeley told me yesterday too, but yeah, I figured it’d be better to try it myself than just watch someone else do it."
"W-Why Gash?! Just pick up some random elf off the street!”
Heeley clung to Gash in her half-naked state, baring her teeth.
Bright simply waved it off.
”That’s for Gash to decide, isn’t it? I’m not asking you to marry me or anything. I just want to grant a benefactor’s wish to try sex once."
"Sorry, but once isn’t enough—you’re all about the rush, Gash!”
“Hey, Heeley, that’ll hurt."
"Sorry."
"Hahaha, then how about two or three times?”
“Ugh… well, I don’t think I can properly evaluate Gash if it’s just five times, so maybe five."
"You’re increasing the number yourself, you idiot spirit?”
He slaps Heili’s head.
”B-but if the sleepover spirit thinks Gash is just bad at this, it’ll be no good!!"
"I appreciate your concern, but you’re playing right into her hands!"
"You two are hilarious.”
In the end…
Bright followed even after checking out of the inn.
”If we’re going south, there’s either the Lapal Islands or Shere Island… or we could take a ship to the Goat Kingdom and then head to the Southern Great Plains."
"Gash, have you ever been to a foreign country?"
"Of course not! I’ve been in the inland patrol squad this whole time!”
They left the town of Helicon.
To the east lies the Elven Forest Territory, but he knows it’s not a place that would easily let through someone like Heili, who isn’t a soldier and whose background is questionable. If they were to walk through the country to head south, the forest territory route would be the only option, but travelers avoided it for various reasons—it was too much of a hassle.
”So, are we going to Quieca?"
"…Bright, how far are you following me?"
"Until I’ve had sex with Gash."
"I said not with Gash!"
"Weren’t you saying you’d allow it up to five times?"
"…Oh, right?"
"Don’t get fooled. Or rather, don’t get talked into it, Heili.”
Gash couldn’t help but feel uneasy as he walked along the road, wondering when they’d come to some weird agreement.
”Look, I can only get hard for Heili or lizard women."
"Oh?"
"…Gash~"
"Hmm. Then how about this?”
Taking advantage of the fact that there were no people in sight far down the road, Bright pulls open his clothes.
His magnificent breasts appear in the corner of Gash’s wide-angle vision, but Gash slowly shakes his head.
”Not even a twitch."
"…Muuu, we’ve hit a difficult problem. How can I have sex with Gash five times?"
"Just put your chest away!”
Heili pulls Bright’s clothes closed.
”That’s why it’s impossible! It’s weird for me too—I’ve never even been aroused by a human-type woman before."
"Yet you’re constantly aroused by Heili."
"How do you know that?"
"Are you really doing it every night? You’re so young.”
Gashed had walked right into the trap, his tongue lapping at the bait.
Night.
The foot traveler camps.
If he took a carriage, he’d surely reach an inn, but Gash wanted to save money for the anticipated travel expenses ahead, so he chose to camp instead.
It wasn’t an unusual sight along the highway, and this area had been the site of a bandit purge half a year ago—any remaining thieves would be amateurs at best.
A starving beggar with a blade was no match for a warrior like Gash; he could take them down without breaking a sweat.
Besides, Heili might even be stronger than him. Without any special gestures or incantations, she conjured water and wielded the water spirit as a weapon—something beyond current magical norms.
“Staying around here’s fine too, you know. It’ll get warmer soon, probably in February."
"Why don’t we go somewhere far? Anywhere with you is fun, Gash."
"…This one.”
He couldn’t help but flirt with Heili by the campfire.
”Bright, where’d he run off to?"
"His luggage… yeah, probably out picking flowers or something."
"Should we sneak in a round before he gets back?"
"Sneak in what?"
"Gash’s dick. Yours. Hurry, and you might get one shot in, maybe."
"You’re weirding me out with that phrasing.”
As she said that, Gash’s throat bobbed with sudden interest.
Sex with Heili had already become a nightly routine for him. He wanted to take every chance he got.
He glanced around and quickly pushed Heili down.
”Hurry, I’ll just shove it in all at once."
"You’re always ready, aren’t you?"
"I can tell when you’re about to get randy! ♪”
The lizard’s lips and the spirit’s lips devoured each other.
In between, he swiftly pulled down her underwear and shoved one of his hemipenes into Heili in a rush.
A familiar, yet addictive pleasure enveloped Gash.
”Ugh…"
"Mmm… Gash, you could put both in at once, not just this one, and in my ass too."
"If I put it in your ass, cleanup would be hell…"
"Just between us, if we start, we can keep going even if Bright gets in the way… ♪"
"This perverted spirit’s got guts…”
He drove back and forth inside Heili from the start, both aiming only for orgasm—fast, frantic play.
It was intensely satisfying in its own way.
Heili wrapped her arms around the lizardman above her, showering his scaly face with kisses while presenting her vagina.
And then…
“Hey, so you finally started.”
Bright appeared at exactly the moment Gash expected.
“N-no, I might have something to say, but later.”
Gash held Heili close as if trying to keep her from escaping, thrusting his hips upward while looking up at Bright.
Bright was completely naked. He must have been taking a bath in the nearby river.
Water droplets slid down his curvaceous, feminine body, reflecting the moonlight and bonfire flames in shimmering gold and silver.
“Nah, nothing to say, really. But can I join in?”
“Y-you, still!?”
“Well, it’s the only thing that came to mind. If I only get turned on by Heili, then I have no choice but to partake in her company, right?”
“Eh, eh—?”
Heili groaned in dissatisfaction as Gash’s lust filled her lower body.
“Otherwise, you’re just gonna waste it all on the ground from one side, right?”
“T-that’s true, but—”
“Well then, excuse me.”
Fwoosh. Bright vanished in the moonlight.
The next moment, his ample naked form slid into position between Gash and Heili, facing them as if embracing.
“You’re abusing that teleportation move way too much!”
“Oh, come on. It’d be a pain to pull out of Heili every time, right?”
The androgynous beauty’s chuckle was strangely childish, making Gash’s heart skip a beat even more than her naked form did.
Heili, acutely aware of it, pinched Gash’s soft side.
”…T-this is just a bonus, okay!? Bright, don’t get too cocky—this one’s my… uh, what do you call it?”
”…At least call me your boyfriend.”
“You think I’m just your girlfriend? I thought you’d say ‘wife’ or something.”
“Wife? No, she’s my destiny’s woman.”
“T-then that makes me your destiny’s man! Got it, Bright!?”
”…Yeah, yeah. Just a bonus.”
The two spirits pressed their crotches together, each desiring the other’s member like lizards craving prey.
Gash sighed but still stoked both shafts into full arousal.
(To be continued)