3 Village

Smooch.

"Smoo...ch?"

Smooch.

Desire who was sleeping soundly until now was suddenly disturbed from the loud noise of smooching.

He tried to stand as he opened his eyes but he felt something heavy...

He directed his field of view towards the place where he felt the weight and there, he found something placed on top of him.

As he was but a baby, it was placed on top of him mostly.

"Uwaah!!"

After finding the cause of the weight, he was shocked cause...

"A monster!"

He said that with a tone full of expectations, not one of fear.

Smooch.

However the monster didn't move as it continued to smooch him. After some time it let out a noise of "Hmm~!" and turned its head to Desire.

It was still dark so he couldn't see it entirely but as the moon decided to help him out, he saw the monster's form.

The monster had a beautiful face with red lips; her skin was white and transparent. She had some branches sticking out from her back, a total of seven branches.

With her verdant hair touching her waist and her eyes, which had the same color as her hair, that was laminated by the light of the moon, she was quite a sight.

"Um, why are you smoching me...?"

"W-why are you still alive?!"

Realizing that her victim was still alive, she was shocked. She didn't seem to mind that Desire was a talking baby though.

"Ah were you attacking me?"

Desire understood the question but really, he couldn't bring himself to be scared or hate the action done to him. For him, it was but a harmless prank as it didn't seem to bring any real harm.

"Y-yes, your mana was so delicious that I didn't notice you."

"Eh? Mana?!"

"Y-yes!"

Without minding the girl's flustered voice, Desire immediately went to check his status page. There, he could see the state of his mana but...

-Mana: 1/1

Was all he saw.

He became dejected from the fact that he only had one mana. As if noticing something went wrong, the monster girl spoke up.

"Um...Your mana was delicious!"

Clearly, she doesn't know how to console someone.

Desire heard what she said and sighed.

"Since when have you been sucking up my mana?"

"Since afternoon."

"Eh?"

The two tilted their heads at the same time. Silence descended down and the one who broke it was Desire.

"Afternoon? I only have one mana though...? And wait, my mana is delicious? Do mana even has a taste?"

"That's impossible, I thought you had a high amount of mana so I decided to dig in then I found out yours was heaven's taste! Normally, one would die from having their mana sucked out by a Suckus..."

"Woah, are you a Suckus?!"

Suckus.

Suckus is a monster originating from the succubus who had a child with a Dryad. Normally, a child wouldn't be born between two women but as the parents of the race of Suckus was both highly capable individuals, Suckus was born.

"Y-yeah! My name is Lyra! Sorry for sucking your mana. I thought a bad human had come here again."

Lyra seems to be the type to become easily flustered. With her facial features, she could only look beautiful while being bashful.

"A bad human? What do you mean?"

"Well, the forest was under attack by the humans days ago. I thought that you were one of them so I..."

"There's no way a baby could attack a forest, is there?"

"Oh...you're right."

She really doesn't seem to mind that he's a baby.

"Anyways, I am Desire. It's nice meeting you Lyra."

"Yes. Um, can I have some more...?"

"Ah yes, please do."

Lyra immediately pounced on Desire's body as if she was a starving beast.

While having his mana sucked out, Desire was thinking.

'Having a monster nearby is the most relaxing feeling...'

With that, he spent his night together with Lyra.

****

"Are you sure about this Lyra?"

"Yes, as thanks for letting me suck your mana I'll bring you to my village!"

Desire thought for a moment before answering.

'Well, I don't have a place to stay and it would be hard for me to live alone. What with my 1 mana. Haah'

"Alright, thanks!"

Lyra picked Desire up, bringing him close to her face. While thinking 'I'm sure the people in my village will enjoy! Fufufu', she headed towards a nearby tree.

She placed her back against it and then a magical thing happened.

Her branches that stuck to her back were merging with the tree bringing her along with Desire into it!

"Woah! What happened to your branches?"

"The tree is the entrance to the village and the branches serve as the key. With this we'll be going in a bit. Hold tight, Desire!"

Desire, as instructed, held tight. A sight of a beautiful girl with a baby is probably a sight to die for, more so if the beautiful woman is butt naked...

Soon after, the tree enveloped them whole and the surroundings passed by so fast that Desire felt the need to vomit.

Lyra didn't feel such a thing as she was used to this 'transportation' however.

After some time, the scenery calmed down and it changed to a place full with huge trees. The trees had different colors in their leaves such as green, pink, yellow, red.

It's as if the seasons of the world were in one place.

Desire, who was the first human to have seen such scenery, was amazed.

"I-is this your home Lyra?"

"Nopee~ we still have to walk to the center where the village is."

"I see. Bring me down, I can walk"

"No. I'll carry you, okay?"

While feeling shy, Desire reluctantly gave up on the idea of walking on his own.

On the other hand, Lyra was happy with her carrying Desire, her food pack.

After walking some time, they finally reached the village of Lyra.

Contrary to the flashy surroundings, the village itself was plain. It didn't have the feel of the forest but one could see how lively it was judging from the moving silhouette.

"Won't you let me down now?"

Desire asked, feeling shy of being seen by people while carried by a girl.

"Not yet, we'll be meeting my mother!"

Lyra suddenly jumped up, not giving Desire a chance to ask her about anything.

The tree that was full of colors extended their branches out to form stairs on the air.

Lyra jumped over it easily as she had the experience necessary to make a smooth travel.

Soon, she reached the end of the path and found herself in front of a door.

She put her hand in front and a green light glowed from the door. The green light dimmed as the door opened.

Desire was on the verge of vomiting from the hugging of Lyra and the jump.

As if not to give Desire a rest, Lyra immediately went in and said.

"Mother, I have come back!"

Afterwards, a green light appeared from within the room and from it, a woman appeared. She looked just as young as Lyra and they even looked similar.

"Just where do you think you have gone to?! Do you understand that the outside is a dangerous place?!"

They didn't have the same temperament, it seems.

Lyra offered her objection.

"It was safe! There were no bad humans and I even found a good one!"

She said that while pushing forward Desire like a toy.

Desire, as he was naked, was letting out everything.

"N-noooo!!"

He is a shy guy.

"A baby…? What's more is that it's talking?! What have you brought here, you daughter of mine!?"

The woman, the mother of Lyra and the village head of the village, Liya shouted out.

Noticing late that Desire was a shy guy despite being a baby, Lyra procured some clothes to hide his thing. As she was putting up clothes on Desire, Desire spoke.

"Ah, hello I am Desire. Your daughter tried to eat me so she brought me here as a way of making apology."

"E-eat you?! My daughter has become such a barbarian?!"

"N-no! Mother! I sucked his mana out but…"

Liya noticed that something was wrong, put on a serious expression and asked.

"But?"

"He somehow didn't run out of mana and for some reason, it was deliciously good!"

As Lyra said that, she had a face befitting of her ancestor.

"Delicious?! What the heck are you talking about?!"

Liya was close to losing a screw on her head. She tried to smack Lyra with the staff that she was holding but she was stopped by Desire.

"Um, why don't you taste some then?"

Desire said while holding his tiny hand out.

The moment Desire said that, Liya felt something pump on her chest. She started to feel hot as her face reddened.

Well, of course she would react that way because…

"Wow! Desire, you proposed to mother!"

Lyra shouted out.

It seems like Desire had to learn a bit more before doing anything stupid while staying here.