73 – A Game

While the group from the Redtooth tribe continued their journey, I warp to my colony just to check on the inhabitants. I stopped the fast forward as Leva approached Pif, who was practicing sit-ups. Looks like something interesting will happen.

"Pif, wrestle me." The red-haired girl shrugged.

Huh?

"Huh?" Pif froze while blinking his eyes. "What do you mean?"

Leva chuckles. "Don't you know wrestling?"

"I know, but why?" Pif stood up with a confused face.

"Of course to train, you idiot!" Leva spread her arms. "I'm bored and want to do something else! And you can train your physique by doing that!"

I see. Now I'm jealous of you, Pif.

"I tried asking Seb earlier, but he just ran away." Leva pointed at Seb, who had already run a long way like he was being chased by something that could kill him.

Yes, Seb doesn't like violence, but... What?

"Okay." Pif answered in a discordant voice. His expression did look normal, but I'm sure the young man's heart was starting to beat fast. "We can do it now."

"One condition." Leva pointed to the lower body of the young man. "Take care of your dick. Don't get boner. Or I'll do something painful that you won't forget for the rest of your life. One member of my tribe experienced that, and he's traumatized to this day."

Immediately, Pif covered his crotch with both hands. I could see his body shudder. "Errr..... Not really. Looks like I'm not in a fit condition to wrestle."

Well, don't you know, controlling that dick is nearly impossible, Leva?

Leva's eyes narrowed. "You look very healthy to my eyes."

Pif shook his head vigorously and began to take a few steps back. Leva tried to catch him, but Pif ran as fast as he could.

"Hey, wait for me!" Leva tried to catch up. "Let's wrestle! I'm so bored! This is for your physique too!"

"No! I don't want my dick to be destroyed by you!" Pif's scream started to sound like a falsetto.

"I'm not talking about breaking your dick!"

Leva accelerated her run and tackled Pif from behind. The young man suddenly fell to the ground.

"Let me go!" Pif tries to free himself, but Leva's strength is greater than his.

"I've caught you, let's just wrestle now...." Leva choked, and her eyes started to widen. "Hey, why is your dick hard now! I haven't done anything to you!"

"I can't control that!"

"You pervert! You..." Leva choked again, and this time she stood up, gazing into the distance.

"Who are they?" Pif raised his eyebrows, looking at the group of people walking to the settlement.

"They're my people." Leva gulped.

"That...." Pif got up too and narrowed his eyes. "Kat with them? Where's Manu?"

I asked the two of them--as well as Seb--to return to the settlement.

However, just as they started walking again, I realized something.

"If you don't want to see them, that's fine, Leva." I whispered to my female colonist.

And Leva stopped. Pif looked at the woman for a moment but said nothing and continued on his way.

Sighing, Leva just watched from a distance.

However, someone broke away from the group, galloped towards Leva.

"Sis!!!" The petite and red-haired girl had tears in her eyes. She threw away all the things she was carrying.

Leva held her breath. "Anne?"

Anne jumped up and immediately hugged her older sister, crying profusely. At first, Leva was confused but then hugged back Anne.

"I miss you so much, Sis." Anne's voice became indistinct as it was muffled by her own sobs.

Leva closed her eyes, began to shed tears too. "Me too. How are our mum and dad?"

"They're…" Anne's sobs grew louder. "They're fine."

Leva gently stroked her sister's hair. "Good."

Meanwhile, near the settlement, the members of the Redtooth tribe had started to pile up bricks. Seb and Pif just looked at them with confused faces.

"Kat, where's Manu?" Seb asked Kat, who had just joined them.

"Studying in their tribe." The amber-eyed girl just walked away to the shelter to put her things.

Ugh. This girl is always unreliable in conveying information.

"Hello, Seb." With a smile, Tosa came to my colonists. "We haven't seen each other in a long time. Well, your new house is nice and it looks like you have a new member?"

"Actually, what happened, Tosa? What was your purpose in coming to us?" Seb asked according to my orders in a cautious tone.

A tribe member puts a sack into the shelter. Perhaps it contained the sleeping bags and warm clothes that Suja had promised. This made Pif and Seb look even more confused.

Tosa widened his smile. "Long story."

***

"Mining salt, huh?" Leva, sitting on the ground leaning her back against a boulder, sneered. "Suja is still greedy apparently."

The woman glared at her former tribe comrades, who had already started to prepare things for the night.

"But, because of that, I was able to see you again, Sis." Anne sighed. Her head rested on Leva's shoulder.

"Stupid. They don't know anything about salt caves, but Suja sends them anyway. And they have to involve you." Leva snorted, then looked at her little sister, who was still wiping away tears. "You'd better go back there. You're still one of them, right? I'm nobody anymore."

Anne shook her head hard and hugged her older sister. "You know it, right? I've always felt like I'm not a part of them."

"We." Leva took a deep breath. "We both feel like we're not part of them."

"I've said this many times and I won't get bored. Only you understand me, Sis. Even our mom, who said she used to be like us, raised us with all her strict rules, without listening to us."

Ah, maybe it was because their mother didn't want the two of them to be like this. She had been so strict about educating them. This actually triggered the rebellious spirit within these sisters.

Leva rubbed her little sister's head again. "But, after what happened to me, I can see that our mother has the point. Maybe, for them to accept us, we have to..."

"Don't." Anne cut off her older sister's words. "We'd better stop talking like this. I just want to enjoy my company with you, Sis."

Leva opened her mouth again but finally chose silence. She wiped her tears which also started to fall again.