Chapter 33: Monster

As the vines grew on the walls of the mansion, both Luke and Thalia turned to look at Pruno with confused wonder as Eny just nodded. They decided to not ask questions as to why he asked Pruno to grow vines throughout the whole fucking mansion, Eny always has a reason to do things.

Almost always.

Okay! Sometimes.

Only sometimes.

Enychta touched his nose before it suddenly began to change shape and form, his face together with it, first, his mouth and nose elongated before it expanded and contracted, his bones and muscle began to change and tear as everyone could hear a sickening breaking sound but they were used to this already and Eny felt no pain whatsoever. Soon Eny's face grew a shining obsidian black fur that reflected the sun's light. His nose turned into a black dot and his eyes turned golden as he changed his facial features to his Dark Chimera form to increase his sense of smell by some fold.

He took a big sniff and could easily smell the air around him, he concentrated on the smells coming from the mansion, he could feel the natural smell that came from the vines and roots that had grown around the mansion. He was trying to find a smell that did not mix with Pruno's smell, that was why he asked him to grow vines and roots through the whole mansion!

He needs to be sure that there wasn't any unknown danger inside this mansion before they enter it, like for example, a fucking monster that could eat their heads out. Eny growled as he thought of that, yes, he growled. He started to realize that when he changes into a form, he temporarily gets some aspects of that form... As an example, when he changes into a Harpy, he has this urge to fly and control the wind, diving down to grab something and eat meat but mostly fish. Or when he turns into a Minotaur he has this slight behavior change, like being polite but also wanting to smash things with hands and destroy them...

Anyway! With his now enchanted sense of smell, he could easily tell that there was someone inside the mansion. He could smell it was male or at least had male hormones, he could smell the testosterone from here, just like his and Luke's body emanated testosterone, Pruno had testosterone but in a smaller quantity than Eny and Luke. He sneezed to clear his nose before changing back his facial features to human, he could see how Pruno squealed inside because he thought his sneeze was cute, Pruno always thought he was cute no matter how gruesome he looks! He could be covered in blood and gore and Pruno would think he is adorable in his many, many forms now.

He sincerely doesn't know how he can be both adorable and hot in the eyes of both his little... Lovers? Boyfriends? Well, they had established boundaries and talked a lot. One night after Pruno tried to see him naked "accidentally" again, Eny decided to establish some boundaries that they should follow, such as no touching inappropriate areas when not given permission, no kissing unless given permission, no pushing past boundaries. Also, respect, and communicate, he is not a fucking Mind Reader and won't know what they want unless they say it to him!

And they do. They mostly ask for a hug, for a kiss, for cuddles, and sometimes he gives them permission to hug him and maybe try to touch something lower... But not touching it, no horny! Luke was fine with most touching, but nothing sexual yet while Pruno was fine with anything as long as it was them, he gave full permission to do anything they wanted, but of course Luke and Eny put some limits on what they would do eventually.

He shook his head, it was time to concentrate on the task at hand and not think about his two boyfriends. He opened his mouth and said: "There is someone there... Probably male, no older than 40 years, I can also feel a fresh smell of dew and... Is it sunlight? What is this? There is also some incense too." Eny frowned, this is the first time he ever smelled this scent and for some reason, he knows it smells like sunlight? What the fuck?

What Eny had no idea was that his monster side started to develop further, he was the Legacy of Echidna, which can make him easily royalty between monsters! His senses started to develop so he can start to smell some conceptual words to identify Demigods and their possible parents like right now he is smelling Sunlight! Sunlight has no smell. and yet, he can smell it... It is a very sweet smell that reminds him of home, makes him feel well, energized, healed... But it also burns his nose slightly, making him pull back in surprise at how warm it feels...

Legacy of Echidna: 15%

Increases monster behavior and monster senses.

This is somewhat worrying, he doesn't know what will happen once it gets to 100% or more than 20%... Will he change completely? He wines because he knows this is something he can't control, it has been increasing every time he breathes, he just tries to ignore it because he fears what will happen.

While Eny was having his slight existential crisis about becoming a monster, Luke and Pruno, together with Thalia, were analyzing the mansion. They looked at the windows that had iron bars on them, preventing anything from getting in or out, the door was slightly bent and broken but it still holds on and doesn't open, it just stays firmly there. Like it was barricaded to not even bulge when one of those red lions tried to get inside...

"I think we need Bull Eny here," Luke comments while tapping on the door, Bull Eny was the name they gave to Enychta's Minotaur form. "We sure need a big, hunky, meaty minotaur to shove this door out of the way. Good choice my dear Luke."

Luke blushed a little before muttering a 'thank you' while Thalia just rolled her eyes and looked back to see Eny with a thoughtful expression on his face. "While you two flirt, I'll get the hunky beast so he can help and not just stay there like he is having an internal crisis or something."

If she only knew how right she was...