Behemoth's Pet

Chapter 109: Do You Like Mama And Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?

「Eh…? what did you say just now, Dear mother?」

A new morning had arrived, and everyone sat around the dining table in Aria’s home. The one who spoke those words was none other than Aria herself with a dumbfounded look on her face.

「I said Mama will participate in this battle too. The truth is that Mama had enrolled in the Amazoness corps after you left this town to become an adventurer, Aria. I awakened my combat skill, and now, I’m the captain of the seventh squad, you know?」

「… EH!?」

Aria became even more shocked.

In the short time she had left her village to become an adventurer, her mother, who had no relation to combat, had awakened combat skill, risen to the top of the newfound vigilante organization of the town, and become the captain of the squad.

Even though it sounded like a joke, Leona wasn’t the kind of woman to spit such lies. Aria knew her mother’s character well. After all, Leona had stayed by Aria’s side from the moment Aria was born until she left the village.

「By the way, Leona-san, what kind of combat skill did you awaken?」

「《Shockwave》! It’s the derivative skill of a reinforcement type skill. I went to the forest to try this skill the moment it awakened, but… I ended up getting scouted by the leader of the Amazoness corps, who happened to pass by that area. 」

Leona replied to Alisha while displaying the sweet smile of beautiful, big brea*ted m*lf.

According to her, the skill suddenly awakened in her when she woke up a certain morning, and it was derived from the 《Lesser Power》, a skill that slightly increased physical strength.

「But still… I won’t let Mama enter the battlefield…」

There was no way Aria would let her only blood relative, her mother, enter a dangerous place.

Just imagining her mother entering those places was enough to send a shiver down Aria’s spine.

Aria’s father had passed away when she had been a child. She didn’t want to see another one of her family die again.

「Aria, I understand your feelings, but Lumilus’s fate depends on the result of this battle. Additional war potential is better than nothing. Mama has also become stronger, so you don’t need to constantly protect me, you know. Moreover, Mama’s awakened skill, 《Shockwave》, is a powerful skill that can create a powerful ranged blast after a normal attack. Its power can’t be underestimated.」

Leona explained the effects of her skill while gently brushing the worried Aria.

After Leona thought that her daughter had calmed down, she looked at Tama, who was enjoying Aria’s melon sandwich, and playfully asked a question.

「Right, Tama-chan? Do You Like Mama And her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?」

The question puzzled the kitten.

「Nya~n! (That’s an amazing skill. As expected of Master’s mother!)」

Tama replied to Leona with adorable cries.

「Rare skill, interesting! Let’s have a match!」

Stella became interested in Leona’s skill and immediately proposed a match while chewing the meat on the bone steak.

Leona smiled and replied, 「Oh my! It’s such an honor to be able to have a match with an active A-rank adventurer.」.

After the incident with the summoned beasts, Stella, Vulcan, Lily, and Faeri had been certified as full-fledged A-rank adventurers; although Faeri and Lily didn’t understand what the adventurer ranks meant.

「Nya! But still… After participating in yesterday’s meeting, I think the war potential of this village is quite powerful. I mean, in the span of few years after the attack of the demon race army, they constructed a rampart, formed a new squad, and strengthened the chain of command.」

「It’s because everyone in the village became united after the demon race’s attack. Yet, our war potential alone is far from enough to stop the incoming invasion of one of the Four Demon Dukes.」

Even though the first half of Leona’s reply was filled with pride, in the latter half, her face distorted.

「It can’t be helped, Leona-san. The Four Demon Dukes were already extremely powerful, and now, one of them is a semi-demon king level. Even the weakened hero, His Highness Julius, had a hard time just fighting the summoned beasts.」

Alisha had alone killed one of the Four Demon Dukes, Levi, in a one-sided manner. But, the only ones who could perform such a feat amongst the participants in this battle were her and the Archmage’s brother-in-law, Cedric, who had received a part of the Archmage’s power.

However, even Cedric, according to his report, had quite a hard time fighting his opponent, Valac.

Therefore, Alisha knew just how powerful the now-revived Four Demon Dukes had become.

「I can’t understand the difficult story, but the fight against the summoned beasts was mortifying.」

「Even though we received special training from Beelzebub-sama, we couldn’t do anything but stall for time!」

Lily and Faeri became downhearted when the topic shifted to the battle against the Four Demon Dukes. Even the normally cheerful fairy duo couldn’t get rid of the regret from their previous fight.

They hadn’t made a mistake in that battle and acted as support for Aria and co. But the experience where they let the people they were supposed to support be exposed to danger left a deep gulf in their hearts.

「Nya~n! (Don’t worry girls, your support enabled all of us to survive that battle!)」

Tama approached the two fairies and let out a gentle cry. He then rubbed his head on them as if he were reassuring them.

「It’s ticklish, Tama~!」

「So fluffy~!」

The fairies’ usual innocent smile returned when they noticed Tama’s care.

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（Uhm, I can’t… move.）

Tama was in trouble. He wanted to enjoy a midnight stroll in this new environment, but he couldn’t even walk right now.

On his right was… Boing!

On his left was… another Boing!

Tama’s body was surrounded by wonderfully soft things from all sides.

「Uuhn… Tama… doing that kind of thing in your sacred beast form is…?」

Aria sleep-talked when Tama tried to move his body.

「Fufufu… I wonder what kind of dream Aria is seeing right now!」

Even Leona was awakened by Aria’s sleep talking. She gently brushed her daughter’s head when she heard her sleep-talk.

Since they had a reunion after a long time, Aria had slept with Leona in her bedroom.

Or so it was supposed to be. Tama had also been brought along into the room for some reason.

He slept in Aria’s embrace like usual, but ended up being sandwiched in between Aria’s and Leona’s melons.

「… Tama-chan?」

「Nya?」

Leona stopped patting Aria’s head and suddenly called out to Tama. She spoke as gently as her daughter.

「Thank you for protecting my daughter. It’s strange for someone like me to make this request of you, who’s still an infant, but can I ask you to continue protecting her in the future?」

Aria’s fateful encounter with Tama and the various dangers they had met until now, Leona had heard it all from Aria. So she wanted to convey her heartfelt gratitude to Tama, the benefactor(cat) of her daughter’s life.

「Nyaa! (Leave it to me, Mama! I’ll protect master with my life!)」

Tama replied to Leona’s request with a lovely cry.

「Fufufu! You really look like Aria’s knight!」

Leona smiled upon hearing Tama’s lively cry, which meant that he could understand her words and showed his confidence. Thus, she brushed his head again.

Tama easily succumbed to sleep upon receiving the gentleness resembling Aria. Leona’s nice smell gave him a sense of security, and her patting skill was too godly.