## Chapter 1014 – Aristocrat Kim Katt

After a day of rest, we woke up early and prepared to enter the Kushart Mountains. From what I gathered, it was a mountain range that was much larger than I had imagined.

But with Ari by my side, there was nothing to worry about.

It’s not like we haven’t done this kind of thing before. And it’s not like there will be any monsters that could threaten us, so it’s practically a walk in the park. The only difference is that this is a murderous walk in the park.

Anyway, the weather was nice and cool.

“It’s refreshing.”

As soon as we reached the entrance of the mountain range, Ari began to look around.

Then, like a fairy, she reached out her hand, and instantly the branches that were blocking the sky moved aside on their own. At the same time, sunlight poured down onto her hand, and colorful butterflies gathered around it.

“Wow.”

I couldn’t help but be impressed.
After all, an Alraune is an Alraune.

“She’s totally a forest fairy, a fairy.”

Not like those crazy, trashy, murderous fairies from another world, but like the cute and kind fairies from Earth’s folklore.

“Ari, how is it?”
“Ah…”

At my call, Ari looked at me and smiled.

“It’s a refreshing space. Everyone is welcoming me. Maybe it’s because my power has increased… I can feel them very clearly. It feels like my senses themselves have expanded.”
“Oh. So your abilities are enhanced when you’re in the forest?”
“Definitely. That’s how it feels.”

—Swish.

Suddenly, Ari’s clothes disappeared, and the leaves that were scattered around gathered around her. The gathered leaves formed the shape of a short dress made of light green and green.

It was a very luxurious garment.

Creating clothes on the spot.
I’ve seen it once before, but it’s still amazing.

“…”

Ari, having finished changing, emphasized her exposed, ample cleavage, pulled one leg back, lifted the hem of her skirt with both hands, bowed, and greeted me.

“How is it?”
“You look like a forest princess.”
“Queen, actually.”

The feeling is really good.

“Everything around me is talking to me, or rather, expressing their obedience. Every blade of grass, every flower, and every tree.”

Ari, who had come closer, hugged my arm and began to speak as if she were giving a report.

They are plants without will or reason, but she can clearly feel them and they are shouting to be loyal to her.

It’s really amazing.

“They’re really, embarrassingly happy.”
“You’re truly loved by the forest.”
“Beyond love… it’s like they regard obeying me as the meaning of their lives.”

Ari’s tone was somewhat dreamy.

“How pitiful.”

Pitiful?

“I’m not that interested.”
“Ah.”
“Even if they give me this much attention, honestly, it’s just troublesome. It’s good that they’re willing to follow my orders, but my honest feeling is, how dare they? It’s not good for them to have such feelings for me.”

Ari spoke in a queen-like tone, as if she felt everything was inferior.

This isn’t good!

“Oh no! Ari! Don’t say such bad things like a born queen! All the plant friends just like our Ari so much!!”
“Not friends, but lowly slaves…”
“Our Ari’s personality has changed!!! Come back, kind Ari!!”
“Not at all. I haven’t changed.”

Ari said, hugging my arm even tighter.

“It’s just that my thoughts and feelings have become clearer. And I’m still kind, you know?”
“I’m too scared to live.”

From what I could see, Ari’s vessel itself had grown so large from entering such a vast mountain range that her perspective had changed a bit. If this vast mountain range was saying it would obey her, it was inevitable that this would happen.

“Anyway, Father? What should I do? I feel like I can do anything in this mountain range. Tell me quickly.”
“Then please ask them to tell us the location of the place where those humans are gathered.”

The heretics are humans after all.

“Yes. I will.”

If they’re in here, Ari will definitely find them.

“Can you do it?”
“It’s not just that I can do it… it’s very simple.”

Ari said, walking forward.

“Just like this.”

She walked straight to the nearest old tree, touched its bark, and then.

“Just instill the will that they will not be forgiven if they disappoint me.”

—Brrr!

Ari’s eyes closed, and a kind of power was felt, and the old tree trembled its branches. I was just amazed. Not forgiven if they disappoint her? Has Ari ever said such a thing in her life?

Could it be that she’s copying what I do?

I can’t help but think that.

“…Yes. There seem to be humans.”
“Wow.”
“They’re telling me on their own. It’s not difficult at all.”

Ari smiled and stroked the bark of the tree again.

“Truly, the queen of the forest…! If Ari grows, she will definitely be amazing!!!”

Hilde clenched her fists and exclaimed as she watched. Ari just smiled at Hilde.

“Really, she’s amazing. Katt. Don’t you think?”
“Look at my jaw dropping.”

—Thud.

Claudia put her finger on my chin and closed my mouth.

“To scold such an Ari like that. Katt. Why did you do that back then?”

Then, as if she was quite pleased, she spoke in a gentle tone and tapped my shoulder with her wrist as she laughed.

“It’s so embarrassing every time I think about it that my body twists. Oh man, look at my back getting hot. Seriously.”

When Ari had just been resurrected, she was just an Alraune. That’s how I thought of her, and I treated her coldly. At the time, I thought it was the right thing to do, but now, how foolish was that?

“It’s okay, Father. It was natural back then. Honestly, a newly bloomed Alraune, it’s natural to be wary. But it hurt back then… I think it couldn’t be helped.”

Now she even reads my mind.

“I’m sorry, Ari!!!”
“Hehe, I’m just kidding. Anyway, to summarize, the human group seems to be quite far away. Rather than pinpointing the exact location, they’re telling me the direction. It will become clearer as we get closer.”

In other words, this forest network is telling her information from one place to another, so she only knows the general direction here, and it will become clearer as we get closer.

This is just top-tier.
I couldn’t ask for more.

“Then let’s go. I’ll take the direction.”
“I’ll let you know as soon as I feel something!!!”

So we entered the interior of the mountain range.

We put Ari at the front and walked around as if we were taking a walk, looking around. It wasn’t particularly hot and it was comfortable, so moving wasn’t a problem.

“Father. Look. I can do this too.”

As Ari walked barefoot, flowers and grass bloomed from her footprints. After walking about five steps, it was almost like a small flower bed had been created.

It’s really amazing.

“My goodness.”

More than anything, it’s very seductive how she slightly lifts the hem of her skirt and intentionally exposes her thighs as she moves. She’s doing that on purpose to show me.

“Can you do that in the desert too?”

When Claudia asked that, Ari stopped as if she was thinking for a moment.

“I probably wouldn’t be able to do it in a space that’s just sand. But if there are plants nearby, I think it would be possible to spread it from there to some extent. But there would have to be a water source.”
“That’s a really treasure-like ability.”

It’s truly a treasure.

Anyway, we kept walking while talking about such things.

I never get tired anyway, so there’s nothing to say, and Ari was in the forest, so she was in an ironman state. Claudia and Hilde were originally strong, so there was no problem with hiking.

If they say they’re tired once in a while, I can just carry them on my shoulders and move on.

How long did we walk? When it was time to eat, Ari, who had produced all kinds of fruits from a nearby tree, dropped them.

Come to think of it, this is possible too.

“We don’t have to worry about food.”
“If you go into any mountain range with me, you can live like a king.”
“Our Ari is the best.”

We happily ate the sweet fruits with their skins on and regained our strength.

“But there are no monsters at all!”

When Hilde said something as if she had realized something, Ari immediately answered.

“I’m chasing them all away.”
“Huh!”

Not only Hilde but also Claudia looked surprised.

“Oh my, I thought that would be the case, but… really. It’s a really amazing ability. I think it’s beyond imagination.”
“Anything is possible in a place like this.”

If we have Ari, any mountain range or jungle will be no different from her own home. That’s probably natural for an Alraune. For an Alraune, the forest is her palace, her fortress, her city, and her kingdom.

To think that there was an era when such an Alraune was active and dominated the mountain ranges is murderous the more I think about it. I’m sure she even fought with the Green Dragon over territory.

She’s definitely capable of that.

“Hmm?”

As I was thinking that, I started to feel something from somewhere over there.

Ari said she had blocked all the monsters, so what is it?

“Ari? I think something’s coming?”

When I asked that, Ari reached out her hand as if she already knew.

“Everyone, look over there.”
“Over there?”

I shifted my gaze to the direction Ari was pointing.

—Rustle.

As I watched quietly, the bushes began to move after a while. Is something coming? It seemed like Ari wanted to show us something. So I just waited with a relaxed mind, and then.

—Swish.

`It` appeared.

“No way!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

—Jump!

“That is!!!!!!!!!!”

I was so surprised that I jumped 7 meters high from my seat. Immediately, I rotated my body in that state and landed while performing aerial footwork.

What appeared was a Dryad!!!

“Dryad!!”

The Dryad of the Mother Shillaralum!!

—Swish.
—Swish.
—Swish.

“Not just one, but several of them!!!!!”

What came out from between the bushes were Dryad bitches covering their vital parts with clothes made of leaves…! Cursed monsters with pretty faces but with greenish-green skin!!!

No matter how pretty they are, with that skin color, they can only be called Fiona, Shrek’s wife!!!! And I knew what was inside those Dryads’ ample breasts…! Dryads are spiritual beings that turn into leaves and scatter the moment they are killed!

“Crazy! Bastards!”

The nightmare of the promotion battle came to my mind, and I immediately tried to slaughter the Dryads. In the old days, it was a close match, but now I’m a man who can kill those bastards with just my pinky finger.

“Father, calm down. I called them because they wanted to come to me.”
“What?”

Ari stood in front of me.

—Swoosh.

The gathered Dryads each knelt on one knee and bowed their heads.

“Ari called them?”
“Look. They’re obeying me. Dryads can’t disobey Alraunes.”
“Ah.”

Come to think of it, I already knew that.

Wow, but it’s amazing to see it in person.

“…”
“…”
“…”

The Dryads didn’t make any sound and just knelt there. Looking at them, Hilde and Claudia also seemed embarrassed.

“They’re female monsters…! And they’re pretty good-looking!”

For some reason, Hilde whispered to me.

“If they’re good enough, we can kidnap them and use them as Master Katt’s masturbatory devices…”
“Hey, hey! What are you talking about!!!”

What a crazy thing to say!

“Aah! Just kidding! Aah! Master Katt! Just kidding! Just kidding! Just a normal lewd joke!”
“Oh, Hilde! Don’t say such things!”
“Yes!!!!!”

Hilde rubbed her face against my cheek as if she was trying to mark her territory, making a fuss. She’s trying to smooth things over by acting cute like a cat that just caused an accident, but it’s working.

“Ari, can you control all of them?”
“Yes. As you can see.”

To Claudia’s question, Ari answered while walking past the heads of the Dryads who were kneeling and bowing their heads in formation. It was like a battalion commander closely examining the state of the battalion’s drill practice just before the division commander’s visit.

“Dryads are also part of the forest, so they can’t disobey my orders.”

Ari said, stroking the Dryads’ hair or stroking their chins as she looked down at them.

With a truly queen-like gaze.