Chapter 2: A Week Later And School
It'd been a week since Mia moved into my apartment and every day she seemed to get closer and closer with me - just this morning I'd woken up with her tail wrapped around me and her upper human half hugging me tight, a happy smile across her sleeping face.
Not one to deny something like this, I just lay there and enjoyed the embrace of a beautiful young woman.
Still, it couldn't continue forever and I had to get out of bed at some point.
Luckily, unlike the canon version of Kimihito, I had more than enough physical brawn to unwrap the young Lamia woman from around my body. Doing so woke her up and caused her to pout but I placated her with a head pat and a smile, "Hey, my hands are tied, Mia. I've gotta make you breakfast and lunch before I have to leave for school, after all," I said and her pout only got more intense - and cute.
"...I know," she grumbled, unwrapping the rest of her tail from me, still running the tip up and down my bare chest and stomach, "It's just annoying that I can't join you at this school place, darling," she frowned, laying her head down on my upper arm while her brow furrowed in obvious thought.
I lay there for an extra few minutes, which was appreciated by Mia before I absolutely had to get up. Doing so, I got dressed and went to the bathroom where I brushed my teeth and washed my face. A face different to me in terms of both my previous life and my new memories. Awakening his Troll blood had actually improved his appearance, as odd as that sounds. Refined his features and made him more masculine-looking.
The purple eyes didn't hurt either, giving me an otherworldly and exotic vibe that would no doubt be popular with the ladies. Would also make me just the opposite with racists looking out for this type of thing but who cares?
Upon finishing all that, I made my way to the kitchen, walking passed my bedroom where I saw Mia tossing and turning, trying to get back to sleep but failing horribly.
Smirking, I shook my head at her antics.
I couldn't help but like the Lamia woman. She was fun to be around, she wasn't all that shy about her feelings and she knew what she wanted and wasn't afraid to ask for it. She was also quite extroverted and a good example of a conversationalist which meant it was never boring to just sit down and talk to her about random subjects.
Obviously she liked me in a more physical and romantic way but I wasn't against it. If anything, I was attracted to her as well and whether by the laws of this new reality or by my new merged personality showing it's head, I found myself quickly coming to like her romantically as well.
Anime logic, I guess. As worrying as that is for other aspects of my life, I can't really complain about it. Even in my previous life I'd been quick to fall for women, as long as they were my type, so it wasn't really anything new to me.
What was new, however, was the casual confidence I now had. Being a half-Troll and knowing I was a superhuman who could tank low caliber bullets did a lot for my self-esteem, not gonna lie.
Being much more independent due to my new merged personality also added to that new confidence, turning me into a much calmer, more sure of myself version of me. A very drastic change from how I'd been before where I was prone to bouts of depressive mood swings and anxieties. I guess being in a new body helps a lot, huh?*
(*A/N - You know, different brain, different brain chemistry. Which means mental illnesses wouldn't carry over into a new body.)
My past self aside, I turned my focus to doing breakfast. I went with a 'light' breakfast for myself and a whole bunch of boiled eggs for Mia who absolutely adored eating such dishes - as per her snake heritage.
A light breakfast for my new body was probably as much food as a normal person ate in an entire day. Somewhere around 2000 calories.
What? Troll muscles need a lot of energy to run. I'm also a week into my training alongside the MON Squad, a squad specifically recruited and trained to deal with extraspecies problems for the Cultural Exchange Committee - as such, all the members were nonhumans so their fighting with certain threats wouldn't break the laws brought into existence via the Interspecies Exchange Bill.
This MON Squad - short for Monster Ops Neutralization - is made up of five people. The human liaison, Kuroki Smith who I'd already met. The commando, Zombina who's an Undead Human and in charge of weapons and face-to-face gun fights due to her immortality. The sniper for the squad, Manako who's a Monoeye and has such excellent eyesight that she doesn't even need a scope for her rifle and as such she takes out threats from long range where close range encounters would be too dangerous. Then you have the infiltrator of the bunch, a Shapeshifter called Doppel and because of her nature she can turn into anyone she wants as long as she knows enough about their body and who they are. Which makes her the perfect spy.
And last but not least is the member who's in charge of my training, Tionishia, an Ogre who's the team's close-quarters combatant and the bodyguard for certain VIPs.
The last bit is exactly why she's my teacher. She's a professional bodyguard and is a surprisingly good teacher. Also, as an Ogre she's actually able to keep up with my new physical strength. Trolls, even half-Trolls like myself, are known for being some of the physically strongest Liminals out of all known to exist and are only outdone by one other race in terms of brute strength and that race is also a subspecies of Ogre called a Gigantes which are on average about ten meters tall.
I'm actually physically stronger than Tio by a slight margin but she's still much better at fighting than me, though I am quickly learning. Or so Tio says, so whether I am or she's just being nice, I have no clue.
Finishing the last touches on my mega breakfast, I took it to the table while the eggs boiled inside a bowl of water. I ate it fast enough, the meal just being a lot of toast, bacon, minced meat, some eggs and some fruit I grabbed from the fridge so it wasn't anything complex or messy.
When I finished, I plated up Mia's food and left it at the table before going to wake her up, "Foods done, Mia," I called as I passed my room where she was still lying down. She groaned but moments later I heard her leave the room and I smiled to myself as I went through the ordeal of brushing my teeth for a second time.
I sprayed some deodorant over myself and walked back toward the kitchen to prepare Mia's lunch.
In the kitchen I saw Mia sat at the dining room table, eating eggs whole in single bites, egg shell and all. Every egg she ate, she held a hand to her cheek and closed her eyes while a groan of enjoyment came from her.
"You really like eggs, huh?" I called out, causing her to jump in surprise at my silent approach. She looked over her shoulder, gulping down the egg she was currently eating, her cheeks going red.
"W-well, yeah," she stuttered a little in embarrassment before gazing fondly at me, her slit pupils focusing in on me, "Especially when they're made by you, darling," her expression changed to one of affection and made a sultry attempt at eating an egg, her long and snake-like tongue coming out of her mouth and lewdly wrapped around the egg as she pulled it between her wet and full lips.
...Keep it up, you sexy Lamia and I'll genuinely lose it.
My libido was already on the same level as a harem protagonist; awakening as a half-Troll just made it even more insane. Living alone with a Lamia who didn't give you any free time alone also made it so I couldn't exactly empty the tank, so to speak.
Which meant I was running low on tolerance for acts like this, and I'm quite sure that Mia was well aware of that.
Opposed to the cheery, naive and somewhat ditzy countenance she gives off, Mia is surprising cunning and calculating when it comes to me. She knows exactly what she's doing and yet continues to do it because she wants to tempt me.
And unlike the original protagonist for 'Monster Musume', I'm not held back by the law. Meaning at some point I'm gonna get pushed over the line.
Still, it's gonna happen on my terms and not just because some horny Lamia wants the D.
Anyway, I rolled my eyes at Mia's antics and got to making her lunch, which was - you guessed it - more boiled eggs! Due to her being a snake and having much less taste receptors on her tongue, the flavor didn't really matter much to her. Or rather, you didn't need to worry about the subtleties of the flavor and just focus on cooking the meal well and using quality ingredients.
This lack of taste on her part is also why it's nigh-impossible for me to eat any of her food unless it's a very simple dish that doesn't rely on complex seasonings done just the right amount for it to be tasty.
Aside from that, she's not that good at using human cooking appliances and that's the main reason I make her breakfast and lunch while I tutor her on how to use the kitchen when I can.
Putting the eggs in some containers, I stored them in the fridge before making my way to leave.
I said my farewells to a pouting and grumpy Mia, who gave a lethargic wave back and, after grabbing my school bag, I was soon on my way out of my apartment and toward school.
The walk there was filled with odd sights both familiar and unfamiliar. I saw Centaurs walking the streets, other Lamias, even a few Arachne subspecies moving about while dressed in uniform - bug and pest removers, it would seem.
Of course these Liminals were the minority but the fact I could even see a handful of them really nailed home the fact that I was in a new world and that this new world was deeply rooted with supernatural aspects. Not that I didn't like it, though. In fact, seeing all the different types of nonhumans around me filled me with a sort of childlike joy.
It truly brought my inner child to life seeing so many fantasy races around.
This was the world I called my own, now.
Letting that fact settle in, I closed my eyes and took a deep breathe in to compose myself. Opening my eyes again, I tried my best to keep myself from staring at the passing Liminals and focused on getting to school on time.
. . .
"It's a pleasure to meet you all, my name's Kimihito Kurusu. Please look after me," I gave a slight bow to show some sincerity - I couldn't say my tone was all that enthused, after all. Especially seeing some of the looks from the male inhabitants of my new classroom. Yeah, operative word being 'new'.
...Turns out I've been transferred to a new section of the school meant for nonhumans. After all, the school believed that allowing nonhumans and humans to mix while in class to be a bit too distracting. Liminals were a relatively new thing and you could just trust a bunch of horny guys to pull some odd moves on the prettier nonhumans under the guise of human culture or some shit like that.
Besides, can you imagine a nonhuman like an Ogre in a PE lesson with a normal human? It'd be completely unfair. Like putting a child up against an Olympic athlete.
And what looks was I getting? Well, sharp ones, to be concise about it.
I'd read somewhere that Liminals are very female heavy in terms of population. Even not considering extraspecies that were entirely composed of females like Lamia and Arachne, a lot of Liminal species were quite skewed in the favor of females. Usually to a point that for every male Liminal, you'd have 15 or so female Liminals.
Which means a lot of male Liminals aren't actually in human society. They're back in their species' assigned territories and being protected while the females leave for human society where they'll find and bring back a mate - that's the goal for a lot of Liminals who came to society.
Yet, far from it for me to make such a blanket statement, a decent amount of Liminals came to human society purely to experience it's culture and the people without having to hide themselves like they had to prior to the Interspecies Exchange Bill.
Anyway, back to why I'm getting sharp looks - it's because the few male Liminals actually in my new class were probably either scared I was encroaching in on their action or they'd noticed I was a hybrid. Which wasn't exactly that hard, really. I mean, other than being very tall (about 6'6"/6'7" last time I checked) and quite physically imposing due to the muscular physique I had, I didn't look like a Liminal. More like a very tall, well-built and robust human.
But, the fact I was in the class said I had something about me that wasn't human. Hence why anyone with two brain cells to rub together could figure out I was a hybrid.
These few guys might have a problem with it because they believe in Liminal superiority or something. I'm not entirely sure. But the way that Orc at the back turned his nose up at me when I introduced myself told me all I needed to know about his character, so I wasn't really too down about the fact I wouldn't have a riveting friendship with the guy.
The homeroom teacher clapped her hands together excitedly, "Thank you for the introduction, Kimihito-kun! Now, if you wouldn't mind, can you find a seat and sit there ready for the lesson?" she asked politely, knocking up her glasses as they were nearing the tip of her nose.
She did so with a furred hand and a claw-tipped finger, her cat ears twitching back and forth - no doubt from sounds most people couldn't hear.
She was my new homeroom teacher, Shizuka Nekonome*, as she introduced herself to me earlier in the teacher's lounge. She was a Werecat and as such, it was quite obvious she was one even without her telling me. While wearing a white blouse, orange skirt, low heel sandals and her eyes seem to be closed it was easy to see the well-kept fur that lined both her arms and her legs and the digitigrade legs that made her walk on the front part of her feet. Her hair was a nice sandy blond and when I briefly saw her eyes open they were a stunning electric blue.
(*A/N - Yes, this is the homeroom teacher from 'Rosario + Vampire'.)
Nodding to her instead of thinking about what she was, I walked toward the only empty seat. Unluckily it was reasonably close to that pompous Orc.
...Just my luck, I guess.
I sat down, between the Orc guy and another Liminal who had green skin and blonde hair that ended in dyed pink tips. She had pointed ears, hooves for feet and a visible pig tail poking out the top of her skirt. An Orc girl.
Huh. She's quite slim and lean for a female Orc - they're usually quite plump. Though, by human standards, this girl is thick. A term I'd use is slim thick. Purely because her thighs look like they could crush a man's skull and she has very wide hips but her stomach is quite flat and lean. Though, even with her being much slimmer and shorter than the Orc dude next to her, I don't doubt that she could choke slam the average human without much effort.
[Picture of the Orc girl here.]
Her blue eyes looked to me, long lashes batting as she took in my appearance. Even through clothes my physique and musculature was rather...easily seen.
And the Orc girl obviously liked what she saw, if her licking her lips was anything to go by.
This seemed to piss the Orc guy off though, who huffed a visible stream of air out of his nose, like some sort of bull in an anime. Dude, you've got it all wrong - you ain't a Minotaur, stop it.
Sitting down on the sturdy seat - which was unsurprisingly big and strong enough for my heavy frame seeing as it was built for a range of Liminals - I hanged my bag on the hooks attached to the desk and pulled out my school supplies. All while ignoring the two Orcs on either side of me, staring at me for completely different reasons.
Well, at least I can say it's exciting, right?
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