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A large spider suddenly reached up to her as its large claws petted the girl’s head.
“Gishi gishishish…”
“Hungry… Feed?” asked the girl
“Ghisihihsih…”
It seemed as if the girl agreed to something the spider said.
The spider then suddenly grabbed a still living monster wrapped in a spider. It looked to be a wild wolf and bit it with its fangs.
The wolf gave a last groan and then died on the spot. After a few minutes, the corpse began to foam from its jaws as the spider gave it back to the girl.
The girl made a bitter expression. Maybe she didn’t want raw monster again today.
But she had no other things to eat, so she suddenly opened her mouth as her jaws grew like spider mandibles and bit through the corpse. She began to suck the liquified interior of the wolf after that as if it were a delicious smoothie… or something.
It was creepy to see, and it impacted me greatly, but there wasn’t much I could do other than feel surprised by what she did. She was like a spider in many ways except in her looks, I suppose.
She was a baby spider person…
Or something.
After she finished her meal, the spider took away the mummified corpse and then brought a bottle of fresh spring water.
The little girl drank a bit and then sat over her bed, taking out a book she had saved inside a piece of furniture made of spiderwebs.
She opened the book, and her big red eyes looked down into the book.
“…”
She exuded such a strange aura of innocence. It felt as if she was drawing me in.
Without realizing it, I was moving near her using one of my snake ghost clones.
I hid beneath the bed and looked at her read.
She was so peaceful and tranquil. It felt as if I didn’t even have any intent to kill her anymore.
Maybe she’s just a child trying to figure out what she is or what she’s doing in here.
Perhaps she’s not that different from me or everybody else.
But her powers… they’re terrifying.
This innocence she holds is special despite how strong she is… but I am sure that her spiders somehow are influencing her due to their wild behaviors.
If she grows only with wild animals, she’ll turn into one after becoming an adult, and it might become even harder for her to socialize later on even though she has such potential.
She suddenly closed the book and sat down over the floor, curiously looking for… me.
Eh?!
She suddenly realized I was here!
“…”
She began looking around with her little hands as she suddenly managed to touch my little snake ghost.
“Worm…”
She cutely called me a worm.
I let her grab me out and wanted to pretend to be a wild animal like she thought I was.
“Worm!”
She grabbed me with her little arms as she began to shake me around.
“Uwawawaaaahh!”
I cried as I was being moved around a lot, it felt a bit nauseating, but nothing I couldn’t handle.
“Worm! Haha…”
She giggled cutely as I looked into her eyes. Looking at such a powerful being from very close was chill-inducing.
She suddenly sniffed me with her tiny and pointed nose and opened her mouth.
Wait for a second…
“Nom!”
She bit me!
Ouch!
Actually, it didn’t hurt. I am a ghost after all!
She didn’t put any magic on the bite, so as a normal physical attack, it held no effect on my snake clone.
The little spider girl looked at me with awe and surprise. She couldn’t believe I just ignored her bite like that.
She’s honestly way too cute.
“Nom…?”
She asked me as I looked at her again, using my tiny snake tongue to gently lick her nose.
“No nom…”
She seemed disappointed. She thought I was a snack!
“Gishi!” I said angrily.
“Oh?”
The girl looked at me with surprise. Her crimson-red eyes opened wide to look at me.
“Wormy?”
“Gishi!”
“Wormy! Fren?”
She suddenly called me Wormy and then… Fren.
So cute…
Does she want to be my friend?
Uwah… I have a soft spot for cute children. I am very motherly.
Sure, I can be your fren, little spider queen, I don’t mind…
“Gishi!”
I made a cute sound and then licked her again.
“Heheh… Fren! Fren!”
The girl held my little body and carried me in her arms.
She was very rough at that. She lacked a lot of carefulness. A normal beast might have died before she could even do all this. It was thanks to that I couldn’t easily be ripped into pieces nor eaten that I got to the point of becoming her “fren.”
Some of the spiders walking around noticed she was holding me around as they looked at her with surprise and awe, wondering what she was even doing.
It was reasonable for them to think that it was very weird to see their queen holding a weird worm and calling it a friend.
But I don’t think they’re as intelligent as she, so they didn’t really understand and just decided to continue doing what they did.
I discovered this entire colony was very much like ants. They were slowly molding the interior of the dungeon and making it bigger and more spacious for more spiders to be born.
The girl wasn’t laying eggs, though, but other female spiders were, which I called the “mother spiders.” I wonder if she just hatched from one of those eggs as an oddity, and they keep her safe due to her power? She is probably the one ordering them around, though.
She’s… so cute.
Way too cute.
She held me around, and I sneaked out of her arms, and slowly coiled around her arm and then reached her shoulder, sitting around the two shoulders she had.
She smiled as she liked my playful nature and petted me gently with her multiple arms.
“Fren!” she said.
Sure… I can be your friend if that’s what you want, dear…
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