Reject Humanity, Return to Monke

"Papa… Can I come?" I stared at Domino, who was looking up at me with puppy eyes. I tried to refuse, but her eyes had already taken a toll on my soul a few minutes ago.

Both I and Domino have been arguing back and forth about why she couldn\'t come. I said it was dangerous on the first floor for her. She said she wanted to meet her, as she calls it, step-mother.

I refused vehemently the first few times she asked, but her puppy-eyes were too much to handle.

"… Fine, but stick with me, alright?" I caved in, and accepted that she would come with me. She gave herself a cute fist pump, and I chuckled wryly at that display. \'Not that she might even see her, but chances are high she will find an excuse to come herself to help me with my problem.\'

She hopped on my back and carrying her on my shoulder, I generated a Master\'s Path leading directly to the two portals in the entrance. Walking through the Master\'s Path, Domino opted to remain silent, excitement bubbling deep within her tiny body.

A few minutes of walking and climbing, we arrived at the two arches that held the two portals. There were primates all around us, and their leader, Gong, was standing directly beside me on all fours, his weapons ready in case something happened; not that it would, but it is a possibility.

We waited like that for a few moments, with some primates striking up some conversation in Monke speak, and me and Domino talking about simple things like how she beat me in Crash, how she beat me in that FPS game, how she beat me in that fighting game…

Alright, I get it. I suck at gaming compared to my prodigy surrogate daughter, but I wouldn\'t have her any other way. I just wish she would stop calling me a noob and a scrub, not that I am not one.

Domino was about to call me out on my loss in our other game, but at that moment, the portal on the left, which led to whose Dungeon I have no idea since I hadn\'t the chance to check. The first figure to come out of the portal, however, gave me the most defining clue to which Dungeon this portal led to.

"Yo, Jion!" Catalina came rushing out with a bright smile on her face. The moment she laid her eyes on the primates, however, she began to \'ooohh\' in awe. "Damn, that\'s one scary security detail."

A few more figures exited the portal, all of them Cat demi-humans. They numbered 8, and they were decked out in seemingly ordinary clothes, but judging by their make and quality, I\'m sure that they\'re enchanted.

All of them were different from each other, none of them being too similar to another. The first to come out was a tall male, his orange striped tail swishing to and fro as he walked out the portal with utmost confidence. He laid his eyes on me, then scowled.

\'… Okay, correct me if I\'m wrong, but isn\'t that a tiger demi-human?\' I wondered to myself, my mind giving me a shrug to my question.

The tiger demihuman looked ready to lunge, but was held back by another Cat demi-human, this time a female. She was short in stature, but not that short. She was slim, petite, and overall, cute to look at. Her stubby tail made her look even cuter in my eyes. If it wasn\'t for the fact that she was looking at me with grateful eyes, I would probably be tiger-chow by now.

That reminds me, why did the tiger demi-human want to jump me? I\'ll have to ask Catalina later, but for now, I need to analyze the other demi-humans.

The next one was female… Scratch that, all of the remaining ones are female, except for that flat-chested one. I have no idea whether that was a trap, or a pure female, but from my experiences in this world, anything can happen.

And that wasn\'t all. All of the females, except the trap-looking one, were looking at me with gratitude in their eyes.

\'Ookaaayyy… I have no idea why they\'re looking at me like that, but what the hell. Let\'s just go with the flow… It\'ll be easier that way.\' Deciding not to torture my brain with mental gymnastics, I approached the smiling Catalina with Domino still perched up on my shoulder.

The moment the Cat demi-human Dungeon Master laid eyes on the cute jailbait that was Domino, she was instantly fawning over the little girl.

"Oh my god! You\'re so cute!" She ran towards me and grabbed Domino off my shoulders as she hugged the little girl to death. Surprisingly, Domino didn\'t protest, but hugged Catalina as well.

"Mama…?" Catalina froze in surprise, and the tiger demi-human\'s face twitched. Catalina slowly brought the little girl forward and looked at her with a confused gaze, before she looked at me with a questioning look.

"She\'s my surrogate daughter." I shrugged, and she put two and two together. She then squealed and hugged the little girl even more.

"You do know I\'m gunning for you even more now, right?" I sighed and Catalina giggled as she played with Domino. From behind her, the tiger demi-human was looking at me with a glare so fierce, it could probably melt those who were subjected to it.

The keyword being "probably," and the chance was 0 percent.

"Anyway, as much as I like seeing you crushing Domino with a hug, I\'d like to talk business. I\'m… in no position to be having fun right now…" I said suddenly, which caused the two females to stop their hugging and look at me with serious eyes. As Domino approached me after being released back onto the ground, I placed her back on top of my shoulder.

"Very well. As you can see, I can only supply some of my best fighters from my Dungeon." Catalina gestured to the 8 demi-humans, all of them having cat ears and tails in different variations. "This is Tigre, a tiger demi-human, and his team."

"Pleasure to meet you, Tigre." I held my hand out, only for it to be slapped away by the tiger demi-human. My primates quickly raised their weapons in case of an attack, while the female demi-humans did the same. Catalina, however, looked at Tigre with anger evident in her eyes, and that made the tiger demi-human flinch.

"… Sorry." His tone was unapologetic, but I accepted it nonetheless. From my previous observation of him, I can surmise that his attitude towards me is attuned to jealousy. For what reason, I still have no definite proof, but if what he has shown me was to go by, he had a crush on Catalina, and since the object of his desires is currently focused on me, he\'s been giving me the stink-eye…

Better look out for him then… Sorry Chip, looks like you\'ll be doing three jobs now… Actually, he might enjoy this, now that I think about it…

Also, it seems that all the females in his group have a romantic interest in him, thus the \'looking at me with gratitude\' thing. Not that I can prove it, but its chances are definitely high.

"No harm done." I replied, and Tigre nodded. That said, his accent was heavily reminiscent of a Spanish-English accent.

"Sorry about that, Jion." Catalina looked at me with a sheepish look. "Anyway, I\'ll also be staying here with you until the raid\'s over. I want to see what your Dungeon looks like."

"… But doesn\'t your Dungeon need you?"

"Bah, they can take care of themselves. It\'s nearly impenetrable as it is, and it\'s quite boring there." Catalina hung her arm around me, while Domino noddingly approved of her action. Tigre was once again glaring at me with daggers. "And while I\'m at it, spend some time with my favorite Dungeon Master buddy, yeah?"

If looks could kill, I would probably be dead by now.

I sighed, and nodded in agreement with her, which caused her to smile brightly.

"We\'re still waiting for Kova\'s reinforcements, though, so you\'ll have to wait before I give you the tour." I said, and she responded with a tighter arm cling than before, her modest boobs now pressing against my arm. Truth be told, I was beginning to have a hard on, but right now was not the time.

We waited for a few more moments, me, Domino, and Catalina talking about stuff, while Tigre and his team were bickering about something, the tiger demi-human sometimes stealing glances at the three of us.

The primates were still observing the group of demi-humans with a critical eye, in case the most probable suspect would dare try to attack me.

A few minutes more of waiting, and the portal leading to Oshurkova\'s Dungeon began to shake, and out came three figures, all of them wearing matching clothes that covered their entire body, making it impossible to see who they were inside.

Though, one of them was obviously female, judging by the bulges on her chest.

All of them wore what seemed to be black leather vests, with black long-sleeved shirts, and black leather gloves. They also wore black leather trousers, and shin-high combat boots. Wrapped around them was a cloak and a standing collar. Wearing masks that covered half of their face, and a tricorne hat that covered their upper halves, it was incredibly difficult to check their faces.

"… Well, this isn\'t a reference I\'m sure I\'ll get sued by…" The joke went over the heads of everybody present, and I groaned. \'I wish Drake was here…\'