The kđss between Jee-shahn and the chieftain was interrupted by pure chaos.Shizuka, whose confusion had curdled into a sudden, fierce jealousy, grabbed Jee-shahn's arm and tried to pull him away from her mother with all her might. Jee-shahn's body, now imbued with S-Rank Goblina strength, didn't budge an inch.The efort was so sudden and intense that Shizuka's grip failed, sending her tumbling backward. She crashed hard into one of the other beautiful goblina guards who was holding a piece of the roasted crocodile meat.The guard screamed. "Sis! Because of you, my delicious food is wasted on the ground!"The noise instantly broke the romantic spell. Shizuka's mother and Jee-shahn pulled a part,their faces burning bright red with embarrassment. They looked around to see the eleven other beautiful goblinasâincluding the two that were now sprawled on the ground, covered in precious crocodile greaseâstaring at them with shocked, confused eyes.In shyness, Shizuka's mother instantly covered her face with her hand. Jee-shahn, equally flustered, scratched his head and began to laugh nervously.Shizuka stood up, brushing dirt and meat grease off her body. Her cheeks were flushed not with embarrassment, but with pure jealousy. She marched directly in front of Jee-shahn,placing herself protectively between him and her mother.Jee-shahn smiled warmly. He reached out and gently squeezed her cheeks. "Well, hello there," he said in a teasing, funny tone. "You're so beautiful, and also infinitely cute when you're jealous."Shizuka, momentarily stunned by the compliment, blushed crimson. "It⌠it hurts!""Sorry, sorry!" Jee-shahn released her cheeks immediately.Shizuka rubbed her face and leveled him with a sharp, pointed glare. "Hmph!"Seeing the genuine danger in that glare, Jee-shahn instantly stood up straight. He gently took both of Shizuka's hands."Listen, dear," he said seriously. "If you're angry about what I did with you and your mother,you should know that a đ is the type of way we show that we love that person very, very much."All the beautiful goblinas, including Shizuka and her mother, leaned forward, fascinated.Shizuka smiled, a dangerous glint in her eye. "So if we like each other, we can do it whenever we want?"Jee-shahn pulled his hands away quickly. "No! Hold on, let me be clear! What I did with youand your mother is called a kđss, and it's only done with the person you want to marry!"Shizuka, her mother, and the entire group exchanged confused looks. Jee-shahn took a deep breath."Fine," he announced with finality. "It means I â¤ď¸ you, and I want to make all of you my wives!"The words landed like thunder. All eleven beautiful goblinasâShizuka, her mother, and theten elite guardsâblushed harder than they had ever blushed before.Jee-shahn's eyes went wide with shock. He hadn't expected them to be so agreeable!Shizuka and her mother exchanged a quick, nervous glance, then looked back at Jee-shahn."We don't have a problem with becoming your wives, but..."Jee-shahn's face lit up as if he had just won the celestial lottery. "But what, darling?" he asked, shaking his head eagerly."But you need to take care of us," Shizuka's mother replied firmly."Done!" Jee-shahn nodded vigorously. "Also what, darling?"Shizuka and her mother's faces were now scarlet. They whispered in unison: "Also, make all the goblinas in our village yours, and take care of them, too!"Jee-shahn's brain short-circuited. He let out a silent "Huh?" and promptly collapsed onto his knees.Shizuka and her mother rushed forward, worried. "Are you okay?"With a massive, ecstatic grin, Jee-shahn stood back up. "Okay, dear! I will take care of all my wives!"Shizuka, her mother, and the other ten goblinas gasped and instantly blushed, accepting the new title."Dear wives, let's eat this delicious meat before it gets cold," Jee-shahn said with atriumphant smile.A shared, soft smile appeared on the faces of all twelve beautiful goblinas.The Final Shock After the meal, Jee-shahn gathered the remaining food in one enormous carry. "We still have two more days of food here," he calculated. He faced the women. "I think we are done here.How about you show me my village and introduce me to my other wives?"Shizuka's mother smiled. "We are already very close to our cave home.""Cave?" Jee-shahn followed their gaze, locating a small, almost hidden crack between two huge boulders.Shizuka and the others efortlessly slipped through the narrow gap. "Come on in!" Shizuka called.Jee-shahn tried to enter, but the large piece of roasted meat he was holding got completely stuck in the entrance. Shizuka looked on, worried.Jee-shahn sighed and, with minimal efort, broke the meat into two manageable pieces.Shizuka happily clapped and rushed ahead.Jee-shahn took a few steps into the gloom, and his sleepy eyes instantly snapped wide. He dropped both pieces of meat with a soft thud.With a hilarious, frantic sob, Jee-shahn whispered and screamed at the same time:"I thought there were only a few more beautiful goblinas to meet! But in this small, crampedcaveâincluding Shizuka, her mother, and the eleven beautiful goblinas I just metâthere areat least forty more goblinas! And they're all my wives now!"He stumbled forward, his gaze landing on the middle of the cavern, where Shizuka and her mother were standing, waiting for him in front of the assembled masses.
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