Arpious of the Planes
Chapter 26 Moonlight Arachne

[Day 17]

"The sun's so bright... my head hurts... ah, actually everything hurts..."

As I open my eyes I turn my head and see a pale white face with 4 pink eyes scanning the area around. Her hair was a mix of white and light pink which seemed to go down to her waist. As I scanned down her body I saw protruding from her back, 6 grey spider legs with 3 joints that were about 4 feet long. At the very end of the legs, they were as white as her skin and pointed in the shape of a spear. They came from 6 spots on her back. On the top right, top left, middle left, middle right, bottom left, and bottom right. The legs curled around the side of her body like an exterior ribcage. On her back was the [Moon Tatoo] from her previous evolution but this time it had turned a silver color.

[Gained the following Body Modification]

[Body Modification: Mark of a Berserker]

[5600 XP gained]

[You leveled up (x3)]

[Servant Kumo gained 2400 XP]

[Servant Kumo leveled up (x2)]

[Servant Kumo has an evolution available]

These seem like the notifications from last night, which means...

"Hey Kumo, I see you've evolved,"

"Oh, master! Look at me now, I'm humanoid,"

As I stood up I saw the rest of her body. Her figure was very lovely, I wouldn't say it is as good as Homura's but it definitely above average. If this was on earth she could be a model.

『Status』

[Name: Kumo]

[Race: Moonlight Arachne]

[Status: Servant]

[Level: 1/60]

[HP: 120/120 MP: 65/65 SP: 30/30]

[Strength: 15]

[Defense: 8]

[Magic: 20]

[Speed: 30]

[Luck: 1]

[Charisma: 15]

[Skills: [Acid Secretion] [Shadow Magic] [Slash] [Poison Immunity] [Moonlight Magic] [Thread Manipulation] [Enhanced Regeneration] [Enhanced Senses]

[Body Modification: [Moon Tattoo]

[Titles: [Servant]

...

An... Arachne, or a Moonlight Arachne? Aren't they supposed to have a spider as their lower body, she clearly has legs.

As I scan her body I slowly realize that she has no clothes on. I quickly turn away while partly blushing. Kumo seemed unphased by me looking at her naked body probably because she doesn't know the unspoken rules of humanoid forms, well... I guess we're both girls.

"Normally you would be embarrassed in this situation but... if it's you I don't mind," says Kumo while turning a bright red.

"What the fu-" I say but quickly cutting off my reaction.

"I-I guess we have to make do with the pelts of the wolves. I hope Aimi can make something for you once we get back," I suggested.

Kumo nodded and picked up my rocky scythe that was covered in dry blood. As she went to skin it she noticed how the wolves' limbs were perfectly cut as if they were going to make a stew. Her shocked face slowly turned into a face of concentration as she slowly separated the meat from the fur.

I can't stop looking at her. If I continue to look longer my nose will end up bleeding.

I slowly approached her from behind and hugged her surprisingly cold back. I wrapped my arms around her tummy and hugged her gently.

"So pretty..." I mumbled.

Kumo kept opening and closing her mouth trying to respond but couldn't because of the shocking situation. She turned her head around and I saw that her blushing face from before couldn't compare to what it is now. Her pale face was completely red while part of it had spread to her neck.

"M-master... f-forgive my rudeness but do you like men or women... I-I won't judge,"

"Oh, is it because I prefer having women around me. Well, I would prefer to fall in love with a woman other than a man. No, I don't want to fall in love with a man," I replied.

I still have a mindset of a man so trying to fall in love with a man is just awkward for me. It's not like I'm against man-on-man relationships, it's I just don't swing that way. Wait do I technically swing that way... AH, WHATEVER!

"T-then, Ummm," Kumo stutters.

Ah, I see I had a hunch and it seems like that hunch was correct. Normally you would be comfortable around the same gender but Kumo sometimes reacted like a girl talking to a guy she likes at school.

I slowly approach her reddened face and steal her lips. Kumo was startled and tried to separate it but I held her tighter which caused her to eventually stop resisting. The wind blew sweeping up our hair, it was like something you would see in an anime or manga.

Eventually, the wind had died down and pulled back a few seconds later. I didn't go far, just doing a normal kiss which seemed appropriate for the setting. As I pulled back the reaction I thought would happen didn't happen but instead did the opposite. It seemed like she was holding back from saying this because her face had instantly returned to a pale color and her shocked complexion had relaxed.

"I... love you," Kumo said with a warm smile.

"Love you too... now shall we get going," I said trying to avoid going any farther.

"Yes, master,"

"You don't have to call me master anymore, it's really awkward now that you just confessed and I reciprocated your feelings," I said.

"Ok,"

We stood up and decided on trying to get Kumo [Fire Resistance] since she will need it to enter the canyon.

I looked at the sun and judged that it was the middle of the day so we used this fully to our advantage. We dashed around the forest to get Kumo used to her new body since she has never had a humanoid form before. We fought Burnt Berserker slugs and wolves but Kumo still had trouble adjusting to her new body. I can't really blame her though since I have practice with a humanoid form.

[1800 XP gained]

[You leveled up]

[Servant Kumo gained 3200 XP]

[Servant Kumo leveled up (x2)]

We both realized how she wasn't adjusting as fast as we thought she would so we decided to proceed with other tasks to complete. There were really only two which were easy to complete so we first went ahead with the first one.

We found a duo of wolves resting under a tree and Kumo proceeded to move the spider legs on her back. They made slightly creepy noises when moving but when they slashed they were fast. It was faster than her arms and almost as fast as my punch. She controlled them as if they were supposed to be her arms instead of the pale ones she's been trying to use.

The very top and very bottom spider legs could move 90 degrees in their respective direction such as the top right moving 90 degrees to the left and bottom right moving 90 degrees to the bottom. The middle legs couldn't move very much besides wrap around her sides like a rib cage.

Whenever she slashed they would leave a white trail from how fast they moved. The wolves didn't stand a chance since their guard was down. Once the wolves had noticed Kumo's presence they were already sliced into many pieces while blood splattered everywhere. Their fur wasn't even able to ignite since they were instantly killed.

"Whenever I use the legs on my back it feels like I'm back in my crawler body," Kumo said.

"Nice job, they should be your main attacking point unless you choose a weapon," I suggested.

After talking for a bit we continued trying to replace more prey while having the thought of putting into action our second task. We found a slug and it was just as disgusting as usual but instead of using magic to not set the mucus on fire, I did the opposite, stabbing it directly with the end of my scythe. Its mucus instantly lit on fire scorching part of my arm which instantly healed back to its original state. As soon as my arms healed I used [Fire Control] and manipulated part of the fire in front of me.

"Are you ready if it hurts too much just tell me,"

"Go ahead," Kumo says while squeezing her eyes shut.

I manipulate part of the fire onto her arm which instantly starts to burn her. Once she felt it she activated [Enhanced Regeneration] making the fire battle with her quickly regenerating arm. Kumo did an outstanding job of resisting the pain until she got the skill. Apparently, she tried to hold out longer to get Immunity but the pain was eventually too much, but it leveled up 3 more levels after she got the skill. Her arm regenerated slower than before but it still reverted back to its normal form.

"You did great," I said while kissing her forehead.

"We've been eating all the wolves we killed so far, so I don't think we need to eat before we go to sleep. The sun is already setting so maybe we should sleep right now so we can wake up early tomorrow for the canyon," Kumo suggested.

I nodded and we both laid on the grass under a tree right next to us. I was the big spoon while Kumo was the little spoon. It was very relaxing being with her and soon without me knowing I had drifted off into the land of dreams.