Epic Of Caterpillar

Like a small pale child that had a very calming yet eerie aura named Zashiki Warashi, beautiful women and handsome men that seemed human at first glance, but had long necks named Rokurokubi, weasel beastfolk with humanoid appearances but weasel-like features like ears, tails, and hair, who also had long blades growing from their wrists named Kamaitachi…

White Lamias, with incredibly pale white skin, white hair and white snake tails, wearing beautiful kimono and having small ghosts and phantoms around them named Shirohebi, these lamias resembled my Amiphossia a lot, but they were Yokai.

Onis with massive heads, which seemed to be their whole bodies, angry expressions and long tongues named Tsurube Otoshi and plenty of other beings, like the umbrellas from before, but they were greatly evolved versions, having now a humanoid body holding the main umbrella body, they usually had the appearance of beautiful women and handsome males.

The incredible variety of Yokai in this place had taken me aback, and by seeing so many having similar features than demi-human on the surface, I wondered why they werenʼt on the surface instead. I do remember seeing beings like these in Azuma Empire through my Slime Clones eyes, but not as many. And all of it is protected by the ”King”. Who is this King?

With my family and Ogaʼs group, we relaxed for a bit as we explored the village to our heartʼs content, the restaurant was incredibly varied for a village in the middle of a dungeon, they even sold noodles and Ramen.

By using my charm, I managed to get some of the recipes from the chefs making the ramen, a small, old man, who had eyes on his hands and seemed to be a Yokai species named Tenome, said that they do the noodles with a flour made by smashing the bones of Nekomata and Kasha, adding some water, a surprisingly delicious dough would be made, which was then converted into noodles and boiled.

They also had other types of meat than Nekomata and Kasha, but these were usually the most common, and cheap as well, it was also delicious when cooked just right and by using the special sauces they had created by fermenting the Necro Plants that grow in these floors, the preparations were delicacies.

Although the village was big, they didnʼt have cattle, and consisted on only hunting for food, as the monsters were plenty everywhere, also, killing monsters inside of dungeons would net more than just their meat, sometimes equipment, minerals, gemstones, and potions would drop, which these Yokai would use for other necessities, like needing metal to make better weapons or houses using these dropped equipment and minerals, using potions as medicine if needed, and so on.

There was a big shop where a talented group of beautiful Arachne-like Yokai named Jorogumo would sew beautiful clothes, we ended up buying several kimonos and Japanese-like attires that we have never seen elsewhere, even in my Kingdom.

In the middle of our shopping, we were interrupted by a group of Yokai wearing armors, most of them were Oni and beastfolk of various sizes and colors, some were even turtle beastfolk. The guards announced that the Yokai King called for a meeting with all of our party. Seeing no problem in seeing this Yokai King in person, I didnʼt oppose the guards as we slowly walked towards the big building in the middle of the village.

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