The Elf Ambassador

I visited the elf village, but it was deserted—the slimes had attacked, and not a soul was left.

After defeating the transparent monsters, we searched for the elves and found that they'd taken shelter in a tree house built high in the branches.

The elves had told me before that the sturdy log-built tree house had been designed to serve as a shelter, too, so that was exactly what they'd done.

Since the elves were afraid of the slimes, we changed our plans and decided to work with them to hunt down any stragglers.

As we provided them with meals and other help, they said they wanted to thank us.

In this case, “thank us” meant doing that sort of thing—but there was no way I could do that with Lilith and Anemone here.

Incidentally, beastfolk are generally polygamous, so they're fairly open-minded about this sort of thing.

Apparently, their family structure is based on powerful males keeping multiple females at their side.

For all those reasons, Myaree and Nyamena don't say anything about human women—but that's not the case when it's a beastfolk woman.

They must be more particular when it comes to their own kind...