Chapter 121: Greshaha

The two of us walked into the trees, Mishka was about to run ahead, but her sandals got caught in a wet and soft mossy spot on the ground. I used magic to catch her and then brought her back into my arms and kissed her. I put her down and put my hand to the ground and made a box.

I left the top off and crafted a bench seat with small tables on the side like oversized armrests. Next, I got Mishka to help me collect padding for the seats in the form of moss, then I used Nina's magic to create fancy cushions. Now, we had a fancy box!

"Umm, it doesn't have any wheels…"

"I will use magic to make it float and move, Babe, don't worry I got you. I will be our transport on the ground, What do you think?"

Mishka hopped in and pushed her bottom into it, letting me see a light flash of yellow underwear. She caught me but motioned me to sit down next to her with a hungry smile. That was an idea, but I wanted it to be somewhere other than the main entrance of this swamp. I hopped in and kissed Mishka, then she nuzzled into me as I lifted my arm to put around her shoulder. 

I lifted us off the ground and we started to move forward into the swamp, and after only ten minutes of travel, there was no path. This wasn't a problem for us, it was just good that I had thought of this, or we would have been a mess. Considering the craziness we had been through so far, this was a nice change.

The swamp around us was alive, but I put a heat shield up to ward off bugs because you know nothing ruins a good time like a mosquito. We floated over an area of water and Mishka was leaning over the side and putting her hand in the water. She looked beautiful, always smiling, but it wasn't like this before, but I would do whatever it took to keep that smile there in the future.

Suddenly, I noticed a dark and long shadow in the water, and it was coming straight for me where it was playing in the water. No, piss off.

The shadow stopped suddenly and became a larger shadow and then burst straight up out of the water.

"HEY! What's the big idea putting a wall up there!"

The fuck? Did that giant snake just talk to me?

"Hey, yourself, what do you want?"

"What? You can hear...I can hear…"

Kyra! That's right, she just evolved! DOPE! This is great!

"Yeah, I have a magic that lets us speak."

The massive snake was dark green and stretched into the air about three meters, he was a tall fucker, and who knew how much was still in the water. The head was larger than mine, but not by much, possibly something like an anaconda, but damn, I just had the greatest idea ever!

"Hey, snake face, want to be my guide?"

"What? No, I want to make you my LUNCH!"

The snake dove at me, but just smashed its face and Mishka started to laugh, which made me start, and soon we were a ball of giggles. Our snake friends pounded his head uselessly against the wall until we stopped. After wiping the tears away and kissing Mishka, I stood back up and looked at the now fuming snake.

"You said your magic is to hear animals, but then does that mean she is stopping me?"

"Nope, Mishka does have magic, but it's a secret. No, this is all my magic."

"Impossible, not even heroes are allowed more than one!"

"Hero? I am not a hero, at least not by my standard. I am magic, I can give it and take it away."

I let go of Mishka and stepped out of the box and into the water, but I used Breth's magic to max out my size at four times my normal size. I towered over the snake and reached in and grabbed it by the neck at the head, and brought it to my face, which was now almost four times bigger.

"I need a guide or a new pair of boots, what will it be?"

"What do I get?"

"Oh? I like you! Maybe your just that stupid, or maybe you're a brave snake, but I have a deal for you. Act faithfully and be my guide to find who I am looking for, and then, if you keep your end up, I will make you into a human and you can join me to see the world and live in a place where you don't have to hunt all your own food."

"Why would I want that?"

"Oh? What would you want Mr. Snek? A free meal? I am giving you a chance to experience the world, are you really that bullheaded to turn this offer down?"

"You act like all creatures desire to be your soft-skinned race! Why would I want to make myself an equal to the likes of you?"

"Equal? You will never be my equal, and if you haven't noticed, you're about three-knife cuts from becoming boots. I'm not offering you this because I think it's great to be a flesh bag, I offer this to you so you can do all the things a flesh bag can that you can't. Now, chop-chop, what is it going to be, you are ruining me and my wife's relaxing morning."

"Fine, I will be your guide, but I do not know if I want to be a human."

"I won't force you to do anything you don't want to. Well, except for this, but we will make good tourists!"

"What is a…"

"Nope, don't ask, I'm not explaining. Anyways, we are looking for a Princess, have no idea what she looks like or her name, but I was told she lives here."

I didn't expect him to know, but the snake nodded his head. The great serpent was about to turn when I stopped him. I had forgotten to ask him his name.

"I am Hyde, and this is my beautiful wife, Mishka. What do we call you?"

"Greshaha."