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Chapter 79: 36 Hour Trip

She felt light-headed, and it didn’t take long for her cheek to fall onto his shoulder.

‘Yeah…’ The Paru took the belts off. The spaceship was already in the air. Already hundreds of kilometers away from Tyl. ‘Better sleep it off.’

He stood up while carrying the female Granilith in his arms, before lying her down on the bed.

Her eyes opened slightly as he covered her body with a warm blanket.

“I’ll see you later.” The Paru whispered as he patted her head.

The female Granilith closed her eyes and slept soundly.

‘There probably won’t be an issue even once she wakes up. I might not be around her then, but I’ve already left her here. Should be fine.’

The Paru left the vault without closing the cell’s door behind him. It was pretty obvious to him that the female Granilith wouldn’t leave that area without him.

He did, however, close the door that separated the stairway to the spaceship’s main floor.

A minute later, the Paru was standing inside the command room.

Only a dozen minutes had passed since take-off, but the crewmates were already off to their duties and occupations.

“Thanks to you, we’ll be able to cut the trip short.” Rea said without turning around.

She was the only one in the command room.

‘Rea always knows when I come in… Is it really from my footsteps? Or some cameras that I’m unaware of?’

She only turned around, making her chair spin, once the Paru was halfway through the distance separating them.

Rea sat with her legs crossed, her lower one practically extended forward.

“We’ll be able to go at top speed without being afraid of running out of fuel. That’s a huge plus, you know? Before this, we had to spend time on random planets to get fuel every time. We were even stranded on one for a while… We’d settle on one part of the Planet, get attacked, need to start up the ship, move to another side of that Planet, and do it over and over again. Starting the ship consumes a lot of fuel, you see? Enough that you’d have to cross a pretty large distance to equal the amount of fuel used from starting it up. We did it on Tyl, but it was completely worth it, unlike the other times. Well, we didn’t really have a choice, then.”

‘I see…’ The Paru slowly nodded.

“It should only take 36 hours to get there at top speed. I’ll have to work extra hard to make sure nothing gets in our way. I can take breaks when going slower, but at top speed… I’ll have to be here for the whole duration of the trip.”

‘Sounds rough.’

“Being the only Navigator left has its perks though. Not much is expected of me once we’re out of the ship, it’s pretty nice. While you will all be fighting for your lives to somehow kill Visero and obtain another Tsero Crystal, I’ll be chilling here.”

‘Doesn’t sound too bad.’

“How about you keep me company later? Once we’re there? Well, once we’re there and that I’ve already slept. I’ll be pretty bored otherwise.”

‘I’ll think about it, I guess.’

“In the meantime…”

Rea slowly took out a lollipop from one of her pockets and slowly peeled off the casing.

“Can you wear some fucking clothes? Cover yourself for fuck’s sake.”

‘Nah.’

The Paru turned around abruptly, causing his wood to slam against his thigh.

“Mm…” Rea stared as he walked away, slowly bringing the newly-opened lollipop to her mouth. “Geh! Super sour.”

…

‘Rea never really gets embarrassed. She’s the most straightforward of them. Though after my time with Raya in the bath… Mm… Maybe I should follow them in there if they decide to shower. I do look different but…’

“Ah!” Liz’s face quickly reddened as she noticed the Paru on the other side of the corridor.

He took a step forward, and she disappeared, obviously trying to avoid him.

‘What’s up with her…?’

The Paru hadn’t noticed her peeking on Tyl, while the image of him thrusting himself into the female Granilith while pinning her wrists was still very vivid inside Liz’s mind.

Sigh.

‘I’m sure I could try something with Rea, but I’d rather her stay focused on her job. Liz is avoiding me for some reason. She’s asleep… I should really find her a name.’

The Paru wandered for a bit, and found Kris, Al, and Bak seated at a table.

‘Preparing food?’

“Oh! You came at the right time.” Kris said, his eyes brimming.

‘I did…?’

“We were thinking up names for you! For you… And her!”

‘Fuck… If I don’t start talking, they might give us shitty names!!’

“I vote for Lith for him, and Rani for her.” Al said as he raised a hand.

“Lith?” Bak frowned. “That comes from GraniLITH, so it’s obviously a choice for her, not him.”

“So? He does look like a Granilith.”

‘Lith? Isn’t that more feminine though?’

“I vote for Ru. And Lith for her.” Kris said energetically.

‘I like his energy but… There’s no fucking way I’d let someone name me something like Ru.’

“Ru from Paru?” Bak thought silently for a bit. “I like both Rani and Lith for her. For him though… I don’t really know.”

“Well, think something up!”

“Mm… Well, Ru would have worked before. But now… Maybe…”

The Paru waited for a while.

Even after the Paru was long gone, Bak was still thinking about it.

‘What to do…?’ The Paru asked himself as he wandered through the corridor. ‘Wonder where Raya is-‘

The sound of heels hitting the ground resonated.

The Paru activated his Thermal Vision Skill, which allowed him to see through the walls.

The silhouette approaching was unmistakable.

She was the tallest of the crewmates, as well as the one with the most amazing body.

“You…?”

The Commander stopped once she noticed the Paru.

‘I’m definitely sticking with her for a while.’

Roka, the first woman that the Paru had laid eyes on.