"My life may not be valuable, but I still need to prove something." - Medusa's husband is a madman.

Medusa also has her own community, which is both surprising and reasonable.

The leader of the green Medusa is now standing in front of me, repeatedly scanning my body, as if trying to find the organs of a monster from the human body in front of her.

"You say you are her husband?"

I remain silent, bowing my head to answer the leader's question.

"Yes."

"Oh? Aren't you human?"

"I... am human."

"Hmph, fool."

"No... I..."

"I know, you are indeed different from humans, but you are still human."

This statement is confusing, but I can't explain that I come from another world, which no snake would believe if I said it.

"I love her."

"Hehe, you love her? Sisters, this human says he loves Medusa!"

"..."

"I ask you, haven't you been captured by the soldiers of the kingdom?"

"..."

"Do you like our tails? Hahaha~"

What's so funny, aren't you Medusa too!

"By the way, you say you like Medusa, how about making the sisters happy today?"

"No..."

"Oh? Didn't you say you love Medusa? Yet you're still scared~"

"No, I only love her."

"Enough, stop talking. I admit that you are a different kind of human, but you definitely do not love her."

The leader turns her back, pauses, then turns back to face me.

"Now, either you stay here and please the sisters, or I hand you over to the succubi. There are many people on the succubi's side~ Which do you prefer?"

"Can't I be with her?"

"Oh, of course not. Even if we never let you see her again, what can you do?"

The leader stands in front of me, half a head taller than me, and her intimidating presence makes it impossible to look her in the eye. Indeed, as long as these Medusas want, they can lock me up here and make me their slave forever. They may even throw me to those succubi.

Looking around, the hundreds of eyes, big and small, do not seem like they're joking.

My wife also has her own kind, but not every Medusa has our beautiful love story.

I want to criticize that the other world also needs marriage freedom, and that the other world should also value human rights, but I can't find the right words. All along, I have selectively ignored a fact, that love between different species is not accepted for humans. The same goes for monsters.

Just because humans live in sturdy buildings and eat exquisite food, does that make them superior to monsters?

It is subjective for us to think that these creatures are savage and dirty, but isn't it the same for succubi to see humans as resources?

If I were to use a very interesting phrase, "humans cannot understand each other," then it is even more so between humans and monsters.

How can I prove that I have subverted these deep-rooted thoughts and fallen in love with the Medusas from another race?

And how can I make the Medusas acknowledge and accept me, a human?

"This is ours, the ring. So..."

"Ah..."

I show her the ring, and the leader just glances at it, looking very helpless.

"I mean... why don't you think about whether you can survive or not?"

Yes, despite escaping the succubi, I am now surrounded by the Medusas.

But I believe, the Medusas are not bad people.

I can't remember how my wife and I were bound together by the red thread, but as soon as we noticed each other's affection, we had already forgotten that we belong to different races.

Looking at the ring on my middle finger, the gold band with a bloodstone does not seem to prove our love.

Does my wife love me? Of course, that blood-stained smile never lies.

Do I love my wife? Of course, I have long abandoned all doubts.

My wife has kept her oath of blood and used her body to protect me.

It's time to fulfill my promise, isn't it?

If I can't see you anymore, at least swallow my flesh and blood.

Since the Blood Oath cannot prove it, let the blood be the proof.

The leader of the Medusa clan, with a hunting knife at her waist, had already put away the curved blade from the previous battle. Now, with just a reach, she could pull out the knife. A look of astonishment froze on her face as I plunged the blade into my own stomach. The whole process was exceptionally quick, and the excruciating pain drained my strength as the knife penetrated deeper into my body.

With spasms at the corners of my mouth, I repeated the simplest three words, "I love her."

If you don't believe it, I am willing to stake my life on it.

Just after I die, please hand over my body to my wife.

Because we once vowed to love each other forever, regardless of life or death.

You die, and my story ends; I die, and your story continues.

Darling, we've been together for so long, and you've endured so much.

If there is another life, I will still tie myself up in that pitch-black cave, waiting for you to drag me out, and then hear you say the most wonderful words, "Let's go."

But by then, I will be armed with the most advanced weapons and the most powerful magic to protect you.

...

...

In fact, in another world, I died once.

But here, sometimes it's not so easy to die even if you want to.

When I opened my eyes, I saw white smoke rising from my stomach. Although the wound didn't hurt, the skin there was swelling. Then, a beautiful pale pink tail entered my sight, and the Medusa whom I call sister-in-law had her hand pressed on my stomach. Although I guessed that she might be casting healing magic, it looked more like she was having a hotpot feast in my belly.

"Hello..."

"Ah!"

According to seniority, I should call her sister-in-law. Clearly, my greeting startled her, and she took her hand off my body. Then, it was my turn to be startled because my belly started gushing blood...

Damn it, my dear sister-in-law, I was wrong, please help me stop the bleeding!

As expected of a sister-in-law, she quickly stopped the bleeding. Taking a deep breath, I didn't die after all. I was indeed too impulsive. At least I should have seen my wife before dying. But in that situation, if I could never see my beloved again, I would rather leave this world forever, although my former self would never have done such a thing. Watching Medusa, who was saving my life, I didn't know what to say.

"You really love her..."

"Yeah."

"If you can't see her anymore, you really choose to die..."

"Yeah, foolish, right?"

"No, how should I put it? We've never met anyone like you humans before."

"Ha..."

"Sister, she must be very happy, right?"

My sister-in-law muttered to herself, a slightly envious expression appeared on her face.

I don't know how important a devoted husband is to the Medusa clan, but at least they are also women. As long as they have that kind of female emotion, no one wants to be alone for a lifetime. Perhaps it has been too long, Medusa or Succubus, they have forgotten what it feels like to "fall in love with someone."

The healing process quickly ended, and I felt a bit dizzy, most likely due to excessive blood loss. Calculating these past few days, the vampire side donated over a hundred milliliters of blood, and now this failed suicide attempt wasted another two hundred milliliters... If only I could donate this blood to my wife.

"Thank you..."

"Mm."

My sister-in-law smiled at me, her pink body making her smile unusually sweet. She was quite short, and with that girlish smile, there was a faintly enticing fragrance. Her upper body was wrapped in beige fabric, and I wondered how her already quite alluring chest curve could further develop. If she were given a human form, she would probably be a semi-mature teenage girl in a pink Lolita dress, right? Indeed, my sister-in-law is the number one threat to family stability. Fortunately, Medusas don't have the scent of a young girl.

Looking at the wound, although it was healed by magic, it still left a scar. In this case, the healing magic should be a type that acts on body tissues and accelerates self-recovery. For now, I couldn't feel anything strange in my body, but it's best to lie still and not move.

My sister-in-law looked tired, she covered me with a large blanket and left. Taking care of a severely injured Medusa was already troublesome enough, now there's also a human casualty to attend to. I'll have to thank her properly later on.

Just as the pink sister-in-law left, the green elder sister-in-law arrived.

By the way, should I call my wife's sister the elder sister-in-law?