"Beauty Clam."
Dago repeated the name. The two beautiful scallop girls Chuck held up in his hands had been exposed to the sea wind for quite some time and were now shivering from the cold. Yet fear kept them singing with all their strength, trying to please the "giant" before them this way.
Dago admitted that he was quite interested in these magical little things.
Eating them raw was naturally out of the question, and he had no particular fetish. Still, taking out Beauty Clams that could produce lovely songs as portable music players whenever he was bored seemed rather nice.
This time, he had brought along his Dust Sprite, Arrietty. Perhaps the three little ones could keep each other company, and his collection of "living beautiful-girl figurines" could grow to three.
"What reward do you want, Chuck?"
Dago gladly accepted the "gift" and asked Chuck before him.
"I need nothing."
Chuck knelt before Dago and kissed the deck beneath his feet. "The fact that you are willing to grant someone like me a measure of respect is already the greatest blessing."
Dago's eyes flickered. After some thought, he took out a portion of Magic Stones from his Spatial Ring, along with some worldly treasures he had never gotten around to clearing out, and placed them before Chuck.
"Take them, Chuck. You deserve this."
Dago spoke calmly.
Unable to refuse Dago's reward, Chuck hesitated for a moment, but only selected a beautiful gemstone necklace from the items Dago had given him. He pushed everything else back.
"This is enough, my lord."
Chuck carefully tucked the gemstone necklace into his clothes and said softly, "If I get the chance to return, I'll give it to Maggie. She'll be very happy."
Dago did not need to ask to guess that the "Maggie"