Looking at his flat chest, she said, "You're right! That's some serious malnutrition! Has she been wandering around on the Island Turtle for fifteen years? Poor thing!"
Her Majesty the Empress adorably tapped her lips with a jade-like index finger and said to the female warrior, "If she really has been drifting around out there for fifteen years, that's truly pitiful. Aishi, once the Island Turtle starts laying eggs tomorrow, go and bring her back."
The warrior named Aishi immediately dropped to one knee and said to Her Majesty the Empress, "As you command!"
As it turned out, the jacket Barn had made from Kaino's fur had been worn beyond use during those five years of fighting. That was why he was bare-chested now, letting Aishi and the others see a chest that was perfectly flat, just as it should have been.
Just then, Fitz found a few fruits somewhere and handed them to Barn.
"These are..."
Barn sniffed the fruits Fitz had brought.
"Mmm! They smell great!"
He took a bite as he spoke, then held the fruit out to Fitz, who pecked off a mouthful too. The three little beasts wanted some as well, but Fitz refused them with a few chirps, leaving Barn to give an awkward chuckle.
But he soon realized something was wrong and propped his head up with one hand.
"Why am I suddenly so sleepy..."
By then, the culprit, Fitz, had already fallen headfirst off Barn's head and lay asleep on the ground.
Barn soon lost the struggle too, collapsing onto the beach and falling asleep.
Only the three little beasts remained. Seeing Barn and Fitz suddenly fall asleep, they looked at one another, then at the meat sizzling over the fire.
They swallowed in unison, then all nodded at once.
Then the three little beasts shared the piece of meat and ran into the forest, leaving only Barn and Fitz snoring away on the beach.
The next day.
Aishi landed on the Island Turtle with several warriors from Amazon Lily and found Barn and Fitz fast asleep, with a few fruits scattered on the ground.
Aishi bent down, picked up a fruit, and held it in her palm. "A Sleepy Fruit. These fruits are used to make anesthetics!"
Looking at the bite marks on the fruits, she added, "He actually ate this many! What a reckless fool!"
Aishi turned to the warriors from Amazon Lily. "Take him back and change his clothes. A girl shouldn't be going around bare-chested all the time. Put the bird in a cage for now," she said, pointing at Barn and Fitz, who were still sound asleep.
The warriors from Amazon Lily nodded in acknowledgment and took Barn and Fitz back to Amazon Lily.
Inside the castle.
Several warriors took Barn away to change his clothes, while Aishi brought Fitz along to report to Her Majesty the Empress about the rescue.
After listening to Aishi's report, a look of relief appeared on the empress's delicate face, then turned to sympathy.
"What an unfortunate child..."
She looked toward the inner chamber, but just then, a piercing scream rang out from inside. It was the voice of the warrior changing Barn's clothes.
"Aaaah! A monster!"
Aishi and the empress immediately rushed into the inner chamber, where they saw the screaming warrior and... Barn...
Then two more screams rang through the castle.
As it turned out, while changing Barn's clothes, the warrior had taken off his trousers and noticed a subtle difference in his anatomy...
The two women screamed for a long time before finally calming down. The empress even boldly stepped forward to examine that subtle difference in Barn's anatomy...
Then she pulled a book out from somewhere and flipped through it before pointing to a page and telling Aishi, "I've figured it out! This is a creature called a man, not a resident of Amazon Lily. Aishi, you rescued the wrong person!"
"Ah, my head hurts! How long was I asleep? Where am I?"
When Barn woke up, he was inside a cage, though he couldn't see it. He struggled to his feet, and a piece of cloth slipped off his body...
"Huh? Why does it feel so drafty..."
Barn instinctively felt around his body. After seeing that subtle difference in his anatomy, the warrior had been scared out of her wits, and nobody else had been willing to change his clothes. As a result, he was now completely naked...
Just then, a flurry of scribbling rose around him. If Barn had been able to see, he would have seen a group of female lechers staring at his body with gleaming eyes, diligently taking notes.
"So that's what men look like down there!"
"Quick, write it down! Write it down!"
"His chest is so flat!"
Barn still had no idea what was happening, but the moment he heard women's voices around him and remembered his current state, he snatched up the cloth from the ground and covered himself.
"What the hell is going on? Where am I?"
Those were Barn's anguished cries.
Meanwhile, the female lechers around him were saying:
"Look at his eyes!"
"So men can't see!"
"Quick, write it down! Write it down!"