Plugged In: I got Isekai'd into a Sexbot (Now I Must Save The World)

Ka’Lula huddles beneath Pip’s arm as the team guides her back to the village inn. She walks barefoot, her tattered dress singed and barely clinging to her. And though her face is stained with soot, and ash clings to her hair, her bright amber eyes sparkle with shy curiosity.

Inside the inn, Penelo quickly spreads a blanket on a bench while Sera brings over a pot of her now-famous stew. Ka’Lula’s nose twitches at the aroma, her stomach growls so loudly it startles Pip, and the moment a bowl is placed in front of her, she digs in with reckless abandon.

"Easy there," Vuvi says with a soft chuckle, watching the girl inhale her second helping. "You’ll burn your tongue."

"Mmrph! Worth it," Ka’Lula manages to squeak between bites.

Penelo sits beside her, wide-eyed. "She’s like a furnace! Look at that appetite!"

Ka’Lula smiles sheepishly, licking her spoon clean. "I haven’t eaten properly in days."

Veena leans on the back of a chair, curious. "So... how does a dragon-kin like you end up... here?"

Ka’Lula pauses mid-chew, her smile faltering. "I... I’m not sure? I don’t really know. I don’t remember anything before I showed up in the forest near the village." She glances down at her food. "The villagers found me twenty years ago. I was just a little girl wandering through the trees, confused and lost. They took me in."

"And no memory before that?" Vuvi asks, her tone analytical.

Ka’Lula shakes her head. "Just flashes. Fire. Wind. A mountain... but nothing clear." She scoops another bite and swallows. "I lived peacefully. I helped out at the forge, hauled heavy things for the old farmers. I loved the village."

She stops, staring into her stew, her voice trembling. "But then this spring... something changed."