Dragon Language – 3

“Whoa…”

As soon as Pareunari arrived at the Imperial Palace, she wandered around, her eyes sparkling.

She gaped at the Imperial Palace’s ceiling, which soared several times her own height, and the glittering chandeliers, or found it amazing to see her face reflected in the golden ornaments.

Her appearance was that of a slender, tall, large-breasted beauty, but her actions were exactly like a ten-year-old child’s.

“That’s a very un-dragon-like appearance. If only her appearance wasn’t like that, I’d believe she was a child.”

Minerva also seemed to have a similar impression, as she was smiling contentedly beside me. Though, when I asked why she brought her here instead of the Magic Tower, she did make a meaningful expression.

I watched Pareunari’s back as she bounced around the Imperial Palace corridor, playing like a fish in water. A single white shirt, a mini-skirt, and black stockings that came up about halfway to her thighs.

Minerva had instantly created this outfit for her, saying she couldn’t let her wear just rags, but even by the standards of the world before my possession, not just here, it was a fairly normal attire.

Although the mini-skirt was severely short, barely covering her buttocks, it was nothing compared to other shocking outfits.

“Pareunari-ssi?”

Pareunari, who had been looking around the corridor, occasionally came running.

“Uh… why…?”

“As I said earlier, I’d like to ask you a favor regarding Dragon Language. If you wish to rest a little longer, you may do so. Because you sustained quite a large injury.”

“It doesn’t matter… Because I’ve fully recovered… I’ll help you right now…”

Pareunari raised both her arms with a flourish, as if to make a “Ta-da!” sound effect.

“I understand. Minerva-nim?”

With a short tap of a staff on the floor, the three of us had been transported to the Magic Tower’s experimental workshop. As we entered the space, which was as wide as a decent garden, Pareunari’s eyes sparkled again.

“Then I will ask you right away.”

“Do I just need to teach you… how to use Dragon Language…?”

“For now, yes. There is something else I’d like to ask you later, but that request will be made after I can fully control Dragon Language.”

“I understand…”

Pareunari, who had nodded, suddenly began to throw off the clothes she was wearing.

She unbuttoned the buttons that were so tight they seemed about to burst from pressing against her chest, almost tearing them off, and unbuttoned her white shirt. The short mini-skirt, which barely covered her buttocks, slid down her thighs.

Finally, she put her hand inside her stockings. Since the detailed parts of her body weren’t implemented, she wasn’t wearing underwear, so the white shirt, mini-skirt, and stockings were all her clothes.

I, flustered, quickly looked up.

“Suddenly, why the clothes…?”

“Dragons… don’t wear clothes…”

“That may be true, but Pareunari-ssi, you’re human right now, aren’t you?”

“Dragon Language… is the language dragons use… I need to get as close to a dragon as possible…”

“…Then instead of taking off your clothes, couldn’t you just transform into a dragon? No, wait, rather than transforming, it would be more accurate to say returning to your original form.”

From before, I had been curious why Pareunari didn’t transform into a dragon. Even when she was backstabbed by the player and died, she died in human form, not dragon form.

Was it some kind of conviction, or was there a special reason?

The game didn’t explain the reason, and didn’t even leave any clues to speculate, so only all sorts of baseless conjectures ran rampant.

“…”

Pareunari rolled her eyes around, making a face that anyone could tell was flustered. Her hand, which was pulling down her stockings, abruptly stopped near her hamstrings.

And then, after fumbling by herself, she opened her mouth haltingly.

“Um… actually… the way to turn back into a dragon… I forgot… I can’t go back now…”

It was a reason I had never even imagined. I froze in place, dumbfounded. Pareunari didn’t know what to do. Minerva was chuckling.

“…You forgot how to turn back into a dragon?”

“Yeah… I tried transforming into a human once… and it was so comfortable… so I just kept staying in human form… and I forgot how to go back…”

“Uh… yes. You’ll be able to remember it again someday, right? It’s okay. You’ll definitely be able to remember it later.”

I barely managed to recover from my stunned state, during which Pareunari slowly finished taking off her stockings. Although she was completely naked, I felt no lust whatsoever.

The shock from just now was too great, and it was also because her physique was more like a mannequin covered in human skin than an actual human.

Pareunari, now naked, spread her arms wide.

“Stick… to me…”

As I approached her, Pareunari also came close to me. Since our heights were almost the same, our eye levels matched. Pareunari, who was so close that her breasts were squashed between us, asked a question.

“What do you… think Dragon Language is…?”

This was a question I had heard in the game as well. I recited the correct answer choice as it was.

“Depending on need, it is a language that can contain power or concepts.”

Dragon Language, literally, was simply the language dragons used. However, unlike human language, the biggest difference was that it could contain power or concepts according to the user’s will.

Even if a human were to tell a steel wall to break a hundred times, the steel wall would not break, but for dragons, it meant that was possible.

“That’s accurate… Since Dragon Language is also a type of language… the best way to accept a language is… to experience it directly…”

“Experience it, you say? How?”

“Just move as I move… you just need to move…”

Pareunari, who grabbed my face, pulled me straight in. At first glance, it seemed like a casual pull, but perhaps because she was a dragon, I was no match for her strength.

Just like that, at the moment our lips were about to touch.

“That’s enough.”

Between our faces, a blue glowing wall appeared. Pareunari directly slammed her forehead into the wall, while the light flowing from the barrier gently pushed me back, allowing me to escape safely.

It was Minerva. Minerva walked towards Pareunari, who was rubbing her forehead and making a tearful face, and me, who was bewildered.

“Wall… why…?”

Pareunari was making a very wronged expression. With the physical specs of a dragon, hitting her head on a wall shouldn’t hurt, but judging by her expression, it really seemed to hurt.

“Perhaps you don’t know what the act of humans touching lips means, Pareunari?”

“I don’t know… What does it mean…?”

“You’ve lived in human form for a long time, yet you know nothing about this kind of thing.”

“Humans… I’ve lived for a long time, but… no one ever came to visit… so I don’t know…”

Located in the middle of a poisonous swamp teeming with all sorts of monsters, in a place where giant trees were laid out like city walls, she built a small house, and it might be greedy to expect humans to visit.

“Since that’s the case, I’ll tell you. The meaning of humans touching lips is that they have special feelings for each other, so keep that in mind.”

“Special feelings…?”

Pareunari, who had been tilting her head, soon let out an “Ah!” of realization, and nodded her head.

“I’ve heard of that… It means they want to mate…?”

“…”

Minerva made a rare flustered expression. Since Minerva had been calm and composed in almost all situations, making her wear such an expression could be considered quite an achievement.

Seeing our expressions, Pareunari, who had been tilting her head again, as if something came to mind, extended her hand to Minerva.

“Hand… hold it…”

“Why are you doing that?”

“I… can accept… knowledge… It’ll be much better…”

Minerva, who seemed to hesitate for a moment, extended her hand. Pareunari took her hand and closed her eyes. It was the same expression she had when she held my hand to heal my body’s wounds.

How much time had passed in that state? Pareunari, who had released her hand, opened her eyes.

“It’s done. You can let go now.”

Her speech had become very clear. The dragging of her words was gone without a trace, and her languid expression was nowhere to be found.

“You, you’ve lived for a very long time for a human, haven’t you? I’m a little surprised.”

“Your way of speaking has changed.”

“Because I accepted your knowledge. Oh, you don’t have to worry. I didn’t touch any of the achievements and research you’ve accumulated. It wouldn’t be polite to take even that. I merely understood human ‘common sense’.”

To say she understood common sense, she was naked in front of me and showed no sign of embarrassment whatsoever. Could it be that she still thought it was fine because she was a dragon?

“I definitely know what a kiss means among humans now. It makes sense that you made those expressions. I completely misunderstood.”

“It’s a relief that you know now, even if it’s late.”

“So, about that, Minerva… that’s what you’re called, right? I’ll teach you, so will you do it yourself? It might take a little longer, but there’s nothing as certain as this.”

“…What could that mean? Just know that I don’t have a hobby of touching lips with the same gender.”

“Dragons don’t have genders, but that’s not what I mean. First, I’ll speak the Dragon Language. Then you just need to look at my lip shape and copy it exactly. That man won’t be able to, but you can, right? Right?”

“That’s right.”

“You take that copied lip shape and convey it by touching lips with that man. How about it, easy, right?”

Minerva’s face changed into a complex and subtle expression.

“Just a moment ago, didn’t you say you understood what a kiss meant, Pareunari?”

Pareunari also, not to be outdone, tilted her head.

“I’m doing this precisely because I understand, you know? You and that man will mate-“

Before her words could even finish, Minerva cast a spell at an incredible speed and sealed Pareunari’s mouth.

She definitely seemed like she was trying to say something, but it overlapped with the sound of the spell being cast, so I only heard up to “that man and.” Did she realize something more while sharing knowledge?

Pareunari, who was struggling to undo the magic sealing her mouth, seemed to realize it was impossible, and gestured for it to be released. Minerva smiled faintly and released the restraint.

Pareunari, released from the restraint, obediently changed her words.

“I understand. Then let’s use another method.”