episode_0053

“Hehe… Eugene♡”

“Umm….”

I avoided Arjen’s gaze as he clung to my arm. The reason is not a big deal. This was because the subtle anticipation I felt in Arjen’s gaze was burdensome.

The afterglow of that damn Polynesian sex lasted longer than I thought. In fact, I ejaculated as many as ten times, so there was no need to calculate how far Arjen had reached his climax.

So, in a way, it was only natural that Arjen wanted to have Polynesian sex again. However, because of the intense wave of overwhelming pleasure she felt on the fifth day, there was one fact that she had overlooked.

That is the agony of the previous four days. It was foreplay, it was teasing… Just like what she said along the way, it was nothing short of torture. The reason Arjen is humming Polynesian sex right now is probably because he has forgotten the pain of the past four days.

“Huh? When should we do it?”

I could tell how much she was looking forward to Polynesian sex from Arjen’s words, which cut through the whole thing and got straight to the point. However, realistically, it was impossible to do it again.

It’s not my will that’s the problem; it’s because Arjen’s other personality shouldn’t appear during Polynesian sex. If a problem arises in the process of heating up the body, and the other personality that came out like that in the first place attacks me, sex is over.

Arjen also knew that fact, so rather than demanding to do it right away, she was trying to make a promise when she would do it again, and I was just avoiding making specific promises as much as possible because I had to keep what I said to her as a dragon.

“Oh.”

As the precarious tug-of-war continued, an event occurred that took away my anxiety. An unfamiliar magical power was felt near the entrance of the lair.

“I see who came.”

Unlike when I was ignorant of mana, after Sirocco came into my body, I was able to recognize it immediately even if an uninvited guest came.

“You’re human.”

Arjen sniffed a few times and seemed to identify the person by smell. I looked a little nervous, wondering if a conflict might arise.

“Hehe, don’t worry. Considering the timing, they must have come to pay tribute.”

I breathed a sigh of relief as Arjen smiled and said, relieving my tension. If the adventurers who had temporarily left the ship had attacked to subdue the dragon, it would have been quite a headache. In that case, I couldn’t defend myself by saying I was a human being.

“Can I go take a look?”

“Umm… Why?”

Arjen gave me a very disapproving expression. However, unlike before, her mind seemed to have grown enough and she quickly nodded.

“Okay, whatever. Because humans are social animals… sometimes meeting other individuals can relieve stress…”

Contrary to what he was saying, Argen was sticking out his lips and holding onto the hem of my clothes and not letting go. He held on to me like that for a while and then reluctantly let go.

“Isn’t Arjen going with you?”

“If I go with you, half of the humans will faint?”

Well, it wasn’t a city for humans and it was a rare city, so there was no need for Arjen to take care of suppressing his magic power. Last time she exposed herself to destroy a meteorite, the aftermath alone was enough to make most tourists faint, so even if you think about it from the perspective of the humans who came, they wouldn’t necessarily want to see her.

“Because I will be watching you as a doll.”

After hearing those words and going outside the rare, the maid uniform and cook uniform automata were already carrying the offerings. After declaring that he would not eat humans, his request to change the contents of the offering seemed to have been conveyed well, as his field of vision was filled with boxes containing various agricultural products and meat instead of the prison that imprisoned people.

“Hello.”

I approached the person who seemed to be the representative and said hello. A man dressed in decent gear was standing frozen at the front of the group, so it was obvious at a glance that he was in charge.

“Who, who are you…?”

The man who raised the face cover of his helmet and was greeted had quite sharp eyes, unlike his trembling voice. Of course, no matter how brave a man is, he is still only human in the end, so it was natural for him to be very scared at the current situation where he was standing in front of the dragon’s lair.

“This is the owner’s favorite doll. My name is Eugene.”

“Ahh…! I’ve heard about it. You are the person who begged Arzen to destroy the meteorite…!”

I guess news about me has already spread. Considering the fact that there were countless eyes watching at the time, it would have been impossible not to spread it.

“Thank you again for what happened on Star Calling Day. Thanks to you, we were all able to save our lives.”

Seeing him speak like that, it seemed like this person was also living within the aftermath of the meteorite.

“Excuse me, what town are you from?”

“I come from a village called Rutaka. This is the village closest to Arzen’s lair… Well, it was the second closest until not long ago…”

The more the man’s voice spoke, the more it crept in. At first, I wondered what they were talking about, but later, when I remembered that there was a village that Arjen had burned down, I understood that reaction.

“Ah, Arzen, how are you?”

On the surface, it was simply a greeting, but those words contained countless meanings. It’s like saying, is the crazy dragon doing well and not wandering away, or is it showing no signs of wanting to enjoy the festival of blood and human flesh again?

“I am enjoying happiness every day. There is nothing to worry about.”

The problem was that I was so happy that my body was getting tired. Anyway, the man’s complexion seemed to brighten a little when he was told not to worry.

“Well, I see… Ah, it looks like you moved all the offerings.”

When I looked back at the man’s words, the two automatons were standing motionless with their hands clasped at their belly button. The reason he is doing this even though the work is over is probably because he is watching me.

“If I wait any longer, I might get scolded by Arzen, so I’ll just go in now. Be careful on your way back.”

“Thank you for your concern.”

Although we didn’t talk for very long, I felt like my mind became clearer after meeting and talking with a new person. I wasn’t this outgoing to begin with, but I thought it was a side effect of losing the internet. That’s why communication is so important.

After saying goodbye without much notice, I never expected the butterfly effect that this short meeting would bring.

***

“Phew… I survived today too…”

Belheim, a man who returned home safely after making an offering to Argen’s Lair, felt the tension in his body relax as he took off his helmet. Rutaka was not a very small village, but since it was mostly a rural area consisting of rice paddies and fields, there was little demand for security personnel like himself.

When the demand reached its peak, it was time to offer tribute to Arjen, a dragon nesting near the village. He always lived under stress as he collected criminals every year and offered them as living sacrifices to the dragon.

No matter how much of a criminal he was, he did not feel comfortable offering his fellow human beings as food to the dragon with his own hands. However, his suffering also disappeared starting this year.

‘Really… the tribute has changed…’

The fact that Arjen destroyed the meteorite, saved Elatrobe, and declared that he would no longer eat human flesh was such a hot topic that it reached his ears, even though he never left Rutaka. Of course, he had to sacrifice a considerable amount of agricultural products and meat, but he believed that it was unconditionally better than sacrificing living people.

‘That man… did you say he was Eugene?’

The story about Arjen’s pet doll was as widespread as the meteorite incident. Arjen was also the one who motivated the destruction of the meteorite, so in a way, it was natural.

‘It was definitely a human… wasn’t it?’

Belheim kept tilting his head, wondering if his intuition was correct. According to the story, it is difficult to say that it is a living thing because it does not contain any mana, but it is said to be a strange being with a warm body and red blood, but the person he saw today, Eugene, was absolutely an ordinary human being.

‘I could feel the mana properly. what?’

Belheim, a regular soldier who made a living by receiving government rewards, did not think that he might have made a mistake in mana detection. In fact, Eugene had a spirit in his body, so being able to feel mana from him was a natural phenomenon.

‘Well, of course, Arjen, who is called the crazy dragon, is so considerate to humans because he is human…’

The problem is that the report and reality are different. And as he was entrusted with the important task of transporting Argen’s tribute, one thing remained.

‘You have to write down what you saw and felt truthfully.’

Just look at it. It was a letter to be sent to Globec Duneld, the lord of Eletrove, who rules all the territories in the area. Belheim wrote a report detailing every detail, from what he experienced while transporting the tribute to the fact that he met Eugene in front of Rare.