“Ha… ha… Lynn, a little gentler…”
Ayan’s silver teeth were tightly clenched, with sweat beading on her forehead.
Even though she was an otherworldly dragon, and her physical strength was relatively formidable, still…
Lynn’s vigorous scrubbing of her tail was still a bit too much for her to handle.
The tail flesh of an otherworldly dragon was covered in nerves, similar to the sole of a human foot, but even more sensitive.
On normal days, the tail flesh was protected by thick scales.
But, Lynn right now…
He was prying open the scales covering Ayan’s tail one by one, carefully cleaning every possible dead angle.
Whenever Lynn touched the soft flesh protected beneath the scales, Ayan’s body would tremble slightly as if shocked by electricity.
Under the continuous stimulation, her eyes became somewhat unfocused.
“Haa… haa… Lynn, that’s… that’s probably enough, right?”
Ayan extended her small, delicate hand to stop Lynn’s further actions.
She really couldn’t… endure it any longer.
As expected, she would have to take the initiative herself…
Ayan slowly turned around, her crystalline eyes seemingly hiding an autumn pond within them.
“You sly one, Mr. Baka,” Ayan murmured.
Then, she slowly walked in front of Lynn and placed her jade-like hand on his chest.
Just as she was about to make a move, the next moment, a nauseating aura transmitted through her palm into her body.
Ayan’s expression suddenly changed.
This is…
The traces of a tracking spell?
As an otherworldly dragon, Ayan was naturally extremely sensitive to human magic.
So, although the other party had deliberately hidden it deeply, the moment Ayan placed her hand on Lynn’s chest, she still felt that revolting magical power.
Moreover…
Judging from the aura, it seemed to have been set by that damned witch!
Damn it, when?
Why was Ayan completely unaware!
When Ayan had nothing to do while staying inside the Chesspiece’s inner space on normal days, she only did two things to pass the time.
First was sleeping, and second was using magic to spy on Lynn’s daily life.
If something happened that Ayan didn’t know about, it meant she had just gotten sleepy during that time and was sleeping?
In other words, while Ayan was sleeping, that witch was actually…
Thinking of this, Ayan suddenly felt an unprecedented discomfort in her heart.
Could it be…
That those two damned witches had actually already done what she was doing now to her baka Sir ?
The moment this terrifying thought surfaced, Ayan hurriedly shook her head to deny it, suppressing it.
No, it definitely couldn’t be.
I am definitely the one who came first!
This baka… is my exclusive possession!
Thinking this, Ayan stepped forward and pushed Lynn to the edge of the pool, almost pressing her entire body against his.
The two, face to face, could feel each other’s warm breath.
Then, Ayan placed her hand on Lynn’s abdomen, and using that as a starting point, her small, delicate hand continuously roamed over Lynn’s body.
“This is…” Watching Ayan’s serious and solemn expression, Lynn was somewhat puzzled.
“Don’t move recklessly, there’s something dirty on you, I’m rubbing it off for you.”
Ayan puffed out her cheeks, very displeased as she bit by bit erased the tracking magic Felica had set up before.
She absolutely had to rub all of it off!
Replace it all with Ayan’s scent!
Every·single·bit!
Thinking this, Ayan’s movements quickened a bit more.
However, the magic Felica had set was somewhat stubborn; Ayan expended great effort but only managed to erase a part of it.
Damned witch, damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn!!!
This disgusting aura, get the hell off my baka Sir right now!!
Ayan continuously injected magic power into Lynn’s body, so much so that her rosy cheeks gradually paled, and her mind grew dizzy, yet she remained unaware.
Her magic power, strand by strand, gradually covered the aura Felica had left behind.
Just before it was about to be completely finished….
Ayan’s vision suddenly went black, like a cut thread, and she fell into Lynn’s arms!
“Are you alright?!”
Feeling the softness and warmth in his arms, Lynn could clearly sense that Ayan’s previously burning, almost scalding body temperature was rapidly decreasing.
Lynn understood; this was from Ayan overusing her magic power.
Earlier, to save his life, Ayan had fed him quite a bit of Dragon King’s blood, her body already weakened, and now, healing him had consumed so much magic power…
She had already reached her limit.
“Ah…”
Lynn helplessly let out a long sigh.
Next time… he couldn’t let her push herself so hard, act so recklessly.
Looking at Ayan’s fragile, pitiful appearance in his arms, as if she might shatter at any moment, an unprecedented sense of protectiveness slowly rose in Lynn’s heart.
Livia, Ayan, Felica…
Whenever he needed help the most, they would always, without reservation, extend a helping hand to him.
Asking for nothing in return, regardless of the cost.
Thinking of this, Lynn suddenly felt something deep within his heart had been thoroughly touched.
He felt he couldn’t let the most important people in his life get hurt anymore.
This was what was called a man’s responsibility.
To shield one’s family from wind and rain, to help the weak when seeing them in trouble.
“Hoo—” Thinking this, Lynn breathed a long sigh of relief and gently stroked Ayan’s cheek.
“Won’t let you worry like this, or exhaust yourself like this anymore.”
“Just rest here for a while first.”
“Goodnight, Ayan.”
………..
“Hey, baka assassin, if this king encounters danger one day, would you choose to stand by coldly and watch, or would you take up arms for this king?”
Ayan still remembered that night lying on the grass watching the stars with her baka sir .
The galaxy was brilliant, with the occasional meteor dragging a long tail across the deep blue night sky.
Warm evening breezes blew past, stirring wave after wave of grass on the lawn.
“I would choose Ripple,” the baka sir had said.
“Hmph, I’d already be thankful if you didn’t help the other side come after me.”
Ayan raised her proud head.
Although, as a noble Dragon Lord, staying with a lowly human assassin inevitably carried great risk.
But, for some reason, it was only by the side of this human youth before her that she could completely let go of the facade she always maintained.
The two could truly talk as friends, as equals.
“Is that so?”
The boy looked at Ayan with some confusion.
“Then how would you like me to act?”
“Uhm…” Ayan thought for a moment, a sly smile appearing at the corner of her mouth, and said jokingly, “You’re quite sturdy, can’t you just block some damage for this king?”
The boy nodded thoughtfully.
Ayan would never have imagined then that the boy would actually take her joke seriously.
When she saw that baka, to protect her, truly stand in front of her, blocking that terrifying, world-destroying energy impact for her.
He protected her, but he vanished from this world forever.
She had always regretted it, regretted saying those words so much.
What if… what if she hadn’t said those words, would that baka have survived?
…
“No… don’t…”
The moment these words escaped her lips, Ayan’s consciousness slowly returned to reality.
“Sorry, was I too rough?”
Ayan slowly opened her eyes, only then noticing a strange sensation coming from the soles of her feet.
Lynn was crouching at her feet, holding her small, fair, delicate foot in both hands, constantly massaging it…
Occasionally, he would find acupoints, constantly stimulating them gently with magic power to promote Ayan’s blood circulation.
“Eep–!”
Just-awakened Ayan was startled, her arch involuntarily curling, her crystal-clear toes also shrinking into a ball.
She really wanted to pull her foot back, but unfortunately, Lynn’s hand strength was too great; she couldn’t break free, and could only watch helplessly, moaning weakly.
“Lynn… Lynn…”
The girl’s pale face was tinged with a hint of crimson again.
“Please… can you be a little gentler?”