Chapter 28
A long time passed after that.
Yubel was starting to get a little anxious because of it.
She ought to go back to the Hero right now and stop him from gathering skill points.
But ever since she’d arrived here, this masochistic dragon, who was being used by the Hero, hadn’t given Yubel a chance to escape.
And even if she somehow managed to escape, there was still a problem.
Would the Hero take her back into the party?
Considering how ruthlessly he’d discarded her, there was a good chance he’d abandon her again, even if she returned.
‘I’ll need some kind of irreplaceable ability……’
Come to think of it, in the Hero’s eyes, she was just one more mage he could pick up whenever he wanted at the Mage Tower.
All she could do was fire lasers. Wasn’t that far too ordinary for the mage in the Hero’s party?
After agonizing over it for a long while, Yubel looked toward Behemoth, who was cooking in human form in the distance.
‘What’s that masochistic dragon plotting……?’
For some reason, this masochistic dragon had started teaching me all kinds of things about raising a child.
How to change diapers, how to breastfeed, how to put a baby to sleep, and so on.
She’d learned all sorts of parenting methods she’d never seen or heard of before.
Why these were new parenting methods would be explained later.
They were simply bizarre methods of childcare by a modern person’s standards.
Anyway, thanks to her, I’d become a master of childcare.
-Sweetie! Come over here and stir-fry some meat for me!
“Okaaay!”
Sometimes Behemoth even taught her recipes like this.
Well, it couldn’t hurt, so she learned without complaint.
Scamper, scamper.
She dashed off to the kitchen in the nest.
Of course, she was holding Eva in her arms.
“Oh my, do you love our little troublemaker that much?”
“Yes. Even if you beg, I’m not giving her back.”
“Khh!”
Behemoth clutched her chest, suppressing the corners of her mouth as they turned up.
Yubel was so cute, talking as if she were refusing to give back her favorite teddy bear.
Meanwhile, Yubel saw Behemoth’s frowning face and laughed to herself.
Heh heh.
That’s how she reacts when I say I won’t give back the hostage.
She really is a masochistic dragon.
Yubel was slowly learning how to handle Behemoth.
Though Behemoth definitely wasn’t a masochist.
Swoosh.
While Yubel was lost in ridiculous fantasies, Behemoth’s hand reached toward her protruding belly.
“!!!”
Yubel jumped in alarm.
Gasp. Did I get too cocky?
Is she going to give up on the hostage and just kill me?
Y-You’re a masochist, and yet……!
Just as Yubel squeezed her eyes shut and resigned herself to her fate,
Pat.
“Huh?”
Behemoth placed both hands on Yubel’s belly and pressed her ear against it.
Then she said,
“Rumble, rumble…… Peekaboo!”
“?”
Behemoth was playing with the baby in Yubel’s belly.
Yubel stared blankly at her, utterly dumbfounded.
Then her jaw dropped wide open.
‘The masochistic dragon’s gone crazy!’
She couldn’t help thinking that, given the sight before her.
Was it because she’d kept using Eva as a hostage?
Or had she lived so long that her brain had worn away?
Either way, this is scary. So scary……
“Kyao! Kyao!”
Just then, Eva began crying out urgently, as if something was wrong.
At the sound, Behemoth and Yubel looked at each other and nodded.
Apparently, that signal meant one thing.
“Oh my, sweetie, could you do it again?”
“Ugh, yes……”
Yubel lifted Eva up and adjusted her position so her lower half was clearly visible.
Now all she had to do was wait.
Pssssss———
“Aaaaaah……”
Yubel caught and drank Eva’s pee.
………
……
…
Wait! Hold on!
It’s not like Yubel had a fetish for that!
This was all thanks to the childcare wisdom Behemoth had taught her.
According to Behemoth, a dragon’s pee was at its most nutritious during the first hundred years after birth.
So when raising a baby dragon, other dragons drank the little one’s pee to make up for any nutrients they lacked.
Naturally, Yubel hadn’t believed that ridiculous nonsense at first.
But then she tried it once.
And guess what?
That fizzy drink she used to have back in her homeland.
That sweet, orange-flavored soda.
That nostalgic taste was coming from Eva’s little faucet!
So Yubel had started thinking, ‘I guess people in this other world all drink baby pee.’
Thanks to that, Yubel was now a little addicted to Eva’s pee.
“Kya-ha! This is so delicious!”
“Hehe, you’ll make a wonderful mother someday, sweetie.”
“Kyao! Kyao!”
What the hell was she talking about?
Why was I suddenly becoming a mother?
“Ahaha……. Thank you, Dragon……”
Still, Yubel couldn’t talk back to a dragon, so she endured it, no matter how shitty it felt.
Behemoth had been getting on her nerves with all her talk about how she’d become a mother someday.
Yubel swallowed her anger and teased Behemoth in her head, calling her a masochist.
But then a vein suddenly popped out on Behemoth’s forehead!
Yubel’s heart thumped at the sight!
W-What was that?
Did I say what I was thinking out loud?
Why was she suddenly angry?
“Sweetie……”
“Y-Yes!”
“What did you just call me……?”
What did I call her?
“Dragon?”
Crash!!!!
The kitchen, where they’d been cooking until just a moment ago, was smashed to pieces.
Yubel’s pupils shook like there was an earthquake.
That was fucking scary.
“Phew…… Call me Mother from now on.”
“Pardon?”
“From now on, you should call me Mother.”
But why should I?
“Yes, Mother.”
Still, Yubel had no choice but to comply.
When a dragon tells you to jump, you jump.
It was actually a rather fitting title, though.
For some reason, it rolled off her tongue nicely.
“Hehe, lovely.”
Behemoth shuddered with emotion.
Yubel suddenly felt a surge of anger.
I’m letting myself get pushed around by a masochistic dragon like this……
Ugh, is there no way to take control back?
A flash of inspiration.
“Huh?”
Yubel’s fist trembled as a good idea suddenly occurred to her.
Just like the Hero had done.
Couldn’t she threaten this masochistic bitch of a dragon instead?
Come to think of it, the Hero must’ve controlled the dragon this way, too.
Yubel smacked her forehead, unable to contain her admiration for her own brilliant idea.
Why hadn’t she thought of this sooner?
You’re dead now, masochistic dragon.
“Mother.”
“Hm? What is it, sweetie?”
Inhale.
Before making her move, Yubel took a deep breath.
“Let me out of here right now!”
“What?”
In an instant, Behemoth’s gentle demeanor turned fierce.
Yubel was a little intimidated by the sudden change.
Ugh.
For a moment, she thought her heart had stopped.
What an incredible pressure.
But if she stopped now, she’d get nowhere!
“I’m going to mess her up!!”
She said it.
She threatened to hurt Eva if Behemoth didn’t let her out right away.
Now all that mattered was how this masochistic dragon would react……
When Yubel slowly looked Behemoth in the eye, her pupils were trembling like crazy.
“W-W-W-W-W-What!!!”
The masochistic dragon looked completely flustered.
Yubel silently cheered in her heart.
I-It worked!!
Meanwhile, Behemoth, flustered by Yubel’s words, breathed heavily as her hands trembled.
T-To think she’d ruin our son……
Kids these days are so bold……
To Behemoth, Yubel’s words sounded like, ‘I’m going to fuck your child, so don’t try to stop me!’
Without even realizing it, she nodded and hurried away.
For Behemoth, who’d lived alone for several thousand years, it was far too stimulating a line.
-Kyao? Kyao! Kyaooo!!
Her son’s cries came from behind her.
Behemoth shoved her fist into her mouth at the sound and started running even farther away.
Have a lovely romance, son!
***
She had no idea how many monsters she’d cut down.
She had no idea how many traps she’d made her way through.
She kept running, thinking only of getting Yubel back.
And at last,
what looked like a dragon’s nest began to appear before her eyes.
“Yubel. I’ll definitely save you……”
Rustle——
He took off all his clothes not far away.
Drinking the invisibility potion wouldn’t make his clothes invisible, after all.
That meant he couldn’t make Yubel drink the potion and then escape with her.
Besides, with those indestructible panties, there’d be no point in Yubel drinking it anyway.
In other words, he could only use it to sneak quietly up to Yubel.
“Phew…… It’s a little chilly.”
He’d thrown all his clothes into a chilly corner of the dungeon.
Now he took the potion from his pocket.
Pop.
The sound of the stopper coming off.
A foul smell rose from it, but he drank it without hesitation.
“Guh…… Good……”
His body gradually began to turn invisible.
Proof that the dungeon harpy hadn’t given him a dud.
Before long, he couldn’t even see where his hands were.
He couldn’t even tell what position he was standing in anymore.
He started heading toward the nest in front of him.
Before long, he could make out two people and an animal inside the nest.
“Yubel……!”
She was alive.
At the joyful news, Se-on’s heart began pounding wildly.
But a moment later, Se-on’s expression quickly stiffened.
“But what’s that beside her…… Ugh!”
An overwhelming pressure.
It was Behemoth.
The damn dragon who’d kidnapped Yubel.
After spotting Behemoth, Se-on slowed his steps and tried to think of every possible way to get Yubel out.
But he couldn’t think of any good way to face a dragon with such overwhelming power.
“Damn it……. I have no choice but to wait for now…… Huh?”
At that moment, for some reason, Behemoth suddenly dashed off toward the back.
Se-on was confused by her incomprehensible behavior, but quickly shook his head and came to his senses.
This is my chance!
I have to get to Yubel now!
In a panic,
Se-on ran toward Yubel.
He held his breath as he approached her, in case she noticed him, but
fortunately, it seemed no one had noticed him.
At last, Se-on reached her and cautiously reached out a hand toward Yubel.
Since he couldn’t see where his hand was, he fumbled around for a long while.
Fumble, fumble.
Squish.
“Kyaa!? What was that!”
Ah.
He’d accidentally touched Yubel’s breasts.
Yubel’s breasts were soft and squishy like a slime—not particularly large, but they filled his hand, and the feeling against each of his knuckles was deeply satisfying.
He wondered if being able to touch them before bed might cure every man in the world of insomnia.
The sensation of those soft peaks beneath his fingertips was enough to turn Se-on’s mind completely blank.
They’re so soft……
I want to keep touching them……
Smack! Se-on slapped himself hard across the cheek.
‘What are you doing right now!’
Se-on’s face turned bright red in an instant.
If you asked whether it was because he’d hit himself or because he was embarrassed, the answer was both.
“Eva, I told you not to do that!”
Thunk!
“Kyaooo!! Kyao! Kyao!”
Meanwhile, Eva and Yubel started quarreling.
Apparently, Yubel thought Eva had touched her breasts.
I didn’t mean to do that.
Thwack!
“Aagh!!!”
“Kyah!? What was that just now!”
While Yubel was punching it out with Eva, she hit Se-on in the balls.
Se-on rolled across the floor from the sudden, excruciating pain.
“Guh…… It’s me…… Yubel……”
“H-Hero? Where are you right now?”
She looked around.
Yubel glanced around, trying to find him.
“I’m invisible right now……. Can you follow me quietly?”
He hadn’t been hit too hard, so Se-on recovered quickly.
This time, he grabbed Yubel’s arm.
“Already……? How is that possible……”
Yubel muttered something, but he couldn’t quite hear her.
Right now, escaping as quickly as possible was the priority.
“You’re following me, right?”
Holding Eva in her arms, Yubel followed as Se-on led her by the hand.
This time, he wouldn’t take his eyes off her for even a moment.
Before long, they’d returned to the place where he’d drunk the invisibility potion.
Se-on hurriedly put his clothes back on first.
He couldn’t let Yubel see him in such a disgraceful state.
“You really did use an invisibility skill……”
“Hm?”
“……It’s nothing.”
Well, all that mattered was that Yubel was safe.
Just then, Se-on’s invisibility began to wear off.
Perfect timing.
Now all he had to do was slowly make his way out of the dungeon……
“Ugh!? Gah! My body suddenly……!”
Se-on clutched his chest and began breathing heavily.
Hot.
His whole body felt like it was on fire.
That was what Se-on was feeling right now.
What is this, what is this, what is this, what is this?
Why am I suddenly so hot!!
“Hero? Are you okay?”
Yubel leaned down to look at Se-on’s face, which seemed strange.
Thanks to that, Se-on could look into Yubel’s eyes.
But for some reason, the heat he felt inside his body began to intensify.
Hot, hot, hot, hot!
It’s so hot I can’t stand it!
And when I look at Yubel, all of a sudden……
“I want to hit you……”
“Huh?”
Yubel looked at Se-on with an expression that said, ‘What do you mean by that?’
But Se-on couldn’t answer her. He only breathed slowly, trying to steady himself.
Even so, his mind was in complete disarray.
He wanted to beat Yubel mercilessly.
He wanted to carve permanent scars into her beautiful body and make her his.
He wanted to lock her away somewhere dark, where no other bastards could lay eyes on her, and watch her grow more and more dependent on him as she looked only at him.
He wanted to corrupt her until she was ruined, then watch her cry with a look of despair on her face.
Sadism.
The invisibility potion he’d drunk earlier was finally taking effect.
Its terrible side effect.
“H-Hero? W-What do you mean……? I must’ve heard that wrong, right?”
Thinking she might have misheard, Yubel asked Se-on again.
But she should’ve run away right then.
Smack!
“Kyaa!?”
Yubel was shoved aside by Se-on’s hand and fell helplessly to the ground.
She reached out a hand to break her fall, so fortunately, her lovely face wasn’t injured.
But the way she landed—since she’d fallen upper body first, her head was pressed against the floor while her lower half stuck up in the air.
Put simply, she’d landed in the position of a cat crouched with its rear in the air.
“Hnng……”
Yubel let out a faint moan as she tried to figure out what was happening.
Judging by her eyes, she seemed terrified.
Se-on slowly approached Yubel, who was crouched there in fear.
Don’t be scared.
That expression doesn’t suit you.
I’ll only hit you once. Just once.
So stay right there.
He kept moving closer to Yubel,
until at last Se-on raised his right hand.
‘That beautiful body of yours—I
want
to
make
a
complete
mess
of.’
“Huh?”
With Yubel’s brief cry,
Smack———!!!!
………
……
…
..
.
“Ugh, what just happened…… Huh?”
When Se-on came to his senses, he saw
“Huh? Wh-What?”
Yubel’s butt, red as an apple.
“N-No……. No……!”
Pant, pant.
And the sound of someone breathing as if terribly excited,
“Herooo…… C-Could you do it one more time?”
Yubel begged, thrusting her butt toward him.