When everyone was in a helpless situation, they thought that they might die, but they didn't expect that someone would rescue them and defeat the woman that had triumphed over them so easily.
Still, when they were curious who had saved them...
"Kasugano Haruka-sama!" Hisui, Fiore Princess, smiled happily when she saw Haru.
"Kasugano-kun!" Toma, the King of Fiore, was also happy when he saw Haru.
After all, without a doubt, Haru was one of the heroes in this country, especially when he had saved the country from the dragon riots last year.
Hisui wanted to thank Haru a year ago and wanted to meet him alone. After all, she felt that it was like in a romance book story where the princess and the hero who protected the kingdom married to each other. However, he had already gone and she didn't know where he was, which was why she was so excited when she met him again, especially when he saved her kingdom again.
Haru nodded with a smile, looking at Hisui while thinking whether he should get Hisui so he could get this kingdom. "It's been a while, King, Hisui Princess, but I'll go now since I have to take care of this woman."
The knight commander wanted to say that he would be the one who took care of Irene, but he knew that he didn't have power and he, along with his subordinates were hurt, unable to move so there was nothing that they could do. It was also the reason why Haru didn't intend to heal them since he knew that they would cause him trouble.
Toma and Hisui nodded since they knew that with how strong the enemy was, there was nothing that they could do and the only thing that they could do was to believe Haru.
Haru was about to go out, but...
"Kasugano-sama."
"Yes?" Haru felt weird when a princess of this kingdom called him with the "-sama" suffix.
"Will you come again later?" Hisui asked.
Haru looked at Hisui for a moment then nodded. "I'll." He would come back, but he wasn't sure when. Still, it seemed that he was going to become a king of this kingdom in the future, or maybe, it was his children who would become one, so he made up his mind to protect this kingdom well.
Hisui smiled, then watched Haru fly away with Irene on his shoulder.
Toma looked at his daughter and somehow, he felt that it wasn't bad to have Haru as his son-in-law.
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"You're going to become a king of this kingdom?"
When Haru took off to the sky and moved toward the sea, Irene suddenly asked.
"...Is this the first question that you're going to ask? Isn't there a better question?" Haru was speechless.
'What's the meaning of your question?!'
Haru wondered whether this woman tried to tell him that he had seduced the princess of this country, usurped this country, and became a king. Well, he did have that idea, but there was no need to say it out loud, right?
Irene stared at Haru for a moment and was still confused at this moment. She was the first generation of the Dragon Slayer, and she was also a master of Enchant Magic, but right now, she couldn't use her magic. However, as a First Dragon Slayer, her body was a dragon so her strength wasn't low, but she couldn't escape from him, and when he touched her, it made her body weak and trembled.
This feeling was different from the "Pleasure Magic," that was used by Larcade Dragneel. The pleasure wasn't intense, but it was so warm that it made Irene feel uncomfortable. She felt uncomfortable wasn't because she hated this feeling, but she felt uncomfortable because it had been a while for her to feel this warm feeling, especially when she had become a dragon because of the Dragon Slayer Magic.
Irene still remembered how her husband would imprison, try to kill her, and all the lonely times that she spent until this moment. The only purpose of her life right now was to help Zeref since he was the one who helped her to master Enchant Magic, teaching her how to return back to her human body again.
"...Are you going to kill me?" Irene asked after a moment of hesitation. She didn't really feel the attractiveness of living, and if Zeref didn't ask her for help, then she felt that it might be better to die. After all, for her, there was no point in living anymore, especially when she lived alone.
"No.
Irene was dumbfounded when Haru answered her question without hesitation.
Haru smiled and said, "What are you surprised by? Also, turn off your magic, or I'll do it for you."
Irene could feel that her magic had returned, which made her become even dumbfounded. She wanted to use her magic, but then she couldn't use it again.
"I can see a few seconds in the future, so don't do something stupid," Haru said.
"......." Irene.
Irene stared at Haru for a moment before she could only sigh, and released the Universe One, causing the whole Fiore Kingdom to return to how it used to be, causing everyone to feel relief and happiness.
Still, Haru directly bought Irene to the coast, waiting for something there.
"What are you planning to do?" Irene asked with a frown, looking at Haru, who brought her to the coast.
"I'm simply going to defeat the Acnologia," Haru said.
"........."
Irene blinked her eyes and quickly asked, "Are you stupid?! Do you want to die?!"
Haru only smiled and said, "What? Are you worried about me?"
"Huh?!" In her life, Irene had never seen someone who dared to flirt with her, and this smile... he was too handsome, right?
Her face was quite unnatural and there was a tint of blush on her cheeks.
'Damn, this dragon woman is too cute, right?' Haru thought that Irene's husband was too dumb to kill such a cute woman. As for her body that turned into a dragon, why not? Having a dragon wife was a good thing since she could protect him anytime that way.
However, with her gloomy thoughts, Irene looked at Haru and asked, "Are you going to use me as a shield to fight Acnologia?"
"Of course not, dummy." Haru was speechless and said, "Even if you become a shield, you can only block Acnologia for a minute or two. It's practically useless."
"........" Irene wanted to smack this guy somehow.
"Also, there's no way that I let someone as beautiful as you become my shield, right?"
"..........."
Irene might have been living for 400++ years and thought to end her life early since she was practically helpless in front of this young man, but she might need to rethink her decision right now since she wanted to learn more about him.