"I would have kept your life simple if I hadn't had to battle that dragon. And if you hadn't tried to kill me yet again. But seeing that I asked you to kill me once.. I will not think about your thoughts on annihilating me, nor I can kill you, nor you can kill me… so I believe we reached a fair point."
As I said that to the queen firmly, I looked at her seriously for the first time. She might be the ruler of the dragons and also the strongest known in the world, but she certainly was not equal to Amanori. I hold Amanori in my hand and am more than capable of standing up to her. although facing her would make my doom certain, but that will be the case for her and her whole tribe too.
"I know, that's why I can't order you anything." the queen looked really cornered… I knew that she had tried to attack me when I was unconscious, but I was alive… and only because she was showing me she was cornered that I believed that she is cornered. In reality, both of us would mutually spell our own destruction if things didn't come to a peaceful ending, I am sure she is thinking as such....
But.... Amanori would get my soul in case I die, so as long as my body is healed… no matter who killed me, I could revive once my body heals up. The reason why I was so confident that I would not die was this.
As long as there is spirit energy near me, I can restore my body… well the system can and as long as Amanori gives the soul back to the body… lets just say I was immortal at coming back to life..
Amanori could also take the soul and not give it back to my body… but at least for now I know that she won't do any of that. Thus I had taken such a big gamble… but who knew that taking this gamble I would not only win but also get a boon such as increasing my strength. no, this was not simply just increasing my power... this was a change big enough that I can now enter the international power rankings just like that.
"Your majesty, I don't think someone like Sir Rekka will try to harm us even in the future.." although Stella had changed somewhat after the duel. I was earnestly trying to avoid it.
After she heard I had woken up she came running and literally bawled her head while crying on my lap… lady you tried to kill me too.. Although you were not successful, could you really hold such feelings for someone you tried to kill a month ago?
"Stella, I am hardly thinking about that. He didn't even want to risk fighting me so that I don't get harmed."
"Of course, if you died, there would be too much hassle for me." oops… my thoughts just came out… gotta be careful.
"You want to get me mad?"
"OOps sorry, that thought came out.." I wonder why I was speaking my mind.
"I want you to take my daughter."
"OOh, where does she want to go? My portal is very handy, you know?" Maybe I was joking too much because I saw a vein pop out on the queen's forehead..
"Mother, what are you saying! Sir Rekka already has many wives." Stella said with a red face. Still I can feel the eagerness in her tone… god…. men can only wish for scenes like these on earth.
"Ooh, they still aren't married to me but… It sounded good to hear." I kind of feel happy that people see us like that.
"My daughter, a human lives differently, a man can take as many women as he wants. at least until he can carry their cost. Also I hear that he has a long stamina. I got the proof live from this castle. not to mention his power to copulate and recoverability is far superior than us…. He barely is a human…. Anyway.. Take my daughter as your wife and make a peace pact with the dragons."
"Your highness, I don't break my word, we can just make a peace pact, I feel like pushing your daughter on me without her consent is bad, I like to see people have free will." I said my thoughts, it was true.
For now I felt like Stella only liked me or pitied me since her mother had tried to kill me twice, I would hate her to feel guilt over it and getting hitched with me on such basis as just another forgiveness.
"I hear that, you said to your wives-to be that if any beast kin girls came, you would like to take them in at all cost, why is that?" I wonder how but the queen here knew I had a thing for soft and fluffy tails and ears… I was never gonna say that of course.
"Th-that is completely confidential, I only like the fluffy ears and tails, there is nothing wrong with that…. The heck am I saying???" I feel as if for some time I am saying everything in my mind… wasn't I just thinking about not telling these things?
"He he he.. You think only my power was enough to make me queen? I fed you a truth serum made by the elves. They are banned from use without a ruler's decree but guess what I am, a queen.."
"The hell! That is abuse of power."
"Now, tell me, my daughter looks good doesn't she? Even among your wives, she would be exceptional. If you want tails, she can just make it appear…snap! like that."
"Eeek!'' After the queen snapped her fingers, from behind the princess, her tail popped out. It was silver colored with glossy scales and it was long… dragging on the floor…. Dragons usually transform to a humanlike body without any tails or wings or any other things, so seeing Stella's tail pop out like that made me think that partial transformation might be done too. In case of Fett, he was young thus the reason he looked like that. in any case the tail that suddenly appeared and Princess Stella that strongly worked to hide it but to no avail was... charming me unlike any other.
"If you want, there are wings and horns too." snapping again, the princess sprouted 2 silver horns from the sides of her head, as if a crown, her head looked even more decorated and 2 dragon wings the same silver colour. Although suddenly she looked white all over but her face was deep red.
"Mother! I am not a kid anymore! Why are you disclosing these!" the princess frantically questions her mother… I guess an adult dragon won't do a partial transformation. Maybe Fett was younger than I thought.
"Humans have different tastes, you see? He might just like you with this childlike look."
"Ooh… so keeping your tails and horns out is childish? That is really interesting…."
"Rekka! Stop thinking about your discoveries!." Stella barely glared at me with her furiously blushing face.
"Sorry Stella..."
"Well now, take her, she even has wings, a beast kin doesn't have that…"
"Your majesty, I feel pity for the Princess so please don't toy with her and also I said before, even the princess with her tail looked a bit… good and the wings are looking cute not to mention the small horns too… aaaah! This heeeeeeeel of a truth serum! Ahem…. So anyway, no matter how I feel, the princess has free will over the decision and as a mother don't be a queen to her and order her to get hitched with me."
The truth serum was dangerous, so I hope that I can avoid that in the future…. Besides that, even though the princess was really enticing, I was holding back. If I go around taking every princess out there, I feel like karma will hit me someday.
"Stella, then the decision is yours, he even likes your childish looks, so I think you can easily love him, not to mention he's strong too, maybe a bit annoying but I feel like to the young you, he is the right choice."
"Mother…. But won't I have to leave this place then?"
"Isn't that fine? A human will die in the blink of an eye, think of it like a vacation."
"The heck! You want to turn me into a summer fling!" I feel like Stella was too good to be this Queen's daughter.
"Mother! I am not some…. I only love him! No one else! Never! I will only take him as my partner, even after he dies, I won't get married again or take any partner!"
as she protested like that, the princess looked at the queen with her face ever growing more redder. And finally said the things I never would have thoughts about. looking at the queen who now had a devious grin spread across her face, I understood this was what she was after all along....
"ehhhhh! Stella, I can't believe you love me like that. I mean it has only been 3 days… barely… we can't count the days I was knocked out after all." The sudden confession was really out of the box. She talked as if she was sure that she loved me for a long time.
"Ooh no, my daughter saw you months ago. She even met you and talked to you at that time… not to mention she looked at the sky after that. Dreaming everyday about you. Ooh how I looked at my suffering daughter…. I was afraid she might become a stalker so I was glad to get this opportunity."
"Months ago? But when? A girl as hot as Stella wouldn't just miss my eye…." damn that truth serum I can't even think straight…
"You were walking around with a little girl and trying to find something called rice."
"OOh! That time, it was Mile, she knew a lot about plants so I was finding all the variety of rice there was…. No wonder I missed seeing you…" After telling Mile about selective breeding, Mile asked to buy every variety out there so I was pretty engrossed in that research. At the time, I was also making up the spice industry that had been completed now. But still… I sure wouldn't have missed Stella...
"Anyway, it seemed that while you did that, you went around helping people…. So my daughter wanted to know more when she realized you were Rekka wolford."
"I see, but still what did I do to even make her dream?" to me who died lonely in my 1st life. A girl dreaming about me is too hard to believe… that too a girl I didn't even know.
"That is a complete secret!" It looks like Stella wouldn't tell a soul about it. She was already red with embarrassment by the queen leaking her stalker days.
"Anyway… my daughter has given her assent now, take her and ...."
"Wait, I want to come here and hunt those wyverns, they are tasty so give me permission to come and go as I please, I want to buy some of the local produce too from time to time, so give me trading license, many of the dragon kin's have requested to open one of my companies stores here too, so I need that as well, I have no way to transport the things you guys want to buy so send some 2nd class dragons, I heard they are your eternal helpers not to mention they are good natured too."
"Boy…. you are lucky that I can't kill you… granted. Only one shop, one helper…. And I will get those desserts every month." the queen said, looking a bit red, so I guess she liked my deserts.
"Ehh… you could have asked for it every week…" it's not like it is hard to make. Moreover I am also opening shops all over town to sell those. You could get it everyday if you want. And the profits are so much even if the queen wants to eat it everyday, I could blindly afford it.
"Eh? Those… are not rare?" the Queen asked, being surprised.
"Of Course it was rare when it first appeared. But by now the shops are probably open and they are selling these sweets all over the place, not to mention there are even new deserts."
"Then…." I saw a feint lust in her eyes, she was really moved by sweet eh?
"No, if you want it every week, then open a trading relationship with the humans."
"I feel like me being a queen doesn't affect him at all."
"Even if you send people to get our cooks you won't be able to make it without the ingredients, not to mention, I have placed a curse on every single one of those girls, as soon as they feel that their life is in danger, the curse will activate and the attacker would die. So don't go stealing my workers."
"That is more like an angel's halo!" the Queen said frustratingly.
"Ooh! That was just what I named it, it is called the cursed halo, you see I can have any conditions to activate those curses."
[Ku ku ku…. Show them the might of curses, even if you don't let me slaughter the dragons, my curses can make them fear..]
Yeah, the queen looks like she doesn't want to find out what happens if I go all out.
No wonder she wanted her daughter to monitor me or rather it was convenient to keep close connection to me.
"I will think about this matter after some time has passed. So leave for now…. Also take Selena and Selen with you."
"Eh? Why them?"
"They can work as maids for my daughter, moreover, after you punished them, what man would want them, so take responsibility." eh, I only spanked them though?
"Rekka touching a female Dragons butt is as good as calling her yours." Selena who said from behind us looked red. That is the first time I heard of it though?
"I see…. In that case me hitting you 500 times is equal to claiming you for life…."
"Yes, we didn't have time to explain, moreover you were too fast and had already put your hand on my butt. And even after I wanted to stop you from Selen, I felt so much pain that I couldn't even make out words." well it was punishment, so the pain was something that had to come.
"Haaah…. Maybe I should stop counting at this point..."