The warmth of Rena's body enveloped me, a sense of confidence and power filling my body from its core as the morning sound from the city sounded like a soothing melody.
[You went to town on the poor girl. She's so swollen...]
...
Ignoring the goddess, I gently lifted Rena's body, her soft bosom slipping off my chest as she rolled into a ball, grumbling with a slight complaint of pain as her legs moved.
"Phew..."
Standing in the centre of the room, I began to perform my morning workout. Since we could gain attributes from exercise and effort, doing as much as possible was ideal.
I started with four sets of squats; they became much easier after the transformation, so I added two extra before lifting the heavy table slowly to work on my biceps.
As time passed, a slow burn started to spread through my thighs and body.
My desire to improve increased as I branched through pushups, pullups, crunches and lunges, all driving my new body to the limits before I was drenched in a light sweat and the sunlight caused me to feel lethargic.
Time passed, and Rena eventually woke up when I was about to start showering.
"Mmm Aki~ come carry me to the shower. It stings when I move."
Like a knight and his princess, I carried her to the shower, helping to wash her back and trying not to laugh when she showed a pained face each time she moved her legs quickly or spread them to clean.
"Don't laugh! Kiss it better~ please..." Her face looked embarrassed as she turned away my hands, rubbing her hair full of sweet-scented suds before washing them away.
"Yeah... bite there, like my neck. It makes it feel numb... Nnnnmm...!"
*Knock-Knock!*
I was sucking blood from between the lustful goblin's legs because it was numb for hours when I bit her neck, and the door was knocked.
"Nnnn a little more... it feels nice, the door can wait~ Aki...!?"
5 minutes later.
*Knock-Knock-Knock*
An aggravated knock sounded as I jogged to the door half naked, and my mouth tasted a little sweet and sour from the mixture of blood and her squirt of thick morning juice.
With a click, the door opened, squeaking to reveal two female knights and the same male who seemed to dislike me the day before.
"!? Why are you not dressed!"
"Hurry and get dressed!"
The two women said with slightly pink faces. Then I realised my dragon was dangling between the open towel, haha.
"Mmmm, sure, okay. What's the matter?"
I began to get dressed in plain view as the door was stuck open, while the dressed Rena in her nightwear came out of the shower with a slight limp.
Ah...
Now, the eyes of the two women were burning into me as I put on my soft boxers and linen pants, fastening the string with my chest still bare.
"Can you shut the door? I don't want another male seeing my woman."
My body enchanted the front female knight, or she just liked muscles before nodding and shutting the door.
I could hear the other two scolding her and asking, "Why?" but she just argued that they were naked.
"We need you to come with us. It's regarding a complaint about yesterday's conflict in the cafeteria..."
The short brown-haired knight was very civil and spoke gently to me, although she seemed to treat Rena like air for some reason.
I nodded.
This was my own doing. I intended to blind him but failed sadly.
"I'll come, but Rena will join me. If that's alright?"
Thankfully, there was no problem as we were being led towards the guard's barracks.
It seems that not the king or nobles but the knights would be the judges.
I enjoyed a more relaxed movement through the castle with grey and silver bricks, and a thick red carpet that was both bouncy and smooth to walk on greeted us before we arrived at the destination.
A large square building of grey stone outside the main keep was unsightly, and once the door opened, it smelt of sweat...
Both male and female mixed, like they hadn't bathed for days. It was likely this bad due to my enhanced smell.
"Now then, E-Rank Rena and D-Rank Akira. Please sit on those seats."
Two chairs were across from a group of middle-aged knights and the wounded loser from yesterday with his eye and nose swollen with countless bandages.
I didn't feel the need to cause any problems, sitting down and crossing my legs with a slightly confident or smug look.
Then something funny happened that made the knights and losers gasp.
Rena sat on my lap...
My eyes looked towards her as she sat beside the group with both legs between mine and leaning against me slightly.
"Sorry, Aki~ It feels too sore still... Let me sit here, okay?" Her soft lips whispered before the oldest-looking knight cleared his throat.
"Ahem."
Holding her back steady, I put my hands down and waited for what they had to say.
"Now then, you are here because of yesterday's altercation with your assault on Rank-C Hero Shinsuke."
My eyebrow twitched, wanting to slit these men's throats as they blamed us—a more violent and aggressive reaction than my usual self.
They succeeded in pissing me off, though.
I looked at Shinsuke, mouthing the word "Pussy" because he was looking smug at this bullshit.
This little prick had mentioned her rumours.
The knight then began to talk about morals, how women should respect themselves, and that it could be arranged if she wanted to work in the brothel instead of a low-rank hero.
Ah... my hands gripped her tight, stroking her back while my crimson eyes must have been enough to kill them with a simple glare.
"Now, how do you find our offer? Miss... Rena. If you want to service the men for the greater good of the kingdom, I won't stop you."
"Haha."
"Huhu."
Shinsuke and a few knights laughed as Rena became embarrassed and upset, burying her face in my chest.
"I am sure they could give you more pleasure than the pathetic boy with such low attributes."
Then the two female knights saw her state this morning, barely able to crawl to the bed, and my proud dragon began laughing in the background with sneering faces.
I didn't rush to respond, instead taking a deep breath.
"Hey Rena, are you alright?"
"Mmm... Aki is here. I can take it."
"Haha..."
I was a bit tired of how they spoke down to us, so I stroked along her back with my fingertips slowly and looked at them with a mocking smile.
"Haha, old man, don't dream. You're not half the man I am. Now, what's the punishment? Otherwise, shut your mouth."
"Imagine taking the side of such a great C-Rank Hero who lost to a D-Rank fairly. Then ran off crying to the knights because he's a pussy."
"Watch your mouth, boy!!!"
The old man drew his sword, but I didn't flinch; I just smiled and spoke calmly and gently.
"Watch your mouth, old man. Even a Rank-G Hero is above your highest knight."
"Shut up with the false rumours and tell me the punishment."
My confidence in this room was quite high, as long as I managed to avoid a fatal blow with my unarmed mastery, immortality, and rapid recovering vitality they would lose.
I don't know how I knew, but something told me, "I can kill these men." deep inside my own heart.
That was also because they weren't the top-class knights but the B-Grade ones, and Brian wasn't here.
"Tsk, cheeky little brat! You will go to the Vederia Forest and hunt down the Gallium Bandits! Do not think of returning until you kill their leader, Gray Swifthand!"
"If you take more than 2 weeks..."
"... We will brand you traitors to the kingdom and send knights to kill you!"
Perfect!
I grow stronger from battles, and it gives me a chance to find a second monster! Also, time alone with Rena to enjoy more affectionate nights.
"Okay, I want a decent spear and spiked mace."
"???"
"I refuse to leave without the basic equipment, money for 3 days, food for 3 days and those weapons. Chop chop, old man."
Standing from the seat, I kept Rena in my arms, stopping her from falling.
Somehow, my 21 STR seemed more than a normal human with 21 STR, but I would need more research on this.
Maybe different races have more mastery of certain attributes...
[Correct.]
[Vamires have an additional 50% Body correction to attributes.]
[Ero Vampires Have an additional 100% Body correction to attributes but take longer to learn the Vampire magic and abilities!]
[In daylight bonus is halved!]
[Please beware and fight in dark places like a true child of the night.]
I smiled while carrying Rena back to our room, ready for the morning's dungeon, before setting off together.
She seemed excited to travel with me, and the female knights looked jealous as I carried her back.
They seem to have heard the rumours, too.