Chapter 132
Cassius’s pale green eyes slowly widened. He stared at Eki blankly, as if his mind had gone empty. Then, starting from the back of his neck all the way to where their foreheads touched, his skin flushed red.
Hadn’t he sensed it before, even once. That, with a single word from Eki saying she liked him, he could crumble.
“Eki, I…”
Cassius pulled Eki tightly against his waist. He buried his nose at the nape of her neck and breathed unevenly.
The dragon, like a towering fortress that had allowed no one near for hundreds of years, was finally broken, shattered, and conquered.
And so, the Cassius newly drawn out by Eki began to tell a story like a confession.
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Eki heard all of Cassius’s past.
From when he had just been born, lost his parents, and was taken to the Association, to after he built the Thousand Tower and was imprisoned there.
All the while, she cried, shot Cassius sharp looks, and cursed Ikelid, reacting with complete honesty.
“So you thought that if you kept me here, something like that would happen again?”
“Yes. The fact that a few earthquakes affected the blood array was my carelessness. Thinking that you might get hurt again because of it… I thought it would be better if you didn’t come here at all.”
Cassius replied while shifting his gaze around.
“Master. Are you stupid?”
“…What?”
“Why are you acting stupid all of a sudden? A magic circle can just be fixed, and in the first place, the tower only shook because Babel was trying to mess with us.”
“But you can’t live on top of such a dangerous magic circle.”
“I lived just fine for the past seven years.”
“You don’t know. How much you suffered because of the mana coming from the dragon hearts…”
It seemed that the fact she had been seriously injured had become a major trauma for her master.
Instead of comforting him with words, Eki quietly hugged him. When she embraced him without saying anything, Cassius hesitated for a moment, then accepted her.
The two of them shared each other’s warmth on the bed for a while.
…Until Cassius became aroused.
“……”
“……”
“Master.”
“It’s not intentional.”
“We are having a serious conversation, right?”
“We are. No, really. This isn’t my will.”
Gritting his teeth, he stammered out a confession.
“It’s because of the breeding instinct.”
“Breeding instinct?”
“Yes. I don’t know why, but ever since we… slept together… it’s been like this. It seems my psychology is having quite an influence, so you don’t need to worry. If we just give it time, it’ll calm down, ngh!”
How could she not worry? For the first time in a long while, Eki rubbed the front of his pants and parted her lips.
“E-Eki. Don’t do this.”
“But then, you know. Does that mean you were planning to break up with me once five years passed?”
“N-No. That’s not it. I was, right now, trying to tell you the truth, and let you go, ah?!”
Eki’s grip tightened around the tip. At the sudden squeeze, Cassius’s cheeks flushed bright red as his hips bucked.
“Eki! What are you doing!”
“You’re trying to send me away on your own again.”
“I didn’t want to part with you either. But if I break the contract with Ikelid, I’ll turn the Association into an enemy, and in that process, you could get hurt…”
“It didn’t seem like the Association Head wanted to drive you out.”
“What?”
Eki continued speaking as she gently kneaded Cassius’s c**k.
“He asked if you could take over as acting Association Head when he passes.”
“…Ikelid did?”
“Yes.”
Cassius slowly blinked. Each time his eyelids covered his pale green eyes, unfamiliar emotions bloomed across his pupils.
Surprise. Confusion. Doubt. And faint regret.
Looking at Cassius, Eki smiled softly.
“Don’t worry. What you’re imagining won’t happen.”
“Then…”
“Will you stay here with me?”
Cassius is the only dragon left alive in this world. How precious and how dearly he must miss his kin was something she couldn’t dare fully imagine?
But after hearing his story, Eki could sense what choice Cassius would make. Like a revelation bestowed by the luck potion, a clear certainty filled her mind.
“Don’t go anywhere else. Live in the same world as me.”
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