LOTA CH50 — Crippling Desires ♡♡♡

The ever-lasting pleasure was over, and with Shen seemed satisfied, we spent the rest of the night inside the same spacious bedroom we made love in.

Her last request is for us to cuddle or sleep on the same bed. Which I oblige, but with one condition: a very minimum skin contact is to be maintained as we sleep. It’s something easy considering the bed is ridiculously big, big enough to hold four people sleeping, and this is the smallest bed we can find in the palace.

At first, she disagrees as expected, throwing a tantrum about what according to her is an ‘unfair’ condition. What surprised me however, after a few seconds of obvious temper squirming, she suddenly stops for a moment and then smiles agreeing to my terms. It’s honestly quite scary how eagerly she jumps to agreeing pretty easily and also easily falls asleep. Is this correlated with my Sky Palace brainwashing power?

Nevertheless, this place is somehow cold. Way too cold. It wasn’t this cold as far as I remember. Was my repressed lust throughout our love-making heated me before? Tucking into the bed’s heavy blanket does little to provide warmth either, it pervades this empty heart of mine.

I wish I could just shut my eyes and fall asleep. But I can not, not with this coldness, even more so with Shen so close to my side. The almost freezing temperature compels me to detect anything that resembles warmth and it so happens to be the beautiful goddess, Shen.

She’s sleeping beautifully while facing me, and so peacefully too. Throughout my attempt to force myself to sleep, she inches closer to me in her sleep. I don’t know if she does so since she’s awake or it’s just instinct. Just with her presence so close to me, it’s so hard to not pay attention to her. It is one of these moments where I can truly marvel just how beautiful she is.

It’s hard to believe she was once a powerful dragon, or rather… is a powerful dragon; she can always transform back to her original dragon form. We are completely different beasts altogether. The disparity between me and her is just too high. She’s gorgeous and powerful, whereas I’m just a normal human that you could find anywhere.

Almost everything she does is divine in itself. Beyond devoted and most important of all eager to please. The only reason why I think she doesn’t delve into full-blown selfless servitude is because she notices my reluctance.

It feels… Too good to be true. Too good to be mine.

But no, of course it was not enough. It was never enough.

This high virility of mine, it is both a blessing and a curse. On the right person, it can be such a wonderful and thrilling experience; left alone, however, my mind deviates to thoughts that are… wild. Extremely wild.

Mutating into an urge. A fierce and violent urge. A feeling similar to hunger; a craving so close to a thirst. Which then transforms into deprivation.

An unfathomable desire to taste the prey in front of me to the very core of her bones. Having shen on top is great on its own, but what I love the most is when I’m the one in charge and in control.

Her existence and devotion lights a fire to the once extinguished fire pit before. It’s as if she is the personification of my ultimate fantasy. My wildest desire for absolute, unwavering devotion. For that someone to stay obedient with me, and thinks nothing else but me and only me. To always stay with me.

The feeling of power. The feeling of controlling and owning someone, where I don’t have to care about their being and I can be my true self.

There’s just this desire, a need to destroy something so perfect and to reduce her to be just a thing.

She’s so perfect, a goddess materialized, that it compels me to destroy her.

I want to break her and ruin her. To not treat her as a dragon princess but rather as a cheap sex toy that have no value and only deserves rough fucking.

I want to dominate her; put her into her true place. A little plaything in my hand, reducing her into a mere three-holes cum dumpster slut.

I want to rape her non-stop, fucking make her moan both in pleasure and pain. To not care of her pleasure and just fuck her pussy without care and purely for my own pleasure.

I’ll lock her in chains so she won’t be able to resist whatever I wish to do upon her. All she can do is to accept the fate that she is just a mere masturbation toy to be used.

If she truly loves me and serves me, then surely she would be willing and even eager to fulfill my wish, won’t she? Where my needs are absolute and be in absolute joy for fulfilling my desires.

Her long swan-like neck is so ideal and perfect to rest my hand and just… squeeze. She would be desperate to breathe, and her eyes would flicker mixed with pleasure and despair, Tears dripping out of ecstasy of being put into her true place of being a lowly slut.

Or even better, I’ll force my dick into her soft lips, straight into her throat. Plant her face deep into my crotch, forcing my pubes to penetrate her nose. Savoring the unbelievable, taboo-wrecking sensation of selfishly using her throat for my own pleasure while she’s desperate to breathe, fucking her face like I’d fuck her pussy — roughly, without a worry about how she feels, uninhibited by her feelings and conscience.

And then she will truly know how it feels to be owned by me. Her true place. To be below me. To be mine.

「 Master~ 」

Shen’s soothing calm voice snaps me out of my lustful desires… As I begin to slowly but surely regain my awareness I realize I’m… I’m on top of her… My hands are wrapping around her throat.

She looks at me very innocently, merely asking about me, even though I’m just about to hurt her.

「 Master? Is everything okay? You seem to be… hurt?  」

H-hurt?

…God, I’m such a terrible being.

How can a degenerate like me be able to get such an understanding perfect girl?

I… I’ve thought so many terrible things and was so close to choking her out…

This is… this is… getting too far…

Fuck….

What was I thinking?

「 Shen… you’re not hurt aren’t you? 」

What am I talking about…? Of course she’s hurt. I’ve been sitting and putting all of my weight on top of her belly. I might’ve not choked her at the last minute but what if I did?

「 Master, I’m doing great~ Please continue whatever you want to do to me. 」

No… No…. No…

「 Sorry Shen… I’m just feeling a bit under the weather just now… 」

「 What are you apologizing for, master? There’s nothing and there won’t be anything you need to apologize for. 」

I get off the bed, trying to find my clothes but soon realized that my clothes were scattered around the room. I should just go out as soon as I can without bothering to dress myself. Even while still being naked I don’t let the cold bother me and calmly walk towards the door.

「 Starting from today, we will be sleeping in separate rooms. 」

「 M-master, please wait! 」

Shen shouts went muffled midway before she could finish the sentence as I shut the door closed.

Plans of sleeping in another random bedroom of the sky palace pops up, however, she might chase after me immediately so it’s best if I continue sleeping in the ship instead. Not a great place to sleep in all honesty with it’s uncomfortable canopy like bed and constant sway due to the waves, but it will do for now. As long as I get away from her and calm down my mind then it is fine.

I am her master, but that doesn’t mean I can abuse her servility for my own selfish desires.

Absolute power, corrupts absolutely indeed.

 

(3rd POV; Close Narrator, Shen-focused)

 

With the door shut closed with a loud bang, Shen could only do naught but stop in her tracks. She’s so close to jumping off the bed and going after her master, but decides to stop at the last second with the fear it would only escalate his reluctance.

Emotions she never experienced in her past life before start festering. Anger? Shame? Regret, but most important of all–doubtness towards herself. Is she even worthy of being his servant for allowing such a stupid mistake? To fail to comfort her master, her creator?

She recalls from one of his mother’s lessons that to win a man’s heart is to maintain a delicate balance of being assertive and submissive at the same time. Submissiveness was a no brainer. What kind of servant is not submissive towards its master, towards its creator? But assertiveness… Assertiveness was not something she truly thought of, even though it fits so well with her original way of doing things.

Now she fully understands what his mother meant by balance.

It was the right idea to subtly cast a spell that would cause the room to grow colder slowly but surely. A little devious trick for him to search for warmth; that would inevitably turn into him seeking out for her embrace. While she submissively pretends to sleep, waiting for his move.

What was not is stopping the act and calling him out. She foolishly thought since  master has taken his first step, it wouldn’t be wrong to be clear and assertively encourage him to continue.

It was going so well. She was more ecstatic than ever before when master was on top of her, doing what he truly wanted to do without holding back.

Like a key inserted to its designated lock. It feels so right; like the way it should be.

It’s such a fantastic feeling, the purpose instilled on her very soul. Life is not hazy, ambiguous clouds full of uncertainty anymore. The path is already there, provided with guaranteed satisfaction and happiness, lying all across in this path that goes forever long.

It wasn’t like her past life where, even if she was fully certain of a choice, it would always turn out to be the wrong one either way. Even when she thinks a choice is the most correct one, there’s always something that is not ideal. Stuck between the choice of two lesser ideal choices, it always leaves her unsatisfied and regretful.

This second life was different, further proven by how she quickly recovers from this failure.

So what if she failed? She has all the time in the world, and master is not going anywhere. What she needs now is not just attentiveness but also persistence. Both of which are completely new to her. Both of which she doesn’t have much experience in her past life as Naga.

But isn’t this what makes this second life so interesting?

Back then, everything just fell to her slightest whim, making everything rather boring. Thousands of dragons fought her and it only took a day to defeat all of them, coming out with miniscule injuries. Claiming the peak of the tallest mountain that was reserved to the most supreme beings was also too easy. There’s little to no excitement in that world. Only the vainness of it all.

Now, she actually has to push effort to fight and conquer master’s heart. There’s thrill in the chase like nothing before. The challenge to fulfill her purpose fuels her drive and leaves her excited to earn her price. The failures and setbacks doesn’t even demotivate her the slightest bit — it further drives her yearn for master’s love even more.

Recalling how close she was to fulfilling master’s desire, she can’t help but notice the corners of her lips curving up.

 

I will earn my master’s love, and my master’s trust. And soon master’s heart will be mine, and only mine.

 

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Take Up the Cross – CH67: What Does Greed Desire?

Take Up the Cross:

Chapter 67: What Does Greed Desire?

 

What does the Alchemaster want? Let’s find out!

I’m thinking of starting a spin-off of TUTC and putting it on ScribbleHub and Webnovel. It’d be a little less “robust” with certain things, but essentially fight and sex! That might be a little ways off, though, but it’d feature a certain someone…

 

Wow, we’ve hit 67 chapters. It almost feels like things have happened, butt it’s been less than a month in story!? There’s a lot going on… but…?

 

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Take Up the Cross – CH65: Only A Rumor, Ever A Mystery

Take Up the Cross:

Chapter 65: Only A Rumor, Ever A Mystery

 

I almost forgot to post this. A good editor of mine told me that I needed to be more aggressive and dynamic with my writing style, so I’m trying to live up to that standard. I want my ero scenes to be better, too. Let me know if anything you see can be improved!

 

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LOTA CH49 — Enkindling a Spark ♡♡♡

Before I can even process her audacious request, she jumps on me and wraps me around her embrace, causing me to fall to the ground. Her assertiveness to get down and dirty truly comes unexpected, although I’m quite nervous with what she has on store.

Not stopping with a mere hug, she presses on me even more, squishing her big breasts to the point I couldn’t help but feel and think only of her breasts, soft like vanilla pudding. Even with two fabrics in-between, her passionate warmth still seeping through.

「 S-shen, s-stop! I’m quite sweaty, you know? 」

「 I love everything about you, master~♡ Your smell, your voice, your kindness, your entire existence. 」

She runs her tongue on my neck and even around my ear, licking up all the sweat like she’s desperate for water.

「 Shen, it tickles… 」

「 Master~~ ♡ 」She whispers sensually into my ear, causing me to shiver out of excitement.

After her words penetrate deep into my ear, her tongue slips in. Probing my ear, deeper, and more intimate, causing my ear to be sensitive to the slightest sweet moans.

Warmth. It’s such a beautiful feeling, it mellows you down, releases your tension, and just relaxes you and makes you want to snug it forever. However, like a fire, if left too long absentmindedly, it will burn you.

「 Haaa~…. Haaa~…. 」

This is bad, I shouldn’t be the one feeling good the most.

I look down at Shen’s hand, running her fingers along my stomach, prying beneath my shirt, unbuttoning it. Does she like my stomach or something? Sure there’s some abs there but not that much…

On the corner of my view, Shen’s dragon tail lingers on the floor. Out of desperation of not wanting to lose, I grab her tail, hoping it could be my crutch for a comeback.

Like being struck by lightning, she jolts and welps in a high pitch voice.

「 M-m-master! 」She yelps out of surprise with a tinge of excitement 「 w-what are you doing…. 」

I press harder and begin to lightly fondle her tail.

「 Ahhh~~ Master~ 」

She moans uncontrollably, seemingly trying to hold back her moans. Her tail must’ve been one of her few erogenous parts.

「 Your tail is such a lively one~ 」

I begin my counter-attack and whisper to her ears this time.

「 Does it feel good? Me caressing your tail? 」

「 MmmHHhhmmm~ it… It tickles.. P-please stop! 」

She says that, but her twitching tail is being more truthful in her answer.

「 Should I stop then? 」

「 N-no, no!  」

「 Then don’t hide it, Shen. Tell me your honest feelings. 」

I stroke the tip of her tail furthermore, applying all sorts of gentle administration on her, stroking wider and longer. Although seeing Shen squirming in pleasure is a sight to behold itself, I have to hold back my desire. Desires that should not be laid upon her.

「 I-it feels good, master~ mmmmhh!! I love it when you caress my tail! AAhhh~~ I wish this moment would last forever! I wish master can experience what I’m feeling right now… Even more than what I’m feeling right now, ahhhhh…. 」

「 Good girl~ 」I whisper directly to her ear, where Shen’s body shivers at my word. She likes being praised a lot.

I will give her all the praise she deserves.

「 You are such a good girl, Shen. I am here. I won’t go anywhere. 」

She shivers more, quivering over a slight touch. Her eyes literally shine with great joy.

「 Master~ I want a kiss from you. 」

Without any more words, Shen leans over and starts kissing me. She’s so aggressive. Her tongue pushes deeper into my mouth and coils around my own tongue.

「 K-haa… 」 She lets go of my mouth after a full minute, a thin strand of saliva extending between our lips.

「 Haaaaaa… Master’s saliva… it’s so tasty~ 」

Shen pants quite excitedly, is she already in deep ecstasy?

My dick is fully erect at this point, and I could think of nothing but releasing that urge inside me.

「 Master~ may we move to bed? 」She suggest.

Her voice stops me from my feverish haze. Of course she doesn’t want to do it here, a beautiful goddess like her definitely doesn’t want to be fucked like a cheap slut in a dirty alley. I really want to ravage her now, but her feelings are top priority.

「 Of course, if master doesn’t want to, then that is fine. All I want is to please you~ 」

She must’ve detected my discomfort, that’s why she starts to change her mind, that won’t do.

「 No… That’s exactly what I was thinking about, Shen. Let’s go to bed. 」I stand up and reach my hand to her.

「 Ummm… 」She starts nervously, 「 If that’s the case could you please carry me like before? My master~ 」

She extends and opens her arm widely. Reddened cheeks and turns slightly out of embarrassment. I’ve never thought such an assertive girl like her could make such an expression. Yet, a part of me, deep from within, becomes disappointed with this turn of event.

What the hell was I thinking…. She’s not Siana, who’s willing at first appearance. She might say that she’s a servant, but what she ultimately wants is to be spoiled and loved.

「 Of course, 」I lightly laugh,「 anything for my little dragon princess. 」

For a split second, she looks disappointed as if she realizes she made a mistake. But it’s all gone without a trace, replaced with a face full of smiles. Maybe it’s just my eyes deceiving me.

「 M-master… On second thought, I want it now. I can’t hold back anymore…. 」

「 No can do Shen. Be a good girl and let me carry you to bed. 」

Without much effort, I gently pick her up, carrying her in the same princess carry as last time. Even though this is the second time I carried her, I still can’t quite fathom how such a powerful dragon girl is this light.

「 N-no, master put me down! 」

「 Getting embarrassed already, Shen? Take it in like a good girl~ 」

She responds by snuggling closer to my chest to hide her embarrassment.

「 M-mooo…. Master~  」She purrs.

Before long we reach the bedroom where I place Shen carefully in the bed.

「 Is there anything you want to do, Shen? 」I say still knees on the floor beside the bed, 「 whatever you like? Do you want me to caress your tail again? 」

「 C-could you go down n-no! No… I… I want whatever master wants. Whatever pleases master the most. 」

There she goes again. Why can’t she just be honest? Why does she have to answer in such a convoluted way? It’s up to me to find what she likes the most then. Well it doesn’t matter. I know what Shen likes anyway.

「 Don’t worry Shen, I know what you love. 」

I need to make sure that she feels cherished and loved.

I start by nibbling her earlobe, slowly trailing down her body. Even wrought with sweat, her body excites me further. It seems Shen has a weak spot in her left clavicle, each oral stroke earned me a restrained whimper from the dragon princess. By the time I made it down to her thigh, Shen’s already been reduced to a shrilling mess.

All of that effort was definitely worth it. As her wetness gives me the recognition that I am able to please Shen. And now for the ultimate price of her wet pussy.

「 Noooo~! Don’t look at it! Master~~~ ♡ 」

I crawl my tongue in Shen’s secret place, making it even wetter.

「 …This… This part of Shen is tasty too. 」

Why did I hesitate to say that?

「 D-don’t say that… aahhhhh~! 」She moans back.

Of course I know the answer deep inside.

I’m… genuinely not fond of doing this. The only joy I do from this is hearing her sweet moans and her body squirming out of pleasure. The sour taste of her love juice, although not really off-putting, is quite hard to get used to.

But this is an easy compromise to make Shen enjoy sex too. I must please her too.

「 It’s very wet down here. Shen. It won’t be wrong to call it a flood. You must be enjoying this aren’t you Shen. 」The gentle tone and praise seems to fuel Shen’s fire as she shudders in pleasure.

Last time I inserted my finger, this time let’s try only using my mouth and tongue. I dig deeper this time with my tongue, exploring her crevice, nose deep in her clitoris.

Slowly, her moans become more disorganized. Her legs widen as my motion grows in intensity.

「 Master! I’m cumming master~! I’m CUMMING!!! 」

With screams of euphoria, she squirts and squirts and squirts, drenching my face with her love juice. I didn’t stop even as she came, riding over her orgasmic high for several seconds.

「 Haaaaaa~~…. Haaaa~….. 」

Shen’s breathing becomes quite ragged, and her eyes quite empty, gazing at the void.

She must’ve been quite satisfied. Even in her more disheveled state, she still looks absolutely beautiful. My crotch begins to go hard again.

「 Master~~♡ 」She mewls sultry,「 Thank you for letting this servant cum. But I’m still not feeling full yet… 」

She stretches her labia open, revealing all of her vulnerable inner folds. Is she hinting at me to go further? But she’s still in a quite daze.

「 You don’t have to force yourself Shen. I know you are satisfied and tired by now. You should relax and take it easy. 」

「 No… It’s not enough…. I want more… Master hasn’t came inside me yet~ ♡ 」

Her eyes are full of anticipation, making it a little difficult to reject her. Even more so when my cock is begging me to go.

「 Is… that what you truly want? 」I ask, secretly doubting her.

「 Yes! A thousand times yes! Please come inside your servant, master! 」

「 Then… be a good girl and let master take care of you. 」

With her request and a quick undressing on my part, I loom over her gorgeous body. It’s a sin how a normal person like me can be so close to such perfection. Being so close with her at this moment truly reminds me of how little I am compared to her.

Yet, when I look at her, her expression is one full of gratefulness. One full of worship.

Her full perky tits visibly jiggles. And she smiles demurely, eyes fixated right onto me. As if I’m the only one that truly matters to her in the whole wide world.

Her long neck looks appetizing. My hands wrap around Shen’s throat. For a moment, it’s just the two of us in silence, me looming above her, her yearningly stares up at me.

I quickly let go of her neck. I haven’t applied any pressure but it already feels like in any second, I will choke her out. I let go of these thoughts. She needs to be treated gently, not roughly.

「 Master… Can I try doing it on top this time? 」

「 Eh? Sure, of course. 」I reply, her request astonishes me.

I comply with her request this time, curious with what she have in store. Shen hovers above me, carefully straddling herself to envelop me. I can tell she’s having a hard time with all of this. Her face writhes and contorts as she desperately tries to ride my manhood.

It’s only until I hold my member and assist her that it’s able to find its place. And without warning, Shen immediately sinks her body down onto my cock.

「 Ahhh~ Finally… finally master is inside me again~ ♡ 」

The sudden sensation of a quick thrust makes my crotch throbs even further.

A far more passionate smile blooms on her face as she looks at me, her eyes beaming with not just lust… but also bliss.

How can she smile so passionately?

「 It feels so good~ having master inside. 」

The plump flesh tightens around me, my cock pushes deeper against the entrance of her womb.

After she swallows my whole length, Shen stops moving, getting used to being on the top. I’m gradually getting impatient but it’s already very intoxicating just by being enveloped in her warmth.

I’m gradually getting impatient but it’s already very intoxicating just by being enveloped in her warmth.

「 Master~ Am I doing great? Am I pleasing you? ♡ 」She asks between breaths.

「 Of course you’re doing great Shen… It feels good. 」

「 Hehehehe… ♡ 」

With a renewed vigor, Shen attacks my cock, moving up and down so vigorously that I almost blank out. There is now a small pool of fluids drenching onto my thighs.

Her inner walls clenches around me and try to pull every bit of pleasure that it can from me as well, tempting me into returning again and again and again.

It all arouses me to the point I want to move my hips as well and return attacking her. But I stop my urge, as I have a feeling the reason why she wants to be on top is because she wants to be in control of her pleasure.

She moves and works up in a steady rhythm. Seeing her with a reddened cheek, sultry smile, coupled with bouncing perky tits, my cock keeps thrusting for what feels like twenty minutes. Inching closer and closer to release, but nowhere near close to cumming, as if there’s a mental barrier that holds me back from cumming.

「 Master… Why are you so stiff…. Here… 」She reaches for my hands and places them on her tits, seemingly noticing the barrier,「 I heard men love big breasts. Go ahead, grab them… You don’t have to be shy~ 」

Her tempo becomes much slower with my hand full of her breast in my grasp.

「 Master… They ache for your touch~  」

I observed the subtle changes in Shen’s expression and made adjustments in order to make her feel more pleasure. Slowly teasing and pinching her nipples with great care. Kneading and playing with her gorgeous breast.

「 Ahhhnnn! 」Shen almost screams out of pure euphoria.

「 Yesshhh… My master I am all yours~ ♡ 」

Her sweet words send shivers to my spine. My dick twitches harder, such assuring words caught me entirely off guard.

「 Ahhhnnn… Master~ Your dick is twitching so much. Are you enjoying my praise towards you? Fufufu 」She says, with a knowing smile.

Shit. She found my weakness.

「 Having master’s cock inside me is a hundred times better than teasing my tail! 」

「 I live to serve you! I live to worship you!  」

「 Master is my everything! ♡ 」

Honeyed words that I wish to believe didn’t really mean for me, however, penetrates my heart to the core, pushing me closer and closer to the inevitable release. The barrier broke down.

It almost becomes a challenge to deny her constant honeyed words that I wish to believe didn’t really mean anything for me. Just lip service with no actual earnestly, purely for the sake of ending this quickly. Yet, her words are able to penetrate deep into my heart, pushing me closer and closer to the inevitable release. The mental barrier breaks down.

Fuck. I could feel it, I’m getting close. Too close.

「 Master, are you going to cum? Please cum, master~! 」

Her assault becomes more rapid, moving her hips faster and clenching down even harder.

「 Give me your seed! Release your desire into me! Let this servant please you! 」

I can’t hold it in anymore.

「 Ahhh~~! Shen cum for me! Cum with me! Be a good girl for me, Shen!  」

「 M-master~! I’m… I’m cumming! CUMMING!!! 」

With my teeth clenched, the dam breaks. The first shot feels like a burst from an over-charged fire hose. Her body convulses until she falls down numbingly. Her entire body embraces me, as I feel her entire weight on me, strangles scream of pleasure coming out of her with every new shot.

Stream after stream of white river spills deep into her as I come, lasting what seems to be eternity before it ends. as I slide myself out of Shen’s pussy, spilling the cum out of her hole that stains the bed.

「 Haaa…. Haaaaaa…. Masteeerrrr~ I love you~ ♡ 」

Shen’s mind incoherently mewls sweet nothingness to my ear.

I still can’t believe we came at the same time, even though I was the one feeling it the most. With how tired she is, there’s no way she’s faking her orgasm.

But this is bad…

My dick is still hard and raring to go.

 

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LOTA CH48 — The Dancing Blades

CLANG!

The sword slips out of my hand. Flying high in the air. The suddenness of it makes me stunned, the mind solely thinking of the shiny reflection of the sword that beats even the sunlight.

A loud thump snaps me out of my stunned moment, coupled with a painful impact in my bottom. Only when a sharp blade touches my neck that I return to reality and the severity of it. The holder of that sword is nonetheless Shen herself. A deadpan stare comes from her.

「 I’ve lost. 」I faintly let out the words,「 you’ve done well, Shen. 」

「 Finally. I’ve won! 」

Both her arms and sword raise up to the air. She lets out a smile. A different smile. Not the previous gentle and soft smile she usually shows. One filled with ecstasy and gleaming joy. A victorious smile.

When I’m away, socializing with the people on the ship. Shen continuously and meticulously trained in the art of swordsmanship.

To think, with just another few weeks of teaching her the basics and a lesson about human anatomy combined with her self-taught and perseverance, she’s already able to beat me. A week left before we arrived in Jayavia city.

At first, I oblige with Shen’s request for swordsmanship training purely so she can have something to do amidst this voyage full of boredom. As if left alone without much to do, her default state would be in pestering me on how to better worship and serve me.

「 Master… 」

「 Yes, what is it? 」

「 I believe I’ve offended you earlier, by winning against you. 」

She found out huh…

When Shen triumphs over me, it wasn’t just my almost non-existent ego that was lost. A fabricated, made-up reason on how I can become a master to such a formidable dragon.

An edge over the art of swordsmanship.

Rulers must have some sort of a reason why they are the nobles, the superiors that can command over the lesser one. A “why” that established the hierarchical structure.

Rulers often proclaim themselves to be the direct descendant of a divine being or simply declare that they are the god themselves. All of them establish how set apart they are from the common people. How they are the “chosen”, the “divine” one that is clearly the opposite from the lowly peasant. At least that’s the way it was in the old times where autocracy or monarchy is the common government system in the world.

If not then, simply due to strength. Strength can be in any form. Whether that’s military strength, economic strength or in this world — magic prowess.

Swordsmanship is where I am superior compared to Shen. In the grand scheme of things, swordsmanship alone won’t be of use. But it was something that I excel at more than Shen. A small difference in superiority. A small pride to reassure myself why I can be the master of what is most likely to be the most powerful dragon in existence.

And now…. I lost it.

「 It’s very normal that one day the student surpasses its teachers or mentor. In fact, it brings great pride and joy to the mentor that their student is able to reach new heights they couldn’t achieve. 」I say as I let out a small smile, to reassure her「 there’s not much else I can teach you regarding swordsmanship. If you want to perfect the art, then I will try to find some resources or even other mentors for you to learn from.  」

「 Me winning from you doesn’t change anything. You are still my revered master, my master. 」She says affectionately.

What kind of master is weaker than his subordinates?

「 It brings me joy that I can be just a tiny bit more useful to you in this human form. 」

She says getting closer, desperately trying to assure me, like what she always likes to do.

「 Of course Shen…. Whatever it is you want to pursue, I will try my best to support you. And remember. You winning from me is not an excuse for you to stay relaxed. 」

I may have lost that edge. But so be it. I’m not that petty to want to nit pick her from the bud.

She has a talent for it and is more than worthy enough to flourish it. It won’t do anybody justice to not develop it further. Besides, she seems to have fun and is genuinely interested in it. That’s why I should always support her, even if the disparity between her and I deepens.

Shen should’ve feel relieved or back to her cheerful mood. More so with my declaration to keep supporting her path in swordsmanship. But she looks nervous, seemingly trying to desperately hold the temptation to say a word.

「 Shen, 」I call her out,「 Is there something wrong? 」

「 It’s nothing, master… 」

「 Shen, you know that you can be honest with me right?  」

「 Master… There is something else I want to show you. 」

She walks to the bench and picks up the second sword. An almost exact copy of the first one, except that it is shorter.

Wait… Don’t tell me, she wants to dual-wield?

「 Shen… You know that dual-wielding is very impractical right? 」

「 I’ve been practicing dual-wielding swords secretly from you… A-are you mad?  」

「 No. I’m just worried you will waste time training an impractical style. Not a lot of people dual-wield swords for a reason Shen. There needs to be a free hand to cast a spell and dual-wield swords require very excellent coordination. 」

「 I know very well, master. Those challenges doesn’t stop me and I’ve already quite excelled at them. I would like to demonstrate it to you. Please summon five shadow minions for me to fight against, master. 」

Five shadow minions? Is she going to spar against all of them at the same time? Is this going to be safe?

Ahh whatever. She definitely knows what she’s doing. I must trust her.

With a simple thought five shadow minions surround her. No reaction comes out from her when they surround her. Only the same gentle small smile towards me

「 Master, command them to attack me with all their might. 」

「 What?! Are you sure? 」

「 Trust me, master. If I can’t even defend myself against several weak foes then I do not deserve to be by your side and serve you. 」

 


You’ve heard her. Attack her seriously with all of your might. Injuring her is encouraged but keep her alive.

Yes, my lord.


 

With a dash, all of the shadow minions jump to her at once. All at the same time.

Seeing the shadow minions’ aggressive attack, I start to regret ordering them and fear for the worst. With a flash my worries are dismayed with shen’s swirl, fending off the shadow minions’s blade. Knocking them off slightly.

The style of swordsmanship she created is truly amazing. Traces of my style are apparent in her but it is now much more fluid. With no awkward and wasted energy.

Elegant and beautiful.

The two swords swing ands moves with harmony. The short sword controls the space and fend off any oncoming attacks, while the long sword with its long reach assaults and exploit any weakness that comes from the split second parry of the short sword.

Her strike with the sword is the embodiment of an ice storm.

There’s rhythm in her movement and swings. Like a ballerina dancing to the song’s rhythm. Swift and dazzling. Only that the supposed beat of the musical instruments are replaced with the sounds of steel clashing.

With two swords on her hands, combined with meticulous coordination, she controls the space very well. Creating distance from the shadows on all sides.

None of the shadows attack, reaches her. Whether it’s a swift strike from behind where she should least expect it, or whether all the shadow minions attack her at the exact same moment. All are fended off with ease.

Supreme, peerless…

Untouchable.

…How do I want to go on with Shen from now on?

She says she loves me. But will that always hold through? She is clearly way better than me in almost every aspect.

It is clearly only due to the circumstances of my power that she falls in love with me.

If not then, it is most likely because she met me first. From the way she describes her previous life, nobody accepts her and treats her with kindness.

Like a freshly born bird that will acknowledge something it sees first as its parent, she only loves me because I am the first one who treats her kindly like any decent normal being would do.

Sooner or later she will experience the world and she will find out that anyone would treat her kindly – maybe even treat her far better than me.

I need to always prepare for that inevitable outcome. To never be swayed by emotions. To always think rationally with a heart of steel.

「 M-master… 」

I snap out of my thoughts, and look to Shen. Behind her, the shadow minions are in shambles, laying flat down on the stone floor of the courtyard.

「 Ah, do not worry master. 」She notices me looking behind her and looks back also, giving a glimpse of her slender back,「 They are not fatally injured. I’ve made sure to be careful and not lay waste to any of your shadow minions. 」

「 I see… Thank you, Shen. 」

「 Master… I am still your faithful servant. Please believe me… 」

She moves closer once more. Too close as she enters my personal space.

「 Enough of the sad part. 」I say, as I stop her from her tracks. Knowing well that the conversation is moving in a direction that I don’t want.

「 Your accomplishment in being able to dual-wield swords is worthy of a celebration. 」I continue,「 Is there anything you want as a reward? We are still on a voyage but as soon as we reach our destination I can get anything you want within my power. 」

「 R-really? Anything? 」She jolts up, her eyes flash out of excitement.

「 Yes. As long as it is within my capability, Shen. 」

「 T-then… 」She says hesitantly, looking downwards. Her cheeks becoming pink in color.

Knowing Shen, she might request for a book containing the art of a legendary swordsmanship that fits with her dual-swords style.

「 C-can… Can I receive your tender love and affection? 」

Wait… what?

She unknowingly comes closer to me, her head slightly leaning to the side.

「 Let’s make love, my master~ ♡」

Shit. Am I hallucinating or her pupils are now heart shaped?

 

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