Chapter 80: Blue Thanatos
Leon didn't allow Alexandra to forget that he'd dominated her, beating her until his powers brought her back to life to serve him as his slave.
But because of his inexperience and pretty complicated mindset to deal with worthy enemies, Leon made a mistake.
A mistake that turned the dragon's fears into her power.
"Second path!" Alexandra Aquarisen lifted her chin up, glaring at Leon. "You trash have given me a chance to retaliate against you! You think I'll lose against your enslavement skills, against a fake personality?! Who do you take me for?! I'm a dragon! Your kind had to steal our powers to evolve and improve! Not only ours but many others, too! And look how it ended! A fucking wimp has been blessed by a peak humanity body!"
Even though Leon had tightened his grasp over a bundle of blue hair, Alexandra ignored the pain as adrenaline went through her body, erasing her fear and adding power to resist Leon's presence. "You know that you talked about those paths with different expressions? Of course, you did your best to hide your feelings, but I'm not blind! Now, I see it all. You can't take decisive steps at all — you can't punish me. You will not break me!"
Her arrogance drove Leon insane, as he hadn't thought she'd turn out like that. He really believed she'd turn the third path and become his pet. But what exactly did he believe in? Did he think she would atone for her sins by acting out like a good pet, serving him out of her own will?
Could he even give her free will?
"Will you renege on your words?" Alexandra's eyes flashed with madness, for she now understood what kind of a man she faced. She understood that Leon was nothing more than a newbie — an otherworlder from a pacifist world.
Leon let her hair go, then slapped her away, sending her to the other end of his room. "You would've died if it weren't for me!"
"Trying to build some sympathy within me? Should I be fucking grateful that you've enslaved me?" Alexandra strained to stand up, for this guy's slaps hurt her.
She had to accept that his stats and powers were above hers.
But his personality and mental were way too gentle. He was a weak human in a strong body, nothing more.
Once on her two feet again, Alexandra's lips curled into a wicked smile. "It didn't hurt at all."
Bruises dotted her face, yet she looked unbreakable and overly confident. Even her usual attire appeared on her curves as the blue scales covered her tits and nether region. Alexandra regained so much momentum and confidence that she no longer came out as someone under Leon.
She was as though his equal.
"I should've killed you…." Leon spoke with a shadow cast over his face, hiding his feelings.
Alexandra leveraged his state, smirking. "You won't kill me. You don't want to waste this opportunity to use and torture me… You'd love for that fox girl to be here, too, right? She'd torment me! Oh, I'm so sorry, but she's gone! That short bitch is gone! Haha!"
It was madness. Alexandra understood as much as she did understand Leon.
Thus, it didn't hurt her when he wrapped his chains around her and pummeled her face again. When he saddled her back and pinned her face to the floor, her smile didn't disappear. Rubbing the ground with her cheek, Alexandra still could glance at Leon's irritated expression, her dragon heart beating with excitement.
She'd do the same to a fake personality he'd soon implant within her.
"You look like a kid on the verge of crying because he had lost his toy! Oh, you actually lost your toy. It's so saddening… You won't be able to comb her hair and tails! What else could such a nice little guy like you do to that girl? Plant a kiss on her forehead to encourage her? What was the saying of those stupid humans? Ah, birds of a feather flock together! Haha! Two fucking wimps that aren't worthy of their power!"
Leon kept her chained to the floor, listening over her words a few times. This woman kept spitting out much shit to irk him up and weaken him. And she did that, but Leon also kept improving.
He improved his mental on his own.
While it might be weird, Leon's blessed body couldn't help him with his hurdles. He couldn't process his problems regarding his mental, owing to the unconscious block within him.
Alexandra Aquarisen pounded that barrier, breaking it.
"You're right, Alexandra Aquarisen." Leon changed his seat and fell onto the dragon's plump butt.
In this way, he kinda shut her lips, but it was more a change of his tone that closed Alexandra's mouth. "I love when girls turn adorable. I love bonding with them and being one of many catalysts to bring out their cute side… It's so much more fulfilling than having absolute strength. But strength is the key to keeping all of us safe for an eternity… It's also a key to forming many more bonds. And more than anything, girls must be strong, too, so that we can keep filling gaps in our lives.
"Before all of us reach that comfortable point of having no one bothering us, we'll endure many hardships… We'll lose precious things… I've understood it well owing to the beautiful vampiress. So rather than having absolute strength, I pick reliable teammates to that I can entrust my back. If I fall into despair or face an insurmountable wall, they will lend me their strength and wisdom to break that obstacle together.
"Isn't that the best? Look at yourself, Alexandra Aquarisen. All you have is… your nickname. There's no one on our tail, for you've committed a crime… A crime that The Dragon Royal Guild didn't tolerate. I think I'd have Louise and Celes' support if I did something atrocious, you know? But you don't even have a soul to look out after you. You're alone…. You're so poor that you only have… your strength."
And that hurt more than Alexandra thought.
[Author's note: Merry Christmas. If you guys have time, I'd love to hear your thoughts about Leon and Alexandra's development from these recent chapters. Did you expect that? Maybe you didn't? What did you think would happen? I have some conflicting thoughts, so really would like a view from reader's perspective! Enjoy your break and novels!]
[Author's note: Ah, we also hit 100k words today ^^]
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