Chapter 35: The popular Lizard
The tall Dragonoid stood at the village entrance with a blank expression. Asuka wore a loose red and black kimono with a butterfly design that draped over one shoulder. She also wrapped her chest with a bleached white cloth wrapping.
Her hips swayed with each step as her sake jug bounced off her hips. Each time someone passed, she narrowed her sharp crimson eyes.
"Oh?"
The moment Leon appeared in her sight, she seemed to shine. Her lips curled into a radiant smile, while the scales on her cheeks flickered in the sunlight.
She lifted her hand and shouted out before her face looked confused.
"Stop!"
Clang!
A cheap iron-tipped spear blocked Leon's path.
Leon's gaze left the beautiful woman, forced to look at the human guard beside him. Dirty brown hair, a freckled face and scrunched brows that showed his aggressive feelings.
"Show me your identification, or you cannot enter."
The young guard seemed full of energy.
Leon noticed him tighten his grip around the wooden shaft and sighed.
"Can you not see this badge?"
Even when faced with the young guard's aggression. Leon remained calm and observed the situation.
He quietly pushed a small flicker of Mana from his two magical hearts to his vision.
"T-This could be a fake!" A young, quivering voice caused Leon to laugh.
"Haha."
"W-What's so funny?"
Leonhardt's gaze flicked from the young guard before winking at Asuka who approached them. He found the way she froze upon his wink quite adorable.
"We meet again, beautiful dragonoid."
The moment Leon spoke, the guard's body twitched. His teeth made a disgusting sound as they scraped together.
'I see, this little human wants to mate with the dragonoid.'
Asuka shook her head and snapped out of the slight daze, stepping forward and joining the conversation with her husky, yet feminine voice.
The guard's cheek became red, and his aggression vanished for a moment.
"Hey, Alan and... Handsome~ what are you doing out here? We wondered where you went!"
"Well, I can't avoid training if I want to work with you, right?"
"Heh~ you think you could take me?"
"I do. Both in battle and bed."
"Oho~ are you willing to bet?"
Leonhardt's lips twitched because he was bluffing.
Thanks to recruiting the dark elves, quite a lot of different and strange knowledge was granted to him. Seduction, deception and various dark methods filled his memory, even more after he spent an hour observing them to the limit.
"D-Do you know this man, L-Lady Asuka?" The guard stuttered, or rather bit his tongue, causing Leonhardt to burst into laughter, covering his mouth.
"Hahaha!"
Of course, he wasn't the only one...
Asuka joined him, unable to contain herself as she laughed so hard her stomach and body visibly shook. The sight of her vivid red scales just above her hips and visible from the top of her chest and neck, hidden by her hair, was charming.
'Well... I have changed a lot.' Leon thought to himself while feeling certain changes in his body and the blood now surging like a raging storm inside him.
"Hmm? What're you looking at, Leon?"
She gazed at him, wiping her nose and lips after the laughter faded, but when she followed his gaze, Asuka reacted differently to how Leon expected.
'Oh?'
"You didn't answer the ugly kids' question," Leon's words rubbed in the salt while smirking at the guard named Alan with a wicked expression.
"Ah... Sorry Alan, but Leon is a bit stupid. Can you let him in for my sake?"
Leonhardt noticed the boy's eyes change, his face almost blue from her cruel words. He almost started to feel bad for the kid, before he remembered what he was.
'Yes, after all...
Why would a dungeon master care about a human's feelings?'
"Of course, Lady Asuka, he's already shown me proof of his identity." The guard's pale face was the cost of his stupid actions.
"Oi, you. Enter, but don't cause trouble!" An aggressive tone, almost speaking through his teeth and forcing himself to hold back.
However, Leon didn't like how he listened to Asuka and not him. So he punished the foolish kid again. The moment he stepped forward, his arm wrapped around Asuka's waist and pulled her along, causing the guard's cheeks to turn red with rage.
"Let's go have something good to drink."
'Asuka won't reject this kind of offer, she loves drinking.'
"Oh? Then you are paying for it, right?"
"Hm? If you manage to beat me, maybe I will. You're not strong, though."
"Haha! It's a challenge."
Thanks to his enhanced vision, Leon noticed the guard's face with each step they took together. Though Asuka was quite lenient, Leon knew if he went too far she might snap back. She bore the blood of a dragon, after all.
Though... when his hand slipped along her muscular back, and met the smooth tanned skin because of her wearing only one shoulder of her Kimono, he touched something silky, and soft near her waist.
"Nn~ don't rub that."
Her sudden moan echoed in the quiet village, causing the guard's face to darken. His eyes filled with tears, but Leon couldn't enjoy his victory because a fierce elbow slammed into his ribs, causing an immense impact.
"!!!"
Thud!
"Ugh, damn it."
"Don't get too comfortable!" Asuka snorted, her cheeks and scales all bright red, as she kicked the dirt and slapped Leonhardt's back with her tail.
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Although a punishment that almost fractured Leon's ribs. To people on the outside, the movement of her tail and body language made it seem more like a lover's quarrel once again, causing the poor guard's mind to collapse.
"Lizard, dare hit me like that again, and I'll cut off your tail..."
"Hahaha~ your face is far too handsome for such words."
Her loud laughter rang in his ear as Leon huffed, rubbing his ribs. Because she kept acting confident, he teased her and rubbed the soft scale again, causing the pair to fight with each other as the pair walked to the inn together.
Later, this would be a moment that she brought up in various arguments to get her way.
The two arrived at the trio's room, but the blue-haired witch and the blonde priestess were absent. When the door closed, Asuka flicked off her shoes and untied her obi, letting the outer robe slip off her body.
Then started to relax while wearing a delicate
"Hmph, it was worth the pain."
"Damn... you are such a petty man!"
"How am I petty, lizard? You enjoyed it so much you were singing in the street!"
"Hah! Enough nonsense. I will slap you silly with my tail!"
She swirled the jug of sake in a circle and took another sip, and the alcohol content caused her cheeks to turn red.
"Don't even try to seduce me you snake, who wants to see your rear!"
"..."
The pair's playful fighting seemed real, but neither of them was serious. It was more of a game to them, a game that neither wanted to lose. Leon didn't want to keep acting and dropped onto the wooden bed with a loud creak as he sank into the mattress.
The cool breeze helped remove the afternoon heat. While Leonhardt closed his eyes, he couldn't help but speak his current thoughts.
"Hey Asuka, do you want to join my mercenary group?"
"M-Me, why?"
"I think it'd be exciting to do it with you."
"D-Do what with me?!"
"Hmm~ it's a secret." Leonhardt imagined her in a smart military-style noble outfit, standing beside him with or a step behind with her eastern sword able to chop horses in half. Somehow, he realised the type of woman he liked around him.
'Do I like strong women?'
"Well..." Asuka started speaking with a serious, and uncharacteristically gentle. "If—"
Thud!
Suddenly, the door slammed open.
Leonhardt's eyes caught the blushing face of the dragonoid before two people entered.