Chapter 223 – 217 – Love Takes Two Steps
[What were you thinking?]
“So many thoughts…”
It will likely take a month just to properly organize it.
I am the father. Even the father of dragons. What scares me more than that is that I created a child with the Dragon Lord.
Of course I was surprised and happy. Thankfully, I didn’t upset Rod because I was honestly happy.
But I can’t help but feel heavy when I turn around. It’s a type of responsibility I’ve never had before.
They said the hatching date was around this time next year. Is it a daughter or a son? First, do I need to knit a screen to put on the horns?
Looking at the sky quickly passing before my eyes, I sighed and touched my face.
Then Nidro chuckled and turned his body over. I, who was lying on his back for a long time, naturally slipped and fell.
Before I could even scream, the dragon’s front paw grabbed me stably.
Now I can see the sea instead of the sky. I took a deep breath and relieved my heart.
“I thought I was going to die…”
[I couldn’t help it. This means that it is weak to tickle. A patient and stupid drake would have tried not to drop it, but I am not a drake.]
“Is this why everyone travels in container boxes?”
Nidroga, in his dragon form, looked down at me with a leisurely smile, then suddenly threw his head back and gasped, as if he was sneezing.
The moment my body froze with a bad premonition, Nidroga’s grip loosened with a loud sneezing sound.
As I screamed at the feeling of falling, Nidrogah caught me with his other hand just in the nick of time.
···Is this perhaps intentional?
[It’s all in the past, so I’m just saying this.]
It will definitely not be something you just say.
[Weren’t you planning on looking for them in the order you met them, Tan? Or courted
Is it in order? I heard that Eshen, Monica, Villena, and Morgan were visiting, so I thought it would be me next, not my mother.]
If that were the case, Nidroga would have received the ring sooner than his mother. It seems that he is dissatisfied with the fact that he was placed behind his mother.
“… Actually, that was the original plan. The order in which you placed me in your heart was the standard. I thought it would be a little more fair. But as soon as you arrived at the dragon’s nest, you were taken away by your mother.”
[
Your mother…]
Nidroga’s eyes narrowed as he looked down, like a rod.
[When you say it like that as a new father, it somehow sounds new. Please take care of me in the future, Dad.]
···Dad. Nidroga calls me daddy. I suddenly feel dizzy.
In fact, Nidro’s feelings are complicated as well. The boyfriend who got my mom pregnant.
If I were in Nidroga’s position, I would probably slap my lover. And a dragon’s slap can turn a single porter into a hemiplegic or a bundle of meat.
So I am thankful. Thanks to Nidroga’s easy-going and generous nature, he was safe. I repeated that over and over again.
But looking at the current situation, I think it’s a little too early to feel relieved.
Nidrogar began grabbing me alternately with his two front paws. As if I were a public figure.
[If you think about it, Tan. Aren’t you in a position where you first became close friends with the person who will be your daughter based on genealogy?]
“Right…?”
[It’s a big deal. How on earth should I behave so as not to get chewed up? Either verbally or physically.]
“···Physically? You’re kidding, right?”
[I’m not saying I will do that. There are quite a few dragons who find this situation absurd. These are traditionalists with a strong desire to win, who believed that they were the men who could give Lord a strong descendant.]
“Now, wait a minute. Go Nidro. Can you stop juggling with my body for a moment? I’m so motion sick…”
[Flaw. First, is the motion sickness in front of you urgent? Even though they are telling me that a dragon might try to kill them? That’s so bold. Always.]
I don’t know what on earth begging for attention has to do with boldness, but fortunately the motion sickness problem was soon resolved. When I arrived at my destination, Nidroga dropped me off.
An uninhabited island where rape flowers are in full romantic bloom. Spring is already in full swing. I felt sorry for the flowers, but I vomited what I ate for breakfast over their heads.
“Uuuk, eweek…”
“… Was the motion sickness that bad? I guess I was a little too grumpy for no reason. I feel sorry.”
Nidroga, who had changed into human form, cowered a little and said.
“Oh, but… It’s a flower garden that I planted myself.”
“Me too, mi, mia, mieeeeek-“
If someone asks me why it’s so hard to say ‘I’m sorry too’, I’ll answer that it’s never been that difficult in my life, but it’s hard for me now.
It took quite some time for the ruptured semicircular canal to regain its equilibrium. I flopped down on the grass, rinsing my mouth with the water Nidroga offered.
“Where am I?”
“My mother gave me this island as a birthday present a long time ago. She told me to put my gardening aptitude to full use. Isn’t it beautiful?”
If you become as rich as Rod, they give you an island as a gift. There are different levels of life.
I can imagine what the ‘dragons who find this situation astounding’, as Nidroga mentioned a moment ago, think of me. Isn’t he being treated like a shaman who approached him aiming for such wealth?
Meanwhile, Nidroga, who was running around like a puppy excited about spring flowers, looked back at me with a bright smile. It seems like they are waiting for an answer to whether it is beautiful.
The white dress and red hair fluttering in the wind have a strong color impression, and are foreign to the loose atmosphere of the rape flower field.
But it really suits the spring atmosphere. Just looking at it warms my heart.
“I vomited as soon as I arrived at such a beautifully and well-maintained flower garden. It must have been maintained with great care.”
“Once the rain falls and mixes with the soil, it is nothing more than nutrients. Just as all the hardships we have experienced in the past have become memories today.”
I jumped up and took a leisurely walk around the small island, supported by Nidroga.
It seems that Nidrogar wanted to show off his pride. As a bonus, he also enjoys a spring date. Good flowers, good weather, and good dragons.
“And the flowers won’t think too badly of it either. Didn’t they get plenty of the great man’s bodily fluids?”
“···Bodily fluid. The choice of words sounds very meaningful.”
The egg floated, and I reflexively touched my forehead, and Nidroga tickled my side and chuckled.
“Then it will feel more meaningful if I say this. Do you know that flowers are the sexual organs of plants?”
“It’s one of those facts that I try not to think about. It feels strange when I do this.”
I said, stopping my non-stop teasing. With Nidroga’s permission, the flowers that were picked one by one have turned into a beautiful wreath.
Nidrogar chuckled and bowed his head, accepting the coronation of the Spring Queen conducted by the porter.
Perhaps before the hot wind subsides, the coffin will wither, and the kingdom will give way to the next dynasty. However, small memories will remain for a long time even when the seasons change.
“It’s a coffin made of genitals. It’s a gift worthy of a great warrior of lust.”
“Hey. I made it with sincerity.”
“As soon as he arrived at the Dragon Island, the demon, who spread bodily fluids all over his genitals, collected the flowers he had ravaged as trophies and offered them to the goddess…”
“···Are you into that joke?”
“···I guess I resemble my mother too. It’s so fun to see you not knowing what to do.”
Nidroga continued to smirk. At first glance, I get the feeling that he is trying to cover up the fact that he doesn’t know what to do because he likes the flower crown with a sense of fun.
Nidroga slightly bit his smiling lip and took half a step back from me as if he had made up his mind.
Then he slightly raised his left hand and held it out.
“Here.”
“Have you decided?”
“It’s my personal space. The scenery is nice.”
Nidroga said, stretching clumsily with only his right arm. The finger that lifts and lowers stops near the chin and wriggles as if contemplating whether to cover up the red face.
“As expected, I like it here. In fact, I don’t want to show it to anyone, but I’m so nervous that I want someone to see it. So I guess I’ll take it here. With the flowers from the garden that I’ve grown watching over me.”
“You’ll be quiet about looking at the flowers, and you won’t be talking about your personal memories anywhere. Except for the fact that they don’t know how to clap, they’re great guests.”
I took out a ring with a beautiful scale pattern and bright red color. And, more carefully than a garland, it was placed on Nidroga’s ring finger as if it were sacred.
The appearance of the ring given to everyone is different, but the meaning is ultimately the same.
I love you. I’m sorry for making you worry. I won’t leave now. And…
“May the breath you and I collide forever remain as an echo of the universe.”
Nidrogar bit his lip.
“I feel like crying.”
“Smile. It’s a good day.”
“··· Actually, my mother also received a marriage proposal from her father here. At that time, it was her mother’s flower garden.”
“It’s a place that has deep meaning for your family.”
“It’s an extension of the story I told you a little while ago, but even back then, there were many people targeting my father. But my father left safely and enjoyed his life in heaven. That’s because there were many more dragons who wanted Lord’s happiness. No one dared to touch him.”
Nidrgar knelt down across from him, looked around at his ringed hand, and smiled.
And then he pulled me by the shoulder and hugged me.
“And as for you, if I touch you, not only the dragon’s lair but the whole world will not remain still.”
“What did I say?”
“After all the great things you’ve been through, do you still not understand how great of a person you are?”
“I see. How on earth did I go through all that?”
Nidrogar slowly pushed me down. Ripe flowers were crushed on my back, but the horticulturist didn’t care.
“You confidently broke through the narrow and rough road that no one would allow to a mere porter and arrived at this place. Even the dragons did not find it strange that you were becoming Lord’s companion.”
“Thank you for watching.”
“Nevertheless, there is a big problem.”
Nidrogar tilted his head as he lightly climbed on top of my body.
“Even dragons don’t like the sight of their genealogy being messed up. I can’t say it openly because it’s a matter for the Lord family, but someone will probably be whispering behind my back.”
“···I guess so.”
“In other words, if I accept your confession, both the Supreme Being Lord and his daughter will become the subject of gossip in the world.”
···If you are going to return the ring to me for that reason, I am prepared. In such high places, honor sometimes becomes more important than someone’s life.
Besides, I am already in love with several people. You can’t force someone like that to never leave their side and remain as one of your loved ones forever. Because I can’t love Nidroga like I love just one other person.
Another. The short life of his human father seems to have left a bitter scar on Nidroga. When he said that his father left after enjoying a long life, his head trembled slightly.
I guess I was making an overly solemn expression. Nidroga lowered his gaze to my face and puffed out his cheeks as he suppressed his laughter.
“Why? If I say I can’t accept it for that reason, are you going to get upset?”
After thinking for a moment, I said exactly what I was thinking. However, Nidroga’s smile only grew bigger and bigger.
And in the end, the expression turned from ear to ear. There was a more sinister smile in her eyes than her mother’s.
I feel a little anxious.
“It’s exactly the opposite.”
“Are you going to accept it?”
“What kind of question is that? Are you going to accept it when I already put a ring on it? I’m thinking further than that.”
“How far is it?
“If you’re going to become the subject of gossip, all you have to do is make something so ridiculous that everyone shuts up.”
“···I guess not?”
“In that sense, what if I say I want your egg right away?”
I was curious from the beginning. What happened to Rod’s sex education at home that makes him say things like that so often?
In fact, you shouldn’t think of it by the standards of an ordinary human being. Didn’t she see two couples in the same bed?
“Isn’t it too early?”
“It’s too early. You’re already 150 years old. Leave your traces on me. Just as my mother remembers her loved ones through me, let me remember you too.”
I was wondering if it was too early to plan children compared to the time they knew me…
There was no time to explain in depth. It’s because Nidroga kissed me.
How many times did the passionately colliding lips devour each other and the clashing tongues create a ring?
Nidro lifted her drenched mouth and kissed her lips, surprising me once more.
“I’d like to sort out the titles we use at bedtime. Which one do you prefer?”
“Title? Taste? What do you mean?”
“Do you suck when a daughter goes after her young stepdad’s dick? Or does it suck when her mother fucks her daughter’s boyfriend and her daughter gets jealous?”
If you answer the former, are you going to start by calling me dad?
No matter how unavoidable circumstances made me a servant of lust, I think it was too soon for me in terms of humanity.
···But since it crosses the line so far, it feels kind of lame.
I try to deny it while trying to keep a smile. It hasn’t fallen that far yet.
“I’ll call you Nidrogar. Call me by my name too. That’s the best.”
“Hmm. Got it, Tannhäuser Bantai.”
Nidroga pouted her mouth as if she was bored, and slowly came closer to her ear and whispered. She changed her tone as if she was complaining immaturely.
“I know you will never call me stepdad.”
“Maybe you want to do a situational comedy…”
“You like it because you fucked your mother and her daughter too, you bastard?”
···The rape flower field was a little more damaged. Nidroga didn’t really care.
