58 – Trapped in the Dragon’s Embrace (2)
“…Huh.”
The hot water running down the back of my neck loosens my stiff body.
But the voice that resonates in the bathtub is not mine.
“How are you? Are you back?
There are many things prepared just for this day.”
Hot water soaking my back again.
A palm slipping over it.
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I just continue to listen to the sound of water meeting each other, with my body being held without even a single thread.
…I was just afraid that it wasn’t coming from the dragon statue in the bathtub where I was soaking, but from my mother’s mouth right behind me.
“Has it been so long that you’ve become stiff, Russell?
…Yes, it’s definitely like that. “Because we’ve been apart for too long.”
No.
She must have been captured less than a week after being freed from her mother.
Nevertheless, he pressed his wet cheek against me,
As you put your watery red hair on my shoulder,
Mom was thoroughly enjoying the ‘long’ reunion.
A bathrobe worn to maintain minimum etiquette.
However, it did nothing to alleviate my shame and strange heat.
“I feel so happy just by holding her quietly like this.”
“…Is it that good?”
I didn’t understand.
I still did not completely understand why he could smile like that just by hugging me.
Nonetheless, what we can be sure of is…
“How could it be bad?
I barely got you back from that world.”
In the first place, the fact that my mother was called an evil dragon may no longer be important.
The promise I made to keep the secret has long since been broken.
There were some things I broke by telling others, but there were also some things that her mother tried to find me by revealing her identity herself.
And the reason is probably because I broke the third rule,
So… Was it because I was trying to become friends with Mr. Luterrier?
“I still don’t know.”
“Understanding is not that important.
When the time comes, the day will come when you will naturally find out.
You are not yet ripe for that.”
“If that were the case, even if you had told me when that time came…”
The complaints that were being made were cut off by a rough hug.
Mom looked at me and smiled, but yes, as expected…
Apart from the beauty, the trembling I felt towards Mr. Luterrier,
When I saw other people, the power that seemed to naturally attract me was completely absent from my mother.
I just felt a little sorry.
“If that time comes, it may have already been taken away.
You must have been bewitched by the undeserving woman you call Ms. Luterrier.”
Mom seemed very proud to have me.
She kept attaching herself to me, leaving marks of her lips on me again and again.
It was certainly fortunate that he seemed happy, but
What should I do when bitterness fills my mouth?
She couldn’t find the mother who gave birth to me, nor her father.
Without even being able to go on the adventure I was looking forward to… Will I just end up living like this?
In this mansion inside a cave… Without even being able to get out?
***
“Why is there a need to go outside?”
The eyes are cold and hard,
But the voice is still gentle.
Mom… Does she know how to make two faces at the same time?
“As you may have seen, we attracted too much attention from the outside world with just a light ‘outing’.
Especially… Since my notoriety is the most famous among humans, of course that may be the case.”
“…”
Maybe that’s my fault.
As the principal of the academy said, if I had stayed by her mother’s side, this might not have happened.
But at the same time, Mr. Luterrier’s words kept ringing in my ears.
Am I really okay with this?
“Don’t be like that. In the end, isn’t it my fault to some extent that I became so famous?
If you had paid just a little more attention to your feelings, we would have definitely been able to face each other with brighter faces.”
After shaking her wet hair with a towel, her mother then bowed her tall stature.
The way he lightly touched the corners of his eyes… Showed a sense of defenselessness.
A woman from a brothel I met in town.
Because like her, her mom was showing a little bit of her chest.
But… Still.
When I first left this mansion, my eyes looked at her mother,
There seemed to be a lot of difference to my eyes now.
“…But in the end, we are here.
Now is the most important thing. Yes?
Let’s forget everything that happened before.”
“What about things outside?”
Grin,
Mom smiled like that.
Gently covering her breasts with one hand, he raised her body and-
“Work outside.”
So, mom slowly walked out to her closet.
I could definitely say that she was much more beautiful than other women.
No matter who asked me, I didn’t know if I would be able to answer that question.
But will you love me?
If you ask a woman if she could look at her mother,
“You can forget everything.
The people you met, the things you did,
All the places you went.
I will do it without any work. How do you feel?”
As expected, it wasn’t.
No matter how much I pretend that the events outside are nothing, I…
“Well, I don’t know.”
She lowered her head again, avoiding her mother’s gaze.
Even if it means eroding her mother’s heart little by little,
There was no way I could properly deal with her mind, which kept turning cloudy, like her hair after using a lot of magic.
“It’s okay if you don’t work so hard, Russell.
Just… Just stay by my side.
We will naturally live together.
There is no need to force anything to change.
Right now, I’m just focusing on the fact that you’re back by my side…
It wouldn’t be a difficult request, right?”
The mother who said that… She was smiling while wearing the clothes from the inn.
While holding her cheek, I traced her lips with my long tongue,
The eyes were shining.
The request itself… Was as if it had already been granted.
Ever since I arrived here, I’ve been thinking only about my mom.
But it may not be as bright as her mother thinks,
Also… If her mother finds out that she is not full of ‘love’,
At that time, what kind of face would she have?
***
I know, Russell.
You cannot see me as a woman now.
The doubt and despair in your eyes.
Everything, including your resentment toward me for catching you from outside and locking you in the cave.
I understand.
Because I understand you.
Why do you keep trying to get away from me?
Why were you interested in women other than me?
And, why do you keep trying to go outside… Everything.
Because I found out about your small deviation.
“Then, let’s go fill our bellies like this… Aha.
You must be very tired to do that. Yes?”
How can she look so pretty when she nods her head?
Who on earth taught me the delicacy of caring about my feelings even though I cannot accept myself?
You were probably raised to be kind and kind from the moment you were born.
The exact opposite of your parents who abandoned you. Like that…
“Now, hand.
If you miss it, you might get lost in that hallway again like last time?”
How cute it is to see him get scared by a single word.
The fact that every little warmth turns into heat wherever it touches… Will you, the pure one, notice?
If you were of age,
If only you had become a decent adult,
I know that you must have already tormented me so much that my name came out of your mouth several times.
Would you like to know?
But this moment definitely won’t get boring.
Just looking at you gives me such pleasure that itches my heart.
I just… Feel resentful that I wasted all my time in the past.
So, this moment should not be wasted.
Right?
“A growling stomach always makes such a cute sound that it brings a smile to my face, Russell.”
“Ah, uh, that’s…”
Have you inadvertently spit out your inner thoughts?
But, I guess that’s okay now.
If only I were careful not to spit out only unspeakable, pornographic scenes…
Yes. Because one day, I will have the precious opportunity to slowly color your pure self with my colors.
“Then, I’ll just prepare something to eat on the bed.
Why don’t you just wait patiently until then?
Oh, and it looks like I forgot to take this.”
A book I kept in the closet.
The thick book that I personally gave to him and helped him walk the path of becoming a full-fledged wizard.
If you look at the way his eyes change as soon as you see him, I guess teaching him magic was a really good decision.
Overflowing with passion is always a good thing.
“…Thank you, Mom.”
“I understand that there were many different types of magic that I learned.
Wouldn’t you like to take the time to record things slowly from now on?”
And above all,
It will be one of the means to narrow the distance.
With Russell’s kind smile nodding, neatly arranged on one side of my head,
The place we reached was the kitchen.
Please forgive me for putting her hand on one of the pink flowers in the cupboard there. Russell.
What will happen in the future may become a sin that you will never be able to forgive me if you find out.
Nevertheless, I can’t stop.
You are the one who lit a fire in my heart,
Because from now on, you are the only one who can give me that warmth.
