Chapter 162: I can’t stand frustration! (6)
“What can I do to make the bond stronger?”
“Granting their requests or fulfilling their desires will strengthen the bond. There is no such thing as a contract with a dragon in the first place. It’s just the way she’s structured the orb, but keep in mind that the stronger the bond, the more power you can wield, but you can’t escape the effects.”
Deidros cautioned me to the end.
After all, a dragon’s power is not to be taken lightly.
‘I’ll have to control it better…’
Zetto told me to feel free to consult him if I had any concerns.
Now it was time to make a deal with Benno.
I couldn’t let the words fall on deaf ears, so I grabbed Benno and left the mansion alone.
And so, in the quiet of the forest, where no one else was around, we made our pact.
Benoglias, that was Benno’s true name.
The pact was a simple exchange of words, but it was effective.
As soon as I granted her request, the mana from the orb erupted and poured directly into my body.
Benno’s mana shattered and rebuilt my mana circuit to open the way for Benno’s power.
My whole body felt like it was on fire and I could barely contain myself, but I gritted my teeth and held on.
How much more time passed?
[It’s over.]
Benno’s impassive voice echoed in my head.
“…”
Judging from the still-dark night sky, it didn’t seem like much time had passed.
I immediately examined my body, sensing a change.
‘This is a dragon’s mana circuit…’
It’s still only a small part of it, but the change in the mana circuit is enough to cause my mana to fluctuate wildly.
I could feel the power of a dragon once again.
When I returned to Deidros’ mansion, I found Deidros, who was drinking, waiting for me, and Zetto, who was sipping tea in front of him.
“You didn’t take too long, I thought you wouldn’t be back until morning at the very least.”
[What do you think I would do with her body…? Rebuilding circuits takes an hour.]
Benno blushed unnecessarily at Deidros’ words.
Unfortunately, Benno’s voice didn’t reach him.
‘It felt long, but it only took an hour?’
Perhaps Benno was a greater dragon than I had realized.
“Your mood has changed.”
Zetto said, sipping his tea.
“Can you feel it?”
I asked, sitting down next to him.
“Yeah, it’s gotten quite a bit rowdier.”
It wasn’t unreasonable, as even I could feel my mana rampaging. Besides, my body had been cramping up from earlier and it seemed like it needed to be relieved.
“By the way, I’d like to test my powers, do you know of a suitable place?”
Of course, I can’t just unleash my magic anywhere.
When I asked Deidros that, he looked up from his drink and slapped his chin.
“A test, Clementine, of course it’s fire magic, right?”
“Yes.”
“…Well, I have a good place for you.”
***
We followed Deidros to a forest not too far from the village.
“Goblins…?”
There were goblins in the forest.
They had cleared away the surrounding trees to create a clearing, and they had set up camp there.
There were not only goblins, but also hobgoblins, and there were quite a few of them.
This had to be a colony.
“I’ve been meaning to clear it out sometime, but I’ve been busy lately. I’ve just been dealing with the occasional one that comes into town.”
Deidros explains, as he holds the colony up to his eye.
“This certainly seems like a good place to test your strength. What do you think, Miss Yuri?”
“Yeah, it seems about right.”
I nodded and stepped forward.
The only problem is…
[I have no power to give away to a stuffy bitch…]
…is that Benno is in this state.
As we made our way to the goblin colony, Benno must have been running through my memory, because she let out an unintelligible cry of “Copulation, copulation!” followed by disappointment.
I asked Benno why she was being so frustrated and why she wanted to f*ck Zetto.
‘What do you mean, you’re going to f*ck him?’
I didn’t know about f*cking, but I didn’t mind making love to Zetto.
In fact, it would be nice.
Of course, if it was Zetto.
But we’re not yet engaged, let alone married.
Most of all…I was embarrassed.
‘Still, it would be nice to take the right steps.’
My face heated up unnecessarily.
I should be killing goblins, but Benno’s nonsense was distracting me.
[Foolish master…I assure you, at this rate, Zetto first time will soon be taken by someone else.]
“Benno, cut the crap…”
I whispered into the orb, not very loudly.
But still, Benno whispered something else, as if she didn’t want to lend her power.
[No, maybe there’s no such thing as a first time already.]
“…What do you mean?”
[There’s Aizel, and her request is outlandish to say the least. You saw her the other day, and they were having an intimate conversation… Maybe she’s already sharing her body with Zetto every night. ]
Benno’s next words make my hand tighten unnecessarily on the orb.
“Are you trying to piss me off?”
[What are you going to do if you get pissed off? You’re going to turn into a frustrating bitch? You’re going to f*ck Zetto? What are you going to do? ]
“…”
My teeth grinded together as I had a picture in my head of Aizel and Zetto making love.
I wondered why I was so angry at a scene like that, with Aizel and Zetto making love.
The rising anger eventually made me spit out those words.
“You can just f*ck him, you can just f*ck him…!”
It was a quiet shout, but it must have been heard by Zetto and Deidros.
There is no subject.
There was no subject.
“Hmph.”
Deidros coughed.
…I hope he didn’t realize I was talking about Zetto.
“…That’s enough. Lend me your strength, Benno.”
I wanted to smash something and the perfect target, the group of goblins in the distance was in sight.
[Now that you’ve given me a satisfactory answer, I’ll have to reciprocate, and judging by their size, a pillar of fire should do the trick.]
I followed Benno’s lead and attempted to cast Fire Pillar as usual.
At the same time, Benno’s mana flows out of the orb, “running wild” as it travels through the mana circuit built to allow her mana to flow freely.
I lifted my finger, and a flame of unusually great power burned into the ground, consuming the whole colony.
‘Still a bit slow.’
Although the scale of the magic was considerable, the casting speed was not fast.
-Thud!!!!!
The firepower was unmistakable as a huge pillar of fire rose up from the colony’s floor.
In an instant, the entire colony was engulfed in flames.
The flames burned away the goblins until not even their shadows could be seen….But the shape of the pillar of fire was a little different than usual.
Something about the tip was a bit more blunt…No, I don’t understand the shape.
‘…I didn’t do this.’
I looked up at the oddly shaped pillar of fire with a confused face.
[Since it was my first magic, I tried to express the ‘pillar of fire’ in a special way. It’s a work of art. I’ve made a rough approximation of the silhouette of Zetto’s “it” from your memory. How do you like it? ]
It was Benno’s doing.
She was able to interfere with my magic.
I felt bad for some reason, and as soon as I realized it, I threw the orb and Benno against a nearby tree.
[Master…?!]
I hope it didn’t break.
No, it might as well shatter.
But the orb did not shatter.
Benno hits the tree with a dull thud and falls to the ground.
‘More than that…’
I jerked my head back to look at Zetto and Deidros.
“…Hmm, a pillar of fire.”
Deidros avoids my gaze.
But at least Zetto…
“Wow, I can feel the heat from here.”
Zetto holds out his palm to the flame as if it were warm.
His eyes were still covered in pure white bandages.
“Hah…”
I was able to breathe a sigh of relief.
I don’t know if I should be thinking this, but for once, I was glad he was blind. Really.
I would have died on the spot if Zetto had been able to see this magical form.
A woman using magic to represent male genitalia, how repulsive.
I was thinking about having a conversation with Benno about it later.
-Bam!
The urgent footsteps of a goblin came from the colony. Apparently, there was a survivor.
As I was ready to finish it.
“Burning c*ck! Burning c*ck…!”
Without a chance to stop it, its shout echoes through the forest as the colony burns to the ground.
‘Why are you saying that…?’
I panicked, and before I could respond, Zetto had drawn the sword from his waistband.
-Slash.
Zetto sliced off the head of the shouting goblin.
He wiped the blood from his sword and opened his mouth.
“Burning… What did he say? I couldn’t hear him, his voice was so strange.”
I could tell that Zetto heard everything.