Chapter 91: Dragon Battle ②
“Un-Limited!”
Having reached right beneath the jet-black giant dragon, I high-jumped with both feet.
“Daraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
I swung my right arm back wide, and with my right fist, I smashed through the dragon’s jaw.
With the sickening crunch of its jawbone shattering, the dragon’s head snapped upwards.
“GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!?”
The dragon breath shot skyward with tremendous force.
We were saved by a hair’s breadth. If the dragon breath had been fired at the ground, not just us, but also the academy students who had fled underground would have been obliterated. That was truly dangerous.
“Ann Teikaaaaaaaaah!”
The dragon’s neck was stretched straight up thanks to my punch. Cornelia-san wasn’t one to miss such an opening.
Cornelia-san’s 【Ann-Teaker】. I saw its incredibly thick, laser-like strike sever the dragon’s neck at the base.
“Eh?”
Jet-black dragon blood gushed out from the base of its neck like a fountain. My body fell right into the middle of it.
“Hot, hot! Crap!”
The dragon’s blood drenching my entire body was as hot as boiling magma. The moment it touched me, I felt my body start to melt away.
“HealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHealHeal!”
I resisted by spamming 【Heal】.
No way I’m gonna let myself melt like this! We just beat the dragon, for crying out loud! This is so unfair!
I kept chanting 【Heal】 for as long as my willpower and Holy Power lasted.
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“Ah… I thought I was gonna die…”
When I finally managed to crawl out of the sea of dragon’s blood, Cornelia-san, Lily-san, Bach, and the teachers, led by the Headmaster, were staring at me with looks of utter shock.
Well, I am sticky and covered in dragon’s blood. I must look disgusting.
“Headmaster, I’d like to take a bath at home. May I have your permission?”
“Th-That’s fine, but…”
“Bach, you worked hard too. Sorry, but I want to take a bath. Get it ready for me.”
“Y-Yes…”
“Ria, you did great. Defeating a dragon is amazing! Lily-san, you did great too! If you hadn’t restrained the dragon with your magic, Lily-san, the damage would have been much worse.”
“Yes…”
“Mm…”
“Um, are you… Onii-sama…?”
“Eh?”
I am Cornelia-san’s Onii-sama, though? Eh? What? What’s going on?
“I’m me, but…?”
“I’m sorry, Onii-sama. It’s just… your skin color…”
“My skin color?”
I looked at my own hands. Instead of the translucent, pale skin I was used to, my hands were now a dark, swarthy color, clearly different from a suntan. I tried rubbing them, but the color didn’t come off. It seems it wasn’t just dirt from the dragon’s blood. What’s happening?
“I don’t really get it either… It seems my skin color has changed. Maybe it’s because I was bathed in dragon’s blood?”
“Onii-sama…!”
“Onii!”
“Whoa.”
Cornelia-san and Lily-san hugged me.
“You two, get back. You’ll get stained by the blood.”
“Idiot! You always do such reckless things! You’re an idiot, Onii-sama…”
“Mm. Onii is an idiot…”
“Eh!?”
C-C-Cornelia-san and Lily-san called me an idiot!? This is the first time that’s ever happened. I want to be the cool Onii-sama they can be proud of!
Wh-wh-wh-what can I do to make up for this!?
“Uu… uuh…”
“Sniffle…“
As I was reeling in shock, I realized Cornelia-san and Lily-san were quietly crying.
I hugged them both and whispered in their ears.
“I’m sorry. I’m back, you two.”
“Really, Onii-sama…”
“I’ll only forgive you this time.”
It seems they’ve somehow forgiven me. What a relief. If Cornelia-san and Lily-san hated me, I wouldn’t be able to go on living.
“So, Onii-sama, are you alright physically?”
“Mm. Probably sick.”
“Ah…”
I quickly checked my body and found I wasn’t sick or injured. Did only my skin color change?
No, rather, this is…!
“I seem to be fine. I’m not sick or injured.”
“That’s impossible! You were bathed in dragon’s blood, which is said to be a potent poison! We must have the court mages and apothecaries examine you immediately! Wait here. I’ll call for someone right away!”
It seems the Headmaster is going to call for court mages, apothecaries, and the like.
“We can’t let the hero who defeated the dragon die! Now! Quickly send a messenger to the court!”
“Sir!”
“Seriously, the dragon’s down!?”
“Who defeated it!?”
“It was those students over there.”
“No way!?”
“Students! Do not approach the dragon! Teachers, supervise the students!”
The students who had been hiding underground also came out, and the place became quite chaotic. Well, the Headmaster will probably handle it.
Still, dragon subjugation, huh… It started with Cornelia-san’s wish, but we actually accomplished it…