Chapter 1314: 72. The Loser

“No, I can’t...”

Hamreign bit her lip and forcibly endured it once again.

Her golden eyes blazed brightly once more, returning to their usual coldness and calm.

That was right. She possessed the strongest self-control in this world. Even pain of this degree could not...

“Stop right there, evil dragon! Take your filthy claws off him!”

At that moment, a sharp feminine shout suddenly rang through the room, which had only just returned to calm!

Muen and Hamreign turned their heads at the same time, staring in slight astonishment as a strikingly beautiful, heroic-looking girl, travel-worn from her journey, suddenly emerged from who knew what corner.

“A-Ariel?”

Muen was so startled he nearly stammered:

“Why are you here?”

“Hmph. Am I not allowed to be here?”

“Right, the back door!” Muen smacked his forehead. Only then did he remember that this erotic room had a back door!

It seemed to have been specially prepared as an escape route for people having affairs... yet now it had instead become a passage for “catching someone in the act”?

No, that wasn’t right either. Catching what affair? There was absolutely nothing improper between him and Dragon Lady!

“Looking at you, there really is something wrong, isn’t there?”

Ariel planted her hands on her hips, her naturally sharp eyes sweeping across the room...

Pah, what a shamelessly obscene room. Just as they had guessed, that evil dragon really had been harboring bad intentions. Before this, she had merely been pretending.

A skilled hunter often appeared in the guise of prey. She had clearly been trying to deceive the innocent, pitiful Muen, then seize an opportunity to devour him completely!

Fortunately, it seemed she had arrived at just the right time. Judging by the scene before her, the evil dragon apparently had not yet had time to devour Muen completely.

“Don’t worry, Muen. I’ll save you right now. Even if the other party is an evil dragon, I won’t be afraid in the slightest...”

Ariel puffed out her chest... although there was not much of a rise, her momentum was astonishing!

“All right, all right. Let’s go.”

Muen stepped forward, directly grabbed Ariel’s small hand, and prepared to lead her away:

“Nothing happened between Dragon Lady and me.”

“Nothing happened even though things look like this?” Ariel froze.

The situation seemed a little different from what she had expected?

“That was only an accident, and now the accident is over.”

Muen glanced back.

“Right, my companion?”

“...”

Hamreign did not answer.

“Is that so?”

Ariel was still somewhat suspicious, but the evil dragon truly did not seem to have any intention of making a move, and Muen had already returned to her side. If she could claim victory without having to fight the legendary evil dragon, then naturally she was perfectly happy.

Hehe, those other women had all left, and she alone had been worried enough to chase after him. As expected, that had been a brilliant decision. Next, she would be able to have Muen all to herself.

As for this place...

Companion?

Mm, “companion” really was a wonderful word.

But she didn’t need it!

...

...

Hamreign silently watched all of this.

She watched as that human woman suddenly appeared, watched as her companion took her hand and walked away step by step.

Watched them grow farther and farther away.

The intense emptiness and the scorching desire burning within her did not fade with the passage of time. They continued tearing at her body, even at her soul.

As a Calamity, she even had to keep her long legs tightly pressed together just to ease it slightly.

And now, another feeling suddenly joined the others, making the turmoil inside her even more complicated.

Pain.

An indescribable pain.

At this moment, when that human woman tightly wrapped herself around his arm, even seeming to be affected by the lingering scent of hormones during their intimate contact, secretly glancing at his profile and at a certain place before licking her red lips...

When every one of those details entered Hamreign’s eyes with perfect clarity, she felt an intense pain.

A strange thought she had never once had before now surfaced in her mind.

From now on... was she only going to be able to watch?

She and he were merely pure companions.

Between them, there absolutely should not be such filthy behavior.

In the past, she had never even thought this way, not even when she had personally seen those scenes.

But now, after experiencing everything that had just happened, amid that extreme emptiness and burning, this pain surfaced.

The pain of only being able to watch him be possessed by those human women while being unable to do anything herself.

Like a sharp blade, it clearly sliced into her heart, which was already fragile beyond endurance.

No...

No...

She still wanted to hold on. She did not want to admit defeat just like this.

Her self-control was without equal. Even the instincts that came with a dragon’s nature could not shake her.

But...

“Hmph.”

Ariel glanced back at her provocatively, even making a face and sticking out her tongue:

“Some Calamity, some evil dragon. In the end, you’re nothing but a loser!”

“...”

In that instant, something inside Hamreign completely shattered.

...

...

“Are you hungry?”

“Mm, a little.”

“Let’s go get something to eat in a bit. I’m a little hungry too.”

“Yay! I want Panini cake!”

“Sure, Panini it is.”

Muen smiled. Although there was still a certain emptiness inside him, the playful Ariel beside him and the food awaiting them afterward were enough to offer him some comfort.

Click.

The familiar sound of a mechanism opening announced that the most powerful Calamity in the world had once again been released from her cage.

But Muen no longer cared. After all, right now he...

“Huh?”

The world suddenly spun around him.

Before he could even react, his body, which had already been about to leave the room, was thrown back onto the purple bed and pinned down hard.

A scorching fragrant breeze brushed across his face, carrying an undisguised scent of desire. The corner of Muen’s mouth twitched as he raised his head in disbelief:

“D-Dragon Lady? May I ask what exactly you’re doing?”

“I should be the one asking that.” Those golden eyes were cold and merciless as they looked down upon him from above.

“Huh?”

“You threw someone’s heart into complete chaos, and now you’re just going to walk away?”

“No... we...”

Hadn’t it already ended? Why was she still...

Muen realized something and swallowed with difficulty. “Wait, Dragon Lady, calm down. You need to calm down. Think about your pride, think about your shame... think about your wager. If you do this...”

“None of that matters anymore.”

Hamreign interrupted Muen, her slender hand tightening even further around him like a shackle, leaving him nowhere to escape:

“Pride, shame—none of it matters anymore. As for the wager, as for the trial... I admit defeat.”

She admitted defeat.

In the end, she had still lost to instinct.

In the end, she had still admitted that those so-called feelings of companionship she held were no different from the filthy, sordid love of humans.

Even though she knew perfectly well how ashamed she would feel afterward, knew how much that person would mock her for this in the future, she could no longer deceive herself.

After going around in circles for so long, she finally saw clearly into her own heart at this moment.

And so...

“I can’t endure it anymore. Right now... I’m going to possess you completely!”

...

...

“Huh? Muen?”

Ariel, who had still been happily imagining how wonderful their upcoming date would be, snapped back to her senses and suddenly realized that Muen beside her had disappeared.

She instinctively turned her head—and saw a scene that nearly made her eyes split apart.

On the purple bed, her beloved Muen was pinned beneath that completely naked evil dragon. With the difference in their builds, it looked almost like a female praying mantis preying on a male, while the pitiful male mantis was powerless to resist and naturally destined to be devoured completely.

“Stop! Evil dragon!”

Without the slightest hesitation, Ariel threw herself at them.

But just as she was about to make a move, a golden restriction suddenly appeared, completely blocking her outside.

No matter how much force she used, she was unable to break through the restriction in such a short time. She could only watch helplessly as... the doorway opened of its own accord, and with the overwhelming pressure of a towering mountain descending from above, swallowed the former climber within.

“Mm...”

Hamreign’s head swayed, and an unprecedented sense of satisfaction, tangled together with an equally unprecedented sense of shame, surged into both her body and her soul.

Her instincts were finally satisfied. Every cell in her body seemed to be cheering, leaping with joy!

On the other side, every cell in Ariel’s body was filled with pain, wailing in anguish!

“No... don’t!”

She pounded desperately against the restriction, but all her efforts vanished without a trace, like mud sinking into the sea.

She could only watch, unable to do anything:

“Please... damn Calamity... don’t bully the man I love...”