Chapter 161 – Grand Duke Collector (13)

“Huh? Let’s go to Megrez Magic Tower with my sister. “You’ll probably like it.”

When I saw Katreya treating me like a younger sibling, a question arose.
Were the archdukes generally older?
Of course, Lehel is out of the question.
Esther, who hastily took over after the death of the previous ice and snowmaker, is similar to me.

Scarlett and Katreya were on active duty during the Great War, so there are at least more of them than me.
Nevertheless, the two grand dukes did not look old at all.
The hypothesis that high-purity mana prevents the body from aging has been suggested for quite some time, but it was surprising to feel it again.
No, rather——

“I think you’re looking at the wrong person.”

I quickly shook off her hand.
Blood flowed from the flesh that had been torn to the point where her bones were exposed.
It was a minor injury compared to the injury sustained in the fight with Scarlett.
If you go to a nearby treatment center, you will get better quickly.

“That’s not a dragon.”
“No, that’s right~? “I can’t see anything wrong.”

Wrong.
It is said that bones account for approximately 18% of the weight of the human body.
However, just because lobster chips contain over 18% lobster, can they be called lobster?
People who think that way may only be using 18% of their brain.

Terra said she used several materials to safely place my soul.
One of them is dragon, dragon bone.
I don’t know if she got it from Sacreir, but the Empire that created the Hero Summoning Secretary must have known about it, as the bones were left in the dragon’s lair that she followed Lehel into.

Anyway, just as lobster chips are not lobsters, I, who had a dragon bone transplant, was also not a dragon.

“Oh, maybe that’s the case? All the dragons on the continent are dead now! “You are actually a dragon, but you didn’t even know you were a dragon until now!”
“…”

However, Katreya led me to the mansion as soon as we arrived on the island, as if she would know whether the salty smell in front of her was a cookie or a real lobster once she tasted it.
I came inside with the duckling that had been released from the cage, freezing the wound with an ice duck.

Plum’s sixth floating island.
Even though it was broad daylight, Meishikong’s Daejeon was pitch black, as if darkness had descended.
All the windows in the corridor were blocked, and lamps that gave off a dim light, like gas lamps on a rainy street, were hung on the walls at regular intervals.
As I followed her shaking shadow, I felt several murderous gazes on me.

“Oh, don’t worry. It’s because everyone is wary of starting a new family. Do you see the kid on the corner of the aisle?”

As she narrowed her eyes in the direction her finger was pointing, the sparkling scales caught the light.
Its size is so large that it is believed that it could fill the sewer system under the Academy.
It was quite eerie to think that something like that was coiled up all over the mansion.

“The Black Mamba is a phantom beast, a notorious predator brought from Bahran’s Screamthorn Swamp. “The scales also have magic resistance to the corrosive poison that even works on mid-level monsters.”
“… Incredible.”
“If it’s a snake, it’s a distant relative to a dragon, so the two of us can share a room. Right?”

No.

A moment later, when they arrived at the throne room, the only window of which was covered by a curtain, Katreya gestured into the air.
Then, in an instant, a huge table with a communion meal appeared before my eyes.
She suggests that she take her place, saying that she just moved the already prepared food from her kitchen.
He was the head of the Megrez Magic Tower, the pinnacle of summoning magic.
Moreover, seeing that the thing that had pulled back the leg of the chair was the tail of a snake following in the dark, it seemed like it was manipulating a phantom beast like a limb.

“Now, sit down. “Then let’s start negotiations in earnest.”
“Strength for the war against the Holy Kingdom…”
“No! Not that~. The conditions for you to become my familiar. What do you need?”

With her long bangs pinned up over her forehead, she poaches the meat in front of her with her fork! I took a picture.
The ice duck pecking at the bread on a small tray seemed completely uninterested.

“Is there something you want to eat? I’ll get everything for you, just tell me! Oh, do you need a waterfall to clean scales or a ‘rare’ space to store treasures?”
“There is no need for any of that. In the first place, I wasn’t Hwansu…”
“Right!? Because, unlike other children, you are ‘humanoid’. “You want something more special!”

Fuck.
The Grand Dukes all don’t understand each other.
Lehel was crazy about gambling, Esther was emotionless, Scarlett hit her with her fists as soon as they met, and Katreya had no intention of listening to me at all.

“Is it money? Or magic? Either way, I’ll give you enough. Megrez Magic Tower is quite good at business. If the warp gate operation that is currently being piloted is successful, you will make more money than Dube Magic Tower, right?”

Megrez Magic Tower is the totality of summoning magic.
Gourmet was indignant, saying that the 〈 telegram 〉 used by the late Lehel was also a complete copy of his magic.

Of course, I don’t pay any price that Katreya gives me.
I rejected the princess’s offer, but that’s about it.

“Umm… You hate everything? Aren’t you hungry? That’s strange. Satisfying my most primal instincts in exchange for loyalty is the best gift I can give… Ah!”

No matter what tricks she pulls, I will never become Gourmet’s familiar.

“Perhaps you want to eat me…” … ?”

Never–

“I see!”

Huh?

***

Gourmet Official.
People think that it was given that name because it is a prince who enjoys the most beautiful food.
In fact, Katreya himself quite likes eating, and he provides the best dinner to his phantom beasts.
She was so sincere about food that one of the reasons why students choose to go to Megrez Matap after graduating from the academy is because it is the ‘best cafeteria in Penheim.’

Side, jjook, side——!

However, very few wizards who are well versed in summoning magic know the real reason why she is called a gourmet.
It’s because of her unique magic.

A familiar’s ability shines as its intimacy with its owner increases.
Timing is so difficult that even basic magic such as 〈 fairy tale 〉 or 〈 behavior control 〉 requires a great understanding of familiars.
The same goes for summons.
For any entity with even the slightest resistance to magic, it is easy to refuse its owner’s summons.

“Tsk… ! “Is it delicious?”

However, the gourmet master can summon as many as ten phantom beasts at will and order them to die without hesitation.
The reason was because of her unique magic.

Captivating her object so that she cannot refuse it by feeding her with a part of her own body.
For all the monsters, monsters, and strange monsters on the continent, Katreya’s body was the ultimate delicacy.

Jjoeup, jjook! Side–!
“Hmm… !!”

For tens of minutes now, she had been trembling as she stared at the dark ceiling.
She was panting, her wet hair sticking to her cheeks, drenched in sweat.
Her lower body was so weak that she could barely move her toes, and both her hands were desperately squeezing Lewis’s black hair buried between her legs.
And then the inhalation begins again.

Tsuuuuu——!!
“Ahhh… !!!”

Katreya twisted her body wildly at the strange pleasure rising between her legs.
As the feeling under my large silence followed gradually disappeared, a pleasant feeling of sleeping lingered in my mind.

The moment he felt that it was truly unbearable, Lewis raised his head.
Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief, smile and wipe away the stains on his mouth.
Dark red blood with a fishy scent.

“Ate it all… ?”

When I saw the nodding head, I was satisfied.
The inside of the thigh, where the bleeding was most severe, was cut open and a lot of blood was poured into it.
For other members, hair and nails were enough, but for dragons it was a different story.
His soul had to be secured at all costs.

I even wanted him even more because he seemed to have a very deep connection with Lehel.
The gourmet knew well that other people’s fruit was sweeter.

“On the agenda…”
“I agree. You just have to agree. Because I promised to do that when I drink all of this. Right?”
“Then put a stamp here. “There was a lot of blood.”
“I-I guess so… ?”

A word he emphasized again and again instead of drinking his own blood.
But what’s the big deal about a meeting like that?
I have already obtained the strongest phantom beast.
This time, I will make sure you never die.
Katreya, who was making such a promise, came to his senses as his head began to spin and his vision turned yellow.

“Ha, how much did you suck…”

I may have been sucked to the brink of death by blood loss.
But at this rate, Lewis would have been sufficiently satisfied.
When I actually leaned over, he kindly stopped me from hitting his head on the table.
He must have already been recognized as the owner.

“Now, baby?”

Katreya gave his first command to the black-haired black dragon he finally had in his hands.

〈 Inherent Madness: Behavior Control/Absolute Command ⌜Absolute Obidance⌟〉

“Would you like to go and destroy the Merak Magic Tower? “There is a Titan Rhino in the middle floor. Burn all the documents related to him.”

Gourmet’s unique magic that binds the soul of the target in exchange for a part of the body.
Whether he likes her or not, once he lusts after her, he cannot escape her hold.
By using Lewis, he will trample on the pride of Lehel, who he has never liked, and get the monsters he has long wanted into her hands.
However–

“Nope?”

Katreya, who was smiling like that in a dazed state, heard an unexpected word.

“Why do I listen to you? Ah, it’s raining.”
“Uh… ?”

Wiping her blood from the corner of her mouth, Lewis sat her down on her chair and stood up alone.
He picked up the ice duck that was eating bread and started to go outside.

“Now, wait! Stop!!”

Embarrassed, Katreya stretched out his hands, but he was not at all controlled.
Rather, he continued to walk away while carefully examining the agreement signed a moment ago.

“W-how on earth…” … ! I can never escape my inherent magic… !!”
“Oh, that?”

Lewis, who was about to close the door and leave, turned his head.

“I’m sorry.”

Katreya, who was about to seize the moment and order the Black Mamba to attack him, froze.
〈 Fairy Tale 〉 The feeling of a predatory species that I was feeling through the story changed into extreme fear when I made eye contact with Lewis.

“My soul is not of this world.”

Katreya was staring blankly at the person’s back as he disappeared after saying one incomprehensible word.
It occurred to me that maybe he really wasn’t a dragon or anything.