Chapter 22: Hugging a thick thighGninthgil Pov

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  Where am I? Who am I? What am I? I wake up completely disoriented. After some time, I have finally come to my senses. Slowly but surely, I remember what happened. Right, that devil in the form of a child awoke me from my nap and then proceeded to beat me down physically. And then, when I finally thought I had the upper hand with my lightning spells, a giant lightning bolt struck me. And I can't remember anything after that.

  After ascertaining the situation, I size up my surroundings. I'm on a grassy pin that seems to stretch forever. But my superior senses are capable of sensing a barrier about a hundred meters away from me in all directions. There is a stream of water flowing through, and somehow, there is oxygen. Above, there is a sun, but I can sense once again that it is only a projection, though the sunlight is somehow real.

  I can confidently say, I'm in a subdimension made by a wizard far more powerful than me. GREAT! So he only wanted to capture me and disguised it as a "battle"? Looks like I never stood a chance. Wait, how long was I even unconscious for? I use magic to look at the time I was unconscious. Just a minute? So the bolt wasn't as lethal as it looked? Such high control! I'm certain now. That is no little girl. That is some old monster in the guise of a little girl!

  Suddenly, a screen appears before me, the face of that devil occupying it. "Hello!" the devil says in a cheerful voice. I shudder. Why is it behaving so much like a child?! Does it want to be treated as a child? But if I am wrong, then I could die!

  "I- It's an honour to meet your awesomeness!" I shout while bowing. When in doubt, just do both, as my father always used to say. Well, now he is dead cause he ate every medical pill when trying to cure a minor poisoning.

  "Huh?" No! Was I wrong?! Is she going to kill me now? "Why are you so respectful? Aren't dragons like, super prideful?"

  I see, she was just confused. "Well, we are prideful, but we are not stupid," I expin. "At least not the younger members of our race," I add, after remembering how one of the elders provoked a goddess 4000 years ago. The guy was really stupid. After the goddess completely fucking owned the guy, after the guy attacked her for literally no reason, he still called her a weakling. That day, I felt like we would be wiped out. Luckily, the goddess was broad-minded and only killed that guy and not the rest of us. And thankfully, we were able to prevent the other two elders from hurling insults at the goddess until she left.

  "I see. So you're so young that you weren't yet corrupted by power," the devil says.

  "Yes, yes!" I nod frantically.

  "So, why did your awesomeness capture this little one?" I ask in the most pitiful tone I could muster.

  "To get a Charizard to learn the HM Fly," the devil procims.

  "?" My brain stops for a second. What is a Charizard, what is an HM, and what do you mean by making me learn Fly?! I can already fly!

  "In short, I want you to be my mount and travel companion."

  Oh, that makes much more sense. Now the question: Do I want to, or rather, do I have a choice?

  "Yes," I answer immediately. You've got to hug some thick thighs if you want to succeed. And the devil in front of me has more than thick thighs! Given her magic prowess, she'll be able to teach me a lot.1

  "Cool! Then the space you're in now will be your home. If you have any wishes, I can accommodate you if they're not too much."

  "Yes, Master!"

  "I'll let you out now."

  Suddenly, I feel like I am sucked through a portal. The next moment, I appear at the pce where the battle happened.

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  Recepti Pov

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  The massive dragon from before suddenly appears before us again. However, he bows his head toward us, or rather toward Luna. What did they discuss that it's so obedient?

  "Hello, Master," a deep voice rumbles from the dragon.

  "Hi!" Luna greets back. "This is Recepti, my friend," Luna introduces me, and I feel happy. She considers me a friend!

  "It is an honour to meet you as well," the dragon now bows to me.

  "No, no, no, I don't deserve this treatment!" I frantically wave. But how cool is this?! A dragon bowed toward me. I could have bragged about this for a lifetime to my old friends.

  "Oh, but I wouldn't dare be any less respectful to my master's friend!" Oh no! What am I gonna do? Will this dragon always talk to me in this respectful tone from now on?

  "Stop it! Can't you see she's uncomfortable?!" Luna steps in and stops the dragon from being so polite.

  "Understood," the dragon obeys.

  "So, can you turn into a human?" Luna asks.

  "Yes, Master. We have a spell for that."

  A puff of smoke obstructs our vision and, in the next moment, a woman appears before us. She is approximately 20 years old, with long red hair, red pupils with a horizontal slit, some dragon horns and a dragon tail. But most importantly, she is naked, and her assets are nearly as big as mine. We stare into each other's cleavages, then into each other's eyes and a quiet rivalry forms.

  Then we notice how Luna looks at the dragon's cleavage and mutters, "Not bad, almost as big as Recepti's."

  Proudly, I puff my chest out. 1-0 for me!

  Luna pulls out some clothes from the subdimension and gives them to the dragon. "Wear this for now. By the way, do the clothes rip when you transform?"

  "No, they don't rip," the dragon answers.

  After the dragon dresses herself, Luna decides to go back to the city. Before we reach it, she puts on her blindfold. As she does, I wonder why the dragon wasn't affected, before noticing that they never looked each other in the eye directly. Then Luna informs the city lord that she is leaving the city. Furthermore, she says that the dragon is taken care of.

  I knew she was about to leave the city, since she already told me, but I'm sad anyway.

  "Ey, Recepti," Luna starts speaking, "I'm pnning to enrol in the Ifrit academy when I am fifteen. How about you become my survival instructor?"

  "What?! You're younger than fifteen?!" Before I can answer, a shout reaches our ears.

  "I'm eight, and now shut it," Luna glowers at the dragon. "So," she asks me, "will you become my instructor?"

  "Yes, I will," I say.

  "Then see you then," Luna says to me. "Turn back," she tells the dragon. Then she jumps on it and rides away.

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  3rd Person Pov

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  Several months after Luna left, a child stumbles into the city. When it reaches the adventurers' guild, a determined expression fshes across its face. It enters and tries to register. Suddenly, a muscur man appears behind it. What? A twerp like you wants to register?! No chance! Get out and go three houses further! That's where you belong!

  When it tries anyway, the man grabs it by the scruff and carries it to the pce he just mentioned. Before it can run away, it is bathed, fed, and gets a bed.

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