Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi: Volume 4 Chapter 6

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Chapter 6 - Ancient palace's abandoned garden

Part 1

“Uu~n…”

Ash woke up after touching something that felt soft and comfortable.

He felt that he had been sleeping for quite a long time.

There was the ticking sound coming from beside his pillow He stretched his hand to search for the source and he touched something cold.

That is a silver watch that Oswald awarded to him last night.

-The Proof of a Dragner.

For all the citizens of the Knight Country, everyone had dreamed of getting their hands on this silver watch. Ash flipped opens the cover and take a look.

The outer design was made that the inner structure could be seen. The movement of the quaint and complicated gear mechanism for each and every second will make people stare at it in awe.

The position of the pointed was at twelve sharp.

“Is it already noon…”

This energetic feeling that he had after waking up might as well be the first time in his whole life.

Also what is this fruity smell? This refreshing smell had some sweetness in it and it felt like a smell that teenage girls like.

The main point is, this bolster is very good. Not only that it is soft, it also felt warm. It also could change its shape according to Ash’s will. Just as expected of a bedding set prepared in Fontain City…

-Stop, hold on! I remember very well that no bolster was prepared.

When he found out in surprise that his memories contradict with the reality, Ash immediately rubbed his sleepy eyes.

“Sss… Sss…”

Prim who was only in her underwear was sleeping soundly next to Ash.

The thing that Ash thought as a bolster was Prim’s soft body. Just like a child embracing its mother, Ash had his face sunk deep into the valley.

Ash now only realized what the object with extreme softness was.

“Uwaaaaa! W-Why is Prim-san sleeping here!”

Ash jumped in shock.

Even when there was someone shouting beside her, Prim was still sleeping soundly.

“Hey… What was this ruckus about?”

There was a sound of disparagement coming from the bed beside. It was Eco. She sat up while rubbing her sleepy eyes then she stared at Ash angrily.

For a moment, Eco’s expression froze.

“Hey… What’s the big idea? Why is Prim sleeping on your bed?”

“Please calm down, Eco! I was also wondering why!”

“Then… how are you going to explain the maid attire that was scattered all over the floor.”

Following Eco’s sight, indeed the floor was full of Prim’s maid attire.

“Hmm… I see.”

There was a black killing intend surrounding Eco and sounds like ‘Gggggggg' could somehow be heard.

“Hei… I had told you a few times, no? You are not my master; I am the master! But you take the opportunity of your master sleeping… to lure a maid into your bed… and did this and that to her, no?”

Eco was still naïve the time she was born, but in this few months she had learned quite a number of things about humans. The dragons have storage of knowledge that had been passed down since ancient times- The Dragonweiss. Eco can obtain any knowledge if she searched using it.

But eco had obviously misunderstood.

“S-Stop! That’s not it! I did nothing! It is the truth!”

“The truth is right in front of my eyes, who would believe what you say!”

At the same time when Eco was going to explode, someone slammed the door open.

“Ash! Are you alright! I thought that I heard something weird…"

It was Silvia who banged into the room and following behind her was Cosette. They had probably heard Ash’s voice in the corridor and came to make sure.

“Hey, Ash… Why is Prim…was sleeping on your bed… in only her underwear?”

Once she found out about Prim, Silvia made the same frightening expression as Eco.

The familiar lines could be heard once again.

“A knight must not commit fornication before marriage!”

Silvia was jinxing when she approached Ash with steady footsteps.

“I swear that… I’ll never forgive you!”

To synchronize with Silvia’s footsteps, Eco leaped from her bed towards Ash.

Ahh... Stop. Followed by this pattern will be…

It will be useless even when he try to protest. Ash could only leave the rest to fate.

“I’m gonna trample you!”

“This is the Lautreamont’s family rules!”

Part 2

“S~sorry! It is my bad… I had not only mistaken the rooms, it is my fault also for sleeping on Ash-sama’s bed. I’m really sorry!”

Prim who had finally woke up cleared up the misunderstandings after she explained with tears.

“By the way… I wanted to inform you something about tonight’s dress code.

Cosette gently spoke as if end the quietness:

“Tonight? Aah… The Masquerade ?”

Cosette nodded after Ash asked.

“That’s right. If it is alright, I hope that you will allow Eco to try on some evening dresses.”

“Would you also lend me some cute evening dresses this time?”

Upon hearing Cosette, Eco became excited. Her eyes were glittering right now and she had totally forgotten about her anger.

“Ufufu. I had prepared the best evening dress that suits this ball for you. But…”

“But…”

“I’m going to be busy with princess-sama’s dressing today so the person who will assist Eco will be-“

Cosette showed a bitter smile and glanced at Prim.

“Will be in Prim’s hands.”

Eco was shocked by what she had said and immediately lost her temper.

“Hold on! This clumsy maid will be in charge of my dressing? Are you kidding me!”

“Uuuuugh”

After she heard to Eco’s heartless critics, Prim gave a deep sigh while pressing against her chest. After seeing that, Cosette placed her hand on her shoulder and smile.

“Please rest assure. Although onee-chan is always clumsy, good at destroying things, frequently enter the wrong room, her brains are not that bright and also lack of energy just like an human being dragged by her breast, but…”

“Please stop! Cosette-san! Prim-san is nearly in tears!”

Ash immediately reminded her and Cosette was mumbling something like ‘Ara ara, oh no’ and immediately covered her mouth with her hand.

“H-How can you… So Onee-chan is such a person in your eyes...”

Prim who had been crying was looking down and sat on the floor without any spirit. She can be seen mumbling with tears in her eyes with something like: ‘Since I'm just a useless girl…’.

“Ufufu. You should have listened until the end before taking any action, onee-chan. For a useless sister like you, you are better at picking beautiful things than me.”

“That’s absolutely correct!”

Upon being praised, Prim rise from the ground just like a corpse being reborn.

“Is it true…?”

Eco didn’t even try to hide her suspiciousness and glanced at Prim.

“You need not worry about anything. I will take care of everything. I swear that I will find Eco an evening dress that matches with her best!”

Prim who received motivation from Cosette was no longer in her timid self. She shook her busty breast and made the declaration.

Part 3

After lunch, eco was dragged to the changing room by Prim. Ash who had nothing to do was lying on the bed lazily.

“Guy can relax at times like this.”

Ash had decided to attend the ball with the suit that yesterday when he had dinner with Oswald. The suit was hanging by the wall right now.

In conclusion, guys just need to choose a black suit to attend but it is different for a girl.

-Knock Knock…

Upon hearing the door knocks, Ash jumped up from the bed.

It is impossible for Eco and Prim to return this early.

“Who is it…?”

Ash was a little nervous when he couldn’t figure out who was knocking.

“Please wait for a moment!”

After informing the person on the other side of the door, Ash covered his naked left arm with bandages. To him, this just could be considered as a normal routine, so he only spent less than thirty seconds to complete the bandages.

There was amazing symbols that looked like a poisonous black snakes branded on his left arm.

That is the proof of Ash’s contract with the dragons- ‘Seikoku’.

Normally, the size of a ‘seikoku’ will never be larger than the size of a palm but only Ash’s ‘Seikoku’ was overly large. Because it looked like a bad omen, Ash had always had it hidden.

Ash who had deal with the bandages slowly open the door.

Fragrance of roses slowly entered the room.

“Princess-sama!”

“W-Why were you startled?”

That’s right, Silvia was standing at the doorway with a poker face. Her white blouse paired with a blue skirt- It is a fresh sight which can be rarely seen at the academy.

“Err… Can you spare me some of your time, I just wanted to have a talk.”

“Alright…”

Ash invited Silvia to enter his room which having a look out in the corridor. Luckily there isn’t a single soul in the corridor. Ash gave a sigh of relieve and quickly close the door. If this scenario was seen by someone from the palace… Ash felt that his life was threatened just by thinking about it.

“…”

After she looked around in the room, Silvia chooses to sit on the bed out of all places.

-W-Why must you sit at there…! Why not on the sofa…!

“Anything wrong? Why don’t you have a seat too?”

Upon saying, Silvia tapped at the place beside her.

Ash gave a gulp while swallowing his saliva and sat beside Silvia.

“…”

Even when she came here with some intentions, Silvia’s mouth still remains shut.

“That’s it. Don’t you need to put on your evening dress?”

Ash who can no longer bear with the silentness asked.

Silvia answered softly with her poker face:

Basically, I had already decided what to wear. But… there were some parts that were too tight. So it was brought to the tailor to have its adjustment done.

“But you don’t look like you have grown fatter?”

Silvia immediately blushed.

“I’m talking about my chest! My breast had grown since last year… Look at what you had made me say!”

“S-Sorry!”

The moment Silvia straightened her body; her beautifully shaped breast was bouncing up and down. Ash immediately averted his eyes.

“Since it was brought to the tailor, don’t you need to wait beside?”

“The measurement had already been taken. So before the tailor had done adjusting, there is nothing that I can do.”

At this moment, Silvia was looking downwards embarrassly, and spoke after a few seconds of making up her mind:

“Err… I want to say that, since both of us are free, we could have a little chat. O-Of course that if you felt that I am a bother, then I will take my leave…”

Ash gave a wry smile. When he saw Silvia being nervous, Ash on the other hand had calm down.

“Nope, I am free right now. Eco and Prim are not in and when I think about the masquerade, I don’t feel like taking a tour in the town.

“Is it so… great.”

Silvia looked spiritless. She was no longer in her usual energetic self. She looked as if she wanted to say something important but she didn’t know how to convey it. So Ash tried to give her a push.

“If you are worried about something, I will be glad to hear it out. I think that a Princess who was born in the Royal Knight’s Family will carry a larger burden compare to a peasant like me. So… I don’t know how much I am able to help you but I am ready to hear out what you want to say.

Silvia lifted her head and looked at Ash with her clear blue eyes. Maybe he was to sensitive towards her expression, he thought that she somehow became relieved

“I see. So it means that you are willing to listen to my troubles, no?”

Part 4

“Haa… This too is still lacking.”

Eco was facing some trouble in the changing room on the second floor. Because she had been searching for some time and she still couldn’t find one dress that will make her say ‘This is the one’.

“Do you like this?”

Prim was getting nervous and she rubbed of her sweat on her forehead.

“Everyone will dress themselves up to their best in a ball, no? As a noble dragon girl, how could I lose to a stupid and ignorant human. Especially that Silvia!”

Eco declared while crossing her arms in front of chest.

“Or you think that, I, have no chance of winning against Silvia?”

“I-I daren’t say so! The thing is… I am curious regarding why are you always trying your best to compete against Silvia? Could it be… it is because of Ash-sama?”

Eco immediately blushed.

“W-W….What are you talking about! It has nothing to do with him!”

Prim bend her neck to a side and continue to stare at Eco.

“Suspicious!”

“Nothing suspicious!”

“But the relationship between Ash-sama and Silvia-sama is not something to joke about. I was shocked during yesterday’s dinner. Because it was the first time I saw Silvia-sama to have a close relationship with a guy when talking to him.”

“Urgh…”

After Prim finished talking, Eco felt unsecured. That right, Ash and Silvia had been getting better in the recent days.

-To leave me as the owner at a side to have an affair with some female animals? What is this! Why don’t I just squash him flat today!

No, Ash is the true owner.

Basically, Eco knew this. Even so, she refused to admit it because of her pride.

Is Ash fed up with my attitude? So he rather choose to mix with some female animals?

Apart from Silvia, there is Rebecca, Jessica and Lukka to name a few… There seems to be many females with great charms around Ash.

Recently, the waitress in the student’s restaurant- The female animal who was called Anya was also a little suspicious. She kept on asking things about Ash. She probably is also interested in Ash…

“Eco, do you hate Princess-sama?”

The sudden question brought Eco back to her sense.

“I don’t hate her… during the Selective Training Camp, she was generous enough for allowing me to ride on Lancelot. But her breasts made me mad!”

Prim smile bitterly and sigh with a heavy tone:

“Eco, you must be suffering a lot.”

“…Suffer what?”

Eco was startled.

After Prim paused for a moment, she said:

“Because… Ash-sama is a human and you are a dragon. One day in the future, Ash-sama will get married with a human girl and have children together- Aah, Eco!”

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