Second Encounter I

[Grayfia's POV]

When I reached the third room I noticed there were still many sculptures but way fewer than before. Just five to be exact, they must be strong to have managed to reach this far. It would have taken me twenty minutes to arrive here at my fastest speed. By that time, they should have been more than petrified and even if they weren't they still needed another twenty minutes to make it out.

Among them, there was one that caught my attention immediately, he was standing in the middle, and his eyes seemed to be looking at me deeply, red in colour with a golden slit.

He was standing there, naked with several tattoos on his body, golden hair that reached his hips like a mane and tanned skin.

I blushed, he was so handsome... my gaze inadvertently looked down to his crotch and I gasped.

What can I say? this is the first 'sculpture' that is naked in all its splendour.

'B-Big...' I had no words to say, perhaps being petrified here ended up saving his wife's life if he had one.

Toned muscles and a height a few inches higher than mine, his chest was naked and exposed.

I approached him with curiosity; still covered by my wings. He was standing by two other sculptures, one of a golden big tiger and who I assumed to be its master, but there was a categorical difference between them.

The three of them exuded a gold aura, the tanned man even more so, I couldn't even tell if he was a sculpture or not, but since so far everyone had been, I imagined he was one too.

My finger touched his skin expecting it to be rough like polished gold, but my finger sank in, dawning realisation on me!

It is flesh!

"Don't touch me, demoness" The man frowned and spoke coldly with a voice that I recognised!

!!!!!!

I flickered away leaving a frosty afterimage that immediately turned into gold due to the corrosion, 'It is him!' the voice was the same as before, his eyes contemplated me neutrally as I made the distance between the two of us.

There was nowhere to hide, and even if there was, it is fruitless. I know if he wanted to do something he would have already done it, but this dragon has already killed me once!

"I don't understand you" He crossed his arms and looked at me as if I was an enigma, seemingly uncaring that his crotch was completely exposed to me, I tried to keep my gaze away from it (it is not the time) and focused on his eyes

I heaved a big breath of air and straightened my hair before continuing my endeavour, right in front of him… I went to the nearest corner and created a ladder cupboard made out of ice, the corrosion did its work transforming my ice into gold in mere seconds; I then picked up the nearest egg and began placing them on the shelves in order.

He just watched me as if expecting me to continue with his previous statement, but there was nothing I could say, my actions don't make sense and I'm perfectly clear... but so long, it is working.

"I don't understand you either, Richter-sama… how can you have so much power, yet be so kind at the same time?" My questioning wasn't artificial or false. Any other dragon would have already obliterated me, but there he is, just looking at me.

Let alone he's not even looking at me with lustful intentions.

"I'm not a good Dragon, don't tempt me, mortal." He said, his actions going against his words, it was as if he was trying to act evil but couldn't, that said his words did contain might that made me stop for a second.

"You have not killed me, mainly because I haven't done anything that warrants death, right?" I tempted my luck, trying to make conversation between us… his lack of action emboldened me, at this stage if he wanted to kill me, there was nothing I could do, I also didn't have any more chances.

It is safe to say I was going with the flow.

"That is correct… but I also can't allow you to keep doing what you're doing" He finally began walking towards me, making my heart palpitate in disarray, is he going to stop me?

'I-If you're going to come closer, at least cover your crotch' I blushed, refusing to look in his direction.

"Do you wish to stop me because you would then feel indebted to me? no need, I'm doing this out of my gratitude, you don't need to repay me." Thankfully my words made him stop and contemplate me once again.

"I want to live here… you aren't stopping me from doing so… so long as I don't steal your treasures, is that correct?"

"You will try to steal my treasures eventually… and I'll have to kill you." He said threateningly, I felt his sharp glare all over my flesh, and my heart didn't fail to accelerate.

"You don't know that… so far I haven't done it, why don't we gamble?" With enough boldness, I made a proposition, after all... I'm indeed not interested in his treasures.

[Yes, you're more interested in what he has between his legs, don't you?] The screen appeared in front of me at the worst moment possible, with the worst words possible!

'Shut up!' I cursed inwardly, thankful that those words didn't come out of my mouth, otherwise I would have been sentenced.

"Gamble?" The Dragon ignored my blush, but I seemed to have gained his attention.

"If… in the next days I haven't taken anything, you will allow me to stay, how about that?" It was a no-brainer, moreover... there was a trap in there I made for him and he fell right into it.

"Ten days? you're indeed a mortal… such a short period… what can it determine? it would have to be a hundred years before-"

That's exactly what I desired!

"A hundred years is okay!" I smiled brightly, rejoicing inwardly, so much so that without even noticing... my wins began to open.

"..." The Dragon or humanoid dragon fixed his gaze at me with a frown as if he was considering it, and when he saw me a second time, his consideration widened.

I knew it, with so much power and also a dragon, he's bound to be quite old, for existences like him a hundred years are almost equal to a blink or the withering of petals, but for me… even as a devil a hundred years was a considerable amount of time, it was enough for me to at least try something.

"I only feel grateful, that's why, you don't need to feel indebted, just allow me to clean this mess" I bowed deeply with my eyes closed, but when I opened my eyes... only then I noticed my hanging breasts and erected buds.

!!!

My hands hurriedly tried to cover myself and stole a glance towards Richter-sama, but... his gaze was still uninterested.

I pouted for the first time in my adult life before regaining my composure.

"…" The Dragon remained silent once again, giving me a way to do what I desired to do, which was to finish sorting out this cave. Eventually, I approached him as he was standing on top of a coin.

"Please…" I knelt down in front of him with the heaviest blush in my life, closer to that... object... than ever before.

He reluctantly moved his foot away and I took the coin with a smile, gulping audibly when that big elephant nose hung loosely in front of me.

'F-For the satans...'

"What are you looking at?" He asked, curious.

"T-That..." I couldn't move my gaze away, shifting between 'it' and 'him'.

"What? never saw a penis before" He asked so bluntly!

"Not one so b- s-sorry!" I stood up abruptly with endless shame to put the last coin inside one of the pots, feeling pity for the only other person whose penis I had ever seen, my father.

While I did this, I didn't realise at first, but he was smirking all the way.