It took at least an hour for the king to thaw his anger away and happily embrace Eli. Phew, Eric could breathe normally, a universal threat avoided. But it was good the king was very relieved to see Eli being fine. Lav sized the opportunity and said, "We should ally with Murim."
"Yes!" Eli heard about her grandpa wanting to destroy Murim and soothed him by saying they encountered typical bad guys after Eric. Actually, Eli wouldn't want to let anyone off so easily but for Hans, anything he said or wanted, Eli, in a heartbeat agreed to.
"Ok, if my dear Eli wants it, we have to think about how to get Murim on our side. It won't be easy."
Yeah, because you old senile idiot almost started a fucking war with them giving these Murim master almost a bloody heart attack. Eric disdained this royal duo. Talk about brainless dead.
"Your majesty, actually I have an idea."
Lav told them about the super master and the king instantly agreed, "Good idea!"
Of course, you 2D character can't come up with anything yourself! You're as flat as your saggy ass!
"Be careful, Hans. Our fate rests on you."
Ok, cliche character. Be gone. Eric tugged on Lav's shirt, gaining attention from everyone. Lav, very loving, patted Eric's head and indulged him, "Howl is hungry, right Howl?"
What a professional! Look at him, remembering my character's name. Fil just fucking cried out teach and teach all the time!
"Oh wait! I'm coming with you!" of course the main female clung onto the MC.
Happily, Eli skipped after Lav who only had eyes for Eric. Spoiling him in his arms, caressing him and giving him belly rubs, Eric was totally reduced to a rotten pet living off love, care and attention. Af if pets spirits took over Eric, he enjoyed this fantastic treatment. So Eric ignored Lav's audacity and let it pass.
Arriving in Eli's room, the princess jumped out the bed and said, "Howl, come here."
Lav only held Eric tighter and said, "He missed me. We've been apart for so long."
"Hehe, I see," Eli giggled and rolled on her bed watching Lav continuing to spoiling Eric.
"Ah! I've got some snacks!"
From under her bed, Eli pulled out the super dragon snacks she promised Eric. Lured by the smell, Eric went against his own mind and slung them down.
Fuck, he was acting more and more like a damn pet! And you Lav, don't lie, I didn't miss you! You're the one who can't be separated from me! Gosh, don't be so embarrassed about it and admit it! Lav felt Eric's dissatisfaction and was left confused and helpless.
What got his teacher into this mood? The merry atmosphere was disrupted when Eli said, "I want to join your mission to find the super master!"
RULER OF MURIM!
Eric glared at Lav who quickly coaxed Eric by feeding him. Does anyone see that massive silver spoon? Yes! It was sitting right here on the lowly human's (demon in disguise) lap!
Lav briefly paused before he resumed feeding Eric and avoiding Eli's anticipating stare, "No, it's too dangerous. And you still haven't recovered."
"No, I'm fine! I want to go, Hans! I want to go! I won't take a no!" Now, Eli's spoiled princess nature made it back and she ignorantly whined.
'Teacher, what do you think? From an editor perspective should the princesses join?'
'Mhm,' Eric was busy enjoying the cookies before he was caught by Lav's tender gaze and quickly assumed his dignified nature.
'This is hard to say. I'm sure the male readers would want the main girl to be there, but any normal reader would hate useless and annoying characters, so no. Why did you have to write her that?'
Eric's opinion was clear. Without her weapons, Eli was only a burden and obviously, as a new earther, she couldn't just run around and cause diplomatic problems that already were tense.
Lav didn't say anything and only smiled. It seemed to be a knowing smile but also one that indulged in spoiling the little dragon a lot. Lav gently put Eric down, leaving him munching on his snacks on the bed while he approached Eli on the other side of the bed.
"H-Hans?" shyly, Eli retreated further in the bed. Hans was coming so close to her. His handsome face and muscular body made this inexperienced princess weak.
Goodness, why did Hans have to be so darn good-looking? Eli slightly shivered and anticipation numbed her body. W-Were they going to do it here? T-This was too shameful! But if Hans wanted – if Hans liked her back then-
Determined, Eli looked up and stopped avoiding Hans. Instead, she welcomed him. With him towering over her, she slung her arms around his neck, pushing him closer to her.
This intimate stance completely left the small dragon munching at the corner unfazed. Eric heard the princess squirming but didn't care.
Then THUD- a limp body sacked on the bed and was covered by the blanket.
"Teacher, have you been waiting for long?" Lav instantly left the unconscious princess' side to rush to the dragon.
"You put her out?"
"Yes, let's go now."
"Teleporting?"
"Haha, of course, anything that makes teacher feel better!"
Mhm, Eric liked the words this servant was spitting a lot. Cough. Student. Eric misspoke.
WOOSH
One second they were in the bedroom of a girl and the next, they already found themselves in a small rural village in the mountains. Since Lav knew where the ruler was hiding, it wasn't necessary to locate his hideout. The only problem was, it was on such a completely and weird spot, Eric glared at Lav, that Lav couldn't pinpoint it because, even though he designed Murim, he wasn't familiar with the real layout and location, so it was impossible to exactly teleport without the coordinates.
Meaning they had to ask around for the exact place. The current location, Lav teleported, was already as close as possible. The hiding place was somewhere deep in the mountains and only locals knew the correct path to this hidden spot. What a bother.
"Teacher, I'm sorry," noticing Eric's incredulity towards him, Lav quickly lowered his head and repented. Although there was nothing to repent about.
"It's fine, as long as you know your faults."
Look at this shameless dragon. Acting as if he was benevolent. And poor Lav, in his admiration of his teacher, fell for it. As the most successful editor, having authors under his belt that even won the Nobel prize, in the human world, Lav wanted to learn everything from Eric and soak up Eric's words like a shower sponge scrubbing dead skin cells (in this case Lav's brain cells) away.
"Let's head to the village," Eric felt a weird sensation coming from Lav but shook it away, "We have to find the ruler as soon as possible."
"Of course teacher."
Sigh, Eric sighed. Hans was really good-looking but as much as Eric hated to admit, he wanted a real eye candy like Lav's real appearance accompanying him. But obviously, he couldn't say it and most of all, Eric had to focus on the story. His priorities suddenly started to change.
When Eric returned to the Demon World, there was enough time to witness Lav's outstanding handsomeness. Fuck! What did Eric become? Just what in the world was this bent character trying to possess Eric?
FUCK! OFF!
This was a fight, Eric was bound to lose from the very beginning. Very tragic and insanely hilarious indeed. Poor, little Eric.