Hot Spring Date with a Dragon
Cardia looked at me with a thoroughly satisfied expression.
"As expected of this maiden's master."
"Th-thanks."
Floor 4.
Floor 5.
Floor 6.
The higher we climbed, the stronger the monsters became.
But to me, they were all more of the same.
Fwoooooosh!
One burst of flame, and everything was over.
KRA-BOOOOM!!
Done.
Floor 5
Clear Time: 00:00:02
You have overwhelmingly shattered the previous record.
Floor 8
Clear Time: 00:00:03
You have overwhelmingly shattered the previous record.
Floor 12
Clear Time: 00:00:04
You have overwhelmingly shattered the previous record.
At that very moment, massive world notices were flooding every association screen across the globe without pause.
Player ??? has set a new record on Easy Difficulty Floor 12.
Player ??? has set a new record on Easy Difficulty Floor 13.
Player ??? has set a new record on Easy Difficulty Floor 14.
South Korea.
No—hunter communities all over the world were starting to lose their minds. That much was only natural.
But the person at the center of it all—me—had zero mental bandwidth left for whatever was happening outside the tower.
This situation was simply too much fun.
The endless stream of byproducts that poured out after every monster kill, all of them getting sucked straight into my Subspace Pocket, delivered pure, unfiltered pleasure.
"……Whoa."
A string of delighted gasps kept spilling out of me.
Cardia leaned her soft, swaying chest lightly against my arm and whispered,
"Master, you look as though you are in the finest of spirits."
"Of course I am. I can practically hear the money stacking up."
Cardia tilted her head and asked,
"Is money truly such a wonderful thing?"
"In human society, it's ridiculously important."
"Hmm."
Right then—
Ding!
Floor 19
Clear Time: 00:00:03
You have overwhelmingly shattered the previous record.
"……We're already on the 19th floor."
Looking back, the speed was completely insane.
But right now I didn't feel the slightest bit tired.
No—if anything, my body was growing lighter and lighter.
Was I adapting to Cardia's power?
The crimson lotus flames were starting to feel more and more like a natural part of me.
At that moment a new portal appeared before my eyes.
Proceed to Floor 20?
I looked at Cardia.
She gave a small, leisurely nod.
"Let's go."
"Yes, Master."
Together we stepped onto the 20th floor.
Fwaaaah!
A wave of searing heat wrapped around my entire body.
What spread out before us was a vast hot-spring zone.
Boiling spring water under thick white steam.
Rocks glowing red-hot in every direction.
And above, where a ceiling should have been, a night sky glittering with stars.
🏛 Field: Flame Hot Spring Zone
"……Oh!"
The atmosphere alone was absolutely perfect.
Cardia's expression brightened noticeably as well.
In high spirits she rubbed her head against my shoulder.
"Master. Haaahnn……♥"
Her crimson eyes gleamed as she whispered,
"This place is truly warm."
"Come to think of it, you're a fire-attribute dragon."
"Which is why this maiden likes it all the more. Haaahnn……"
A short while later the floor boss appeared, leading a pack of elite monsters.
So the boss here just walks around with its entire entourage?
Kuuuuung!
"GROOOOAAAR!!"
Its presence was genuinely overwhelming, yet it didn't give me even a flicker of tension.
I casually flicked a hand wreathed in flame.
Fwoooooooosh!
KRA-BOOOOOOM!!
A storm of crimson lotus fire swept across the entire hot-spring zone.
Moments later the Flame Troll and all its minions had vanished without a trace.
Easy Difficulty Floor 20 cleared.
Clear Time: 00:00:05
You have overwhelmingly shattered the previous record.
"……Done."
At the same time, fatigue finally began to settle in.
Even with shared authority, continuously using that power still burned through a lot of stamina.
I dropped onto a nearby rock and said to Cardia,
"Want to rest here for a bit?"
She stepped close, breathing a fragrant sigh against my ear as she whispered,
"A most excellent decision, Master."
"……!"
While we wandered deeper into Floor 20 looking for a good place to rest together, Cardia soon pointed at a steaming hot-spring pool and spoke again.
"In this maiden's estimation, that place appears ideal for taking our ease."
The moment I looked where she pointed, I found myself wondering for the first time whether this was truly still inside a tower.
It was laid out like a mountain hot-spring village: a natural pool of endlessly bubbling spring water, surrounded by massive wooden structures and soft lantern light.
The whole atmosphere felt like an old Eastern-style hot-spring inn that had stood guard here for ages—completely alien compared to every floor we had passed through so far.
She took my hand and led me toward that place that looked like a long-forgotten resort.
We approached the spring and sat side by side on a wooden bench nearby.
Steam rose in gentle curls from the water. A warm breeze brushed my nose.
"……Whoa."
The vibe really was perfect.
I slowly lifted my gaze.
A clear sky embroidered with beautiful nebulae stretched overhead.
I muttered without thinking,
"Looking at this, you'd never guess we're inside a tower."
Right then—
Thump.
Something soft and small settled against my shoulder.
"……!"
I turned my head. Cardia had gently rested her head on my shoulder.
A flame-like fragrance drifted from between her red hair and tickled my nose.
The instant I caught the scent of her crown, blood rushed downward again, and I felt myself growing hard.
Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump.
Whether she noticed my inner turmoil or not, Cardia herself wore a perfectly peaceful expression.
"Master."
She whispered softly.
"Yeah?"
"Spending quiet time like this is truly wonderful as well."
Thump-thump-thump-thump—
Contrary to her words, my heart was spending anything but a "quiet time."
More and more blood pooled below, and that part of me began to lift its head, making its presence known.
My breathing grew ragged.
There was no way Cardia would miss it.
"My, if Master becomes this excited before we even enjoy the spring, we shall have no choice but to take one shot first, shall we not?"
She delivered the utterly shameless line with a deadly, smiling glance as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
While I was still reeling, Cardia whispered again.
"Then this maiden shall help Master calm himself."
With those words she skillfully undid my belt and swiftly pulled my pants and underwear down.
Whoosh!
At the same moment my cock sprang free, standing tall and twitching toward the sky.
Cardia's slender hand, already slick with a generous amount of dragon saliva, wrapped around my glans.
She whispered again in that femme-fatale voice,
"My, it has grown tremendously hard, Master."
I had no mind left to answer.
I could only pant.
Her sticky fingers began to glide slowly up and down between the head and the shaft.
"This maiden shall adjust herself so that Master may climax as pleasurably as possible."
In other words, she would watch my reactions and change her handjob technique to match the moment.
She paused the stroking for a second, then quickly stripped off my upper clothes.
The moment the Red Lotus Dragon's bewitching tongue tip touched my nipple, her hand returned to my cock.
A moan tore out of me on its own.
"Kh……khhhh!"
"Stimulating both places at once seems to please Master greatly. This maiden is glad."
Having discovered yet another of my weak points, she grew even more aggressive.
While I was drowning in the incredibly slippery sensation of dragon saliva, Cardia's skillful tongue on my nipple sped up.
Next, her soft, moist lips pressed against my chest, delivering even more vivid stimulation.
Schlick! Schlick! Schlick! Schlick! Schlick! Schlick!
Her hand, coated thickly with saliva and pre-cum, stroked faster and faster, producing increasingly lewd sounds.
To hold back the rising climax I tightly hugged her soft waist.
Even with the body of a Disaster-Class Dragon, she didn't let out a single moan; she simply placed a light kiss on my neck.
Chuu!
As the urge to come surged rapidly, her sweet whisper reached my ear.
"The sight of Master so aroused is far too adorable. Fufu!"
Everything was so stimulating that my whole body shuddered, and at last I came as if emptying everything inside me.
Spurt! Spurt! Spurtttttt!!
After I had poured out a huge amount of semen while gasping for breath, Cardia's whisper came again.
"Would Master care to enjoy himself together with this maiden this time?"
