Grandine's Weakness
Grandine dropped limply to the ground like a fly swatted by an electric flyswatter.
She was already badly injured from the intense battle, so her resistance was far weaker than usual...
Squeeze—rub rub
"Hiiiooook... Th-this... let go...♡"
Grandine, now sprawled face-down on the floor, thrashed to shake me off, but with her tail gripped tight, her kicks had no real power.
"Chuuup... haa...♡"
Grandine, who had toppled Libertas's humans and invited me to the deepest part of her lair.
She gave me a deep kiss, hugged my neck, and whispered.
"Honey, we're... gonna... you know?"
"Ahem, y-yeah...?"
"Then... I'll tell you my biggest secret."
Saying that, Grandine pulled down her pants and lifted her outer clothes, showing me around her butt.
Her red tail attached there was wriggling vigorously, as if trying to overcome her embarrassment.
Grandine calmed her mind, slowly stopping her tail's movements, and pointed with her finger to a spot on it for me to see.
The root of her tail, extremely close to her butt.
"Honey, see this? One scale growing backward."
"Yeah, there's really one upside down. So this is the reverse scale."
"This... is our greatest weakness. Hard to target, but if hit right... it's almost fatal. Everyone's is in different spots, but mine's here at the tail root."
"I thought touching it makes you go berserk and kill everyone around?"
"That's ancient history! It used to be like that way back, but now touching it doesn't make me lose control. It's just a weak point now."
"Being at the rear makes it hard to worry about. Don't stress. I'll guard your back—no one will touch that reverse scale."
"Uh, y-yeah? Th-thanks... wait, no, that wasn't what I was asking you to guard!"
Grandine blushed, fidgeting with her fingers, and continued.
"Our tail roots are super sensitive anyway, nerves all concentrated there. And with the reverse scale... that spot's insanely sensitive. Normally you'd hate anyone touching it, but if it's someone you love... it feels amazing..."
I got what Grandine meant and grinned, lightly cupping her chin.
"Well, look at you? So it's not about trusting me with your back—it's sharing your erogenous zone and begging for stimulation? What a lewd lizard. Tell me exactly what you want me to do."
As I took charge, Grandine flushed deep red, twitching as she replied.
"Y-yes, nyet...♡ Grip my tail root super hard... make me cum till I pass out...♡ Then pound me mercilessly, no forgiveness...♡"
Accepting her request, I merged with Grandine and squeezed her tail root brutally hard.
Each time, she climaxed wildly, her whole body going limp and trembling uncontrollably.
"Huuooook...♡ Th-this... feels too good...♡ C-can't move at all...♡ Being dominated by the man I love... my male... too good...♡ I love you, honey...♡"
That night, I learned that squeezing Grandine's reverse scale at her tail root hard enough completely neutralized her—like a cyborg with its tail shut down.
And that it was her most overwhelmingly sensitive erogenous zone.
Now, the situation was totally different, but Grandine was trembling just like back then—face-down, tail gripped.
"You... you bastard... th-this... hnggh... let go...?! D-don't touch my body...! Haaang!"
"Sorry, Grandine. But if you keep fighting like this, you'll really die. The subjugation team is here to wipe you and the other non-humans out. We gotta save people first."
"Shut up...! Hiyaang...♡ Pretending to be on my side now... you think... hii...! I'll fall for it again...?!"
Then, Lily—covered in blood, body torn and broken—staggered toward us, eyes glazed, forcing her mouth open.
"Haa... haa... G-good job, Hans..."
Half-conscious, she called me by my Astraia name.
"No strength left, but somehow you pulled it off, Hans. Damn dragon bitch... didn't expect to see that here... can't let a single dragon bitch live... gonna burst her heart..."
"Lily, no!"
Still gripping Grandine's tail with one hand, I moved to block her front.
Lily started casting and yelled at me.
"Haa... hey, move!"
"No, Lily! Don't kill her! She's a victim too—humans did this to her in her world! It's the opposite of what humans suffered from the evil dragon in Astraia!"
"...What?"
"I know her! She's no villain—don't kill her! Calm down and stop the spell!"
Flustered, her concentration broke, and the spell in her hand dispersed.
But now Grandine was the problem.
"You know her...? Know her...? Hiik...! So that's all I am to you? You bas—"
Chomp!
Grandine crawled forward despite her gripped tail, seized my arm, and bit down with all her might.
"Gaaahhh!"
Normally my arm would've been severed, but she was gravely injured and her tail—her biggest weak point—held, so she couldn't muster power.
Thanks to that, it just hurt like hell.
Chewing my arm like stress relief, Grandine shed tears nonstop.
Sensing the weird vibe, Lily panted and asked.
"Huff... hey, Hans. What's with her? The mood's... huff... off."
"She says she loves me!"
Grandine shrieked through tears while biting my arm, freezing Lily in place.
Tears streaming, Grandine glared daggers at Lily and screamed.
"Hng...♡ You bastard... you said you loved me! Said we'd have lots of kids! Then you vanished on our first night... and now... that... that...!"
Her tear-filled eyes fierce, Grandine snarled at Lily.
"Why does that brute musclehead bitch reek so much of you! And not just her—that white-haired bitch I hate too!"
"That's... puhek!"
A weak air blast from Lily hit my gut.
Nearly dropping Grandine's tail, I spat saliva and collapsed face-down like her.
Panting hard, Lily glared and demanded.
"You... you bastard, don't tell me... besides that annoying bitch, you cheated with others too? With a dragon bitch, no less!?"
I shouted defiantly.
"It wasn't cheating! No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get back to you or Yukino, so I gave up and started a new life! I never forgot you that easily! Not once did I ever forget y—guhek!"
Thud!
Another air blast slammed my gut.
"This damn monkey bastard can't even talk right... so after transferring to another world, you hooked up with other bitches there."
Grandine wailed her rage while gnawing my arm nonstop.
"You bastard! Trash! Higoook...♡ I trusted only you, gave you my body and heart... hng...♡ Turns out I wasn't even your first!? I searched for you for 3 years... can't forgive... never forgive... hng...♡ can't..."
She bit so hard blood now poured from my arm.
Enduring the pain, I hugged Grandine.
Doing this in front of Lily filled me with massive guilt, but right now, calming Grandine was priority or nothing would work.
"Sorry, Grandine. I didn't vanish on purpose, but I get how you felt—times a hundred. My fault. I'll make up for your lost 3 years, multiply it here. So calm down now. Don't cause more damage. I'll do everything to get leniency."
"Heh... heh..."
"Grandine, can you put out the fire spreading through the mountain? You can do it."
"Why should I—"
Still tail-gripped, she struggled defiantly.
"Grandine."
Of course, I'd dealt with this in Libertas more than once or twice—I knew how to handle her like this.
Calling her name, I gently placed my free hand on her cheek.
Caressing her soft, squishy cheek softened her hostile expression just a bit.
"Please. I'm begging you."
At my words, her struggles weakened; tears welled as she bit her lip.
"I... hng...♡ hate you... most in the world..."
Last time we'd talked, she'd professed fierce love; now she said she hated me most.
Saying that, Grandine—still pinned face-down—exhaled deeply, then sharply inhaled.
Matching her, the flames blanketing Taebaek Mountain separated from trees, grass, leaves, coalescing into a massive blob sucked into her mouth.
The last descendant of the fire dragons, sole surviving dragon of Libertas, Grandine used her authority to devour every flame on Taebaek Mountain.
The huge wildfire fizzled out pathetically, needing no firefighting; Grandine panted, coughed a few times, then glared at me.
"Huff... cough, cough...! I... didn't... forgive... you..."
Then Grandine closed her eyes and passed out.