CH 3

Chapter 3 - Navi's visit and practical skill test

Part 1

“Now, let’s celebrate the passing of our written test… I, Silvia Lautreamont will lead this toast”

Tonight, the Dragon Fang Restaurant was full of the shouts of brawny men.

At their table, Silvia was a little embarrassed for trying to propose a toast since she doesn’t seem to be used to dealing with such a situation.

I shouldn’t have left this to Silvia… Ash thought.

“You don’t have to think about the unnecessities. All right, cheers!”

“Umm… Cheers!”

Silvia was a little embarrassed when their glasses touched.

Today is the third day after the written exam ended. Both Ash and Silvia were summoned by Mirabel who was acting as the director, and were told that they had passed.

Silvia had scored full marks for all her subjects and ended her year as the top.

Ash on the other hand had barely passed. Although he still had the practical test, whatever the case may be, to him the exam had ended the moment the difficult written test was done.

That is why they came to Dragon Fang Restaurant to celebrate, however…

“Cheers! Eco, you too!... Eco?”

“Huu…”

Ash invited Eco but she only replied with a sigh. She didn’t even touch her glass which was placed on the table.

Similar to the past few days, she seemed to have something on her mind. Although she was showing gloomy looks, her beautiful face still looked like a lily growing in the middle of a valley.

Speaking of the devil, Eco had lost her appetite for some time. If she was judged according to the standard where a dragon requires five meals a day, her condition is indeed worrisome.

“Are you really all right?”

“…Uuh. Yeah.”

After finishing her sentence, she gulped down the vegetable soup. However, she didn’t seem to notice the beef fillet which was the main dish.

Ash was out of choices and gave Silvia a glance in hope that she would help him. However, Silvia shook her head as if she was telling him it is okay to leave it as it was.

Due to that, Ash tried to change the topic.

“By the way, Princess-sama, do you have any place that you want to head to for your practical test?”

“Umm, nothing particularly on my mind right now. What about you? Is there any place on your mind right now?”

“I too don’t have any place I particularly want to go to…”

Perhaps she caught a few words in their conversation, Eco immediately lifted her head and puffed up her checks in objection.

“Hey…. Where are the both of you going to?”

“It is not just the both of us. You and Lancelot will be going together with us.”

“What do you mean?”

“It is about our practical test. Our theme is an expedition. We were asked to go to a designated location while riding on our Pals. Then we have to bring back a special local product with us and show it to the academy to pass.”

The dragon riding academy’s practical test was quite standard. Even Ash felt disappointed when he heard the theme from Mirabel.

“Hmm… But if that’s the case, you don’t have any obligation to follow Silvia right?”

Eco seemed unsatisfied.

“No, I can’t. For safety reasons, it is better for us to work as a team. And since only the two of us took supplementary exams, there is only the two of us to form a team.”

“But I won’t be able to fly you and bring you to your destination. And I can’t even transform according to my own will. I am not even fit to become a Pal.”

Ash hurriedly replied when he saw Eco was speaking to him with a serious look.

“You don’t have to worry about that. We will be riding on Lancelot together. Right, Princess-sama?”

“Aah, Anee-ue had agreed and Lancelot seems to have taken a liking to the both of you. You don’t have to worry about it.”

“See, even Princess-sama said so.”

“Then, it means that it doesn’t matter whether I am present or not! This world doesn’t have a place for me as a human or a dragon!”

Eco suddenly stood up with a sad look on her face.

And her chair fell with a bang.

All the customers around focused their attention on Ash and the gang wondering what had happened.

“Eco, please calm down!” Ash tried to sooth her.

“Shut up! Don’t even try bothering me!”

After her reply, Eco ran straight into a waitress carrying drinks.

“Kyaa!”

Eco shrieked and fell on her butt. The waitress, after Eco crashed into her, also fell onto her back. The stuff in her hands were flying in mid air, and the transparent coloured liquid drew out a beautiful curve.

ーSplash.

The glasses fell on Eco’s head.

“Huh?”

Eco, who was now wet from head to toe, was confused when she stood up.

“Eco!”

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

Ash and Silvia hurriedly rushed towards Eco.

“This smell… Could this be?”

Ash immediately noticed the rose like smell.

This is quite common in Ansarivan. It was especially popular among young ladies as a herb.

On the other hand, it was well known as a kind of indulgence for the dragons. However, it was something that a young dragon like Eco shouldn’t go near.

That herb was calledー Ansal.

Since the start of the summer holidays, Ash always went to Dragon Fang Restaurant for his meals. This was not just because its prices were cheap, but also because most of its customers were men. Thus, Ansal was not used as a menu to attract ladies to the shop.

“Huff…”

After a breath, Eco hugged Ash. Her face was completely red.

“Excuse me! What is this drink!?” Silvia hurriedly asked and the waitress replied with tears in her eyes:

“Err… The new menu. Ansal wine.”

“What!” Ash was panicking.

When was this added to the menu?

“I-I can’t… I can’t hold it any longer…” Eco took action the next moment.

She embraced Ash.

“Uwaa! Eco!”

Ash could feel two soft lumps against his stomach. Although their size was not really big, he knew that they had grown since the last time…

“Stop, Eco! Not at a place like this…!”

Ash was getting dizzy.

“Huff… Ash… Ash…”

As if it was some sort of a spell, Eco kept calling Ash’s name.

Their sweat on their cloths had mixed together and Ash could clearly feel Eco’s body heat.

“Please… Look at me… Look only at me…”

Eco was clinging to Ash and with one hand, she tried to unbutton her blouse with the other. She revealed her white skin and even her collar bone can clearly be seen.

She revealed her white skin and even her collar bone can clearly be seen.

As if to stimulate a man, there was a sweet and sour smell coming from Eco.

“You… You can do anything you like to me…” Eco, who was drunk, was like a little devil.

“H-How shameless! How dare you do this in public!?” Silvia was just looking from the sidelines and started to notice something. She started blushing and her fist was trembling in front of her chest.

“H-Hold on! Eco is drunk! Can you please give me a hand!”

Ash was begging Silvia while Eco was toying with him.

“Even if you say that… What should I do?”

Silvia was looking around aimlessly with her face red.

By taking a look at the people around, most of them had their attention on Ash and Eco. There were people who were waiting excitedly and people who were cheering. And of course there were people like Silvia who were disgusted by it.

Just when Ash noticed the glances from around…

“Mmm!” Eco suddenly nibbled Ash’s ear.

“Urgh…!”

Ash felt a sudden electric jerk in his body but he still tried to endure it.

Eco tasted his ear for just an instant and let go of it.

There was saliva connecting his earlobe to Eco’s lips.

“Love… I love you…”

After a few seconds, Ash finally realized what Eco meant when she whispered those words into his ears.

“Eco…?” Ash was in a shock.

It was because she was drunkー Due to her being drunk, she can fully express her true self that she hid from others.

After a breath, Eco uses her arms to surround Ash and embraced him.

“Uwaa!”

Ash fell backwards in that position.

“I… I Have something that I always wanted.” Eco was looking at Ash with her drowsy eyes.

Beneath her beauty hides a prostitute-like boldness.

Ash’s heart almost exploded.

Just when he was almost absorbed into her deep red eyes, Ash quickly questioned her.

“What… What do you want?”

Eco laid her face on Ash’s chest and spoke the most important words of the night with a sweet voice.

“I want to have Ash’s baby.”

After saying those words, Eco lost her strength and fell asleep.

Part 2

“Haa… We probably won’t be welcomed in Dragon Fang Restaurant for the coming few days.” Ash gave a long sigh in the changing room of the royal room in Epona house.

After Eco slept, Ash was first scolded severely by the burly manager, then he was bathed with the jeers from the customers around, lastly he was given a strict lecture from Silvia.

He was totally exhausted when he carried Eco back to Epona House.

In short, Ash planned to take his bath while Silvia was helping him to take care of Eco.

After removing the bandages, his contract with Eco- his Seikoku was exposed.

When he was fighting Mordred in the capital, his Seikoku had spread throughout his body. However, since it was a matter of life and death situation, he didn’t think much about it. But, it was no normal situation.

Never in his life had he heard about the Seikoku changing its shape and spreading all over his body.

“There are still many things that I don’t understand…”

While he was mumbling, Ash glanced at the Seikoku on his left arm.

Although he still hated the idea of letting others looking at it, surprisingly, it doesn’t felt as annoying as it used to be.

Ash opened the door and entered the bathroom.

The bathtub was shaped like an egg that was sliced in half and its size should be able to fit three people at the same time. The floor, walls and ceilings were made from marble.

On the ceiling was a dragon crystal lamp which gave out an orange light which somehow made him felt like he was in a dream.

The bathing powder was made from halite and lavender. It was so comfortable that a person could fall asleep if he or she is being careless.

As expected from the royal bathroom, everything in it is a luxury.

Ash was thinking about the events that happened in Dragon Fang Restaurant while enjoying his bath.

It is not like Eco had never gotten drunk before but what happened before was nothing compared to this.

-“I want to have Ash’s baby.”

Eco words kept on repeating in his mind.

“Could it be that she was thinking about this?… Even so, of course I like Eco…. But I am a human and Eco is a dragon…”

Could it possibly be that she was troubled by this…!?

“But in reality…. Could we make a child?”

“If you are worried about that, why don’t you have a try?”

“Uwaa!”

Ash immediately leaped up when he heard an alluring voice from behind.

Ash hurriedly cover his front and turned around to look at the owner of the voice.

“Eco!? When did you…!?”

“Huhu.”

Eco gave a bewitching smiled with her knees showing above the waters. It seemed that she entered while Ash was troubled by his thoughts.

They were in the bathroom.

As expected, Eco was stark naked. Although the steam had her body covered, it was still bad for his heart. Ash was troubled just by looking at her shoulders and her chest.

Ash who was in the tub turned around to avoid looking at Eco.

“Shouldn’t you be sleeping? What about Princess-sama?”

“That child was almost asleep.”

“That child?”

Ash felt that something was off. Eco would never call Silvia as ‘that child’. Together with her alluring voice and bewitching smile, she doesn’t feel like the usual Eco.

“Why are you facing the other side? I don’t mind you looking at me.”

“Err.. No… That’s…”

Some unexpected things made him stay silent.

-“I want to have Ash’s baby.”

Right at that moment, the words resurfaced in his mind.

“Huhu… How cute.”

A splash was heard from behind. Eco had stood up… Ash’s body stiffened when he though about it.

Eco then hugged Ash from behind.

“Hold on! This is bad! Real bad…!”

Eco gently placed her chin on Ash’s right shoulder while both of her arms surrounded his body under his armpits.

Eco gently placed her chin on Ash’s right shoulder while both of her arms surrounded his body under his armpits. The worst problem of all was Eco’s tiny breast were leaning up against his back.

The worst problem of all was Eco’s tiny breast were leaning up against his back.

There was nothing in between them and Ash could clearly feel the two tiny beans on his back.

What is wrong with Eco?

Ash first thought that Eco was still drunk, but she doesn’t act like she was drunk.

Rather than that it seemed like she was a total different individual.

ーA different individual…? Now I understand!

Ash finally noticed another possibility.

“That kind of speech… You are Navi, am I right?”

“Huhu. Correct.”

Navi smiled in disappointment and released Ash. Ash on the other hand was finally able to released that tension built up and breathe a sigh of relieve.

“Can’t you appear normally?”

The is the first time Navi appeared using Eco’s body.

“Well, it is boring being a spirit all the time. Apart from that do you like the normal me more? Huhu, it is indeed the truth that I have larger breasts and my butt is bigger,”

“That’s not the point!”

“How innocent. There is a saying that all heroes are perverts, however you seems to be an exception. Or are you holding back?”

“About that, I can’t say that I have no interest in it at all… No, forget about it!”

Ash just thought of an important thing.

“I heard it from Prince Julius! He said that Navi, you are the Dragweiss itself!”

A treasure of knowledge that was accumulated by the ancestral dragonsー The Dragweiss. Eco was able to obtain various kinds of information just by searching there.

Since the beginning, Ash thought that it was just a data bank. Until recently, Ash had heard the truth of the Dragweiss from Julius.

“Right, that’s true.” Navi admitted and changed the way she crossed her legs in the hot water.

Although she looked like Eco, her actions has Navi’s maturity, it made Ash’s heart skipp a beat.

“Julius also told me that Eco will gain her true strength when she merges with the Dragweiss. If that is true, what will happen to Navi after you two had merged?”

“Me? I will just disappear.”

Ash wasn’t able to understand her immediately since she spoke such a thing calmly.

“Let’s say if all the living thing are destined to die the day they were born, to me, my death was the day I'll merge with Eco. I was created for this sole purpose. While Eco is still a young dragon, I can guide her as a navigator. However, once Eco growns up, I am just a ‘source of information.’ Although an encyclopedia stores much information, at the same they don’t have a will. Similarly, the will called ‘Navi’ will no longer be needed.”

“Now that you mentioned it, during the first time you entered my dream, I remember you told me that ‘the me who was going to be born will now be in your hands’ means…. In short, you and Eco are the same person since both of you are going to merge together?”

“Ara, you still remember that?” Navi smiled as if she was surprised.

“How can I forget about that!”

Ash’s cheeks had gotten red hot just from remembering. Although it was in his dream, Navi was caressing his entire body with love.

“I am so glad. Even though that happened in a dream… Why don’t we continue with what happened in that dream? Although this body is below average.”

After that, Navi tried lifting her breast which caused Eco’s nipple almost visible above the water. Ash hurriedly averted his sight.

“W-What are you talking about! How can I even do that!”

“Ara, why not? This is a bathroom and a guy and a girl are in it alone together, naked. Furthermore, Silvia was dozing off and there is nothing that will interrupt us.

“Nooooo! What about Eco! Although you said that you will merge with Eco, you still can’t ignore her opinion in this!”

After being rejected by Ash, Navi seemed to lose all her interest.

“Tsk… You are overly serious. How boring. But that is what make you interesting. So, shall we start with the main topic?”

“Main topic?”

Ash was taken aback. Navi will never appear without a reason. She borrowed Eco’s body to deliver Ash a message.

“I have a message from The Lady to the Avalon Imperial Princess and her knight which is you.”

Navi’s facial expression suddenly turned serious and Ash immediately straightened his body in the bathtub.

“Who is this… Lady?”

“Mother Dragon.”

“Haa!?”

Ash turned speechless.

“She said: ‘Come visit me at Albion Forest'.”

“Why suddenly…. Why in the world would she look for Eco and me?”

“That, you should ask her.”

Navi answered coldly.

“So now I am summoned by the Mother Dragon after Paladin Oswald. What else could happened in my coming life?”

“Huhu. The moment you become the knight of Avalon, you are no longer normal. Why don’t you try facing it proudly?’

“That sounds like a lot of trouble… But I too have a thing that I would like to ask Mother Dragon.”

“What’s that problem?”

“Since I am a breeder, it also means that I met with her before. However, I don’t have any memories regarding it. I would like to know what happened during the Orphan Ceremony.”

“Isn’t this a good chance? Plus it is in the summer holidays.”

“That’s right… Why don’t I choose Albion Forest as the destination for my practical test? With this, I can kill two birds with one stone.”

Although it was an idea that came out at the spur of the moment, Ash still thinks that it was a good one. With this, he can complete the practical test and meet with Mother Dragon. He made up his mind to discuss this with Silvia later.

“But, does the Mother Dragon…. Understands human language?”

“Don’t worry about that. She is a special being.”

“Understood. I will head to Albion Forest as soon as possible. Since I don’t think that I have the power to refuse.”

“Huhu. That is how it should be. Good byeー”

“Eh?”

After leaving suddenly, at the same time when Ash was confused, her body had lost all its strength and fall on Ash.

It seemed that Navi had finally returned Eco’s body.

“Uwaa! What happened!?”

Ash immediately hold on to Eco’s body. Her conscious had not yet return. She was leaning on Ash’s body like a doll.

Ash looked up to the ceiling to avoid looking at Eco’s white naked body. But their body below the water were sticking against each other.

ーThis is bad…

Ash tried to hold himself back by recalling all the mathematics equation he learned in class and praying to St Rosa Maria.

Suddenly, the bathroom door was opened with a bang.

“Eco! Are you here!?”

Silvia who should be dozing off was taking a look. It must be that when she opened her eyes and saw that Eco was no longer there, she hurriedly tried searching for her… But now is not the time to analyse what had happened.

“Hey, Ash…”

As if she can see through the mist, Silvia’s sight fell on Ash and Eco.

Silvia turned red and shouted in rage:

“What the hell are you doing in the bathroom of my house!?”

“This is not what it seems! There is a reason behind this!”

“ ‘A knight should admit his faults and learn from it’ー This the Lautreamont Family motto!”

“Urgh…”

Silvia’s iron fist exploded and caused the water to splash up until it hit the ceiling.

Part 3

Ash and the rest passed their free time before the bedtime. The entire living room was full of the smell of the herbal tea that Ash made.

Eco whose body was borrowed by Navi had regained consciousness and now was sitting beside Silvia.

“I see. So that is what had happened.”

Silvia was full of embarrassment when she heard from Ash about Navi.

“For Pete’s sake, you should now know, that you should try to understand the situation before you start beating someone up. My body won’t be able to handle it.”

“A-About that… I am really sorry.”

Although it felt a little awkward, Silvia still apologized to Ash.

“I on the other hand had no reasons to cuddle around with Eco naked, no?... Huh? …Anything wrong, Eco?”

Eco was red from the ears. She was clenching her fists above her knees and her eyes were wondering around for a few moments and finally stopped when she looked at Ash.

“You… Did you see my naked body?”

Seeing that cute face, Ash’s heart skipped a beat.

“No! Please rest assured! Because of the mist, I saw nothing!”

Ash answered everything like a bullet speed.

“…That’s a relieve.”

Eco breathe a sigh of relieve.

She who had changed from sleeping naked into wearing pyjamas because she was embarrassed from being seen by Ash naked.

Eco who was born to be a beauty was right now more beautiful that any flowers or even more attractive than any gems.

Ash who was unconsciously attracted by Eco suddenly came back to his sense and looked at Silvia.

“Th-That’s right… I have something to talk to Princess-sama. For the practical exam, can we head to Albion Forest?”

“Hmm, that’s a good idea. Since the both of you were summoned by Mother Dragon and sooner or later both of you had to head there. So why not use the practical exam as an excuse to head to Albion Forest and complete everything in one go.”

Silvia nodded.

“Of course we won’t force Princess-sama to join us and we won’t blame you if you decline our invitation.”

Ash was worried about Silvia but instead she stood up and declared:

“You don’t have to be reserved, Ash. For I Silvia Lautreamont will definitely help you. Tomorrow, we will meet with Mirabel Onee-sama to discuss about it.’

“Thank you, Princess-sama.”

Ash replied politely with a smile but Silvia turned her face to the side with her cheeks red.

“T-There is no need for you to thank me!”

Ash gave a wry smile and stood up from the sofa and walked towards Eco.

“That’s it, Eco… When we were in Dragon Fang Restaurant, you said that you won’t be accepted as a dragon or as a human… Right now, I guarantee that there is no such a thing. And I also forbid you from saying that again.”

After that, Ash placed his hand on Eco’s head and fiddled with her soft hair. Eco for a short moment became shocked but she allowed him to continue.

“…Um, I understand.”

Eco was looking at Ash with her face in rosy red colour.

Her ruby like eyes were wet and were trembling.

“…!”

Eco’s cuteness made him stop breathing.

There two of them were just staring at each other.

Ash’s sight stopped at Eco’s lips and couldn’t move away from them.

“Eco…”

“Ash…”

They called out each other’s name at the same time.

“Ahem. Have you forgotten about the presence of Silvia Lautreamont?”

“Uwaa! Sorry, Princess-sama!”

Under Silvia’s cold glare, Ash hurriedly moved away from Eco’s side.

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