Army of the Damned

VOLUME 9 Chapter 5

Sitting down in the garden, the General enjoys a warm drink as the cold winter breeze passes him. The quiet garden was coated white with snow and the well trimmed hedgehogs swaying to the wind. He places a chessboard into the heavy marble table and enjoys the air for a bit, deeply breathing in and out. Following him was Elizabeth with a special Minuit Tea Set.

"Oh, My Lord, are you fine?"

"Hm? What do you mean?"

"Yesterday, you kept passing out every five hours. It still irks me, My Lord. Is your health good? Did you do anything? I was far too much into it to realize, but you were lasting hours more than usual."

"Yea, I kinda took some extra endurance potion of sorts. I don't know why, but after five hours or when we're done, I'd get knocked out. But after that though, phew, I can go for another round!"

Elizabeth places the tea set next to the chessboard and lightly squishes the cheeks of the General. The woman's shiny emerald eyes staring into his brown and lively globes. "Hmmmm... well you don't seem to be near death... or tired beyond belief. No eyebags either." She then puts her nose up his forehead and sniffs him down to his neck. "Nor do I smell any curse or rot. Just what concoction did you partake in, My Lord?"

"No idea, but hey, yesterday was freaking amazing and you were also amazing. You kept teaching them and told them what to do and not to."

"Goodness, I couldn't have taught those two properly if it weren't from you being such a good sport, My Lord."

"Two days of just... wow. First in the bath and then in my room."

"Though My Lord, I think we have to avoid the bath from now on. I hear from some of the Maids that the water there had to be completely drained and renewed to the Countess' expense."

"Oh... so that's what the Mage was called in for. Yeah... I guess we will. But still, good on you for going beyond the call of duty and teaching those two."

"The Countess learned fast and well, she should be able to hold up on her own now so don't be afraid to be intimate with her, My Lord. But Bahamut... goodness me even last night... I think she was the last one standing still."

"Dragons are just built differently."

"What more if it's a male Dragon in human form... I it won't last, My Lord."

"Really? The ancient vampire queen has finally met her match in bed? Bwahahahahaha. But Bahamut did have fun though. Fun fact about Dragons, Elizabeth. If you wanna know if they're having fun. Look at their eyes."

"Hm? What do you mean, My Lord?"

"A Dragon's eyes are also slits like Vampires as their predatory creatures, but there are special ones with diamonds and crosses like Swamp Dragons. Bahamut is a Volcanic Dragon, it's normal for them to have slits, the main difference between the two of you is that a Dragons slit has a wider middle area."

Elizabeth sits down on the opposite chair and crosses her legs. Her fingers up her chin as she recalls yesterday, the both of them staring deeply into each other's eyes as they pant heavily. "Oh, I do see it now. Yes, her eyes also have this strange perimeter around it."

"Yeah, that's often seen in Dragons with divinity, the perimeter is like another pupil of sorts meant to give them vision of ghosts and things you'd often not see with the naked eye. So, yesterday for example. When we are all having... fun in bed. Did Bahamut's eye, most of all the middle part, expand?"

"Hmmm... yes. She was also blinking more than usual."

"See! Then she's having much fun. Dragons don't blink normally like I do. If they blink, then something must either be wrong or they're enjoying the feeling of something. Like, you'd only see Bahamut close her eyes when she's rubbing something shiny up her face, same in pleasure. She'd only close her eyes back when she was only a Dragon when I'm rubbing her belly or scratching her jaw. Her favorite areas for me to touch."