Chapter 14 - Let’s Become Family (5) (1/2)

“H-hey. I still haven’t agreed yet, though.”

“That’s right, you still don’t know about dragons. Since you don’t know about dragons, can you listen to the words of one who knows about dragons?”

While that may be true, it would be nice if you explained how this course of events came to be.

“…I understand, but why do I have to take off my clothes?”

Didn’t you just say that they won’t be sucking milk from my breasts!

“U-um, Kunpei-san. Please excuse me.”

Aoinoun’s sound came from behind me.

“Y-yeah.”

A cold sensation ran down my back.

However, it quickly became warm, then smooth and elastic. Well, it was the feeling of Aoinoun’s skin.

“H-hey, why is there the need for us to join our backs naked?”

“Hey, can you be quiet for a bit? Can you let me be moved of my first breast feeding in peace?”

I-I’m being scolded for some reason!

My heartbeat is already strange.

It’s not good to make a boy of this age do these things.

My heart’s been thumping and beating like crazy since a while ago, I’m going to get heart failure if this continues.

“Um, like this?”

W-what? What are you trying to do?

“Nn, nnn. Waah. They’re drinking with so much force… it really came out…”

Don’t let your voice out! It’s hard not to!

I knew what they were doing intuitively, but I can’t listen!

“Aa, the younger sister too… here, nn, hya! Uuuh, it’s ticklish… ah, a bit to the side? Look, it’s here~”

Aah! What do you mean to the side!

“A-amazing. I’m breast-feeding my children… fufu, how cute.”

It’s bad, bad bad bad bad!

I can’t explain what’s bad, but the sensation on my back and Aoinoun’s sweet voice is slowly shaving down my important something.

“Un. There doesn’t seem to be any problems with breast-feeding. They’re lively kids.”

The rat’s voice was irritating.

This bastard completely forgot about me!

“H-hey. Isn’t it about time? Please explain it.”

“Geez, you’re persistent. I get it, what do you want to ask?”

You, I will really hit you!

But my body was stiff and I couldn’t move except for twitching.

“U-uh, first of all, why am I these kid’s father?”

The first person to speak was Aoinoun.

Why did she say such a frightening thing?

“After all, Kunpei-san hatched the eggs…”

“No, if it’s the father, shouldn’t there be some guy who fertilized the eggs?”

Call a male dragon here!

“So the first thing I’ll tell you since you don’t know anything…”

Alba Germain walked briskly with small steps across the tiles.

He swung his staff up and down while proudly snorting. He’s peerless at irritating me.

“…the dragon race has no males.”

“Huh?”

Eh? I mean she’s breast-feeding, wasn’t it only mammal-like creatures that could do that? When you don’t have the pistil and stamen… even fish fertilize their eggs.

I was in turmoil.

“Only female dragons have existed since ancient times. I’ve seen all the dragons since the primordial dragons and I love all dragons, but I’ve never seen a male dragon. Even if they existed, then they weren’t dragons.”

Ah, that reminds me, I feel like Aoinoun said ‘older sister’ even before the eggs hatched. Was it like that, since there was no way of it being an ‘older brother’?

“As far as dragons are concerned, egg-laying is a way for them to expel accumulated energy from their body. That’s why they seldom give birth since they have long life spans, they don’t need to reproduce.”

Ah, so that’s why they are so few in number.

“Furthermore, there are many conditions they have to meet in order to reproduce.”

“Conditions?”

“That’s right, if the conditions aren’t met, the egg won’t have life. If there’s even one that’s not met, the expelled energy would mix with the atmosphere and the egg would become a mere stone.”

Ah, like what Officer Doggy explained regarding the dragon bloodstone earlier, it’s related.

“What are the conditions?”

“Firstly, the health of the mother, they have to be in perfect condition. The breeding season as well, it differs, but it generally comes every 200 years.”

So you’re saying, that they only have one chance to have children every 200 years, and if they happen to be sick, it’s no good?

“Injuries are no good either. Dragons have strong instincts, if they instinctively know that they can’t protect their new born child, even if it goes against their intent, their body won’t create life.”

“T-that’s kind of amazing…”

“It’s also no good if you don’t have a strong desire to have children. Life will not respond if you do it without taking it seriously. If you don’t want it to the point where you can’t endure, the children won’t take form.”

So, in other words…

“Aoinoun, really wanted children…”

“Hey!”

Ah, was this fellow flustered? I knew intuitively through my back.

Why, you ask? It’s because I’m completely focused on the sensation on my back! How sad!

“U-um! This is the first time I’m hearing what uncle was talking about, so I can’t deny it, but rather than saying that I want children! Rather than saying…”

For some reason, Aoinoun was hesitating.

It’s not really something bad.

From what I could see from today’s events, her maternal sense is quite strong.

“I-I was lonely by myself… That’s probably why I unconsciously wanted an existence that could stay by my side.”