Chapter 408 - 407: Durandal... terrifying as such

"Gulp! Let me die."

At night, Durandal wrapped himself in a quilt, completely unable to face Shenhe and Venti.

Why? Why was this happening? Those were not things he would do. He shouldn’t have said such words or done such things.

Why was it so natural? So calm? Did his temperament really change so much after becoming an adult?

As strong as he had been before, he was now just as pathetic. He didn’t want to be like this, but he couldn’t help it. Every time he thought about what he had done, he just wanted to disappear from this world.

"Ah~ Actually, you don’t have to be so shy. I, the main victim, don’t have any complaints either."

Venti returned to his usual cheerful self, patting the quilt on Durandal and comforting him: "Durandal’s performance just now was very charming, just like a true Queen. I truly called you ’Queen’ from the bottom of my heart, so you don’t need to be so shy."

"...Go away, don’t make sarcastic remarks."

"How can this be sarcasm? My heart is beating so fast right now, and it shows no signs of slowing down. If... I mean if, it wouldn’t be bad if this happened a few more times. How about... we do this once every now and then, okay?"

The experience just now was... simply wonderful. Durandal, full of Queenly charm, was too alluring.

Venti had seen the Tsaritsa before, and he was the type of person with a very Queenly aura, but he and Durandal were different types of Queens. If Venti had to choose, he would definitely choose Durandal’s type.

Why? Because he would ’reward’ him! Although this ’reward’ seemed a bit strange, he, the recipient, liked it very much, and that was enough.

"You... you don’t have any strange interests, do you?"

Venti’s words made Durandal sit up, his head peeking out from under the quilt, looking at him cautiously.

I never thought, I never thought, you lazy fellow actually has such interests!

Speaking of which, when this guy was being ’rewarded’ by him, he also showed a very enjoyable expression. This guy was clearly enjoying the process.

Thinking of the feeling that came from his feet at that time, his face became a little flushed. What was so good about that kind of thing? Why did Venti like it so much?

"It’s not about having strange interests. Who do you think I am? Even I couldn’t be interested in just anyone. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t do such a thing."

"...It’s useless to say such things now. I won’t let you do whatever you want just because of a few nice words."

"But I’m not saying nice words, but what’s in my heart, the most genuine statement. Not just me, I believe Shenhe has the same idea, right?"

Shenhe, not far away, nodded in agreement. It was undeniable that he was also quite tempted, his gaze occasionally falling on Durandal’s legs. Even though the quilt covered that part, it couldn’t hinder his longing for those slender legs.

"It’s strange! Too strange! No matter how I think about it, you are all too strange. Get out, all of you get out now."

Durandal threw the soft, fluffy items he had stored earlier from his storage space at Venti and Shenhe. These were items that would not cause DMG no matter how much force was used.

His purpose was simply to expel them, not to harm them.

Venti and Shenhe also realized this. Under Durandal’s storm of ’attacks,’ they could only retreat from the room, allowing Durandal to calm down.

After confirming that they had left the room, Durandal emerged from under the quilt, taking several deep breaths to slightly ease his mood.

"Human emotions... are truly too complex."

But this emotion was also so captivating. Although he would gradually become very strange because of this emotion, he did not intend to make any changes.

Durandal got out of bed. As soon as his feet touched the ground, an unusual sensation made him frown.

Looking down, he understood what this unusual feeling was about. It was caused by Venti. Just now, due to emotional excitement and the quilt dampening the sensation, he hadn’t reacted.

Now, looking at it, he found that the stockings he usually wore had become damp. This was entirely caused by Venti.

"That pervert... seemed to enjoy it quite a bit."

With a thought, the anomaly on the stockings was eliminated. Looking at the restored stockings, for some reason, Durandal still felt that the sensation lingered.

Really... it was one thing for Lumine to be a pervert, but Venti was also developing in the direction of a pervert.

Even Shenhe showed a tendency to develop in a strange direction. Only Raiden Ei’s situation was relatively normal; apart from liking to act spoiled, she had never done anything that bothered Durandal.

"But... is it really that good? Not just Venti, but even Shenhe showed such an expression."

Durandal couldn’t understand. In his opinion, no matter what stage he transformed into, he was still himself. At most, his appearance changed a bit, and his personality changed slightly. Why were their reactions so dramatic?

With this doubt, Durandal walked to the mirror in the room. As a black light flashed, the Queen version of Durandal reappeared.

Durandal in this state was different from his loli state. He appeared particularly confident, with a faint smile on his face, and an indescribable elegance in his gestures.

"Is this why they had such reactions? This should be what appeared in light novel, stepping on their XP?"

Durandal turned around, trying to make an arrogant expression, but he didn’t feel anything himself. Presumably, only others could give a correct evaluation.

"This appearance... it’s better not to use it as much as possible. I always feel that if it appears too many times, the atmosphere within the team will become strange."

Durandal was about to change back to his original appearance. As he was about to make a move, the room door was suddenly pushed open.

"Durandal! I’m back! I’m telling you, today I worked as a bartender at the Angels Share, and Boss Diluc gave me a very tasteful outfit. Do you want to see... see, huh?"

Lumine, who had been full of enthusiasm, was stunned after seeing the Queen-like Durandal in front of him. His breathing became heavy, and heart symbols even appeared in his pupils.

"Hey, what’s wrong with you, Lumine? Why did you suddenly become so strange?"

Paimon, who was by his side, looked at Lumine’s strange behavior in confusion and couldn’t help but fly over to check the situation.

"Waaah! Du... Durandal? Is that you? Durandal. How did you become like this?"

So beautiful, truly too beautiful. It’s not that Durandal’s previous appearance wasn’t beautiful, but his current appearance had even more charm.

Especially in terms of figure, the shortcomings of the former loli completely disappeared. This was a figure that was no less than Jean’s and Rosaria’s. Especially his aura, waaaah~ What to do? I can’t speak at all.

"Ah, welcome back, Lumine, Paimon."

Since Venti and Shenhe had already seen it, he couldn’t treat them differently. Otherwise, when Venti told them about this later, Lumine would definitely pester him, wanting to see this appearance.

Since he was going to show it to him anyway, he might as well let him see it now, and also observe his and Paimon’s reactions to understand how destructive this appearance truly was.

"You’ve worked hard outside for so long today, you must be very tired. Come and sit down, I’ll pour you some black tea."

Durandal motioned for Lumine and Paimon to find a place to sit, while he took out the black tea he had prepared earlier from his storage space and poured a cup for each of them.

"Ah, um! Tha... thank you."

Lumine and Paimon vaguely sat in their seats, picking up the black tea and sipping it slowly.

It was still the usual black tea, but today’s taste was a little different, perhaps because Durandal was sitting opposite them, cupping his face, and smiling as he watched them.

For some reason, Lumine felt his face getting hot. Facing such a gaze, he couldn’t talk to Durandal as usual, nor could he casually throw himself onto him as before.

How to put it? He was like a pure young girl now, keeping his head down the whole time, only focusing on drinking black tea and eating the small pastries Durandal offered, with no other movements.

Noticing Lumine’s behavior, Durandal smiled slightly, took a small piece of his dessert with a fork, stood up from his seat, bent over, and offered the fork to Lumine.

"Here, Lumine. Try this dessert of mine, it’s something I made. Give me some feedback."

"Eh? Ah, that... that, I’ve had enough here, no need for more..."

"What? You don’t like my dessert? I thought I did quite well."

Durandal didn’t let Lumine off. He slowly leaned forward. Because of the large extent of his lean, his collar gradually dropped a little. From Lumine’s angle, he could clearly see Durandal’s considerably large Slime.

Lumine’s face turned even redder. He wanted to turn his head away, but he couldn’t help but turn his gaze back.

Thus, he fell into a state of extreme distress. After a fierce psychological struggle, Lumine still couldn’t resist eating the dessert Durandal fed him.

He didn’t know if it was his imagination, but he always felt that this dessert was unusually sweet, making him almost unable to bear it.

"So... so delicious."

"Hmm, that’s good. Ah, you really are... how can you be so careless."

Seeing the cream on Lumine’s face, Durandal smiled and reached out his index finger to wipe the cream from his face, then put it in his mouth in front of Lumine, nodding with satisfaction.

"Hmm, it seems this work turned out pretty well. Next time, I’ll make it with this feeling."

"..."

"Hmm? What’s wrong, Lumine? Your face is so red, are you okay?"

"I... I can’t take it anymore."

As soon as the words fell, Lumine immediately fell to the ground, his face almost smoking, his eyes turning into spirals, which scared Durandal into rushing forward to check Lumine’s condition.

Paimon, who had been watching the whole time, looked at this scene with complex emotions and sighed.

"Durandal... is truly terrifying."

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