Chapter 101: Valentina's Dragon-Person Form (13)

"Mm… it's been a long time since I last took on this form."

Valentina stretched her body vigorously, tilted her head with some discomfort, and swayed the tail behind her.

Swoosh swoosh—

"It's been ages since I transformed back, but it still feels rather novel."

At this moment, Valentina had already changed into an entirely different appearance.

She did not choose to retain more of the giant dragon's image in a dragon-head-human-body form, but rather did the opposite, keeping more human features.

Her head was still in the form of her human incarnation, with a delicate face bearing a pair of eyes bright as flames, sharp and spirited; beneath a high nose bridge, her lips were like gorgeous roses.

On top of her head sat a pair of small dragon horns, with fine patterns on them, faintly emitting a red glow.

Her body was covered in a layer of dark red scales, like carefully crafted ruby armor; every single scale shimmered with a metallic sheen, tightly arranged, extending from her neck all the way down past her waist.

Under the light, the scales reflected brilliant colors, like flowing flames.

On her arms and legs, the red scales connected with human skin, the muscle lines flowing and graceful, possessing both human softness and the vigor of a giant dragon.

Behind her stretched enormous dragon wings, the wing membranes thin as gauze yet incomparably tough, large enough when spread to wrap her entirely; they too bore rune-like vein patterns that flickered with light as the wings flapped.

Her tail was like a thick red python, likewise covered in scales; when she walked or her emotions fluctuated, the tail would sway unconsciously, as if it had a life of its own.

In Herbert's eyes, Valentina's half-human, half-dragon figure appeared both mysterious and charming, retaining the figure of a human form while possessing the features of a giant dragon.

Gulp.

Dragon girl is truly a great civilization!

Herbert suppressed the excitement in his heart, his face perfectly calm.

"Siiigh, siiigh… *slurp*."

Valentina:?

Upon hearing that dangerous sound behind her, the Hungry Dragon Young Lady silently turned her head, gave a strange look at the rather overly excited handsome youth, and rather regretted having agreed to him.

He… shouldn't do anything weird, right?

Valentina held her own tail against her chest with both hands, glared at Herbert, bared her teeth in warning and said: "Let me warn you first, don't you dare sneak any funny business! Otherwise I won't be polite!"

"Slurp… cough cough! Don't worry, I definitely won't sneak any funny business."

Herbert's eyes were fixed tightly on that thick, powerful tail, the fingers of both hands tapping incessantly, nearly unable to restrain the impulse to pounce on it.

His eyes never once looked away, and he answered at top speed: "Besides, you're not dead, right? If it feels uncomfortable just push me away."

"Mm? Mm… that's true."

Valentina: Seems like that's how it works.

Heh, he wouldn't dare do anything funny even if left to dry.

The Hungry Dragon Young Lady thought for a moment, and finally loosened her arms, letting the tail slowly extend in front of Herbert's eyes.

"Here, you said you'd only touch it onc— ah!!?"

Herbert truly did not sneak any funny business, just as he had said.

He did it openly.

Herbert directly hugged the tail and pressed his cheek right up against it, rubbing against it.

Rub rub rub!

"Y-y-you, what are you doing!!?"

???

Valentina's rosy face instantly turned bright red; she instinctively tried to pull her tail back, but ended up dragging Herbert along with it toward herself.

"You!"

She raised a fist that looked weak and feeble, nearly swinging it at the impudent fellow's head.

But after Herbert's repeated reminders following their last embrace, she had finally figured out just how absurd her own strength was, and couldn't bear to actually give him a punch — she truly worried a single punch would kill him outright.

But this tingling sensation she had never felt before was also truly strange; she felt itchy all over, nothing felt right anywhere.

"Mm!"

So Valentina swung her tail forcefully, trying to fling this rude fellow off.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!

Herbert clung to the tail and was swung right up into the air, but no matter how she swung it, he kept holding on tight and refused to let go.

"Let go!"

"I — WON'T — LET — GO —"

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!

The two of them were locked in a stalemate like this for a while; in the end it was still Valentina who lost, and she simply gave up resisting, stopped struggling, and let this fellow manhandle her tail as he pleased.

She gave up.

Moreover, after the initial unfamiliarity, she felt that having her tail kneaded and touched like this actually seemed quite nice.

Pretty comfortable.

She simply folded her hands and rested them under her chin, comfortably lying flat on the ground, enjoying the technician's tail massage service.

"Hmph hmph~"

Herbert:?

What do you mean, you really treat me as some high-class technician with an unfortunate past?

Then I suppose I'll… not hold back.

"Esteemed customer, how's this pressure?"

"Mm~"

"The muscles here are a bit tight, let me help you work the meridians open; it might hurt a little, bear with me for a moment."

"Mmhmm..."

Under the outstanding skill of the Albert household's Number Two Technician, the inexperienced Miss Hungry Dragon was quickly reduced to a limp, gooey puddle of useless dragon.

The wings on her back were flapping listlessly, the whole dragon sprawled lazily and listlessly on the ground, and her eyelids had begun their own losing battle, drooping shut.

And Herbert at this point had long since quietly shifted his position, no longer just massaging her tail.

His long, strong fingers crawled slowly upward along the dragon tail, then pressed experimentally on the scales at her waist, and once he confirmed there was no overreaction, laid his whole palm on top as well.

"Mm..."

With practiced technique, he gently kneaded, rolled, and pressed, and within moments had thoroughly sent his customer into a deep, sweet dream.

【"Why are you so skilled at this?"】

Nie Nasha's voice popped up from behind, speaking with pointed implication: 【"So, is this how you spend your days coaxing this little dragon?"】

But the fully focused Herbert paid no heed to the trickster deity's teasing, gestured for silence, and answered in his heart:

"Shh, don't disturb me — can't you see I'm still working? Whatever it is can wait till I'm off the clock."

【"... Huh?"】

Herbert, fully absorbed in giving Valentina her massage, had not a single lewd thought in his eyes — only a thirst for unknown knowledge.

While Herbert was massaging the dragon and inhaling her scent, he wasn't just goofing around — he had devoted a large portion of his focus to another matter entirely.

"Dragon-kin form, scale armor coverage exceeds fifty percent, primarily protecting the vital points of the human form, distribution pattern is..."

"Dragon tail, composed of multiple vertebrae, muscles, blood vessels, nerves; the base is relatively sensitive, one can infer a denser nerve distribution..."

"Dragon wings, primarily composed of skin, structurally similar to bat wings, but with a layer of special innate runes on top — can't read them, but the effect is presumably related to reducing weight..."

"Dragon claws..."

"Dragon horns..."

Thanks to Little Fire Zi's tip!!

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(End of chapter)