Shadow and The Jester
Chapter 24's

Chapter 24: Stepping Toward Maturity.

(A/N : There is a little R-18+ scene in this chapter, although not so much, but still there. So, let's play it safe, let's make this chapter a bit of a cheat chapter:V)

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(POV Souji)

I don't know how long it's been in the World outside, but here it's been almost a day since I started thinking of ways for us to get out of this place.

Of course, I've tried all sorts of things to get out of this place, from trying out some of the Magic that exist on Earth, to trying to cut through space, to, of course, all my efforts ended for free.

Even so, I still have not tried a surefire way to get out of the Externorum, or which the transfer student used to refer to as the "Barbaric" way".

After all, even though this method is almost never successful in trying it, but somehow, the transfer student always managed to get out of the Externorum using this method.

"But still, are you sure you haven't forgotten something, Niji?" I decided to ask this question, because I felt that my soul was beginning to become more transparent.

Niji himself at first only seemed to be putting on an expression of seriousness, before an expression of shock appeared on his face.

"Y!! I remember! If we haven't completed that last step!"

"The last step?"

Although I can already guess somewhat, regarding what this woman is talking about, but the problem is, I still do not understand it very clearly.

However, the next words that came out of this woman's mouth, you could say, it really managed to destroy the calm that I had.

"Yes! The final step of this Dragon race wedding ritual, which is to have a child!!"

Just like that, the smile I had immediately froze, because... 'Oi... I never knew this ritual required such a thing?'

However, like wanting to pour oil into a blaze, Niji instead added something that was absolutely unnecessary once in my current situation.

"By the way, this marriage contract is a marriage contract made to produce offspring. So, if only the two spouses did not complete this marriage contract within three days, then the soul of the male will be destroyed, while for the female, they will lose the qualification to marry."

To be honest, I don't know the reason behind it, except for the fact that this woman seems to be going through her horny days, which are so clearly visible from the look on her face.

'Damn 'em... What should I do now?'

If I refuse to do so, then I will perish, and strangely again, the woman only loses their qualifications to marry...

Emm? Waita minute... Isn't this very unfair at all to that guy?

Although I did have a chance to think about it, but that thought eventually disappeared so quickly, perhaps because a much bigger problem was waiting before me.

This was immediately evident, after Niji inexplicably jumped up and pushed me to the ground, where even though I wanted to protest with it, I did, but my mouth was immediately silenced by the kiss she gave me.

At first the kiss was dominated by Niji, but the more I got here, I started to take control, which was probably due to my natural instincts that no one wanted to control.

The kiss continued, until we finally separated our lips, which was probably due to Niji starting to have difficulty breathing.

"Hehehehe~ I kissed Darling~" At the time she said that, I could see it very clearly, a pair of heart-shaped pupils in her beautiful purple eyes.

More importantly, however, not as usual, for some reason, I was...

'Shit! Damn it... Why did she suddenly become so charming?'

That's absolutely right. It should not affect me anymore, considering that I have met someone, who might, perhaps, rival the beauty of this woman. Moreover, I also met him quite often.

So, I can say, if it feels really strange, which to make it worse, I feel even more, if the fog keeps filling my mind, which certainly makes it difficult to think clearly.

While I was busy with my own thoughts, without me noticing, Niji began to open one by one the clothes he had, until he started trying to undress mine, I finally realized that too.

"Tu-wait a minute! St-stop!! If we go any further, I will definitely not be able to hold back!!"

That's absolutely right. In fact, even now, keeping my mind rational has been very difficult, because somehow, my mind even began to be dominated by a very dirty imagination, he said, to the point that it's so hard for me to keep my sanity.

It's just that, like pulling out the last thread that kept my sanity awake, Niji suddenly did a very erotic act.

"Ehh~!! Though my va*gina is ready to welcome the missile you know, Darling~"

Just like that, one last thread that kept my mind sane finally broke off, making the atmosphere there very hot.

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(POV Third Person)

While Souji was going through a very steamy situation, on the other hand, the situation of Dafa could be said to be very mediocre.

Wh why? That was because, he was just lying in a fairly wide meadow, along with two colleagues and the only person he would consider to be his friend, and the three of them were seen sleeping nearby, he said, where the only person who accompanied him was Orobas alone, who was seen lying on his chest.

"Neh, neh, my friend~ What do you think, the meaning of that fun?"

Dafa who was enjoying the calmness that was there immediately raised one of his eyebrows, because... "Why are you asking me that?"

After all, it was not usual that he would ask such a thing. Because, even though this Demon Lord girl had indeed often asked him various kinds of things, but the question was already beyond his expectations.

Orobas himself was at first silent and kept staring at the star-filled sky above them, where from the eyes of his pale brown reptile seemed to emit a complexity, that was mixed with grief and guilt, behind it, before he finally decided to avenge it.

"Nothing special~ I just want to ask it~" Although the tone of his voice does sound very similar to his usual tone, but from Dafa's point of view, it feels very different, because...

'What has this girl experienced in the past? To the extent that he had such disgusting eyes?'

After all, Dafa had already met some people with the same eye gaze as this girl, where each of them is a broken home that has complicated and annoying problems behind it.

Moreover, what made him even more resentful of such eye gazes was that, because the majority of them had always been trying to hide their true emotions, just because of the fear they had.

Of course, that can be said to be natural. But for people who even, always can not understand their own emotions, it makes him become very envious of them, until unconsciously, it caused Dafa to begin to develop hatred towards people who had such eye gaze.

That was why, not long after hearing what Orobas said, Dafa immediately got up and forced the Demon Lord girl to look him in the eye directly, which of course causes the person concerned to be very confused.

"Eh~!? What are you doing, my friend~!? Ja-don't say... Do you want to do something indecent*noh against me~? Ka–"

"Shut up."

With that one word alone, Orobas' facial expression immediately froze, and for the first time, the poker face that person had was shattered, because for the first time, it had been, Dafa used a very cold tone of voice to him.

Not to mention, it was added with the gaze of his eyes that somehow managed to make him shudder, adding to the shock possessed by Orobas.

However, the words that were later said by Dafa, it made Orobas even more surprised.

"Quick, tell me all that past of yours. And remember, don't try to tell a lie. Because, I hate that."

Just like that, having lost to the determination possessed by Dafa, Orobas eventually gave up and told Dafa about his past.

They spent the night listening to stories about Orobas' past, until the sun began to appear in the sky.

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Note Author:

Yayy!! Update again!!!

For this chapter, as the author said at the beginning, if there will be a scene smelling R-18+ in it, which although only a little, but still remains.

In addition, in this chapter we are also shown the development of a strange relationship between Dafa and Orobas, which the Author himself does not know, will the Author add that Demon Lord girl into the harem of Dafa.

Oh yes, by the way, for those of you who have read the previous version, the author is sure you must have realized it, if the flow is already drastically different from the first.

But you can rest easy, because Miyuki will still appear, even though it takes several chapters to appear anyway, or even the author will bring it up in the next chapter only? I don't know, we'll see.

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