I quickly sent the dragon meat to the market and kept the head. I walked into the questroom and the lady at the counter greeted me as usual. "I am here to claim the bounty for the spiked dragon." I announced. A bunch of the patrons crowded around me. The lady sighed. "Can you give me any proof?" she asked. I peeled back the plastic canvas tent I had the dragon head in. "Is that enough proof?" She quickly nodded, and handed over the credits.
I walked out of the store with 10,000 credits in one hand, and a dragon head in the other. As soon as I reached the dock, my draginmeat sale was bombarded by traders, sales being rung up by the dozens. When all was over, I had an additional 20,000 credits added to my bag.
I took the dragon head back to HQ. I stepped into the living room and set the dragon head onto a platter so that the blood would drain into it, so the blood could be brewed into a very fine, and very expensive wine. The simplest thing to do would be to get the barrels into Megadimension, and wait a few days to collect it. Each bottle could fetch 5 million credits each, since very expensive ingredients are used, including flowers from Celestia. It would not be an easy task.
At that moment, I heard a shriek. I ran into the kichen. Histoire stared at the dragon head. "What's up?" I asked. In response, Histy turned to me, fire in her eyes as she responded.
"You know what's up! You left a dragon head on the counter!" she snapped. "At least leave it on your own table!" I shrugged. "Just making some dragon wine." She frowned. "And why, may I ask, are you doing that?" I responded quickly. "To benefit the army." Floating over to me, Histy looked at me softly. "Promise you'll make me a bottle?" I sighed. "Of couse I will."
She smiled. "Carry on, then. I was wondering why I was receiving these buckets of dragonblood." The thing is, the alcohol level in the blood was enough to get somebody drunk from one drop. So some of the alcohol needed to be burned from the blood. This was a tedious process, as you must put out the fire at a precise moment, or it will explode.
Instead of wheat, celestial lotuses and caviar are added to the brew when it has cooled down to room temperature. The lotuses ferment the blood for ten years, then it is ready for consumption. Many CPUs have only had the chance to drink it once. The bottles would be split between the nations to be sold.
I walked to the infirmary and was about to open the door when I heard clothes hitting the floor. I decided to knock. The rapping on the door got the attention of whoever was on the other side. "Just a sec!" came the voice of Uni, who quickly answered the door. As it opened, I sighed. "I just need to get some- um, holy desu." I turned around quickly. "Huh? What's... wrong...?"
I heard a shriek, and I jumped, running for it. I tripped on a stray wire and fell into the bookshelf, sending dictionaries and picture books everywhere. Just like that, everything went black.
When I awoke, Noire was at my side. She shook her head. "Tsk tsk. If only you weren't such a perv." I rose quickly. "What are you two doing here?" Uni sighed. "Just visiting." she replied. "Nepgear insisted."
I had walked in on Uni changing by mistake.
I heard footsteps as Nepgear appeared in the doorway. She giggled. "Bonjour, Kenji. Ça va?" she greeted. I sighed. "Comme ci comme ça. Et vous?" I replied. She responded with, "Très bien, merci." I knew both French and English very well, so communicating in both languages was a breeze.
"I don't know why you brought me here."
They had brought me to a R-18 beach, where you are allowed to take off all of your clothes in public. I was brought before a console in an enclosed room. The onscreen assistant asked me if I was over 18. I tapped yes. It told me to have a nice day as I walked out of the booth.
The beach was pretty much deserted, as it was pretty late in the day. The beach was closed to anyone without permission from Basilicom, which I had. I sighed as the cool breeze blew over me. I heard a giggle from Neptune. "At least take your shirt off." she joked.
It was hot for a sunset. I obeyed and took my shirt off. Neptune looked at me, blood dribbling from her nose. Nepgear was busy talking to Uni. "This swimsuit is kinda embarrassing... but..." Uni began.
Nepgear sighed. "You are so beautiful. I love it." Uni blushed. I then notice a familiar voice. I turn to see Sadie and Big Nep in their favorite swimsuits. "I wonder why we don't hang out most of the time."
Big Nep surveyed. "We get along pretty well." I shrugged and answered automatically, "That's something you should ask the creators of the video game series, anime, and fanfic, not me." Whatever.
I walk to the water. I notice that Noire is looking pretty shy. I sigh as I walk over to her. She looks directly at me. My gaze immediately looks into the CPUs eyes. As I get close, Noire blushes. Not too close, just close enough to possibly graze her with my hand but not close enough to invade her personal space. "You look kinda flushed." I told her. "Are you overheating?"
Noire looked away. "O-of course not." she replied. "I-I just..." I hold out my hand to her, gesturing her towards the water. She hesitated, then held her hand out to me. I took it and guided her towards the water. I stepped in first.
I shuddered as cold water flowed around my foot. But it felt great against the hot sunset. Noire sighed as she too stepped into the water. Everyone else had decided to step into the water as well. Noire looked over at a beach ball that was floating on the waves. "Wanna play?" I ask. Noire sighs. "Fine." We begin bouncing the ball back and fourth to each other. Noire was very competitive, but hostility quickly faded as Noire began to enjoy herself
Soon, both me and her were laughing and playing, having a blast in the process. We then decided to actually play some volleyball. Minutes turned into hours as the sunset faded into moonlight. We took another dip to cool off and then, it was time to leave. I began drying myself off and putting my clothing back on.
Within ten minutes, we were back in the car. I began driving back to the HQ. We had to make a stop past the airport so that Uni and Noire could get back home. When we got there, Uni and Noire stepped out of the car. "Let's head home, sis." Noire stated firmly. As Noire shifted into jet form, Nepgear ran out after Uni. The two looked at each other.
What happened next was poetry. Nepgear wrapped her arm around Uni's waist and kissed her. Foot popping, handholding and all. I waited in silence. I reached for some tissues. "Kenji? Are... are you crying?" asked Neptune. I choked out, "Oui!" But these were tears of joy, of fulfillment. Eventually as the two lovers separated, I was able to get ahold of myself.
We watched as Noire and Uni flew off into the horizon. Nepgear got back into the car, and we continued to drive home. When we pulled up to the HQ, the place looked vacant. We quickly went into the HQ, since we were so tired. Climbing into the elevator, we began our ascent.
We soon walked into the living room. I felt uneasy. "It's so dark...and why is there boss music playing?" Neptune hissed. "Ow! You stepped on my foot!" she barked. I apologized. "Is Histy asleep?" I asked. Nepgear shrugged. "It appears so." she replied. I sighed. "I'll make some tea in the morning." I proposed.
"And what, may I ask, are you planning to do after that?" asked Histy. "Is there anything wrong here?" Neptune shook her head. "Nothing's wrong." Histoire sighed as she pointed at a paper under the clock, turning on the light at the same time. "Care to try again?" she asked. I read the paper. It told us the curfew was midnight. It was one in the morning.
Shoot. I forgot about the curfew! Histy shrugged. "I was going to give you all a talking to, but I realized that I should give you three my special treatment. Big Nep, Plutie, you two go into that room right there." The two obeyed. "So, what punishment were you-"
Before I could finish, Histy double slapped me. The punishment was quick and effective. I fell to the ground. "Histy, what the-" Before Neptune could finish her sentence, Histy punched her in the stomach. She collapsed. Nepgear didn't get to say anything before she is kicked in the face. She is sent into a bookshelf with the force of the blow.
Histy walks away as we get up from our injuries. "You three could've gotten away with goofing off. Why didn't you get the blind eye?" she growled. "Because you pissed me off. Compa will treat your injuries. After that, go to sleep or I'll put you to sleep." She slammed the door. We just drank our healing potions and conked out. It wasn't worth a fight.
