Just another Dragon story

You tripped and took a tumble as you fruitlessly attempted to scale the cliff in front of you. Fortuitously you landed in a cushioned tuft of grass rather than the rocky outcrops that dotted much of the landscape. You had spent all afternoon exploring the wilderness just outside your village. Naturally, you knew this wasn’t the brightest idea. You had lived most your life in a mamono friendly state and had heard the story of the more tribal monsters still haunting the forest. Nonetheless, you enjoyed the opportunity for a respite from the bustle of the city that the woodlands afforded you. You weren’t particularly paranoid because at this point you reasoned that most wild monsters had already either returned to demon realms or found a mate. Besides, these days the barbaric stories of monsters had become stuff of legend considering the relative civility of city mamonos.
Not letting yourself be disheartened by your previous tumble, you found a clean path towards the top of the tip of the mountains. Determined to reach the peak you traversed upwards. After a few minutes of trekking you came across somewhat of an anomaly, an open cave in the side of the cliff. This was interesting, you hadn’t heard of any caves around this area. You stepped forward and peaked inside of the cave, only darkness hailed you. Surprisingly, the odor that greeted you from the entrance didn’t smell of mushrooms and stale air, but rather smelled of incense. You felt oddly welcomed and decided to explore the cave since it was certainly one of the more interesting locations you’d find around here.
Before you entered the cave you grabbed a hefty branch and sparked it to provide lighting. As you traveled forwards you were astounded by the spectacle you saw. You stepped in to the center of the cavern and looked around you in awe. Glittering gold and shining jewels were spread across the cavern before you. Still astounded by the treasure trove in front of you, you barely had time to register what happened next.
A roar pierced and shook the cavern walls. Suddenly a beast with glittering green wings struck forward and landed in front of you letting loose another ear-splitting screech. Before you stood a woman with wings spread abreast glaring at you with menacing jade pupils. The busty figure stood above you with an imposing presence and jagged claws. Long black hair fell upon her shoulders and her claws remained pronounced upon her hips. She stood only an inch above you, but her presence alone seemed to make her tower over you. You fell flat backwards as your life flashed before your eyes.  Between the adrenaline and fear it took you a minute to register what you were slack-jawed staring at. It was a dragon in the flesh, something that was a myth amongst the city populace.  As you inched backwards towards the entrance she spoke.
“Who is thou that dares trespass upon my sacred territory? Whom is’t brave enough to advance upon my sacred lair?”
“Wh-what?” Is all you could stutter before she let loose a column of flames.
“Does thou not understand? Thou have wandered upon ancient lands not disturbed for millennia, in to the almighty home of beings greater than gods, why have thee drawn my ire?’

Against your better judgement the first thing that you blurted was an honest question,
“Why do you talk like that?
“…….What?”
“Your speech, uh, it’s a little archaic don’t you think”
She only greeted your question with a lethal glare and a slight blush.
“How dare thee?!?! D-d-dare thy question my manner of speech? My linguistic mannerisms have been passed down through millennia from my ancestors before me!”

“Sounds like it’s still stuck in last millennium”
She met you with a look even more dangerous than the one from before; she stepped closer to you and thrust her face within inches of your own.
“Doest thou dare mock me? Doest thou not understand thou life hangs in the balance? What say thee”
At this point your nerves have been fried, not only by the danger of your life ending in moments, but by the menacing character that questioned you.
“W-well, I mean…. Sorry, I apologize”
“………..”
“No, seriously the uh, gravity of the situation wasn’t apparent. I apologize for, um, offending you”
Suddenly she grabbed your jaw and began inspecting you. She turned your face side to side and looked you up and down thoroughly. At one point you could have sworn her claws began wandering towards your behind, but she immediately retracted her hands. She stared at you for what felt like hours before she began nodding approvingly.
“Very well, thou seem suitable enough. Th’oblivous self will be granted clemency in return for thy fealty. I shall spare thee in return for thy servitude”
You let out a relieved sigh before you realized what she asked of you. Holy shit, this mythological being just asked you to be her maid. Never had you any intentions of performing this duty but your sense of self preservation took precedence.
“Uh, yeah sure. Wh-what do you want me to do”

She started back surprised to this question. It was almost as if the thought of what came next had never occurred to her
“Um, start by…. Dusting that corner, over yonder.” She stated, as she pulled out a beaten and worn broom from the outskirts of her hoard.
With haste you begin dusting the corner she pointed towards. In the background you hear her breath heavily. As you bend down to pick up a piece of litter you almost hear her gasp.

While tending to your new duties you hear her blurt out a question.
 “Wait, before continuing I must inquire…. Are thy what they consider popular”

Taken aback you wonder. While you were far from the toast of the town you have plenty of people you can call your friends. Also, it wasn’t particularly hard for you to talk to strangers or ease your way into social situations.

“I guess, I mean nobody really worries about that stuff outside of teenagers but yeah sure… Wait, why is that important”
She blushes and casts a glance at the ground and begins twiddling her fingers together.
“Uh…. I just was wondering the stature of the specimen in front of me”
“….what?”
“Th-Thou heard me!”, She stuttered.

You responded with awkward silence.
She responded with an even more sustained silence.

“Do you get out much,” you ask.
“Of course!! I am a divine beast that strikes fear upon the hearts of mortals and that conquers nations, of course I’ve been outside this cave. I’ve traveled to the furthest reaches of the…… cave….”
“…..”
“Just how many people do you know?”
“I-I, I know thee!”
“Outside of me”
She responded with silence that was somehow deafening. It didn’t take long for you to realize that this fabled terror that you’ve been speaking to probably hadn’t communicated with humans much of her life. Somehow your dread was replaced with some sort of pity, albeit a fear-tinged pity.

“That doesn’t matter, does thou think I would sully myself with those beneath me. R-return to thine’s duties before I decide against my decision of granting mercy”

Understanding the message you return to dusting the cavern. Taking some initiative, you begin re-arranging the diamonds, emeralds, and jewels. At this you can hear her audibly gulp and start panting. Come to think of it, she’s been staring at you and breathing heavy this whole time. You ignore this and channel your nervous energy in to the task at hand.
During your work you begin feeling somnolent. Sucking up your pride you ask the ruler of the cave if you can rest to which she gives a single gesture of approval. Naturally, there is nowhere comfortable in this coarse, craggy cavern so you find a rocky spot to lay down for a repose.  While trying to sleep chills run throughout the cave leaving you shivering. As your teeth chatters you notice the dragon begin to saunter over to you. Surprisingly, she lays down right next to you and brings you within her clutches and clings to you.
“Uh, what are you doing”
“Silence! I happened to feel a slight chill, and if someone of my stature feels the biting frost then thy must be freezing. I-I-it would be a shame if I allowed my charges to feel such cold.”
During her admonishment you swear you almost noticed a slight blush appear on her cheeks.

You aren’t in any position to argue so you allow her to hold you. Despite her best intentions you can not even begin to sleep with this agent of death squeezing you. She on the other hand quickly nods off. During her sleep she begins to gently rest her head upon your chest as she subconsciously wraps her tail around your leg. Somehow, you find this comforting and begin to drift away.
This routine continues you for a few days as you find menial chores to do around the cavern and she finds absurd excuses to continue to cuddle you. She never seemed to speak much, mostly she just maintained a cold, contemptuous stare. Occasionally, she painstakingly broke the silence with questions of you. These inquiries generally centered around what she referred to as the “common tongue” and about life among the city. You explained to her about general manners of speech, the difference between proper and colloquial speech, as well as different styles of slang and such. Oddly, her condescending stance seemed to soften to one of mild curiosity. She stared intently as you filled the conversation with bar stories, tales of childhood, and friends. She even attempted to pick up a few of the words you taught her, naturally with embarrassing results. Luckily, you managed to convince her to drop the “Thee” and “Thy” and replace her obsolete syntax with “You” and “I”. You could tell this shut-in dragon found your conversation’s pleasant at the least, but they only seemed to fill you with a longing for your previous life.
As your sporadic conversations began to become more frequent, you finally worked up the courage to ask about her own self.
Startled she began,
“What is it you wish to know?”
“I don’t know, how old are you, what’s your name. Just the basics I guess.”
“Hmmm, inquisitive today I see. Fine I can humor you. My name is Constanze, and I am aged 23 years.”
“Constanze? Odd name, what, I mean where are you from?”
“I believe it was Germany. I left my mothers cave when I came of age at 16 years….”
She trailed off leaving a sense of unspoken words in the air.
“Go on. Please, I’m sorta bored talking about myself.”
A hint of a smile seemed to swiftly whisper at the corners of her mouth before promptly returning to the nothingness it came from.
“I, I came to this cave at the encouragement of my mother. She gave me a dowry of her hoard and insisted I come to this area because…. She said because of it’s proximity to your kingdom if you believe that. She mentioned something about spending many of her years looking down upon the lesser species of the world. Apparently, somewhere along the way that stance seemed to soften because she was insistent that I be exposed to the other races while still young. Imagine that, my sole peripatetic purpose for settling here was simply to meet people.”
At this she let out an uneasy, melancholic laugh.
“And? Has your stance changed? What do you think?”
At this she returned to her silent, straight-forward stare.
“Some mysteries have yet to be answered”
After that she reverted to her customary silence. Even so, since then Constanze’s countenance seemed softer than before.
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Eventually the monotony of your routine was disturbed by the sound of your stomachs audible growls. You decided it’s worth going outside the cave for a second to find some sort of sustenance.
Abruptly, you hear a startled scream from the back of the cavern.

“Where do you think you are going!?”
“Look, I’m starving I need to find something to eat.”
Immediately Constanze’s emerald eyes became inflamed with fury.
“Return to your duties, you are my property and I will find nourishment to sustain you”
At that she immediately spread her wings and took flight with a determination you hadn’t quite seen in her before. You ruminate on her words. You’re her property? Being told you were simply an object was degrading to say this least. After a few moments you realize something, she had never let you out of her sight this entire time but at this moment you are free from her scrutinizing eye. On impulse, you immediately rush out of her lair in an attempt to escape.
After an hour or so you hear a thunderous roar from the direction you fled from. With haste you picked up the pace and began sprinting down the mountainside. In your rush you begin to trip, tumble, and topple down the escarpments. Without warning, you hear a figure crashing through the cliffs and trees chasing after you. As your heart pounds you try to pick yourself up and continue onwards but it is too late as the swift figure abruptly appears and pounces on top of you.
She positions her body upon you, holds you down, and looks at you with utmost ferocity.
“H-how dare you! You dare attempt to escape from my clutches? Do you have a death wish you mortal fool!”
Deciding your dead as it is you decide to speak your mind.
“Look, I can’t keep doing this. I’m not a goddamn maid, you can’t keep me in your dusty cavern with nothing but a fucking rock to sleep on, treat me like a tool, and then not fucking feed me! Goddamnit!”
At this she goes silent and suddenly you see something resembling tears come to her eyes.
“Are you saying I haven’t taken care of you?
You nervously nod your head. With that she almost seems shattered and begins to sniffle. She lets you loose from her clutches and buries her head in to her arms.

“I’m worthless, what kind of dragon am I”
Startled, you instinctively open your mouth to say something but nothing comes out.
“How can I consider myself worthy of the legacy bestowed upon me if I cannot even keep a man in my cave. By the gods, I can’t even protect my treasure!”
At this point she is absolutely bawling, her eyes have become nothing but a source of tears.
“H-hey, calm down sorry I didn’t realize. I mean, wait, are you serious? Am I, uh, treasure to you?”
At this her head brusquely raises forward, she looks deeply in to your eyes and nods.
“Ok, ok, sorry. No really, I’m sorry. I didn’t think it was anything like that. Look, I really absolutely sincerely apologize. But if we’re being honest, I just can’t stay in that cave all day. I have a home you know?”

She cocks her head to the side incredulously.
“I, I never quite pondered that, fine, I apologize as well. I’m absolutely ashamed and contrite that I held you against your will in such a manner. I-It’s just, if we are both being forthright I don’t have many people to talk to, much less a male. I’m sure this comes as a surprise”
You’re not surprised in the slightest but pretend to be astonished anyway.
“I was just hoping if I held you to the cave long enough we could begin to bond, and maybe I could learn from you how to converse with the common peasants”
“Well for starters you shouldn’t refer to people as peasants”
At this she leans forwards attentively, as if every word you are about to say is the treasure which she hoards.
“Continue”
“I mean, you just have to be natural when you talk to people, don’t judge them and just uh, talk to them and stuff. Look, it’s not like I’m always the best at talking to people, very few are. Everyone has moments of grace and equal moments of awkwardness, but it isn’t too hard once you get used to it. You just have to put yourself out there.”
She continues to stare at you as if her life depended on it.
“I have nothing else to say, that’s all.”
“You’re wisdom is astounding, please continue to teach me”
This sudden humility is just as astounding as your sudden fictitious wisdom. Impulsively you decided to take her to the city.
“Here, how about this. Come to town with me. For real, I have a place we can stay. We can walk around and go to a few bars or something. It’s mamono friendly so outside of your um, uniqueness, you shouldn’t be too out of place.”

She raised one claw to her mouth as her face turned utterly red.
“This isn’t some sort of jest is it? Can I come to town with you?”
She continues to stare at you with expectant eyes causing you to start laughing. She cast her eyes downwards in shame before you grab her hands and continue laughing.
 “What? Of course you can, come on. At this point I think we might as well consider ourselves friends.”
At this, she begins blushing furiously as she does her utmost best to avoid eye contact.
“Fine, I will accompany you in to town and converse with the peasan—I mean commoners, ahhhh, I mean people.”

Silently, you wonder what you’ve gotten yourself in to. Taking a sheltered dragon out for a night on the town is the last thing you ever expected yourself to do. Nonetheless it was easily a preferable alternative to remaining in a cave sweeping cobwebs.

The next day you and your dragon companion made y’alls way down from the mountains with scarce few words shared between you. You both stopped at your house so you could replace the dank clothes you had worn the past week. At your behest she came inside and awkwardly stood in the living room as you changed upstairs. Yourself had chosen to dress modestly with a simple T-shirt, khaki shorts, and tennis shoes. As for herself she had rummaged through her meagre dresser and donned a sleeveless white dress that went down just short of her knees showing a glimpse of her toned thighs. As you headed in to town your eyes occasionally drifted to her legs to which she caught your stare with rouge cheeks.
Not knowing where to start you began aimlessly wandering the streets of the town with her. The streets were lively with succubus’s running around in delight flirting with men meandering about the sidewalks. Red Oni’s stood amongst the bars drinking and shouting obscenities at random members of the people that littered the walkways. Mamonos of all sorts ran to and fro throughout the streets. It was absolutely refreshing considering the clammy cavern you had been stuck to. For the most part the dragon took it in with eager, wide eyes. Her previously arrogant attitude had dissipated and it seemed as though you were with a brand new person.
“The environment here is absolutely breathtaking, is it always of this sort?”
“Yeah sure, on the weekends it’s pretty lively and stuff.”
To this she perked up, despite her stern face you could tell she was enjoying this injection of life that the city streets provided her. Her sights drifted upon a club with people lining up outside of it. She grabbed your arm and pointed towards the scene.
“That, that over yonder. Let us go there.”
You sigh and smile to yourself, the crowded clubs really weren’t your style. It was hard to talk over the music and the rampant sexual harassment from the mamonos was hardly subtle. Still, you relented knowing this outing was less about you and more about her.
You both made your way to the front of the line. The oni bouncer began to ask for your id’s before catching the stare of the dragon. After a brief stare down the oni relented and wordlessly let you and your companion in to the bar.
Of course, the club was packed to the wall. You made your way to the bar to get some drinks, normally an adventure that was chock full of gropes and grabs, but mysteriously nobody made any advances on you. You grabbed a beer for you and the dragon and handed a bottle to her.
“Here, feel free to drink, it’s on me tonight”
She stared at the bottle curiously, swirled it and took a ginger drink. Suddenly she made a disgusted face and began coughing. Suppressing a laugh, you asked her what was wrong.
“What, is this foul substance? Are you attempting to poison me?!?”
You put your hands up in surrender.
“I promise, it’s just an acquired taste or something. Just keep drinking”
At your encouragement she downed the bottle and asked you for another. As you both stood at the edge of the club watching the dance floor she continued to drink, subconsciously understanding the liquid courage the drink bestowed. You also began to feel the familiar feeling of alcohol and gathered your own sort of courage. Curiously, you noticed everyone keeping clear of you and the intimidating dragon beside you. Taking advantage of the space they had given, you decided to do something you’ve rarely done and asked her to dance.
“Let’s dance, come on”
“I-I, dancing is not part of my skill set”
“Whatever, I have no clue how either”
You began doing your best to dance with her, you’re moves were far from sophisticated but at this point you don’t care, you’re just happy to be out. She started to take heed of your movements and stiffly began to dance. Her normally dignified and graceful maneuvers were replaced by unnatural, awkward steps. After a minute she noticed a few of the succubus’s giggling in her direction and abruptly stopped while glowering at the offenders until they silently fled the bar. Impulsively, you decided to grip her hand and swirl her around. She attempted to follow your movements but clumsily tripped over her own feet and tumbled to the ground dragging you with her. She flushed with embarrassment as you began laughing hysterically while lifting both yourself and her up. As you helped her to her feet she flashed you a smile, the first you had seen from her. In that moment you realized something, you had never stopped to realize how beautiful she was. Blushing, you continued laughing.
“See, that was fun. I mean, I hope you had fun, because I did.”
She awkwardly nodded. Even though it wasn’t the most enthusiastic of responses your intuition told you she enjoyed the dance.
“Ok, here these crowded clubs are honestly lame, let me take you somewhere more chill”
“Chill? Is it not summer?”
“What? No, haha, no it’s a figure of speech. Here, come on lets dip.”
“Dip?”
“Leave, I mean let’s leave.”
After paying your tab you continued outwards. Along the way you rashly reached towards her and began to hold her had.
Your gamble payed off as she began to absolutely beam at you
“T-this is fine. I will allow it”.
You both returned to exploring the town but this time it didn’t feel so aimless with her by your side. Constanze continued to look around with an innocent awe. She giggled as a group of orcs stumbled over themselves in an attempt to talk to one lone man on the sidewalk, clapped at the Cheshire magician who made coins appear and re-appear with a flick of her fingers, and began to return the stares of onlookers with a newfound smile. At some point, she had quietly wrapped her entire arm around yours practically dangling from you as you dragged her around.
During your adventures, a Tanuki began to wave her down shouting about a special deal for one as noble as herself. You thought about stopping her but knew it was no use, she was as stubborn as she was beautiful. Silently, she strolled to the stall and allowed the Tanuki to effortlessly hustle her out of her jewels in return for a few trinkets. Even her wisdom was no match for a Tanuki’s when it came to the realms of business.
“Ah, yes, yes. This is very good jar, ancient jar I have been saving only for most dignified of beings. I would say this is priceless but for you, diamonds shall suffice. Ohoho, I am quite a fool.”
“…Fine, yes. This will make an excellent addition to my treasures.”
“Ufufufu, indeed! Come back soon friend”
At this she jumped startled,
“Y-yes, friend. Yes! Certainly, my friend!”
She turned around and shot you a smug, radiating grin. Silently laughing to yourself, you returned her smile simply thankful that no contracts were signed.
The Tanuki at the stall appeared embarrassed and ashamed at Constanze’s excitement. As you began to walk away you overheard her mention something to another Tanuki about needing to pull a few strings as a favor to her new dragon friend.
Letting out a yawn, you decided it was time to head home. Along the way she stopped yet again in wonder at the front of a store. You turned towards what had caught her interest only to notice she was staring intently through a window in to a local shop. Through the looking glass was a stark white wedding dress draped upon a mannequin.
“What, what is this article of clothing may I ask? It, it, it’s absolutely breathtaking.”
Startled at her sudden interest you replied,
“Well it’s a wedding dress. Uh, in our culture when people decide they want to spend their lives together they get married. This dress is usually what people wear to those kinds of ceremonies.”
She turned and looked in to your eyes with utmost seriousness
“I will have this dress for myself, I must have this dress!”
“Sure, yeah sure Constanze, maybe one day you will”
She continued to stare at you, sizing you up and down attentively before looking away.
“Let’s continue to your place of residence, I have grown weary”
You returned to your home and staggered through the front door. At this point even Constanze was slightly stumbling. You entered through the doorway and began wearily rubbing your eyes.
“Alright, I’m sleepy, I mean we can chill for a bit longer but you can sleep on my bed, I’ll just stay on the couch”
Out of the blue she gripped you and continued to deliver a cold gaze in to your eyes.
“What do you mean? Will we not continue to rest together like we have been”
You are taken back by this request, you’re not sure what she meant, or why you decided to do what you did next, but you impulsively leaned in for a kiss.
At this she leaned back startled.
Ashamed you began to apologize
“Woah, my bad. I mean I kinda thought we had...”
At this she put a hand up to your mouth to silence you
“What audacity, I mean how could you.”
You cast your eyes downwards in embarrassment
“To think that a mere human thinks he can kiss me first?!? That is my job, I am… as you say “damnit” I am a dragon. I will strike first”

Immediately she embraced you and kissed you deeply. The kiss lasted for some time and her lips lingered upon yours as she hesitantly released her hold on your mouth. Forcefully, she pushed you to the ground.
“Be quiet, I’m not exactly certain of the next step, but please. Allow me to figure it out.”
She instantly clinched your lips between hers again as she began lasciviously ripping apart your clothing. As she turned you around and began to mount you she stopped and gingerly began to stroke her claws upon your chest.
“Is this what you desire hmmm? Tell me, I do not wish to infringe upon your autonomy any longer”
You stare at her and smile, apparently this is all the affirmation she needed as she lustfully began her next moves. All night you made love, soft and tender at first with interspersed moments of ferocity. At the end of it all you both laid exhausted in each other’s embrace. After hours of wordless sex she broke the silence.
“I quite enjoyed that, thank you for that. I realize now that I care for you deeply. Honest.”
Startled, but not surprised you smile at her again. Breathlessly you whisper, “Hmm, yea I guess I’ve grown to like you too.”
You both continue comfortably embracing in post-conjugal bliss, silently enjoying each other’s presence.
“Please, can we come to the town more often? I hope that now that I have found you I can gather more allies, I-I mean friends. I truly enjoyed our date”
“Sure, it would be my pleasure”
She gripped you and positioned her body directly on top of you and shot you a lewd smile
“But first, I believe I must take you back to my liar. I need some time alone with you for a fortnight or so. If you don’t mind returning to the rocky abode”
“Certainly, just do me a favor and bring a mattress please”
She continued to grin lustily at you. It occurred to you that she did not mind, all that was on her mind was bringing you back to the cavern.
She laid her head back on your chest and began to softly spoon you as she sweetly whispered in to your ear about you being her most prized treasure.