Calm

At this very moment, an odd medicinal fragrance actually permeated the originally quiet girls’ dormitory room.

The lid of the medicine pot was being rattled “clank-clank” by the rising steam, and the liquid inside the pot bubbed and gurgled as it boiled.

Selina squatted in front of the little stove she had just set up, carefully watching and adjusting the gentle flame beneath the pot.

Every one of her movements fell into the eyes of Aurelia, who was currently curled up on the bed.

For some unknown reason, when Selina—who had left and then returned—scooped her out of the bathtub once more, the strange, clear scent emanating from her body had miraculously calmed the dragon blood that had been boiling inside Aurelia.

Thinking back now, that lingering fragrance around her nose had not only been a girl’s natural body scent; it had also carried a medicinal aroma she had never encountered before.

It was that unknown medicinal scent that had worked.

Aurelia tightly wrapped herself in the quilt and thought this.

Yet the hot sweat on her forehead still flowed uncontrollably.

Even though the boiling dragon blood had been temporarily suppressed, it did not mean the aroused desire had vanished into thin air.

During the time she could still endure, Selina had said nothing and simply produced a bunch of strange items from who-knows-where, setting up the little stove and medicine pot before her eyes.

Those nameless herbs had all been taken out by the girl herself.

Watching her movements, it didn’t look like an alchemist brewing an antidote to lust. After all, alchemists prized rigor—where had any proper alchemist ever just dumped a pile of herbs into a pot, added water, and started stewing?

In their eyes, this wasn’t scientific refining; it was cooking ingredients!

Yet this utterly unorthodox method somehow gave Aurelia a strange sense of familiarity.

Once upon a time, she had met someone just as strange.
The man who had saved her from a dragon’s breath had done exactly this.

Along their escape route, big and small battles had constantly left wounds both external and internal on him.

Although he had prepared corresponding alchemical medicines in advance, the glass bottles were hard to carry in large quantities, and the healing potions were quickly exhausted.

After that, whenever they camped in forests or thickets, the man would always pick the herbs he needed from areas rich in vegetation.

Those nameless herbs would always be tossed wholesale into a medicine pot and stewed.

The resulting juice was either drunk or applied externally. In short, this crude behavior that alchemists would call barbaric had saved both him and her from many life-threatening injuries.

Seeing the same bizarre method again now, the little dragon girl couldn’t help but feel a sense of déjà vu.

Recalling how she had just now clung to the girl’s waist and coquettishly called “Husband~,” her cheeks, which had only just cooled a little, grew hot again.

Aurelia shook her head hard, trying to dispel those unrealistic thoughts. At that moment, Selina, who had been stewing the medicine beside her, extinguished the flame.

She lifted the oddly-shaped pot and poured the finished decoction into a prepared bowl.

The white bottom of the bowl was instantly filled with dark brown liquid; hot steam mixed with a rich medicinal fragrance instantly lifted one’s spirits.

Selina first sniffed the aroma, blew on the mist rising from the surface, then personally tasted a mouthful. Only after confirming the decoction was properly prepared did the girl nod in satisfaction.

At the same time, faint magic power flowed through the air.

A layer of frost covered the bottom of the bowl Selina held.

The scalding-hot medicine instantly lost its heat to the frost. When the frost dispersed, the liquid in the bowl had completely cooled.

“Hey, drink this. It should work.”

Selina brought the bowl over.

Aurelia stared at the rippling brown liquid.

After a long silence, she reached out and obediently took the white bowl.

The medicine tasted strong and pungent, but fortunately the temperature had dropped.

Aurelia tilted the bowl and drained it in one go. The bitterness that spread across her taste buds made her feel even more familiar.

It’s this feeling.

This exact taste.

Same technique, same aftertaste.

Apart from the different appearance and gender, everything about this human girl’s actions was filled with Conde’s shadow.

The cooled medicine quickly took effect inside her body.

The dragon lust that had still been faintly restless instantly quieted completely.

The hot sweat on her forehead stopped, and her overexcited body went thoroughly limp.

Selina reached out and touched the girl’s forehead.

Though it was still a bit feverish, the temperature was clearly dropping. The medicine was working.

The black-haired girl let out a relieved breath.

But she didn’t notice that the moment her hand touched the other’s forehead, Aurelia’s body had visibly trembled.

If the red dragoness Norin saw this scene, her jaw would probably drop in shock.

In her impression, even she—Norin’s personal maid—hadn’t casually touched the saintess’s body or skin that much, let alone a classmate she had only just met.

Aurelia was infamous in the Dragon God Church for her severe mysophobia.

She hated others touching her skin without permission.

The church members simply treated it as one of the saintess’s quirks, but only Aurelia herself knew: she simply loathed anyone except Conde touching her body.

That sensation would instinctively make her feel disgust.

The moment Selina’s hand was about to touch her forehead, the little dragon girl had already prepared to stop it.

Yet, surprisingly, when the girl’s hand actually made contact, she felt no goosebumps of revulsion.

On the contrary, the ice-cold touch felt… enjoyable and comforting.

Selina handed over a towel and gently wiped the remaining sweat from the girl’s forehead.

At the same time, her expression was full of guilt as she kept apologizing.

“Sorry, I barged into your dorm without permission. I really am sorry…”

“Aurelia-san, if there’s anything you’re unhappy about, please tell me. I will definitely compensate accordingly. I deeply apologize for this accident!”

She had seen another girl completely naked. Right now, Selina only felt like a complete scoundrel—utterly heinous! That was the saintess of the entire Dragon God Empire!

What is a saintess?

A publicly acknowledged sacred and inviolable pure maiden!

Now, she had intruded into someone’s dorm without consent and seen the other party’s entire body.

How was this any different from those perverted molesters back on Blue Star?

Well… there was a slight difference.

At least she was a girl now, so the impact shouldn’t be that severe. But she still had to show the proper attitude of admitting fault.

With the boiling dragon blood calmed, Aurelia finally had the spare capacity to respond to the girl before her.

Unlike Selina’s imagination of tears or rage, Aurelia, wrapped entirely in her quilt, was unusually calm.

Her brilliant golden eyes had regained their usual cold clarity.

The abnormal flush on her cheeks had completely faded, returning to normal fairness.

“It’s fine. I don’t mind.”

“Eh?!”