I Didn't Expect You To Be This Kind of Heroine

On a clear afternoon, Ruby was lying on the slope of a hill, enjoying the benefits of the sun and letting the ultraviolet rays kill harmful bacteria on his body. Not far from him, Mayona was doing aerobic exercises. She lay flat on the ground, struggling to lift her upper body, using this method called sit-ups to reduce her excess fat.

"Come on, ten more and you're done."

Ruby could tell from Mayona's panting that she was very tired, but she was still a little short of her goal. Ruby could do nothing about her poor stamina and could only offer some sarcastic remarks.

"Ugh, why do I have to do this to myself..."

Mayona truly hated exercise that felt like self-abuse. Just today, she vaguely asked Ruby if there was a way to eat sweets to her heart's content without getting fat, and then he brought her here for torture. The most hateful part was making her torture herself.

"The sun feels so good."

"You like sunbathing, huh? I'll give you some sun."

Mayona gritted her teeth and extended her index finger. A circle of magic power rippled outwards. A dark cloud gradually formed, the prelude to casting the lightning magic skill, Lightning Storm. This powerful level nine magic was being used by Mayona to tease Ruby. If it could think for itself, who knows what it would say to Mayona.

"Huh?"

Ruby, who was enjoying the warm embrace of the sun, suddenly felt his vision darken. When he opened his eyes, he saw a whole mass of dark clouds floating above his head. He rolled to the left, and the cloud followed him. No matter how he dodged, it just kept following him, blocking him.

"Mayona, are you a child?"

Ruby wasn't angry. He just got up, went to Mayona's side, and asked her. The other party pretended not to hear, acting dead.

"Alright, that's enough for today. I'll treat you to pudding when we get back."

After so much time together, Ruby had figured out Mayona's personality. She was probably unhappy about being ignored right now. Ruby didn't make things difficult for her and turned to walk towards the small wooden house.

"Good choice."

Mayona curved her lips and smiled silently. She dispersed the dark cloud and followed Ruby's footsteps.

"Are you still sulking? Shouldn't you be done by now?"

Ruby walked a few steps and found that the sunlight still didn't reach him. The shadow had actually grown quite a bit larger. He couldn't help but turn his head and ask.

"No, this isn't me."

Mayona had already dispersed her magic. As she spoke, she and Ruby looked up at the sky together, only to see a black shadow descending at a speed too fast for the eye to catch, clearly about to crash into the ground.

"Earth magic, Grasp of the Earth!"

Mayona lightly tapped the ground with the tip of her toe. The usually quiet earth suddenly began to tremble, as if an ancient giant had awakened. A giant palm made of earth blocks rose from the ground. The palm was over fifty meters in size, and it crushed the black shadow in its grip with a single slap.

"It's you, Mors."

Blocking the strong wind that blew due to inertia with a magic shield, Mayona frowned as she saw the giant creature trapped in her palm. It was clear she didn't want to see this dragon.

"Roar!"

Mors the Black Dragon's eyes flashed with surprise and joy. If he hadn't been unable to break free from Mayona's earth magic, he probably would have pounced on her and nuzzled her. He had just happened to be flying nearby when he suddenly sensed Mayona's magic fluctuations. That familiar magic had seeped into his bones; he would never mistake it. After landing, he indeed saw his fiancée, whom he had missed day and night.

"Speak human."

Mayona didn't understand what the dragon was saying. At her command, Mors transformed into the appearance of a young boy and slipped out from between the fingers of the Grasp of the Earth.

"My wife, you're really alive. I've finally found you."

Mors shouted happily, wanting to throw himself into his fiancée's warm embrace. However, Mayona didn't appreciate it at all. With a snap of her fingers, she used plant magic, Vine Entanglement, to tightly wrap the naked little imp, preventing him from moving forward.

"Mors! I told you I wouldn't let you off if you appeared before me again!"

Mors's address annoyed Mayona immensely. She had warned this young dragon more than once not to call her that, but he simply didn't listen.

"Who is he?"

Ruby finally spoke at this moment. Mayona thought he would be shocked to see a dragon, but he only asked about his identity in a very ordinary manner.

"Just some kid."

"Human, male? You reptile, stay away from my fiancée!"

Mors, whose eyes were only on Mayona, had just noticed Ruby. He felt an inexplicable sense of crisis towards this human and threatened him with bared teeth.

"Is that so? I didn't expect you to have such tastes. I'm sorry to have intruded."

Ruby consciously took a step back. Fulfilling the wishes of others was a traditional virtue of Earth. He naturally wouldn't disturb the young couple. At the same time, the branch on his head opened its eyes and glanced at Mayona, revealing a mocking expression.

"Wait a minute! You actually believed that? Do I look like a pervert?"

Mayona angrily grabbed Ruby's arm, stopping him from retreating, and pointed at her face, demanding an explanation.

"Love knows no age, at least that's what I believe."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. I never thought you were that kind of Archmage. I've really misjudged you."

Ruby and Mors's words almost made Mayona explode. Regardless, she didn't want Ruby to misunderstand that she had some strange engagement. She immediately began to explain.

"Listen, he's the one who arbitrarily considers me his fiancée. I never agreed, and on the contrary, I hate him!"

"Then I have a reason to hear your story."

"This was when I wasn't an Archmage yet. This damned brat ate my unicorn!"

As Mayona recounted, Ruby roughly understood their grievances. When Mayona was still a Saint of Magic, she was riding her top-tier unicorn mount for an outing. As she passed through a jungle, a huge head suddenly appeared. Unprepared for an attack, Mayona was caught off guard and watched helplessly as her teacher's gift, her beloved mount, met its end in the dragon's maw. When she came to her senses, she was furious and used the lightning magic skill, Thor's Hammer, to severely injure Mors. If she hadn't been concerned about the dragon race's influence, she would have liked to kill him on the spot.

However, now she felt that she should have been more ruthless back then. No one expected Mors to have masochistic tendencies. Being beaten half to death, instead of resenting Mayona, he declared his intention to marry her. From then on, he had been pestering Mayona.

"That's right. Recalling how my skin was torn and every bone in my body trembled that day is incredibly pleasurable. We dragons like strong women."

Mors nodded in agreement after listening to Mayona.

"She's a masochist."

"Little brat of the Dragon race, I must tell you some unfortunate news. My partner has done something extremely excessive to your fiancée."

Seeing his chance to stir up trouble, Dragon immediately leaped from Ruby's head and onto Mors's shoulder, beginning his demonic whispers.

"Ex-excessive?"

Mors's gaze darted between the two of them. What else could happen between a man and a woman alone together? He quickly imagined some inappropriate scenarios.

"That's right. On the very first day they met, my partner crudely inserted herself into her body. She bled quite a lot when he pulled out."

Having nothing better to do than watch the drama unfold, Dragon fully utilized the art of language, twisting a perfectly innocent healing procedure into a scene that would require a mosaic.

"Dragon, you bastard, what exactly are you talking about!"

Mayona wished she could grab Dragon and use him as firewood. Any normal person would have lewd thoughts from these words, let alone a simple-minded Dragon.

"Huh? Did I say something wrong? For the next half month, didn't you still cry out 'no' every day while obediently letting my partner insert himself into your body?"

"Damn human, I'm going to kill you!"

As expected, Mors was enraged and reverted to his true form. His immense strength broke free from the vines that bound him, and he raised a claw larger than a house to strike Ruby.