33 Dreams (Author Has Gone Off the Deep End) · Pure Love War God vs. Dragon-Blooded Martial God

"You little rascal, what did you put in the food? My body feels all warm and tingly, and kind of itchy."

Karuizawa Kei ate a piece of salmon too.

But she felt something different from him.

"Love. It's love. I poured my love into the food."

Tanaka Yukishin said regretfully.

As it turned out, [Chef's Fortune] wasn't exclusive to Cooking Master Boy—it had crossed over with The Spirit of Spring x.

But what he wanted was glowing food.

That golden light shooting straight into the sky was way more impressive than clothes exploding off.

Besides, if the food glowed,

then he could finally say it once.

"It's fluorescent powder and hallucinogens. I put fluorescent powder and hallucinogens in the food."

This had been his childhood dream.

Was this what the different effects were?

It varied from person to person. I got a cool, flowing current; she was wrapped in scorching heat.

Mine was because of [Dragon Bloodline].

Then hers—could it be...

"Y-you... you... you little rascal, look..."

Karuizawa Kei was visibly agitated.

When she tremulously lifted the hem of her shirt, the old scar that had come with her painful past began to peel away, flake by flake, like a snake shedding its skin.

The skin over the old wound on her abdomen was revealed, fair and smooth.

And unlike normally growing new skin, it looked even fairer by comparison.

The skin where her scar had been was exactly the same as the rest of her.

In brightness, saturation, and hue.

"It's gone."

The instant her fingertips brushed over the new skin, tears splashed onto the still-greasy countertop.

Tanaka Yukishin silently wiped away the tear rolling down her cheek, only to have her suddenly grab his collar and pull him down.

"Why aren't you surprised?"

Karuizawa Kei's reddened nose almost brushed his chin.

"This is a supernatural phenomenon!"

"Oh."

Kei-chan's body was hot and tingly.

Tanaka Yukishin had thought it was because she was turned on.

So it had healed her scar.

But for Kei-chan, the scar wasn't just a physical mark. It was a symbol of her emotional trauma, too.

The perfect skin restored in an instant was undeniably profound and deeply meaningful.

But... as for what caused this supernatural phenomenon,

I knew it all too well. How could I be surprised?

His golden eyes reflected the tears on the verge of falling from the girl's eyes. Tanaka Yukishin suddenly bit her burning earlobe. "More than that, I want to find out what your new skin feels like."

The clatter of chopsticks falling snapped the two of them out of their intimate moment. Karuizawa Kei flushed and pushed him away.

"My head's a mess right now. Let's do this later..."

As she turned to flee, he caught the apron strings, and she stumbled back onto the stool beside them.

Tanaka Yukishin pulled on the apron strings, drawing the girl to her feet.

Then he slipped an arm around her waist and lifted her, bringing her right back into the position they'd been in.

"I mean, this is a love-filled meal I made by pouring my love into it. A miracle brought about by love."

"I'm quite sure of that."

"So what's got you all flustered?"

The main cause was the power of his cheat ability.

But the specific effect of [Chef's Fortune] depended on the feelings Tanaka Yukishin himself poured into his cooking.

So calling it a miracle brought about by love wasn't much of an exaggeration.

"Didn't someone say that after she'd eaten her fill, she'd grant me a defeat?"

"What, are you scared?"

...Was it because of love?

Now that she thought about it, the change had indeed happened after eating the salmon made by that little rascal.

But could love really bring about a miracle?

Karuizawa Kei's fingers dug into the folds of her apron, her earlobe still tingling from his teeth.

Suddenly, she grabbed Tanaka Yukishin's wandering hands.

"You're just a little rascal."

As the girl turned, her ponytail whipped out in a sharp arc, and her hair swept across Tanaka Yukishin's abruptly narrowed golden eyes.

The apron strings pulled taut as she straightened her back, the bow at her waist almost ready to take flight.

Tanaka Yukishin propped his chin on one hand, watching the girl's trembling fingers brush over her shoulder with interest.

She suddenly ripped off her apron and threw it onto the counter, revealing the dark red bite mark beneath her collarbone, still visible.

The sound of Tanaka Yukishin swallowing was clear.

"Hey, hey, this is a special—"

"Shut up and sit still!"

Karuizawa Kei's eyes glowed red.

Watching the girl's flushed ears tremble with her movements, Tanaka Yukishin suddenly realized that the way she wrapped her arms around his neck was astonishingly similar to how she'd clutched his arm while resting yesterday.

"Now..."

Karuizawa Kei lifted his chin with her hand. A tear that hadn't yet dried dripped onto the prominent vein in Tanaka Yukishin's neck.

"I'll show you what I can do."

She gazed at his golden eyes, fully revealed by his excitement.

Amid the thunder of her heartbeat, she finally understood her own surging feelings: the urge to devour her lover and become one with him, and the desire to be taken apart and swallowed by him, had always been one and the same.

33 Dreams (Author Has Gone Off the Deep End) · Pure Love War God vs. Dragon-Blooded Martial God

"Darling, thank you for your love-filled meal. With my old injury gone, I feel better than ever. A steady stream of strength is welling up inside me."

The dark hair behind Karuizawa Kei floated and drifted without a breeze.

The love in her heart surged with the force of a landslide.

Following her own will, she suddenly let out a loud cry.

"Yaaah!!!!!!

Pure Love War God, come forth!!!!!!

A pink figure appeared behind her.

Its form slowly solidified.

Its features and clothes came into focus.

It looked exactly like Karuizawa Kei.

"Other half, I can feel your determination. I understand the love in your heart. Let me help you. Let us become one."

As the words fell, Pure Love War God Kei transformed into a flame and rushed straight into Karuizawa Kei's back.

In an instant, the two became one.

Once their minds and bodies had successfully become one, Karuizawa Kei's madness immediately soared, surged, and exploded!

At that moment, her aura was fifty times stronger than ever before!

Utterly overbearing, utterly unhinged.

What could possibly stand against such terrifying lovesickness?

Absolutely nothing!!!!

Feeling her power grow without limit, hearts appeared in Karuizawa Kei's eyes as she laughed maniacally.

"My darling, let me satisfy you and grant you the defeat you crave."

Infinite Love with Ten-Tenths Power!!!

Karuizawa Kei charged toward her lover.

Under the influence of the flames of love, she transformed into a fierce, multicolored tiger.

Flames and clouds swirled around her as she pounced viciously at Tanaka Yukishin.

"Heh."

Tanaka Yukishin sneered.

"Just Kei-chan, and you dare to make such a boast?"

"So arrogant, with no idea how powerful I am. You haven't taken me seriously at all."

"Seems I've loved you too much, making you entertain a ridiculous fantasy."

When he got a little serious in battle, her fighting time shrank to one hour.

And now, after eating the love-filled meal he'd made, she'd briefly gained the miraculous power brought about by love.

She'd gotten so carried away she'd lost her mind.

A weakling with a combat rating of just one dared to claim she could defeat a True Dragon with a rating over a hundred.

"Prepare yourself."

"I'm going to strike you with the Whip of Total Defeat right now."

At Tanaka Yukishin's will, the cool current that had just coursed through his body suddenly transformed into an illusory ocean current, swirling around him.

Three-Tenths Power · True Dragon Martial Way · Azure Dragon Enters the Sea.

With the aid of the illusory current, Tanaka Yukishin transformed into an Azure Dragon.

The two clashed in an instant.

They fought themselves into a frenzy between the sheets.

As dragon and tiger battled, soared, and leaped, the union of dragon and tiger and the harmony of water and fire gave rise to countless wondrous sights...

Time kept passing.

At the sound of a dragon's roar, the Azure Dragon pinned the Crimson Tiger beneath him.

"Ha ha ha ha! Kei-chan, there's only one reason you'll lose: you love me nowhere near as much as I love you!!!!"

"How could you possibly defeat me while wielding the miraculous power brought about by my love?"

Tanaka Yukishin laughed wildly, his spirits soaring.

The Crimson Tiger roared again and again, trying to roll over and throw the Azure Dragon off.