Violet hair spilled over the back of the living recliner, firm skin like white jade glowed softly beneath the dim yellow light of the Magic Lamp, and those golden, slit-pupiled eyes watched him constantly...
It was that little touch of inhuman allure. It struck his tastes perfectly.
Those eyes were utterly unlike a human's, their slender golden irises surrounding vertical black slits. Every blink carried the distinctive bearing of an apex predator.
And just moments ago, the owner of those beautiful eyes had indulged his every wish...
No, a little more than "a little" would be fine, too. That contradictory mindset reminded Renato of jade from his previous life. The more it resembled glass, the more valuable it was, yet if it actually became glass, no one would want it.
He did not know how much "inhuman allure" would exceed his "limit," but so far, the female Dragonborn Klauthsura had transformed into fell perfectly within Renato's aesthetic preferences.
Renato unconsciously reached out and stroked the pair of spiraling bony horns rising from the female Dragonborn's head. Their surfaces were hard and smooth, with faint, growth-ring-like markings at the base. His fingertips felt the rise and fall of those ridges as they passed over them.
His touch made the somewhat weary Klauthsura open her eyes. A trace of hazy fatigue still lingered in those golden, slit-pupiled eyes, but she neither spoke nor pulled away. She merely leaned her head forward, pressing her horns more eagerly into his palm and letting him stroke them as he pleased.
Although Polymorph had improved Klauthsura's physical capabilities, the female Dragonborn's stamina still fell far short of Renato's, now that he could knead steel with his hands.
Her slender waist and the relaxed line of her shoulders traced soft contours in the light and shadow. Renato