Dragon King's Harem Chapter 52. Unexpected Meeting II (Patreon)

Dragon King's Harem Chapter 52. Unexpected Meeting II

My feet continued to move fast as my eyes stared at the fox girl who was sneaking among the crowd.

[Name: Jyne Calisea Purplegloom]
[Level 58]
[HP: 2780/2780]
[Mana: 878/878]

Even though her level was above mine, our level difference was not that high therefore I was confident enough that I could face her alone. Besides, I knew I could stop her with my Telekinetic skill, but I wanted to find a quieter place to do it since I didn't want to attract other people's attention. But somehow her family name quite familiar to me.

I kept following her away from the market. As we arrived at a quiet alley, I extended my hand.
'Mana Barrier!'

[A barrier has been formed.]

A transparent barrier that appeared before her stopped her steps. She turned to me in panic and I stepped closer to her.
"Give my money back," I said in a displeased tone.

Instead of answering me, she used her Haste skill and climbed the wall beside us, trying to escape. I used my skill.
'Telekinetic!'

[A person is in your control!]
[Warning! Your target level is above your level, this skill will break in 3 seconds! ]

Knowing I couldn't use this skill for too long, I pulled her down, knocking her to the ground.

"Aw!" she yelped. Then I stretched my hand upwards.
'Mana Barrier!'

[A barrier has been formed.]

A transparent barrier covered the top of the alley, making her only able to escape if she passed me.

She returned to her feet and looked up.
"Oh, no ..." she muttered. Her panic became clearer on her face.

"If you need money, you can find a job at the hunter guild, not by stealing other people's money like this. Now, give my money back," I said. Making money through the hunter guild was the easiest and most common way for all travellers if they were short of money on their way. Usually, the travellers would take a request or mission that suited their abilities and after that mission was complete, they could take their reward in any hunter guild. Moreover, she was already level 58, so she had enough levels for that since the beginner hunter's average level was level 20 and expert hunter was 60 - 70. I admitted I could catch up this fast since I was a dragon king, so my speed, instincts and strength above others. In addition, the real Argod had prepared everything for me and I had complete facilities so I could level up quickly.

She didn't answer me, instead, she took a stance and charged towards me.
"Hey!" I yelled as my hand grabbed her cloak. As I pulled it, nine purple fox tails appeared from her behind.

My eyes widened in shock since the nine-tails only belongs to the king of the Fox Tribe's descendant. Which meant the girl in front of me was a princess.

Meanwhile, Jyne panicked as soon as her tails were exposed, she turned around and tried to take her cloak from me.
"Give it back!" Rather than an order, her voice sounded like pleading and panic was clear from her tone.

But I moved my hand in the other direction, keeping her cloak out of her reach. I knew she wouldn't be able to go anywhere without something she could use to cover her tails since her status was clear from there. But, since she was a princess I couldn't let her go just like that. Moreover, after I followed her I knew there wasn't a single guard with her. After all, if she came as another kingdom's royal convoy, she couldn't possibly steal from a commoner. That's why I was guessing she ran away from her kingdom.

Her hand tried to take the cloak, but I kept shifting my hand as my feet moved to avoid her. After trying several times and failing, she stopped and looked at me with displeasure.
"You thief! Give it back to me!"

I let out a condescending smirk.
"Look who's talking."

Her face turned red in embarrassment and annoyance.

"You're a princess, right? Why are you here? Where is your convoy?" I continued.

"It's none of your business! Give it back or I'll tell your king!" she threatened.

"Do you dare to tell him?" I said in a teasing tone as I held back my laughter.

"Of course!" she grinned.

Hearing her words, I laughed since I knew she wouldn't dare to do it. Telling me was tantamount to sending her back to her kingdom and since she demanded for her cloak it meant she wanted to hide her identity.

Feeling annoyed, Jyne decided to take her cloak by force by use her Haste skill again. But as she ran towards me, quickly, I used my skill.
'Mana Barrier!'

[A barrier has been formed.]

A transparent wall appeared between us.

- Brak!

"Aw!" she yelped as she crashed into the transparent wall.

[Jyne Calisea Purplegloom has hit your barrier, mana barrier energy 3/4.]

Her hand rubbed a faint red mark on her forehead. While her other hand was banging my Mana Barrier with an annoyed face.
"How dare you lock me up! Let me go!" she screamed irritably. With my other two barriers, currently, she was confined from the front to back and above. And alley's walls shut her from the sides. While I was outside my Mana Barrier.

"Why should I?" I replied in a relaxed tone.
"Besides, aren't you ashamed for stealing money from a commoner?" Though I was a king, the fact that she targeted a commoner was unavoidable.

"You!" she gritted her teeth in annoyance and shame as her tails elongated. Realizing she wanted to use her skill, I used my Mana Barrier again to cover my old Barriers. As expected, she used her Tail Whip skill, her tail moved wildly and destroyed three of my previous Barriers.

She grinned in victory but I replied with a confident smirk as I folded my arms casually. I moved my head slightly, pointing my new Mana Barriers with my gaze.

Her face turned panicked again. Then she dropped my money pouch to the ground.
"I already returned your money. Now Let me go!" she screamed.

"I changed my mind," I replied lightly. Since she was a royalty, of course I had to find out why she was here, or at least escort her back to her family, it would be bad if the fox tribe thought I kidnapped her. That could create a problem for the two kingdoms.

"What do you want?!" she said angrily.

"Since you are a princess, I have to report this to the guards," I replied in a casual tone as I took a seat on nearby pile of firewood nonchalantly. I opened up my hand and my palm gave off light as I used my Magic Messenger skill.
'Send a message to Eiron.'

[Please insert your message.]

'Something came up. I can't meet you at the Healer Tower. Meet me at the alley near the gate, not far from the market. '

The light slowly formed a small dragon that flew at Eir.

Seeing the Magic Messenger flying, Jyne panicked even more.
"Hey! Cancel that! Or ---" She thought for a moment.
"--- Or I will report that you are trying to enslave me! The king will definitely give you a death sentence!" she tried to threaten me again.

I let out another chuckle.
"That's so scary, Princess. I'm so afraid." Despite my words, I said it in a casual tone.

"You ---" Her words stopped and she used her Tail Whip to destroy my Mana Barriers again. But as before, I recast my Mana Barrier to replace the old one. Unlike before, she continued to use her Tail Whip to destroy my Mana Barriers but I kept on re-casting it again.

She gasped for breath and gave me an annoyed look.
"Don't blame me if I drain your Mana to the ground!" she said. Her tails moved to destroy my last Mana Barrier only to find another layer of Mana Barrier covering it.

"I would have stopped if I were you," I replied in a casual tone.

She smirked.
"What's the matter? Are you tired already?" she said in a mocking tone.

"Of course not." I slipped my hand inside my clothes.
'Inventory, Concentrated Mana Potion.'

A Mana Potion appeared and I took out my hand to show it to her.
"I just wanted to tell you, I have a lot of these in my pocket. So I think you shouldn't be wasting your Mana," I said as I opened the potion. I raised it.
"Cheers." Then I drank it indifferently.

[Your Mana has restored 300 Points]

But unfortunately, Jyne showed a different reaction than I expected. She was just silent and looked down, her tails back to normal. Her body sank down.

Feeling strange, I stood up as the magic flask in my hand disappeared.
"What is wrong?" I said as my feet stepped closer to her. She answered me in an indistinct mutter.

"What do you say?" I asked.

"I'm hungry!" she screamed, her face flushed with embarrassment.

"Huh?" I was quite shocked since I didn't expect that.

"I ran out of money... I haven't eaten since yesterday," she said as she held back her tears, either out of shame, sadness or hunger.

I took out the previous candies from my inventory and offered them to her.
"Do you want some candies?" I said in confusion.

Her eyes that fixed on the candies in my hand glinted in excitement.
"Yes, I want it!"