Envious reversal (Shield Hero Mc/Tg) Draft (Patreon)

It was a night like any other for Raphtalia, the Raccoongirl who swore to be the sword of the shield hero, as she made her way through the woods to collect some firewood to burn just like the other four members of her crew. Yes, four. Filo was a given and Melty was honestly living her way into the shield hero party astoundingly well by now as well.

Though the weird addition are definitely the two dragon maids that follow her Master Naofumi around wherever he goes, simply because he received another super cool shield that allowed him to do stuff like that. Yap, he just turned those two into his ever faithful servants just like that, and now they serve him just like Raphtalia has always served him.

Or… well… as she had always saved him. Ever since she became the katana hero, the slave crest she held had disappeared, so she wasn’t officially Naofumis property anymore, but… that didn't stop her from really wanting it. More than anything, a special connection with the man she adored so much, one that no one else, not even filo or those stupid dragon maids shared.

She just wanted more… She wanted him more than anything… Just for herself…

“But how would that even be possible…” Raphtalia sighed defeated, letting her head hand as she carried what felt like a small weight of 100 kg firewood back to the camp. Yet she just couldn’t shake the thought. It was bothering her, consuming her. “I want to be his Nr 1. His undisputed Nr 1… But…”

“He could be yours, you know?”

“!!!” Raphtalia flinched when she heard that voice, instantly on guard, even with the logs on her back. “Who are…?!?”

“No need to be on guard, I am here because I heard the call of your heart.”

“Of… my heart…?” Raphtalia said, the world around her getting slightly blurry. “What do you mean…?”

“Call me the dragon of jealousy, but there is no need to fret. I lost my body a long long time ago… So you can just relax around me. I really am just here to help.”

“I… relax… okay…” The voice of the dragon was just so heavenly, that Raphtalia had a really hard time even just staying awake. It was touching filos pillowy feathers all over again, though she really gave her best to stay operational this time. “What do you… want…?”

“Oh it’s not about what I want. It’s about what you want. And I can help you~”

“Help me…?”

“State your most inner desire and I will grant it to you~”

“Make…” Raphtalia rambled, her vision hazy and her mind clouded. Though even with her remaining really sharp sense she really couldn’t come up with any reasons why to deny the dragon’s offer, so she just spoke the first thing that came to her mind. “Make Naofumi mine and mine alone, so that no one will have a bond like the two of us.”

Raphtalia only really heard half of her own voice as she talked, feeling more like she was sleep talking than anything else. Yet…

“Understood~ It shall be granted to you~”

How the voice of the dragon so pleasantly agreed with her wish was enough to wash away any of her worries, making her think that maybe it was okay to want Naofumi all to herself.

“There is just one thing I need you to do. Look forward at your friend real quick and focus on him really hard. Make sure to miss none of his movements or what those other servants are doing with him~”

Raphtalia wanted to ask why she should do that or when she even got near the camp, but the moment her eyes fell onto Naofumi, every one of these thoughts was perished. Her gaze near instantly locked on to her hero as she tracked his every movement. It wasn’t because she had to, it was because she wanted to. And every movements of these two dragon maids near him also seemed hyper important, as they simply weren’t allowed to make advances on him no matter what.

And this hyper focus almost caused her to miss something flashing across her vision. She could have sworn it said <Cursed Series: Katana of Envy Unlocked>, but the more she thought about it, the less she seemed to be sure of that.

“What was…?” She wanted to ask, but…

“I have given you some of my power to do something very special~ Have you ever wondered what’s going through your friends head?”

“N-N-Naoumi’s head…?”

“Yes~ Are you curious~?”

“Y-Yes…”

“Point the hilt of your sword at him and you will see~”

There was a bit of hesitation within Raphtalia. After all, pointing even so much as the hilt against Naofumi for a technique was absolutely out of the question for her. Yet the curiosity was simply too strong. She just couldn’t bear it. The temptation to finally know and understand what Naofumi was thinking was simply too great.

So she pointed the hilt of her katana against Naofumi…

Woooosh~

…and the next thing she knew, she was somewhere else… or was she. Raphtalia didn’t feel like she moved to another place, yet she was clearly somewhere else. Somewhere where she didn’t have a body and shouldn’t be. A place that was filled with bubbles, a lot of them gray, but a few colored. Though their form gave Raphtalia a where she had landed.

“Welcome in Naofumi’s mind. A dark place, but it the place you wanted to see~”

“Are these… memories…?” Raphtalia asked, pointing at the bubbles.

“They are the cross section between memories and personality traits. If you want him to give more attention to you, you might want to look for the memories that mention you.”
“Is this… oh…” Raphtalia moved near a particularly large grey bubble and with a single touch she could feel it’s content. It wasn’t like she could see or hear anything, it was like she then just had a feeling what the content of the memory was. And seeing how big that bubble was, it also made sense, since this event clearly shaped so much of who Naofumi was today.

“Mynes’ betrayal… Ever since then he has not been trusting anyone right off the bat anymore. It killed something inside of him that I wished I was there to save…” Raphtalia signed, looking down for a bit, before touching it again. “I will change it!”

“Change it…?” The voice sounded confused.

“Yes. I will always save Naofumi, and this event scarred him so hard that I don't think anything else will ever heal him from that.” Raphtalia spoke, then plunged her imaginary arms deeper into the bubble. And surprisingly, it worked, as she now felt like she could move things around inside of it.

“Let’s see…” Raphtalia thought a little bit about how she should change the events that happened back there, until an idea came to her. “Can I… change it so that you hated Myne for what she did, but turning her into your eternal dragon maid servant gave you closure. You didn’t even think of her much ever since I joined, since being with me was just so relieving and pleasant for you. And now you are even happy to have her as your servant… Yeah, that should work…”

Much to Raphtalia’s surprise, the bubble slowly changed color, going from gray to a bright orange, which made Raphtalia blush a little bit. She just did that. She could make Naofumi the happiest person on the planet with that technique. But…

“That wouldn’t change your situation, now would it? You would still be one of many servants of the shield hero, a nobody among the masses, just like before…” The dragon spoke exactly the thoughts that just crossed Raphtalia’s mind, which only served to sting her heart even harder.

“But what can I do to be special…? What can I do to be the one and only for Naofumi…?” She asked, almost breaking into tears. “I just want to be more special to him than anyone else…”

“Anyone can be Naofumi’s slave… But how many people are qualified to be Naofumi’s master?”

“His… Master…?”

“Think about it. There are many people Naofumi would take into his team as slaves. But would you trust anyone else in the position of Naofumi’s master? Anyone but you?”

“N-NO! No one else can be Naofumi’s master!” Raphtalia declared, her cheeks red of blush from everything that went on in her own head. Though she was slowly coming up with the solution to all of her problems. It really wasn’t an issue that Naofumi had so many slaves. In fact, Raphtalia would probably prefer if the world were to serve him rather than fight him. it was just that she couldn’t be a slave anymore. It was a sign of her specialness once in the past, but those times were over. It was time to go into the next stage of their relationship.

“What are you waiting for? All those gray bubbles represent his anger or bitterness, just in case you are curious.”

“Thank you! I’ll change Naofumi for the better! You’ll see!” And with that Raphtalia was off, moving through the space of Naofumi’s head like it was second nature to her.

“Let’s see what we have here…” She said as she approached another bubble and plunged her hands inside. “So much… hatred for Motoyasu… Welp, not anymore. Let’s replace hatred with sadistic tendencies and let’s also throw in something a bit fun. As much fun as you have being sadistic towards your dragon maid, you will also feel masochistic towards me, Raphtalia. Sometimes you just want to be punished in a playful way for being bad~”

“Next one!” She said, going to the next gray bubble. “Opinion on the king… You don’t care anymore what he says or has said. And even your doubts about the queen shall all go towards something else. This is as good a time as any. I, Raphtalia, am the person you always wanted to serve. All the energy you took to come up with witty comments when talking to the king, shall now go into finding new ways to please me as your mistress. All your doubts and mistrust shall turn into absolute faith in your mistress and that she will always be by your side. You know no matter what, your mistress, your number 1, Raphtalia will be there for you. ”

“Hehe… I am getting the hang of this…” Raphtalia giggled as she approached the last really big gray bubble. “Ren and Itsuki, those two idiots… you think of them as morons that really need a babysitter more than anything. Actually, I like this thought process, but let’s tweak it slightly… You really think that Ren and Itsuki need a master more than anything else in their life. Someone to follow, someone to put their trust in, just like you have found me. Let’s put in a little bit extra… Because you always want me to be taken care of and being happy more than anything else and you know that I quite like those dragon maids you can turn people into, you have made it your internal mission to turn those two into dragon maids too, so that all hero’s would serve me~ That sounds perfect~”

“Are you happy with how you helped Naofumi today?”

“One more thing, but that one is just for me~” Raphtalia replied, concentrating one final time to put something into the bubble with her power. “Raphtalia is your Number 1 and a kiss from her is the greatest gift anyone could ever give you~”

“Okay, let’s head back~”

“As you wish~ Though when we go back, I will disappear for now. Don’t worry about me, I shall keep living on while inside your weapon. Call on me again anytime envy strikes again~”

“Wait… you what…? Is there a way to…”

“My power is yours~ Use it to your heart’s content~ Also, I just saw something happen outside that I am sure will get quite a reaction out of you…”

“Wait! I am not…”

“See you~”

Woooosh~

—

“...stress?”

“Mistress…? Are you alright?” Raphtalia heard a sweet but unknown voice from very close above her, to which she slowly opened her eyes. “Oh! You are waking up! Thank goodness you are okay, I was so worried about you.”

Raphtalia, still in a sort of half sleeping state, scanned the girl the best she could from the position she was in. So Raphtalia was definitely lying on the ground, but her head was elevated a bit and lying on something soft… probably the thighs of this unknown girl, judging by how this girl was looking at her from just above her. Though due to her kinda enormous rack, she had to lean forward quite far to even look at Raphtalia.

“...who… are you?” Raphtalia asked as she didn’t recognize her face at all. Though something about her was very familiar to Raphtalia, though she couldn’t quite put her finger on it. Though what Raphtalia could see, was the little green scales she had on her cheeks as well as the shadows of wings just behind the unknown girl, which only lead her to one conclusion. “... are you a new dragon maid…?”

“Yes. Well… no. Uhm… kinda!” The girl fumbled, her mouth seemingly faster than her brain at that moment. Though she definitely looked like she desperately wanted to tell Raphtalia something and just couldn't wait any longer. “Er… yeah, that is… Uhm… how to say it… ahm… Gah! It’s me! I am Naofumi~ And I am more than happy to serve you mistress~”

“EEEEHHHHH?!?” Raphtalia jumped up from the lap, only to bonk her head against the cleavage of her former master and fall back down into her lap. To which the dragon maid giggled without a care in the world.

“W-W-Why?!? How?!?” Raphtalia stuttered, but Naofumi happily told her. “Because I have noticed how much you love the dragon maids I create. And since you are the most important person in my live, mistress, I thought you would like me more if I changed my form into one you found more appealing~ Don’t worry, I am still myself, just a whole lot bouncier~ Hehehe~”

“Eeehhh~?” Raphtalia let out, being more than thoroughly confused. She hadn’t even expected her trick on Naofumi’s mind to work in the first place, as that all sounded more like a fever dream than reality, but now looking at her like that, she had no reason to think that it didn’t work. But was that the ideal outcome…

“I see you are skeptical, but I promise you, I will be the best maid for you the world has ever seen. Watch this, mistress!” Naofumi spoke, lifting Raphtalia up from her lap and sitting her down in front of her. And then gently placed both of her hands on the back of Raphtalia’s head before giving her a huge smile. “I can tell you want a piece of my cleavage~”

Bwowomp!

Naofumi pressed Raphtalia’s baffled looking head right into the middle of her enormous cleavage.

“And I am more than happy to provide~”

“Ummmugmm…”

“hmm…”

“mm…”

“...”

Maybe big booba dragon Naofumi wasn’t as bad as she initially thought. She could get used to this…

“But mistress, I have to tell you something that I find more than just peculiar.” Naofumi said, gently lifting Raphtalia’s head out of the pit of happiness. To wish Raphtalia groaned, because even though she had never known that she would ever need it, those boobs of Naofumi just were something else. They could make any girl fall for her in an instance, especially if they already had a crush on Naofumi to begin with. But that wasn’t important right now, as Naofumi sounded like she had something important to say.

“What’s up?”

“When I told Filo earlier that you were my mistress, she seemed confused. She even went as far as to say that she was going to get Melty to get a second opinion.” Naofumi explained, to which Raphtalia looked at her shocked for a little bit. Then her gaze wandered to her katana, which glowed a bit as to confirm something for her.

“Naofumi?”

“Yes mistress?”

“You would do anything for me, right? Could you find and then use your dragon maid shield on Melty and Filo too? If you do I would g-give you a k-kiss…?” Raphtalia sloppily commanded Naofumi. partly to see how far Naofumi would now go for her, partly because she was just sick of sharing so much of the spotlight with those two children. And mostly just because she wanted to give Naofumi a kiss and see how she would react…

“You would do that for me?!? No problem Mistress! I promise they will be “dragon” their feet before they even manage to speak a single word to you~” Naofumi happily chimed, seemingly really motivated by the prospect of a kiss. Instantly storming off the moment she had bowed for a brief moment to Raphtalia like the proper maid she apparently now was.

Then Raphtalia was alone again, looking at her katana as she had a hard time processing what had just happened. But as everything clicked into place, a smile formed on her face. “We already have Motoyasu, so if we just get Ren and Itsuki too, then we would be one hell of a team. Five heroes in a team and with four of them having dragon powers on top of that as well as being maids? I don’t think there can be a better dream team.”

Though when she stood up, her katana vibrated, to which Raphtalia just chuckled. “I guess all five of us have dragon powers, but I guess that that all just depends on how envious they make me~ But as it is now, no one will take my Naofumi away from me anymore. Hehe~”

—

What if Raphtalia finally got the power to heal all the wounds inside of Naofumi’s heart and even more. He managed to hold back on the new power he recently obtained, so surely Raphtalia will also be able to resist going too far, right…?

A follow up story to one of Warden101’s stories where he gave Naofumi a shield that can turn anyone into his dragon maid.

Art by NickFairy and commissioned by me

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