The next morning.
Rita sat at the head of the bed, humming a tune in a good mood, gracefully putting on her stockings.
She bent down, smoothing out any creases on the surface.
“Your Majesty, it’s time to wake up. I have to change the sheets, too.”
Rod opened his eyes groggily. His black hair was slightly messy, and his cheeks bore a tinge of fatigue, his eyes tinged with weariness. He looked a bit listless.
“.......Ugh, Rita, did you sneak a bite to eat again this morning?”
Rita pretended not to understand.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Are you looking for another excuse to stay in bed?”
She straightened her foot, slipped into her high heels, got up, put on her maid’s uniform, put on her Katusha headdress, turned her head, and gently fixed her young master’s hair.
“Alright, stop pouting, get up!”
The smooth black hair flowed down her slender white fingers. Rita gently stroked it.
Rod’s sleepy, hazy face was truly heart-fluttering.
She couldn’t help but want to hold Rod in her arms and caress him fiercely.
Rod felt a chill, and suddenly woke up quite a bit.
He looked suspiciously at Rita’s wine-red eyes.
“Rita, you wouldn’t happen to be an alchemist, would you?”
Rita smiled with narrowed eyes.
“Oh, Your Majesty, what are you saying? Actually, small is cute too. Many people in the world don’t understand this.”
Rod twitched at the corner of his mouth and couldn’t help but glance at Rita’s black stockings.
“Damn it, you don’t know whether I’m big or not?”
Rita noticed Rod’s gaze and secretly rejoiced. She took a slight step forward, allowing Rod to admire her.
“Humph, anyway, it’s not possible right now.”
Their relationship had taken a breakthrough in the previous night, but it hadn’t gone all the way.
The infrastructure was already in place, but the hurdle she had to overcome was in her heart.
Although she knew that her little master was no ordinary person, Rita still felt like she was out of her league when it came to making a move on a child of this age. She was torn.
However, as Rod continued to absorb the Thunder Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal, the irresistible attraction in his presence would become even more alluring, and Rod would become more mature.
Even Rita’s tenacious will would probably not be able to hold out.
“Speaking of which, you seem to have grown a bit?”
Rod stretched out his hand from under the covers and looked at it, slightly surprised.
“Indeed, I’m about the height of a twelve or thirteen-year-old. My sleeves are a little short.”
He clenched his fist slightly.
“My strength has increased a lot too.”
In the original work, Dragon Slayer Mages, after continuously developing their Dragon Slayer Magic, have the risk of complete dragonification of their bodies.
However, Rod has the control ability of the Six Eyes, so he is not worried about this.
If judged solely by the pure Dragon Force absorbed, Rod’s dragon age is probably between three hundred and five hundred years. For a dragon with a lifespan of tens of thousands of years, this is still in its infancy.
That is, he is thirty years old in mental age, three hundred years old in dragon age, and his human body has reached the maturity of thirteen years in this world.
But he has been officially active in this world for five years, so how old is he really?
Well, that’s really a question that can’t be answered.
Rod suddenly realized that he is no longer human in the true sense, so it’s pointless to be entangled in the human time scale. He simply stopped worrying about it.
Rita, holding a damp sheet, hurriedly went out to wash it.
Rod used the Summoned Sword True to make a few new sets of clothes and got up to go to the dining room.
“Eh? Your Majesty... you’ve grown taller?”
Liliya was the first to notice Rod’s change. She was surprised and ran to Rod, measuring him with her hand.
“I remember you were only up to my thigh before, but now you’re up to my chest.”
Charlotte also marveled at the sight.
“My Master has become an adult overnight.”
Rod couldn’t help but look at Charlotte.
He had a feeling this girl was being sarcastic.
“Ahem, anyway, for some reason, my body is in a rapid growth phase.”
“There may be further changes in the future, or my body may develop dragon scales or something. That’s all normal. Don’t be alarmed when it happens.”
Rod planned to wait until his body stabilized completely and he discovered no abnormalities before giving the Dragon Slayer Magic Crystal to the girls as well.
Liliya and Charlotte were curious about Rod’s changes, touching him here and there.
The young maids were also hiding behind the door, stealing glances at Rod with their bright eyes, blushing and whispering to each other, giggling and teasing each other.
It wasn’t until mealtime that Rita finally came back from outside.
Liliya even asked with concern.
“Rita, are you feeling unwell?”
Rita shook her head and responded respectfully.
“I’m fine, thank you for your concern, Liliya-senpai.”
Rod, afraid that Rita would tease Liliya, quickly changed the subject.
“Sit down, let’s talk while we eat. What’s on my schedule today?”
Rita also put on a serious look and sat up straight.
“According to the original plan, you need to practice swordsmanship and magic in the morning.”
Rod waved his hand, indicating that this was crossed off the list.
“We’ll talk about it when the swordsmanship teacher comes in a couple of days. My own practice is not effective now.”
Liliya had no objections to this.
“I’ve already drawn up the test blueprints for the new Valkyrie Armor.”
Rod sighed in his heart at Rita’s efficiency and nodded.
“I know. Give it to me later. I can easily manufacture it all in one go now. I’ll take care of this in the morning.”
Upon hearing this, Charlotte took a sip of hot water and immediately volunteered.
“If Your Majesty finishes the armor in the morning, then I’ll set out to execute your plan in the afternoon.”
Rod pondered for a moment.
To be honest, besides the Three Great Houses, there were almost no other people in this world who had to be preemptively intercepted in the early stages.
Now, although he knows that it has merged with the Frieda world, there’s no clue as to Frieda’s whereabouts, and he can’t be in a hurry for the time being.
After all, Frieda’s timeline is longer and it’s hard to judge.
“Alright, I’ll add some people to the list for you to pay attention to. You need to be careful along the way.”
Charlotte smiled confidently.
“Leave it to me!”
Liliya will be busy with palace affairs in the morning and will be responsible for leading the young maids to test the new armor in the afternoon.
Rita will be focusing on liaising with Nathan and handling army matters.
Rod was also thinking about whether to use the two summoning cards right now, after all, he was still a bit short-handed.
“By the way, Your Majesty, I learned something from the enlistment list.”
Rita suddenly remembered the beastman who had been rejected twice and told Rod the whole story.
Rod’s expression changed upon hearing this.
“You mean, that person is named Gieluno?!”
【There are about three or four chapters left before we skip directly to the ten-year period after the country’s development period. The reason for setting this age is mainly to consider both intercepting Liliya’s generation from the previous generation and ensuring their innocence. And also to intercept the next generation, Alice, which can only be set in this age group. 】
【The most important thing is still Alice. If you don’t cultivate Alice’s affection from childhood sweethearts, then her personality will be purely annoying, only masochists will like her. 】
【Finally, thanks to everyone for your flowers, tickets, tips, and urging! 】