The villa’s bathroom.
Fang Xiu stared at the tub, which had already been filled with water..
He was a little hesitant.
Fang Xiu had just asked Kajimi a question.
Namely, how much of the Dragon’s Blood he was supposed to use.
Kajimi’s answer was one Fang Xiu wouldn’t soon forget.
It wasn’t a particularly special answer.
It was just that when Fang Xiu had asked Kajimi, "Do you know what Dragon’s Blood is?"
Kajimi had nodded slightly. "I do! It’s blood from the Dragon Race. I think it increases your Defense Power!"
"So how much should I use?"
Fang Xiu asked again.
Kajimi tilted her head, thought for a moment, and said, "Just down it all in one go."
Down it all in one go...
All of it...
Fang Xiu was starting to suspect that Kajimi didn’t actually know a thing about Dragon’s Blood.
The instructions for this stuff clearly said to use it for a bath.
’And you’re telling me to just drink it all?’
If Fang Xiu felt like he’d lived too long, maybe he’d consider it.
’Forget it. I poured all of the Flower Dew in last time, so I might as well just dump in all of this Dragon’s Blood, too!’
Fang Xiu hesitated for a long time.
In the end, he decided to trust Kajimi and go all in.
Of course, by "all in," Fang Xiu meant pouring the Dragon’s Blood into the bathwater..
He took out the tiny vial and twisted off the cap.
He looked at the small amount of Dragon’s Blood inside.
’It’s such a small amount. It shouldn’t be a problem!’
After a moment’s thought, Fang Xiu poured it straight in.
The next thing he knew, the entire tub full of bathwater had started to boil.
It looked just like lava.
’Holy shit... you can bathe in this stuff?’
Staring at the "lava" before him, Fang Xiu didn’t even know where to begin his complaints.
He decided to start by thoroughly cursing out Fafnir in his head.
But he had already used the Dragon’s Blood, so he couldn’t just let it go to waste.
That would be a total loss, wouldn’t it?
Besides, this was Dragon’s Blood that Fang Xiu had obtained through a Sacrifice.
’Even if it really is lava,’ Fang Xiu thought, ’...I still have to use it.’
’Let’s just test it!’
After a moment’s hesitation...
Fang Xiu decided to stick his hand in to test the water.
Once he felt it, he suddenly let out a sigh of relief.
’Huh, it’s just the temperature of normal bathwater. Looks like it only seems to be boiling!’
Fang Xiu could finally relax.
This stuff wasn’t as scalding as he had imagined.
He stripped off his clothes and sank right into the bath.
"Ahh, this is nice!"
Fang Xiu closed his eyes in pure bliss. "A glass of red wine would make this even better!"
"Master, your red wine!"
Just then, a figure appeared before Fang Xiu.
She immediately handed him a glass of red wine.
"Kajimi!!"
Fang Xiu took the wine, had a sip, and then it hit him. "How did you get in here? And how did you know I wanted red wine?"
"I... We’re just on the same wavelength, Master!"
Kajimi stammered.
Fang Xiu stared at her with suspicious eyes.
His eyes narrowed.
Kajimi’s gaze kept darting away.
"Use your Invisibility. Let me see it."
Fang Xiu said, looking at Kajimi.
At this, Kajimi was starting to lose her composure.
"M-Master, now isn’t a good time for Invisibility, is it? Someone might think I was peeping on you!"
Kajimi said after a moment’s thought.
"Then I’ll let you peep!"
Fang Xiu said with a faint smile, "Invisibility!"
"Ahem!"
Kajimi looked embarrassed.
Then she muttered under her breath, "I already peeped while I was invisible earlier!"
And with that, she ran off.
Fang Xiu was speechless.
’I’ll deal with her later.’
At that moment, Fang Xiu could feel all the pores on his body opening up.
They were continuously absorbing the Dragon Blood Power from the bathtub.
’So comfortable!’
Fang Xiu took another sip of red wine.
He half-closed his eyes.
He just sat there in the tub, absorbing the surrounding Dragon Blood Power.
"Hm?"
Just then.
Fang Xiu suddenly felt a slight stinging pain in the hand holding the wine glass.
’What the hell?’
Fang Xiu looked at his hand. It seemed fine.
But the stinging sensation...
...hadn’t disappeared at all.
He could feel it very clearly.
’Holy shit, don’t tell me it’s the Dragon’s Blood?’
Fang Xiu suddenly realized.
He had just used his right hand to test the water temperature.
Everything seemed fine then.
But now, there was an intense stinging pain.
Just one hand was already this painful.
If it was his whole body...
"Hiss... You’ve got to be kidding me!"
The moment that thought crossed Fang Xiu’s mind...
...his body began to feel it.
That’s right.
Fang Xiu’s body started to ache all over.
First, it was a stinging pain.
Then it grew more and more intense.
Until finally, it became an excruciating agony.
HISS!
Fang Xiu could endure pain in other places.
But a certain... area, also soaking in the Dragon’s Blood, had begun to hurt as well.
The sensation made Fang Xiu’s entire body curl up into a ball.
"Dammit! That damned Fafnir!"
Fang Xiu started cursing loudly.
He never would have thought that absorbing Fafnir’s Dragon’s Blood would be this painful.
This stuff might increase Defense, but it was also bloody lethal.
Not just lethal—it was going to sever his family line at the root!
Fang Xiu was in agony.
But there was nothing he could do; he was already in the middle of absorbing it.
The originally blood-red bathwater had already started to fade.
This was not the time to give up.
Otherwise, all his prior suffering would be for nothing, and he’d have sacrificed his manhood for naught.
So, no matter how much it hurt...
...Fang Xiu could only grit his teeth and endure.
Time passed, second by second.
Fang Xiu remained curled up in the bathtub.
Like a small shrimp.
He just gritted his teeth, waiting to absorb all the Dragon’s Blood.
After all, Fang Xiu had no idea if soaking in the Dragon’s Blood in separate sessions would render it ineffective, or perhaps halve the effects.
Fortunately, there wasn’t that much Dragon’s Blood to begin with.

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