This time, David, apart from being somewhat amused and helpless, truly began to see the Red Dragon mother in a new light.
It was a feeling as though he was being trusted by the dragon, even if the endorsement of that trust was exorbitantly costly...
Just when a touch of emotion rose in David’s heart, he saw the Dragon Mother, who had suddenly become agitated, take a deep breath and stare at him with a cold smirk, saying,
"You really think I still need to worry about you reneging on your debt? Go ahead and try running away to Heaven of Seven Hills or Barto Hell; I can drag you back from either place, then twist your head off and stuff it back into your reproductive orifice for re-forging!"
"..." Tania, who was nearby, was completely stunned by this fierce outburst.
David, petrified, could only meekly flatter,
"...Mother is mighty and domineering."
"Alright, come over here." Pafila, quite satisfied with the bewildered reaction of her undutiful children, slightly raised her neck and beckoned with her claw.
"Ah?..." David cautiously inched forward.
"Come closer," Pafila instructed.
"Oh..." David moved up another two steps.
"Try dawdling again?"
The Dragon Mother finally lost her patience. With a flick of her tail, she scooped David into her arms as if holding a miniature toy doll, and bit down on him with her gaping maw.
As the ferocious Abyssal Maw loomed ever closer, resembling a nightmare come to life, David instantly entered a state of stress.
He reflexively activated the hundredfold amplified "Authority: Wrath" alongside his unique ’Dragon Breath Evasion Technique.’
But he could swear to Tiamat herself, face-to-face, that this time it was not on purpose! It was purely due to his nerves being overloaded and short-circuited by the tension...
If a comparison had to be made, it was not like mistaking the gas pedal for the brake in an emergency but more like suddenly finding yourself driving a Tesla!
With the throttle out of control and automatically locked, pressing on the brakes was utterly pointless!
A burst of flame spewed from his reproductive orifice, blistering the Dragon Mother’s face. Just as he was about to shoot out of her broad embrace like a jet fighter, the enraged Pafila yanked him back midair by his tail.
Yet, his behind continuously shot out flames, becoming like a fiery wheel endlessly spinning around the Dragon Mother’s clawed wrist.
Sensing her dragon child spinning faster and more vigorously, nearly dazzling her eyes as if ushering in premature menopause, Pafila became irritated.
"Stop that this instant! If you don’t behave, Mother will eat you!"
Without waiting for David’s response, she swung him by his tail onto her hoard of treasures beneath her, heralding a shower of Gold Coins, some of which melted on the spot under David’s persistent Dragon Breath.
The distraught Dragon Mother, not bothering with other matters, jabbed a tip of her tail over, plugging David’s fiery orifice shut.
"OH... HISS..." David poked out his tongue as the whites of his eyes bulged out.
"..." The obstructed flames instantly reversed their flow. As the Dragon Breath threatened to shoot out from David’s mouth again, it was promptly suppressed by the Dragon Mother’s swift claw pressing against his Dragon Kiss.
David, now closed off at both ends, swelled up like an angry pufferfish in record time.
"PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!" The flames that could no longer be contained burst from his nostrils, ears, and even tear ducts one after another.
"..." This unprecedented spectacle, reminiscent of a winter festival firework show, left both Dragon Mother and Dragon Sister dumbstruck.
Out of options, Pafila handed the still-leaking David to her daughter, who was already looking a bit stunned.
"...Let your brother cool off."
"Oh, oh!" Tania quickly sprayed her Frost Dragon’s Breath at her leaky and waterlogged brother as if using a fire extinguisher.
After a long while, it was unclear whether David had run out of his stored Dragon Breath or if Tania’s Frost Dragon’s Breath had thoroughly doused it. He slumped his head before the Dragon Mother, like a mischievous child caught red-handed by his furious mother after trying to blow up the sewers with Gatling Fireworks. Frozen in ice, he endured her scolding.
"I’ll say it again, stop with the fire-breathing from your ass! At least not in front of me! If I see it one more time, believe me, I’ll seal that thing of yours shut for life?!"
"...Okay, Mom." David’s eyes were hollow and vacant as if he had lost the most prized possession of his dragon life.
It was still taken away by his mother...
"Hmm... that’s my good boy. Don’t move, I’m going to brand you. Now, you’ll be just like your sister Tania; no other giant dragon would dare to mess with you as long as you’re in my territory."
So David once again saw that hideous eagle-beak mouth approaching him head-on.
Bathed in the Dragon Mother’s saliva over his head and face, David was completely dumbfounded. This time he didn’t run away, nor could he escape, as his tail was pinned under his mother’s claw...
All he could do was stare bewilderedly at Tania, who, seemingly accustomed to it, looked on with what seemed like envy.
Above his head, he heard the Dragon Mother’s verdict that made him break out in a cold sweat once again:
"Hmm, seems you weren’t lying. You did take a bath, and it actually smells rather nice."
A bite with the upper teeth.
And David went from initial resistance to lying down relaxed and enjoying it due to the pleasant sensation.
He also came to empathetically realize through this passive, firsthand experience:
Being licked clean like a kitten by a mother cat really was an exceedingly comfortable affair.
It was the kind of feeling where every scale involuntarily bristled, as if a tingling sensation traveled down his spine, reaching every bone.
However, it wasn’t long before David, almost completely licked clean from top to bottom by the Dragon Mother, sensed something amiss and extended his six limbs against the Dragon Mother’s Dragon Kiss, trying to stop her:
"Wait! Hold on! No, not there, please!"
He just couldn’t hold it in...
The two of them froze in place at the same time.
David, witnessing the Dragon Mother’s conflicted expression, teeth bared as if she were ready to devour a dragon yet unable to bring herself to do so, wanted to explain but only felt more guilty.
A surge of fire burst forth from Pafila’s throat. In an instant, David was blasted away by the unleashed Dragon Breath, smoking as he shot through the cave tunnel, tumbling over mountains. He finally steadied his spread wings, only to still plunge headlong into the ocean due to the massive inertia.
Two residual flames jetted out of Pafila’s nostrils. The scorching heat quickly dried her face, but it couldn’t dispel the stench of urine from the young dragon.
"I need to soak in the magma. Call me when those long-eared ones arrive."
"Okay, Mom," Tania replied in a quiet, meek voice, not wishing to meet the same fate as her brother.
"Hmm, such an unruly child! How did I, the mighty Lelianadora, give birth to such a creature?!"
The smoky-headed Dragon Mother grabbed the filial piety gift from her rebellious son and cursed all the way to the depths of the volcano. Only then did Tania finally let out a sigh of relief. She half-spread her delicate wings like a small swan and scampered toward the cave exit to fetch David:
"Heehee, still... um, still, brother is the best."
He had managed to do something she had wanted to do but never dared to.
Back then, she nearly suffocated herself.
To think he actually peed in the mouth of the legendary Red Dragon Mother and got away with it.
The thought was a bit thrilling!