Zongman, Rebirth of the Heaven-Defying Kirito

"Let's call it a day then. You've eaten quite a bit, so go home early."

Kirito casually patted Kanna's head, and he had to admit it felt quite nice, with the smoothness of her hair and the texture of feathers.

Just as he was about to turn and leave, a small hand grabbed one corner of his black cloak.

Kirito turned around: "What's wrong?"

The other person pointed to their mouth and said, "I'm still not full."

Kirito was suddenly in an extremely awkward situation.

You said you wanted to feed the little fat dragon in front of you, but you've already fed it more than a dozen pieces of food, many of which are rare ingredients, yet you still say you're not full.

How to do?

It was impossible to keep feeding it until it was full. Kirito finally understood the size of the dragon's appetite, but unfortunately, he didn't have much food left.

In fact, his backpack contained some rare ingredients that he had obtained during his explorations.

If you can just order a common dish at a nearby tavern, then why keep ordinary ingredients in your backpack, taking up space and gathering dust?

In conclusion, Kirito's backpack did not contain many ingredients.

Since he had promised to feed Kanna, Kirito planned to go hunting next, and naturally assumed that he could complete the task by collecting a dozen or so portions each day.

But now I realize I was too hasty.

So now...

Kirito crouched down and started to coax, "Kanna-chan, you must have somewhere to go back to, right?"

"Hmm~"

"That's good... No, what I meant was, if your closest family members cook for you at home, you won't be able to eat your home-cooked meals after eating here~"

Kanna fell into thought, and then she let go of the small hand that was holding onto the hem of her clothes.

"Then I'll come again tomorrow~"

After saying that, she suddenly leaped up in front of Kirito. In the air, a pink light flashed, and her originally small body suddenly grew larger, eventually transforming back into her original form as a white dragon.

It hovered in the air for a moment, as if bidding farewell to Kirito, or thanking him for feeding it today.

Then the white dragon flapped its pure white wings, gradually rising and disappearing into the distance, while the resulting wind pressure stirred up a large cloud of dust.

Kirito watched the little fat dragon rise into the distance, creating the same pitch-black passageway as when he first appeared high in the sky, before finally leaping away from SAO.

"Phew~" Kirito finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, in the end, it seems that the little fat dragon didn't actually overcome the dimensional barrier it created.

So it's possible to get to SAO this way?

Hmm, I really don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing.

"Forget it, thinking about it won't change anything. Let's just accept reality and take it one step at a time."

......

That day, after a long day of overtime work, Xiaolin returned to her apartment.

The moment the key was inserted into the lock and turned, a loud "clunk" was heard from inside the door.

"Welcome back, Kobayashi!"

Thor's tail swished merrily behind him as he took the coat off the other person, tidied it, and put it away.

It looked like a wife specially welcoming her husband home, but Kobayashi knew that this guy's purpose was far more than that.

Sure enough, the shill started the next second: "I came home unexpectedly late today. So, how about we go first? Eat first? Or take a shower first? Of course, you can also... choose to eat me~"

Thor gave Kobayashi a meaningful look, then placed a hand on his tie.

"I see." Kobayashi calmly looked away, changed her shoes, and said, "Then let's eat first."

"Tch~" Thor reluctantly withdrew his hand.

But next time, I'll make sure Kobayashi fully understands my charm!

Even though Kobayashi was used to seeing this kind of scene, he couldn't help but sigh: No one would have thought that his maid was some kind of legendary dragon.

Although she is in human form, the orange twin tails are undoubtedly adorned with dragon horns, and the tail swinging behind her maid outfit is indeed that of a dragon.

Noticing the other person's gaze, Thor couldn't help but feel secretly pleased.

"Hmph~ You have good taste! I made Tyrant Dragon Tail Meat Curry today, which is Kobayashi's favorite!"

"It would taste even better if the dragon's tail meat were removed."

Of course, this isn't the first or second time this has happened.

For some reason, the dragon maid in the house really wants to eat dishes made from the other's tail, and now that idea has become a kind of obsession.

As expected, Thor got upset: "Eh? Even just a tiny bite, I guarantee you'll be addicted!"

Ugh, it's addictive, so I definitely shouldn't eat it.

Although she had already tried and knew it was impossible, Kobayashi still tried to correct the other person's bad idea: "I would never eat meat of unknown origin!"

"Ugh~ How could Kobayashi say my tail meat is of unknown origin? That's so mean!"

Thor bent down and wiped away her tears with her maid's gloves, looking utterly wronged... even though Kobayashi had already noticed that there were no tears in the corners of her eyes.

"Ah..." Knowing that the other party was acting, Kobayashi put on an expression that said, "I really can't do anything about it." "I don't want to eat it only because it's the flesh of my important family members."

But Thor didn't hear a word of it; all he could hear was the phrase "my important family."

Then she stood up excitedly and came to Kobayashi, face to face, almost cheek to cheek: "But if Kobayashi eats my tail meat, don't you feel a sense of merging of our flesh and blood?"

How could I possibly have that feeling?

Thor then continued to plead, "Is it really not possible?"

"If it's not going to work, it's not going to work!"

"Sigh, there's really no way around it." Thor then turned and walked towards the kitchen: "I'll go and take care of it."

They actually made that kind of dish...

Thor quickly served the prepared dish to the table; well, it was a normal dish without dragon tail meat.

Kobayashi took a small spoonful and commented, "The curry is delicious."

"Hehe, as long as Xiaolin thinks it tastes good, that's great~"

Besides the two people, there was a third person around the dining table.

That's right, it's the chubby little dragon Kanna who has been fed a lot.

As a young dragon with an enormous appetite and still developing, Xiaolin faces exponentially increasing electricity bills and the need to provide gluttonous meals at every meal.

Even so, Xiaolin did not shirk her responsibilities; instead, she worked even harder and took on the full responsibility for the entire family.

But Kanna looks a little strange today...

She first tasted the curry with a spoon, but seemed to think there wasn't enough spoon, so she picked up the whole plate of curry and used the spoon to scoop all the curry into the abyss's gaping maw.

If that were all, it would be normal; logically, Kanna would choose "another bowl" next.

But in reality, she simply said, "Thank you for the meal~"

Kobayashi and Tohru exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise on each other's faces.

Something's wrong, Kanna is acting very strangely.

The fact that they ate so little must mean something happened without their knowledge.