Chapter 208: Ddraigs Punishment ; Crowning Ceremony (1/2)

Taking a deep breath, I walk toward the balcony that I'm supposed to give a speech on during the coronation ceremony. Something that I'm not looking forward to.

Shaking my head, I peer beyond the castle, into the previously barren streets of the capital. News of corrupt nobles being executed and a new king getting crowned has brought all the citizens back.

The state of Albion at the moment is quite stable. All I need to do is make sure that it remains that way before I can leave this Platform.

Today is the day that the coronation will be held. There is still some time left, so I should deal with some other matters.

First, I need to meet up with Ddraig. As such, I make use of Clairvoyance to look around the castle and the capital. Nothing. It seems like she's not here.

Shifting my sight to the forest quite a distance away from the back of the castle, I immediately notice a few trees fall down.

”Found you…” I subconsciously mutter before using Norse Magic to teleport to the location.

Once again, I find time stopped around me as I look for a proper place to teleport to.

As expected, the one that broke the trees is none other than Ddraig.

Curious about what she's up to, I choose a point close to her.

Fortunately, she doesn't notice me as she continues to do what she was doing ere my arrival.

”This is absurd…” I hear her exasperatedly mutter, ”What is he to create this?”

Oh? She's speaking of me and most likely the body I created for her. How nice of her to research it for me.

The next moment, a burst of fiery red flames escape from her feet and move toward a tree nearby.

I watch with an intrigued expression as the flames burn the tree down and nothing else in its path.

That's not the end of it, as Ddraig raises her arm and lightly swings it in front of herself. This action of hers results in a burst of wind to cut several trees down at once.

”Great,” she says in a slightly excited tone, ”If this goes on, I will be as strong as how I was very soon.”

”Is that so,” I say as I slowly approach her.

Startled, Ddraig turns around and looks me in the eyes as beads of sweat appear on her head.

”Victor?” he says while fidgeting a little, ”Why are you here?”

Beaming a smile, I casually ask, ”Say, Ddraig… Have you been avoiding me?”

The moment the words leave my mouth, Ddraig flinches before she quickly recollects herself and says, ”Not at all.”

Sensing fallacy within her words, the smile on my face disappears before I say in a firm tone, ”Looks like a punishment is necessary after all.”

Before she can react to my words, I appear behind her and punch her back with enough force to blow her away into the distance.

Several trees get smashed before Ddraig's body falls to the ground.

I slowly walk over to where she is, only to find her grunting while getting back on her feet.

”That punch was the price for what you did in the war,” I say in a neutral tone.

Ddraig coughs twice before smirking and saying, ”As expected, you don't hold back at all.”

Hearing this, I furrow my brows and say, ”You're being punished not trained.”

Ddraig opens her mouth and takes a deep breath before standing in a defensive stance.

Seeing this, I grin and say, ”Do you actually think that you're able to face me?”

”No,” she simply responds, ”But, I can at least somewhat prevent my body from getting destroyed.”

”Well, you don't have to worry about that,” I with a smirk on my lips, ”After all, your second punishment will be different from the first one.”

An anxious yet curious look appears on Ddraig's face as she asks me,” What are you planning?”

”Nothing much,” I say while cracking my knuckles, ”Just some plain old spanking.”

As soon as she hears that, all color seems to drain from Ddraig's face as she screams, ”No!”

I don't heed this much attention as I slowly approach her with a wide grin on my face.

”Stay away!” she yells as hard as she can as her body begins to shiver.

Naturally, I continue to walk toward her. With each step I take, Ddraig gets more and more nervous. After the tenth step, she finally can't take it anymore as she breaks into a sprint toward the deeper region of the forest.

Shaking my head, I chase after the fleeing dragon.

Surprisingly, Ddraig's speed is faster than what I'm currently capable of, so I'm left with no other choice than using Godspeed.

”Stay away, Ddraig screams as she blows fiery flames my way from her palms.”

Unfortunately for her, I own a skill that specifically manipulates flames.

As such, I continue to tease Ddraig by making her believe that she can outrun me.

After a few minutes, I notice that there is a flame of hope in her eyes.

This is it. One moment I am behind Ddraig, before the next one, I am right in front of her with my arm extended.

Unable to react fast enough, Ddraig's forehead bumps into my arm, resulting in her comically flipping before her face gets planted into the ground.