Chapter 13

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Chapter 13: The Hero’s Fighting Spirit

The system thought about it for a long time and changed its plan considering the host’s level of femininity had changed.

First of all, was the fighting spirit.

Naya, having been kept as a canary by Iris for five years, had lost all traces of the once-vibrant heroic spirit.

In fact, Iris even praised her as a good wife and mother, and Naya was still happily wagging her tail in response.

Therefore, the fighting spirit had to be restored.

Courage is a part of that fighting spirit. Naya currently lacked the courage to rebel against Iris, subconsciously believing she could not win against her. Recklessly challenging Iris would only lead to death.

So, if they were to rekindle Naya’s courage…

The system thought of a method.

A method that could quietly change Naya without causing her to oppose its instructions.

[But during these three months, you can’t be completely doing nothing, you need to prepare to leave Iris’s side.]

[Leave Iris…?]

Naya lowered her gaze. Did leaving Iris mean leaving Illya as well?

Just to see an old friend?

Was it worth it?

[A side quest has been activated: “Become human again, seek out an old friend”. Quest reward: one piece of anti-magic silver armor, which can greatly enhance the host’s defense.]

[Can it withstand the Dragon Queen’s attacks?]

[No, but it can withstand most dragon attacks.]

Damn it, if this system could directly handle the Dragon Queen’s attacks, the previous system wouldn’t have died by Dragon Queen’s hands.

But at this point, the system didn’t dare to say such discouraging words to Naya.

Only by gradually encouraging Naya can she regain her adventurous spirit as a hero and continue scavenging in this world. Who knows, she might even find a treasure capable of killing the Dragon Queen.

[Then what’s the use of this quest reward? Change it.]

[Cannot be changed.]

[I don’t want to do it anymore.]

Throwing a tantrum!

Besides, she didn’t even know if her old friends were alive or dead.

Searching for those two in the vast sea of people was too difficult.

With a quest reward like this, what was the point in doing it?

[Host, don’t worry. There’s another side quest under this side quest. Side-quest 1 has been activated: “Counterattack the Dragon Queen Iris, press her down and thoroughly ravage her once. The standard for completion is to slap Iris’s butt ten times”. The quest reward: Blueprint for repairing the Holy Spear, which allows you to see the materials needed for the repair.】

[……]

[Not accepting? Does the host want to be a bottom for the rest of their life? Five years ago, you were a heroic figure full of glory, think carefully about how you ended up like this.]

[Ahem… System, this task sounds good, I’ll take it! Who’s afraid of whom? I will definitely counterattack!]

[Yes, host. For five years, you haven’t even turned over once. Don’t you think that’s a disgrace for a hero? As a hero, you should have made the Dragon Queen tremble, not been held down (Meowing) for five years. Shouldn’t the Dragon King be the one getting splashed?]

[I got it, system, stop talking!]

Recalling the days she willingly played the role of a pillow princess over the past five years, Naya felt her face heat up.

She turned on her side, lying on the bed, covering her face.

Why was it that she had been so submissive?

She hadn’t even attacked once.

Although she knew this was the system’s provocation.

Naya indeed regained a bit of her fighting spirit under the influence of the hero’s heart.

No more being a pillow princess!

She had to let Iris know who was the Real Boss of this household!

The standard for completing the task was slapping her ten times, right?

That seemed a bit challenging.

However, the quest reward was quite tempting: the Holy Spear repair blueprint. With the Holy Spear and power, she would have the means to protect Illya.

[Host, it’s not your fault. Do you remember when Iris brought you home? To eliminate the threat you posed to her, she hypnotized you, with the content being that you could never turn over. But rest assured, as long as this system can still communicate with your consciousness, it can interfere with the effects of hypnosis.]

[So that’s how it is. Iris actually did that to me, then I have to counterattack.]

Whether what the system said was true or not was uncertain.

However, after regaining her memories, Naya indeed felt significantly different.

Now she was burning with a fierce desire to counterattack.

Moreover, rather than facing the fact that she was originally a weak submissive, Naya preferred to believe she had been hypnotized.

So, she would reluctantly trust what the system said.

Today, the system wasn’t trying to provoke their family dynamics, which made Naya particularly happy.

After lying in bed for a while, she suddenly remembered she had already confessed to Iris that she had regained her memories, so the culinary skills she mastered in her previous life could be shown to Iris more!

Great!

Time to take action.

Naya got off the stairs and went to the kitchen, checking the ingredients available. However, she realized she only remembered the appearance of many items, not how to prepare them.

[System, can the next side quest reward be a cooking handbook? Otherwise, if I can only make the same few dishes over and over, Iris will eventually get tired of them.]

[……]

A string of ellipses crossed Naya’s mind.

What about your fighting spirit?

Wasn’t it said that you were going to counterattack?

Instead of thinking about how to complete the task, you’re suddenly thinking about cooking for Iris?

[System, speak!]

[I’ll meet your request, but please complete side quest 1 first.]

This useless thing didn’t boost combat power at all. The system didn’t want to issue such quest rewards, but in order to establish trust with Naya first, it could only agree and push for later.

[As the saying goes, to capture a woman’s heart, one must first capture her stomach. As long as I put enough into cooking for Iris, she will surely satisfy my various requests, like taking me to the human kingdom to play, helping me find my old friends, and collecting materials to repair the Holy Spear. When the time comes, completing the tasks will be a breeze.]

[As long as you’re happy.]

Sure enough, killing the Dragon Queen wasn’t that easy.

It was a long and arduous task to re-train the host into a hero again.

“Hmm…”

Naya searched through all the ingredients in the kitchen, including flour and meat from various animals, but felt that something was missing.

Returning to her room, Naya wrote down the necessary ingredients and condiments, then found the maid who was assisting her with chores today.

“Bella, please help me buy these items.”

Bella was also a white dragon, but her white was a bluish hue.

“Yes, Miss Naya.”

Bella took Naya’s paper, glanced at the various items listed, most of which she recognized, but some, like vinegar, she didn’t know.

“Sorry, Miss Naya, some of these items, I don’t recognize.”

“Which ones don’t you recognize?”

Naya thought about how some names in this other world might differ from those on Earth, and after racking her brain to explain them to Bella, she let Bella look for the corresponding products based on the relevant raw materials. Bella added some notes for the condiments and then went out.

Thinking about the most characteristic Eastern cuisine, of course, it was dumplings.

Naya wanted to make all kinds of dumplings for Iris with shrimp fillings, lean meat fillings, leek fillings, fish fillings, and even some fillings from creatures that didn’t exist on Earth, she would make them all.

Naya rolled up her sleeves and grabbed the flour in the kitchen.

She began to pat the dough vigorously.

Watching each slap land on the dough, Naya couldn’t help but imagine Iris’s butt shape, in her fantasies replacing Iris with the dough.

Slapping Iris’s butt again and again.

So satisfying!

The silver tail behind her was also joyfully swaying.

The system felt relieved when it sensed the fighting spirit in Naya’s heart.

Good, very energetic!

Just like that, when the time comes, facing Iris, she would slap her butt like this.

If she could slap her butt, how far was she from attacking Iris with a blade?