Chapter 57 - Taking Leona prisoner

Moving back to where Marc and Leona are sitting on the ground. Marc could barely move and Leona couldn't.

Marc saw how the gold sand was being met by black sand and was happy that someone managed to move Gina to evolve.

Deciding he had seen enough and it was time to move on. He placed a hand on his chest and used a spell while sitting on the ground.

[Paw Refresher]

Slowly but steadily a red transparent bubble emerged behind him from his back that grew bigger and bigger until it was fully rejected from his body and floated behind him.

"Ahh~ As good as new again. Damn, nothing better than a little workout." Exclaimed Marc while doing a few stretches and checkups after standing up.

"!?"

Leona's eyes were wide as teacups and began getting really jealous of that spell. And thought "If I could do that then I could fight more often."

Seeing Leona looking at him with hungry eyes, Marc smiled mischievously and said "Are you perhaps jealous? Or do you want another piece of me? Just saying, I mean the piece of meat you absolutely can't bite~ as you did to my neck."

Knowing what he meant and was teasing her, Leona just replied with the usual ferocious expression and canny tooth "Sure, use that spell on me too, and I will take real good care of your 'meat'"

Marc shuddered when he heard and told her "Ahahaha, let's do that another time. But for now you will be my prisoner, so I won't heal you" before lifting and throwing her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. The rough treatment made Leona groan a little before she felt a hand roaming her behind.

"Get your hand off or I will kill you!" Snarled Leona, she still couldn't move because of her injuries.

"Eh? I still remember you said you would kill me with gratitude, but you never did, so I want compensation. Besides, it must feel itchy now that you can't move, right?" Replied Marc while he still proceeded to touch her well-trained behind without a care.

"…Do what you want, but I will pay you back for this!" What Leona hates the most is fighting vocally, so she just let him do whatever… for now.

"Oh, if you feel so much gratitude that you feel I need payment~, then pay me back by warming my bed~" Marc shamelessly said before spanking her ass.

*Slap*

*Slap*

"Grrr, shameless." Growled Leona. Nobody has ever dared to treat her like this. First, because she's strong. Second, because she's actually still a princess even if she doesn't look like it. The worst thing is, she kinda likes it.

Marc carried her to where the camp should have been and wondered "Did I get lost again?"

"Captain! Over here." A familiar voice sounded, and Marc looked in the direction it came from and saw a comical sight.

All 25 of his soldiers were in a tree with panties and bras in their pockets, around arms, neck, or over the head. They truly looked like someone geared up for war.

"Pfft, ahaahahaa… All of you get down. Why do you have frightened expressions? It's only a little display of magic. Aren't you young heroes that fear nothing?"

When they heard what Marc said they all reputed in their mind "Bullshit!! Do you call this a 'little' display?"

He bullied his temporary underlings for a little before something stopped him. Asi approached with Gina under his arm and saw that Marc had Leona over his shoulder. The two had a little stare off and didn't say anything.

*Slap*

To destroy this intimidating atmosphere, Marc slapped Leona's behind.

"Ahh~ " A barely audible moan sounded, but Marc and Asai managed to hear it. Asi didn't know what to say and decided to just stay silent and observe Marc.

*Slap*

"Uahh~" Marc was about to spank Leona's behind again when Asi still didn't say anything.

"Stop! Please, stop! How about we exchange hostages?" Asi asked after removing his stern face with a tired one.

"Eh? Don't want to as she agreed to warm my bed~," Marc told his reasons.

"I DID NOT!!" Yelled Leona with frustration.

"Eh? But you didn't say 'no' before. Being silent means yes. That's the rule." Marc would have been a formidable lawyer in his previous life.

"…"

"…"

Leona and Asi were speechless by his reasoning and exclaimed in their minds "What rule is that!?"

"If you don't hand her over, I will kill this young Devil Slayer!" Asi said after getting his bearings back. He didn't really want to kill Gina, but he would have to if it could save Leona.

"Then I will do the same-" Marc wasn't the type of person to be pushed around, so he was about to say the same thing, but-

"Wait!"

"Stop!

Rofta and Mordrei came running together and yelled for them to calm down.

"Did Rofta get a girlfriend?" Marc wondered when saw the two.

"Why? He has Gina."

"Why? He has Leona."

Marc and Asi were both confused by their teammates and ended up asking the same thing, before looking at each other.

"Because we just saw three big dragons close by and would have died if it wasn't for my concealment spells," Rofta said, making Marc look at him with stars in his eyes.

"Finally! I want to see the dragons so bad." Marc wished in his mind, but his expression was very easy for the people around to read.

"!? Dragons. Is that true Modrei?" Asked Asi his friend to confirm the credibility.

*Grit* "It is….I would have without a doubt died if it wasn't for his concealment spells" She said with gritted teeth, not liking the fact she was so scared and powerless in front of them.

"Then this war might experience some interference if we get their attention or annoy them. The best thing would be to stop or change the battlefield." Asi evaluated.

"I don't think we are going anywhere." Leona suddenly said on Marc's shoulder.

*Slap*

"What are you saying? I can go wherever I want" Marc dominantly explained and spanked her again. When Mordrei saw it, her eyes nearly popped out and she took a fighting stance with her big greatsword and yelled "How dare you to be so disrespectful to our 1st princess. Get your hands off her this instant."

Everybody wondered the same thing when they heard Mondrei "It's not disrespectful carrying a princess like a sack of potatoes on his shoulder? What kind of knight are you?"

"Grrrr, stop hitting my butt and look behind you, you fool!" Leona roared.

"Is it the dragons?" Marc turned around and looked into the horizon and got disappointed "It's not…"

Instead of dragons, it was a cavalry of 800 hundred soldiers riding on magical-looking horses with horns. A few of them were holding flags with Seven's crest on. They weren't charging yet and just stood on the horizon seemingly waiting for something.

Not long after, armies of soldiers gathered at two other sides from Fiore and Bosco. Though they were mostly on foot.

"Seems like people decided to join the fun. Stone Face, you wanted to exchange hostages before, right? I accept. Here, catch." Said Marc, not waiting for a reply before throwing Leona at Asi and quickly take Gina under his arm away.

"Let's go, guys, we are regrouping with Fiore's army." Marc indicated Rofta to come and yelled to the 25 soldiers that were shaking in their boots. They spared no time catching up to him. Even young heroes can be afraid.

"…Mordrei, we are joining Bosco's army too. Let's go." Asi said before giving her Leona to carry as he thinks it's inappropriate for a man to carry her.

But when the two groups began to split up and walk away, the cavalry from Seven charged in their direction in a wide formation, making them unable to getaway. Marc could save everybody and flee from here, but he had no intention of that when he saw the army from Fiore split and open up, so a cavalry of 100 soldiers that Lisa was leading and charging in his direction.

Leona's group was in the direst situation as no help will be able to reach them in time as Bosco had no cavalry here.

"Take the 1st princess away and I will hold them back until you reach our army." Ordered Asi and was about to walk in the direction where Seven's cavalry of 800 soldiers were charging. Leona tried to force herself to push the supporting Mordei away and stand up. She had no intention of leaving her friends alone to fight.

"I'm not leaving you behind." Said Leona barely managing to stand.

"Um, before it's going to get all dramatic and all, why don't we work together for a while? I can heal the lioness to be as good as new in a few minutes." Marc just ruined the dramatic moment where a friend will be left behind to die to save his friends.

While Asi and Mordrei were about to tell Marc that he was lying. They had never heard of a spell that could do that. Sure healing exists, but it only heals wounds and not the stamina without catastrophic side effects.

"We have a deal. Now quickly use your spell!" But Leona had already seen how miraculous the spell was and wasn't doubting Marc. They had fought each other two times now, and she confident she knows his personality by now.

"Hold your horses. We never agreed on a price for this deal." Marc showed a greedy expression and rolled his fingers imagining the money he would earn from a country's 1st princess.

Rofta beginning to get worried a little for his and Gina's sake. Every time Marc finds what calls a 'money machine', something always goes wrong.

"You have already taken your payment." Stated Leona.

"? What do you mean?" Marc asked.

"You have touched my backside multiple times now. That's worth enough as your payment." Leona explained with pride and confidence.

"Hell no!! That's not near enough for payment. Only touching wouldn't be enough. Maybe warming my bed or if we were married it would have been sufficient. But as we-" Marc's shameless self said things that made both Asi and Mordrei angry.

"How dare you say such audacious stuff to our 1st princess. If I don't cut you down today, I won't be a knight-" Mordrei didn't even try to reign in her anger like Asi and was about to attack, but some unbelievable words froze her.

"Then I will be your wife. Now heal me, you fool." Leona said, taking everyone off guard. Even Rofta had already expected something to go wrong, but this was out of his expectation.

"…"

Marc was looking at Leona and blinking his eyes in confusion and thought "Did she just say what I heard?"

"Can you say that again? I think one of those dragons must have farted when you spoke." Marc asked and put his ear closer to her.

"I will be your wife, now heal me!" Leona was beginning to get impatient.

"1st Princess!!" Asi and Modrei protested.

"No-no-no, aren't you rich since you are a princess? Pay me instead!" Marc's plan to get rich was once again falling apart.

"You just said if I was your wife then you would do it for free. And no, I'm not rich because my father took my allowance since I had no intention of taking his position." Clarified Leona, making Marc cry internally.

"SHIT!! I have really mastered the art of shooting myself in the foot. I'm not getting married. I'm still young." Grumbled Marc in his head before giving up.

"Forget it. I'm feeling generous today and will do it for free." Marc said, trying to save his image and hide the fact that he just fucked up. Without waiting for a response Marc just placed his hand on her chest without thinking much about it.

But Mordrei thought Marc was taking advantage of Leona's weak state to molest her but stopped when a red bubble was being ejected from Leona's back.

Leona herself was standing with pride and confidence while Marc had a hand on her chest, but inside she was contemplating if she should punch his teeth out "Did he have to touch my chest? I will find out later and pummel him into the ground if it isn't the case."

"The cavalry will reach us in about six minutes. How long is the treatment going to take?" Asked Asi, who decided to ignore the blatant disrespect Marc was showing for the time being.

"I can do it in four," Marc told him before he began healing Gina who was unconscious with his other free hand.

When Marc was almost done healing them, Lisa, followed by Nina arrived with their little cavalry. It made Asi and Modrei on edge as they were afraid they would do something to Leona and them.

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(A/N: I'm not sure how OP Marc's healing spell [Paw Refresher] will be in the future and if he should be able to use it in a fight, but at this time I don't like the idea.)

(A/N: I will begin using [ ] to indicate spells/attacks. All I can say is that I have learned my lesson here. I will edit the other chapters soon—— soon… Maybe)

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