51 A Dragon in the Building

( 2 out of 3 chapters this week)

With a groan, the pair opened their eyes and looked at the ceiling.

"This is annoying. My head is spinning." Julis exclaimed with an annoyed groan. They have spent a whole year in the dungeon.

This was the first time they did it for this long.

The worst part is that Alex's stats are fully maxed out but not Julis'. So, at least she can lessen her migraine. But not him.

"Darling…" She rubbed her head on his chest. Asking for him to save her from pain.

"...One moment." He brought one of his hands on her back, and with a little bit of lightning, he cut his finger. A drop of his blood dropped on her back.

Her Falna glowed and her stats rose. Once it settled down Julis raised her head and looked at her boyfriend.

Gently she kissed his lips, after all, it was morning and she was always supposed to kiss him in the mornings.

"I will take a shower first and then make something for you to eat. By the time you are done with your routines, I will have some medicine ready for you."

Alex simply nodded as he massaged his head.

Without wasting any more time the pink-haired Princess got out of bed and walked over to the bathroom.

In the meantime, her boyfriend closed his eyes and activated his falna.

'This is just great…' He thought sarcastically.

Just like he thought he reached the bottleneck and to improve his power he will need to reach the next level.

'Partner, you need stimulation. Mental one at that. From my understanding of this Falna, the main character in that franchise had mental-based stimulus power. You need something like that to break through the set limiters.'

Albion sagely explained to him.

Alex feels that the dragon is using his memories as some sort of library.

'You are not wrong. Your head is full of interesting stuff.'

To that comment, he simply groaned and moved on his side. Laying for a bit more. When he heard that Julis was done with her shower he got up from the bed slowly walked over to the bathroom and then got himself in the shower.

He allowed the water to start running as he just stood there and relaxed for a bit.

A couple of minutes later he left it and proceeded to dress up.

"...Ugh…"

'It appears we have a problem…'

"You don't say… the uniform is getting too small…"

The White Dragon Emperor inspected himself in the mirror, he could see the sleeves were getting short.

Same with his pants…

"I guess I will need to visit the store again…" He said that with a tired groan.

'Look at the bright side. You are doing much better even with migraines. Before this, you couldn't even stand up after spending a year in the Dungeon.'

Alex simply grunted at his partner. He pulled out a sheet of paper and proceeded to drop blood on it.

[DRAGON HEART]

[A skill manifested when a human gave up his heart to a Dragon who in turn gave a Dragon Heart as a replacement.]

[This heart is from the Dragon subspecies called 'Gwiber' in the old Welsh tongue it means 'Flying Snake'.]

[Passive effects include mutation of human blood towards dragon attribute, increased magic capacity, and possible development of poison.]

[Blood mutation: 78.9%]

The teen sucked some cold air when he saw the numbers.

'Impressive progress. With your increased blood circulation, your mutation is much faster now.'

He nodded at his partner's words.

'This poses us another issue… for magic-sensitive beings, they will notice my aura don't they?'

Alex commented on the obvious as he looked at himself in the mirror. He can see how his chest has puffed from muscles and his shoulders got wider.

He was pretty close to being 'perfect'.

'That is indeed true. But that's the price of this new power you got.'

All he could do in this situation was frown. He lifted his hand and white lightning started to dance between his fingers.

It was a deadly force of supernatural elements.

'All that is left to do is increase my overall power and I could fight some powerful beings.'

After pondering on this stopped with his lightning and instead scratched the back of his head. That migraine doesn't make it easy.

When Alex arrived at the kitchen Julis already prepared food and aspirin for his headache.

The White Dragon Emperor drank the whole thing in a single gulp.

"...Much better…"

He said that after lowering the cup.

"I made some coffee as well. It should help."

"...Yeah… but I will crash hard after it runs its course." He said with a sigh.

"True. But, it should be enough for you to survive the majority of the classes." His girlfriend smiled when she said that.

"I guess…"

He somewhat agrees with her as he proceeds to eat breakfast and drink the coffee. It was as bitter as he remembers. He is always the tea guy but to lessen his headache he will sacrifice his taste buds.

"...at least let me put some milk or more sugar into this!"

*Sigh*

"Fine…"

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Sona looked at Alex and Julis who were slowly making their way to the school.

Her eyes narrowed as she noticed the obvious changes to the pair!

Once again they got a massive boost in power! This was absurd!

The air around those two was far different than yesterday!

In the supernatural sense.

Alex felt more primal and static than ever before; it was as if he evolved into a completely different being.

While Julis was pure heat. It was as if her control over flames increased to another level!

'Just what kind of training they are going through? They can't get strong like this over a single night.

No, it has to be some sort of time-related place!'

The longer this is going on the more Sona believes that they have some sort of means to train for long periods in a single night.

This was going for a while now and all the clues point towards that.

"Shitori-Kaichou, good morning." Alex greeted the Council President.

Julis greeted the devil girl as well. Though the pinkette simply nodded at her.

"You look tired. Hard at training?" Sona asked curiously as she fixed her glasses. By this point, she is certain that Alex's power is around the High class, maybe even higher. This is just from observing his magical aura.

"You could say that."

"I see. Don't overwork yourself, you still need the energy to pay attention in school in the mornings."

"I will keep that in mind."

After greeting Sona the pair proceeded to walk into the school.

In the meantime, the Heiress looked at their back.

"What do you think, Tsubaki?" The Sitri Heiress asked her 'Queen'.

"...Something major has happened to them. Some sort of breakthrough with their powers.

Just sensing Komnenos-san mana makes me feel chills."

"...Yes. I can feel changes in his mana. There is something potent there."

"...I do believe he got better control over his Divine Dividing." Sona speculated with a thoughtful look. At this moment she wouldn't mind having someone who could distinguish his mana to a better level.

Like Rias' Rook. Having a Youkai would reveal more mysteries which surround those two.

Well, at this moment all she can do is sigh and continue to think about how to approach THAT subject.

She knows her big sister is not the most patient person when it comes to her.

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Alex was much more relaxed now. Well, more like he was tired. So he barely paid attention to those small skirts all the girls had.

It does appear that his body has adjusted to the change of heart.

However…

He was much more 'sensitive' to all of his surroundings. That electrical field he always had in passive is now much more potent.

If anyone scratches his head, rubs their hands, flips a page, or plays with a pen, he will know…he will sense it.

The White Dragon Emperor tries to muffle the power of this but it's extremely hard.

Such power was developed in the dungeon. So when he returns to regular life like this it's like sensory overload.

Regardless, the class was over and Alex proceeded to try to relax. But it was not as easy as one would think. He still has his passive field.

So he leaned back into his chair and tried to reel in his lightning output.

'Good. It's working…try shrinking it to the point that it's just around you.'

Alex nodded mentally and proceeded to try it out. Eventually, he was certain that this field was just a couple of inches from his body.

'Nicely done. This should lessen mental strain and let you rest for a bit.' The only thing Albion got from his comment was a tired nod.

'Finally, some peace.'

No more annoying sensory feedback.

After that the classes became more bearable but Alex was still tired he wanted this to end.

And when the classes did the blonde knight of Rias told him that his King wanted to see him.

"It was coming, is it not? You saved her Pawn. So she will try to find a way to pay you back." Julis whispered to him as she was walking with him towards the Occult Research Club.

"I don't mind. Only that I am not in the best condition to play mental games." He grunted with annoyance at his current situation.

"Don't worry. I am here with you." She smiled at him as she took his hand. The pair continued to walk towards their clubhouse.

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Koneko who was eating biscuits in the clubhouse turned stiff when she sensed who just entered the clubhouse.

"...Buchou…a dragon. I can feel a dragon!" Nekomata explained with some worry.

"...You mean Alex Komnenos entered the building?"

"Hn. Yes, but today there's something strange with him. He is much more powerful than yesterday." The white-haired cat girl explained to her King.

"Yeah, now that Koneko-chan mentioned that he was strange the whole day," Issei said with crossed arms.

"How strange are we talking about?" Rias asked with a curious look.

"He was tired? He didn't leave his seat the whole time? Except for dinner, his dinner was strange, it was as if he was going to feed the whole class or something… he had a big box of food."

'Is it possible he did something with his Sacred Gear?' Rias pondered for a while as she tried to understand this situation.

Then Akeno's reaction when he finally entered the room.

She paled, as she sensed the static energy around him.

This tells the Crimson-Haired girl enough to know that Alex's power had a massive leap in strength. It was enough to frighten her 'Queen'.

"Your Knight said that you want to talk with me." Alex started the conversation as he ended up sitting in the comfy seat with cushioning.

"Yes. I did want to thank you for saving Issei from the Fallen but before I could do that I needed to speak with my brother who got in contact with Head Cadre Azazel."

"Okay?"

"He told me that you have stopped another war," Rias said with a raised eyebrow.

'Just great…'

"In a way? I went to the base in a broken down church and started beating them up."

"..."

"I see… regardless, now you have the entire Devil race thankful to you."

'I am pretty sure this brings even more attention to me.'

'You don't say. Don't forget the Dragon factor. That attention doubled if not tripled. Before you even realise you will have a bunch of people who want to fight you. Aren't you glad?'

'Now you are just sarcastic.'

'Dragon humour, partner, dragon humour.'

Albion sagely told him. All Alex wanted at this point was to nap while hugging his pink princess, but no! He has to deal with this crap!

"I see."

"Yep! And I wonder if you have a request? Since I owe you two favours." Rias reminded him with a bright smile.

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