Dragon Raja 3; Chapter 302: Second Son of Gen Family (5)

Dragon Raja 3

“You think I’m comfortable here? Lu Mingfei’s all bones. You’re as stiff as a steel board. Do you think I enjoy being crammed against you guys? But this is the only spot where we can observe.” Caesar said, “Shut up!”

His position was equally uncomfortable. To get the binoculars in the right spot, his self-proclaimed handsome face was smushed against the window glass.

Their target was in the building across from the capsule hotel, in the easternmost room on the fifth floor. The building opposite was also an old five-story structure, freshly painted a cherry blossom pink, with a string of lights around the sign. It looked only slightly more upscale than the capsule hotel. The room had a massive floor-to-ceiling window, and through the glass, they could see a doll-like girl seated on the floor, in a pose reminiscent of a monk meditating or a nun praying, her face completely innocent and harmless. She had been holding that posture for four hours, her gaze fixed beyond the roof of the capsule hotel, looking off into the distance.

“What’s she looking at? There’s nothing out there but buildings,” Caesar kicked Lu Mingfei.

“Birds. She can see birds from far away and hear sounds from far away too. That’s why we can’t get too close to observe her, or she’ll notice us,” Lu Mingfei explained.

“What’s so interesting about birds? Tokyo doesn’t have any rare species. At most, she’d be looking at seagulls.”

“How would I know? She just wrote me a note saying, ‘There are many birds over there, birds rising and falling on the rooftops,’ and she’s been watching since morning.”

“Besides bird-watching, has she done anything else?”

“She drank tea, played with toys, went to the bathroom once, and that’s about it.”

The girl had a large coffee table in front of her, with a steaming cup of tea and all kinds of toys arranged on it. Little monsters and Ultraman sat together in a toy car, Rilakkuma and a little yellow chick gathered around the tea cup, while Barbie and Master Yoda lay in a small checkered bed, covered by a lace-edged blanket.

“Girl, your arrangement is a bit strange! Even mixed styles have their limits. A world where Master Yoda and Barbie are together is just too much,” Caesar muttered. “This is really a monster, and you actually managed to bring such a creature out of the Yamata no Orochi.”

“That’s debatable! I was the one who got kidnapped! I’m the weak one here!” Lu Mingfei firmly declared.

“But why did you take her to… that kind of hotel?” Chu Zihang asked suspiciously.

The room Erii was staying in had a very distinctive decor: red drapes, red wall lamps, a round velvet bed, and next to the bed was an Italian-style bronze bathtub with a faucet shaped like Venus holding a silver jug. Hanging on the wall were three sets of women’s clothing, blatantly exposing the truth of the hotel across the street. One was a transparent pink nightgown, another was a pair of thigh-high leather boots paired with a tight skirt, and the last was a maid outfit with a black dress, white stockings, and even a prop broom.

Across the street from the capsule hotel was a love hotel.

“I didn’t bring her here! She brought me here! The police dumped us in front of Tokyo University Hospital in the middle of a storm with no one around to help. We had to find a place to settle down, didn’t we? She picked the hotel. I didn’t know it was a love hotel until we got inside!” Lu Mingfei protested loudly. “When we return to the College, don’t you dare spread this around!”

“What do you expect me to say? While we were in Genji Heavy Industries battling Death Servitors, Lu Mingfei got kidnapped by the secret weapon of the Yamata no Orochi? And that weapon was so well-developed that after kidnapping him, it dragged him to a love hotel?” Caesar shrugged. “Who would believe such a story? Saying you got assaulted by a female dragon would be more believable.”

“I haven’t slept all night just to get in touch with you, not to hear your jokes!” Lu Mingfei said helplessly. “I’m already a master of sarcasm, I don’t need you two to help me practice.”

“If a beautiful girl forcibly dragged me into a love hotel, I wouldn’t sleep all night either!” Caesar gave a look that said, “This is a conversation between men.”

At this moment, Erii suddenly moved. She untied her red belt and took off the white top she was wearing.

“What is she doing?” Caesar was shocked.

Next, the semi-transparent white undergarment, the naga-juban, slipped down her body along the curves, revealing her smooth shoulders and her prominent shoulder blades… and black lace underwear.

Erii calmly displayed her beautiful young body to the city of Tokyo outside the window. Her skin, having never been exposed to sunlight, was pale and had the texture of ice crystals.

“She’s about to take a bath,” Chu Zihang deduced.

“No kidding! We’re not that clueless,” Caesar’s eyes were a bit glazed.

Erii loosened her hair, stood up from her scarlet hakama, her slender pale body clad only in lace underwear. She balanced a yellow rubber duck on her head and tiptoed around the room before finally running into the bathroom.

Chu Zihang quietly closed the blinds. “If we keep watching, the Gattuso family’s reputation won’t survive this.”

“The Gattuso family’s reputation has nothing to do with this. According to our family’s traditions, I should keep watching. If it were my stallion of a father, he’d already be knocking on the door asking to join her,” Caesar said solemnly. “I don’t mind watching, but Lu Mingfei’s in trouble. Alone in a room with a beautiful girl, how is he going to resist?”

“Don’t use me as an excuse! Look at your face, you’re the one enjoying this!”

“She’s had no contact with the outside world and hasn’t received any formal education, so she doesn’t have the same sense of shame as others her age. In her eyes, taking off clothes is just part of getting ready to bathe,” Chu Zihang said seriously. “But for Lu Mingfei, this must be too much stimulation.”

“Look in the mirror when you say that! Saying that with a face as red as an apple isn’t convincing!” Lu Mingfei shot back.

Chu Zihang instinctively reached up to touch his face.

“Feeling guilty, huh? You’re busted! Ha!”

The three of them raised their eyebrows at each other, their expressions all quite amusing. Caesar bumped Lu Mingfei with his shoulder, and Lu Mingfei bumped him back. Chu Zihang said, “Can we stop with these childish games? We’re facing a very tricky situation!” Caesar and Lu Mingfei simultaneously bumped him with their shoulders. The capsule room was so small, with all three of them sitting on the bed crammed together, it felt like sardines packed into a can—any slight movement made them bump into one another.