Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 79

"Now you’re lying," Ren smiled, the mushrooms in his hair pulsing with enthusiasm. "I think I’m understanding the trick." _{freēwēbηovel.c૦m}

"Impossible," Luna stepped back, her composure slipping for the first time. "You couldn’t see..."

"My spore can detect mana patterns too," Ren advanced, for the first time feeling he had the advantage in their verbal sparring.

Luna stared at him while confirming that what Ren said was true.

"Show it to me," said Ren, his smile widening at seeing Luna lose composure and backing away as he approached, turning the tables on her intimidation tactics. "Show me how it really works."

"Don’t get cocky," Luna recovered some of her usual hardness. "You’re still just a foolish fungus who says nonsense about illogical evolutions and ’believes’ they’re true."

She raised her hands to push him back, grabbing his wrists. "Why do you insist on saying things that go against all logic?"

She tried to push him backward, expecting to easily dominate him with her superior strength enhancement percentage. Her eyes widened with surprise at finding strong resistance.

"Surprised?" Ren maintained his position, Lin’s training finally showing results. "Enhancements don’t matter if they’re multiplying miserable values."

Luna narrowed her eyes, her pride wounded.

Her wolf began manifesting more fully, preparing to merge and increase her strength.

The door burst open.

"Ren! You won’t believe what..." Min froze mid-sentence, his eyes opening like saucers.

Liu and Taro crashed into his back, curious to see what had stopped him. Their jaws dropped almost in unison.

The scene before them was... difficult to explain.

Ren, shirtless and covered in sweat, his mushrooms glowing intensely. Luna, the untouchable Luna, with her hands gripping Ren’s wrists, her perfect blue hair unusually disheveled.

The room smelled strange, sheets hung creating mysterious shadows, and there was a tension in the air that could almost be cut with a knife.

Both frozen in what appeared to be a power struggle.

"Oh..." Min stepped back, colliding with Taro.

"My..." continued Taro, stumbling into Liu.

"Dragon..." completed Liu, his bat manifesting briefly from nervousness.

"I... we..." Taro stammered, his beetle’s markings flickering with embarrassment. "We should come back later."

"No!" Luna released Ren as if he burned, her usual grace completely forgotten. "It’s not what..."

"We’ll sleep in the hallway!" Min announced suddenly, his voice two octaves higher than normal, his water snake coiling nervously around his neck.

"Yes! The hallway!" Taro nodded frantically. "It’s a beautiful night to sleep on the floor!"

"Very hygienic!" added Liu, backing away. "Dust is good for the lungs!"

"Wait! It’s not what it looks like!" Ren tried to explain, but his friends were practically climbing over each other to escape.

"Take your time!" Min shouted from the hallway, his voice cracking.

"Yes, don’t worry about us!" Taro’s voice sounded strangled.

Luna turned toward him, her cheeks red with fury and embarrassment. "This is your fault!"

"My fault? You started it!"

"Ugh," Luna headed toward the door, her manifested wolf ears drooping with embarrassment.

"This isn’t over, fungus. And next time..." she stopped, trying to recover her dignity. "Next time will be in a more appropriate place. But if anyone," she hissed, "hears a single word about this..."

She didn’t finish the threat. The room’s shadows seemed to come alive, wrapping around her like a dark cloak. In a blink, Luna and her wolf merged with them, disappearing as if they had never been there.

Ren stood in the middle of the room, shirtless, sweaty, and suddenly very aware of how ridiculous the entire situation was.

The mushrooms in his hair pulsed once, as if laughing.

"Guys!" he called toward the hallway. "You can come back! It’s not what you think!"

"We’re not thinking anything!" Min’s voice came from far away. "Absolutely nothing!"

"Our minds are completely empty!" added Taro.