The Villainess and I, her Zombie

"Tsk...!"

Zombie clicked his tongue, glaring at the small dot disappearing in the sky that was the wyvern and two undead knights.

"(Master, should I have actually grazed the little lizard instead?)"

Baron asked and his bellowing voice filled the blue undead's head, as he thought that his master was dissatisfied with the effect of his attack.

"Hmm...? Oh, no, no. It wasn't directed at you. You did great, Baron."

Zombie raised his brows before smiling and shaking his head.

He reached out his hand and started rubbing the scales around the base of the red dragon's neck.

"I'm just disappointed because I was right, and I wanted to be wrong."

"(I... see...)"

The blue undead smirked at the confused dragon and then he turned back to the red-haired girl walking over towards them both.

"What are the chances that didn't realize who we are and just tried to forcefully get me to join them?"

He asked in a tone suggesting that he did not expect a favorable answer at all.

"Haa... Slim. Very much so."

Cranberry breathed out and shook her head.

"What annoys me the most is that they, well, the ashen one at least - were talking about some priestess."

She furrowed her brows and put a hand on to her mouth in consternation.

"The thing is, I have no idea who that priestess might be, there is no information about a specific character who is or poses as a priestess amongst the system's faith church. Especially not one who is looking for a pair like us."

The red-haired girl raised her head and looked up at her blue undead knight.

"Oh, I have an idea."

Zombie scoffed and shook his head in annoyance.

"Zombie. No. To my knowledge - to our knowledge - Caramel isn't involved in this, she is staying on the side still fearing for her life at the mention of your name."

Cranberry rolled her eyes and shook her head from left to right, easily guessing who the blue undead had in mind while oozing such hateful aura.

"...you sure...?"

After hearing her explanation, the blue undead knight's shoulders slumped and he made a sour expression.

"I really did hope that she will be behind this and that it is a part of the last quest she would be important for so that I would be finally able to kill her and be at peace."

The tall undead knight sulked and kicked a pebble unlucky enough to have found itself by his leg.

"Ha! Yes, I am serious."

Cranberry snickered and grabbed his hand with a smile.

"I will immediately tell you when you will be able to do that, so for now relax and let's try to figure out what and why is going on right now."

The girl delicately caressed the burnt right hand of the blue undead who didn't even start healing properly yet.

"And last but not least, hello Baron, it's nice to see you, how is everyone back home?"

Then, without letting go of her husband, Cranberry leaned to the side and called out to the massive red dragon.

"(Greetings, lady Cranberry. Everyone is fine, they are training and getting stronger. The kobold girl has become attached to the butler, because he reminds her of her grandfather, and the elvish blade dancer is all over the warrior you brought back from your previous trip - if I recall correctly, the elf called the warrior 'almost as cool as Zombie' so I guess they are getting along just fine.)"?

Baron lowered his head politely and responded telepathically, sounding rather content with the progress Of his comrades.

"...haa... you heard that? If we don't get bring them sooner your only male harem member will get taken away from you~"

Cranberry snickered and nudged the blue undead to the side.

"Nah, I don't think so."

"!!!!!"

Zombie shrugged his shoulders and smirked, causing the red-haired girl to go wide-eyed and straighten her back in exasperation.

"You! You rotten-hearted playboy! You were supposed to deny the harem thing! Or at least get flustered over it! As your wife, I refuse to let you have anyone other than me! You hear me?!"

"Pfft...! KHAHAHAHAHA!"

The red-haired girl's face became bright red and she cried out in an embarrassed and furious voice, glaring at the nimble laughing blue undead.

She got so angry that she became teary-eyed.

"(...)"

*rustle*

The red dragon said nothing but his wings flinched as if something underneath them seem restless.

"Do not laugh at me!"

Cranberry stomped her foot and exclaimed getting more embarrassed than angry.

"That's what I wanted to see. My confident wife all flustered."

Zombie smirked and leaned down, gently kissing the fuming girl that no one else in sound mind would want to approach in her angered state.

"...!"

The red-haired girl flinched but didn't reject the kiss and when Zombie moved back, she followed him for another one.

"Rotten brain... why do you want me to be jealous? I am awful when I'm jealous."

Cranberry stooped tiptoeing and looked down, breathing out with a bitter expression.

"True, you are a psychopath after all - but at the same time, I can handle you just fine, so it's fine. You don't have to hold back with me... just don't kill any of the important characters before we will be done with the secret true ending and will be actually free."

Zombie shrugged his shoulders and hugged the red-haired girl, ending up kissing the top of her head.

"...really...?"

Cranberry asked timidly before looking up at him with sparkling eyes.

"Then, while we are at it - you didn't reject that you have a harem - what's with that? Ha?!"

...but the sparkles dimmed immediately, as she frowned and glared at the blue undead, scoffing at him with accusation.

"Hey, Baron, what's with your wings? I have noticed you are keeping them up in a rather unusual way."

Zombie changed the subject immediately and pointed at the red dragon's back.

"Ha...?"

*rustle* *rustle*

Cranberry raised her brow and glanced at the dragon too - indeed, it almost looked like Baron was hiding something on his back using his massive wings - and that something clearly wanted to get out...!

"(Oh, this...?)"

The red dragon raised his head, looking away dismissively.

"(It's just that you have summoned me in the middle of babysitting, master.)"

Baron explained, dodging the subject.

"Babysitting, you don't mean...?!"

Cranberry furrowed her brows before raising her brows in disbelief and stepping away from the blue undead.

"(Indeed. I was babysitting a certain pigeon.)"

The red dragon confirmed her suspicion and spread his wings open for a grand reveal.

"SKWEEE...! (PU-HUWAH...!) Skwee! (Baron, you bully!) Skwee...?! (Why did you suddenly...?!) Skwee...? (Eh...?) Skwee?! (Where are we?!) Skwee?! (Are we eloping?!) Skwee! (Ah, mommy!)"

A big blue griffin raised up on the dragon's back freed from his wings, shaking her head and screeching complaints and questions before she noticed the red-haired girl on the ground below and screeched happily jumping down.

"Skwee! (Mommy, I missed you!) Skwee?! (Oh? Daddy is here too?!)"

The blue griffin started jumping up and down excitedly.

"She's blue?"

"(She turned blue, yes.)"

Zombie leaned to the side and asked Baron conspicuously and the red dragon responded in a hushed thought.

"Anyway. Since visiting the monster city was a cover, to begin with, how about we continue the journey with all four of us?"

Zombie walked toward the red-haired girl and the blue griffin and ask while affectionately patting both of them on the head.

"Sure, but it will be a journey back - look, I'm pretty sure that those are the remains of the village where the Dandelions grew up in." 𝑓𝑟eℯ𝒘𝗲𝑏n𝑜𝚟𝙚𝒍.𝒄o𝐦

Cranberry nodded while pointing at the old debris by the edge of the clearance made for a landing strip.