Ishi ni Usubeni, Tetsu ni Hoshi

Also known as: 石に薄紅、鉄に星, A Pink Heart Inside Stone, and a Shining Star Inside Steel, Rose en pierre, étoile en fer, Rose in Rock, Star in Steel, Un carmesi claro para la de piedra, una estrella para el de hierro

by Tatsuya Endou

Gath has built a reputation for being the strongest warrior in the country due to his natural resistance to the lethal poison produced by magical beasts, earning himself the nickname "Iron-blood Gath." One day, while out on a subjugation mission targeting magical beasts, Gath meets a young Medusa who instantly becomes attached to him due to Gath's resistance to her petrifying attacks. Uncharacteristically of him, Gath decides to take her home to the capital...