Below? What was below? Wasn’t it just the soft yet firm bed?
Just then, Zhu Xiaxia couldn’t take it anymore and grabbed the little girl’s feet.
Soran felt a suffocating sensation around her ankles, like a python coiling around her.
‘This texture… it’s not right!’
‘It feels like…’
Realizing something, Soran covered her eyes with her hands, peeked through a small gap, and looked down.
A face with a serious expression entered her field of vision.
“Evil Dragon?”
Why was she on the bed? Or rather, why was she underneath Soran’s feet? Soran’s foot was currently stomping right on Zhu Xiaxia.
Huh?
So the reason the bed felt soft yet firm was because of Zhu Xiaxia?
‘Wait, no! Why am I thinking about such useless things?’
“Ya! Ya! Ya!”
“I’ll stomp you to death! Stomp you to death! Stomp you to death! This is for not turning me back, for lying to me, for…”
The little girl tried to launch a frantic pedal attack on Zhu Xiaxia.
However, even if Soran was her daughter, Zhu Xiaxia didn’t want such precious parts to be trampled on.
In the next second, Zhu Xiaxia grabbed both of the girl’s feet and lifted her up, hanging her upside down.
“Ahhh! Evil Dragon, let me go!”
“Daughter, although I am your Mother, you shouldn’t be so naughty. Besides… once you go out into society, if you still have this personality, people will dislike you, and you won’t be able to get married~”
‘Naughty? Society? Disliked? Can’t get married?’
Zhu Xiaxia’s long sentence practically fried the little girl’s brain.
What was all this? What on earth was this Evil Dragon talking about?
But… the tone the Evil Dragon used… it was as if she really considered Soran her daughter.
“Who is your daughter?!”
Soran retorted immediately, finally snapping back to her senses.
“Evil Dragon! Don’t try to brainwash me! I am the Human Sword Saint, an unwavering Sword Saint, and definitely not your daughter!”
“My daughter~ I know you are very angry, but let’s not be angry for a moment. Let’s put aside the topics of society, being disliked, or marriage. Let’s talk about being naughty. Daughter, haven’t you been very naughty lately?”
Zhu Xiaxia issued a soul-searching question, waiting for Soran to take the bait.
“Am I right? You used to be a very steady, calm, magnanimous Human Sword Saint who would roar whenever you saw injustice. Why is it that once you came to your Mother, you turned into a naughty, mischievous, and disobedient daughter?”
“That’s because… that’s because…”
‘Is that so?’ It seemed the Evil Dragon was right. Soran wasn’t like this before; she was behaving like a bad, restless child. ‘No, I must stay calm, calm, and more calm.’
“…”
Soran took a deep breath, trying her best to regain her steady composure.
“Furthermore, you just stepped on my delicate parts so many times. That damage is irreversible. Shouldn’t you apologize to Mother?”
“Mother…”
She was finished! Why did everything Zhu Xiaxia said seem to make sense, yet feel so wrong at the same time?
“I… I’m sorry.”
Apologizing was a basic moral standard, and Soran still possessed it.
Having received a satisfactory answer, Zhu Xiaxia set Soran down.
She sat on the bed and had Soran sit opposite her.
“It’s fine. A good child corrects their mistakes.”
Zhu Xiaxia patted Soran’s head as a reward.
“Alright, daughter, do you have any other questions? Ask them all at once.”
Questions? Of course she had questions.
This time, she definitely couldn’t act like a child.
“Evil Dragon, tell me. Why didn’t I change back? If this isn’t a lie, then what is it?”
Since she asked the right question, it was time for Zhu Xiaxia to make Soran give up hope.
“I’m very sorry~ Mother forgot. I remembered that Dragon Egg incorrectly. It wasn’t what I said before, but… a Soul Dragon Egg.”
“A Soul Dragon Egg? What is a Soul Dragon Egg?”
“Do you remember our first encounter?”
“Our first encounter? Of course I remember.”
That was right before Soran turned into a Dragon Cub.
She remembered it vividly.
“You appeared before me, and I struck you with one sword stroke.”
Now that the Evil Dragon’s true body was right in front of her, how could she have been killed by that strike?
“Yes, the power of that sword strike from my daughter was not small~”
“Of course! Hmph!”
“Unfortunately, the one you hit was just my clone. My main body ran away after giving you a little touch.”
Soran’s smile instantly froze. She suddenly felt a sense of extreme humiliation.
Had she been a clown in front of the Evil Dragon from the very beginning?
“Wait! Don’t change the subject. I’m asking about that Dragon Egg.”
Soran quickly chimed in to save what little dignity she had left.
“Alright, then I’ll continue. At that time, I was just lying on the grass sleeping. Some humans trespassed into my territory and woke me up. When I went over and found it was you, I didn’t even want to fight. But you swung your sword at me without a word. Shouldn’t I be angry?”
“Uh…”
That seemed logically sound.
However, what kind of dragon would choose to sleep on the grasslands at the national border instead of in such a massive palace?
“When I was angry, I accidentally activated the Dragon King Bloodline in my body, and then I accidentally finished chanting a piece of Dragon Forbidden Magic. Then, I accidentally struck back at you, accidentally hit your heart, and accidentally turned you into a dragon. So, we’re even.”?
The little girl scratched her head.
‘We’re even?’ Why did it feel like one-sided bullying?
“However, daughter, this dragon form is unstable. An accident could happen at any time, causing you to explode and die. This is because only your physical body has become a dragon, while your soul is still human. That’s where the Soul Dragon Egg comes in.”
“It is a product left over from the Ancient Era. It can turn the soul of a species whose physical body is a dragon but whose soul is not into a complete dragon soul, perfectly matching the dragon body.”
“In all these years, a species with a soul and body of different races has never naturally occurred. I didn’t expect it to work; I just wanted to try, and I succeeded by accident.”
“I thought about it over and over. Although my clone was indeed killed by you, my main body is still alive. I didn’t want to see you suffer from permanent weakness or explode and die because your soul and body didn’t match. It’s very dangerous. So, I gave you a helping hand.”
“Now, daughter, you are a true member of the Dragon Race. Are you happy? Are you surprised!”
—
This was clearly intentional! It was all planned! She even made up an excuse just to turn Soran into a dragon!
After listening to Zhu Xiaxia’s words, Soran was speechless, dazed, and in despair.
Her facial expression had become unnaturally distorted.
Yet, she still held onto a sliver of hope and asked one last question.
“Is there still a chance for me to change back into a human?”
“No chance. It’s forever impossible. The form is set, and the soul and body are perfectly matched. So… daughter, just gracefully accept your new identity as part of the Dragon Race!”