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Orlando was woken up by the pain.
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Like someone was pulling a wire out of his marrow, humming a tune while doing it.
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He moved and found his hands cuffed to the wall, his feet also locked.
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The chains were cold enough to sting.
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He didn’t need to look to know they were dragon craftsmanship—human blacksmiths couldn’t make this stuff.
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He struggled once.
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Didn’t budge.
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He struggled again.
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Still no movement.
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On the third try, he gave up.
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He was just a human, why bother struggling against something meant to bind a dragon.
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The darkness around him was like being stuffed into a coffin and buried for three days.
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The air was cold and damp, a musty smell mixed with the fishy odor of dragons.
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Occasionally, dull sounds came from above, probably dragons stomping on the ceiling.
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Orlando leaned back against the wall.
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“Fine.”
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He said.
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Then he just kept waiting like that.
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When night came, the noise above grew louder, mixed with low voices.
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The sound came through several layers of stone, rumbling, like a bunch of big guys having a rave upstairs.
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Occasionally, laughter thundered like thunder, shaking dust from the cracks in the walls.
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The dragons seemed to be having a banquet.
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“Damn it all.”
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Orlando cursed.
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If it weren’t for those two bastards who sold out their teammate, how could he end up in this hellhole?
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The three of them came, but when the fight started, those two ran faster than rabbits, not even looking back.
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Now those two were probably reporting the mission failure to the emperor, and explaining why one person didn’t come back.
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“Fuck.”
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Orlando cursed again.
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The sound wasn’t loud, but it was especially clear in this place, so clear that even he felt a bit embarrassed.
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Orlando didn’t know how he fell asleep afterward.
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Probably his body shut itself down after the pain went numb.
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When he woke up again, it was quiet above, but the cell was still dark.
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After a long time, long enough for his stomach to growl three times.
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Just as he was about to unleash a torrent of profanity and thoroughly curse their ancestors, there was finally movement at the door.
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A pressure instantly approached, as if something terrifyingly powerful was nearing.
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The door that had been sealed for days finally opened.
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Light flooded in from outside, making Orlando squint.
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Silver hair hung down to her ankles, silver eyes like two polished metal plates.
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She wore a silver-gray robe that glowed coldly under the ore light.
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The scale of her chest was still strikingly conspicuous under the robe, like two bowling balls that might roll out any moment.
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Silver Dragon Queen Astrid stood at the door, tilting her head to look at him.
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But at this moment, she had no queenly air at all.
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Instead, she looked like a little girl watching a new animal at the zoo.
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The door closed behind her.
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She stood two steps away from Orlando, looking down at him.
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“Orlando.”
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She began.
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Her voice wasn’t a majestic queenly tone, but a softer, slightly lazy one.
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“What a surprise. You’re the first human in three hundred years to kill a Silver Dragon Guard.”
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“And a human with no magical power at all.”
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Orlando didn’t speak.
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“The last person to do this,” she raised a finger, her nail silver, “used an entire army, brought seven dragon-breath cannons, and fought for three days and nights.”
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She put her finger back, clasped her hands behind her back, and leaned forward slightly.
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“In the end, he got blown up himself. You used a crappy little gun hidden in your boot, one bullet.”
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Orlando still didn’t speak.
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Astrid raised an eyebrow.
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She straightened up, crossed her arms—
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Then she walked around him once.
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“Not talking?”
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She circled back in front of him.
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“The dragon slayers who came before, at this point either begged for mercy, cursed, or wet their pants in fear.”
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“You’re a novelty.”
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Orlando finally spoke, his throat as dry as sandpaper.
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“Do whatever you want—kill me or torment me. Just get it over with quickly.”
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Astrid was taken aback.
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Then her expression changed—the corners of her mouth turned down, her eyebrows squeezed together, her eyes went wide, and her lips pouted slightly.
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The change was so fast that Orlando almost thought her facial muscles were made of rubber.
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She clasped her hands together in front of her chest, and her voice turned soft and sticky.
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“Why so fierce… I’m scared.”
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Orlando looked at her feigned innocent girl face, then at the two massive mounds on her chest that couldn’t be hidden even under the loose robe.
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He was silent for two seconds.
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“Given your size, you must be at least a few hundred years old,” he said, his tone as flat as a weather report.
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“Either kill me or leave. Those two things of yours are hurting my eyes.”
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The cell went silent.
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Very silent.
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Astrid’s expression was wiped clean of all feigned innocence, as if someone had scrubbed it off with a rag.
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The corners of her mouth still held a smile, but the temperature of that smile was about the same as winter in the Arctic Circle.
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Her eyes narrowed, her silver pupils shrinking into slits.
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“How rude,” she said, her tone like a cup of sweet tea that had been replaced with razor blades.
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“Looks like it’ll take a bit more effort to train you in the future.”
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She put her hands down and crossed them over her chest again, instantly switching to an “I’m the queen, who do you think you are” posture.
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She stepped back half a pace and leaned against the wall.
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“You trespassed into dragon territory,” she said, drawing a circle in the air with one finger. “Killed one of my guards.”
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Her finger stopped and pointed at Orlando’s nose.
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“If you had beaten me, of course I wouldn’t say anything. But you didn’t.”
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Orlando gave a cold laugh.
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“So what if I lost? At worst, you humiliate me and then—”
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“Die?”
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Astrid interrupted.
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“You think I’m going to kill you?”
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Orlando frowned.
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Astrid straightened up from the wall, walked two steps forward, and crouched in front of him.
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Her face was very close, so close that Orlando could see his own reflection in her silver pupils—a man covered in blood, unshaven, utterly disheveled.
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“If I wanted to kill you, I would have done it long ago. Didn’t have to wait until now. Losing has a penalty, you know,” she said softly.
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Orlando frowned even tighter.
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“What penalty?”
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Astrid stood up and turned her back to him.
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She took two steps, stopped, turned her head, and looked at him out of the corner of her eye.
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“Silver dragons are the rarest breed among dragons. There are few of us to begin with. Even fewer manage to mate successfully.”
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Orlando was taken aback.
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“Why are you telling me this? That’s dragon business.”
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Astrid turned around to face him.
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Her expression changed—not the feigned girl, not the cold queen, but something more complex.
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“I’m not killing you,” she said.
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“That’s exactly why.”
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Orlando’s mind raced for a second, then his expression shifted from confusion to “Are you fucking kidding me?”
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“Wait,” he said.
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“You don’t mean—”
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“Next,” Astrid raised a hand, palm up, directly cutting him off.
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“Accept your punishment obediently.”
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“Wait—”
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Then he felt a pain, a piercing bone-deep agony that almost made him pass out…
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The ritual lasted about five minutes.
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The light dissipated.
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In the middle of the cell lay a little girl.
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Silver hair spread across the floor, glowing coldly under the ore light.
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She wore a ridiculously large man’s shirt, the collar slipping off her shoulder, revealing her collarbone and a small patch of smooth skin.
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The pants bunched around her waist, barely held up by a belt.
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Her face was buried in her arms, unclear, but the half-exposed face seemed nine-tenths similar to Astrid’s.
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Astrid stood still, looking down at the little girl on the ground, her expression calm.
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She crouched down and reached out to brush the silver hair away from the little girl’s face.
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That face was revealed—a small nose, a small mouth, a slightly furrowed brow.
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Nine-tenths similar to her own face, but younger, softer.
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Her hand stopped in midair, her fingertips an inch from that face, not touching.
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“From today onwards,” she said softly, “Orlando no longer exists.”
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She withdrew her hand and stood up.
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Silver hair fell from her shoulders, mingling with the little girl’s hair…
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“And you,” a smile curved on her lips, “are my daughter, Olivia.”
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The little girl on the ground stirred.
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Her fingers curled, like a newborn animal searching for a warm spot.
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Her lips parted slightly, letting out an unclear syllable.
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Then she quieted again, breathing steadily like a windless lake.
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Astrid bent down and lifted her from the floor.
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The oversized shirt completely slipped off her shoulders, leaving only a face and a handful of silver hair visible.
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The little girl snuggled into her arms in her sleep, her face pressed against Astrid’s collarbone, her brow slowly relaxing.
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Astrid looked down at the person in her arms.
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“Have a good sleep.”
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