“Meow~”
The innocent kitty meowed; Aurina shook it madly, trying to shake out even a tiny bit of something valuable; a few cat hairs floated down onto Aurina’s treasure pile.
“So poor.”
Aurina put down the cat; the cat dizzily staggered on the ground like a drunkard, its head bumping into a pair of transparent crystal high heels.
Inside the shoes were white-stockinged feet like poured milk, slender calves, white skirt hem, black lace bra holding the chest, and a single horn amid silver hair.
It was Frostsilver; behind her, two maids were carrying the vault oil painting.
The usually proud and disdainful Frostsilver now had her eyes looking down, staring at the dazed kitties, saying: “So pitiful.”
“This king?”
Aurina blew away the cat hair that landed on the gold coins: “This king’s treasures are already plenty.”
A cat rubbed its head against Aurina; Aurina said: “Don’t rub me; useless dragon descendants who can’t get gold.”
“I’m talking about the cats.”
Frostsilver looked at the cat rubbing against Aurina: “Cats love you, yet you want them to do things they can never do. They can never do it, never please you, but they love you forever.”
“What are you saying?”
“So pitiful.”
Frostsilver looked at the cats, with a bit of dragon sorrow for cat death.
“Found it!”
Aurina pulled out a gold coin from her own white stockings, placing it on her treasures.
Frostsilver asked: “What are you inventorying your treasures for?”
“Because I want to inventory them.” Aurina asked: “What are you here for?”
“Call me auntie.”
For Frostsilver’s sake of voluntarily returning her own treasures, Aurina called: “Auntie.”
Frostsilver said: “To let you see my family’s vault.”
With that, she stepped aside.
Behind her, the two maids unveiled the cloth covering the oil painting, revealing the image of Frostsilver family’s vault.
“Gah!” Aurina’s eyes went straight.
“So much, so much.”
Frostsilver proudly said: “Yes, far more than yours.”
Aurina reached out, kneaded the gold coin pile; magically, the gold pile became soft.
She lay on the gold pile, saying: “This king’s treasures will soon catch up to yours; hurry hurry, go look at your nest.”
“Oh right.”
Frostsilver thought of something: “Richard’s wedding invitation came; do you want to go see? But that would delay seeing the vault by half a day.”
“No.”
“Good.”
Frostsilver smiled; her two fingers pinched the invitation, which spontaneously combusted on the spot into ashes.
“Depart immediately now.”
Aurina coiled on the gold pile, yawned, and was about to sleep; the kitties surrounded her, coiling circle after circle, entering dreams together.
Everything was within the plan.
Frostsilver turned around; the maids made way, heads lowered.
Frostsilver took a few steps and walked out the door, disappearing.
The entire big ship began bustling, busy for the long voyage to Count Champagne’s country.
Servants transported items onto the ship one by one, including Frostsilver’s carriage.
The ship was so large; the luxurious carriage pulled by two white horses could drive directly onto the ship.
Frostsilver lay in her bedroom, side-lying, watching the servants retract the partitions, yawned, preparing for a nice afternoon nap.
Set sail; the ship raised sails and slowly departed the dock; the matter was settled.
Frostsilver hummed a tune: “Once there was a little red dragon, strong and greedy…”
At this time.
Aurina, who was napping on her treasures, suddenly opened her eyes; she sat up at once: “Sleep recharge complete!”
Next was to do the main thing.
She opened her mouth wide, sucking clean the treasures beneath her; the kitties originally coiled on the gold pile fell to the ground one by one and woke.
Just out the door, Aurina saw on the deck a carriage pulled by a pair of white horses.
The servants were preparing to remove the harness.
“Wait!”
Aurina quickly jumped down, arms outstretched gliding in front of the servants: “I need to use it.”
“Huh? This is the master’s carriage; what do you need it for?”
Aurina pulled open the carriage door, saying: “If the money isn’t enough, mortgage it.”
The servant puzzled: “What?”
Clatter clatter clatter.
Endless gold, gems, and oddities poured from Aurina’s mouth like a waterfall, piling in the carriage; Aurina closed the door, shutting all the tidal wave of gold and silver treasures in the silver carriage.
She jumped to the coachman’s seat, snatched the reins: “Giddyup!”
The two silver steeds just turned their heads to look at her.
“Miss Aurina, the ship has already sailed.” Saying that, he placed the whip behind, saying: “Hurry go call the master.”
Aurina didn’t listen at all, opened her mouth directly spitting fire at the horse butts.
“Neigh!”
The two silver steeds startled, four hooves galloping madly, pulling the heavy treasure-loaded carriage straight toward the sea beyond the railing.
“Ahhh!”
“Yaaa!”
The servants screamed; some faces ashen.
They could already foresee Aurina driving the carriage sinking into the sea; afterward, Frostsilver would surely vent her anger on them.
“No no no!”
Amid the servants’ screams, Aurina laughed happily.
Until the sea appeared before her; she looked left and right, saw the just retracted partition, then leaped off the carriage; her two small hands grabbed the heavy partition, directly ran in front of the galloping carriage, hands propping the partition to form a ramp.
The carriage galloped up the ramp, flew out.
Aurina leaped to grab the carriage tail, together with the startled steeds, from the big ship slowly leaving the dock, flew out, flew toward the dock.
Such height; the steeds would surely break their legs.
Frostsilver shouted: “My horses!”
Aurina spat a fireball toward the dock; boom! with a sound, the shockwave-wrapped smoke enveloped her and the carriage.
Soon, the startled steeds pulled the carriage breaking through the smoke, running flying fast.
Aurina’s red hair fluttered in the wind; body leaned back, pulling the reins to not lose balance.
“This is impossible.”
Frostsilver watched the carriage charge into the streets, everywhere it went in chaos; she said: “Her power of whimsy is actually so strong.”
Aurina didn’t think it was hard at all; it was clearly very simple.
Wasn’t it just rushing to the wedding scene to snatch back the mount?
Snatching weddings; done it twenty-one times already; familiar road.
Before snatched brides; now snatching mount all the same!
Aurina let out joyful laughter, driving the madly galloping carriage, disappearing in Haisha City.
Oh right, where was the wedding scene?
The wedding scene was held in the church dedicated to Sophia’s lord.
She specially chose here, mainly believing the lord could bless her wedding to proceed smoothly.
Secondly, the scenery here was good; it was on a hill, ancient and solemn; it overlooked the azure sea.
The roof towered high; on the iron rooster weathervane above, perched full of white doves.
Watching a man and woman, about to step into the marriage hall.
Sophia wore an off-shoulder wedding dress, half-wrapping a pair of proud breasts; she tightly gripped Richard’s hand, both excited and afraid.
Excited that today she would marry her beloved; the relatives and friends on both sides of the red carpet cheered, holding flower baskets, sprinkling petals symbolizing happiness on the couple.
Afraid that tonight she could no longer escape, facing Richard’s those two…
She uneasily turned her head through the veil to look at Richard; Richard smiled gently at her.
He would surely be very gentle, very considerate of me.
Sophia thought, planning on the wedding night to discuss well with him, wait until she was formally prepared before proceeding.
Together gripping hands, stepping on the red carpet and petals, entering the church.
The church had a light well; colorful glass pieced into a small glass dome; sunlight fell on them.
Sophia’s father, Granny Raya all smiled, to witness the moment these two newlyweds formally became husband and wife.
After the priest recited the lengthy vows, asked: “Sophia, are you willing to make a covenant with your lord, accept Richard as your husband, live together in the sacred marriage covenant? Are you willing in your remaining life to forever be loyal to him?”
Sophia gripped Richard’s hand tightly, smiling: “I do.”
The priest smiled and nodded, to Richard: “Richard, are you willing to make a covenant with your lord, accept Sophia as your wife, live together in the sacred marriage covenant? Are you willing in your remaining life to be loyal to her?”
Richard didn’t hesitate; he calmly: “I—”
“Ahh!”
Screams from outside interrupted Richard; the couple turned to look.
Whoa! Only saw an out-of-control speeding carriage charge into the crowd; the crowd ran everywhere; flower baskets dropped all over; some even ran out of their shoes.
Richard subconsciously shielded Sophia behind him, hand grabbing the sword at his waist: “Who!”
Two steeds pulled the silver carriage, charged into the church; in front of everyone, on the red carpet did a drift; red carpet wrinkled.
Aurina drove the carriage; she was laughing; her red hair flung with the carriage drift.
Richard reached out to stop the drifting carriage, asking Aurina sitting on the carriage roof: “Aurina?! What are you here for?”
Aurina however waved at him: “Hurry get on, mount.”
Sophia stepped out; she said: “Aurina, this is my wedding; I advise you to leave me and my husband.”
Aurina however didn’t listen to her at all, looking at Richard extended her hand: “Not getting on? I command you in the name of little girl.”
For that instant, surrounding noises all disappeared; the world only left Aurina’s pure white little hand; Richard wanted to grab Aurina’s little hand, leave here.
But Sophia touched him; surrounding noises surged back into his ears.
Richard’s lips moved a bit, yet said: “Aurina, I have to be responsible to Sophia.”
“Gah.” Aurina tilted her head up, swinging her little legs: “Really no way with you.”
Her swinging little leg kicked; carriage door opened; unbound gold coins clattered out, flooding Richard’s ankles.
“This is?”
Aurina leaped down from the carriage roof; soft white feet sank into the gold; she raised her index finger, pointing at Richard’s nose; the fingerprint on the index finger clearly visible: “This king activates trade skill! Use all this king’s treasures, to buy you!”
Richard was stunned, as if instantly back to the first day meeting Aurina.
That day he brought Aurina to the town clothing store, taught her the first skill—trade.
At that time he taught: ‘We trade, not rob. Trade is a covenant between people; take out money from the pouch, exchange with the other…’
She learned very slowly.
Taught her so much math; she only knew addition subtraction multiplication division within twenty-one.
She easily “forgot.” Promised not to rob; turned around wanted to carry away someone’s cow; had to watch constantly.
But now she remembered trade.