42. Obsession
Ever since Elena had entered the human field of vision, she had thoroughly understood certain underlying logics and the laws of the world’s operation. Through her own abilities and talents, she had attracted countless supporters. And from that day on, she had rarely failed.
This time, she had once again experienced the feeling of failure.
Returning to her room, everyone looked at her with strange eyes. She didn’t know if it was her own illusion, but Elena felt that these people’s gazes were a little sharp.
—Are they all looking at me? Yes, I usually speak to you with that kind of attitude. Now that I’m a little angry, it’s no wonder.
“You all go out. Pesa, you stay. I want to be quiet…”
But Duke Robert, that old man, stayed behind.
Everyone else went out.
Loud noises were forbidden inside the bookstore. They had no other room to go to, so they could only stand in the corridor and close the door.
Fortunately, the soundproofing was good.
“I’ve said it before, Lady Elena, your safety is the most important thing. I don’t understand at all why you want to see a dragon.” When Pesa and Elena returned to the room, Duke Robert, who was also Elena’s important subordinate, had a twisted and helpless expression.
“She is my benefactor. If I don’t even have this kind of sentiment, how can I lead you?”
“But it’s really dangerous here. Have you thought about it? If you die, what will we humans do? After the demonification is reversed, a total of hundreds of millions of humans all over the world are waiting for your leadership. You are not a single life, but an angel who holds the lives of countless people!”
“Angel…”
Elena’s eyes seemed to be able to kill.
It wasn’t the first time she had been so resentful, but this time, her anger was beyond everyone’s expectations, and even she herself was a little dazed.
So, without understanding at all, she could only shake her head.
“I’m sorry, Duke Robert. It might be my fault for scolding you.”
“Scolding is your freedom, but we really, we’re just thinking about your safety!”
“…”
After the Duke left the room, Elena still hung her chin, her eyes fixed on the wall in a daze.
“Elena, are you feeling better?”
“I don’t feel very well. I’m sorry, Pesa… Did I do something wrong?”
Pesa shook her head: “I’m different from the Duke. I don’t think you’ve done anything wrong. So far, you’ve been playing your own role.”
“Then why did I drive away Teacher Bud? Why did I vent my anger on my subordinates…”
“Mmm…”
A smile appeared at the corners of Pesa’s mouth.
The burning fireplace cast her shadow as a horned demon. The all-weather stove in the bookstore became a good place for her to recuperate.
“First of all, I don’t think Teacher Bud had any need to accept your invitation. She is a writer and also a dragon. How could she casually agree to a human’s invitation?”
“I… am I not almost a queen?”
“Yes, but not yet. At least our influence in the whole world is not that great yet, so our actual status is not enough to casually invite her.”
Elena was suddenly enlightened.
She wasn’t discouraged by Pesa’s words, but was very grateful to her.
“I’ve always thought of myself as a queen, looking down on others. I understand. I shouldn’t have such a casual attitude, I can’t use the so-called lowering of my status. That would seem too presumptuous and ostentatious. I should maintain a normal state of mind… and then, respect the other party.”
“It seems you understand very quickly. I think, first of all, this venue cannot be chosen in Lekadis. Dragons like very large buildings. This place is like a mouse hole.”
“I understand. I will take out my treasures and invite her to a spacious palace!”
Elena took out a pen and paper and wrote something.
“Mm-hmm… This way, I understand.”
She had originally been dejected, but suddenly became energetic, and her tear stains also disappeared.
Like a good student who had suddenly woken up and was studying hard.
After ten minutes, she was still writing something with her head down.
Pesa cautiously approached and looked, and suddenly discovered that she wasn’t taking notes at all!
But was drawing!
Looking closely, it was a portrait of a person.
Azure dragon pupils and tail, exquisite facial features… This was clearly Reina!
“Hehe…”
She seemed to be entering some kind of fanatical state.
Pesa didn’t stop her.
Elena became more and more engrossed in her drawing, even forgetting what she wanted to do next.
She suddenly discovered that her painting was already finished.
Reina, the dragon, was gently caressing the little dragon girl in her arms.
Her wife, the silver dragon girl, was silently smiling and following behind her, the two of them about to make eye contact.
The more engrossed she became, the more incongruous it felt… A human leader was actually interested in a dragon.
“This is done, hehe.”
“Are you planning to please her with this painting?”
“No, I just want to collect it myself. There shouldn’t be any problem with that, right, Pesa? What were we talking about just now?”
Pesa was speechless. This person seemed to have forgotten her own purpose just now.
“Elena, if you want to successfully invite Teacher Bud, or rather, to apologize… we must stay away from humans, or rather, we can’t have any other humans present when we set up the venue.”
Elena fell into thought, then smiled and accepted Pesa’s proposal.
“Stay away from humans… yes, of course we can. After all, this is the first step we’ve taken.”
…
In the bedchamber of the Dragon King’s Palace, in the quilt, three dragons were intertwined and embracing.
Calysia was holding Celes, and Reina was holding the dragon egg.
The dragon eggs of Agnes and Light were growing at a speed no less than Celes’s.
As time passed, it became difficult for Reina to just hold the dragon egg with her thighs.
So, she could only hold the dragon egg on her side, cover herself with the quilt, and press her face against it.
This way, she could also clearly hear the rhythm of the two little lives.
Their souls and consciousness had merged with the new life of the dragon egg, becoming both their past selves and children.
It was different from Celes’s situation.
So, Reina was still a little anxious.
Could she really cultivate a good mother-daughter relationship? Could she see her daughter become a giant dragon one day?
Anxious… even a little irritable.
This was the emotion of a pregnant dragon, so changeable.
When the temperature of the dragon egg was enough, she wrapped her tail around the dragon egg. Taking this opportunity, she touched Calysia’s shoulder. Seeing that she didn’t move, she increased the frequency a little.
Calysia, who was holding Celes, opened her hazy sleepy eyes. The tail wrapped around Reina’s thigh tightened a little, as if to say she knew.
But as soon as she turned her head, she met Reina’s eyes.
The latter extended her hand to her waist and abdomen, and her face also pressed against her.
“Little Cal, shall we do it again…”
“Again? What a greedy dragon~”
Reina said resentfully, “I’ve already fallen. What does it matter?”
A purple collar appeared out of thin air on her neck.
