novelraw Chapter 173
Chapter 173
Chapter 173: Toying with the Brave Hero!
It definitely wouldn’t work to use the Demon Repelling Sword to undo Wuqi’s transformation magic.
Xia Li swung his sword, only to be met with Wuqi’s painful screams.
Those who didn’t know would really think he was killing a cat.
In fact, he only cut off a small piece of fur.
Wuqi covered his head, a small tuft of black cat fur lay on the ground.
Fortunately, he didn’t have the same hair loss problems as humans, otherwise he would be heartbroken.
“It’s not magic. ”
Xia Li sheathed his sword, drawing a conclusion.
『Of course not, the worldview of our world doesn’t have magic at all!』 Wuqi gathered the fur on the ground with his paw, then picked it up with his fingers, and threw it in the trash can.
This human-like action looked quite strange.
『You guys are so cruel!』 Wuqi cried.
If the Brave Hero who suddenly drew his sword was cruel enough, then Dragon Sister who was ready to strike with a kitchen knife at any moment was the devil!
He couldn’t stay in this house anymore!
“…Speaking of transformation magic, do you consider yourself to be using transformation magic now?”
Xia Li returned to the kitchen and continued to stew the blanched pork ribs.
The boiling steam filled the entire space, making the temperature much warmer.
The evil dragon held the kitchen knife, put it back on the knife holder, and when she came back to her senses, she seemed to hear Xia Li saying this to her.
“Transformation?” Lucia thought for a moment and corrected him.
“We call this ‘Shapeshifting’…”
“Is that a kind of magic?” Xia Li asked thoughtfully.
Lucia remained silent with a small face, pondering for a moment but unable to give an answer.
“Pureblood giant dragons are born with the ability to shapeshift, and shapeshifting consumes physical strength and magic power… However, whether it is a kind of magic is hard to say. ”
“If it’s not magic, then this ability is equivalent to an octopus’s ‘mimicry’?” Xia Li thought again.
With sufficient magic power, Lucia could use magic to transform into a dragon, back to her original silver dragon form, and then use magic to transform into a human form at any time. This was an ability passed down from the dragon lineage, similar to how spiders spin silk and lizards change color with their environment…
However, to prove his conjecture, Xia Li still went to get the Demon Repelling Sword and tried it out.
Wuqi, who was squatting at the kitchen door, ready to steal some ribs, almost dropped his jaw when he saw this scene.
『No, dude. 』
『If you undo your transformation here, the house will collapse!!』
Wuqi was indeed a crazy cow-colored cat, always making a fuss.
When he saw Xia Li draw his sword and carefully place the blade flat in Lucia’s palm, Wuqi couldn’t stand it anymore.
This couple was playing too excitingly!
『Throw the ribs on the balcony later… You guys take your time!』
The cow cat’s shadow disappeared from the living room.
Mianhua, who was sleeping on the sofa, meowed in confusion, not knowing why the adult cat was so frightened.
The kitchen was peaceful, nothing happened.
“Okay, can’t transform back. ”
Xia Li felt it was a pity that he couldn’t turn those white and tender human girl’s hands into dragon claws.
Actually, he knew without trying that Lucia had touched the Demon Repelling Sword before, if she could transform, she would have already.
Xia Li reluctantly withdrew his hand, but before sheathing the sword, he persevered and extended the sword, gently patting Lucia’s butt.
“What are you doing!!”
The evil dragon covered her butt.
“Just trying, what if the hand can’t transform, but other parts can. ” Xia Li argued.
“Then why the butt!” Lucia asked the Brave Hero with a blushing face.
The Brave Hero had become more and more mischievous lately, making her always think too much.
“…”
Xia Li hesitated for a moment before saying, “Because I’m lecherous. ”
He couldn’t possibly say, I want to see your dragon tail, right?
Lucia would really use magic to conjure it up for him to see.
No, no, the magic power must be saved for other things, not used in such strange places.
“You you…”
Lucia didn’t expect the Brave Hero to admit it so frankly.
Then there was nothing she could do.
In human relationships, a man doing these things to a woman was precisely proof of his affection.
Lucia understood.
Blushing, she brought the rice and chopsticks, and the table of dishes was quickly served with the tacit cooperation of the two.
Having not eaten for twelve hours, Lucia was already starving.
She loved the three dishes and one soup that Xia Li made, devouring them in minutes to fill her dragon belly.
After dinner and washing dishes, it was time for another round of studying.
Xia Li typed on the keyboard in his room for two hours, then returned to the living room without stopping to accompany the evil dragon in reading and doing practice questions.
Lucia had two test papers on her little head, she sat on the sofa with a calico kitten sleeping in her arms.
It was afternoon, the warm winter sun slanted into the room, coating the entire space with a layer of golden sand.
The scenery outside the window was bright, and the sounds of human cubs playing and fighting in the community always inadvertently attracted Lucia’s attention.
Gazing at the golden sunlight, Lucia was lost in thought for a long time.
“Fifteen years ago, I was one of those little brats down there. ”
Xia Li came over unnoticed, picked up Mianhua, and then held the evil dragon in his arms.
“And I was the leader, the king of the kids. ” Xia Li added.
“Little Sea King?” Lucia looked up.
“King、of、the、kids!”
Xia Li was anxious.
Where did this dragon learn such strange words, how could she see him like that!
“Fifteen years ago, I was still robbing nobles of their small gold coins…”
Lucia also began to recall her past.
But there were no good memories in her past.
The most profound memory was still from three years ago when she first clashed with the Brave Hero.
A pureblood dragon, on the verge of adulthood and full of ambition, had been frustrated by a human for the first time.
Thinking it was just an accidental mistake, Lucia didn’t believe that her innate power could be challenged by a tiny human male.
Until she was beaten down again and again by the Brave Hero.
The dragon flame she spewed was reflected back like a mirror.
The boulder magic that could bring devastating impact, the explosive flames that swept in like waves, the freezing magic that forcibly stopped all life at absolute zero…
These magics were like toys in front of him.
There was no magic that couldn’t be broken with one sword strike, if one strike didn’t work, then two strikes, a combo could cut the painstakingly constructed magic circle in half.
The commoners of humanity called him a hero, the nobles and royalty called him the Brave Hero… The dragon race secretly called him the Dragon Slayer.
From then on, the face of the human male was deeply imprinted in Lucia’s mind.
It was definitely the kind that could leave a mark even on memory inheritance.
Thinking of this, Lucia looked up again.
Looking at the familiar face of her ‘lifelong enemy’.
Lucia raised her hand and slapped him.
“Huh???”
Xia Li didn’t know why he was slapped by the dragon.
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That’s not right, his hands were a little dishonest when he hugged the dragon, but he only touched her belly.
It shouldn’t be enough to get hit…
“Humph…”
Lucia hummed, moved in Xia Li’s arms, and found a comfortable lying position to nestle in.
The Brave Hero who had once trampled countless dragons under his feet.
Now he was also being pressed under her!
Thinking about it this way, she was also super awesome!
She had already defeated 99.99% of the dragons on Azure Continent!
“I chatted with Wuqi at noon. ”
Xia Li didn’t know what this dragon was muttering to herself, he took his hand out of Lucia’s green dinosaur pocket and straightened a few strands of hair that were scratching his face.
“What did you talk about?” The evil dragon tilted her head back and looked at him.
“It’s just, to solve your identity problem, we need to change our thinking. ”
Lucia thought it was a business problem, which she didn’t understand.
She was about to pretend to sleep, but when she heard it was about her ID card, her closed eyes opened wide again.
Xia Li continued, “I can’t guarantee that I can get you an ID card without you taking any risks.
For me, any risky action on you is out of the question…”
“That’s why I’ve been hesitant to act rashly about your ID card, afraid of losing you accidentally. ”
Saying this, Xia Li tightened his embrace on the evil dragon.
If there was any mishap, Lucia would face the problem of exposure.
Whether it was exposure to the public eye or being noticed by the authorities… The consequences would be very serious.
Xia Li could withstand thousands of troops and horses on Azure Continent, and execute all obstacles with his sword.
But he couldn’t withstand the equality machine on Earth.
So, he had always been cautious.
“However, we can change our thinking…
Since social and scientific methods can’t solve these problems, then we’ll use magic. Sometimes, magic is more scientific than science. ”
Squeezing the soft dragon claws in his hand, Xia Li raised the back of his hand and kissed it, then whispered in Lucia’s ear.
“I think we should go back to Azure Continent first. ”
“…”
When he said these words, Xia Li clearly felt the evil dragon in his arms move.
Her body stiffened for a moment, then she turned her shoulder and quietly looked at Xia Li.
“No, no, not sending you back, but going back for a trip and then coming back…” Xia Li quickly said.
Lucia frowned slightly, her beautiful amber eyes resembling a pair of golden dragon pupils in the bright room.
She looked at Xia Li and remained silent for a long while.
“Did I eat too much just now?” Lucia asked uncertainly.
Xia Li simply didn’t know how this dragon’s mind worked.
Maybe this was the difference in thinking between dragons and humans??
“No… What does that have to do with anything!”
“You’re going to throw me back…”
“I said it’s not like that!!”
This dragon wouldn’t listen to him, Xia Li was so anxious that he was about to overheat.
So Xia Li repeated to Lucia what he had previously said to Wuqi.
Lucia knew the rules of magic on Azure Continent better than Xia Li.
If it was a teleportation scroll…
It could indeed easily send her elsewhere.
Actually, it wouldn’t even be necessary to find a teleportation scroll, Xia Li could just open a teleportation circle at the destination, and she could open one at the same time here, forming a two-way teleportation.
But… Xia Li didn’t have magic power.
Xia Li, unlike Lucia, couldn’t store magic power in his body, so he could only rely on teleportation scrolls to make up for this.
“If we go back…”
Lucia’s eyes widened as she suddenly thought of many possibilities.
If they went back, she would be a dragon, and Xia Li would be the Brave Hero.
Their love was taboo on Azure Continent.
Xia Li would be labeled a human traitor, and Lucia would probably become a laughingstock among pureblood dragons.
“I’m not from that world, and I don’t have to abide by their rules. If anyone wants to harm us, I’ll beat them down. ” Xia Li promised aggressively.
“Then I’ll beat them down too!”
Lucia threw two punches.
The punches went astray and hit Xia Li’s chin.
Xia Li cried out in pain, Lucia hurriedly turned around and rubbed it for him.
Suddenly she thought… If they went back, wouldn’t she crush Xia Li with her butt.
The Brave Hero who wouldn’t dare attack her, just thinking about it was exciting…
Toying with the Brave Hero!
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As evening approached, the setting sun slowly sank below the horizon.
After reading for an afternoon, Xia Li stood up and stretched, moving his arms.
Time always passed quickly when he was in a state of flow with focused attention.
Lucia had fallen asleep on the sofa at some point.
Mianhua was lying on her small belly, her tail swaying, her ears perked up and moving with the sounds around her, as if she was keeping watch for Lucia.
The concept of reading and studying was too advanced for dragons.
It was enough effort for Lucia to be able to learn, so Xia Li never demanded too much from her.
It was too late to cook at this time, and Lucia would become a hungry dragon once she woke up.
Xia Li went to the balcony and looked around, the meat patty left in the corner hadn’t been eaten, Wuqi had run off somewhere to have fun.
The children playing downstairs were called home for dinner by their parents one after another, the old men and women who were basking in the sun had already taken away their stools, and the kittens and puppies had disappeared.
Everything returned to its usual tranquility, waiting for the next sunny day to gather again.
What was different from usual was that every family in the community had become more lively than before.
Through the thick walls and floors, he could even hear the sounds of conversations from the neighboring families.
There were students who had graduated and returned home to visit their parents, and there were Beipiao people who had worked for a year and returned to their hometowns for the New Year with their families.
Come to think of it…
It was almost Chinese New Year, Lucia’s only best friend, Zhou Anqi, should be back, right?
And what was going on between her and Fu Yuan?
Xia Li had been so busy lately that he had no time to care about his friends’ situation, he was either reading or writing every day.
He took out his phone and ordered three fried rice and one fried noodles, this way he could make sure the hungry dragon could eat as soon as she woke up.
Xia Li opened the chat window of his buddies.
He hadn’t seen them for a few days, and the messages were already 999+.
Seeing this number, Xia Li’s brows twitched.
Scrolling up, he found that they were all red envelopes that had been snatched up, Xia Li thought that the matter had been settled, so Fu Yuan was giving out red envelopes in the group.
But then he realized that the red envelopes were all sent by Peach and Monkey.
Not only that, the original group of five had become a group of four.
Someone actually left the group??!
As Xia Li expected, the person who left the group was Zhou Anqi.