novelraw Chapter 53
Chapter 53
Chapter 53: Dragon’s Might
“Mom, my watch fell down!”
Lucia was leaning against the railing, her whole body half-leaning out.
Actually, before hearing the human cub’s cry for help, she had already witnessed the wristwatch in the human cub’s hand fall into the elephant enclosure.
Below the viewing platform, the elephant was using its trunk to separate the pile of watches and bananas.
It seemed uninterested in the watch, only wanting to eat the bananas on top.
“Waaah, Mom!!”
The little girl had two pigtails on her head, her round, black eyes filled with tears as she tugged at the adult woman beside her and cried.
“Don’t worry, there’s no staff around now… Let’s wait a bit.”
The mother squatted down, holding the little girl in her arms and comforting her softly. Although the phone watch was expensive, it wasn’t considered a particularly valuable item, and obviously not worth risking danger for. What she should do now was comfort her heartbroken daughter.
The mother patted the little girl’s back to soothe her, then looked down at the elephant in the enclosure.
That phone watch had been pressed a few times by the elephant’s trunk, and she didn’t know if it was damaged.
“That pink wristband, is it yours?”
At this moment, a young girl’s pure and pleasant voice rang out.
The mother looked up slightly and saw a rare, delicately sculpted, sweet face.
“Ah… um.”
She nodded subconsciously, then shook her head, “It’s okay… It’s just a phone watch.”
Afraid that the young girl would do something dangerous, the mother quickly waved her hand.
“But, it was Xiao Ke’s birthday present today…” The little girl in the mother’s arms lifted her tender cheek.
That soft face was covered in tear stains, with teardrops hanging from her long eyelashes.
Lucia looked down at the little girl, seeing her beautiful princess dress and her brand new cat-shaped leather shoes.
Evil dragons never do good deeds.
Just as humans hated the dragon race, the dragon race also loathed humans.
But.
The humans on Earth didn’t hate Lucia.
Lucia liked the humans on Earth.
“Is it something important?” Lucia asked.
The little girl in front of her nodded vigorously, giving Lucia a definite answer.
“Important!”
“Wait a moment.”
After saying that, Lucia turned towards the elephant below the viewing platform.
Seeing this, the little girl’s mother quickly reached out to grab the young girl’s hand, worried that she would act impulsively.
However, after seeing that the young girl only turned around and didn’t intend to climb over the railing, she withdrew her hand.
“It’s okay, Xiao Ke, Mom will buy you another one tomorrow.”
“But, but tomorrow won’t be Xiao Ke’s birthday…”
Behind her, the little girl’s intermittent sobs reached Lucia’s ears.
Lucia’s eyes narrowed slightly, her lively and bright eyes instantly becoming much sharper.
As if possessing penetrating power, her sharp gaze arrogantly looked down at the three animals below the viewing platform.
She took a deep breath, her lips slightly parted, revealing two sharp canine teeth, and a turbid breath escaped from her soft lips.
—On Azure Continent, this was the prelude to a dragon’s breath attack.
The first breath would exhale billowing white mist, the second would be a scorching flame of over a thousand degrees.
Therefore, there was a saying on Azure Continent: When a dragon breathes white smoke, it is the final warning.
There was a roar of wind in her ears, and above her head was still a clear blue sky with white clouds floating by.
The elephant that was eating bananas seemed to sense that it was being watched by something.
The elephant that was eating bananas stopped the movement of its trunk.
The elephant that was eating bananas slowly lifted its head.
Its huge ears flapped like fans.
When one of the larger elephants fixed its gaze on Lucia, its flapping ears suddenly stopped.
Their eyes met.
Lucia stood in the shadow, her back to the sun, her calm eyes carrying an invisible pressure.
The young girl’s petite figure appeared as tall and imposing as a mountain in the elephant’s eyes.
Dragons, a proud race that reigns supreme over all creatures.
Its arrival was a disaster for humans, and for animals, it was a conquest from instinct.
“…”
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The leading elephant paused for a moment.
It lowered its long trunk and rolled up the bananas on the ground.
Then, under the surprised and astonished gazes of the tourists, it raised the bunch of uneaten bananas and placed them on the viewing platform at Lucia’s feet.
“Mom, the elephant brought the bananas up…”
The little girl, who was still sobbing, stopped wiping her tears and looked at this scene in amazement.
Tourists passing by stopped and took out their phones to take pictures.
“That elephant can actually hand food up?”
“Those three elephants love bananas the most, this is so strange.”
“Haha, so cute…”
Amidst the noisy chatter, Lucia stretched out her arm, grunted twice, and pointed her finger firmly at the pink watch on the ground.
Lucia didn’t know if the elephant could understand her gesture.
Fortunately, the elephant wasn’t stupid.
After thinking for a while, the elephant took two steps forward and used its trunk to roll up the pink object that had fallen directly below the viewing platform.
Because the object was so small, it took two tries to suck it up.
“Plop.”
The phone watch was gently placed at Lucia’s feet by the elephant.
The tourists cheered.
“Wow! That elephant is so smart!?”
“Hey, did you film that? We can edit it and post it on Douyin later, it’s sure to go viral!!”
“Well, it’s not like we haven’t seen gorillas, monkeys, or dolphins helping humans pick up things in recent years. Elephants are also intelligent animals…”
“This scene is so heartwarming, haha, I’m going to post it on my WeChat Moments!”
Listening to the humans’ enthusiastic discussion, Lucia squatted down and picked up the small watch from the ground.
Ew, the watch was wet, covered in elephant snot.
Lucia felt a bit disgusted.
But looking at the human cub’s beautiful, gem-like eyes when she cried, Lucia held back.
“Here you go.”
Lucia placed the watch in the hand of the little girl who was still in a daze.
The little girl’s eyes were shining.
“Wow, Big Sister, you’re so amazing! Did you make the elephant pick it up!?”
“Big Sister must know some powerful magic!!”
The little girl opened her eyes wide innocently, her gaze towards Lucia filled with admiration.
Lucia suddenly felt a bit shy, her cheeks seemed to be getting warm.
“Well, it’s not that amazing… And this isn’t magic.”
Lucia scratched her cheek and explained.
To be praised so sincerely by a human cub…
Even an evil dragon couldn’t handle it!
“Thank you,” the little girl’s mother smiled and nodded at Lucia, then rubbed her daughter’s head.
“Thank Big Sister quickly.”
“Thank you, Pretty Big Sister!” The little girl said sweetly.
Hmm? Pretty Big Sister? Me?
This was the first time Lucia had been so directly complimented on her beauty by a human.
Well, I’m not that pretty…
Even Xia Li had said her human form was just average.
Lucia’s cheeks became even rosier.
The tourists around them were still excitedly talking, discussing the purpose and motivation behind the elephant helping the little girl pick up her watch. Some were also discussing Lucia, but no one thought too deeply about it.
“Pretty Big Sister, thank you. Here, this is for you!”
The adorable little girl took out a lollipop from her small backpack and offered it to Lucia with both hands.
Lucia reached out to take it, her cheeks as flushed as the little girl’s, and said nervously.
“Well, thank you too…”