Chapter 38 The Secret of the Evil Dragon
On the first day brought by Evil Dragon Lance, the young dragon trembled in fear at the sight of this hellhound.
By the second day, the young dragon had already dared to snatch its steamed buns to eat.
Today, the third day, there weren\'t even any pleasantries, it just outright told me, the hellhound, to go herd the sheep.
And told Turtle to herd the cattle.
And itself, the young dragon, to raise pigs...
Raise pigs?
Young dragon raising pigs?
Er Gouzi, baring his teeth at the young dragon, suddenly felt... the young dragon still respected him, at least it didn\'t make him raise pigs.
Herding sheep was a much more dignified job than raising pigs.
Raising a group of pigs, cattle, and sheep... if Evil Dragon Lance agrees, it would have no objections.
"Woof woof."
"Er Gouzi says your suggestion is good, and if Evil Dragon Lance agrees, it\'s willing to herd the sheep. The condition is that you really will go raise pigs."
Turtle translated Er Gouzi\'s dog language for Lucia.
"I also wouldn\'t mind raising cattle. To be honest, I\'ve wanted to experience what it\'s like to have a pet for a very long time. If Evil Dragon Lance adopts your suggestion, I\'m willing to herd cattle."
"I really will raise pigs."
In order to have a taste of meat, Lucia was ready to go all out; she was going to be the first princess of the empire to raise pigs.
After all, no one on the island knew her, so what\'s the problem with raising pigs?
By raising pigs, she could relieve some of the pressure on the dragon and ensure that the island\'s natives could eat meat every meal.
When her identity is revealed in the future, Er Gouzi and Turtle might even be moved by her act of raising pigs.
A princess raising pigs.
Which princess in the Human World would be willing to sacrifice her image to raise pigs?
This princess didn\'t mind raising pigs, but she didn\'t know whether the dragon would mind having a bunch of pigs, cattle, and sheep on the island.
Wait for the Dragon to wake up... ask him?
......
Evil Dragon Lance woke up.
He squatted on a boulder, eating corn brought by the young dragon, who probably worried about him choking, had thoughtfully prepared a cup of water for him.
The water cup was a purple clay cup, made purely with Dragon Claw craftsmanship, available in three sizes for using as a human.
A smaller one for when he\'s about three meters in size.
And one for when he\'s a full-grown Black Dragon.
Considering the size of a full-grown Black Dragon, the last extra-large purple clay cup could be enlarged or reduced in size.
The young dragon poured a cup of Mountain Spring Water into his extra-large purple clay cup.
Come to think of it, his extra-large purple clay cup could fit the young dragon inside it.
"This is my teacup for drinking water; don\'t you dare use it as a bathtub."
"No, no, no, how could I possibly use your teacup as a bathtub? But your teacup is really big... it could soak me like a tea leaf..."
The dragon is large, and thus all the everyday items he uses are large as well.
When she went to the Evil Dragon\'s workshop to find a brush, that brush was almost as tall as her.
The brush head was two to three meters long.
There\'s also that hammer used by the Evil Dragon when working. That hammerhead... it\'s half the size of her dragon form.
With such a large hammerhead, one strike would kill a young dragon.
If it were used to attack humans... a single strike... they would probably be smashed into a flat sheet...
Would any brave soul dare to come to subdue an Evil Dragon, like Lance, who knows how to use all kinds of tools?
Not to mention... Evil Dragon Lance seems to know how to wield weapons...
Speaking of which... an Evil Dragon wielding weapons... is it when they transform into humans? Or say... can an Evil Dragon also use weapons in its Dragon Form?
Should I ask?
Better not; what if he can use weapons in his Dragon Form, too? If I ask one too many questions, what if he makes me learn to use weapons?
The Evil Dragon has already arranged two courses for her, and if there\'s one more, will she have time to think about her escape plan?
Two courses: 1. Learning Dragon Script.
2. Bumping into Turtle to enhance the resistance of her dragon body.
There\'s also an unpracticed course: Farming.
Anyway, sooner or later, we\'ll have to farm, so I might as well get a feel for pig farming now..... it\'s not a big deal.....
The Pig Farming Princess....
When it comes to experiencing the hardships of the common people, who could surpass her?
"Lance.... what do you think about the suggestion I just made?"
"Which suggestion?"
"Pig farming, I\'ve already discussed it with Er Gouzi and Turtle, if you agree... I\'ll raise pigs, Er Gouzi will herd sheep, Turtle will raise cattle, so we won\'t lack meat in the future."
Lucia was hoping the Evil Dragon would agree, pig farming seemed easy, just feed them anything and they would get fat, but the key point was..... that if the Evil Dragon later wanted her to drink some weird potions, the pigs could be used for testing the medicine.
"Pig farming? Have you ever raised pigs before?"
"No... I haven\'t."
A princess from the empire raising pigs, wouldn\'t the nobility in the imperial capital die laughing?
On the island where the Evil Dragon lived, she could be the Pig Farming Princess.
No, the Pig Farming Empress!
It wasn\'t possible in the imperial capital, she had her pride.
"I have a secret, do you want to hear it?"
"???"
Wasn\'t the topic pig farming?
How did it suddenly shift to "I have a secret"?
The secret of the Evil Dragon.....
"I want to hear!"
How could she possibly not want to hear the secret of the Evil Dragon?
To ensure that she could hear the Evil Dragon\'s secret clearly, Lucia deliberately moved closer to Evil Dragon Lance.
"Actually.... I\'ve raised pigs before."
The Evil Dragon raised pigs?
That\'s not right, wasn\'t it supposed to be a secret? Why has the topic switched back to pig farming?
"Lance.... weren\'t you talking about your secret?"
"My secret is that I\'ve raised pigs before."
"....."
This counts as a secret?
Lucia felt she had been tricked. Shouldn\'t a secret be something like... having had a princess who once bore you a Dragon Whelp?
How is pig farming any kind of secret?
"Then why are there no pigs on the island?"
"I raised pigs a long time ago. How should I put it... pig farming isn\'t really suited for us, I\'m not belittling your ability to raise pigs, what I mean is... pigs die when they see us.
We are Giant Dragons, pigs get scared to death with just one glance. Giant Dragons raising pigs is kind of unfriendly to them, better give up the pig farming profession and be a young Dragon farmer who works from sunrise to sunset.
And one more thing, pig manure pollutes the environment, I don\'t want to fall asleep smelling pig manure..."
"......"
Right, pigs do poop, she had no problem feeding the pigs, but if it came to cleaning up after them... forget it.
Better stick to farming.
Alas, the title of Pig Farming Empress is gone...
.......
In the afternoon.
After waking up from her nap, Lucia went to train with Turtle, still three hundred times.
Evil Dragon Lance went to prepare her medicine. After taking the medicine, she\'ll turn into a stinky Young Dragon again.
She asked the Evil Dragon if she could drink the medicine after she had finished washing Turtle\'s shell, and the Evil Dragon agreed.
At sunset, the afterglow of the setting sun spread over the sea, making the ocean seem as if covered by a golden veil.
Turtle floated on the golden sea surface, a Young Dragon stood on Turtle\'s spacious shell with a brush in hand... scrubbing away....
Evil Dragon Lance sat squatting on the beach with an easel set up in front of him, a canvas placed on it.
Pure natural pigments of various colors that he had mixed himself were arrayed on either side of his Dragon form.
The setting sun, the sparkling golden sea, the Young Dragon standing on the turtle\'s back with a brush cleaning the turtle shell.
After who knows how long, Evil Dragon Lance felt the desire to paint again.
He thought of several names for the painting: "Golden Friendship," "Dragon and Turtle," "Young Dragon on Turtle Back," "Turtle under the Young Dragon\'s Feet," and so on.....