Volume 4 Chapter 137

Volume 4 + Chapter 137: The Famous Illustrator

The Elven Kingdom.

“Eve, what have you done!!!”

The Elven King slammed the armrest of his throne, abruptly standing up, his demeanor instantly turning hostile.

This sudden outburst startled all the elves in the great hall.

The Elven King, usually so gentle and magnanimous, had today acted completely out of character, displaying such rage.

The reason for all this was that Elven Princess Eve had returned to the Elven Kingdom and reported to the Elven King about the situation at the Anti–Vampire Clan Alliance meeting.

The Elven King hadn’t even finished listening before flying into a rage, venting his anger at his granddaughter in front of everyone.

“You were representing our Elven race! Why did you have to make such statements in front of the other nations, damaging our Elven race’s— ngh!!”

The Elven King clutched his chest, his face contorted, nearly collapsing to the floor.

“Grandfather!”

Eve showed a worried expression and moved to support the aged Elven King.

“Don’t come over!! Stand where you are!”

The Elven King grabbed the armrest, pointed at Eve, and directly forbade her from approaching.

Eve obediently stopped in her tracks.

In the great hall, the royal physicians standing by immediately stepped forward, chanting in Elvish, soft light emanating from their hands to alleviate the Elven King’s distress.

“Your Majesty, please calm your anger,” the Elven King’s ministers advised.

Due to the Elven King’s advanced age, his health was deteriorating, far from what it once was. Now, leaving the Elven Kingdom was difficult, even leaving the palace was a challenge. Therefore, he had no choice but to gradually delegate some affairs to Eve, the Elven race’s sole heir.

After quite a while, under the treatment of the Elven royal physicians, the Elven King’s complexion barely recovered somewhat. Only then did he wave his hand, dismissing the physicians.

“Eve, I ask you,” the Elven King said, standing up and walking in front of Eve.

“Yes, Grandfather.”

“At the Anti–Vampire Clan Alliance meeting, did you deliberately make those remarks in a misguided attempt to change other races’ perception of our Elven race?”

“I had no such intention. I merely felt that was what needed to be said at the time.”

“You felt?!” The Elven King’s eyes widened.

“Grandfather, you previously told me to think more, to deliberate carefully,” Eve explained. “Before the meeting began, I had already considered it. The Beastmen would definitely cause trouble at the meeting. Other nations would be unwilling to extend aid to the Beastmen, unwilling to wade into that mess, forcing the Beastmen to face reality. Rather than letting the Beastmen endlessly drag things out, severely hindering the meeting’s progress and impeding the Anti–Vampire Clan Alliance, it was better for me to jolt the Beastmen awake, advance the meeting sooner, finalize the war decisions against the Vampires earlier. That would be more advantageous for us as well.”

“You! You!”

The Elven King’s cheeks began to tremble.

“You really are going to be the death of me!!”

“Grandfather, I spoke only the truth.”

“You can’t speak the truth like that! You could have made the Beastmen Prince understand this in a much more tactful way! Why did it have to be like this? You could have used your authority as the Alliance Leader to put it to a vote for everyone! The Beastmen wouldn’t have blamed our Elven race. Now, the situation is that the Beastmen believe it was because of our Elven race’s targeting that they were brought to such a state!”

“After you act this way, even if our Anti–Vampire Clan Alliance wins and the Beastmen ultimately reclaim their territory, they will not forget the humiliation suffered at that meeting. They will not thank our Elven race, instead, they will resent us!!”

“Your actions will only result in our Elven race making enemies on the international stage! This runs completely counter to our Elven race’s expectations for the future! The prestige our Elven race seeks to gain is not this kind that will backfire, but rather that which makes them feel from the bottom of their hearts that the Elven race should occupy the highest position, leading all races!!”

The Elven King was truly furious. Despite his poor physical condition, driven by anger, he still managed to say this much.

The other elves could fully understand. After all, it was precisely due to the Elven King’s longstanding policies that the Elven race had rarely made external enemies. Even with the Beastmen previously, the Elves had little entanglement.

The current situation was that, without even having secured victory in the anti-Vampire war, they had already incurred the Beastmen’s enmity.

“But, Grandfather, this situation is clearly the Beastmen’s own fault.”

“You still dare to refute me? I’ve already given you opportunities to gradually take over royal affairs. Now that your wings have hardened, are you starting to become disobedient to me?!”

The Elven King raised his hand, preparing to strike.

Eve simply closed her eyes, not intending to dodge, prepared to accept the slap whether it was reasonable or not.

“…”

The Elven King restrained himself in the end, not striking, and withdrew his hand.

“Eve, I cannot let you continue to be solely responsible for handling Anti–Vampire Clan Alliance affairs. You are still not mature enough. Continuing like this will only cause more trouble for our Elven race. Later, I will arrange for someone else to take full charge. You will follow along and learn.”

…

After taking leave of the Elven King, Eve came to the room where Ella was.

Today, Ella was not sleeping, she seemed to be drawing. She looked quite professional, even wearing glasses.

“Ella, the war against the Vampires is about to begin. Afterwards, you will accompany me and set out with the Elven army,” Eve said. “At that time, you will have the chance to come into contact with Xia Yi.”

“Really? Finally, the chance for revenge has come!”

Hearing this, Ella looked up, very happy.

However, looking at Eve’s face, she felt somewhat puzzled. “Eve, what’s wrong with you?”

“It’s nothing much. Grandfather just scolded me in the great hall.”

“Scolded you? It wasn’t in front of the other elves, was it?”

“Yes.”

“How can that old thing be so excessive! He should just kick the bucket sooner and let you become the Elven Queen, so you won’t have to suffer this treatment!”

“Ella, mind your words,” Eve said calmly.

Even after being treated this way by the Elven King, even having been humiliated in front of others, no trace of resentment could be seen in those grey eyes.

“…Fine.”

Ella lowered her head and continued drawing.

“What are you drawing?” Eve asked curiously.

“Oh, this?”

Ella’s lips curled up. She picked up the nearly finished drawing and showed its contents to Eve.

Upon seeing it, Eve froze on the spot.

“How about it? Isn’t what I drew interesting?”

“This is… what?”

“It’s a erotic image!” Ella replied cheerfully. “A erotic image of me and the little Silver Dragon!”

If Eve were to purely evaluate Ella’s drawing skills, they were already impressive, practically professional level. It was just that the content was a bit… much.

Two girls, how could they be doing that sort of thing?

“You draw this too professionally?” Eve said.

“Of course! I’ve published quite a few popular yuri doujinshi. In the inner circles, I’m a famous illustrator. My pen name is… cough!”

“…The revenge you mentioned is to do this kind of thing with Xia Yi?” Eve blinked.

“Exactly!”

“Between girls… that’s also possible?”

Eve felt her worldview being challenged.

In the education she had received, there was no such thing. Matters of romance should be between members of the opposite sex, shouldn’t they?

“Of course it’s possible! Don’t you even know that?” Ella declared righteously. “Pretty girls should be together with pretty girls messing around all the time!”

“Girls should be together with girls…”

Eve repeated this sentence softly, seeming lost in thought, feeling something, comprehending something…

“Actually, it’s not just this one. I’ve drawn other erotic images too. Here, Eve, take a look!”

Ella displayed the erotic image she had drawn. They were all of her and Xia Yi in various strange… poses???

“I plan to try all of these with the little Silver Dragon. What do you think? Is there any missing play style?”

Despite the extremely embarrassing content, Ella, being a succubus, didn’t blush or feel flustered at all.

“I feel like something is missing. It’s hard to see clearly when you’re the one involved. Help me take a look!”

Eve examined the content for a moment, then thought of something and subconsciously uttered two words—

“Her tail.”

“Huh?!”

Eve explained, “Xia Yi’s tail has a wonderful texture.”

“Oh right!! The existence of that big tail on the little Silver Dragon must definitely be for lewd purposes! How could I forget? Eve, you’re a genius!”

Ella had a sudden realization.

She felt that after hearing Eve’s words, it was like clouds parting to reveal the sun, a sudden flash of insight!

“Great, I’ll start now— wait, what did you just say?!”

Ella, about to continue drawing her erotic image, sensed something amiss and sharply looked up.

“Why would you say Xia Yi’s tail has a wonderful texture? You haven’t done anything to Xia Yi, have you?!”

Eve actually hadn’t done anything to Xia Yi, it was just that when she princess-carried her, she had touched her tail.

“No, I haven’t done anything,” Eve replied without changing her expression.

“Really?” Ella looked at her suspiciously.

“I guessed. Because Xia Yi’s tail looks very large.”

“Fine, I’ll believe you this time, Eve. You’d better not be thinking of sneaking ahead to become a despicable woman.”

Ella narrowed her eyes.

“Let me warn you one last time, you absolutely must not have any thoughts about the little Silver Dragon. She is mine alone! If you dare get close to her, my cooperation with you will cease!”

“Relax, I haven’t done anything to Xia Yi, and I won’t in the future either.”

…

Meanwhile, in the Dragon Kingdom, Xia Yi had also just returned to the Dragon Royal Palace.

“Achoo!”

The little Silver Dragon suddenly sneezed, her body shivering slightly.

“Your Highness, what’s wrong?” Serra inquired with concern.

“I feel like someone is thinking about me, and not in a good way… I hope it’s just my imagination,” Xia Yi muttered.