Volume 4 Chapter 70

Volume 4 + Chapter 70: Elly’s Past

“Your Highness, my dad and mom are Blue Dragons, but I am a Green Dragon. There’s a very profound reason for that…”

Elly leaned close to Xia Yi, speaking in a rather mysterious tone.

This immediately piqued Xia Yi’s curiosity.

“What reason?”

“That’s because—”

Elly picked up a bottle of vodka, chugged it down in one go, then exclaimed:

“That’s because I loved eating leeks when I was little!! After eating too many leeks, I turned into a Green Dragon!”

“…”

Xia Yi fell silent.

She felt Elly must definitely be drunk. How could she say something so absurd?

If eating leeks turned you into a Green Dragon…

Then, since she loved osmanthus cakes so much, what kind of dragon would she turn into after eating too many of those?

“Uh…”

Elly seemed to have drunk too much. She slumped onto the table, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.

The villagers nearby saw this and started laughing heartily.

“This Elly is just weak! She gets drunk after just a little bit!”

Elly’s father smiled helplessly. He took off his coat and draped it over Elly.

“Miss Xia, actually… Elly is not my biological daughter,” this old father suddenly told Xia Yi.

“It’s actually like that?”

“Yes, my wife and I are both Blue Dragons…”

Elly’s father began to recount the story, lighting a cigarette.

“Actually, this goes back a long time. My wife and I had just gotten married not long before. We were out hunting when we suddenly encountered an unexpected blizzard.”

“It must have been dangerous?” Xia Yi became interested, somewhat concerned about Elly’s origins.

“Yes, trapped in the blizzard, we couldn’t find our way for quite a while. The food I carried ran out quickly. As you know, our Dragon Clan’s energy consumption is huge. In that environment, it was almost impossible to find food…”

Recalling that situation, Elly’s father still felt a lingering fear.

“I was frantic with anxiety. I released my true dragon form and flew for a long time in the blizzard, but still couldn’t find a way out. The whole world was just a vast expanse of white. The higher I flew, the colder it got. My wings were almost freezing stiff, forcing me to descend. I felt my stamina was almost depleted, like I was about to die in the blizzard. That’s when I heard a faint crying sound within the storm. Following it, I came to a mountain peak and discovered a tiny little Green Dragon hiding there. It seemed newly born, couldn’t speak yet, just crying incessantly.”

“Could it be…?”

“Yes, that was Elly,” Elly’s father smiled. “I was amazed. Why hadn’t such a little Green Dragon died in the blizzard? I thought about it, then took the little Green Dragon with me as I left. Miraculously, I actually flew out of the blizzard and was saved.”

“That’s truly… incredible.”

“Yeah. In that situation, I absolutely should have had no chance of survival. But I lived. I believe it was definitely the little Green Dragon that brought me luck. So I brought her back and told my wife. After searching for her parents for a while with no results, we decided to adopt her, named her Elly, and raised her until she grew up.”

“… So that’s how it was.”

Xia Yi looked at the sleeping Elly. For the first time, she learned about the past of this apprentice little maid.

Her origins were actually so mysterious?

According to Elly’s father’s explanation, Elly back then was a baby dragon who couldn’t even speak. Yet she managed to survive in that dangerous blizzard. There must have been something special about her.

After all, living in a village with no resources to learn from during childhood, yet still possessing such capabilities…

Compared to those of her age with family foundations, Elly’s talent was actually more outstanding. This indeed showed she was recruited into the Royal Maid Corps as a reserve member because her potential was recognized, her future was promising.

“Does she know about this?” Xia Yi asked.

“We told her the truth only after Elly grew up, on the night before she left for the Northern Royal Capital,” Elly’s father stroked Elly’s head. “After hearing it, this child cried her eyes out. She said she didn’t mind at all whether she was biological or not, that she would still see us as her only parents from then on, and that she would work hard to repay our nurturing kindness.”

Elly’s father sighed with emotion, but he also had something he was concerned about.

“Miss Xia, I don’t know how Elly has been performing in the Dragon Royal Palace?”

“As for her…”

Xia Yi hesitated, thinking about it. Elly always seemed to have bad luck. Every time she was about to be promoted to a formal maid, something always went wrong.

But such discouraging words were better left unsaid.

“Elly is very capable. She’s… very close to becoming a formal member of the Royal Maid Corps. She’s just a little bit away. Others also recognize her efforts very much!”

“Really? That’s wonderful. We’ve always been worried whether this clumsy child could manage to stay in the Dragon Royal Palace.”

Elly’s father showed a bright, cheerful smile.

“Now it seems our worries were unnecessary. Elly truly lives up to being the hope of our entire village!”

…

The feast held by the Vog villagers lasted well into the late night before finally winding down.

Xia Yi accepted their hospitality and stayed the night, not waking up until almost noon the next day.

“Wah wah wah! Your Highness, I’m sorry, sorry, sorry!!”

Early in the morning, Elly found Xia Yi and kept apologizing.

“Elly, what’s wrong?” Xia Yi was a bit puzzled.

“I’m sorry, Your Highness! I actually fell asleep yesterday… That was so undignified!! If you had encountered danger, I wouldn’t have been able to protect you in time!”

“Danger? That wasn’t likely. Everyone was quite friendly,” Xia Yi said. “I had a very enjoyable time.”

“Next time, I’ll definitely take it as a lesson. No matter what, I absolutely cannot drink casually again…”

Although Xia Yi didn’t mind much, Elly was quite serious, constantly admonishing herself.

“Your Highness, we’ve rested for a night. My stamina and spirit are fully recovered. Let’s set off early, head to the Far North Lands!”

“Since you’re adjusted, let’s set off.” Xia Yi nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, Xia Yi and Elly bid farewell to the villagers of Vog Village together.

Everyone was very reluctant to see them go, asking Elly to visit often, and also telling Xia Yi that once Vog Village was rebuilt and restored, they would definitely entertain the two of them properly.

Xia Yi accepted everyone’s warmth. Then, riding on Elly who had released her true dragon form, they left Fika City and headed for the Far North Lands.