Volume 1 Chapter 100

Volume 1 + Chapter 100: The First Time

Under Eve’s embarrassed gaze, Anna, like a little hamster, “crunch crunch” finished all the cookies she had brought.

Eve really wanted to check where she was hurt, but looking at the little eyes full of grievance and a hint of caution, and the deliberately maintained distance from her, the words she wanted to say reached her lips but ultimately could not come out.

She awkwardly handed the cookies to Anna piece by piece, and Anna quickly took them from her hand, then quickly put some distance between them.

Then she stared at Eve with a vigilant expression, nibbling the fragrant cookies like a little hamster.

After finishing the cookies, Anna’s mood seemed slightly better, she no longer acted as if life or death depended on it.

But the atmosphere fell into an awkward state because of the silence between them.

Anna turned her back to Eve, unwilling to look at her. Her cold and elegant back looked so pitiful and aggrieved in Eve’s eyes.

“Well…” Eventually, Eve took the initiative to break the deadlock. “I-I’m sorry.”

Hearing Eve’s apology, Anna’s body trembled slightly, but she still refused to turn around to face Eve.

“My daughter didn’t know about what happened between us, and she just came out of school, the age of being fearless like a newborn calf, so…”

Listening to Eve, Anna’s body trembled even more noticeably.

She suddenly turned around, a glistening tear flying from the corner of her eye.

“Fearless like a newborn calf? I think you did it on purpose! You know your daughter’s strength, don’t you?”

“Being thrown by a little child, how am I supposed to live among dragons?”

“You should be able to imagine, a shoulder throw, for a hundred-thousand-year-old dragon child, how much psychological damage that is… wuwu…”

Hearing Anna’s complaints, Eve was at a loss for a moment.

Although she didn’t know how much psychological harm a shoulder throw could cause to a tiny hundred-thousand-year-old dragon, she also didn’t know how her beloved daughter had managed to shoulder throw a big black dragon.

“I really didn’t know she was this strong. Um… if it’s convenient, could you tell me in detail?”

Eve was really curious. Even though earlier, when Leah fought the ten people at the Church Academy, she had already seen a hint of her potential.

But Eve didn’t expect Leah could shoulder throw a massive black dragon…

And even break through its defense.

This child isn’t some kind of athlete, is she?

“You! You did it on purpose, and now you want to poke at my wounds.”

“Sorry, sorry, I misspoke.”

Eve waved her hand, apologizing immediately, but she really wanted to know how Leah had broken through Anna’s defense.

After all, it was her beloved daughter, being able to beat up a big black dragon was her ability.

“In any case, I promise this won’t happen again, and I will also find a way to compensate you.”

“Then… can I first check where you are hurt, alright?”

Saying this, Eve stood up and stepped closer to Anna. She didn’t dodge like before, perhaps her mind had already agreed to Eve’s way of handling it, or she forgot to observe while thinking.

“Compensation… how are you going to compensate?”

Anna glanced sideways at Eve. She lightly clenched the hem of her skirt on her lap, looking somewhat nervous.

If it were someone else, Anna would have flipped out already.

After all, she had been embarrassed in front of so many humans, shoulder-thrown by a little child, and even cried out of frustration… Could she still show her face in this area later?

What if, while raiding a trade route, the humans couldn’t hold back their laughter?

Where would she put her dignity? And when she went home every year, would her better siblings ridicule her even more?

This situation was unbearable for anyone, but Anna had to endure it.

Because she couldn’t beat Eve, and she couldn’t beat her daughter.

“You name the conditions, anything works. Don’t be angry. We’ve been old friends. Over the years, you’ve made quite a bit from the Empire’s trade caravans, haven’t you? Look at your little face—it’s all filled out.”

“Your skin is particularly well cared for. Your flesh-eating brothers and sisters probably don’t have skin as good as yours, right?”

“After all, our diet is healthy and stable, isn’t it?”

Listening to Eve, Anna’s anger gradually subsided.

Eve wasn’t wrong. They had a mutually beneficial relationship, Anna’s presence effectively prevented other dragons from meddling with the Empire’s trade routes. Even the frequency of wild beasts and demon-kind appearing decreased considerably.

Anna didn’t harm humans, didn’t cause large-scale destruction, and unlike other dragons, she didn’t put humans on her menu.

After all, humans are bloody, aren’t they? Nothing tastes better than plain rice.

Correspondingly, under Eve’s instructions, Anna could get some benefits from the Empire’s trade caravans whenever she wanted.

Food, clothing, items—anything she wanted, she could take, no problem.

After all, one dragon doesn’t consume much. As long as she didn’t blast the remaining supplies with dragon breath when leaving, the Empire’s caravans would actually lose less than other nations’ caravans normally would.

From a macro perspective, earning a little less didn’t matter, as long as they earned more than other nations, it was fine.

Moreover, if dragons in other empires interfered with trade, they wouldn’t leave the transported goods—or even the people transporting them.

Anna was relatively easy to deal with, if she didn’t like something, a couple of swipes and she left.

The caravan would only be startled, spending a little time reorganizing the disordered supplies.

This was why Eve had to stabilize Anna. Without Anna, if another dragon came, Eve would have to start from scratch to reason with it.

It had taken Eve a lot of effort to make Anna obedient in the first place.

Training a dragon to only eat rice and pork knuckles, and not humans, wasn’t easy, and Eve couldn’t bear to let her go.

So this time, even by kidnapping means, she had to keep her to continue fulfilling her mission.

“The little girl who hurt me just now is your daughter, right?”

Anna cleared her throat, as if she had already thought of a strategy, her eyes carrying a sly glint.

“Yes.”

“You have a daughter at such a young age, Miss Eve—or rather, Madam Eve—I see you still have charm.”

Anna looked Eve up and down, her eyes filled with unspoken meaning.

“What… What do you want to do? She’s not my biological daughter, I found her.”

“Oh, the first time, even better.”

“???”

Eve was dumbfounded. First time? Can we speak Chinese?

“I’m very angry about this matter, and the consequences are serious, so I want you to…”