A Mermaid Princess Disliked by an Evil Dragon

Squid Girl was barely a neighbor, and she used Image Stone to document this scene so that when the dragon cub grew up, she could show it to her the absurd things she did in her childhood and have her carve them out.

I've been busy cultivating lately and haven't had much time to let the dragon cub practice carving. I'll make sure the dragon cub picks up this skill again in its spare time.

Practicing sculpting can cultivate one's character, and so can painting.

The powerful card makers in the human world are all skilled at drawing. They would naturally try to teach the dragon cubs what they know, to see if the dragon cubs have the talent.

If it's possible, let the dragon cub learn it; otherwise, forget about it.

"Alright, you're free to do as you please."

Lance put away the Image Stone and went to prepare the ingredients. It was getting dark, and he needed to think about what to eat tonight.

"Squid Girl, are you having dinner at my place tonight? Or are you going to your house for dinner?"

"Let's eat at your place."

"And you."

"I understand."

The Squid Girl threw Lance a tentacle that detached automatically. Before encountering the black dragon, she had thrown all the detached tentacles into the sea. After encountering the black dragon, she kept all the detached tentacles, which she could use now, like when she was eating at the Black Dragon Family.

"No, I wanted you to go catch some fish in the sea so we could have grilled fish and boiled fish fillets tonight. You're making me look cruel."

This is a one-time exception; there will be no next time.

Lance put away the tentacle that the Squid Girl had thrown to him and left.

The little dragon watching from the side was still very shocked by this scene. She really couldn't understand the way the evil dragon and the Squid Girl got along.

Squid Girl's way of thinking is also different from that of normal people.

"Lance, do you want to learn my Regeneration Technique or not? Aren't you curious about what your own flesh tastes like?"

"Shut up! If you say anything more that sends chills down my spine, I'll really Deep Sea Giant Demon into your waters."

Lance turned around and threatened the Squid Girl fiercely, mainly because the Squid Girl's words could easily leave a psychological shadow on the dragon cub.

"Little Dragon, how about I teach you the Regeneration Technique?"

"Thunder Annihilates the World!"

The fierce and violent power of thunder devoured the Squid Girl.

The baby dragon, which was not far from the Squid Girl, was also affected by the aftershocks of the lightning. At least dozens of waves of lightning struck the baby dragon.

As the lightning dissipated, the Squid Girl and the baby dragon simultaneously opened their mouths and spat out a puff of smoke.

The young dragon's eyes were brimming with tears.

It was intentional! The dragon definitely did it on purpose!

"Squid Girl dragged you into this. Stay away from Squid Girl next time."

"You did it on purpose."

"I'm not as bad as you think. If I'm going to strike you with lightning, I'll strike you squarely and honestly. Hmm, you reminded me. In a while, you can start trying to Lightning Tempering."

"???"

Thunder. Lightning Tempering?

No! She was already very satisfied with the strength of her dragon body; she didn't want to Lightning Tempering.

Farolyn Empire, she didn't need to possess overwhelming combat power. With her current strength and the Source Power Item the dragon had given her, she felt that once she returned to the Farolyn Empire, she should be able to dethrone Asina from the throne.

Can she refuse?

I'm afraid I won't be able to refuse.

The grilled fish doesn't taste good tonight.

Just as the young dragon had imagined, while enjoying her dinner, she thought about how the evil dragon would make her Lightning Tempering in a while, and her appetite decreased.

Normally she can eat five large bowls of rice, but tonight she only ate three large bowls.

The dragon's cooking was as delicious as ever.

The Squid Girl ate eight large bowls of rice, then patted her bulging belly and slowly went back to her own sea area to sleep.

Lance said he wanted to Surrounding the Stove to Brew Tea later, but Squid Girl ignored Lance, she was too full to eat anymore.

She knew what it meant to "Surrounding the Stove to Brew Tea."

They would sit around the stove, drink tea, chat, and eat roasted sweet potatoes, yams, and corn. After eating meat, who would want to eat roasted sweet potatoes and corn? Black Dragon also liked to tell stories to Young Dragon while Surrounding the Stove to Brew Tea, explaining idioms and allusions.

She didn't understand and wasn't interested.

Once, while Surrounding the Stove to Brew Tea, she got bored and put one of her tentacles on the Furnace Fire to roast. Then the dragon threw her into the sea, saying that her tentacles were poisonous before they were processed, and that they had polluted his Furnace Fire. He also said that her tentacles smelled fishy, so it was pointless and she should go home and sleep.

After washing the pots and pans, the young dragon returned to its den, retrieved a book written in dragon language, shrunk to 1.56 meters, and flew onto the turtle's back.

When she got onto the turtle's back, Lance had already lit the Furnace Fire, brewed some good tea, and roasted two ears of corn on the Furnace Fire.

Er Gouzi lay not far from the Furnace Fire, one of his heads resting on one of his paws, munching on fruit.

Lance sat in a chair, flipping through an ancient book filled with the scent of time. At this moment, he was no longer in his dragon form; he had become a human.

The young dragon took a stool out of the Lucky Coin, sat down opposite Lance, and poured himself a cup of Flower Tea.

Lance really knows how to enjoy life; he has everything here.

A variety of tea sets, tea leaves and flowers that we grow and pick ourselves.

They enjoy life even more than nobles and royalty.

Surrounding the Stove to Brew Tea...

It sounds nice.

It means something similar to a tea party.

Various activities are also held at the academies of the Farolyn Empire.

Various departments.

I wonder if the dragon will tell her idiom stories tonight.

You can also read quietly.

Listening to the sound of the waves, feeling the sea breeze...

It's a bit cold.

She is now a young dragon and can withstand the sea breeze.

If it were a human, staying like that for a while would make them catch a cold tomorrow.

"Reading tonight?"

"I can do whatever I want. I haven't really relaxed lately. No missions tonight... hmm... something seems to be missing..."

Lance, holding the book in his left hand, thought for a moment and then laughed, "It's missing music."

Lance took out a Music Shell from the Diamond Cutter, activated it, and placed it aside. A soft light shone from the shell.

A soft, soothing humming sound emanated from the seashell.

Classical music?

It seems to be purely instrumental music.

As Imperial Daughter, the young dragon had some knowledge of music and had even studied some of it.

This type of seashell is not a musical instrument from the human world.

It should be an instrument used by the merfolk.

The mermaid's song.

Mermaids are natural musicians.

There is a saying that circulates in the human world.

The young dragon had never seen a mermaid, nor had it ever heard a mermaid sing, so it didn't know if it was true or not.

However, according to legend, mermaids like to lure humans with their songs and then take them away.

"Is this hummed by a mermaid?"

"Yes, it's the Mermaid Princess hummed."

"???"

The young dragon was stunned. She thought it was an ordinary merman humming, but she didn't expect it to be the Mermaid Princess humming.

Could it be a song hummed by the Mermaid Princess, who was kidnapped by the dragon, because she misses her homeland? "How do you know it's the Mermaid Princess humming?"

"I asked her to record a few songs for me, and she hummed them in front of me. Isn't that normal?"

"..."

Just as I expected...

The singing voices of ordinary mermaids are already heavenly, but the singing voice of the Mermaid Princess... is even more beautiful and melodious.

She didn't detect any resentment in the Mermaid Princess's song.

It seems the Mermaid Princess did not harbor any resentment towards the dragon.

Perhaps when the Mermaid Princess hummed in front of the dragon, she was thinking of using her beautiful voice to conquer him.

She's Mermaid Princess, after all; she must have such thoughts.

Princesses are all proud and arrogant.

Especially for princesses who are capable, beautiful, and have a good figure, even if they are kidnapped by evil dragons, they will definitely think of fighting back, or even making the evil dragons work for them.

Who could resist owning a dragon mount?

Before she was brought to Black Dragon Island by the evil dragon as a baby dragon, she had fantasized about one day having a handsome and mighty dragon mount.

The Mermaid Princess, with her several innate racial skills, must have secretly tried to conquer the evil dragon.

It looks like it was a failure.

Not only did she fail to conquer the dragon with her singing, but she was also exploited by the dragon and became its exclusive songstress...

Given the dragon's wicked nature, in order to exploit the Mermaid Princess Mermaid Princess, he might even openly tell her to boldly conquer him with her singing.

For example: If your singing can win me over, I'll become your mount or something.

For example: "If you sing and make me cry, I'll sign a contract with you," or something like that...

Then the naive Mermaid Princess began her efforts to conquer the dragon, eventually becoming the dragon's personal songstress...

Huh? Why am I crying? The young dragon touched it with its claw and it really did cry.

It's the Mermaid Princess's singing voice...

"No, little dragon, even mermaids' songs can make you cry. If you encounter mental attacks in the future, you'll be easily controlled by them."

The mermaid's song actually carries a psychological attack; it seems I'll have to let you listen to the Mermaid Princess's song more often in the future.

Don't underestimate a mermaid's voice. Some of the Mermaid Princess's songs are rather melancholic and dark; listening to them might give you suicidal thoughts.

Seeing that the dragon cub was crying while listening to the song, Lance closed the book in his hand.

He had a general plan in mind for the dragon cub's growth.

First: Let the dragon cub evolve into Pure-Blooded Amethyst Dragonling before it reaches adulthood.

Second: Completely learn the Dragon Language.

Third: Enhance the dragon cub's body strength, also known as body tempering. Increase the dragon cub's power and teach it several self-defense techniques.

Fourth: Academic subjects and practical skills.

He also noticed the mental attacks, and he made the dragon cub hear his roars so that she could resist them.

The dragon cub has developed a certain degree of resistance to the intimidating mental attacks.

A mutated form of mental attack like the Mermaid Princess is a mental attack mixed with emotions, and the dragon cub, who is not yet an adult, has absolutely no resistance to it.

It seems we should let the dragon cub listen to the Mermaid Princess's songs more often.

Back then, the Mermaid Princess went to great lengths to enhance the charm of her singing voice in order to win him over. In order to hear singing voices of different styles, he would occasionally provide the Mermaid Princess with some inspiration.

For example, telling the Mermaid Princess some sad and desperate stories, or telling her some grand and epic war stories.

He told her all sorts of stories—happy, sad, subtle, and melancholic.

The Mermaid Princess didn't disappoint him either; she would create a new song every now and then and sing it to him with a smile.

At first, the Mermaid Princess would pretend and hide her desire to conquer him with her singing. But as they spent more time together, she stopped pretending and directly expressed her desire to conquer him with her singing.

It's no exaggeration to say that when the Mermaid Princess left, her singing voice was already powerful enough to threaten ordinary Pure-Blooded Dragon.

When he first brought her here, the Mermaid Princess's singing voice was only slightly better than that of ordinary mermaids.

When he arrived, they kept calling him "evil dragon."

As they left, they kept calling him "teacher" and asked if they would ever see him again in their lifetime.

Why would I want to see him? Do I want to date him? He's still a minor.

"Huh? A psychological attack? Lance, are you overthinking this? Could it be that the Mermaid Princess's singing touched me, making me resonate with the emotions in her voice, and that's why I cried? Instead of suffering some kind of psychological attack."

Young Dragon thought Lance's words were outrageous. She admitted that some songs could indeed bewitch human minds and make them lose their reason.

But this time, she felt that she cried purely because the Mermaid Princess's song was so full of emotion.

"Here's what we'll do. I have quite a few songs by the Mermaid Princess here. Starting tomorrow, you can wear my special Cochlear Shell and listen to the Mermaid Princess songs whenever you have free time, including while you're cultivating."

When you are no longer affected by the emotions contained in the Mermaid Princess's song, this training can come to an end.

Just a heads-up, some of the songs by The Mermaid Princess can actually induce suicidal thoughts, so please be careful.

The mental attack contained in the Mermaid Princess's song is strong enough. Once the dragon cub is no longer affected by the Mermaid Princess's song, she will not experience emotional fluctuations when she encounters similar attacks in the future.

"Oh."

Listening to music is fine.

Even the kings, princesses, and princes of the human world might not be able to hear the Mermaid Princess's song.

As for suicide, she felt she wouldn't do it. Even when Er Gouzi bit her a few times, she screamed in pain. She simply didn't have the courage to commit suicide.

Besides, she was so young that she had never even been in a relationship, hadn't yet dethroned Asina, and hadn't become the emperor of the Farolyn Empire, so it was even less likely that she would commit suicide.

More than suicide, she's curious now about whether the Mermaid Princess has legs. Legend has it that mermaids are all human-bodied with fish tails and die if they go ashore.

They can only live in the sea.

"Lance, does the Mermaid Princess have legs? If she doesn't, how will she walk if you kidnap her?"

"When she first came, she lied to me and said she didn't have legs. I kept her in a fish tank and fed her at the same time every day. I also changed her water and cleaned the tank from time to time. Then one night, I opened my eyes and saw her sneaking out of the tank. Her tail turned into legs. She tried to run away but I caught her and threw her back into the tank. To avoid being punished, she said she would sing for me that the Mermaid Princess's tail could turn into legs or a fish tail. Well, don't think of the Mermaid Princess as too wonderful. She smells fishy."

"."

Click!

The young dragon's idealized image of a mermaid shattered.

She never dreamed that the dragon would end with, "The Mermaid Princess smells fishy." No legend she had ever heard had ever mentioned a fishy smell in mermaids.