As a Steel Dragon, Xia Lan Veloss had always done an excellent job of keeping her identity secret.
Other than a limited number of trustworthy kin, very few people knew her true identity.
Although she rented out all kinds of upper-floor properties throughout Water-Drawing City, the only ones she regularly used as private residences were Pride House Alchemy Workshop and Melos's Magic Cottage.
On the surface, they had bedrooms for humans to rest in, but should anyone harbor ill intent, they would discover that the figures "resting" in those bedrooms at night were merely magical puppets.
Once the alarm system was triggered, intruders would learn what kind of terrifying nightmare awaited them.
Most of these private properties had hidden rooms, each with stairways leading down to cellars, which in turn connected to nearby secret passages and even sewers, linking them to her other properties across the city.
Thus, among her countless holdings in Water-Drawing City, it was difficult to say which one was her true lair.
And whenever she visited to inspect one of her businesses, she would often use a different human form to deal with others.
When it came to the achievement of layering identities like nesting dolls, Levis was nothing more than a greenhorn little brother before Xia Lan Veloss.
At the same time, as a dragon, aside from her intermittent periods of deep sleep, Xia Lan Veloss would spend most nights randomly appearing in a secret lair beneath one of her properties, piled high with deeds, IOUs, and ancient books, wandering through the illusory ocean woven from books and words.
Judging from the scene before them, she had already completely forgotten Levis—the straight-as-steel dragon who had disturbed the lake of her heart three days ago. At least for now.
Perhaps the bearing and knowledge Levis had