Because I Am the Most Beautiful in Liangzhou Prefecture
The rain from a few days ago had seemed like Heaven taking a nap. Once it woke, the sun returned to its usual lifeless glare.
The vicious sunlight scorched the earth, leaving people dizzy from the heat.
At the city gates, the townsfolk coming and going hung their heads listlessly. The soldiers guarding the gates dozed against the walls, and even the merchants who traveled far and wide had lost their spirit.
All of a sudden.
A disturbance broke out in the crowd.
"Demons! There are demons!!"
"Help!"
"Run!"
The previously sluggish crowd exploded into motion, but before they could run far, someone shouted at the top of their lungs.
"They're not demons! Look closely—it's a demon's corpse!"
At those words, everyone halted.
Liangzhou Prefecture was home to the Demon-Suppressing Regional Command. Within a hundred li, demons had vanished without a trace.
Most of the people born and raised here had never seen a living demon in their entire lives.
Now that they heard there was a demon corpse, their faint fear was instantly washed clean away by curiosity.
The bolder ones were already standing on tiptoe, craning their necks to peer inside.
Before long, a flatbed cart slowly passed through the city gates behind four riders.
On the cart lay a ferocious head, its dead eyes still staring at the sky.
Pale white horns, savage jaws, and palm-sized scales still stained with fresh blood.
"Gasp—"
Someone, no one knew who, sucked in a sharp breath.
Then, one gasp after another rose from the crowd, joining into a single wave.
"Good heavens... Is that... is that a dragon?"
"The lords of the Demon Suppression Bureau even brought back a slain dragon?!"
"What the hell do you know!"
An experienced old merchant