Because I Am the Most Beautiful

Liangzhou Prefecture.

The rain from the past few days had seemed as though the heavens had taken a nap. Once they woke, the sun returned to its usual lifeless glare.

The vicious sunlight scorched the earth, baking people until they felt faint.

At the city gates, the commoners entering and leaving hung their heads. The soldiers guarding the city leaned against the walls, half-asleep. Even the merchants who traveled north and south had lost their spirit.

Suddenly.

A commotion broke out within the crowd.

"Demons! There are demons!!"

"Help!"

"Run!"

The previously sluggish crowd exploded into motion, but before they had run far, someone shouted at the top of their lungs.

"Not demons! Look carefully—it's a demon corpse!"

At those words, everyone stopped short.

Liangzhou Prefecture was home to the Demon Suppression Regional Office. Within a hundred miles, demons had vanished without a trace.

Most of the commoners born and raised here had never seen a living demon in their entire lives.

Now that they heard there was a demon corpse, that tiny bit of fear was instantly washed 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 wide open as it faced the sky.

Pale white horns, savage jaws, and palm-sized scales still stained with blood that had yet to dry.

"Hiss—"

No one knew who it was, but someone sucked in a sharp breath.

Then, one gasp after another rose from the crowd, joining into a single wave.

"My heavens... is that... is that a dragon?"

"The great lords of the Demon Suppression Office even brought back a dragon they'd slain?!"

"What the hell do