Generally Speaking, It’ll be Okay After Finding a Female Dragon (1)
–Eh?
Shi An’s eyes snapped wide, retreating several steps back with a thud, his spine slamming hard into the skeleton horse.
The skeleton horse snorted, the crushed snow pelting down beneath its hooves. It steadied itself at the edge of the cliff, the unconscious man on its spine slipping a few paces slightly with its sudden movements.
Mu Heng frowned in his slumber, his silvery white eyelashes fluttering slightly as he showed some signs of awakening.
Shi An turned his back to him, gazing at the dragon tail behind him with a blank expression.
“How… How could it be?”
Didn’t the tail retract after most of the dragon molt had been absorbed?
And he had clearly absorbed all the magic in the dragon molt by now, so how could it come out again…?
Shi An reached over in disbelief and caught the tip of his tail in his palm.
It was cold, hard, and smooth.
It was solid, with not even a hint of imagination.
Shi An stood perplexed, seemingly unable to understand the strange phenomenon before him.
At that moment, his body suddenly stiffened slightly and a muffled whimper escaped from his throat. “… Woo!”
That strange feeling… came again.
Shi An’s legs went limp and he fell to the ground unsupported, his tail slipping out of his hands and flicking restlessly behind his back, his tail shuddering slightly, instinctively bucking upward.
It was uncomfortable…
Shi An couldn’t help but curl up as if that was the only way to counter the strange sensation that assaulted his body.
The demon insect panicked. “M-My lord, are you okay?”
The young man in front of him curled up further as if he had not been listening. Even through his thick cotton coat, one could still feel his lean back shivering violently and the tips of his ears were already red under his soft black hair, which looked particularly blinding in the blanket of snow.
Shi An rested his cold forehead against his wrist, his quivering eyelashes drooping to hide his dazed red-gold pupils, his initially pale cheeks tinted a brilliant scarlet, his lips pursed, trying to suppress the gasp coming out of his throat.
The demon insect on the other side anxiously turned around. “My lord, say something! What actually–”
At that moment, Black Smoke, who had not said a word since a moment ago, sighed deeply before speaking slowly. “Perhaps, what I worried about still happened in the end.”
“…!”
The demon insect stared at it and dashed toward Black Smoke with a fierce look, its six thin legs catching the other side in a deadly grip. “I knew it! It must be you, this scoundrel! Say it! What did you do to the Lord?”
Black Smoke was caught off guard by the attack.
“Cough!”
It desperately tried to break free from the demon insect’s grasp, furiously saying, “Pah! Don’t make unfounded attacks! Why would you say I did something? I also suspect you were the one doing something!”
Seeing that the two unreliable demons were about to wrestle again, the skeleton horse on one side hit the snow heavily with its front hooves and puffed out a breath from its nostrils. The dark blue flames in the depths of its dark eyes danced for a moment as if making a silent threat.
Only then did the demon insect and Black Smoke part in indignation, no longer continuing to cling to their grudge.
Black Smoke took a deep breath and said, “You also knew I had been locked up for thousands of years in that tiny box. The only thing accompanying me was that book about dragons. After such a long period, I practically know that book by heart, so I…”
The demon insect interrupted it impatiently, “Okay, okay, okay. Can’t you get straight to the point?”
Black Smoke: “…”
It clenched its teeth and decided not to bicker with the demon insect but bluntly said, “I suspect that the Lord has entered the estrus period.”
Demon insect: “…”
It was silent for a long time before finally letting out a dry monosyllable, “Huh?”
Black Smoke said “Every dragon’s species will enter the estrus period once they finish the last molting process. However, the Abyss dragon was the only species not mentioned before, so I could only guess. Only until this time was I certain…”
Demon insect echoed, “… Estrus period?”
Black Smoke showed a lofty look and said, “The more powerful the lineage and more precious the dragon’s species, the stronger the magical power accumulating in their bodies. Therefore, their breeding success will be lower. Theoretically, to make up for this, the more powerful and rare the dragon’s species, the longer the estrus period and the more difficult to resist the effects caused–if it is something commoner like the black dragon, even without finding a mate after entering the estrus period, they will be fine after enduring it for a while. Meanwhile, the Abyss dragon…”
Demon insect: “What do you mean?”
Black Smoke said with some uncertainty, “For such a rare dragon species like the Lord to endure his estrus period, it’s possible to have unpredictable risks. Secondly, his strength might regress. It might even prove to be a danger to his life.”
Demon insect immediately tensed up. “Then, then what should be done?”
Black Smoke: “Generally speaking, it’ll be okay after finding a female dragon.”
Demon insect: “…”
Fuck you.
The fantasy species hasn’t appeared on the continent for thousands of years and the Abyss dragons have been gone for longer.
Find a female dragon? Aren’t you talking fucking shit?
It strongly suppressed its urge to fight. It took a deep breath and gritted his teeth. “If there’s none?”
Black Smoke fell into contemplation. “Mm, this is a good question.”
The demon insect was so angry that its face was twisted and was close to rushing up, tearing Black Smoke apart, and eating it.
