“Eh?”

20. What is the relationship between Lucy and Sieg?

Irene has actually been very busy recently, but as mentioned before, the busiest time has passed, so she has some time to rest today.

As for the way to rest, in Doragnov nowadays, the only option is taking a bath.

Who said there were so few forms of entertainment 400 years ago?

However, just when Irene arrived at the palace bathhouse—

“Eh?”

“what?”

Lucy, who was already in the bathhouse, saw her and couldn’t help but let out a little cry.

Irene was also a little surprised: “Miss Lucy, are you here to take a bath too?”

“Well, it’s night time now, and I sweated a little while exercising my magic power,” Lucy said.

And for some reason, Irene felt that Lucy seemed to be enduring something now, and her voice sounded a little strenuous?

But she didn’t dwell on this point. She walked into the big bath and sat down next to Lucy. “Then you must enjoy it. This is a bathhouse that I have added healing and stress-relieving magic. Just soak in it once, and all the accumulated fatigue will disappear~~~”

“Honestly, if there weren’t such a bathhouse, I don’t know if I would have been able to hold on until now.”

A bathhouse that can relieve stress?

Lucy didn’t expect that the pool water could have this kind of function.

“By the way, how is your magic training going? Although I think after just a few hours, there shouldn’t be any concrete results, right?”

“I’m practicing hard. In fact, I’m practicing now.” Lucy said with difficulty.

At the same time, Irene also noticed the strange magical reaction on Lucy: “Lucy, did someone… use additional magic on you?”

Lucy nodded. “It was Sieg. He said that in order to train my mental strength, he added gravity magic to me, so that I can live in ten times gravity for 24 hours a day, so as to constantly temper my mental strength and will…”

“I see.”

Irene showed a look of admiration: “I didn’t expect Mr. Sieg to have practiced additional magic to this extent. It seems that he is really a genius in this area. And Miss Lucy, you are also very perseverant. Although it will be uncomfortable at first, once you get used to it, I am sure you will become very strong.”

“Thank you for the compliment…”

Lucy didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

She was of course very happy that Irene praised her like this, but the gravity that enveloped her whole body made her feel so uncomfortable that she wanted to lie down on the ground. However, if she did that, the gravity would make her even more uncomfortable!

Now the position of sitting cross-legged in the bathhouse was the most comfortable position for her.

After a short silence, Irene took the initiative to start the conversation again: “Can I ask you a…more personal question, Miss Lucy?”

“Eh? Um, please.”

“Are you and Mr. Zieger married?”

“Pfft!”

Hearing Irene’s sudden and shocking words, Lucy couldn’t hold it in any longer. She couldn’t keep her head steady any longer and fell into the bathtub, splashing water!

“Ms. Lucy!?”

“Cough cough! Cough cough!”

After coughing hard several times, Lucy floated up from the pool with great effort, under Irene’s worried look, and waved her hands with a red face: “No, no! How can he and I be husband and wife? We are just companions in the same guild! We are definitely not husband and wife!”

“By the way, why are you asking that?”

“Because Mr. Zieger seems to value you very much.” Irene smiled, “I should say that he cares about you very much, or he thinks you are very important to him. I can see that his eyes often stay on you.”

“Ah… that’s probably because of his sense of responsibility.”

In Zieg’s words, he is largely responsible for Lucy’s current situation, so he must be responsible for everything Lucy does here.

I didn’t expect to be misunderstood by Irene.

“In short, Zig and I are definitely not husband and wife! Miss Irene, please don’t misunderstand!”

“I see…”

Looking at Lucy who suddenly became aggressive, Irene nodded gently: “I thought you two must have that kind of relationship… I’m sorry, I misunderstood your relationship. After all, my husband just passed away. Even if I don’t have any feelings, but… maybe it can be said that the scene brought back memories.”

“Miss Irene…”

During today’s practice, although Irene could not hide her fatigue in Lucy’s eyes, she looked like she had completely cheered up.

But now it seems that maybe she was just holding on?

“It’s also a pain for this child.”

Irene touched her belly and said, “I didn’t expect that its father died before it was born.”

“Child…wait, wait, wait! Miss Irene, have you already–“

Lucy looked at Irene’s belly in astonishment, and Irene smiled: “Well, it has been several months, but because of the urgency of the war, I used magic to greatly delay its birth… But, in this era, it may be too cruel to let it come into this world.”

Gently stroking her belly, Irene’s face revealed a somewhat sad maternal look.

Indeed, this era is really terrible for newborn children. The war between dragons can easily cause the children to die, and even if they survive, the growth process will be extremely difficult.

Irene planned to use magic to slow down the speed of giving birth to the child until after the war was over.

“…It must be hard to raise a child alone, right?” Lucy pursed her lips.

“But my position and identity do not allow me to find another father for this child… No, now is not the time to talk about such things. I’m sorry, Miss Lucy, for saying something that may bother you.”

“No, no, no, I’m not bothered. I just think you’re a really amazing person, Irene.”

Lucy looked into Irene’s eyes and said, “You have to manage the country as a queen, fight dragons as a warrior, and protect your children… You are really amazing.”

“You’re too kind. This is just what I should do.” Irene smiled. “Also, regarding Mr. Zieg… This may be a little presumptuous, but Miss Lucy, I think Mr. Zieg is a person of considerable value. If you don’t cherish him, someone might snatch him away.”

“I’ve already told you that he and I are not in that kind of relationship! Miss Irene, if you keep saying that, I’ll be angry!”

“Hehe, sorry~~~”

21. How to solve the problem of dragon transformation

While Lucy and Irene were bathing in the big bathhouse, Sieg came to the wall of Dragnov.

Of course, not alone.

Selene walked on the stone floor and came to the city wall in the moonlight. She looked at Sieg who was sitting cross-legged on the edge of the city wall and said with a smile, “It seems that my master is in a good mood. The moonlight is just right tonight. It is indeed a good time to appreciate the moon.”

“…..Just looking around.”

Sieg retracted his gaze and said, “I have seen the real moon many times. Although it looks very beautiful from the ground, it is actually a bumpy celestial body with many craters on the surface. It can’t really be called beautiful.”

Selene raised her lips slightly: “Well, it seems that I need to withdraw my words. Master, you are not in a good mood.”

“…Why did you suddenly change your mind?”

Turning around, Sieg looked at Selene: “Are you used to being a dog? Are you planning to get along with me by recognizing me as your master so that I can spare your life later? Then forget it, I will kill you without mercy later.”

“Can’t I just accept my fate temporarily and make compromises in order to survive?”

“So now you get down on your knees and lick my feet?”

“…”

Selene’s expression suddenly changed, and she looked at Sieg with strong contempt: “…Your interests are really special.”

“I’m just testing you. If you really dare to kneel down and lick me, I’ll kick you in the face.” Sieg didn’t take Selene’s contempt seriously at all.

But speaking of foot licking, when Sieg was being exploited by Stella and the other three, they had blocked his mouth with their feet.

Because of the difference in body size, Stella’s feet were the biggest, Ning Yin’s were the smallest, and Daohua was sandwiched between the two. To be honest, Sieg didn’t understand why they felt comfortable doing this, after all, they were just holding toes in their mouths.

Maybe it’s the same as eating chicken legs and chicken feet?

“Okay, let’s get down to business. What do you want from me?”

“…Originally I had something to do, but now I suddenly feel that it is not necessary.”

“Then you have disturbed my rest time. Kneel down and apologize immediately.”

It’s unreasonable!

No matter how good-tempered Selene was, she would be driven to the bottom by Sieg. She could clearly feel that he was a gentle person by nature, but he was just like this to dragons…

“How much do you hate dragons? If I promise you now that I will never kill anyone in the future, will you change your attitude?”

“Verbal promises are not binding. I think it’s better to kill a dragon like you who has a criminal record.” Sieg glanced at her. “Besides, you and I have different definitions of humans. Once humans attack you, they will immediately become enemies. In your opinion, they are completely targets that can be killed.”

“Isn’t it?”

Selene asked back, “Or do you want me to be at the mercy of others?”

“I didn’t say that if any human wants to kill me, I will do it. I have said many times before my views on dragons. If you really want to change, then before I leave this era, if you can really make changes, then I can spare your life at my discretion – although I don’t think it’s possible.” Sieg said.

“Hehe, then it seems that I will have to use all my strength to practice in order to have a chance of survival.” Selene chuckled. “Come to think of it, do you really intend to add my power to that Celestial Mage? Then she will become a dragon sooner or later.”

“Although she is a little bit of a dragon now.”

The dragon scale on Lucy’s instep. Although Lucy hasn’t eaten dragon meat since then, and the food she has eaten during this period has been selected by Sieg, the dragon scale has indeed affected Lucy’s body to a certain extent, and the disease is spreading at a snail’s pace.

If she learns dragon-slaying magic, Lucy’s transformation into a dragon will only speed up.

Although Selene didn’t know much about Sieg, they had been together for some time after all. She could see that he valued Lucy very much, even if it was simply out of a sense of responsibility.

“…..I have a solution, you don’t need to worry about it.”

After a moment’s silence, Sieg gave this ambiguous answer.

But this is not just talk, but he really has a way, but he is not sure whether this method will work.

As we all know, among the six major blood clans, except for the Dragon King, all the upper dragons were transformed from humans by the Dragon King using his own blood. Among the upper dragons, only the Dragon King and the second rank are the most special.

However, even if the Second Tier is more powerful than the Dragon King, it cannot transform a human into a Higher-Tier Dragon.

That is the privilege of the Dragon King.

That is Sieg’s privilege.

As the King of Wings, the Dragon King of the Winged Blood Clan, Sieg has never formed his own blood clan. The same is true for Kalula. The main reason is that Sieg has never intended to accept his identity as the King of Wings. It was forced upon him by the Dragon God, and he has never thought of becoming the King of Wings.

However, the Dragon King’s privilege is currently the only possible solution to Lucy’s dragonization problem.

As long as Lucy is transformed into a high-ranking dragon before she completely transforms into a dragon, then although she will be in the gradual growth period for a period of time and will maintain the appearance of a dragon, she will be able to transform back into a human sooner or later. By then, she will be the second rank of the second generation of the Winged Blood Clan.

Of course, this is the only way at this stage. If we return to the future before Lucy completely turns into a dragon, Sieg, with the support of the Crest, will be able to solve this problem in a more perfect way.

(Speaking of which, I don’t know if Sirius’s ability to break magic is useful… I forgot about it before, so why not try poking Lucy later?)

Selene had no idea of ​​Sieg’s inner thoughts, so she looked at him who fell silent after he finished speaking, sighed softly, and her body transformed into a dragon in a burst of white light. A giant dragon like a white fox appeared in front of Sieg and stopped at the edge of the city wall.

[I want to go out for a stroll, would you like to come up with me? ]

“…..Can I tell you that you can go out now?”

[So I am seeking your consent now. After all, I am just your mount now. If I want to go out, I have to let you hold my rope. Otherwise, you will be worried, right? ]

“He is quite self-aware.”

Sieg jumped from the wall to the top of Selene’s head. He gathered his magic power and made a rein extend from the collar around her neck. He held it in his hand and stepped on Selene’s head: “Okay, fly, as fast as you can.”

[You said this—]

Wow——————————!!!

A strong wind suddenly blew up.

The white fox-like dragon rose up with the wind and carried her temporary master into the night sky under the moonlight.

22. Wood Dragon