Evil Dragon, Without a Princess, I Had to Transform Myself!-Chapter 94 : Consider Me

The residents of Taurant could never have imagined that their city had come within a hair's breadth of becoming an eternally frozen necropolis.Chapter
The reason was simply that a certain ferocious evil dragon was currently engrossed in solitary drinking at a bar, completely intoxicated and largely devoid of violent intentions.Chapter
"I'll take all the wine," Liulan tapped on the counter.Chapter
Her cold, indifferent voice filled the room, its authoritative tone making everyone present bow in submission. The surrounding patrons fell silent, not daring to speak.Chapter
"We only have about a hundred bottles in stock. Do you want all of them? We have other customers too," the bartender hesitated, wondering if he had misheard.Chapter
His doubts vanished when Liulan casually tossed a heavy sack of gold coins onto the counter, the impact making the entire bar tremble.Chapter
"Take everyone and get out," Liulan said calmly.Chapter
The bartender nodded slightly, his expression grave.Chapter
He had intended to loudly condemn this rude behavior, but he had no choice—she was simply offering too much.Chapter
Time passed indeterminately until Liulan's shadow stretched long under the dim, yellowish light.Chapter
Before her, wine bottles lay scattered in disarray, their reflections wavering faintly in the spilled liquor.Chapter
In the deep silence of the night, Liulan, who outwardly appeared as a noble and elegant young lady, belched without a care for her ladylike image.Chapter
Her drunken state was no different from that of a disheveled drunkard sleeping on the streets.Chapter
"It really... really does look like her," Liulan murmured, her eyes lowered as she gazed at the girl depicted on the wine bottle's label.Chapter
Perhaps she was a bit drunk too.Chapter
Her cheeks flushed with a tipsy redness, her eyes slightly dazed.Chapter
Yet, within her hazy gaze, the image on the wine bottle remained clear—a distinct, blurred outline of a smile she would never see again.Chapter
After reuniting with her former friend, Liulan had cunningly placed a nearly undetectable tracking mark on Patunasankus.Chapter
Out of caution, she hadn't made the mark too precise, only allowing her to roughly determine his location.Chapter
Following Patunasankus's trail, she had intended to uncover why the Black Death, who never left his lair without reason, was wandering about.Chapter
Until now, her vague suspicions about why her former friend had emerged from his lair and roamed freely—suspicions she knew were unfounded yet couldn't suppress—suddenly became clear, like moonlight spilling across the ground.Chapter
"Patuna, Patuna," Liulan whispered the name of her childhood friend over and over, as if deliberately mocking someone's self-deception.Chapter
A faint breeze brushed against her face as she shed silent tears with a smile.Chapter
But wasn't this the feeling she had long awaited?Chapter
She thought she should have come earlier, but it wasn't too late now—though she hadn't expected it to bring such sorrow.Chapter
"You're truly pathetic," Liulan chuckled softly. "In the end, you still couldn't resist searching everywhere for the Princess's shadow, but this impostor could never be the one you're looking for."Chapter
"You won't find anyone better."Chapter
Liulan cast a disdainful glance at the fake girl in the portrait, subconsciously finding her incomparable to the image in her heart.ChapterChapterIn her view, her friend's behavior was nothing but self-deception. Wandering through the mortal realm was clearly a desperate search for similar people to fill the void left by someone's departure.Chapter
"All you do all day is indulge in unrealistic daydreams. The more splendid the dream, the more painful the awakening. Rather than that, it's better to never dream at all."Chapter
"How utterly self-deceptive."Chapter
Liulan's voice grew softer as drowsiness slowly enveloped her like a curtain. She could hear the wind swirling and howling through the crumbling walls.Chapter
Once, she had a dream filled with her, and upon waking felt that sleep hadn't been wasted.Chapter
After sobering up, Liulan thought she should go find Patuna.Chapter
Then, make her face reality.Chapter
The reality that the Princess was dead.Chapter
Fantasy tightly grips the heart, while reality easily discards all that is beautiful.Chapter
"Patuna, you say... she's been gone for quite a while now, but..."Chapter
'Eternal Frozen Mist' Liulanxius lay pillowed on empty bottles.Chapter
In the darkness, sometimes between two faint breaths, an uncontrollable sob would escape her.Chapter
"But me... Why couldn't you ever consider me?"Chapter
Because she didn't want anyone to know, she whispered it in her heart, as carefully as if afraid to startle a butterfly.Chapter
In the presence of the Princess and her friend, she felt very, very small. So small she could vanish into the dust. Yet her joyful heart would always uncontrollably bloom like a flower.Chapter
A single gesture, a single smile, could make her remember for years without knowing why.Chapter
Afraid to meet their gaze, yet always ending up doing so.Chapter
This was her.Chapter
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Patunasankus fell into deep contemplation until the evening breeze extinguished the candle on the desk.Chapter
"Indeed, last-minute cramming is useless. If I can't understand it, I just can't. Why does the inherited memory contain knowledge about postpartum care for sows, but somehow missed including this language?"Chapter
Patunasankus sighed. Several dictionaries of various races' languages she had dug out for last-minute studying were piled on the desk. Her intuition told her that what remained contained important information, but she simply couldn't comprehend it.Chapter
"Young lady, still not asleep? Tomorrow you'll be participating in the festival battle," Shatina casually poked her head out from the bedcovers, squinting as she rolled over on the bed.Chapter
"My, my, so serious. Are you trying to get into the Royal Witch Academy or become a sage's apprentice in Shallowwater City? I happen to know several great mages," Shatina's thoughts were flying high.Chapter
"Fair skin, beautiful features, long legs, nimble spellcasting fingers - interested in meeting them?"Chapter
"Be quiet."Chapter
Without looking up, Patunasankus massaged her forehead and asked, "Besides Common Tongue, what other languages do you know?"Chapter
"That depends on your needs," Shatina lowered her voice. "If the client requires it, I could even temporarily serve as a translator for goblins."Chapter
"..."Chapter
Patunasankus thought for a moment. Given the other's money-grubbing, no-integrity nature, it probably wouldn't be a problem to have her take a look at the script used in Tiana's contract.ChapterChapterShe casually wrote down the obscure characters that had troubled her for a long time on a piece of paper, being cautious not to form them into a specific sentence, instead using each character separately.Chapter
"Teach me how to read these."Chapter
"It's so late already, I'm a bit sleepy..." Shatina yawned, "Let's do it another day."Chapter
Patunasankus pretended to take out a small pouch from her sleeve. She knew full well that what she held in her hand held an irresistible temptation for a certain someone.Chapter
Sometimes she even suspected that the Shatina before her was a disguise of some ancient evil dragon—such greed for wealth was something she had only occasionally witnessed in her ancestors during her childhood.Chapter
"Ahhhhhhh! This is a full five gold coins as a tip! Oh my heavens, young mistress, I'm almost falling in love with you."Chapter
Shatina instantly perked up, tugging vigorously at Patunasankus's arm, her fluffy ears pressing close and rubbing enthusiastically.Chapter
Patunasankus broke into a cold sweat at her temples; she was least adept at dealing with such shameless individuals.Chapter
"Stop acting like a lovesick fool—I can practically see pink hearts in your eyes right now!" Patunasankus scolded in a low voice.Chapter
Then, she glanced at Loranhir's bed. That girl was sleeping like the dead; ever since she started wandering through mountains and waters with Yanubi in her dreams every day, her sleep quality couldn't be any better.Chapter
"Now that you've taken the money, hurry up and teach me."Chapter
"Isn't this the High Aztec script commonly used in devil contracts?" Shatina recognized it at a glance, her tone full of doubt. "Why would you want to learn this...?"Chapter
"Hush money." Patunasankus calmly handed over another pouch.Chapter
Shatina glanced at the heavy gold coins in her hand, then said earnestly:Chapter
"I like you."Chapter
"Go cool off somewhere else."