My Wife is an Evil Dragon-Chapter 16

Chapter 16: The Evil Dragon Fears Spice
It was only Lucia’s second day on Earth, and her understanding of the world had been repeatedly shattered by a constant stream of new experiences.
Looking at the human metropolis, which resembled a forest of steel, Lucia stopped in her tracks and looked up.
Everything before her eyes was enough to make even her gigantic dragon body tremble.
In Azure Continent, the majestic bodies of dragons could overlook everything. From a human perspective, every pureblood giant dragon stood tall against the sky like a mountain.
But on Earth, human buildings… had already reached the clouds.
They stretched as far as the eye could see.
“How many floors does it have?”
“112 floors,” Xia Li said.
Lucia let out a long, drawn-out “Wow~~”.
“How did humans manage to build such tall structures?” Lucia exclaimed.
There were no giants in this world. Even if there were giants, they wouldn’t be able to build such tall houses.
Moreover, these buildings weren’t just tall. Lucia saw the transparent and smooth material on their surfaces, reflecting the color of the sky, as if they could contain the entire azure sky within them.
Lucia knew what this material was; she had seen it many times in Azure Continent.
It was ‘glass’.
But the craftsmanship was far superior to the crudely made products in Azure Continent.
“The people of this world have their own wisdom. If you’re curious, I’ll go back and find some videos about building construction for you.”
After all, Xia Li wasn’t a civil engineer. Even if Lucia asked him to explain, he wouldn’t be able to give a clear answer.
If Lucia was genuinely interested in this aspect, he wouldn’t mind finding some videos on Bilibili to occupy her time, and maybe show her some ‘Oddbods’ while he was at it.
“Xia Li, Xia Li, what’s that over there?”
Just as Xia Li was thinking about whether to start with things that interested Lucia and gradually cultivate her understanding of this world, he didn’t expect her ‘interest’ to shift so quickly.
Or rather, she was interested in everything she saw.
Following Lucia’s pointed finger, Xia Li saw a middle-aged man carrying a shoulder pole and hawking his wares at the street corner.
What caught Lucia’s interest was the contents of his baskets.
“That’s tofu pudding,” Xia Li said, calmly leading Lucia past.
Lucia turned her head back with every step she took. “What’s that red stuff he poured on top?”
“That’s chili pepper,” Xia Li replied.
In Xia Li’s hometown, there was no debate about whether tofu pudding should be sweet or savory.
Because here, everyone ate spicy tofu pudding, and they even added peas and peanuts to it.
Lucia secretly swallowed.
She had once broken into a nobleman’s granary and swallowed all the red, yellow, and green plants inside. The taste had been so pungent that she had spewed dragon flames. Later, she learned from humans that this unpleasant and tongue-numbing taste was called chili pepper.
“Want to try some?” Xia Li was still quite happy to broaden the evil dragon’s palate.
“Mm, no thanks.”
Lucia shook her head like a fan.
Xia Li raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.
This was the first time he had encountered something Lucia wouldn’t eat.
Could it be that this evil dragon… was actually afraid of chili peppers?
“Xia Li, Xia Li, look over there!”
Soon, Lucia discovered something new.
She was like a young girl entering the city for the first time, her eyes shining with excitement at all the dazzling things on the street.
If he had such a girl by his side, she would probably provide a lot of emotional support… After all, she was always enthusiastic about everything.
Xia Li was currently at an alleyway in the downtown area. There was a morning market here where many elderly people would come out to sell their wares.
Lucia quickly walked ahead of Xia Li and stood beside an old woman who was setting up her stall. Bending down, she looked at the newly hatched animals in the basket and said,
“They’re ducklings!”
“……”
“I could eat them all in one…”
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Just as Lucia was about to boast about her glorious feat of descending upon a human duke’s farm and devouring all the animals in the poultry yard, Xia Li grabbed her and quickened his pace.
Lucia’s already loose clothing was nearly deformed by Xia Li’s pulling.
Only after they had exited the alley did Lucia look at Xia Li in confusion.
“Keep your voice down,” Xia Li said sternly.
“If other humans find out you’re a dragon, we’re both doomed.”
Although, even if Lucia shouted “I’m an evil dragon” in the middle of the street, people would probably just give her a strange look.
But Lucia, after all, looked like a beautiful young girl of sixteen or seventeen, with a rather charming and innocent appearance. Xia Li couldn’t bear to lose face if she shouted like that in public.
Regulating this evil dragon’s code of conduct was his primary goal.
“Oh… I was just too excited,”
“I won’t do it again.”
Lucia then remembered the agreement she had made with Xia Li yesterday.
Don’t run around or speak out of turn.
So she frankly admitted her mistake.
Xia Li had originally wanted to say a few more words, but seeing this shorty’s sincere apology, he was surprised.
He held back the words that were about to come out and fell silent for a moment, his gaze resting on Lucia’s hand that emerged from the wide, flat cuff of her sleeve.
Instead of holding her hand, he slowed down and walked behind her.
“There are many people here, you walk in front.
Follow this road to the end, and we’ll be there.”
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There were several large department stores on Chunbei Road, and Xia Li chose one with a wide variety of goods and affordable prices.
Actually, if they were just buying daily necessities, there was no need to go so far. The main reason for coming to this place was to let the evil dragon see the world.
This was probably the first time she had seen so many people, and Xia Li actually saw a hint of timidity in the evil dragon.
Ever since they arrived at the thing called an ‘escalator’, Lucia had been dazzled.
Because she had too many questions to ask, and didn’t know where to start, Lucia simply stopped asking.
After all, it was her first time out today, and she planned to see and think more.
If she was still curious about something after they got back, she would ask Xia Li for an explanation.
Arriving at the supermarket on the basement floor, Xia Li went to get a shopping cart.
Lucia carefully counted the number of wheels on the shopping cart and then asked Xia Li,
“Does this count as a car?”
“Well…”
Before Xia Li could finish speaking, Lucia had already lifted her trouser leg, preparing to climb into the cart.
Seeing this, Xia Li quickly stopped her.
“This is a cart for carrying things, not for people, and certainly not for dragons!”
“Carrying things?”
Lucia observed the humans around them and quickly understood what was going on, so she put down her trouser leg.
She really wanted to say that if Xia Li considered her as cargo, could she sit in the shopping cart ━ after all, in Azure Continent, captured dragons would be transported on carts like this.
But, thinking about it, she decided against it.
If she said it, Xia Li would definitely hit her.