96 The Necromancer and the Priestess 28 (1/2)

Not only the grandpa dragon, but the rest of the group was also staring at her, probably thinking that she had gone crazy. No, from her actions before, she had already been crazy. It was just that she had leveled up now, and was even crazier than before!!

”What is it?” The grandpa dragon growled, a hot breath blowing over Yin Mei and the group when he opened his jaw, a sharp row of long teeth glistening white.

”...” Yin Mei's lips twitched. Pfft, what was she even afraid of? Okay, so this guy was stronger than her. But she had faced dragons before! Long Aotian, for example. Though they were different since one was a Western dragon and the other an Eastern dragon, and at that time, Feng Hua was of similar ability and skill... Bah! It didn't matter! The point is, she shouldn't let a difference in strength get her feeling shaky all over!

”Esteemed elder, may I be so presumptuous to ask why in the world the dragons have shut themselves off from the world? For a young child, it is too restrictive to expect them to restrain their curiosity and not want to go explore the outside...” Yin Mei thought for a moment before saying. She had called out in the spur of the moment, and so could only just manage to cobble together her words.

”You dare question us? You think us dragons can be put on the same level as human children?” He growled, but these words actually caused Yin Mei to bristle up. Excuse me, was he looking down on her beloved kids right now?

”I think that children have some of the same characteristics, no matter the race,” Yin Mei said with a forced smile, a fiery aura surrounding her.

”Hoho, you have courage to dare say such things!” Sparks flew as the two glared at each other.

”Grandpa! You can't bully my servant!” Yin Mei wanted to ask when she had been given this servant status, but she didn't say anything, partially touched that Azurite was speaking up for her.

”Wha-What? You would speak against me for an outsider?” Old grandpa felt betrayed, raising his head up as he staggered backward like he had suffered from a fatal attack.

Yin Mei grasped Azurite from her head, bringing her down to hold her in front of her.

”Wha-What?” Azurite said cautiously, but seemed to not struggle from being held by Yin Mei anymore. Gasp, habit was terrifying! Although it had only been a little while since they met, she had already been tamed to this point... how scary...

”Little child, you agree with me right? Don't you want to see the outside world? Aren't you curious? You want to experience the things that you can't from inside this little valley, right?” Yin Mei asked, her eyes and expression extremely serious.

The little dragon's own eyes began sparkling. Of course, she could use magic to do all sorts of things from in here, from seeing these sights with something similar to clairvoyance to making a playground that imitated those outside sights. But, that was different from experiencing it herself. She didn't know why, but she just felt that it would be. As a child, she held boundless curiosity for the things beyond this little fenced greenhouse. Although she possessed knowledge beyond that of any ordinary child, perhaps it was even more so due to that that her curiosity was even stronger. ”I wanna go see!” She said excitedly.

Yin Mei turned her around and held her in her arms, looking smugly at a now collapsed grandpa dragon who had suffered a two time combo of betrayal. ”See? Even Azurite says she wants to go out to see the outside world! It's practically sinful to keep a child locked up in here. Perhaps for you old fogey- I mean, you esteemed elders may have already seen know everything, but it's different for a little child!”

Rosella was so impressed that she couldn't help but applaud, though she had not understood a word that had been exchanged between them. The rest of the group members were practically petrified in fear though. They felt that Yin Mei was definitely insane to actually stand up against a dragon like this. As for El, he just thought that this was something normal.

”Even so, I cannot allow Azurite to go outside.” The grandpa dragon was quiet for a moment before standing up to speak.

Azurite immediately had on a teary eyed expression and Yin Mei felt angered on her behalf. ”And just why is that?”

”That's a story that goes back to why we have isolated ourselves in the first place.” He replied, shaking his head to show his unwillingness to reply.

But Yin Mei sat herself down. ”Well we have all the time in the world! Speak already!”

Grandpa dragon: ...

The rest of the group: ...

He let out a sigh, his breath blowing over the group as he played down with a large thump, head placed before Yin Mei. The other members also all sat down, although some were groaning inwardly inside.

”Ten thousand years ago, the first of our kind fell victim to a strange illness. It was the first that we had seen of it. It turned dragon to stone, regardless of age or gender. We isolated ourselves in this valley in order to study it and find a cure. But even ten thousand years later, we have only been able to come up with measures to slow the spread. Azurite's parents fell victim to it before she even had the time to hatch...”

Unlike how the group had been thinking, the story was quickly over.

Yin Mei thought for a moment. ”What if I helped you find a cure? If a cure is found, then you don't need to stay here anymore, right?”

The elderly dragon scoffed. ”Little human girly, you dare to claim to be able to find a cure, when us dragons haven't been able to find one in the last ten thousand years?”

Everyone around her all nodded, aside from Rosella and Kai, who didn't understand the words of the dragon.

Of course Yin Mei wasn't confident about this. But... ”More brains are better than nothing, right? Anyways, a fresh pair of eyes never hurt!” She did indeed believe this. Plus, Yin Mei did have knowledge of several different worlds crammed into her head, which wouldn't hurt. And to top it all off, these two kids sitting next to her were the male and female protagonists! Although they may not be able to figure out the cure, they would certainly be able to greatly help, right? After all, one couldn't underestimate the power of the great luck that these two people possessed!

The grandpa dragon snorted, but he did understand Yin Mei's reasoning. Plus, one actually couldn't underestimate the potential of other races. Although on average, a single human or demon would be weaker than a dragon by far, there were still those individuals that had been able to climb up to the level of dragons.

Because of this, in the end, grandpa dragon relented and let this strange group stay in the valley to research the cure.