Chapter 12 (1/2)

Synopsis: The case of this trashy lord teaches us to broaden our perspectives, study more literature, and that living an isolated life in the Finanse Continent is no good

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Even though I became blind, my territory's status and favorable circ.u.mstances weren't shaken easily.

We grew stronger and stronger, and gradually we became the most influential power in the north. Everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before we faced Lord Ansai and the Southern Alliance.

Close to three years had pa.s.sed since I first met Fruys.

Two years ago, he regained his ability to maintain his human form for as long as he wanted after a full recovery, but he didn't leave and stayed by my side this entire time

I was a little afraid, but I couldn't bring myself to take the initiative and bring up this topic.

I was very happy with my current life. My mom and Ana were healthy and well, my little brother had a bright future ahead of him, and my civil and military ministers were very capable.

During daytime, Fruys would frequently take me flying everywhere, and at night, he would let me cuddle with him until we fell asleep — it was a truly perfect life 1.

There was just one thing that I was unsure about: starting from one year ago, Fruys started to frequently do mean things to me.

He was a young, powerful, and fully-grown male dragon with magic abilities, while I was just a puny, weak, and blind human. Even in his human form, he was still a billion times stronger than me. Adding to the fact that I was a cowardly and sensitive person who could not bear to lose face, the strategy I chose to adopt after carefully and rationally a.n.a.lyzing my situation was —

To go along with my instinctive reaction and simply lie there.

During the times he ardently requested some certain things from me, I would pa.s.sively accept, and when he got especially excited, I would try to remain calm and urgently plead for him not to turn back into his dragon form — as someone who came from humble beginnings and built himself up from nothing, my sense of frugality had long been carved into my bones.

If Fruys transformed into a dragon, the bed would surely be destroyed.

Taming a dragon was indeed very difficult, and I could only wonder how hard Ansai must have it for keeping his black dragon for so long.

Anna was bringing up my breakfast when she heard me complaining. After hesitating a while, she said, ”Adam, not everyone tames a dragon in the way you do…”

I leaned in closer, completely intrigued. ”How do other lords and kings do it, then?”

But before she could reply, the sound of someone's footsteps came and interrupted us. It was Fruys — during these past few years, I learned how distinguish the difference between people's footsteps and could now easily identify those that belonged to people I knew.

Like clockwork, he said: ”Anna, you can rest for now. I'll take care of Adam.”

I listened to Anna quietly leave as Fruys pulled up a chair and sat at my side. While feeding me a few spoonfuls of soup with a ladle, he spoke calmly: ”Don't listen to Anna. All lords sleep together with their dragons.”

I swallowed the soup and thought about what Fruys said. Regardless if he was speaking the truth or not, it was hard for me to confirm it — after all, in the the entirety of the Finanse Continent, only Ansai and I had dragons, and our present relations were hostile.