Chapter 12 Your Highness, Long Dragon Scales are a Precursor to Transformation into a Dragon
Chapter 12 Your Highness, Long Dragon Scales are a Precursor to Transformation into a Dragon
The bluish-purple dragon scales are clearly visible, like ancient runes.
At this moment, the purplish-blue dragon scales, each the size of a child's palm, appeared clearly on Princess Sophia's chest, with faint flashes of purplish-blue lightning.
Sophia saw the blue-purple dragon scales on her chest, and a look of surprise appeared in her red eyes.
Looking at it this way... it looks like a dragon scale has grown on its chest.
Sofia touched her smooth, delicate chest with her hand; there was no protrusion.
If you press it with a little force, the skin will sink in, but it won't harden.
The spatial dragon scale that the dragon Diding gave her... is a bit magical.
"Your Highness, you still have the mind to laugh." Anna bent down and touched the dragon scales on Sophia's chest. It didn't have the texture of dragon scales, and her expression became serious.
Could it be that the incantation transformed into the shape of dragon scales?
If that's the case, then this spell is even more terrifying. A spell that can change its appearance would probably require a legendary sorcerer to break it.
"Don't be alarmed, Anna, this isn't a curse."
Sophia, having shaken off her sleepiness, smiled and comforted Anna, explaining that these were spatial dragon scales given to her by the dragon Diding.
But she couldn't tell, because even if she did, Anna might not believe her.
After falling asleep, the soul falls into hell, and then at dawn, the soul can return from hell to the human world.
Who would believe something so terrifying?
Your soul falling into hell means that you, the person, have died.
It came back to life after dawn; wouldn't that make it a monster?
If word gets out and attracts the attention of the Vatican, they will definitely study her as a monster.
After all, when she fell asleep, her soul fell into hell, not heaven.
If her soul were to enter heaven while she was asleep, the clergy of the Vatican would not only refrain from studying her, but might even make her a saint of the Vatican.
"What is this if not a curse? Your Highness, you cannot risk your life!"
Anna was nervous. She was five years older than Sophia. She became Sophia's guardian knight at the age of fifteen. Over the years, Sophia had become not only the third princess of the Kingdom of Roland in Anna's heart, but also her younger sister.
Of all spells, curses are the most terrifying.
A curse can turn a person into something neither human nor ghost.
"If I told you... this was a gift from a dragon in my dream... would you believe me?"
"I don't believe you for a second!" At this point, Anna didn't care about Princess Sophia's status anymore. Sophia could be incredibly carefree at times. "Your Highness, this curse is no joke. If it's not broken in time, you might turn into... a monster!"
"A monster?" Sophia asked curiously. "What kind of monster?"
"dragon!"
"Huh?" Sophia laughed. "Impossible, impossible. I'm not a dragon beast, and I don't have dragon blood in my veins. How could I possibly turn into a dragon?"
"Why is it impossible?! There was once a princess of a powerful empire on the continent who was transformed into a dragon because of a curse!"
"Isn't that a blessing in disguise? Turning into a dragon means living for a very, very long time. Isn't this curse wonderful?"
Sophia laughed heartlessly, mainly because she knew that the dragon scales on her chest were not a curse, but a gift from the dragon Didin.
If the dragon scales on her chest are a curse, then she certainly can't laugh.
"You're still laughing!" Anna snapped angrily. "Your Highness, I feel that your current condition is no longer suitable for you to stay in the North. Give up the struggle for the throne and return to the capital!"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Realizing Anna was truly panicked, Sophia quickly reassured her, "Anna, believe me, this really isn't a curse. If it were, would I still be here joking with you?"
"What else could it be but a curse? It can't really be a gift from a dragon in your dream, can it?"
"Yes, it's the gift the dragon in my dream gave me." Sophia nodded. "The dragon in my dream not only gave me a gift, but also offered me tree roots to eat. You'll see."
With a thought, Sophia's chest flashed with a bluish-purple light, and a tree root, as thick as a bowl and about the length of an adult's arm, fell onto the silk quilt, pressing down on Sophia's thigh.
Anna's cool eyes widened in surprise as she looked at the tree root that had fallen onto Sophia's thigh.
Is what Your Highness said really true?
"Quick, quick... Anna, help me carry this! This tree root is so heavy!"
"Oh, oh, oh."
Anna, belatedly realizing what was happening, hurriedly bent down and picked up the tree root, which was as long as an adult's arm and as thick as a bowl.
As soon as Anna touched the tree root, her eyes widened in surprise again. Such rich life energy!
No refining is needed; you can feel the life force emanating from it just by holding it in your hand.
These tree roots... are no ordinary things!
"Your Highness, are you sure this tree root is... a gift from the dragon in your dream?"
"Mmm."
"Didn't you steal it while the dragon wasn't looking in your dream...?"
"Huh... What?! What stealing?! It was a gift from the dragon in my dream! How could I, a princess of the Kingdom of Roland, possibly steal anything!"
Sofia got up, stood on the bed, put her hands on her hips, and looked righteous and awe-inspiring.
"Are you sure... it wasn't stolen?"
"Absolutely certain!"
"But... Your Highness, didn't you want to steal dragon dung? I suspect... that you stole the tree root of the Dream Dragon, which is rich in life energy, and then the Dream Dragon discovered it, and then... you were cursed by the Dream Dragon."
"It's truly a gift from the dragon in my dream!" Sophia exclaimed in self-defense. Seeing that Anna still didn't believe her, she angrily got out of bed and snatched the tree root given to her by the dragon, Didin, from Anna's arms. "I'm not eating breakfast this morning; I'm eating the tree root!"
Anna was amused by Sophia's childish sulking, but her expression quickly turned serious again.
Regardless of whether Princess Sophia stole the tree root containing the life force, or whether it was given to her by the dragon in her dream.
All of this proves one thing: after Princess Sophia falls asleep at night, she enters a dream world!
It can even bring things from your dream world into reality!
This is terrifying!
If Princess Sophia ever falls asleep and gets lost in her dream world... she might never wake up again.
Princess Sophia actually endured such a terrifying ordeal all by herself.
Thinking of this, Anna saw Sophia's expression soften again. Her Highness... seems to have matured a little...
But the price... is too high and too terrifying...
Princess Sophia's dream world... is more terrifying than a nightmare.
"Do you want some? If you do, I'll save some for you."
"..." Princess Sophia didn't seem to care at all about the 'curse' on her chest?
"eat."
Sofia handed the tree root to Anna, asking her to take it to the restaurant and cut it with a knife and fork.
The dragon Destin eats tree roots all the time, so the taste must be pretty good.
Anna took the tree root to the restaurant. She would talk to His Highness about the "curse" and the "dream world" later.
Sofia opened her wardrobe, changed into a beige princess dress, left the bedroom, and ran to the dining room on the first floor.
The castle she lived in had three floors; she lived on the third floor, while Anna and the battle maid lived on the second floor.
The living room, study, and dining room are all on the first floor.
Upon arriving at the restaurant on the first floor, Sophia's plate was already set with cubed, milky-white tree roots.
"Your Highness, are you really going to...eat tree roots?"
"I want to try it and see what it tastes like."
Sophia smiled at Anna and head maid Emily, sat down, picked up a piece of tree root with her fork, stared at it for a while, and then carefully put it into her mouth.
With one bite, the sweet juice flows down the throat and into the stomach.
Sofia's eyes lit up; it tasted even better than juice!
"Green, green, green... It's green! Your Highness, your head has turned green!!!"
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