Chapter 97: Lenca Dolgon

Before long, the little dragon daughter finished her first thrilling reconnaissance of the enemy camp, slipping back into the storage room through the window, transforming back into the form of a golden-haired little girl.

The surroundings remained the same, seemingly no one noticed that one of the “goods” had left the room.

Of course not.

“Wow! Are you one of those little fairies from mom’s stories? So cool!”

“What!?”

The sudden crisp sound caught the little dragon daughter’s attention, who had just made her appearance and hadn’t had the chance to look around. Reflexively, she swung her destructive little claw!

Huh? Wait.

Her fair little fingers abruptly halted in mid-air, narrowly avoiding the innocent little face just a few centimeters away. The golden-haired little girl took a good look at the newcomer and raised her eyebrows slightly.

The one who spoke was a brown-haired little loli, slightly older but still looking no more than eleven or twelve, who was quite cute, but her silly expression made the dragon daughter feel like she wasn’t very bright.

This girl, Xiao Guang, had seen before; she was just one of the bunch locked in the room, and had been sleeping beside her before leaving. Who would have thought she’d wake up in such a short time and coincidentally see her sneak back in?

There’s only one explanation for this.

The other girl had a quite decent resistance to abnormal statuses, which somewhat negated the effects of that potion.

What on earth is up with this girl?

Noticing the expensive-looking little flower skirt on the brown-haired girl and the curved horns on either side of her head, which made the dragon a bit concerned, Xiao Guang took a moment of silence before asking.

“How long have you been awake?”

“Ah? Um… not long, I think just when you flew in like a beam of light?”

The brown-haired girl appeared completely clueless, answering Xiao Guang’s question candidly and even engaging in conversation.

“Hey, hey, you haven’t answered me yet! Are you the little fairy that mom talked about? What’s your name? I’m Lenca, Lenca Dolgon! Hehe… just call me Lenca!”

“…”

The little dragon daughter stared blankly at the girl, who was sitting on the stretcher with her legs spread like a little duck, completely unaware that she had almost been slapped away, and her simple white garment was losing coverage. A hint of bewilderment stirred in her heart.

“Hey, don’t you realize you’ve been kidnapped? Can the intelligence of lower beings be this poor?”

“Eh… eh? Kidnapped?!”

Upon her direct remark, Lenca finally realized what was happening and instinctively looked around, almost about to scream, but the little dragon daughter quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth, hissing, “Quiet! There are goons guarding outside. It would be troublesome if they found out we’re awake now… blink if you understand.”

Seeing the little girl quickly blink her eyes as though having a seizure, the golden-haired little girl sighed deeply and then released Lenca’s mouth.

Just when she thought that the one named Le Qiao Qiao was the lowest point of intelligence in living beings, she discovered that this girl was even worse. Is this what diversity in biology looks like?

“Alright, if you have any questions, ask now. Don’t make a big fuss, and keep it simple; I’m too lazy to explain… you can call me Xiao Guang.”

She expected the girl to be so scared she couldn’t speak, but to Xiao Guang’s surprise, Lenca showed no signs of panic; instead, she looked like a child who had just seen a new toy… well, she was indeed a child, but what was with this excitement?

“Kidnapped! It’s really a kidnapping! This is the first time I’ve experienced something like this! Hey, hey Xiao Guang, what’s going to happen to us next? Mommy said that disobedient children are taken by bad people and thrown into a big pot to be fried and eaten. Is that true?!”

“I’m starting to get curious about your upbringing…”

With another deep sigh, as if understanding how her master felt when teaching her those life lessons, the golden-haired little girl sat down cross-legged, arms crossed, facing Lenca—this posture was often used by her master as it supposedly made her words more authoritative.

“As you can see, you, I, and all these little ones are currently captured in the hideout of bad guys. It’s still unclear what they plan to do with us, but it definitely won’t be anything good. If you think pessimistically, there could be far worse outcomes than what you’ve described…”

Seeing the flower-skirt loli merely blink at her, with her dark vertically slitted pupils gleaming with sheer stupidity as if saying, “I don’t understand anything!”, a few bright red kanji symbols quickly appeared on the smooth forehead of the golden-haired little girl.

Hehe… hehehe…

The little dragon daughter felt her violent impulses boiling over.

Why not just unleash a breath of fire right here and turn her to ash? After all, losing one or two people wouldn’t be noticed by that group of idiots outside. Otherwise, given this girl’s alarming intelligence, it wouldn’t take a day for her to spill everything, hehehe…

To avoid losing control and actually doing such a thing, Xiao Guang decided to command her in the simplest way.

“Listen, don’t tell anyone that I’ve ever left this room… no, from now on, you are prohibited from communicating with any beings except me. If someone approaches, pretend to faint, and from now on, you must follow my commands. Be good, and I can guarantee your safety, otherwise…”

With a flick of her hand, a stone in the corner suddenly flew into her palm. Right in front of Lenca, she crushed it into dust with her delicate little hands as if squeezing tofu, then put on what she considered a fierce expression and lowly threatened, “Otherwise, this stone will be your example, got it?!”

“Oh my… so cool!! Yes! I will definitely follow your orders, Sister Xiao Guang!!!”

The other girl applauded with wide-eyed admiration, making the self-proclaimed smart little dragon daughter experience a feeling called frustration for the first time.

Well, since she had already issued her warning, whether Lenca was really stupid or just pretending, Xiao Guang wouldn’t hold back if she did something that could jeopardize their plans; those were no empty threats.

However, Lenca’s unexpected reaction also reminded the little dragon daughter that if there were a lot of little ones participating in that so-called ritual in a few days, the host wouldn’t allow them to stay unconscious and inconvenient for long.

This girl was somewhat interesting, so better to…

“Lenca, have you learned how to fight? I can sense magic power within you.”

The brown-haired loli nodded eagerly like a little chick pecking at rice.

“Uh-huh! I don’t really understand much, but Mommy said I’m a rare genius in the clan, with high talent for something or other. She was even planning to take me to pay respects to the great Dragon God who has just descended! But I woke up here somehow, hehe…”

“Hmph, how ridiculous for ants to consider this genius…”

Although she scorned with no mercy, the little dragon daughter couldn’t help but admit that Lenca Dolgon possessed a significant amount of magical energy compared to all the little ones present besides herself, even stronger than most of the Church of Truth members she had encountered outside.

The ability to clear the effects of the potion and wake up was enough to prove her potential.

But it seemed this girl didn’t know how to harness her power, and her body hadn’t developed enough to fully utilize it. She was a fool unaware of her treasure.

   

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