69. They're All Just Excuses
"Xia Lulu, why, why didn't you leave?"
Xia Yi was now completely panicked.
She remembered what her original goal was.
From the beginning, Xia Yi's purpose was to find Xia Lulu's weakness, to use it to defeat her arch-enemy, and to wash away all past humiliations.
For this, she had devised a complete plan, which was to use her resemblance to Xia Lulu to her advantage, impersonating the Silver Dragon Queen to enter the library, commanding Gaga to unlock the seal on the chronicles of past Dragon Kings, thereby obtaining the memoir of the dragon race's former emperor, Gerka, and to find Xia Lulu's past within.
It was supposed to be a flawless plan, no one had discovered Xia Yi's disguise, and she had deliberately chosen a different time to act.
But she just…
Couldn't resist playing around for a bit, wasting a little time, leading to a series of accidents, resulting in the current situation.
Xia Lulu, dressed in her daughter's clothes, looked at Xia Yi with interest.
"Daughter, are you having fun?" Xia Lulu asked with a smile.
But in Xia Yi's eyes, Xia Lulu's smile was full of scheming, definitely thinking about how to punish her, which was too terrifying!
She absolutely couldn't let the other party know her real goal, otherwise all the hard work for the plan would be in vain.
She had already worked so hard to get to this point, it would be too much of a pity to give up now.
After quickly weighing the pros and cons, Xia Yi had come to a conclusion in her heart.
That was—
Run!
She didn't bother explaining, simply got up, chose a direction, and charged off.
"I think I still have something to do, I'll go first, we'll talk later!"
"Hehe."
Xia Lulu chuckled coldly, quick as lightning, she grabbed Xia Yi's big tail, and with just a little force, pinched it.
"Ugh… Wuu…!"
Xia Yi trembled all over, her legs went soft, and she fell down.
Now, she had no strength to run away.
It was too despicable, Xia Lulu actually used this weakness!
"Tell the truth, Xia Yi, lying is a bad child's behavior, and bad children have punishments," Xia Lulu said, "If you confess honestly, I can consider the punishment. But if you choose not to be honest… Hmm~"
"That, that… I just wanted to help you… share your worries, seeing you're quite busy?" Xia Yi nervously started to sweat, making up a reason on the spot.
"Share worries?"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Xia Lulu clearly didn't believe her, using Xia Yi's tail, she immediately pulled her up from the ground and threw her onto the dragon race's throne.
Xia Yi felt stars in her eyes, just about to scold Xia Lulu for daring to treat her so roughly, when a shadow fell in front of her, covering her.
It was Xia Lulu, she pinned down her naughty daughter, leaving the silver-haired loli no escape.
"Look into my eyes and say it again, why did you wear my clothes?"
Xia Lulu's face was almost pressed against Xia Yi's.
"That is… uh… I… for fun! Yes, for fun, that's it!"
Xia Yi felt she was talking nonsense, not convincing at all.
Wuu wuu wuu, let me go, I just want to go back to sleep!
The little princess was on the verge of tears.
But Xia Lulu was not swayed by this display.
"Oh, fun? You know, I'm aware of everything you've done. You deceived Elly in the changing room, secretly put on my clothes, right?"
"Then, you went to Grandmaster Gran, scared him quite a bit. Under the guise of the Silver Dragon Queen, you gave false orders, so that you could do as you please in class, not doing homework, sleeping during lessons."
"And finally, you impersonated me to meet with foreign kings, nearly causing a war between our races. My daughter, do you know what the consequences are for such crimes under the dragon race's laws?"
Xia Lulu grabbed Xia Yi's silver locks, holding them in her palm, her expression a mix of amusement and seriousness.
Xia Yi was trembling with fear, tears brimming in her eyes, her tail limp as a frostbitten eggplant.
"Xia Lulu, what… what are you going to do to me…!"
"Haha~"
Xia Lulu just laughed without a word.
"Here we are in the grand hall of the palace, on the dragon race's throne, the most sacred place for our clan. You absolutely cannot act recklessly here!" Xia Yi protested, "This is disrespectful to our dragon ancestors! They will be angered, and they might come to settle scores with you in your sleep!"
"Too bad, I am the Silver Dragon Queen, the ruler of our clan. What I say goes, and even if someone disagrees, it's futile. I can do whatever I like, wherever I like~ And besides, I am your mother. It's only right for a mother to discipline her naughty, disobedient daughter."
Xia Yi was at a loss for words to refute, Xia Lulu was just too shameless.
But after all, she was the one at fault.
There was no helping it, how else could she have obtained King Gerka's memoir without disguising herself as Xia Lulu?
Let the punishment come then!
Xia Yi had made up her mind.
No matter the punishment, she would endure it, and she would never reveal her true purpose.
After all, she was the human Sword Saint, and a mere punishment is nothing to her.
As long as she kept her clear sword heart and her iron will, she could withstand anything and still have a chance…
Eh?
Eh?
Eh eh eh?
But then, a sudden dizziness overtook her, her cheeks flushing with heat. What was happening? Xia Lulu was holding a small bottle—what was in it? T
he scent was so familiar, as if she had experienced it before…
Oh no.
In a moment of clarity, Xia Yi remembered—it was Tianlan Wood, the dragon race's exclusive dragon mint!
If Xia Lulu used this, Xia Yi wouldn't be able to keep up her defiant front.
She had fallen for it once before, and that time, she had spilled all her secrets. It seemed this time would be no different…
"I… will never yield…!" Xia Yi declared, "Xia Lulu, don't think… you can make me… fall so easily…"
"What did you call me?" Xia Lulu's tone was filled with playful satisfaction, enjoying the sight of her little tsundere daughter revealing her true feelings.
"Ah?"
Xia Yi pondered.
That's right, she was the Silver Dragon Princess, and Xia Lulu was the Silver Dragon Queen, her mother. The proper address would be…
"…Mother, I'm sorry, I misspoke just now…"
Xia Yi replied, but she felt increasingly out of sorts.
Forget it, thinking was too troublesome. It was easier to just speak her heart!
"Why did you do something bad?" Xia Lulu inquired, "Daughter, impersonating me wasn't just for fun, was it?"
"It's because… I wanted to go to the library, to look through the chronicles of the Dragon Kings! Creak is so inflexible, only opening the sealed magic circle for Mother herself, so I had to… come up with this plan…"
Xia Yi confessed truthfully.
She wanted to go to the library, to find the chronicles of the Dragon Kings, to understand the real Xia Lulu, the side no one else knew.
As for fighting, finding weaknesses, seeking revenge…
Those were just excuses.
The more she liked someone, the more she wanted to understand them.
The little princess's tail slowly wrapped around Xia Lulu.
"Wuu wuu wuu, Mother, I'm sorry… don't hate Xia Yi, because Xia Yi loves you the most, that's why I wanted to understand more…"
Wow. Tianlan Wood makes her say what she wants in an inebriated state yes? The excuses she comes up with lol
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