105. The Puppet
Standing on the cross is still the blonde dragon girl with the unique golden vertical pupils, and there is no mistake in the face, it is Dorothea.
However, Dorothea's clothes have changed, from a dark purple coat to a light brown one, and she now wears a hat of the same color as the coat on her head, and her black silk pantyhose have become over-the-knee black silk.
There isn't much change in the gloves.
"Eh? Eh!! Why is Miss Dorothea there!!" Elly has an expression as if she has seen a ghost.
Xia Yi feels almost the same.
She really suspects that her eyes are mistaken.
Because—
Dorothea's body is still lying in the flower bed!
If the one who was killed just now was Dorothea, then who is this person who looks exactly like Dorothea?
Is it her sister?
"Xia Lulu, you are bullying people, I clearly liked that set of clothes…" Dorothea's tone seems very heartbroken.
Xia Lulu has an indifferent expression, as if she is used to it.
"Your Highness, what is going on here? Could it be that Miss Dorothea has launched a ghost curse and has come to claim lives!!" Elly can't help but be a little scared, this is the first time she has seen such a scene.
Dorothea jumps down from the cross, sees Elly's reaction, and becomes interested.
Pretending to be like a vengeful spirit, she raises her hand, staggers, and shakes her head.
"Even as a ghost… I won't let you go! Even in death, I will take you down with me!!" Dorothea also deliberately makes a scary face.
"There is a head for a grievance, and a master for a debt, it wasn't me who did it, Miss Dorothea, don't look for me!!"
Elly's arms are in front of her, crying out loud.
Dorothea is very satisfied with Elly's reaction and then turns to look at Xia Yi.
"Little Xia Yi, aren't you scared?"
"Don't scare me, my Holy Sword has a set for dealing with vengeful spirits!!" Xia Yi pretends to be serious and raises the back of her hand, "I have the Holy Sword, are you afraid of the Holy Sword!"
"Hahaha…"
Dorothea is really amused.
"Daughter, take a closer look," Xia Lulu reminds.
After hearing this, Xia Yi finally notices something wrong.
The body lying on the ground is not bleeding!
Normally, being pierced by an icicle like this, dragon blood would have flowed all over the place, dyeing the iris flowers red.
However, Dorothea's body just lies there quietly.
"No!! You are not some vengeful spirit, you are not dead yet!" Xia Yi reacts.
"How can a dead person die again?"
Dorothea stops pretending, walks over, and picks up her own body, carefully checking it.
"The attack was really fierce, many parts are damaged… The core doesn't seem to be damaged, I'll fix it later, see if it can still be used, after all, it takes a lot of time to make one."
Through the wounds on the body, Xia Yi sees the strange things inside the body of the golden dragon girl, which are not damaged flesh but extremely complex parts, and the joints on the body are not like those of a living dragon.
The little princess's eyes widen.
Dorothea is not a dragon in the usual sense, but… a puppet!
She is a dragon made of puppets!
"Dorothea is a puppet, this is the body she made herself, whether it was the one I broke just now or the one standing in front of us now," Xia Lulu explains, "For many years, in the Purple Kite Valley, she not only planted flowers but also made countless bodies for herself, probably all placed in her own tomb, each one is equivalent to the main body."
After hearing this, Xia Yi and Elly found it incredible.
Can it be like this!
"She is indeed a dragon, and the last golden dragon, but she has long transformed herself into a puppet, and her body has been buried under the huge cross, which can be regarded as dead, but she doesn't care much about these. Dorothea has been using these puppets to move around for many years, not sleeping in the tomb, just planting flowers, or cleaning up the invaders who suddenly broke in, turning the invaders into her toys."
Xia Lulu gives the final clue to solve all the mysteries.
Xia Yi finally understands.
Why Dorothea says she is a dead person because the Purple Kite Valley is her grave.
The dragon race of the Dragon Kingdom has indeed been extinct, and the last golden dragon, Dorothea, has died, buried under the cross in the Purple Kite Valley.
Before her death, she transformed herself into a puppet and then made countless spare bodies for herself.
Therefore, Dorothea cannot be killed.
Death for her is just a matter of switching to a new body.
After all, she has countless bodies.
"By the way, Dorothea can also activate the true dragon form mode," Xia Lulu adds.
"Hey, Xia Lulu, are you just spilling my secrets like that!" Dorothea is very unhappy, "Why do you keep talking without stopping!"
"It just came up, I didn't mean to," Xia Lulu chuckles, "If you had stopped earlier, I would have taken my daughter home, and I wouldn't have had to explain all this to her."
"Damn, you really know how to make excuses, I think you did it on purpose, ever since you awakened as the Dragon King, your temperament has really gotten worse."
Dorothea sighs.
If a puppet breaks, it's not too heartbreaking, it's mainly because of the clothes.
She needs to get a new set of clothes, which is quite troublesome, mainly because she can't leave the cross for too long, or she will run out of energy.
"By the way, how is the outside world now?" Dorothea asks.
"Not much has changed from before," Xia Lulu replies calmly.
"Has no one attacked the dragon race?"
"No. The other races are still wary of the dragon race, but their attitudes have changed a lot, and they have started to make moves in secret."
"These things, haven't the other races always been doing them? They just fear the power of the dragon race and dare not take direct action."
"What's different from before is that the other races used to worry about being discovered by the dragon race, but now, even if they are discovered by the dragon race, they are not panicked anymore, they might be doing it deliberately for the Dragon Kingdom to see. In the recent period, there have been provocations."
"Eh~ Have the other races forgotten the terror of the dragon race? Why not learn from the royal brother you personally killed, just pick a country, launch a war of aggression, and show the power of the dragon race~"
"Don't mention him. The dragon race doesn't need to do such thankless tasks, and besides, the number of dragons in the Dragon Kingdom has been slowly increasing, okay?"
"I thought I misjudged you, originally thinking that you would mess up the Dragon Kingdom, burying the history of the dragon race in your hands, becoming a sinner for all eternity. To my disappointment, you're actually doing a good job? How could you let the dragon race thrive?"
Xia Yi saw Xia Lulu talking with Dorothea.
This surprised Xia Yi.
They indeed knew each other for many years.
They were fighting just now, and now they can talk about the past calmly.
It was the first time Xia Lulu had used this attitude towards someone else.
She became curious about who Dorothea really was.
Something must have happened between the two in the past.
Xia Yi remembered that Dorothea had mentioned that Xia Lulu used to call her "sister"…
"Speaking of which, how did you end up with a daughter? Didn't you say you would never believe in love, choosing to be alone until death without anyone to mourn you?" Dorothea couldn't help but ask.
"I really didn't fall in love. The affairs of the Dragon Kingdom need my attention; I don't have the leisure to waste time on such things," Xia Lulu replied confidently, "You know my situation. How could I possibly sit comfortably on this throne? Many dragons would rather see me, the tyrant, dead, keeping an eye on me."
"Then you shouldn't have a daughter, right? And a Holy Sword wielder at that…"
"I'm not telling you."
Xia Lulu gave the most annoying answer.
Not telling you~ Not telling you~
"You're so petty, Xia Lulu."
Dorothea seemed to complain on the surface, but her heart was tumultuous, speculating a lot.
Seeing Xia Lulu's protective nature, the identical appearance, and the Royal Silver Dragon bloodline, it was clear that Xia Yi was her biological daughter.
But since Xia Yi wasn't born from a mother, how did she come to be?
If it weren't for Xia Yi wielding the Holy Sword, Dorothea wouldn't have guessed.
The special power of the legendary weapon, the Holy Sword, could grant humans the strength to contend with the kings of superior races, overturning the common sense of this world.
The Holy Sword wielder could only be human, as the Holy Sword only recognized the soul of a human. It was a unique pity for the human race.
Whenever the human race faced extinction, a Holy Sword wielder would always stand up to protect them.
Even if the Holy Sword wielder died after burning their life, the Holy Sword would choose the next qualified person to become the new wielder.
Even if other races obtained the Holy Sword, it was useless. The souls of other races could not gain the recognition of the Holy Sword, and it would not unleash any power. In the hands of other races, it was as good as scrap metal.
However, under the temptation of the Holy Sword, some dark creatures used opportunistic abilities to possess the Holy Sword.
Some special dark creatures…
Like the vampires.
The vampires could use the gift of the first embrace to turn other races into vampires.
By capturing the Holy Sword wielder and forcing the first embrace, they could turn the Holy Sword wielder from human to a vampire.
Or the royal family could destroy the Holy Sword wielder's body and then resurrect them through necromancy, turning them from human to undead…
Unfortunately, although the methods of these dark creatures were formidable, the Holy Sword had a special attribute against dark creatures. Even if they converted the Holy Sword wielder, they would be burned to death by the Holy Sword.
Without a wielder, the Holy Sword would gradually lose its luster, become a mundane object, and return to the human world until it selected a new wielder and awakened again.
Therefore, no superior being would try to gain the power of the Holy Sword; it was meaningless.
Based on this, Dorothea had a bold guess.
"Could it be that little Xia Yi is…" Dorothea murmured to herself.
The dragon race had the ability to curse, forcibly changing the flesh of others. However, in this world, only the dragon race could bear dragon blood. The erosive nature of dragon blood was so strong that it could not coexist with other bloodlines.
Those cursed by the dragon race would gradually turn into dragons, but because their bodies could not withstand the dragon blood, they would end up with twisted souls, becoming irrational monsters.
From ancient times to the present, there was only one case where a member of another race maintained their sanity after being turned into a dragon.
It was the only exception in the hundreds of thousands of years of the dragon race's history. There were no others.
So, was Xia Lulu's daughter born through the curse of the Dragon King?
This was too absurd!
It went against Dorothea's understanding to comprehend this.
The probability was as exaggerated as someone who never buys a lottery ticket, but on a whim one day, decides to purchase one and wins a five-million-dollar jackpot—that's the probability of successfully transforming from another race into a dragon through the curse of dragon blood. Then, that same person, just for fun, buys another ticket and wins another five-million-dollar jackpot the next day—that's the probability of a dragon, who was once a Holy Sword wielder, surviving. No one would believe such a thing; it's more plausible to think that the Holy Sword suddenly went haywire and started recognizing the souls of dragons, which seems more reasonable by comparison.
"Maybe I'm overthinking it…" Dorothea regretted her deep contemplation.
Had she known, she wouldn't have delved so deeply; the more she thought, the more it bothered her.
"Little Xia Yi, what's your story? Why can you wield the Holy Sword!"
"Eh, eh…?! I, I…" Xia Yi stammered in response to Dorothea's sudden questioning.
How could she possibly reveal her dark history!
Rather, she absolutely, absolutely, absolutely did not want anyone to know.
Xia Lulu knew there was no way around it, but there couldn't be a second person who knew.
"…I popped out of a stone."
After a long pause, that was all Xia Yi could muster.
Dorothea was left speechless by the response.
Elly heard it and found it very odd, but she dared not ask more.
Although the Queen didn't explicitly state it, the Princess's identity was beyond question. With the identical appearance and the Royal Silver Dragon bloodline, they could only be mother and daughter… Moreover, the Princess had the qualifications to be the heir to the Dragon Kingdom, which was what mattered most!
No one would be foolish enough to question Xia Lulu about such matters unless they were tired of living.
The Queen did not appreciate inquiries into the Princess's birth. There had been dragons who had done so in the past, and afterward… there were no more.
"Just keep guessing, Dorothea. I hope you rack your brains and still can't figure it out, to the point where you can't even sleep," Xia Lulu teased cheerfully.
Dorothea was dissatisfied and gestured with her fingers, about to do something.
Suddenly, Xia Yi felt a thin line hooking her, pulling her towards Dorothea.
Dorothea steadied the little princess's shoulders, smiling, and whispered a secret into her ear.
"Little Xia Yi, let me tell you a secret…"
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