Chapter 47: Go for it, Brother-in-law 24

Facing such provocation, Xining put on an angry expression and said earnestly, "Uncle! Mind your status and dignity. I am the head of the Pompover family, and I will not tolerate casual insults! See them out!!!" With a flick of her sleeve, she practically told them to get lost immediately.

A fat meal was right in front of him, so Colby naturally wouldn't let go easily.

Colby waved his scepter, and a fireball came hurtling toward them. He was truly ruthless, launching one as large as a soccer ball right off the bat.

The gem on Yeyu’s scepter flashed brightly, forming a translucent barrier in front of the two of them. The fireball exploded against the barrier, and the resulting gust of wind whipped everyone's hair and clothes into a frenzy.

Possessing extraordinary strength, Colby looked at the golden olive branches embroidered on the wide sleeves of Yeyu’s magic robe with extreme dissatisfaction, and demanded, "Why is the Gamiot family sticking their nose into this?"

Yeyu rubbed his nose, looking rather helpless as he replied, "I'm the magician she hired. She pays me!" Though in truth, it was his older brother who had forced him to come here.

Hiring someone when you had money was standard practice; after all, hadn't Colby hired a dragon knight himself?

Xining lifted her chin, putting on the authority of a family head. "Uncle, take your people and leave my manor immediately, or else don't blame me for being impolite!"

Colby sneered, "And what if I don't leave?"

There was no point in talking further. Xining looked at Yeyu and asked, "Hey, can you beat him?"

Yeyu glanced at Colby’s scepter and replied, "One gold coin is not enough."

Xining rolled her eyes and muttered, "Once I take back the ancestral property, I'll give you much more than that."

Yeyu reminded her, "Magic has no eyes, and he is your uncle!"

Tch, keeping relatives like this around—were they supposed to be saved for the New Year?

No matter what, she had to retake the manor and complete her mission. Xining smiled and said, "The family cemetery still has plenty of empty space; we can reserve a spot for him."

Hearing this, Yeyu took a deep breath and said, "Fine, fine!"

As soon as he finished saying the two "fines," he flashed forward and went straight into battle.

Pompover magic was primarily long-range, revolving around casting various elemental orbs. Gamiot magic, on the other hand, was well-rounded and excelled in close-quarters combat.

Yeyu’s scepter, charged with magic, struck forward and collided with Colby’s scepter, emitting a blinding flash of light like lightning.

Xining told the cute dragon to fly down first and stand on the ground. Being in the air was definitely not as safe as being on solid ground!

Yeyu’s strength was considerable, and within a few moves, he drove Colby to a fit of rage. Colby turned and ordered the hired dragon knight, "Kill her, ten gold coins."

Ten gold coins was an exceptionally high reward; this time, in order to seize everything belonging to the Pompover family, Colby was truly bleeding his wallet.

Upon hearing this, the dragon knight immediately spurred his dragon, diving straight toward the cute dragon standing on the ground.

"Cute Dragon..." Xining wanted to tell the dragon to fly away with her immediately, but one look left her completely speechless.

Seeing the other party charging down, the cute dragon actually cowered flat on the ground, covering its eyes with both paws and trembling with fright. Because its head was pressed against the ground, its rear end stuck up into the air, and a tail tied with a butterfly knot wagged in the air.

Looking at the fierce-looking black sub-dragon charging straight at them, Xining felt nothing but bitterness in her heart.

To her surprise, after diving down, the sub-dragon flew right past the heads of Xining and the cute dragon, and landed a short distance away.

"Attack!" the dragon knight roared.

"But..." the sub-dragon hesitated, "it's so cute."

"What do you mean, cute?" The dragon knight had never encountered such a situation before, and looked over, both startled and annoyed.

There was the pink cute dragon, with its tail tied with a purple butterfly knot sticking up, covering its eyes with both hands.

Meanwhile, the black sub-dragon's eyes were fixed, its huge mouth slightly agape, and drool was actually dripping down.

Furious, the dragon knight stood up on the sub-dragon's back, grabbed its black horns with both hands, and roared, "I order you to attack!"

Seemingly reluctant and unwilling, the sub-dragon nevertheless began to walk over slowly.

Peeking through the gaps between its paws, the cute dragon revealed one large, pink, watery eye...

In that instant, the black sub-dragon felt as though its hard dragon heart was about to melt, and it desperately wanted to pluck it out and offer it up. Instead, it stood nearby, bashfully lowering its head. "H-Hello, you're so pretty. Um, ahem, would you be willing to hatch an egg with me?"

Because dragons had thick throats, no matter how gentle they tried to be, their voices remained deep and rumbling, which only made it sound rather bizarre.

He had told it to attack, yet it went over to affectionately discuss having babies!

Just like that, the dragon he had worked so hard to secure had switched sides? The dragon knight looked at Xining, wishing he could devour her alive.

Xining looked back awkwardly as well. She finally understood that dragons probably had genders too, and the cute dragon must be a female.

In a weak, delicate voice unlike that of ordinary dragons—cooing and trembling all over while still covering its head—the cute dragon whimpered, "I-I don't know how to lay eggs... I-I need to ask my daddy."

At this, little pink hearts practically floated out of the black sub-dragon's eyes.

Realizing his ten gold coins were about to fly away, the dragon knight roared in exasperation, "Attack, I told you to attack! Did you hear me? It doesn't know how to lay eggs. Fight! Bite it to death!"

"Stop nagging!" the black dragon roared, its voice suddenly pitching much higher and making the ground tremble. It fixed its lizard-like eyes on Xining and demanded, "What kind of contract was signed?"

This dragon wasn't stupid. In fact, long-lived dragons above the rank of pseudo-dragons were far from foolish. Its contractor had only been thinking about ten gold coins; if it were an equal contract, it would have simply killed the master.

Xining answered honestly, "Master-servant!"

The black sub-dragon immediately wailed, "Darling, why did you sign a master-servant contract? We can't kill her, and you're not allowed to kill her either."

What a creature prioritizing beauty over friendship! As a knight bound by an equal contract, he could only grit his teeth. "Are you going to fight or not? If you don't fight, we won't get the commission, and both of us are going to go hungry."

"How much is it?" Xining wanted to give it a try. "I'll give it to you instead."

"This isn't a matter of money. You take someone's money and you eliminate their disasters—whoever pays first gets obeyed, that's the rule." The knight was still quite honorable. After all, a knight who rode a sub-dragon had a reputation to maintain; if his name was tainted, it would become even harder to make a living in the future.

The knight roared at the black sub-dragon, "Fight!"

Utterly reluctant, the black sub-dragon thought to itself: *Such an adorable little female dragon, humans simply have no appreciation for beauty.* But rules were rules. With a helpless sigh, it extended one powerful claw, terrified that its sharp claws might scratch the pink little female dragon, and curled it into a fist.

After hesitating for a long time, it finally hardened its heart and gently tapped the other's wet cow-like nose.

Taken aback for a second, the cute dragon instantly burst into loud tears. "Wah, you hit me, wuuu wuuu, daddy~"

That cry was no trivial matter; in an instant, the color drained from the world, dark rolling clouds gathered overhead, and the sky was immediately blotted out.

Large drops of tears rolled from the big pink eyes, falling one by one to either side, breaking the black sub-dragon's heart with every drop.

With its mind blanking out, it grabbed the knight off its back, used him to wipe the cute dragon's tears, and comforted it in a low, rumbling voice, "Don't cry, it was my fault..."

The dragon knight, who was being used as a rag to wipe away tears...

Xining...