Abstraction for a bad world

Chapter 144: How to Train Your Dragon, the Dragon Girl Who is about to embark on the road to becoming a strong person (6.2k)

[You have chosen to accept the unique achievement mission "How to Train Your Dragon"! ]

[——You saw a giant dragon that was as red as the sun, and a hero that was as shining as a meteor... You wanted to shake hands with her, and you chose to become her only comrade-in-arms.

Even if it’s just your choice.

[Note: You will now be able to view anyone's impression of you, and view some of Caroline Noah's status panels.]

After a brief prompt, Yuan Qingzhuo saw a reddish status bar above Caroline's head that was hard to see unless you looked carefully.

[Caroline Noah: Indifferent (↓↓↓↓↓)]

If you turn your head, you can see the green status bar above An's head.

【Ann Noah: Trust (↑)】

——Sister An has a high degree of favorability towards me. If this mission was aimed at Sister An, it would have been accomplished.

"Hey! Little Bean, why are you looking away?"

Seeing that Yuan Qingzhuo didn't even "care" about her threat, Caroline's pretty face, which was covered with sweat, even twisted with anger.

Hot steam and wisps of sparks overflowed from between her lips and teeth.

Caroline raised her fist, clenched it, and said word by word with a grim smile: "Today, explain it to me clearly, or I will make you crawl back."

Yuan Qingzhuo looked at the "Neutral" sign displayed above the heads of two passers-by in the distance before turning back. Feeling the dragon's might pressing down like a mountain, he raised his eyebrows without caring at all.

"Then come."

Yuan Qingzhuo crossed his arms indifferently, saying calmly: "Then beat me in front of Sister An. Clench your fists and break my legs, leaving me paralyzed for life... or even more directly, just pick up your sword and behead me."

Hearing these words, Ann pursed her lips and her face became more serious. She was ready to prevent Caroline from doing anything that might hurt Yuan Qingzhuo.

Caroline, who had been with Ann since birth, could naturally feel her tension.

So Caroline just opened her mouth and roared, making Long Wei more powerful: "Just say that again if you dare!"

——It seems that the evolutionary effect of [Human Beast] can resist some of Caroline’s dragon power.

Yuan Qingzhuo, who didn't feel any particular pressure, thought about it and then laughed sarcastically.

He spread his hands:
"I've never heard such a strange request."

So, Yuan Qingzhuo repeated his previous words completely, without missing a word.

call out!
The rough little fist mixed with dragon power suddenly tore the air, and with a roar, blew up all of Yuan Qingzhuo's hair.

If the punch landed solidly on him, Yuan Qingzhuo thought he would fly dozens of meters away like a rag doll.

But the fist just stopped at the tip of Yuan Qingzhuo's nose and couldn't move forward even a little bit.

Because An was standing beside him, gently holding Caroline's wrist, wanting to speak, but closed her mouth when she thought of what Yuan Qingzhuo had said to her before.

Yuan Qingzhuo calmly turned his face away from the sharp-edged white fist and spread his hands towards Caroline, who had a hideous face and was breathing heavily.

"Angry? Furious?"

He made a face at Caroline and said in a very provocative way:
"——But, will it work?"

Caroline kicked out again, but was caught firmly by An again, without touching even a single hair of Yuan Qingzhuo.

Yuan Qingzhuo walked around her legs, slowly came to Caroline and said:

"If you can, then hit me with your proud fist... Unfortunately, I don't think you can do it."

Caroline looked at this short and timid little kid and spread her hands in confusion.

"——So what's the point of all your anger and all these wasted shouting?"

giggle.

Caroline's teeth gritted and made a crunching sound.

But there was nothing we could do.

Because An was always watching her every move, and based on her understanding of her mother, she knew that no matter what tricks she used now, she would never be able to hurt Yuan Qingzhuo.

Then, Caroline looked closely at Yuan Qingzhuo and sighed:
"That's why I said you are weak."

"--roll!"

Caroline pulled her wrist back from Ann's hand, and then retracted her legs. After stomping on the floor several times, she pointed at Yuan Qingzhuo and yelled, "Get out! Get out! Don't let me see you again! Get out--!"

Without even glancing at An, she turned around with one hundred and twenty points of anger and strode back into the room.

"Card……"

Before An stretched out his hand, Yuan Qingzhuo stood on tiptoe and gently pressed it.

"Sister An, don't worry, this is all within my expectations."

Yuan Qingzhuo stuffed a miniature ritual symbol that had been condensed in advance into An's palm, and then said nothing more.

He followed Caroline and shouted before entering her house: "I have a way for you to beat me."

call--!
Yuan Qingzhuo could hear Caroline's sharp, deep breaths less than ten meters away, and then saw her turn her head, her eyes red, and she gritted her teeth and said with a fake smile,
"I told you to get out, but you couldn't hear me, right..."

Yuan Qingzhuo, however, seemed to be deaf to the order to leave. He walked to Caroline's side and pointed at the stairs, then pointed at the safety door that he had specially placed outside the door, and asked in confusion:
"You want to beat me up, right? Let's go up to the second floor together. Sister An won't be able to see us, and you can vent your anger on me as you wish."

As the words fell, Yuan Qingzhuo could feel Caroline looking at him from top to bottom. There was confusion and doubt in her eyes, as well as scrutiny and contemplation, but more and more...

It is ecstatic anger!
It’s like saying - I can’t do anything to you, but you just come to me!
If she really went up to the second floor, Caroline would definitely raise her fist without hesitation and beat herself until she was paralyzed and unable to walk.

In the silence, Caroline's expression changed from unexpressable anger to a gloomy smile. She said no more words, but walked step by step towards the stairs leading to the second floor.

Yuan Qingzhuo followed behind her calmly.

Just like that, he casually tore up Caroline's "eviction order" and the "get out" she repeated countless times, and followed her owner up to the second floor where almost no one had ever been.

To be honest, the cleanliness and layout of Caroline's house were beyond Yuan Qingzhuo's expectations.

Ann originally said that Caroline locked herself at home every day like an autistic child, so the house and room must be a mess.

Yuan Qingzhuo even imagined the scene of underwear and socks thrown together in the trash.

But now that he really walked in, Yuan Qingzhuo discovered that except for the door that had just been broken down, the floor, table and furniture in the living room were all as clean as new.

There are signs that it has been cleaned frequently.

Well, except for the slightly out-of-place dark black wooden board in the living room - Caroline must have been exercising there just now, and the sweat had stained the board and made it look like this.

Very normal.

And there are two sets of everything, I guess the other set is for An.

There aren't even any spider webs or anything like that on the corners of the stairs...

If An hadn't come to help Caroline clean every day, then the cleanliness of this not-so-bright, angry dragon girl might have been beyond his imagination.

pat pat pat.

In less than half a minute, Yuan Qingzhuo followed behind Caroline and watched her reach out and slowly turn open the wooden door on the second floor.

"Enter."

Caroline stood by the door, still gritting her teeth and looking gloomy, apparently wanting to confirm Yuan Qingzhuo's entry first.

Close the door and beat the dog...

wrong.

Catching turtles in a jar…

Yuan Qingzhuo rolled his eyes at himself in his heart, wondering why he always came up with such humorous idioms.

"Well, thank you Miss Caroline for inviting me in."

Yuan Qingzhuo walked up the stairs one step at a time and reached the second floor of Caroline's house.

His eyes widened again in slight surprise.

Except for the vertical staircase leading to the third floor, the entire second floor is an open space.

A huge one-way glass on the south side ensures sufficient sunlight, while the other three walls also have windows to ensure ventilation and light.

And besides that...

Yuan Qingzhuo looked over - on the west side were leather armor, chain mail, heavy plate armor... all kinds of protective gear, as well as the standard uniforms of the six major branches of the cult, and a variety of shoes and boots.

Each piece of armor or clothing has some wear and tear, but it can be seen that the owner has maintained them very well.

On the north side there is a long row of weapon racks, including swords, spears, axes, hammers, as well as various niche cold weapons such as sickles and hammers.

Like the armor, the signs of use of these weapons can be seen at a glance.

Finally, there is even the "Prayer Gun" of the [Strategic Priest] that is loaded with micro-spells and which Hara Qingzhuo has only seen in books.

As for the south side, it was engraved with some switches of techniques that Yuan Qingzhuo could not understand, as well as a complete range of training equipment from light to heavy.

Not only that, the dragon power lingering on the second floor was even heavier than that emitted by Caroline herself, making Yuan Qingzhuo feel a little uncomfortable.

Snapped!
Just as Yuan Qingzhuo was immersed in the purity of the second floor, the wooden door was closed.

Along with the creaking of bones, Caroline's grim smile came from behind:
"I've never seen an idiot who would ask me to beat him up... Then I'll be a little gentler and give you ten sets of CPR!"

Yuan Qingzhuo turned around and saw Caroline who couldn't wait to raise her fist: "You don't think that I won't beat you just because you are younger than me--!"

As the fist fell, the micro-spell was lit up by Yuan Qingzhuo.

The next moment, Caroline felt her fist, which was about to fall, being clenched by a familiar hand.

She blinked and murmured in confusion:

"……mom?"

Standing behind An, Yuan Qingzhuo confidently showed the glittering miniature spell in his hand to the dragon girl:
"Oh, what a pity! Miss Caroline, who called me a fool, not only failed to beat anyone up as she wished, but also let a fool like me enter your house."

Caroline knew she was deceived and veins popped up on her forehead: "You..."

She pulled her hand back in frustration and could only point at Yuan Qingzhuo and yell, "You shameless little trumpeter! I'm going to kill you! Kill you!"

Ignoring this harmless insult, Yuan Qingzhuo rubbed his temple in confusion.

"I don't quite understand. Why do you believe everything I say, Miss Caroline?"

He turned around in circles, pretending to be in deep thought, and after a dozen seconds he clapped his hands in sudden realization and looked at Caroline:

"—Is it because you are too stupid, Caroline?"

"You fucking..."

Ann immediately frowned: "Little Caroline, don't say bad words."

"..."

"You little trumpet..."

[Caroline: Hatred (↓↓↓↓↓)]

"No, I don't think so."

Then, Yuan Qingzhuo denied this kind of talk. He put away the disgusting and unremarkable smile on his face, and spoke calmly to the angry Dragon Girl across An's back:
"It's the opposite. Caroline, you are so smart that I have to tell you part of the truth in order to deceive you."

[Caroline: Hatred] Ha, why does she become so weak when I praise this dragon girl? This is what a friendless kid is like.

This is just the beginning.

"You want to beat me up, and even have a hint of murderous intent towards me. I think this is normal." Yuan Qingzhuo looked directly into the dragon girl's pupils without any hesitation: "Because I deliberately tried to provoke your anger. If you are not angry because of this, it would be my failure."

“——Perhaps, you will want to ask me why I do this.”

Yuan Qingzhuo sighed: "Then let me ask you, if I don't do this, can I step into your house?"

Caroline said nothing.

Yuan Qingzhuo continued, "This is the first request Sister An has made to me, so I think no matter what... even if you beat me up, even if I can never stand up again, I must try my best to complete it."

"But I am only a child who is far less powerful than you. In order to avoid the worst-case scenario, letting Sister An stand beside me is just a necessary means of protection."

Yuan Qingzhuo raised his head and said calmly: "I still want to become stronger, so I can't let my future be ruined by you."

“——This is the wisdom of the weak.”

After a long silence, Caroline pulled her hand away from Ann's obstruction, stared at him coldly, and asked stiffly:
"How old are you?"

"Two years and seven months."

Caroline's pupils shrank.

[Caroline: Indifferent (↑)]

Gazing at the changes in the status bar above the Dragon Girl's head, Yuan Qingzhuo thought to himself that the very first step had finally been completed.

I really didn't expect that it would be so difficult to just try to get close to Caroline and stand next to her without being beaten away.

But fortunately, they are still children. They have not come into contact with many people, and their values ​​are not mature enough...

If another two years passed, Yuan Qingzhuo thought that no matter how much he talked, Caroline would still reject him.

Caroline's worldview seemed simple to him.

——Admire the strong.

Moreover, Caroline herself is bound to be the strongest one in her worldview.

Even if she is not the strongest now, Caroline absolutely believes that she will become the strongest in the future.

This kind of arrogance and conceit that ordinary people could not understand at all could be clearly smelled by Yuan Qingzhuo the first time he saw her.

——Because I also thought so when I was a child.

Therefore, the words and plans just now were blurted out by Yuan Qingzhuo.

——When a strong person is helpless against a person whom she perceives as a weak person, and that weak person openly admits that he is indeed weaker than the strong person.

The strong one [Caroline] would naturally have a tiny bit of interest in the weak one [Yuan Qingzhuo].

This is enough.

This tiny bit of interest will be slowly magnified with the blessing of the age of "two and a half years old" - because even if Yuan Qingzhuo does not admit it, the outside world will not admit it.

——Caroline will also regard him in her heart as "a weak genius and a future strong man."

Letting Caroline try to believe and verify it herself will be much more effective than having outsiders tell it a thousand or a hundred thousand times.

So, from this moment on, Caroline would naturally not treat Yuan Qingzhuo with the same attitude as she treated her previous "fools and weaklings" teachers.

"Mom, you have something else to do."

Caroline twisted her wrist and said coldly: "As long as he doesn't deliberately provoke me again, I won't beat him."

Hearing this, An immediately showed a look of surprise - she had never thought that Yuan Qingzhuo would be able to avoid being driven away by Caroline in just one day.

In fact, until the moment before, she had been pessimistic about the relationship between Yuan Qingzhuo and Caroline.

Because Yuan Qingzhuo had deliberately mocked her so many times, she would be lucky not to be beaten to death by Caroline when she passed by.

did not expect……

An nodded slightly in gratitude at the short Yuan Qingzhuo.

Yuan Qingzhuo remained calm and just watched An leave.

Now, Caroline and Yuan Qingzhuo are the only two people left in the empty second floor.

Caroline didn't know what to say.

Yuan Qingzhuo was thinking about how to further improve Caroline's favorability.

So an extremely strange silence fell here, making Caroline, who usually stayed alone, feel like ants were crawling all over her body.

"If you have nothing to do, go to the first floor. I still need to exercise."

In the end, it was Caroline who spoke. She picked up two huge alloy dumbbells, turned her head and spoke indifferently to Yuan Qingzhuo.

As the dumbbells went up and down, Yuan Qingzhuo could still hear the dragon girl's disdainful sneer: "I don't know why my mother called a child who is less than three years old here..."

——It seems that Caroline still has a deep prejudice against herself.

However, there is nothing we can do about it.

Thinking of this, Yuan Qingzhuo did not reply, but walked silently to a place not far from Caroline, picked up the two smallest dumbbells with some difficulty and began to do the same movements with her.

The next moment, he could feel Caroline's gaze looming over him.

Yuan Qingzhuo was not idle either. He glanced at the details of Caroline's movements and checked the status of some of her panels.

Caroline Noah

[Current impression: indifferent (↑↑)]

Age: 9 years and 7 months

[Rank: Second Level Mercury]

[Physique: 9127]

[Soul Strength: 9999]

[Blessings: Inheritor of the Crimson Lord, Gift of Destiny, Watchful Eyes of Oneself, Brave One... (Omitted 89 types later)]

WTF? ? ?

Yuan Qingzhuo was shocked when he saw the movie prompts and subtitles flooding the screen.

He originally thought that he was already strong enough, as he had a physical fitness of over 100 points before the age of three, but...

What kind of numerical monster is this?

Four-digit, no, close to five-digit physical and spiritual strength, this value alone can crush most of the people he has seen...

It turned out that Caroline had shown mercy just now.

In addition, there are countless blessings, which have increased Caroline's true strength by at least five, six, seven, or eight times.

All I can say is that there is a kind of beauty of intensity.

"Hey, you did it wrong."

As the two dumbbells fell to the ground, Yuan Qingzhuo could feel a punch on his face first, and then Caroline began to help him correct his movements carefully.

But it's just a simple dumbbell exercise, so it's almost over in two or three seconds.

When Yuan Qingzhuo came to her senses, she had already started jerking off silently again.

As if sensing Yuan Qingzhuo's gaze, a hoarse voice came during the pause between the groups:
"Don't be distracted during training."

Yuan Qingzhuo didn't say anything, but just concentrated on training and slowly started to build up his favorability, focusing on being a companion to the lonely dragon girl.

When a former martial arts master comes to train seriously, it is natural that he will be impeccable.

Under the scorching sun, Yuan Qingzhuo used light weights to keep pace with Caroline in terms of the quality of movements and the extremely short rest time.

If Caroline didn't rest, then he wouldn't rest either.

For a warrior who is about to embark on a long journey on the road to becoming strong, this is the best company.

——Yes, although Caroline is irritable, conceited, arrogant and stupid, there is no doubt that she has a clear heart for seeking the truth.

Even though she has not actually embarked on her own path to becoming a strong person, she is still just a confused child wandering outside the door.

"You are less than ten years old, why are you so strong?"

During the longest, two-minute break between sets, Yuan Qingzhuo let the sweat drip as he looked curiously at the two dumbbells that probably weighed several tons at Caroline's feet.

"Mercury steps."

Caroline wrapped the bandage around her hand and replied coldly, "After you reshape your bones and blood, you can do the same."

After the brief answer, Caroline didn't say another word. Instead, she put down the dumbbells, turned on a certain technique switch, and began to practice close combat skills.

Yuan Qingzhuo did not practice rashly, but stood aside and stared attentively at every detail of Caroline's movements, and began to quickly learn the essence of it.

One hour, two hours...until four hours of silence.

Caroline, who felt as if she was soaked in water, turned off the switch of the technique. She stopped moving and suddenly relaxed.

The tired Yuan Qingzhuo also nodded slightly - he thought he had probably mastered this set of fighting skills, and noticed several slightly fatal gaps in Caroline's movements.

"I'm actually quite curious, why do you have that attitude towards your previous teacher?"

This is asking knowingly.

Caroline glanced at him with a frown, not bothering to answer.

But the next moment, a long object was thrown in front of Caroline. She reached out to catch it and saw the words on it clearly.

——[Military rapid energy replenishment bar].

After a brief silence, the somewhat reluctant short answer came: "Because they are all ignorant weaklings, and I don't like them very much... Weaklings are not worthy of being with me."

As she spoke, Caroline peeled off the package, put it directly into her mouth and took a bite.

She suddenly looked bitter.

——Is this something for humans to eat?

Caroline swallowed the thing in silence, remembering that Yuan Qingzhuo had been eating this thing non-stop for the past two hours.

So she quickly ate the whole energy bar and said coldly:

"I'm going to take a shower, what are you going to do here?"

"—then I won't be."

Yuan Qingzhuo swallowed the last bite of the energy bar with great relish. Before leaving, he stood on tiptoe and tentatively touched Caroline's shoulder with his fingertips.

"There are at least three fatal flaws in your set of moves. I will help you correct them tomorrow."

Looking at the back of the child who was not even half her height leaving, Caroline retched for a moment and then immediately covered her mouth.

For the first time, confusion appeared in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)