My wife is a dragon.

Chapter 260: Silver Lines All Over
Xia Li was exhausted after using the Demon-Repelling Sword to its full potential almost twice.

Although using artifacts does not consume magic power, the consumption of physical strength and energy is an astonishing number.

He slept for another afternoon before he recovered.

When I opened my eyes again, it was already sunset.

The dragon beside me is gone, but the berries on the bedside are still there.

Xia Li ate the berries and went to look for her clothes, only to discover that her clothes and coat had been washed by the dragon and were hanging outside, fluttering in the wind.

That’s right. The place was smelly and dirty yesterday. Not only Lucia the dragon couldn’t stand the smell, even people with a dull sense of smell could not stand it.

After barely finding a pair of pants to put on, Xia Li couldn't find any clothes, so he had to go downstairs with his upper body naked.

After completing the contract with Lucia yesterday, Xia Li felt that his senses had improved a lot.

Even in the corridor, he could hear the sound of water being pumped from the well, the voices of women and old people talking, the crackling of burning firewood, and the laughter of the stinking dragons and children playing in the distance.

Not only hearing, but also smell, touch and vision.

If you feel it carefully, you can even see the dust particles moving in the air.

"Um……?"

wrong.

Xia Li raised his hand and felt the particles of light falling into his palm.

One, two grains, Xia Li raised his head and saw the endless and immeasurable light dust covering wherever his sight passed.

I'm afraid even the PM2.5 in Qingcheng City wouldn't be this high after being magnified.

If this was really dust, I would undoubtedly be choked to death.

and so……

This is not dust, this is magic.

Lucia didn't give him any explanation yesterday. The contract was over and she just walked away as if nothing had happened without taking care of the aftermath.

Regarding the half of the life span that was divided, it was Xia Li who asked the question after he felt it himself.

Perhaps, after obtaining half of the dragon's power, Xia Li's affinity for magic has also been doubled?

Thinking of this, Xia Li raised his hand and made a very childish gesture.

He clenched his fist in the air and let out a "Huh!"

In the end, nothing happened except that the uncle who was knocking on the wooden board gave him a puzzled look.

"cough……"

Xia Li left the scene awkwardly.

Even if you have an affinity with magic, learning it is another matter.

Complex spells and formations are also major obstacles for human magicians when learning magic.

Xia Li recalled the hard days when his mentor forced him to learn magic. He knew very well that he had no talent for magic at all.

When it comes to learning magic, learn it if you have the chance, and forget it if you don’t.

Xia Li's talent lies in other things.

After these few tests, he was absolutely sure that -

His own 'golden finger' is not the Demon-Exorcising Sword, but the 'artifact affinity'.

Wuqi's guess about him was correct.

"Sister, you can do magic!"

"What a powerful magic!"

A few hundred meters away.

Xia Li heard the cheers of children coming from the farmland outside the town.

Looking closely, I saw the energetic dragon waving a branch and muttering something.

“I call upon the waters of the abyss, gather the light of the moon, condense it into arrows of frost, and break the dawn between the night... Water elements obey my command, the power of the Western Sea, surge!”

Lucia chanted a mess of spells.

As she waved the branch in her hand, the children's heads swayed left and right.

If this dragon were on Earth, its behavior would be that of a middle school student.

But in the magical continent...

There really was a rich element of water gathering in front of her branches.

More and more water balls gathered, and finally exploded in mid-air, watering the crops.

“Wow~~ That’s amazing!”

The kids raved about it.

In addition to water magic for irrigation, Lucia also demonstrated wind magic that made leaves turn green, and light magic that helped growth.

In the blink of an eye, the wheat seedlings grew more than ten centimeters. This scene stunned a group of children who had never seen magic before.

Those big eyes looked at Lucia with great admiration, and she kept saying, "I want to learn too!"

However, this atmosphere came to an abrupt end after Xia Li appeared.

When the children heard the noise, they turned their heads to look over, glanced at Xia Li, and then ran away in fear.

Xia Li was a little puzzled.

I thought, these little brats should be afraid of the pure-blooded dragon standing in front of them, why would they be afraid of a human like him?
Is it because I'm not wearing a shirt?
It's normal for a little girl to be scared away by not wearing a top, but why would a boy run after her as well?

Something's wrong.

Xia Li looked at the group of little brats running away in all directions, frowned, and turned back to look at Lucia.

"Hee hee~"

Lucia is laughing.

But she soon thought of what happened at noon, and her face turned red as she laughed.

"What story did you tell them? Why are they afraid of me?" Xia Li walked over and asked curiously.

The dragon shook his head: "No, I didn't tell a story!"

Xia Li looked suspicious, but didn't ask any more questions.

The landlady who was willing to take them in shouted for them to come back for dinner. Xia Li did not refuse and shamelessly took Lucia with him to have a big meal.

The dinner in this small town is simple, just some baked potatoes and wild vegetable salad. Occasionally, if you are lucky, you can pick up a few bird eggs or catch a few small fish from the river.

Maybe because we had guests today, there was an eight-inch wild fruit pie for dinner.

The children sitting around the table stared at Xia Li eagerly. Xia Li had no interest in the wild fruit pie and gave it all to the children.

The children then withdrew their "prejudice" against Xia Li, were not so afraid of him anymore, and even looked at him with much bolder eyes.

"grown ups……"

A little girl with pigtails came over timidly, and she mustered up her courage and pulled Xia Li's sleeve.

"……Um?"

Xia Li turned around, with a hundred questions in his mind.

How come calling Lucia is "sister" and calling myself "adult" makes me...

Prejudice! Absolute prejudice.

If these little brats called him "uncle", he would be really upset.

Do I look so old???

Xia Li confirmed again and again that there was no stubble on his face and his hair had not turned gray.

Except for the fact that his upper body was naked because his clothes were not completely dry, he was a vibrant and positive young brother!
"Sir, you..."

The little girl looked nervous as she stared at Xia Li's back before mustering up the courage to speak again.

"You are cursed?"

"what?"

"Xiaoya, don't be so rude, come here quickly."

The old woman at the other side of the table spoke up to stop the little girl.

The little girl returned to her mother dejectedly, not daring to say anything more to Xia Li.

"puff,"

The evil dragon, who was concentrating on eating, finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

After coughing a few times, she finished the last piece of wild fruit pie in her hand.

Clapping his hands and preparing to go back to the house and go upstairs, Xia Li grabbed the evil dragon.

As soon as the dragon smiled, the alert Xia Li immediately realized that something was wrong.

"What did you do to me?"

"I didn't do anything!"

Lucia blinked.

Xia Li turned around and looked at the place where the little girl's eyes had just passed.

There was nothing behind him.

However, with the help of the dim fuel lamp in the room, Xia Li vaguely saw some silver lines on the back.

what? ?

Tattoo?

Xia Li was not sure, so he forcibly grabbed the dragon and took it to the stream outside the town.

The industrial capacity in the other world is very backward. Mirrors are a luxury here. Ordinary people can't even afford a bronze mirror at home. They can only go to the riverside to look in the mirror.

This was the first time Xia Li looked at his own condition after returning from the battlefield.

"Turn on the light." Xia Li said to Long.

Lucia pouted and raised a finger reluctantly.

Light magic condensed at her fingertips, forming a light magic that was no less powerful than the Earth's lighting.

Xia Li leaned over to look at the reflection in the water.

Face OK, arms OK.

However, when Xia Li turned around to check the condition of his back——

He was dumbfounded.

No wonder those kids were afraid of him.

No wonder when he was wandering around the street with his upper body naked, people around him couldn't help but take a second look at him.

This……

These silver lines all over the back!

Looking closely, Xia Li discovered that the pattern was not a magic circle or an ancient character. Each horizontal and vertical line was vigorous and neat, and it looked three-dimensional and powerful under the night light. It was as if the best craftsman had used all his life's knowledge to draw a vivid picture on Xia Li's back with a silver luster as vast as the moon and curves full of vitality...

A dragon.

To be precise, it is a silver dragon.

A silver dragon engraved her own pattern on Xia Li's body.

It can also be referred to as: silver streak.

The Silver Dragon is exactly the same as Lucia's true form.

However, the dragon pattern on Xia Li’s back is only silver, so it looks cold and sharp.

The stern eyes, the slightly open dragon pupils and the half-closed dragon wings all show the beauty and arrogance of this silver dragon.

"..."

Seeing the dragon patterns all over his back and even spreading to his shoulders, Xia Li fell into a long silence.

My first reaction was that I would not be able to pass the interview even for a slightly larger private company, let alone a public institution.

Second reaction: How to explain this to Ms. Fang and Mr. Xia.

You can't say that you went to Southeast Asia and then were taken into some shady tattoo shop to get your entire back tattooed, right?

This is not as simple as being ruined by Lucia.

This is a mark!
A mark that can never be washed away in a lifetime!
Although it looks very handsome, it feels a bit like a redrawn version of Blue-Eyes White Dragon...

"This...I can't really say."

Lucia, who was holding a lamp next to Xia Li, explained.

"It may be something like soul binding or contract proof... Think about it, after humans summon demons, they will be branded by the demons. It's the same principle for us."

Lucia finished her explanation with a very far-fetched reason, and then added.

"I think it looks good and suits you better!"

The main thing is that this dragon looks a lot like me... No, it should be said that this dragon is me.

This is a dragon pattern that is unique to him.

Now that the mark is on Xia Li, there is a sense of security as if the prey is completely locked and will never escape from his grasp.

I just don’t know whether Xia Li likes it or not.

"You are responsible for explaining to my mother." Xia Li said, turning around.

He himself doesn't care. Anyway, he won't consider working in a public institution in the future. He can accept tattoos... He can barely accept a full back of tattoos.

The main reason is that it is difficult to overcome the hurdle of conservative-minded parents.

"What should I say...I dare not say it." The evil dragon said in a cowardly tone.

Not to mention modern people, even in the magical continent, a dragon tattoo covering the entire back would make people unable to help but take a few more glances.

Whether it looks good or not is one thing, but more likely it will be mistaken for some kind of curse or totem.

Maybe it will be a little conspicuous...

There was no way out. As the culprit, she had to take full responsibility.

"I'll do the laundry from now on!"

Lucia put one hand on her waist and said in a firm tone, "I will be responsible for you forever."

"Buy a dryer at home in the future, and you will definitely not be left with nothing to wear!"

"Is this the point?" Xia Li held his forehead with his hand.

Forget it.

Let it be wasted.

I'll get used to it after wasting it a few times.

and……

The Sparrow family is handsome.

When Chen Tao and his friends saw it, they were so shocked.

This looks much more technical than tattoos on Earth.

After preparing himself mentally, Xia Li calmly accepted this fact.

It’s a dragon pattern for a lifetime, so it’s a dragon pattern for a lifetime.

Lucia sacrificed half of her life, so in comparison, Xia Li’s sacrifice of having a full back of tattoos is nothing.

Take Lucia back to the room.

Xia Li packed her luggage and put away all the clothes that were hanging outside the window.

After sleeping soundly for the whole day, Xia Li didn't feel sleepy at all at night.

Lucia is even more energetic.

Since returning to the magical continent, Lucia's strong body has been fully displayed, and Xia Li has never seen her sleep well.

After weighing the pros and cons, Xia Li decided to set off tonight.

"Wait a moment!"

Before leaving, Lucia had something else to say.

Xia Li thought that the dragon was reluctant to leave its new friends or the local delicacies.

As a result, Long went straight downstairs, took Xia Li's hand without hesitation and came to a well.

This is an important water source for the town. The water used by the town’s residents for their daily lives comes from here.

"I used too much dragon breath before. I'm thirsty and I want to drink water!" Lucia said in a low voice.

According to the law of conservation of magic, drinking the water produced by magic will not quench your thirst, but will only be converted into magic power and recovered.

In addition, the surrounding streams were polluted by the war, so Lucia was thirsty all the way without any water.

So, she wanted to have a big drink before leaving.

"Okay, I'll get it for you."

Xia Li rolled up his sleeves without saying a word.

The well in the town is the kind of hand-cranked well that Xia Li had seen in the countryside on Earth when he was a child. All you have to do is pull the pressure lever back and forth a few times, and the well water will flow out of the outlet.

This world has a certain level of alchemy technology, so it is not surprising that hand-cranked wells appear.

Xia Li shook the water twice and was about to pick up the bucket at his feet to get some water.

Looking back, I saw a big dragon head reaching out.

Lucia transformed into a giant dragon and crawled on the ground.

The huge mouth that could easily contain Xia Li opened, the dragon head stretched beside Xia Li's legs, and the dragon pupils closed comfortably.

It looks a bit like a crocodile basking in the sun with its mouth open.

Xia Li: “…”

When Xia Li thought that the image of this silly dragon was the majestic silver dragon on his back, he felt a little amused and helpless.

Seeing no one around, he grabbed the handle of the well and shook it.

"Gurgling..."

A steady stream of groundwater was pumped up, and the water drew a clear arc and began to flow into the dragon's mouth.

Xia Li was shaking the well, and the evil dragon was opening its mouth to drink.

After she had gathered enough for a mouthful, she swallowed it with a gulp.

On this dark and windy night, the man and the dragon inexplicably felt a sense of stealing.

"How much more do you want to drink?"

Xia Li couldn't hold it anymore.

Lucia's water intake...

On Earth, drinking Nongfu Spring would drive people bankrupt.

It should be calculated in tons, right?
"Gulu gulu..."

"You're almost drinking up other people's well water!"

Seeing that the water flow in the hand-cranked well was getting smaller and smaller, Xia Li began to feel weak.

The residents of this small town woke up the next day to find that their well was dry. They never imagined that the person who drank up their well water would be a passing dragon.

"Gu..."

Lucia took one last swallow.

Then he stretched out his big paws, patted his slightly bulging dragon belly, and burped with satisfaction.

"Xia Li, I'm pregnant."

Xia Li: “…”

You are hairy!

Who taught you this!

The corner of Xia Li's mouth twitched.

He wanted to say something naughty in rebuttal, but suddenly he remembered the dragon-slaying weapon hidden in his bag, and Xia Li was speechless.

"…We'll talk about it later!"

He said in the harshest tone possible.

I don’t know if the dragon is listening to what Xia Li is saying.

After Lucia had drunk her fill, she turned her huge body around and took a stealthy walk in the night.

Then he lowered the dragon's wings and shoulders, and turned the dragon's head to one side so that Xia Li could ride on his body.

"Let's go!" said the evil dragon casually.

Xia Li sighed, but in the end didn't say a single dirty word.

Grabbing the dragon horn which was thicker than a subway pole, Xia Li easily climbed onto the dragon head with the cooperation of Lucia.

The huge creature quietly raised its head in the darkness.

Although she didn't make any sound, she still scared the beasts in the woods.

As the bird flew over our heads, its beautiful silver figure gradually appeared under the moonlight.

Lucia hooked her front paws and stretched out her hind legs.

She left the ability to determine direction entirely to the dragon rider above her head.

The dragon's horn was gently pulled to the left, and Lucia turned the dragon's head towards that direction without reservation.

Then the huge dragon wings spread out, stirring up a gust of wind and waves, and the man and the dragon were once again thrown into the vast sky.

(End of this chapter)