Dragon Clan: Force me to be reborn and slay dragons

Chapter 231 From this day forward, you belong to me completely!
Erii's dreams are always as pure as morning dew; even the thunderous noise of Tokyo and Osaka cannot penetrate the tranquility in her heart.

Under Lu Mingfei's protection, she still lives in that complex yet simple world made up of many anime and movie characters, as if the disturbances of the outside world are just distant whispers.

At this moment, she was curled up on the soft bed, tightly hugging the big-headed bear doll that Lu Mingfei had given her, her breathing soft and even, and the corners of her mouth slightly upturned.

Having her own small shop, finding her long-lost second brother, and even getting permission from him to go out, she was so happy that even her dreams reflected the beauty of reality.

In her dream, Erii wore a plain white dress, the hem of which swayed gently with her steps as she walked in the evening breeze.

Wearing white strappy heels, she walked with her hands behind her back on the soft grass along the Saône River. The evening breeze lifted her long hair, and the dark red strands swirled in the wind, as gentle as the afterglow of the setting sun.

Having gotten used to being randomly refreshed to a certain location when entering a dream, she wasn't too panicked. She just wanted to get home as soon as possible and ask her brother about her second brother.

The brother in the dream was not much different from the one in reality, except that he didn't look like he did in reality. He didn't seem to be carrying a heavy burden, and there was always a hint of exhaustion on his face.

The second brother was the complete opposite. In the dream, he was so enthusiastic and lively that it was almost unbearable. He was like the sun, bringing light and heat, but you couldn't look directly at him or get too close, or you would get burned.

As for him in real life, well...

It feels a bit like a villain in an animated film, gentle and weak, seemingly easy to bully, yet also somewhat dangerous.

When they first met, he looked at him with a fierce gaze, as if he were looking at a bad guy who had stolen his favorite toy.

However, with Sakura around, the misunderstanding was quickly cleared up.

It turns out that the little girl's brother was also pitiful. Like the princess in Dragon Quest, he was captured and imprisoned in the dragon's cave by the dragon, and was even forced to turn into the shape of a dragon.

Fortunately, Sakura was there and rescued the little girl's brother.

Before going to sleep, Sakura said she was going to destroy the dragon's lair, but I don't know if she's back yet.

As dusk fell, she walked home along the grassy path.

But the intermittent notes carried by the river breeze were the tunes Sakura hummed while cooking dinner.

Standing there and looking across, on a makeshift wooden platform on the opposite bank, a band dressed in black tuxedos was playing. A young man with a microphone as a conductor's baton had his back to the crowd, and a tuft of messy hair was sticking up from the back of his shirt collar.

As if guided by a ghost, she followed the melody across the stone bridge and came closer.

The audience was filled with many Asian faces, but a couple in the corner stood out in particular—

The man in the black trench coat had a cold and stern look in his eyes, but he always raised his hand to protect the girl beside him. The girl was as delicate as a porcelain doll, with a glass hairpin in her hair that looked like a summer flower.

The introverted and shy girl stood on the periphery of the crowd, listening to the melodious and gentle music, her eyes fixed on the conductor who had his back to the crowd.

As the performance reached its climax, the conductor suddenly turned around.

The spotlight illuminated a face that bore a striking resemblance to Sakura, only with deeper contours and a serene air of age emanating from the creases at the corners of its eyes.

Erii gazed at the person quietly, her eyes sparkling with life.

Is this Sakura after she grew up?

Despite the slight difference in appearance, the wicked smile on the man's lips immediately revealed his identity.

The girl in the white dress stood there, watching him on the stage presiding over a romantic marriage proposal ceremony, her gaze never leaving him.

As the lights dimmed, leaving only a single spotlight to illuminate the passionately kissing newlyweds, she turned her head amidst the rising applause—

Night shadows rustled down on the young man's shoulders. He had retreated into the shadows at some point, toying with the rose tucked into his breast pocket, watching the idyllic couple with a smile in his eyes.

But soon, his gaze passed over the talented man and beautiful woman and met a pair of agate-red eyes.

The moment their eyes met, a gentle evening breeze blew, lifting the girl's long hair and skirt, causing the golden bells at her ankles to jingle.

Petals rained down from the sky, the most vibrant one passing through their touching gazes and landing in her palm, which she had forgotten to close.

At that moment, it seemed that some kind of emotion was slowly fermenting in the girl's heart.

……

The dream did not end at its most beautiful moment. After the proposal ceremony, the petals in Erii's palm turned into a bright rose.

Before that, it was tucked into Sakura's chest.

Just like in reality, Erii followed Sakura's steps in her dream, accepted his flowers, went to the celebration banquet with him, and got to know Chu Zihang again, as well as the girl who was proposed to.

Everyone was very friendly to her, and the atmosphere was great. Sakura and the girl with the ring kept telling jokes, and even though Sakura's facial expressions were limited, she was always made to laugh out loud.

What a wonderful night.

Unfortunately, when the show ended, my brother came looking for me.

She was forced to separate from her newly acquainted friends.

However, before that, Sakura secretly put his contact information into her palm, so that her angry brother wouldn't see it.

When she got home, her brother gave her a long lecture, saying that men outside were big bad wolves who loved to eat Little Red Riding Hoods like her.

But just now, while we were eating, that girl told her—be a person like Pleasant Goat, and marry a man like Big Bad Wolf.

After saying that, she turned her head and kissed the boy who had no expression but whose eyes always followed her on the cheek, leaving behind a greasy lip gloss that smelled like roasted lamb chops.

"Look, mark him, from now on he belongs to me completely!"

Erii didn't understand, but she made a note of it and planned to ask Sakura which anime it was when she woke up.

Then she woke up.

There was absolutely no chance to ask about the matter concerning the young girl's brother.

I didn't put the rose I brought back away properly. If I didn't put it in a vase in time, will it wither?

If his brother finds out, he might secretly throw it away, but Sakura will stop him.

However, I haven't added him on Line yet, and I don't know what's written on that note.

With a slight sense of regret, she opened her eyes, only to be greeted by an unfamiliar ceiling.

Lying in bed, hugging her big-headed teddy bear, the girl pondered for a long time before finally separating her dream from reality and recalling everything from the previous night.

So, is Sakura back?

Erii blinked and quickly sat up, wanting to find the Dragon Slayer.

But soon, she paused in her act of getting up.

Beside the bed, a disheveled boy sat, leaning against the back of the chair and casually fell asleep.

Looking at the sleeping boy with his eyes closed, Erii's gaze flickered slightly.

The boy's messy hair slightly obscured his eyebrows and eyes, and the morning light from outside the window shone through the gap in the curtains, leaving a warm mark on his handsome face.

Recalling the scenes in her dream that made her heart race for no reason, Erii suddenly had a thought that she shouldn't tell anyone.

She tightened her grip on the teddy bear, carefully surveying her surroundings like a little rabbit glancing around while grazing, looking for any wolves. After confirming that there was no one else in the room besides her and him, the girl cautiously moved closer to Sakura, who was standing guard by the bed, trying not to make a sound.

Afraid of waking the boy who had been working hard all night and had returned sometime later.

Slowly moving to the bedside, the girl in pink pajamas hugged a big-headed teddy bear, sitting in a duck-like position facing the sleeping boy with his head turned to the side. Her rosy red eyes reflected his peaceful sleeping face.

Erii clutched the doll in her arms, seemingly cheering herself up. Recalling the scene she had witnessed at the dining table, she leaned forward slightly and reached out to hook her arm around Lu Mingfei's neck.

However, the moment her fingertips touched Lu Mingfei's neck, the sleeping boy, who had been lying on his side, suddenly twitched his eyelids and opened his eyes the next instant.

His eyes met those slightly panicked, rose-red eyes.

Slightly sleepy-eyed, Lu Mingfei rubbed his stiff neck, reached out and grabbed the slender hand that tried to pull away, a mischievous smile playing on his lips:
"Why are you so flustered? Did you do something wrong?"

The girl, who was caught red-handed trying to secretly mark her belongings, felt a little guilty, but she was a very possessive girl who would put labels on her things.

So after a brief moment of panic, she calmed down, nodded, and said in a voice as clear and melodious as a wind chime:

"I want it, so I'll mark it for you."

Upon hearing this, Lu Mingfei's heart stirred slightly. His free hand unconsciously touched his shoulder, and his gaze toward Erii became somewhat strange.

"Who taught you this?"

In his past life, Erii had said the same words to him, and the scene was also on the bed.

However... he was also lying in bed at that time, and the way she marked him was by biting his shoulder.

But their relationship hasn't reached that point yet; she should label herself or write words on her clothes.

Could it be that Old Tang instilled some wrong knowledge in her, teaching her to pinch people to assert her dominance?

So, this fake foreign devil not only had his bloodline awakened, but also the bloodline of the henpecked husbands of Sichuan was awakened at the same time, right?

I'll take my senior brother and beat him up later!
Just then, Erii's soft voice rang in my ears: "I saw it in my dream."

Upon hearing this, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but chuckle.

I was about to say that I couldn't take things in dreams seriously, but when I thought of my silly younger brother who used to bang on the door in my dreams, and the memories of my past life that always surfaced in my dreams, I swallowed the words back.

He held Erii's hand, looking at the girl's clean and beautiful face, his gaze filled with tenderness, doting, and a certain emotion that the girl could not yet understand, but which she could always see in her brother's and Sakura's eyes in her dreams.

Like silk threads, countless strands, intertwined and inseparable.

"Should I fall asleep again and wake up after you've marked me?"

He felt so sorry for this adorable and innocent girl.

Last night, after taking Chu Zihang to complete all the check-ups and washing up, he went to her room to see if she was playing games instead of sleeping.

Upon entering, however, what one saw was a girl tightly hugging a doll, surrounded by toys, her body slightly curled up in the middle, quietly sleeping under the dim light of a small night lamp by the bedside.

Stripped of all pretense and the "monster" label imposed upon her by others, Erii is nothing more than a simple girl who is afraid of being destroyed by Ultraman.

Because they spend years in dark, cramped buildings, they dare not turn off the lights at night, fearing they will be swallowed by darkness and never have the chance to see the light again.

In that instant, the heartache overwhelmed all his thoughts; all he wanted was to stay by her side and let her know that from now on, she would never have to worry about returning to a life like a caged bird.

He will stay with her forever, until the end of time.

Erii's eyes lit up when she heard his words, and she softly confirmed, "Red bean paste (Really)?"

Lu Mingfei looked at her happy smile, nodded, then let go of her warm little hand, leaned back in his chair, and turned his head to pretend to fall asleep.

To avoid embarrassing her, he even closed his eyes tightly, leaving no gaps to peek.

This was originally a spur-of-the-moment gesture he made to cheer her up, but he never expected that this simple act would later become a lingering regret in his heart.

Just as he closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, Erii's hand gently broke free from its restraints and slowly reached forward, her fingertips carefully touching the boy's slightly cool neck.

Her delicate hand gently circled his neck, like the bold girl in a dream, softly embracing his neck.

She leaned forward slightly, the teddy bear in her arms tightly held close to her chest. The girl's softness bent its round ears, making it look pitiful, as if it were burdened with an unbearable weight.

The two gradually closed the distance between them, until their breaths almost mingled.

Lu Mingfei sensed something amiss. A faint, sweet fragrance wafted from the girl, her gentle scent seemingly lingering around his nose.

However, before he could even open his eyes, he felt a soft touch on his cheek, with a slightly damp warmth, like morning dew gently gliding across his skin.

boom--! ! !
Lu Mingfei's heartbeat seemed to stop for a moment, and then, as if the Big Bang had annihilated everything and returned to silence, all that remained in his ears was the sound of his own heartbeat resuming.

It's making a thumping sound!

Like Pangu who recreated the world from chaos, wielding a giant axe to chop all the unpleasant things to shreds.

He kept his eyes closed, not daring to open them, as if the tenderness of this moment would vanish like a dream if he did.

The girl didn't rush to leave; her breath was close at hand, carrying a faint fragrance, like cherry blossoms in early spring, soft and pure.

Feeling the warm breath gently brushing against his cheek, Lu Mingfei never imagined that this extremely innocent girl would do something so bold after waking up.

Who exactly taught her this method of marking in her dream?

From now on, no one is allowed to touch their chopsticks at any banquet unless you are there!
After the light kiss ended and the girl's soft lips left, Lu Mingfei dared to open his eyes and stare blankly at the adorable girl who remained calm and composed.

Erii's expression remained calm, as if the kiss just now was nothing more than a natural act in her world.

Her eyes were as clear as ever, without a trace of shyness or hesitation, as if in her mind, such intimacy was nothing more than a matter of course.

The girl didn't realize how bold her actions were, nor did she understand that her kiss was enough to rekindle the panic and excitement of her youth in a soul that was no longer young.

She only knew...

"I'm marking this place. From this day forward, Sakura belongs to me completely!"

Erii grabbed Lu Mingfei's hand, which was trying to touch the mark on his cheek, and said those words very forcefully and seriously.

Their innocent appearance is like a promise made by a child when they pinky swear, a promise that will never change for a hundred years!
But... these words were like a "Miss Qiu" falling over Tokyo, causing an endless and boundless shock in my heart, and even the waters of Tokyo Bay were stirred up with endless waves!

In an instant, Lu Mingfei's heartbeat and breathing, which he had just managed to calm down, became disordered again, and the dragon blood and human blood in his body boiled together.

An overwhelming sense of happiness washed over him, engulfing him completely and clouding his thoughts.

He opened his mouth, but was too excited to say anything. He could only nod vigorously like a fool, his lips unconsciously curving upwards.

At this moment, all words seemed so pale and powerless; only this silent response was enough to express the surging emotions he had suppressed until now, which he dared not reveal rashly for fear of frightening the girl.

Love rises with the wind, and when the wind stops... I will continue.

(End of this chapter)