I don't want to be a dragon maid!

Shelley looked at Noah and said in a serious tone.

"I want to stand beside Noah, I want to be Noah's partner!"

"Partner? But Noah is a maid, and Lady Shelley is the master..."

Noah patted her maid outfit and said, somewhat puzzled.

"Aren't we partners?"

"Partners are equals, not superiors and subordinates. Partners have similar strengths, similar beliefs and ideals, and can develop any kind of relationship..."

Shelley clasped her hands together and said with some disappointment.

"Noah, if I didn't have a summon contract, then..."

Shelley lowered her head, looking at the tips of her shoes, her face showing disappointment.

Shelley didn't finish her sentence, but Noah understood what she meant: the two of them were simply too powerful...

The reason they are able to stand together now is because of that summon contract. Without this contract, Noah and Shelley would just be two parallel lines that would never intersect.

Dragons should follow heroes! Dragon knights!

Instead of an apprentice magician.

This was exactly what Shelley had been worried about.

But Noah didn't have that idea...

"Lord Shelley, you don't need to think about these things."

Noah smiled gently and spoke softly.

"Noah is right here, right before your eyes, and he will not leave!"

"I know that...but..."

Shelley suddenly raised her head and looked at Noah, her eyes filled with stubbornness.

"Noah, listen to me! I will become the most perfect lady and an outstanding magic master! I will never be the useless person you speak of. You want to seduce and corrupt? Dream on!"

"so……"

Shelley paused, looked at Noah, and her hardened courage softened. She spoke cautiously.

Can you wait for me?

Noah looked at Shelley's timid eyes, nodded, and said with a smile.

"Of course, I will wait for you. Noah will wait for Lord Shelley, no matter how long it takes."

After receiving the promise, Shelley showed an expression that was hard to describe as either sad or happy; it was a very complicated one.

The complexity that even Noah couldn't see through.

The carriage had already stopped in front of the house. Shelley turned around, grabbed the vegetable basket beside her with both hands, and said...

"The first step to becoming a lady is learning to cook, Noah. Today I'll show you what a lady really is!!!!"

Shelley tried with all her might, but the basket full of ingredients remained motionless, like a stone sunk to the bottom of the sea!

Shelley tried for a while, then shifted her feet, looked at Noah with a dejected expression, and said pitifully.

"Noah, could you help me carry the groceries back to my room?"

"Ha ha!"

Shelley shook her head somewhat helplessly. It seemed that Lady Shelley's first step towards becoming a lady had already failed...

However, despite failing at the first step, Shelley did not give up.

When Noah returned home after storing the medicinal herbs in the warehouse, wanting to help in the kitchen, Shelley pushed her out of the kitchen.

Since Lord Shelley was so determined, Noah couldn't refuse. She could only sit on the wooden chair and wait for Lord Shelley to serve the dishes.

Lord Shelley seems quite confident, so dinner should be able to be a bit more normal tonight...

"Oh, why did the egg turn into a chick?"

"Why are apples growing on top of soy sauce?!"

"Don't run around like that right after you're born! Don't touch the plates, those are Noah's favorites... Ah! I used the wrong magic!"

Right?

Noah was filled with questions. Just from the noise coming from the kitchen, he knew something was seriously wrong!

She even saw a salted fish with four legs run out of the kitchen...

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As a novice writer, I've finally reached the "Core Formation" stage. Of course, I'll still flop if I want to, but I still want to see if I can reach that level.

However, after the book is published, I probably won't be updating frequently, since I have a job. I'll be spending most of my time on my regular work, but I might try updating three or four times on weekends, I think that's possible? (I'm such a lazy dog.)

But thinking about it from another perspective, although I won't be updating all the time, I also won't abandon the project. After all, I have a regular job, and writing novels is just a hobby.

Before becoming a writer, I was also a reader. Every time I saw a work that was no longer being updated, I felt very bad. So I will probably continue to update twice a day.

When I started writing Dragon Maid, I thought that getting a contract would be a victory, and having people read it would be a win. This is the first time my work has received attention, and it's also my first novel to be published. I will strive to finish it with a million words.

This novel may be far from good, but for a novice writer like me, it's a remarkable breakthrough (though it's still destined to flop).

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Chapter 87 Lord Shelley, do you perhaps want to...?

If Noah hadn't known she came from another world, she would still have suspected that Lady Shelley was cooking with nuclear wastewater in there.

A salted fish with four legs!

How did this happen?! I've never seen Lord Shelley use those strange magic spells before.

Noah stood up, hesitated for a moment, and finally sat back down obediently.

It's rare that Lady Shelley is so eager to try cooking, so let's just make her happy.

Noah was sitting at the wooden table, wondering if she should decorate for dinner, when there was a knock at the door.

"That swindler is here again? I've already refused him so many times."

Noah's face showed a hint of annoyance as she heard the knocking. She opened the door and said impatiently.

"I don't buy dictionaries, I don't buy perfume, and I'm not interested in any weird or unusual gadgets... Sigh?"

It wasn't a shady merchant who appeared at the door, but rather an embarrassed-looking Annie.

"Miss Noah, we meet again."

Anne clapped her hands together and said awkwardly.

"Although it's sudden, could you let me go inside and lay low for a while?"

"no!"

Noah glanced at this guy who was even bigger than a light bulb, and decisively refused, immediately turning to close the door.

"Noah, wait a minute, I'm here to deliver the exam admission ticket to Miss Shelley and also to explain the details of the exam in two days!"

Anne reacted quickly; she immediately grabbed the door and shouted.

"take an exam?"

Noah paused, stopped what she was doing, and looked at Annie with a suspicious expression.

"That's right, it's an exam, the Snow Eagle Magic Academy placement exam! I'm one of the examiners."

Anne peeked out from under the door and said in a serious tone.

This was a reason that even Noah couldn't refuse. Noah knew how important Snow Eagle Academy was to Lord Shelley.

"Come in!"

Noah sighed helplessly, opened the door, and let the two of them in.

Anne quickly went inside the house, glanced outside a few times, and then carefully closed the door.

"Miss Anne, what are you doing? Why are you acting like a thief?"

Noah, seeing Anne's furtive behavior, couldn't help but ask.

"It's all because of a few nobles!"

Anne couldn't help but sigh, her face filled with distress.

"Today is the last day of the teacher's test. I was supposed to go back to school to register with the Flower Magician, but I don't know where those nobles got the news about me. They're blocking me everywhere, saying they want to put their idiotic sons under my name."

"So from that night onwards, I kept hiding and dodging, and before I knew it, I had arrived at Miss Shelley's house."

"But Miss Anne, how did you find out about my family?"

Seeing that Anne was covered in sweat, Noah poured her a glass of water and handed it to her.

"This was filled out by your master when he enrolled in Snow Eagle Academy. After all, the teachers need to come to the door to investigate from time to time, right?"

Shelley finished the water in one gulp and said with a satisfied expression.

"Comfortable... Oh, Miss Noah, is Miss Shelley doing a deep clean? All sorts of musty smells are wafting out."

"This one..."

Noah hesitated, glancing furtively into the kitchen, a hint of embarrassment on her face.

To be precise, it wasn't a musty smell, but rather the "fragrance" of Shelley's cooking...

But Noah was too embarrassed to say it.

"This house smells really musty. It must be tough on you and Miss Shelley. You haven't eaten yet, have you? Would you like to eat something together?"