A baby dragon has built a nest outside the Novice Village

Chapter 40 Sorry, it’s a man

"You are really not a woman..."

Lanya looked at Fari's back in front of her.

He looked only about seven or eight years old, wearing a coat that seemed a little too big for him. He moved his short legs forward with a clacking sound.

"No, no, no."

Fary's voice sounded very irritated.

"I am a man, a man."

This is why he doesn't want to transform into a human form. Every time he transforms into a human form, he has to go through this process.

He is so handsome that he has to spend a lot of time explaining his gender every time.

Lanya didn't say anything, and this silence actually irritated Farui a little.

And now the elf girl was looking at Farui with a smile.

Fari finally saw the exit, not far ahead. The two of them had been walking for almost half an hour, and now they were far away from the capital.

"Well, in order to fulfill the contract, I had no choice..."

Lania watched as the silver-haired girl squatted down and stared at Farui with a smile.

Lanya remembered the elf girl. She had once visited with the chief priest of the Sun God Cult and seemed to be the chief priest's guest.

"Turn left ahead and you'll reach the exit."

"Why are you here?"

"Really? I always have to wait till this point before I believe it."

"Are all of you royal nobles so sinister?"

"I believe you are a boy."

Fari's voice became smaller and smaller. Although Safrina in front of him was smiling, the pressure she gave him was much greater than when she took direct action.

"It's just a precautionary measure."

Fary cursed under his breath and took another step.

"You still don't believe it, do you want me to show you the evidence?"

Lanya spoke quickly and made Fary stop his action of "taking out evidence".

Fari felt a little guilty and asked first.
"Oh, why were you so resistant when I asked you to change into human form?"

The secret passage they were in was quite complicated, with many branches, behind which were traps set for invaders.

Farui feels a little regretful now. He feels that the mental damage he suffered cannot be compensated by such a small amount of things.

The exit is located in an abandoned kobold lair outside the royal capital. This is Lania's first experience in battle.

"We agreed on this. Five pieces of magic equipment, each worth no less than 2,000 gold coins. I will inspect the goods."

Lanya followed Fari out of the secret passage, and then she saw an elf girl standing in front of Fari.

"Can you explain, Princess?"

Lanya looked around and saw that the exit of the nest was blocked by the elf girl, who was rubbing Fari's little face.

"Let me go, stop rubbing me."

The young dragon that had been cursing in front of him not long ago seemed to be under the control of the elf girl in front of him.

If I don't explain, it seems like I can't get out.

"The thing is like this..."

Lannia briefly explained what had happened. During the explanation, she watched Farui break free and then be caught again. Suddenly, she inexplicably felt as if she had become a part of some game of theirs.

"I understand."

Safrina loosened her grip, and Fari finally escaped from his clutches.

"Let's go. By the way, don't sleep on that pile of treasure."

"What are you thinking about? She's not a dragon, why would she sleep on gold coins?"

Fari rubbed his face. Safrina's attack was quite measured, so it didn't hurt. He walked out of the lair and turned into a dragon again.

"No matter how much money you have, you won't become a human until you grow into a young dragon."

After silently making up his mind, Fary stretched out his claws and lifted Lania up. "It's going to be a bit bumpy, bear with it."

After saying that, Fary flew up into the sky. Lania swung in his claws, and the journey was indeed bumpy.

Safrina did not return to his lair with Fary. She looked towards the royal capital in the distance, took a step, and the next moment, Safrina disappeared into the abandoned kobold lair.

She still had some unfulfilled duties between her and the Sun God Cult, so at this time, she had to return to the capital to meet the chief priest.

"Master Priest, she escaped."

The deacon walked into the room and reported to the chief priest in front of him.

"You really don't want to show yourself?"

The evil dragon has kidnapped the princess of the kingdom, but the chief priest of the Sun God who is here has no intention of taking any action, which makes the kingdom more or less dissatisfied.

"Tell them that I need to maintain the seal. In the midst of chaos, I need to remain vigilant."

The deacon nodded and turned to leave.

The royal capital is indeed in chaos now.

Fari did not appear for long, but his behavior was extremely high-profile. Now everyone in the royal capital knew that the kingdom's only princess had been kidnapped.

Still in the palace.

This is an insult to the entire kingdom. If they cannot rescue the people, they will become the laughing stock of all nearby human kingdoms.

"His Majesty summoned the Grand Commander of the Shadow Crow Mercenary Group for a new mission."

The king's messenger arrived outside the Shadow Crow Mercenaries' headquarters in the royal capital.

"The Grand Commander is chasing the dragon and has already left."

The Shadow Crow Mercenaries are gathering in full force, and shouts can be heard everywhere.

"The mercenary group will definitely take back Princess Lannia."

Even the mercenary group's cooks were in the assembly line. It looked like Shadow Crow was not going to take back the princess, but more like moving house.

"Should we stop them, Your Majesty?"

In the palace, an old man in his sixties was standing at the door of Lanya's previous room.

"Shadow Crow is refusing to accept your orders."

The old man shook his head.

"Legally speaking, Shadow Crow does not belong to the royal family."

The king glanced at the assassin who had been turned into two pieces of meat paste.

“It’s a mess.”

The current situation is too chaotic.

The sudden appearance of a dragon, an assassin who shouldn't have appeared in the palace, the relics of the Dark Dynasty, the Cult of the Sun God, and Shadow Crow who was about to leave the capital by claiming to take back the princess.

He had been king for so many years, trying hard to maintain the balance between the various nobles, and had been walking on thin ice for decades. This was why the kingdom remained peaceful for decades.

And now, the chaos begins.

"Your Majesty, once Shadow Crow leaves the capital, we will completely lose control of it."

The servants beside him were still making noise.

Although he is called the king, the areas that the royal family can directly control are only the areas around the royal capital and a few territories directly under the royal family.

Other places are the private reserves of the nobles, and they will not obediently and completely carry out the king's orders.

"Why, do you want to start another small war in the capital?"

The king was furious, but soon realized that something was wrong and calmed down.

"The person who found out who those two pieces of meat next to him belong to has already plotted against me, and I'm not dead yet."

"What about the princess? Otherwise, prepare 500,000..."

The king shook his head. In his eyes, Lanya was already a dead person. Whether she could be saved or not, she had to be dealt with.

It's impossible to spend so much money on a dead person.

"Go find the Adventurer's Guild and tell them there's a big mission."

(End of this chapter)