Evil Dragon Chapter 70: Extra 2-3: Craving

Chapter 70: Extra 2-3: Craving

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Aika

 

In fact, Rennes’ apartment was not far away, just on the other side of the forest park, a large flat that overlooked the entire park. After coming down the entrance elevator, Lin Nuo was immediately captivated by the view outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. At that moment, the sun was setting, with most of the orange sun hiding behind the clouds, casting a dark golden glow on the continuous canopy of trees.

The end of summer kept the trees deep green, interspersed with dots of deep red and gold, swaying gently in the evening breeze, radiating a jewel-like light. Surrounded by tall trees, the central lake of the forest park came into view. The smooth lake resembled a large piece of jade, appearing warm and stable even in the enchanting twilight. Above the lake, there were some vague dots, presumably flocks of birds circling, eventually settling quietly back into the trees.

The scene, the colors, it made Lin Nuo’s heart itch — he really wanted to paint, wanted to capture this scene on paper. While his heart itched, Lin Nuo’s body began to move involuntarily, muttering, “Want to paint, want to paint…”

He forgot that he was still in Rennes’ pocket, and as he twisted and turned, he accidentally rubbed against Rennes’ chest. It wasn’t until Rennes reached out and stopped him, saying in a displeased tone, “Stop moving,” that Lin Nuo realized, “Oops, did I just… rub against the cherry in his pocket while dancing…”

Realizing this, Lin Nuo immediately became awkward, his body stiff, not daring to move. Fortunately, Rennes didn’t say anything more but walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, resting his hands on the glass, seemingly quietly enjoying the sunset.

When the sun went down, the dim lights in the living room suddenly brightened, and the electric curtains slowly closed on their own. Rennes gently placed Lin Nuo on the sofa again and spoke, “The first day of transformation may be a bit weak. We’ll start training tomorrow.”

Oh, at least he’s somewhat humane. 

Three minutes later, Lin Nuo retracted that thought. Because after changing into a set of home clothes, Rennes rolled up his sleeves and casually said, “I’ll give you a bath.”

…You’re going to give me a bath?! Lin Nuo’s face instantly turned bright red, and he stuttered, “Chirp— chirp chirp!”

He wanted to say: No! Don’t! I can do it myself!

Looking at the angrily blushing pink dragon, Rennes seemed indifferent, “Do it yourself? Sure. You can jump off the sofa, walk to the bathroom, hop onto the sink, and then you can wash yourself. Oh, right,” Rennes added in a “thoughtful” tone, “You can use the master bedroom’s bathroom. Go through the right corridor, and it’s on the left. The straight-line distance is about 30 meters. Good luck.”

What’s so difficult about this?! It’s just going from a sofa to a bathroom, a mere 30 meters. It shouldn’t pose any obstacle! Lin Nuo confidently moved his claws to the edge of the sofa, preparing to jump down.

Uh, yeah. Due to the sudden reduction in size, the height from the sofa to the floor was about six or seven times Lin Nuo’s height. He peeked down and started to feel a bit weak in the knees. But it’s okay, after all, I am a dragon — even though I don’t quite look like one — I’ve never heard of a dragon that killed itself by falling.

So, Lin Nuo took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and prepared to gracefully land on the floor.

“Thud!” He went face down and smashed straight down. Fortunately, under the sofa was a soft, long-pile carpet. Even if he fell on it like a pancake, it wouldn’t hurt. Although it didn’t hurt, it was quite embarrassing.

Lin Nuo sneakily glanced at Rennes, who was standing aside. He found this guy with his hands crossed, looking calm and collected, watching the show. Damn it! It’s okay, at least I took the first step successfully! And although I fell face down, at least I didn’t end up upside down with all four legs in the air. I’ve already won half the battle!

Lin Nuo raised his chest and continued to move towards the master bedroom. The carpeted floor in the living room extended only around the sofa. The rest of the floor was either wooden or large tiles. After walking a few steps on the wooden floor, Lin Nuo felt his claws hurting.

Is this dragon so delicate? But Lin Nuo wasn’t ready to give up. He pursed his flat lips into a line and continued to move forward. After walking less than 10 meters, his limbs started trembling uncontrollably. This feeling was no different from running ten thousand meters. No, it was even more uncomfortable than that, as if his will was weaker than when he was in human form.

Lin Nuo made a couple of whining sounds from his throat, stopped to take a couple of breaths, and stubbornly extended his front claws again, wanting to continue forward—

Just as Rennes walked two steps over, he reached down and picked him up, saying, “I changed my mind.”

Lin Nuo immediately shouted anxiously with a red face, “Be reasonable! I haven’t given up yet! Put me down! Hey!”

Rennes said, “Hmm, I won’t be reasonable.”

After saying that, Rennes carried him in his hands and walked into the bathroom. Lin Nuo was stunned by this shameless person and was just standing there, carried to the sink.

Rennes twisted the faucet with one hand, adjusted it to the shower mode, and said, “Lie down if you don’t want to choke on water. Spread out.”

Watching the gushing water, Lin Nuo shivered. No matter how unwilling he was, he could only lie down on Rennes’ hand.

“I said—spread out. All four limbs, don’t block your tail,” Rennes repeated.

Lin Nuo’s flat mouth turned down, feeling angry, and he stubbornly kept his hind limbs tightly closed, refusing to open them. He thought, Do you think I’m a hamster or a kitten? I… fundamentally, I’m still a person!

Then Rennes sprayed a stream of water onto him.

“Hiss!” Lin Nuo instantly became obedient. Forget it, yielding for a moment doesn’t mean surrendering psychologically. He comforted himself, closed his eyes, and turned into a flat dragon pancake.

Rennes tilted his hand slightly, with his thumb and forefinger respectively inserted under Lin Nuo’s armpits, ensuring that this guy wouldn’t accidentally slip, and began rinsing him with the shower. The water pressure from the shower was very gentle, and the temperature was just right.

After rinsing twice, Rennes squeezed some foam onto his hand and scrubbed Lin Nuo from head to tail. What kind of shower gel is this? The faint scent of bergamot is really pleasant. Lin Nuo was rubbed and scrubbed very comfortably; he even had to squint his eyes. Hmm… um… the pressure from the fingers is really good, probably used to bathing pets often, right?

Tsk.

After rinsing off all the foam with clean warm water, Lin Nuo was then placed on a large towel that had been laid out, and Rennes used a hairdryer to dry him. The hairdryer was set to a moderate temperature, and the warm air blowing on Lin Nuo’s dragon body was not uncomfortable. The buzzing sound of the hair dryer also had a hypnotic effect, like white noise.

As he was being dried, Lin Nuo’s eyelids couldn’t stay open, and his limbs unconsciously started retracting. Rubbing his claws while mumbling, “Hmm, I, I can do it myself…”

After a couple of mumbles, he fell asleep like that.

Rennes turned off the hairdryer, carefully looked at the dragon, who was now sleeping with a slightly open mouth, and a gentle smile appeared on his face. The coldness and indifference in his eyes were nowhere to be found, leaving only pure tenderness, and even a bit of indulgence. He gently lifted Lin Nuo, placed him on the bed, and used another pillow and a cushion to block around him to prevent Lin Nuo from rolling around. Afterwards, he pressed his index finger on Lin Nuo’s forehead and said with a mouth shape, “Sleep well.”

Rennes stood up, walked out of the master bedroom with light steps, and entered another room on the opposite side.

He first sat on the sofa, opened the black notebook given to him by Lin Nuo’s grandfather, flipping through it. As he looked through it, a hint of emotion kept surfacing from the depths of his eyes.

Ten minutes later, he locked the notebook in the cabinet, sat at the black desk, turned on the computer screen, clicked on the earphones, and said, “I’m online, let’s have the meeting.”

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Whether it was due to the significant energy consumption during the transformation or the comfortable shower and massage before bed, Lin Nuo slept soundly. When he woke up, Rennes was not by his side, and he wasn’t in the room either. On the large bed, there was only the dragon, Lin Nuo, lying there alone.

Looking at the 2-meter-wide bed, a sudden thought popped into Lin Nuo’s mind: I need to roll several circles in a row to roll to the edge of the bed? Hmm… He raised his head, looked left and right, and confirmed once again that Rennes wasn’t around.

Perhaps because he had slept well, he felt much better physically today than yesterday. So, he crawled out from the dragon-shaped canyon made of pillows, turned to one side, and started rolling towards one direction… When he was about to reach the edge of the bed, he made another turn and continued rolling towards the other side…

Hehe, quite fun. What Lin Nuo didn’t know was that in the other room, Rennes, sipping coffee, was watching with interest on the monitor as Lin Nuo rolled and rolled.

The monitor was initially installed to prevent Lin Nuo from falling asleep and accidentally rolling off, but Rennes didn’t expect to witness such a “performance” from it.

When Lin Nuo finally got tired of rolling, Rennes put away the slight smile on his face and “unfeelingly” knocked on the door, “Awake? Get up.”

After a night of ample rest and morning exercises, Lin Nuo’s coordination abilities were much better. This time, he successfully jumped from the bed to the floor by himself, without landing on his face.

Watching him proudly walking out of the room, Rennes bit his lip and barely concealed the emotion on his face.

During breakfast, Lin Nuo looked at the food in his dragon-shaped bowl and plate, frowning, “What’s this?… Cat food?”

Rennes said, “Dragon pup formula.”

Using a toy-like dragon-shaped spoon, Lin Nuo scooped up a piece of food and tasted it.

It seemed like a mixture of meat and vegetables, with a little salt added. Not bad, just… not much flavor. He put down the spoon and looked at Rennes eagerly, “Didn’t you say we would have boiled fish today?”

Rennes put down his Pad, “For lunch. Finish your breakfast first, and don’t forget to drink the milk.”

Lin Nuo’s hope was reignited. He quickly finished the granular dragon pup formula and drank all the milk. Due to his flat mouth, milk dribbled all over his face, forcing him to pause twice and wipe it with a napkin. Fortunately, Rennes had been focused on his Pad, so he probably didn’t see Lin Nuo in such a disheveled state. Lin Nuo thought thankfully.

Once the plate in front of him was empty, Rennes took Lin Nuo to another room. This room also had floor-to-ceiling windows facing the forest park and… some strange arrangements. Huh? These arrangements… could they be… Lin Nuo tried to twist his head to see while in Rennes’s hands.

Rennes squatted down and put him on the floor. Perhaps the dragon pup formula was effective; Lin Nuo rushed out, running even faster than yesterday. After reaching these arrangements, Lin Nuo confirmed: These were miniaturized easels and canvases, and they were even preloaded with drawing paper. Next to the easels was a row of small brushes, all of which Lin Nuo’s claws could grip.

“Chirp? Chirp chirp?” Lin Nuo asked incredulously. What’s going on? Why is this here? … Can I use these?

Rennes didn’t explain why there were miniature art supplies. He simply said, “Stay here for a while, and after a while, I’ll come get you for physical training. You can use anything in the room.”

With that, Rennes left, leaving the entire room to Lin Nuo. Lin Nuo pounced to the floor-to-ceiling window, looked at the vibrant greenery outside, his heart beating fast. He then rushed to the drawing board and began drawing with his claw.

After completing a piece, Lin Nuo started thinking about the question again: Why are there miniaturized art supplies? At first, when using those sophisticated tableware to eat, Lin Nuo didn’t pay much attention—after all, these things looked like exquisite children’s toys, easily obtainable. As for the dragon pup formula, it shouldn’t be too troublesome for the servants to make it freshly.

But these art supplies… they must be specially customized, and it’s impossible to make them overnight. So, does Rennes already know I’m coming? And did he make these preparations in advance? This… seems unlikely…

Baffled, Lin Nuo habitually tried to scratch his head with his claw, only to find his arms were too short, so he ended up scratching his face. For Lin Nuo, who loved drawing, one hour passed quickly.

A reluctant Lin Nuo was then carried to another room, where he was completely dumbfounded: This room had been transformed into a “rock climbing training room.” An entire wall was covered with simulated rocks, each intricately shaped with colorful climbing points scattered across them.

These points were quite close together, and they were within Lin Nuo’s reach. In the middle of the climbing wall, a basket was hung with various items inside.

Rennes pointed at the basket, “Want to eat boiled fish? Take out what’s in the basket, and you’ll have boiled fish for lunch.”

Looking at the basket hanging so high, Lin Nuo estimated it was about 20 times his own height. Tsk, quite challenging.

Rennes didn’t even prepare a safety rope or protective gear for him. He said that if Lin Nuo fell, he needed to remember how he fell.

Lin Nuo looked at the serious expression on Rennes’s face, realizing that this person wasn’t joking around. This was what he had been referring to as “training.” He gritted his teeth and clumsily scrambled up, starting to climb with his hands and feet. Lin Nuo fell twice.

Luckily, he was lightweight, and there were soft cushions beneath the climbing wall, so the falls weren’t too painful. it was a bit embarrassing to sprawl on the floor.

After an hour and a half of exertion, an exhausted Lin Nuo finally reached the basket, and using his mouth, he took out what was inside. It turned out to be a piece of chocolate. A chocolate shaped like a dragon coin.

When Lin Nuo returned to the ground with the coin in his mouth, Rennes crouched down and patted his head—this time Lin Nuo didn’t even have the energy to dodge.

Rennes said, “Good job, the chocolate is an extra reward, suitable for dragon pup consumption, you can eat it too.”

Lin Nuo didn’t say anything and just swallowed the chocolate. Hmm, not sweet, but very fragrant.

Feeling somewhat rejuvenated, he stared at Rennes, “Ah, my boiled fish? Where’s my boiled fish?”

Rennes smirked and brought him to the dining room. Shortly after, the familiar aroma filled the open kitchen.

Ah, right! Chili! Sichuan peppercorns! Doubanjiang! Lin Nuo plopped onto the dining table, continuously drooling.

Fifteen minutes later, a plate of bubbling hot boiled fish was served. The fish slices were tender and white, the chili vibrant red, and the Sichuan peppercorns exuded a fragrant aroma. Although the plate was several times larger than Lin Nuo’s entire body, it didn’t stop Lin Nuo from staring wide-eyed, wiping the drool from the corners of his mouth, and looking around for utensils—

But Rennes leisurely sat down and placed another dish in front of Lin Nuo. This dish consisted of thinly sliced, cooked salmon with finely chopped raw chili on the side.

Lin Nuo was dumbfounded. Seeing Lin Nuo’s stunned expression, Rennes, with a hint of mischief on his face, said, “Thinly sliced fish, blanched in plain water, with lots of chili—Isn’t this what you wanted yesterday, boiled fish?”

Lin Nuo turned green, “What?! This isn’t, this isn’t the boiled fish I wanted! That one is!”

Rennes picked up a piece of steaming hot fish with green onions on top and waved it in front of Lin Nuo, “This is my boiled fish. Want to eat it? Once you can turn back into a human, you can eat it.”

From yesterday until now, Lin Nuo, who had been constantly “bullied,” was finally pushed over the edge by this last straw. His two claws slapped the table, tears about to spill, “You, you, you scoundrel! You’re going too far!”

Rennes completely ignored Lin Nuo’s wailing and, right in front of him, put the fish into his mouth. He closed his eyes, slowly chewed a few times, then said slowly, “Mmm, delicious.”

Lin Nuo’s eyes were filled with tears, about to burst into a loud cry, but he saw Rennes put down his chopsticks, pick up a nearby cup of clear water, and started gulping it down. He finished one cup and poured another, continuing to drink. Huh…?

Lin Nuo carefully observed Rennes’s complexion and found that although he said it was delicious, his brow was already furrowed. His cheeks were turning unnaturally red, and his lips were becoming bright red. Could it be… Could it be that this guy actually can’t eat spicy food at all?! Just one piece of boiled fish, and he’s already spiced like this?! Hehehe. Serves him right.

Seeing Rennes suffering from the spiciness he had deliberately caused, Lin Nuo couldn’t help but let out a tearful laugh.

“This guy is bringing trouble upon himself, serves him right for trying to prank me!” Lin Nuo laughed with a sense of triumph, wiping away his tears as he enjoyed the amusing scene before him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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