LIGHTNOVELWORLD Volume 1 Chapter 2
2. Aowuu
Late at night.
“Wuu——”
The little Dragon Princess was currently besieged by sleepiness, her eyes half-open, her head bobbing up and down like a pecking chick, trying her best not to fall asleep, looking very silly.
“Are you sleepy, Xia Yi?” Xia Lulu pinched her daughter’s soft cheeks.
“N-No, not at all!”
Xia Yi rubbed her eyes, feigning strength.
“I’m not sleepy in the slightest! Aowu…”
“You’re already yawning. Let’s call it a day, it’s time for you to go back to your own room and rest, Xia Yi.”
“I don’t wanna, I still want to be with Mother.”
“Xia Yi, do you remember what day it is tomorrow?”
“I remember.”
Tomorrow is Xia Yi’s Royal Trial.
The dragons are a powerful race that values strength. Xia Lulu not only needs to deter the outside world but also constantly face challenges from the within her own kind.
As the future heir of the dragons, Xia Yi also needed to demonstrate her qualifications to all her kin, to speak with her strength.
Even if she is a beloved little princess, she cannot be exempt.
If Xia Lulu’s offspring is a weakling, it will invisibly affect Xia Yi’s future standing among the dragons…
In short, she would go from a promising dragon to a cute mascot.
“Then go and rest well, adjust your condition, Xia Yi. Can I wait for your good news in the palace?” Xia Lulu patted Xia Yi’s head.
“Mother, I will definitely show our race members how outstanding I am with the Christie bloodline!”
“Are you really that confident? I heard that you’ve been playing around all the time and almost never passed your regular tests.”
“I-I haven’t been playing all the time! I think I can do it…” Xia Yi’s voice was a bit guilty. “Probably…”
…
The next day.
After bidding farewell to her mother last night, Xia Yi quickly fell asleep after returning to her room to prepare for the next day’s trial.
She rarely dreamt, but that night, she had one.
It was a strange dream. In the dream, she seemed to be a swordsman, constantly honing her skills and challenging various powerful enemies…
“What a ridiculous dream. No wonder everyone says dreams are the opposite of reality.”
Xia Yi didn’t take it seriously.
She had been good at magic since she was a child and had never touched a sword, let alone practiced swordsmanship. There was absolutely no possibility of her being a swordsman.
However, as the little Dragon Princess, Xia Yi would not be distracted by these things.
With the servants’ help, Xia Yi changed into her combat dress.
After all, today’s Royal Trial is the top priority.
A few hundred years ago, Xia Lulu had elegantly and beautifully achieved victory and gained the recognition of the entire dragon race.
She believed that if her mother could do it and if she couldn’t, it would certainly cause controversy.
Therefore, today’s battle was a must-win.
…
The dragons were perched on all sides of the arena to personally witness how the little Dragon Princess would perform in the Royal Trial.
“It’s really exciting. I wonder how strong our little Dragon Princess is?”
“Princess Xia Yi is Her Majesty the Queen’s only daughter. Since Her Majesty the Queen is so powerful, her offspring can’t possibly be a weak dragon.”
“Yeah, rather, if the strength displayed by Princess Xia Yi is not satisfactory… that would be interesting.”
Listening to the others’ discussions.
Standing in the center of the arena, Xia Yi felt immense pressure. It was her first time facing such a scene.
She could imagine what would happen if she failed…
“No, I can’t fail.”
Xia Yi shook her head, driving this thought away.
I can do this, I can do this!
“Your Highness, are you ready?” The dragon presiding over the Royal Trial stepped forward and asked.
This was a big sister dragon with fiery red hair, Sera, dressed in a very alluring manner, with a proud figure, a true beauty. She was also a member of the Royal Maid Corps and had served Xia Yi for many years.
“Let’s begin.” Xia Yi nodded, biting her lip, ready for battle.
Seeing the princess’s nervous appearance, Sera was amused. “Your Highness, there’s no need to be so nervous. Relax a little…”
“I’m not nervous!” Xia Yi immediately retorted. “This Royal Trial is nothing to me. I can easily win it! Watch your words, you’ve lost respect for me!”
“Okay, okay, Your Highness, you’re right!” Sera couldn’t help but laugh. “Then, Your Highness, do you want to challenge a third-tier enemy?”
In this world, the strength of the mighty had a standard of judgment.
Starting from the first tier and going up, third, fourth, fifth, sixth…
Currently, Xia Yi possessed the strength of a third-tier dragon.
“Just third-tier? Are you looking down on me?” Xia Yi scoffed.
“Your Highness, the challengers participating in the Royal Trial throughout history have all chosen opponents of the same tier as their own strength.”
“But there are exceptions,” Xia Yi said, “Mother challenged a fourth-tier opponent with her third-tier strength back then, right?”
“So you want to choose a fourth-tier enemy? Please consider carefully.”
“No need to think about it, just bring it on. I can’t wait any longer!”
“I understand.”
Sera had no choice but to respect Xia Yi’s decision. She chanted a spell and summoned a huge magic circle on the ground, then stepped back.
After a loud noise, a colossal figure appeared in the center of the arena.
It was a golem made of precious magic crystals, towering dozens of meters tall. Xia Yi, not even reaching one and a half meters, was swallowed by its shadow.
As long as its core was intact, the golem could continuously draw magic from the air to repair its body.
Moreover, magic itself was hardly enough to break through the golem.
This is an undoubtedly a war weapon. If the dragons truly intended to slaughter humans, just releasing a large number of golem to the outside world would be enough to cause humanity’s extinction.
“The Princess is actually challenging a golem beyond her tier?”
“Look at the inscriptions on this golem. It seems to have extremely high resistance to magic, a specialized type… I can’t even break its defense.”
“This is a troublesome opponent. Even our elite dragon guards may not have absolute confidence in defeating the golem.”
Wuu wuu!
Xia Yi began to wail in her heart, her face already showing a look of grievance.
Why did the opponent have to be a golem with maxed out magic defense? Even if the defense is broken, it can keep healing itself endlessly. How can such a ridiculous monster be defeated? Isn’t this deliberately making things difficult for this princess?
At that moment, Sera came running over again.
“Your Highness, I can tell everyone that I summoned the wrong one and replace it with a weak and incompetent opponent for you. How about that?”
Hearing Sera’s words, Xia Yi, who had undergone elite dragon education, reflexively interrupted her, “No need! This is fine, I’m very satisfied. Only by defeating strong enemies can I prove my strength!”
Even Sera was shocked.
The Princess’s mouth is even harder than magic crystals!
But then she thought, if Her Highness really gets embarrassed, the sight of the blushing loli princess crying and being stubborn at the same time seems… quite cute, right?