Chapter 30: You’ll Have One Too, Someday
The Serpent Queen retorted, “Taking you out to play doesn’t mean letting you possess his body! Return control to your father, now!”
Yan Yan, arms crossed, said defiantly, “Hmph, I already asked for Father’s permission! I’m just borrowing his body for a bit…”
“This is ridiculous!”
The Serpent Queen sighed, rubbing her forehead. Yan Yan giggled.
“Speaking of which, Father’s body is so different from Mother’s~ His chest is so… flat! And he has this… extra thing between his legs. It’s a bit uncomfortable.”
She looked down, her hands fumbling in the air, unsure what to do with it.
Girls, after all, didn’t understand how to handle a… dragon.
Their actions made both the Serpent Queen and Yun Xiu blush.
“Yan Yan!” The Serpent Queen felt her face burning with shame. “Stop messing with your father’s body! Come back to my sea of consciousness, now!”
“Are you jealous, Mother?” The little princess giggled, covering her mouth with her hand. “Even jealous of your own daughter? You’re such a jealous queen, heehee~”
With her father’s “support,” Yan Yan had become bolder, even daring to tease her mother.
The Serpent Queen glanced at Yun Xiu, who was looking at her with a strange expression, and she felt even more embarrassed.
She had just been bragging about her daughter, and now her daughter was making a fool of herself, giving Yun Xiu something to laugh about.
Enraged, she glared at her foolish daughter, her slitted pupils narrowed.
“I’ll count to three. If you don’t come back, you’ll never come back! —Three!”
Huh? Yan Yan hadn’t expected her mother to get so angry.
“Mother, don’t! I still want to play with Father…”
“Two!”
“Mother~ Just a little longer! Please~”
“One!”
“Fine, fine, I’m coming back~”
She closed her eyes, returning control to Yan Zhen, her consciousness, like a flame, shooting out from his forehead, returning to her mother’s sea of consciousness, where she hid, feeling guilty.
…
Yan Zhen stumbled, almost falling. Yun Xiu quickly caught him.
“Are you alright, Yan Zhen?”
He shook his head. He just wasn’t used to these sudden consciousness shifts. It always took him a moment to regain control of his body.
“That’s good.” She said softly, “Was that… really your and the Serpent Queen’s daughter?”
He scratched his cheek.
“I… I’m not sure.”
He looked at the Serpent Queen, who, noticing his gaze, quickly turned away.
“Don’t look at me like that. The future is the future, the present is the present.”
“Oh.”
— This is awkward.
He barely knew her, and now they suddenly had a daughter, who had even traveled from the future!
Thankfully, his daughter didn’t know how she had been conceived, and the Serpent Queen was also unaware of their future entanglement. Otherwise, if she had been more cautious, it could have significantly affected the plot.
The Serpent Queen’s role in the script wasn’t major, and her interactions with him were limited, but they were crucial.
…
A subtle tension filled the air between them, like two people secretly in love, too shy to confess. Yun Xiu, feeling like an outsider, her heart aching, tightened her grip on his hand.
He noticed her sadness, his fingers gently tracing patterns on her palm, his voice a soft whisper in her mind.
“…You’ll have one too, someday~”
Her cheeks flushed, remembering his passionate nights with her, how he had “filled” her repeatedly, and how she had “occasionally” … forgotten to refine his essence. Perhaps… it was really possible…
No, no, that couldn’t happen!
She lowered her head, embarrassed, but her mood had improved. She interlaced her fingers with his.
The Serpent Queen, noticing their interaction, snorted.
“Since you promised to take Yan Yan out to play, don’t break your promise. I’m free every day!”
He thought for a moment.
“Then… let’s go now? Where does Yan Yan want to go?”
Yan Yan had been born in the Water City, living there with her mother for several years. She was familiar with the local attractions.
The Serpent Queen paused, then Yan Yan’s mental voice echoed from her mind.
“I want to go to the Serpent Arena with Father! I want to watch the serpent fights!”
Serpent fighting was a unique form of entertainment in the Water City.
Most of the city’s inhabitants were descendants of the Serpent God, naturally capable of communicating with snakes and controlling them.
Serpent fights involved two snake controllers battling each other. The outcome usually depended on the snakes’ strength and abilities, but the controllers’ tactics also played a role. Defeated snakes were buried respectfully.
The Water City’s army also had skilled snake handlers, forming the “Serpent Cavalry.” The combination of human and snake, their mobility and lethality unmatched, was one of the city’s greatest prides.
Serpent fighting was also a popular theme in literature, inspiring countless stories and even action-packed novels like Serpent Battles in the Sky, which he had purchased for Yun Xiu during their sightseeing trip.
…
They left the teahouse, the two Serpent Guards following at a distance.
There was only one large Serpent Arena in the Water City. The Serpent Queen, flashing her royal token, was immediately greeted with respect, the three of them led to a luxurious private box with an excellent view.
…
They sat on a large sofa, Yan Zhen in the center, the Serpent Queen on his left, Yun Xiu on his right.
He felt a sense of pressure, his future wife and daughter on one side, his self-proclaimed “secret lover” on the other. Although there was no overt hostility, the situation was tense.
“Ahem, can Yan Yan see the fights from inside your sea of consciousness?”
“I can see, but it’s not the same.” Her mental voice came through. “Mother, I want to… possess your body~”
The Serpent Queen sighed.
“You can possess my body, but no running off.”
Yan Yan eagerly agreed.
The Serpent Queen closed her eyes, relinquishing control. When she opened them again, her slitted pupils were gone, and her hair was streaked with red.
“Woohoo! I’m out again!”
She stretched, then turned to Yan Zhen, her voice cheerful.
“I want to sit on Father’s lap~”
Without waiting for his response, she climbed onto his lap, pulling his arms around her.
“Yan Yan?”
He felt her weight on his lap, his legs sinking into her soft, round buttocks, his hands on her slender waist. It was… surprisingly comfortable.
The Serpent Queen was taller than him, making their current position look a bit awkward. Yan Yan also felt something was off. It didn’t feel the same as sitting on her father’s lap before. She shifted her position, trying to get comfortable.
“!”
His “dragon,” stimulated by her movements, stirred, threatening to awaken. He groaned inwardly.
— My dear daughter, this is your mother’s body, not yours!
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