13. Comparisons Are Odious
No, no, this is too embarrassing.
Reina put down the mop and returned to the bedroom, a mix of excitement, fear, and agitation swirling within her.
As she expected, Calysia was sound asleep. As long as she was holding something, she would be calm and sleep soundly through the night.
Her cute sleeping face was adorable, her tail and hands both wrapped around the pink pillow, even burying her face in it. If Reina were a passing stranger, she would definitely conclude that Calysia wasn’t the Dragon King, but just a cute girl lost in slumber.
Reina guaranteed that any of the Four Kings of the Realms could kill the currently defenseless Dragon King—this was also one of the reasons why the Dragon King didn’t allow anyone to approach her residence.
She trusted no one, yet she trusted me.
Just now, Reina felt an impulse to find an opportunity to eliminate the Dragon King, replace her, and then kill the other three Kings of the Realms.
That way, she could clear this game and perhaps even return to her original world. Even if she couldn’t, she could still live a carefree life in this world.
But when Reina saw Calysia’s unguarded, lazy sleeping face, she couldn’t bring herself to kill her.
Several inner voices echoed in Reina’s ears.
“Forget it, Reina. If you fail, the consequences will be even more severe.”
“Am I the kind of person who would take advantage of someone’s vulnerability?”
“Even if I kill the Dragon King, wouldn’t the other three Kings of the Realms still kill me?”
Just then, Calysia rolled over, and Reina subconsciously took a few steps back.
“Little Reina…”
“Give me… babies…”
“Cute…”
It was just sleep-talking.
Reina shook her head vigorously, forcing herself to stop thinking about it, and rushed out of the bedroom.
…
To change her mood, Reina went to the bathroom mirror to observe the changes in her body.
The first thing that caught her eye were the mature, deep purple dragon horns growing on either side of her head.
The horns curved slightly towards her forehead, with beautiful spiral patterns, though they weren’t very prominent.
Their shape and size were somewhat similar to Calysia’s, but the color was different.
What Reina cared about more were her eyes. The pupils of her azure, gem-like eyes had, at some point, become vertical slits, which she found both strange and demonic.
Opening her mouth slightly, she could see that her teeth were sharper than when she was human.
Reina had no time to grieve. She left the villa and began to test her newfound powers in a large open space.
She set up a wooden stake and used it to test her various abilities.
After two whole hours, Reina had tested all her stats, including magic, and finally came to a somewhat pleasant conclusion:
“Fifth-tier mid-rank, approximately level 58.”
As expected of the Dragon King, she had directly pulled her from level 30-something to almost level 60. In the game, even eating the highest-level experience orbs wouldn’t result in such a dramatic level jump. This was basically advancing from early mid-game to late mid-game.
What Reina cared about even more was that, at level 58, she could surpass most of the Dragon Knights.
No wonder her dragon horns had grown so large.
After completing the test, Reina subconsciously glanced at the full moon in the sky and suddenly realized it was already 5 PM. If she were a competent maid, she should immediately go home and prepare dinner.
But now, there were several critical problems.
First, although the villa had a fully equipped kitchen, there were no ingredients.
Second, she had no money and couldn’t buy anything at the market, including ingredients!
Finally, it was questionable whether the human society in this world even had a functioning economy and commodity circulation!
She couldn’t just go home now and tell Miss Dragon King, “I have no money to cook, you’re on your own,” could she?
With that thought, Reina left the villa and went out onto the street.
She vaguely thought the sun had come out, or that the huge full moon was emitting a stronger light than usual, allowing her to see the details of the dirty streets clearly.
No, it wasn’t brighter.
It was her vision that had become clearer.
The night vision unique to dragons made the night as bright as day.
She walked to the market based on her memory, and the scene before her instantly made her legs feel weak.
The market was still there, even crowded.
It looked like a normal market street in another world, but whether it was the streets, the fruit stalls, or the item shops, they were all covered in a thin layer of dust. The humans’ faces were filled with dullness and numbness, as if under a spell, completely unaware… that this village, and even the entire world, was abnormal!
She walked into the market and suddenly saw a young girl with long, dark red hair sitting on the ground, her head resting on her hands, at the entrance of a vegetable store.
The girl was wearing a red outer shirt and a black short skirt, her knee-high socks and the belt tied around her thigh complementing each other perfectly.
She was petite, but the red dragon horns on her head caught Reina’s attention.
The girl yawned listlessly, a stark contrast to the zombie-like humans behind her.
The moment she saw Reina, her body trembled violently, and she jumped to her feet like a carp. Her bored eyes widened, and her face paled, as if she had just experienced a brush with death.
She straightened her body, but couldn’t hide her nervousness.
“La… Lady Reina!!”
Reina remembered her.
One of the two elite Dragon Knights, the Commander’s deputy.
During the game, there seemed to be two weak elite monsters who attacked the protagonist, but these types of enemies never caused much trouble and were naturally forgotten by players. However, Reina vaguely remembered that their level was also fifth-tier mid-rank.
To encounter a subordinate just around the corner.
But she couldn’t just let her subordinate slacking off go unexplained~
“Do you know what you did wrong?” Reina pretended to be serious, not even looking at her.
“I’m sorry, Lady Reina, I… I shouldn’t be slacking off during work hours. I’m willing to accept any punishment! Sob~” Tears streamed down the girl’s face, as if the person standing before her wasn’t her superior, but a living Yama.
Seeing that her words had an effect, Reina didn’t press the matter further. She subconsciously patted the girl’s head and smiled:
“I was just kidding. What’s your name?”
“Fire…”
“Just Fire?”
“Yes.” The girl nodded seriously. “I don’t have my own name. My name and identity were given to me by the Dragon King, so I use the title [Fire Dragon], just Fire.”
“What’s a title?” Reina’s eyes flickered.
“Every dragon with status is given a corresponding title.” Fire said proudly: “I am Fire Dragon, my sister is Azure Dragon, and the Commander was Flame Dragon.”
“I see. Fire, you’ve worked hard.”
“Thank you for your understanding, Lady Reina.” Fire said shyly, twitching her tail.
Reina suddenly felt a pang of envy.
She was a little annoyed that Calysia hadn’t given her a title, and at the same time, she was a little jealous.
Even my subordinates have titles, and such a high-ranking, domineering title like “Fire Dragon.” Comparisons are odious.
But Fire’s mood was completely opposite to Reina’s, even ecstatic:
She had thought that Miss Reina, who killed Hoxas, was a stern and terrifying woman, but she turned out to be a kind older sister who cared deeply for her subordinates!
She was completely different from that Commander who only cared about appearances. She didn’t put on any airs in front of me, and didn’t even spread her wings to show off her authority!
She had just taken office and was already the Commander, exceptionally talented, with a beauty that seemed to have descended from the heavens, and such a likable and gentle personality. The position of personal maid was well-deserved.
Truly, comparisons are odious.
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