Chapter 24: The Evil Dragon Works
Lucia’s relaxed expression gradually grew heavier.
She thought about how she currently had nothing, and Xia Li, who took her in, couldn’t gain any benefits from her.
Things without value would be thrown away like trash.
The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became.
Moreover, Xia Li’s previous words, “How do you feel about living with me these past two days,” sounded like a farewell.
Lucia felt a bit sad.
But she couldn’t tell why she was sad.
She had only experienced this emotion twice in her life.
Once was when she was sitting on a mountaintop watching two mixed-scale dragons fight, and the residual flames from the battle completely charred the half-eaten meat she had.
Another time was when she flew back to her lair after a stroll and discovered that the gold coins inside had been stolen.
Oh, and there was also the time when the cave she had painstakingly built was raided by the Brave Hero, Xia Li.
Those were the gold coins and gems she had snatched from the neighboring kingdom after much effort, and before she could even enjoy them, she was driven away by Xia Li.
Lucia was disheartened for quite a while because of this, vowing to give Xia Li a good beating the next time she saw him.
As a result, when she saw Xia Li the next day, she took a detour.
It wasn’t that she couldn’t beat him.
It was mainly because she wasn’t in good shape that day.
“Xia Li, you…”
“You… are you going to kick me out?”
Lucia felt the emotion called “sadness” emanating from within her chest.
Evil dragons wouldn’t hide their emotions, so this feeling was very directly displayed on her face.
Her slender willow eyebrows furrowed slightly, and her watery eyes looked at Xia Li with disappointment.
Her soft cherry lips pursed into a downward curve, and Lucia took a small breath.
If Lucia had beast ears like those demi-humans in Azure Continent, they would definitely be completely drooping right now.
Xia Li’s gaze paused for a moment.
Why did it feel like this evil dragon was about to shed little pearls?
He was just about to start reasoning with Lucia, not kicking her out.
“Ahem, it’s like this. I told you earlier that everything in this world has a price tag. If you want to obtain them, you need to earn them with your own hands.
‘Money’ is the most important thing for survival in this world, and the main way to obtain it is through labor.
With your current abilities, you are not yet capable of participating in those labors outside.
Therefore, I have thought of a solution for you.”
Xia Li spoke earnestly, and Lucia’s expression was even more serious than his.
“… What solution?”
“Doing housework.”
“Housework?”
“Yes, just like washing the dishes you did earlier.”
“Just washing the dishes is enough?”
“Of course not, besides washing dishes, there’s also mopping the floor, washing clothes, drying clothes, these I will teach you slowly later. Your daily task from now on is to take care of these trivial matters.”
“Okay, it doesn’t sound too difficult.”
Lucia’s expression finally relaxed a bit.
So Xia Li wasn’t going to kick her out.
If she could find something to do… or in other words, if she could demonstrate her value, Lucia wouldn’t have so much of a sense of crisis.
As a member of the dragon race, Lucia knew that many things dragons did were driven by interest; often, if they found something interesting, they would just do it.
But humans were different.
Humans were much greedier than dragons, and everything they did had a purpose.
Lucia had been trying to guess what Xia Li’s purpose was in bringing her home.
It wasn’t to take her flesh and blood, nor was it to make her bear little dragons.
This seemingly desireless state was what worried Lucia the most.
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After all, Xia Li was a dragon slayer, and it wouldn’t be excessive for a dragon slayer to do anything to a dragon, right?
Now, Lucia at least knew Xia Li’s purpose and her own role.
“Phew.”
She felt a little relieved.
It was just cleaning, among those lazy pureblood giant dragons, her lair had been considered the cleanest!
Mere housework, she could handle it!
“This towel is for wiping the table, this one for washing dishes, this… um, this is my bath towel, don’t touch it. The rest of the towels aren’t so particular, you can use them to wipe anything.
And this, the furry thing on the balcony is a broom, the one with the cloth is a mop, when cleaning, wipe the table first, then sweep and mop the floor.”
“…………”
Listening to Xia Li explaining the tasks to her like he was chanting scriptures, Lucia felt her head spinning.
How could it be so complicated!
You humans have too many things to do!
No wonder you have so many worries every day!
“This is the washing machine, first throw the clothes in, then add laundry detergent, after that you just need to press the ‘power’ and ‘start’ buttons, it will notify you when it’s done, and you need to hang the clothes on hangers to dry.
One thing to note, you can’t wash underwear in this, your, ahem, bras and p*nties need to be hand-washed, using the pale yellow soap in the bathroom.”
Before Lucia could even react, Xia Li went to the balcony outside the living room.
There was a bulky machine there, hollow enough to hold Lucia whole.
“The power cord for the washing machine is here, I usually unplug it when it’s not in use… but don’t unplug the water valve, the water valve is too far inside, it’s not easy to operate.”
Xia Li finished explaining these tasks to himself.
In order to show Lucia more visually, he even demonstrated it himself.
“Got it?” After finishing the actions in his hands, Xia Li looked up and asked.
Lucia’s small face was tense.
After a moment, she slowly nodded.
Xia Li: “…”
D*mn, this silly dragon probably didn’t remember anything.
“It’s okay.”
Fortunately, Xia Li had a good mentality.
He hadn’t expected Lucia to learn everything in one go.
“We have plenty of time, we’ll learn slowly.
During this time, you’re responsible for familiarizing yourself with Earth’s way of life, help with the housework if you can, if you can’t, just watch from the side, and take over these chores when you’ve learned.”
Xia Li thought for a moment and added, “By then, I should have gone out to work, so you’ll be in charge of everything at home.”
“Work?” Lucia raised her face and asked, “Is it to earn money?”
“Yes, until you find your own job, I’ll be responsible for earning money.
However, it will probably take you a long time to find a job, after all, you don’t even have an ID card…”
Speaking of the ID card, Xia Li felt a bit of a headache.
Getting Lucia registered wasn’t an easy task.
If she was younger, it would be fine, she had no parents, maybe after staying in an orphanage for two years, she could have her own ID card.
But Lucia looked like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl…
If the police uncles found out that she didn’t have any identification, Xia Li would be the first one who couldn’t escape.
Scratching his head in annoyance, Xia Li decided not to think about the identification issue for now.
“We’ll take it one step at a time, what you need to do now is master the housework I just taught you.”
“Of course, I won’t exploit you… I won’t let you do these things for free, I’ll pay you.
For example, washing a dish is one yuan, mopping the floor is five yuan… I’ll give you all this money, and you can save it up to buy anything you want.”
