Shut Up, Malevolent Dragon! I Don’t Want to Have Any More Children With You Vol. 4 Ch. 8

On the grass of the training grounds, the young dragon girls sat together.

Noa and Aurora were staring at each other in silence, an air of seriousness between them that felt out of place for children.

Moon looked at her older sister, then at her younger sister, blinking with curiosity. She wiggled the tuft of hair on top of her head and asked earnestly,

“Are we playing a ga called ‘Just Staring Without Talking’ today?”

Aurora raised a hand, cutting off her second sister’s question while keeping her eyes on Noa.

“I just saved you,” Aurora said, enunciating each word clearly.

“What do you an, Aurora?”

“I’m not talking to my big sister; I’m talking to the ghost hiding inside her.”

“Ugh~ not ghosts again. Aurora, you even talk in your sleep about catching ghosts,” Moon groaned, sprawling out lazily on the grass, her little tail spreading beneath her.

Moon had developed a sort of PTSD from the word "ghost." Every ti, Aurora would drag her into ghost-hunting adventures that always turned out to be pointless.

Over ti, Moon had begun to suspect that her little sister had simply gone stir-crazy from boredom during sumr break, unable to find enough fun and eventually losing her mind.

Noa covered her face with a sigh. “There are no ghosts, Aurora. You’ve been hunting them for a whole month. If you keep this up, sumr break will be over. Why don’t we use the ti left to play so gas or practice the magic we’ll need for next sester?”

It wasn’t scary that her little sister was a troublemaker.

What was scary was that this troublemaker was smart and stubborn.

Aurora only trusted what she saw, heard, or deduced herself. No matter what others said, she wouldn’t change her mind unless there was definitive proof.

If Noa inherited their dad’s talent and determination and Moon took after their mom’s occasional silliness, then their little sister Aurora must have inherited both their parents’ unyielding stubbornness.

This trait was perfect for scientific research, but could she please not use it on her big sister?

Aurora narrowed her eyes slightly, then waved her hand dismissively.

“Hmph, I don’t know what you were trying to do while spying on Mom at work, but don’t expect to save you next ti.”

Noa shook her head with a smile. “So, were you saying that to or to this so-called ghost?”

Suddenly—

Aurora stood up, walked over to Noa, and cupped her sister’s face with her small hands.

“Big sis, believe in . I will save you!”

“...Okay, I’m sure that one was ant for .”

Moon sat up and raised her hand. “Umm, so what ga are we playing today?”

“What do you want to play?” Noa asked.

“Ummmmm...”

Moon rarely thought hard, only really doing so when choosing a ga or deciding on dinner. But no matter how much she thought, she realized they’d already played every ga that sumr, and playing them again felt dull.

So, she gave up thinking.

“I don’t know...”

While the three of them sat there in indecision, two maids passed by the training grounds.

One of them seed to be holding a flyer for an event.

“Oh, this looks like such a unique ga! I’ve never heard of it before,” one maid said.

“I heard it’s a ga brought over from another race. Thrilling, exciting, and quite a brain-teaser!” the other maid replied.

Moon’s ears perked up, and she ran over to them.

“Miss Myss, Miss Elia, what ga are you talking about?”

Myss bent down and handed the flyer to Moon. “Your Highness, we’re talking about a new live-action interactive ga that’s beco popular in Sky Castle. Look.”

Moon took the flyer with both hands. The main image was of a massive castle, dark and mysterious under the night sky.

Beside it were so cartoonish bats, not too scary in appearance.

Moon read the words on the flyer:

“Sky Castle’s newest large-scale live-action interactive ga: Explore the mysterious castle and help the princess find the hidden culprit...”

“Yes, Your Highness. If you’re interested, you could ask Their Majesties to take you,” Elia added.

Moon’s eyes lit up. She hadn’t heard of this ga before, and just the flyer alone had sparked her excitent.

“Thank you, Miss Myss, Miss Elia,” Moon said politely.

“You’re welco, Your Highness.”

Moon ran back to her sisters, flyer in hand.

After sitting down next to Noa and Aurora, she spread out the flyer.

Noa and Aurora leaned in to take a look.

“A live-action interactive ga?... Sounds fun,” Aurora said, visibly interested.

It was well known that when the words “live-action” and “interactive” were put together, it usually spelled fun and excitent!

As the top mischief-maker of the Silver Dragon Clan, Aurora wouldn’t want to miss such an opportunity.

“Right, right! Aurora wants to go. How about you, big sis?” Moon asked excitedly.

Noa kept reading the flyer.

“The ga lasts at least seventy-two hours and is best for groups of friends or family... The recomnded number of participants is eight...”

Noa quietly counted their relatives.

“Dad, Mom, Moon, Aurora, ... Even if we include Aunt Isha, that’s only six people. We don’t have enough, Moon.”

Besides the keywords “live-action” and “interactive,” this ga also had the word “large-scale.”

Along with its seventy-two-hour duration, it had a participant requirent.

And knowing the lkvey family’s nature, they weren’t likely to join up with others for a group ga.

Moon pouted and began to think hard again. “Then... we could ask Sherry to co!”

“Sherry’s away on a mission and hasn’t been ho for a while.”

“Um... What about Milan and Aunt Anna?”

“Milan’s busy with work and can’t make ti. As for Aunt Anna... she doesn’t seem to like this type of ga.”

Feeling defeated, Moon flopped back onto the grass again.

Aurora, too, looked disappointed, fiddling silently with the tip of her light-pink tail.

Noa’s eyes fell on the flyer, where the winning chanics and prize were noted at the top.

“Whether you’re part of the good team or the wolf team, as long as you complete all the triggered tasks, you’ll be the winner of the ga.”

“The winner will receive the ultimate hidden relic of the castle—the Black Sacred Stone.”

There was a small note in parentheses explaining the “ultimate relic.”

“The ga item ‘Black Sacred Stone’ is made of the safe material ‘Night Spirit Crystal.’”

“Night Spirit Crystal... I rember our teacher saying it’s not very common but not particularly useful. It’s mostly used for decorative pieces.”

Most people probably joined the ga for the novelty and fun, not caring much about the final prize.

“Little one, that’s not just a ‘useless material,’” said the “ghost” that had been silent until now.

Drip—

A drop of water fell from the dark golden ceiling into the water at Noa’s feet, rippling out to the massive white dragon.

“What’s Night Spirit Crystal?” Noa asked.

“In ancient tis, dragons used Night Spirit Crystal to enhance the magical circuits inside young warriors. This allowed them to cast more powerful magic without harming themselves.”

The ancestor explained patiently, “Moreover, it also increases the efficiency of gathering magic.”

Noa raised an eyebrow. “If it’s so effective, why isn’t it used anymore?”

“Because to activate its properties, it requires a special type of magic.”

A special type of magic.

Noa imdiately understood what the ancestor was implying.

“Only primordial power can unlock its true potential, right?”

“Clever girl.”

The ancestor said, “So, Noa, this is our chance.”

Noa blinked. “What chance?”

“If you won’t let borrow your mother’s wedding pendant, then Night Spirit Crystal is the perfect substitute. We need it to gather primordial power more quickly.”

“So... you need to join this ga, and you must win.”