Chapter 43: Kobayashi's Dragon [VIP]

516.

"You said that after watching 'Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid' you wanted to live with humans like Thor?" I asked the majestic Dongfang Long standing in front of me.

"Yes! And unlike Thor's family, the dragon clan signed a treaty with humans a long time ago. My father also supports me and will not insist on taking her away like Thor's father did!" The dragon's mane and beard danced in the wind like flowing silk.

"Like Thor and Xiaolin, I want to find my own human beings! I want to try to understand humans, get along with humans, and live like a human!" The dragon said majestically.

I thought about it for a moment.

"Hey, how about coming to my house?" I said with shining eyes, "How come I'm not a Xiaolin?"

517.

Long was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect to be invited so soon.

"Hey?" It swung its tail, stirring up a gust of wind. "Is it okay?"

"Of course!" I nodded happily. "We have a large family with many different styles and styles. No matter what kind of person you want to know, you can find a model here!"

Long tilted his head and thought for a moment, his eyes sparkling.

"Okay then!" It nodded solemnly. "From today on, I'll live in your house!"

518.

So, when I returned to Wayne Manor with a dragon, here's how everyone reacted:

Bruce raised his head to take a look, then lowered his head to continue processing documents, showing an attitude that he was no longer surprised by any strange things.

Dick: "...Huh? Wait, you really brought back a dragon???"

Jason: "The house is already a mess, and you brought a dragon back? Will it breathe fire in the middle of the night?"

Tim began to quickly look up information about the Oriental Dragon.

Stephanie: "Ohhhh! Our house really has become the set of a magical variety show!"

Kashan tilted her head with an interested look and reached out to touch the dragon's scales.

Damian seemed calm, looking up at Long, but he had actually been gone for a while.

Barbara: "Leona, could you explain?"

"It's easy!" I folded my arms across my chest and proudly announced, "From today on, our family has our own dragon!"

519.

"Then where does it sleep?" Jason crossed his arms and squinted his eyes.

"Well..." I touched my chin.

The dragon stretched out its claws and pointed solemnly at my room: "I want to live with you!"

The room was silent for three seconds.

Dick was the first to burst out: "Wow! Leona, you're finally stuck with a little animal!"

"Huh? How can you refer to me with such a petty and humble name?" The dragon raised his head in dissatisfaction. "I am a member of the great dragon clan!"

“Alright, alright, great dragon.” Jason rolled his eyes. “Then you won’t transform back into your original form and collapse the entire manor at night, will you?”

"No." Long shook his head firmly, "I can transform into the appearance of you humans!"

The next second, a flash of light passed by, and the dragon's body shrank, turning into a young man wearing an ancient robe, with golden hair and golden eyes, looking majestic.

Everyone was silent for two seconds.

Then--

Stephanie: "...Damn, isn't this the hidden hero in the otome game?!"

Tim: "...So this is how dragons grow after becoming humans?"

Barbara: "This is really getting outrageous."

Damian: "...Change back."

520.

"So you're going to live in the human world like this from now on?" I sat cross-legged on the sofa, looking at the dragon that had turned into a human form.

"Yes!" The dragon nodded, "I want to work, eat, and sleep like a human!"

"So what kind of job are you going to do?" Dick asked curiously.

Long thought about it seriously, then patted his chest and said, "I can be a bodyguard!"

Bruce looked up at him, seemingly lost in thought.

"Or..." Long's golden eyes lit up, "I can be your manservant!"

The room was silent for a second.

Then--

Jason's mouth twitched: "Say it again?"

Stephanie facepalmed: "Why from dragon to human to servant? This logic is so weird!"

Damian mused, "Herbert (the name Damian gave his dragon) should be assigned a room next to mine."

Long: How rude! My name is Ao Tinghan!

Tim held his forehead and said, "Did you really watch Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid?"

"I saw it!" The dragon said confidently, "Thor did the same thing!"

I patted Long's shoulder with deep sorrow and indignation: "You are the dragon who has been most deeply poisoned by the two-dimensional culture!"

521.

"I think if the young masters and young ladies don't come to the restaurant anymore, these delicious dishes will lose their value." Ah Fu's voice sounded at the right time, and everyone walked towards the restaurant.

The atmosphere of the dinner was as lively as ever, especially the dragon of uff.

“Ao Tinghan, you really decided.

“

Looking at the eyes of the people around me, some of them warned me to stay at your house! I can’t go back on my word once I agree to this.”

"Yeah, we've already raised so many weird creatures, so it doesn't matter if he has one more." I threw all the celery to Long, and Long accepted everything and ate it all with his mouth wide open.

"...Did he put himself in the shoes of a pet?" Tim poked the potatoes on the plate with his fork.

"Isn't it a servant's duty to help the master solve all his problems?" Long said confidently, "Besides, I can also work for you!"

"Like what?" Jason raised an eyebrow.

"For example... help you grill meat!" Long opened his mouth and controlled it to spit out a ball of fire.

Stephanie looked up and released spiritual fire as well: "We can also release fire out of thin air ourselves. This skill doesn't seem to be very useful."

"Hmph!" Long snorted in dissatisfaction, and balls of fire escaped from his nostrils, successfully setting Jason's plate on fire.

Jason: “…”

Ah Fu came over and calmly replaced the burnt plate: "Master Ao, please don't set fire to the dining table."

"Uh... sorry!" Long quickly sat down and retracted the flame awkwardly.

Kashan handed him a glass of milk and asked him to calm down.

522.

"Okay." I took a bite of bread and decided to change the subject. "Then Ao Tinghan, since you want to live in the human world, you must have a formal identity, right?"

"Yeah!" Stephanie showed interest. "What do you want to be called?"

"Hmm..." Long tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Xiao Lin, Xiao Lin! You brought me back here, can I be registered with you? From now on, my name will be—Lin Tinghan! Okay?"

Everyone: “?”

Bruce: “?”

523.

The whole family was silent for a second, and then—

"You just recognized me as your master?!" Jason was stunned.

"Use... use your wife's surname?" Dick panicked.

"...You adapt faster than I do," Tim muttered.

Stephanie pinched her throat and imitated Ao Tinghan: "Master! I want pocket money!"

"Shut up!" Long was furious.

"Well, I personally don't have any objection to it." I shrugged.

"What...?!" Dick's eyes widened in horror. "He...he's going to become my brother-in-law right after he arrived?"

"What are you thinking about?" I punched Dick on the head. Does it sound good? If it sounds good, it's a good start.

"I'm just a temporary guardian. After all, Ao Tinghan has just reached adulthood in the dragon clan. I promised his mother that I would take good care of him." I patted Ao Tinghan's head.

However, judging by my mother's situation, I am not an adult, after all, I haven't even taken the adulthood exam.

Don't tell them about this kind of thing...

Jason held his forehead and said, "...never mind. Anyway, it's not the most outrageous thing for this family to pick up a dragon."

Long successfully integrated into this family, and Bruce... successfully had a grandson.

Now Bruce can truly experience the joy of having a large family! Yay!

This is really cause for celebration. This is really cause for celebration.

524.

Ao Tinghan returned to his room and quietly watched "Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid".

"Invited home - admitted... and rejected? Huh." Ao Tinghan was stunned for a moment.

"It's different from the plot. I went home directly with Xiaolin... This shows that I'm very charming. Unlike the Western dragons that look like ferocious and violent lizards, I'm slender and agile, which is obviously more pleasing to humans." The dragon stroked his tail that was carved from fine jade.

"Next...it's time to take Xiao Lin Fei!" Long scratched his head with his tail.

"But Xiaolin can fly by himself, so let's skip this part!"

"Showing the qualities of a butler."

A dragon circled the manor, robots diligently cleaned, plants diligently drove away pests, and exotic beasts tirelessly greeted the workers who came to deliver goods...

There's no place for him!?

The dragon drew circles in the corner with its tail dejectedly.

I am a useless dragon...

525.

"Hey." Damian stood next to the dragon, staring at him with unblinking green eyes.

"Is there something wrong?" Ao Tinghan raised his head lazily and wagged his tail.

"I need your help, Ao Tinghan." Damian's Chinese is very good, and he pronounces Long's name clearly.

Ao Tinghan's eyes suddenly lit up. He wrapped his tail around himself with dignity and raised his head proudly.

"The great dragon, despite being so busy, would like to hear your request... Hey, hey, hey! Don't leave! Tell me what's the matter! The great dragon will consider the matter... No, I will definitely help you!"

526.

Damian backed away.

"Train him." He showed the dragon the creature in his arms.

A little cat showed its small eyes in fear.

Hey, I'm fighting a dragon? Seriously? Wanna go?

"Ah..." Ao Tinghan wagged his tail lacking interest. He exhaled and covered his face with his crossed paws.

"You're so weak." The dragon's pupils kept changing, and he showed a dragon claw. The sharp and cold nails gently pushed Xixi, who was pretending to be dead in Damian's arms.

"This is also training your control over your own strength." Damian's expression remained unchanged.

The human's eyes and the dragon's eyes met at this moment, and no one looked away.

527.

"Why doesn't the devil kid go and fight Ao Tinghan himself?" Jason was holding a bucket of ice cream, watching the fun without minding the hassle.

"This way, Ao Tinghan can fulfill his wish and become a useful dragon, Damian can have close contact with the dragon he has always dreamed of, and Feifei won't have to go through painful training. It's a win-win situation." Jason grinned.

Feifei nodded frantically beside him.

That's right! Kill two birds with one stone! Let Damian and Long fight, I don't want to get involved!

Feifei carefully tried to jump out of Damian's arms.

Fate is strangled by the throat.

Feifei: Give up.

"I'm not asking you to duel with him." Damian stroked the fur that had exploded into a ball. "It's mainly to train Ao Tinghan's control."

"Uh... the ability to master how to beat small animals properly without killing them?" Jason complained.

528.

"Hmph." Damian snorted coldly, ignoring Jason's sarcasm and staring at Ao Tinghan intently.

Tim looked up from his tablet and pushed up his glasses. "According to the data, Ao Tinghan's strength control ability really needs improvement. Last time he was serving tea to Alfred, he crushed three cups."

"That's porcelain, so fragile!" The dragon swung its tail in dissatisfaction, accidentally sweeping over the vase next to it. The vase drew a graceful arc in the air and landed steadily on Xixi's head.

朏朏: “Meow?”

Damian: "See, that's the problem."

Long: "...This was an accident!"

Jason: "Accident, what a familiar word. Does it happen that every once in a while, a creature that keeps saying 'accident' appears in our house?"

529.

The special training officially began. Damian's plan was simple: let Ao Tinghan use his claws to tie a bow on Xiaoxiao.

"What kind of training is this?!" Long protested dissatisfiedly.

"The purpose of controlling power isn't to crush rocks, but to protect balloons." Damian stuffed the dragon's palm into his. "Don't crush it with your claws when it turns over."

Feifei shrank into the dragon's claws in fear.

The dragon stared at the trembling fur ball in his palm and tried to gently pinch its tail with his claws. However, the fur jumped with fright, and the dragon's claws twitched, failing to tie the bow. Instead, it pulled out several strands of fur.

"Meow!" Feifei was furious. She jumped up angrily, waving her little paws and gave Long a "cute punch".

Long: "...How dare this fur ball hit me?"

Damian: "You pinched it and it hurt."

Long: "I didn't use any strength at all!"

Tim was recording the data: "According to the force sensor, the force you just applied was enough to crush a piece of granite."

Long: "...Why do you humans have so many strange devices?"

530.

After a few days, the results of Long's special training gradually became apparent. Although he still occasionally crushed things, at least he could tie a crooked bow for Xiaoxiao.

Feifei was no longer afraid of him and would spend most of her time sitting with her legs crossed, playing games in his paws.

"That's great progress." Damian praised her rarely.

The dragon raised his head proudly: "Of course, I am a great dragon!"

"But," Damian pointed at the 朏朏 wrapped around the dragon's tail, "when did you become its personal cradle?"

Long looked down and saw that Xixi was curled up on the tip of his tail and dozing off, her furry belly rising and falling with her breathing.

Occasionally it would crawl around on the dragon.

"This is... a strategic show of weakness!" Long tried to defend himself, but the tips of his ears twitched honestly.

Jason laughed so hard he slammed the table. "That's not a dragon, it's a giant cat climbing frame!"

Long was so angry that he sprayed out a mist of water, which accurately diluted Jason's ice cream.

"Shut up, you Western barbarians!"

531.

Late at night, Ao Tinghan knocked on my door, with the sleepy Xixi still curled up on the tip of his tail.

"I understand!" he said excitedly. "Damian wants me to understand the Eastern philosophy of using softness to overcome hardness!"

I rubbed my eyes and pointed at the 朏朏 on his tail: "So the result of your special training is to become a cradle exclusively for 朏朏?"

The dragon froze in place, and 朏朏 took the opportunity to climb onto his head and formed a furry crown.

Damian's voice drifted faintly from the corridor. "Tomorrow's training is to comb a cat without breaking the teeth."

Long: "I want to go back to the East China Sea!!!"

532.

The next day, the surveillance camera captured Long combing Xixi's hair while studying "How to Become a Good Butler". There was a handwritten note from Damian between the pages: "Learn to control your claws first."

Jason looked at the surveillance footage and marveled, "I'm so lucky to see a dragon grooming a cat in my lifetime. The world is so big and full of wonders."

Tim calmly showed us his computer screen. "According to data analysis, Ao Tinghan's power control ability has increased by 47%, although the method is a bit...unique."

Bruce looked up from behind the newspaper. "As long as he doesn't tear down the house, let him do what he wants."

Alfred walked in with a tea tray. "Do you want me to prepare a special comb for Master Ao Tinghan? I heard he broke three more yesterday."

The dragon poked its head out from the crack in space: "...I heard it!"

533.

In the end, Ao Tinghan's special training ended with "successful control of strength." Although he still occasionally crushed things, at least he could tie a perfect bow for Xiaoxiao and even help Alfred serve tea without crushing the cup.

"Is this the result of your special training?" I asked him with a smile.

The dragon flicked its tail, and Xiaoxiao yawned above his head: "Humph, the great dragon can do anything!"

Damian silently put away his training plan, with a slight smile on his face.

Jason patted Long's shoulder. "Welcome to the Wayne family, giant cat climbing frame."

Long: "...I want to go back to the East China Sea!!!"