It took Su Nian a full two hours to finish that pot of "poisonous soup" filled with love.
How to describe that feeling?
Even though it was full of spiders, scorpions, centipedes, and the like.
The medicinal soup was sickeningly sweet.
So sweet that by the end, Su Nian's tongue was numb, and so was his heart.
After feeding him the medicine, Anna licked her pink lips with her little tongue, looking somewhat unsatisfied.
So, she bent down again and planted a smack on Su Nian's big face, leaving a cool, moist lip print, only then feeling it was enough.
Any more kisses, and big brother would be making a mistake.
"Big brother, rest well~ If you need anything, tell Anna, and Anna will try her best to satisfy you."
Anna smiled with pursed lips, extending her soft little hand to gently tap the black dragon's nose with her finger.
Afterward, she twisted her soft, slender waist as she climbed down from the black dragon's chest, tidying up all the bottles and jars.
She wanted to ensure the dragon's nest always remained clean and tidy.
"Anna..."
Su Nian lay on his back on the bedrock platform, looking at the sliver of sky visible through the top of the dragon's nest, his eyes somewhat dazed.
"What is it~ big brother?"
Anna turned half her body to look at the black dragon, her apron failing to keep up with the twist of her body, not covering what it was supposed to cover.
Su Nian caught this sight.
He took a deep breath.
"I just wanted to ask, will you always feed me medicine like this in the future?"
"Yes, of course~"
Anna nodded matter-of-factly.
"Big brother is a sick dragon now~ so of course you need to be taken care of properly~"
"How could we let big brother take medicine by himself?"
"It must be Anna who feeds you."
Anna spoke righteously, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
Seeing Su Nian fall into deep thought again, becoming a thinking dragon, she hummed an unknown tune and continued with her chores.
"Sigh—"
Su Nian sighed in his heart.
It wasn't that he didn't enjoy Anna's clingy care.
Mainly, he was afraid that one day he wouldn't be able to control himself.
But now that Anna had a dragon heart, perhaps, maybe it would be okay?
No, that's wrong.
Like hell it would be okay!
As soon as such thoughts emerged in Su Nian's mind, he immediately extinguished them.
No matter how he thought about it, it just didn't feel right.
...
...
Sakura Island No. 2 Novice Village.
"Akase-sama, this is Murachicken-san, he's the one who wanted to meet you."
In a room hung with various monster skulls, a group of Sakura players knelt.
The Sakura player sitting at the head was a magnificent middle-aged man.
He was nine feet tall, with a bare, muscular upper body.
His square face was adorned with a full beard, and his eyes flashed with intensity, commanding respect without even showing anger.
He was the village chief of Sakura Island No. 2 Novice Village.
A level 21 warrior player.
Ohguchi Akase.
The Sakura player who had just spoken was his underling, currently introducing Yamaguchi Murachicken's identity to Ohguchi Akase.
"Murachicken-san."
Ohguchi Akase, seated at the head, spoke.
His voice was like muffled thunder, making the surrounding players' ears uncomfortable.
"I heard that you were beaten until you pissed yourself by a group of monsters in Sakura Island No. 1 Novice Village?!"
"You are simply a disgrace to us Sakura people."
"If I were you, I would have already committed seppuku!"
Ohguchi Akase berated Yamaguchi Murachicken harshly.
As it happened, they had some connection in reality as well.
Ohguchi Akase was considered Yamaguchi Murachicken's uncle.
They were both members of the Yamaguchi family.
However, Ohguchi Akase and Yamaguchi Murachicken had only met a few times.
He had only a slight impression of this younger relative.
Now, that slight impression had completely turned into a bad one.
"Akase-sama, those monsters were not ordinary."
Yamaguchi Murachicken lowered his head, his voice trembling, though it was unclear whether from humiliation or anger.
"Not ordinary! What's not ordinary about them?"
"No matter how extraordinary they might be, they are still just brainless monsters, while you are a Sakura person with a brain!"
No matter what Yamaguchi Murachicken said, Ohguchi Akase only saw it as an excuse for Yamaguchi Murachicken's incompetence.
Yamaguchi Murachicken pressed his lips together, with trembling hands, under Ohguchi Akase's intimidating gaze, he pulled up a recording.
"Please watch this, everyone. After watching, if you still think I'm inadequate, I'm willing to commit seppuku and leave the No. 2 Novice Village."
Seeing Yamaguchi Murachicken make such a statement, Ohguchi Akase didn't say anything more.
The other Sakura players in the room also focused their attention on the recording.
The recording lit up.
It showed a shaky perspective, with very blurry surroundings.
"Huff, huff..."
Heavy breathing could be heard.
Clearly, the person recording was running for their life.
"Useless!"
Ohguchi Akase snorted coldly, thinking the recording was made by Yamaguchi Murachicken.
If that were the case, then Yamaguchi Murachicken was just a coward who knew only how to run away, a clown.
However, he soon changed his mind.
The recording's perspective turned back, presumably as the Sakura player looked back.
In view was a large number of crimson eyes.
Even through the recording, one could feel the brutality and malice within them.
"Oh my god!"
The player in the recording let out a sharp scream in fear.
Ohguchi Akase's expression improved a bit.
At least this voice wasn't Yamaguchi Murachicken's.
Otherwise, he might have immediately stood up and cleaved Yamaguchi Murachicken in half with one stroke.
"Rumble rumble!"
Heavy footsteps approached.
As if a stampede of bulls was on the move.
The blood-colored eyes came closer and closer, their speed faster than the player's!
In this moment of crisis, all the Sakura players watching the recording couldn't help but break into a cold sweat, as if they were watching a horror movie.
The pressure was simply too intense.
However, the player in the recording disappointed their expectations. At the critical moment, he actually tripped over a stone.
"Baka! Get up!"
"Even if you can't escape, at least draw your weapon and be a true Sakura samurai!"
But the player in the recording didn't get up.
Because a large, furry foot was already stepping on his back.
The view gradually elevated.
This Sakura player was being lifted up by his head, held in a monstrous claw.
"Crunch, crunch, crunch..."
A teeth-grinding sound came through.
As the recording's view rotated backward.
A terrifying rabbit head covered in muscular lumps appeared.
That "crunch, crunch" sound was it grinding its large buck teeth.
In its crimson eyes, the reflection of the Sakura player's terrified face could be seen.
The view rose higher and higher, gradually changing from looking up to looking down.
The assembled Sakura players took a deep breath.
They knew.
The Sakura player recording this had been lifted up by this giant rabbit.
Behind the giant rabbit, there were more, densely packed giant rabbits.
They had blood-red eyes, carrying savage and cruel killing intent, their mouths emitting "huff, huff" heavy breathing sounds.
"Crack—"
The Sakura player's neck was broken.
The recording's perspective tilted 90 degrees, gradually fading.
Looking at the now-black screen, the group of No. 2 Novice Village Sakura players fell silent.
The air became somewhat stagnant.
Even Ohguchi Akase, sitting at the head, furrowed his brows tightly.
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