Chapter 31
That outrageously absurd translation from the Rain Dragon expert sent the livestream’s already sky-high popularity soaring even further. Even viewers who had been watching the other guests’ streams could not resist their curiosity and all crowded into this one.
There were so many viewers that several times the stream lagged so badly people could not even get in.
Within half an hour, related hashtags were already trending across multiple platforms.
#Was Yomi Actually Flirted With by a Rain Dragon?#
#The Rain Dragon Expert’s Breaking Point#
#The Wildest Livestream Scene Ever#
Fortunately, the host in the studio was extremely professional. After hearing that Rain Dragon translation, she did not break character. She only pressed her lips together and continued watching the live feed from Rhea Continent seriously. When she saw Louis drive the two Rain Dragons away, she turned to the Rain Dragon expert beside her at the right moment and asked, “Do you think the Rain Dragons will come back?”
The expert took the tissue his assistant handed him and wiped his forehead. “Judging from what they said before leaving, there is a very high chance they will come back. Rain Dragons often mean what they say. For example, many years ago, one Rain Dragon got shocked by an electric ox. Right there and then, it made a Rain Dragon declaration saying it would eat that electric ox. But its luck was bad, and it did not rain on Rhea Continent for nearly two months afterward… At the time, we all thought there was no way it would still remember that electric ox. But when it rained again, that Rain Dragon rushed to Rhea Continent immediately and accurately found that exact same electric ox…”
“My goodness, that persistent?”
“Yes.”
To liven up the atmosphere, the host joked, “Then, Professor, if you were on Rhea Continent right now, would you tell Louis what those two Rain Dragons think of Yomi?”
The expert glanced at Louis on the screen, who had chased the Rain Dragons across two entire mountains, and forced a smile. “If he needed it.”
The comment feed instantly filled with “hahaha.” Everyone was laughing themselves silly.
Seeing the Rain Dragons chased off by Louis, the viewers all let out a sigh of relief. That meant the two Rain Dragons were no match for Louis. Even if they really did come back as the expert said, it would just be a second round at most. Yomi’s safety would not be affected in any way.
Just as they expected, the live camera returned to the riverside. Louis was catching fish with Yomi. Yomi was bored, so he poked his head out from the capsule and helped Louis watch the water. Whenever he spotted a fish, he would quietly remind him.
The drizzle fell softly. The whole scene was lush and green, full of life. It was the kind of peaceful daily life the audience loved.
But misfortune comes without warning—and this was the perilous Rhea Continent, after all.
Two hours later, the cozy mood in the livestream changed.
In the smaller screen, the drone that had been following the Rain Dragons showed that the two Rain Dragons were now leading an entire group of Rain Dragons toward the riverside.
At first glance, a massive flock of dark shadows filled the sky, vast and menacing.
A few little animals that had been about to poke their heads out were so frightened they shrank right back into their burrows.
[Holy shit… the Rain Dragons called for backup! No, wait—they called for dragons!]
[Rain Dragons, do you even have any shame? You lost two-on-one and now you want to gang up on him?]
[Sorry, family, but I’m a little excited. Isn’t this basically the grand procession of a wealthy family coming to marry someone off? Look, the one in front is even carrying a red cloth in its mouth!]
[?]
[I understand Rain Dragon language. The leader of that group is telling them to bring the baby back. Rain Dragons are very family-oriented. They’ve treated Yomi like one of their family’s children…]
[LMAO, is it too late for me to start learning Rain Dragon language now?]
…
In the camera tracking the Rain Dragons, nearly all of them had various kinds of junk in their mouths—yes, junk. To Rain Dragons, these brightly colored, oddly shaped treasures really were precious gifts, but in truth, they were just trash.
They flew straight to the riverbank where Louis had been catching fish earlier.
When they got there, the group looked around everywhere. After failing to spot anyone, they did not panic. Instead, they patiently followed the scent. Before long, with the help of the two repeat-offender Rain Dragons, they successfully found the area near the stone cave.
The lead Rain Dragon had already confirmed that Yomi was inside the cave.
In order not to alarm the enemy, the group huddled together and discussed things in whispers. In the end, they sent only one sub-adult Rain Dragon forward to negotiate, and the leader handed the red cloth in its mouth to that one.
The mission-bearing sub-adult Rain Dragon flew to a tree behind the rock wall opposite the cave with the red cloth in its mouth. It peeked at the large and small figures inside the cave, then locked onto the smaller one. It lowered its head, found a small stone, wrapped it in the red strip of cloth held in its mouth, and then—whoosh!—threw it over!
In the studio, the host smiled. “To actually come up with a throwing method like that—Rain Dragons really are intelligent!”
By now the expert had finally regained control of his expression. He said gravely, “Those first two Rain Dragons probably saw our guest Yomi as a cute life-form that accidentally hatched while they were collecting toys, so they unanimously decided that Yomi belongs to them. But with Louis there, trying to take him by force would likely injure both their own kind and Yomi, so they chose this method instead… to lure him out.”
“Lure him out?” the host said in astonishment.
“Yes,” the expert replied expressionlessly. “Take a careful look at that red cloth. It appears to be a commendation banner they picked up somewhere. Since Yomi wears clothes, they assume he would also like red cloth made of the same material… Rain Dragons sit at the top of the food chain in this area. If they were hunting, they would never need to mobilize so many dragons for something as small as Yomi. This is clearly an attempt at goodwill.”
[Lure Yomi out of the cave? My god… aren’t these basically child traffickers?]
[Rain Dragons are not child traffickers, they just want to kidnap a baby!]
[The part I care about is the trash. Sigh, that was garbage the Rain Dragons picked up along the river… Can people please stop littering?]
[Agreed. I hope everyone can learn to protect the environment through this show!]
[The one luring Yomi is a sub-adult Rain Dragon! I watched a Rain Dragon documentary once. A lot of Rain Dragons love traveling, and they often leave half-grown babies with other Rain Dragons to raise. The ones that grow up in another dragon nest usually end up with the childhood sweetheart from the dragon flock that raised them!]
[…So basically a child bride?]
The livestream was noisier than ever, but things were very quiet on Yomi’s side.
Anxius was handling the fish they had caught that day. The smell of raw fish was strong, and because of the rain, he had failed to notice the Rain Dragons’ scent in time.
Yomi had picked up a large fish scale to play with. He was holding it and washing it in a puddle by the cave entrance when a gust of wind blew past, and suddenly something flew right in front of him!
The monster processing the fish twitched his ears sharply.
By the time Anxius turned around, Yomi had already picked up the red cloth that had landed nearby.
Inside the red cloth was only a completely ordinary little stone. After glancing over the stone, Yomi stared at the cloth itself.
It was just a tattered old commendation banner. At the bottom was the name of some pet hospital, and in the center were four large characters:
Egg Removal Expert!
“…”
Yomi froze.
This time, the host completely lost it. After laughing, she quickly forced herself back into a serious expression. “This was probably a banner given to some veterinarian who performs pet sterilizations, and then the Rain Dragons picked it up and gave it to Yomi as a gift…”
[These Rain Dragons really are something…]
[HAHAHAHA I’m dying!]
[Our Teacher Mi is an egg-removal expert! The Rain Dragons said so!]
[Congratulations to Yomi for receiving a baby banner!]
After reading the words on the banner, Yomi’s mind instantly flashed back to all the mythology dramas he had watched before transmigrating—those scenes where a heavenly scripture descended from the sky.
After all, if even transmigration had happened to him, then it was not strange for him to associate a banner falling from the sky with a divine message…
Just as Anxius reached his side, another pair of black wings floated over the cave entrance…
They still carried a bloody smell, clearly ripped off from some large bird.
Yomi: “?”
“Hm? What does this mean?” the host turned to the expert.
The expert said, “The Rain Dragons may think Yomi is born disabled because he is different from them. So before coming here, they hunted an eagle and brought its wings for Yomi, believing that this way Yomi would be able to fly out…”
The host’s mouth twitched.
[Who was it that said Rain Dragons are smart? I recorded this whole segment. From now on, if anyone says Rain Dragons are intelligent, I’m shoving this clip in their face!]
[How is that not smart? They thought the baby was disabled and even made him fake wings. What more do you want?]
[I’m laughing myself insane. When Teacher Mi saw the banner, his expression was all serious and solemn. It was only after seeing the wings that he finally realized something was wrong, right?]
Wrong? This had completely shattered Yomi’s understanding of reality!
Following Anxius’s gaze, he finally spotted the Rain Dragon hiding behind the trees across the rocky wall.
This Rain Dragon was a little smaller than the previous two he had seen. When it noticed Yomi looking at it, it stopped caring about its fear of Anxius and actually spread its wings right there, turning in a circle for Yomi.
A sub-adult Rain Dragon was not as huge as a full-grown one, but it was not that much smaller either. This one was at least over three meters long. It had hunted fewer times, so there were almost no scars on its body. Its muscles were firm, and its dinosaur-like body looked exceptionally sleek, strong, and well-shaped.
In the studio, the expert leaned back and bit his lips. He did not dare show how speechless he was, but his face twisted more than once. “Mm… Rain Dragons do not casually display their bodies to outsiders. Usually they only do that in front of family members and individuals they are interested in. It seems this one likes our guest Yomi very much indeed… heh heh…”
[Oh my god, this little Rain Dragon fell in love early! It wants to arrange a baby engagement!]
[I never expected Rain Dragons to be this obsessed with Mi!]
[Am I the only one who thinks the expert needs oxygen right now? He’s about to break apart!]
[The Rain Dragon thought it was picking a fight with Yomi, but behind Yomi stands a giant iron wall. My condolences to the Rain Dragons!]
But Louis’s reaction on screen went a little beyond what the viewers expected.
The monster stuck his head out of the cave and suddenly let out a thunderous roar.
Since the livestream began, this was the loudest and harshest roar Louis had ever made.
Even the host shivered instinctively.
Yet the monster’s fury only made the Rain Dragon flock waiting in the distance cry out in excitement. They looked thrilled, as though they were anticipating something.
The expert said, “They think Louis is about to come out and fight them. That way, the other Rain Dragons can take the chance to sneak into the cave and steal Yomi.”
[666, so it’s a lure-the-tiger-away-from-the-mountain tactic?]
[Scheming Rain Dragons!]
[They’re definitely celebrating too early…]
Anxius really did charge out, but not in the easy, solo way the Rain Dragons had imagined.
With the capsule already strapped to his back using vines, Anxius, eyes burning red, rushed straight toward the Rain Dragon flock.
Inside the capsule, Yomi tightly gripped his knife. Beside it was the white outfit Anxius had made for him. No matter what, safety came first. The other side had overwhelming numbers. If Anxius got the short end of the fight, Yomi had to ask the production team for help immediately and wave the little white surrender flag again. Maybe it could even buy some time until the production crew arrived…
In Yomi’s eyes, if the Rain Dragons even knew how to give gift banners, then they would probably understand what a little white flag meant too.
When the Rain Dragons saw the monster coming to fight with the capsule on his back, they were very disappointed. Their lure-the-tiger-away tactic would not work now. But they had strength in numbers, so they were not afraid at all. If they had to do this the hard way, then so be it!
The lead Rain Dragon confidently charged forward first, and then promptly became the first one to get beaten senseless.
The other Rain Dragons did not panic. They had just started to swarm forward for a group beating when, before they could even get close, the small mountain behind them suddenly collapsed with a thunderous boom.
Rain Dragons: ?
Viewers: ?
The sound was enormous, and even the expert staring at the livestream was badly startled.
[The mountainside collapsed… that’s way too dangerous! Good thing the guest wasn’t over there…]
[Was it a mudslide or something?]
[Huh? Why did all the Rain Dragons stop moving? Did the stream freeze?]
[No, it didn’t freeze. That group of Rain Dragons doesn’t seem like it’s going to attack anymore? What’s going on?]
The viewers could only see the mountain suddenly collapse. In their eyes, Louis was just beating the Rain Dragons to a pulp. No matter how they looked at it, the collapse had nothing to do with him.
And even less did it seem related to that Imperial Crown Prince with dual abilities.
But the Rain Dragons, with their sharp senses, knew exactly what had happened.
The second before the mountainside collapsed, they all simultaneously felt a special magnetic field radiating from the monster’s body. It carried a destructive force so terrifying that their hair stood on end and they even forgot to move.
Then the mountain was destroyed by him.
The Rain Dragons had seen Snarans using combat abilities before, and only then did they realize that the monster in front of them was also a Snaran with combat abilities—someone not to be provoked.
In the Rain Dragons’ eyes, both thermal weapons and Sna combat abilities were dangerous things.
The leading Rain Dragon hurriedly gave the order, commanding its kin to get away from here and go home as quickly as possible.
As for the baby… they could talk about that another time.
As long as the green hills remained, there would always be firewood to burn later!
The group of Rain Dragons had come in a rush and left in a miserable scramble.
The rain had lightened. Even then, the sub-adult Rain Dragon that had delivered the banner cried out miserably in reluctant farewell.
The order given among the Rain Dragons only said that it was dangerous. The expert did not realize this battle had anything to do with combat abilities either. He assumed it was because the rain was changing, and explained, “Once the rain stops, Rain Dragons’ flying speed slows down, so leaving now is the right choice… Oh, that little Rain Dragon keeps calling out. It’s saying, ‘Little baby, you’re very cute. See you next rainy day.’ Haha… It looks like this group of Rain Dragons has given Yomi the codename ‘Little Baby’…”
[Thank goodness, that was close but safe!]
[Louis is so domineering! As expected of a war-god true form. I think even if the Rain Dragons hadn’t left, they still wouldn’t have ended well!]
[It’s kind of a pity we didn’t get to see Teacher Mi surrender to the Rain Dragons…]
Yomi also did not know that Anxius’s combat ability had blown up a small hill, but he could feel the special magnetic field the other gave off during the fight. Naturally, he assumed it was that field that had scared the Rain Dragon flock away.
In any case, that was pretty close to the truth!
Back inside the cave, the rain outside had stopped.
And when the rain stopped, that meant the Rain Dragons would not come back.
The heavy stone in Yomi’s heart finally dropped completely.
The huge trouble had been resolved, so of course he was happy. As soon as he came out of the capsule, he went to comfort the heavily panting Anxius. “The rain stopped! There won’t be any dinosaurs here now!”
Anxius glanced at him, then swept out a claw and pulled him against his chest.
Yomi did not think much of it. He simply treated the hug as a celebration after the two of them had successfully survived a major crisis, so he also hugged the other tightly around the neck.
The monster paused. A loud thumping came from his chest.
“There are still three days left. Can you hold on?” Yomi asked him.
In Yomi’s eyes, Anxius had been worked to the bone these past few days. Listening to his breathing and heartbeat now, he looked exactly like a marathon runner who had exhausted himself completely.
Anxius: “You’re tired? Do you want to leave this place?”
“……”
Clearly, the two of them were not operating on the same wavelength at all.
Yomi shook his head. “I’m not tired. The rain outside has stopped, and the Rain Dragons are gone too. There’s nothing to be afraid of now. After I finish eating the grilled fish, I’m going to pick some wild fruit nearby. Just nearby. You can rest in the cave then. If anything happens, I’ll call you.” The fruit in the cave had already been eaten up.
Anxius had originally planned to pick some wild fruit before dark anyway. Besides, even if that had not been his plan, there was no way he would let Yomi go out alone. Rain or no rain, sun or no sun, impossible either way.
“We go together.” Anxius put him back on the ground and gave a soft snort. “Outside is dangerous.”
Going out together to pick fruit was naturally even better, so Yomi had no objections.
After eating the grilled fish, Yomi was so worried Anxius might suddenly collapse dead from exhaustion that he insisted he rest a little longer. Only after Anxius’s heartbeat calmed down some did the two go out together.
Before dark, they returned to the stone cave with a plentiful harvest.
This time they had picked a lot of fruit. Yomi set some aside for storage, then used the freely obtained banner as a tablecloth and arranged the washed fruit Anxius had cleaned in leaves on top of it.
As for the black wings, Yomi followed the principle of “everything might be useful someday” and placed them over by the hay near the cave entrance. Once the weather cleared, he could dry them in the sun and even use them as bedding.
Today had truly been an exhausting and dangerous day, but thankfully, it was all over.
The little figure standing at the cave entrance with his hands clasped behind his back showed a faint smile.
To celebrate both the rain stopping and the Rain Dragons leaving, after dinner, Yomi used his knife to slice open some sweet-and-sour green fruit and soaked it in cool boiled water.
The cups had all been broken, so he used a cleaned little milk pot instead. After taking a sip and finding it not bad at all, with a slight lemonade taste, he passed it to Anxius across from him. “Louis, want some fruit tea?”
Anxius glanced at him, then lowered his head and drank from the exact place Yomi had just sipped from.
Yomi: “……”
Well, in conditions like these, there was no point fussing over such things.
And so, sip by sip, the two of them quickly finished off the little pot of “fruit tea.”
It was not very sweet, but their hearts felt sweet.
To Yomi, once the troubles had been driven away, life would naturally become sweet too.
The fire grew smaller and smaller. It was time to sleep.
After a simple wash using the rainwater they had collected, Yomi and Anxius prepared to rest.
Stars appeared in the night sky outside the cave, signaling that tomorrow would be a sunny day.
Inside the capsule house, Yomi drowsily yawned. He looked at the large wing covering him, then looked outside at Anxius.
One look, and he realized something was wrong.
Anxius’s eyes were still open. His golden pupils glowed brightly under the faint starlight, his irises narrowed, sharp and fierce… He did not look like he was resting at all. Instead, he looked like a beast lying in wait, ready to spring.
Yomi watched Anxius keep scanning outside the cave. He rubbed his eyes and sat up. That movement startled the other, and Anxius turned back to look at him. “What is it?”
Yomi did not know how to explain it. Anxius was clearly in a state of extreme vigilance now, and that was obviously because of the Rain Dragons.
Saying “You sleep, it’s okay” probably would not help either.
The solar lamp had been broken. Without the fire, only a trace of weak starlight remained in the cave.
Yomi shook his head and burrowed back under the blanket.
Anxius thought he was cold and used his wings to wrap him even more tightly.
But beneath the wings, Yomi started secretly giggling.
He had suddenly thought of a way to divert Anxius’s attention.
Under the covers, Yomi hugged a large phone in both hands. Quietly, he pressed the power button. Then he half-crawled up, lifted his head, and poked the base of Anxius’s wing with his finger.
In the pitch-black cave, the monster turned his head and saw the little horned figure letting out ghostly sounds at him.
At that moment, Yomi was using the phone screen’s light to shine upward from beneath his chin. In the dark capsule, half of his face was illuminated in an eerie way.
His eyes and little horns gleamed brightly in the light, while only his mouth moved. “Wuuu~ wuuu~”
Yomi was pretending to be a ghost.
Anxius held steady, but the live comments did not.
[AHHHH my mom asked me what kind of ghost this is. I said it’s a cute ghost!]
[Little Mi pretending to be a ghost to scare people! [needs oxygen]]
[Wuwuwu I’m really about to be scared to death by this little lamb!]
[What little lamb? That’s clearly the king of beasts!]
The stone cave fell completely silent.
Just when Yomi thought his method had not worked and stopped, the monster outside the capsule suddenly shoved his head inside!
Yomi almost dropped the phone. When he realized Anxius was nudging him with his head, playing with him, he could hardly believe it for a moment. It was only when those big horns tentatively bumped against his little fake horns that he finally came back to himself.
If this was not playing, then what was?
Well, Anxius was not actually that much older than he was… It was just because he was the Crown Prince, and because he was always so calm, that Yomi had assumed Anxius would not roughhouse with him the way he did with Lin En.
His whole body went soft from being nudged around. Chuckling, Yomi flopped down and also rubbed his fake horns against Anxius, like two children knocking heads together.
The moment Yomi rubbed against him, Anxius stopped moving. In the darkness, those eyes stared blankly at him.
When Yomi stopped, the monster seemed dissatisfied. Suddenly, he used the side of one horn to scratch under the little one’s arm.
Caught completely off guard, Yomi burst into laughter. Rolling around, he shoved Anxius’s horn away, and several times his hand brushed Anxius’s ears. Before long, the monster’s head withdrew again.
Yomi could hear Anxius breathing heavily. A long while later, it slowly eased, and the tense line of his body seemed to loosen as well.
The wing that had stretched in continued covering him, and even gently rocked, as though lulling him to sleep.
They really had gotten tired from playing.
With both hands resting on his stomach, Yomi tilted his head to gaze at the scattered stars outside the cave. His eyelids grew heavier and heavier, and he let out another sleepy yawn. “Sleep, Louis.”
The monster did not speak, but his soft, steady breathing was answer enough.
Yomi closed his eyes and quickly fell asleep.
An hour later, the monster’s head slipped back into the capsule. He rubbed back and forth against Yomi’s cheek, his nose breathing in the familiar scent before him, as though he had found an unprecedented kind of relaxation.
His body relaxed, but his heart remained tightly wound, like a taut string that might snap at any moment from being unable to endure it.
The monster excitedly bared his fangs, but the instant they neared the other’s cheek, he pulled them back.
“Mimi…”
Yomi’s breathing through his nose was light, warm breath brushing across the monster’s forehead.
The monster lowered his eyes.
“Baby…”
