“It seems that you are unable to get my daughter to go to the Frexia Academy.” The Dragon King glanced at the two youngsters with a disappointed face. He didn’t expect much, but it seemed he shouldn’t have expected anything in the first place, especially from the youngsters.
“Not yet.”
“Yet?” The Dragon King squinted his eyes.
“Yes. Allow me to explain what has happened.” Nathan started recounting everything, including the terrorist group.
Even the Dragon King furrowed his eyebrows when Nathan mentioned the terrorists, since his daughter could be their target.
However, there was one big question in his mind. Why would Nathan do all this?
“Hmm?” The Dragon King looked down, falling into deep thought. “What are you planning to do to make her go to the Frexia Academy?”
“I probably need to ask you that question. To what extent do you want her to go to the academy?” Nathan smirked.
The Dragon King thought for a moment. “I’ve already told you before. As long as it doesn’t harm her, I’m willing to do anything. She only has her youth once.”
“Then…” Nathan came closer to the Dragon King, whispering all his plans.
The more the Dragon King heard about it, the more shocked he became. This was the first time he heard such a bold plan, especially with the fact that he was willing to use the Dragon King himself in this plan.
“And that’s the plan. As long as you play your role perfectly, she will come to the Frexia Academy.”
The Dragon King narrowed his eyes. “But you will face a lot of trouble.”
“I don’t mind trouble.” Nathan shrugged.
The Dragon King rubbed his chin for a while before asking, “Why don’t you just become my student? The Forest Queen is unsuitable to be your teacher.”
Nathan raised three fingers. “I have three answers: the short one, the long one, and the original. Which one do you want to hear?”
“The short one.”
“No.”
“How about the long one?”
“As a wise man once said, a teacher for a day is a parent for a lifetime. I have recognized her as my teacher, so the utmost respect I can give her is to be loyal.”
“Hmmm…” The Dragon King nodded in agreement, liking that answer a lot. If Nathan could easily accept him as a teacher, he could just acknowledge another teacher in the future. Still, he was curious about the last answer. “How about the original one?”
“You are cool, strong, and have a big influence. However, if I have to say, there is no one who is more badass than a bald old man. You are not, so if I have to meet someone for a long time, it’s better if they’re pleasant to see. Well, that was a joke, obviously.” Nathan shrugged. The biggest reason he chose Vivian was definitely because he was desperate to survive.
The Dragon King coughed a few times, as he didn’t expect such an answer, even if it was a joke.
He shook his head helplessly, realizing why he really liked this kid. “Alright. I’ll follow your plan. In that case, I’ll take out the blood—”
Before the Dragon King summoned his familiar, Nathan raised his hand and said, “I believe it’s better to discuss the other rewards first.”
“Oh. You mean the bonuses I promised you, right?” The Dragon King nodded. “How many cores do you need?”
“Huh?” Nathan’s eyebrows twitched.
“Huh?” The Dragon King froze. Both of them were staring at each other as they came to a realization that they were not on the same wavelength. “You don’t want cores as bonuses?”
“Isn’t that obvious? I have already decided what I want as a bonus from the beginning. I want you to teach me a technique or give me a piece of advice on what I should do at my current level,” Nathan explained with a nonchalant expression.
“…” The Dragon King widened his eyes in shock. “Wait. Aren’t cores as the bonus reward more beneficial for you? You want to summon the dragon after all. The more Ena you have, the higher the chance for you to summon a better dragon.”
“My point exactly.” Nathan grinned. “I want the bonus to be your guidance. Since you want the blood of my dragon, you have no choice but to give me the cores outside the bonus. After all, if I fail to summon one because I’m lacking Ena, you won’t be able to get the blood!”
The Dragon King dropped his jaw inwardly. There were a lot of things he wanted to say, but he couldn’t deny that Nathan was right.
The Dragon King wasn’t the only one surprised by his scheme. Fenrir was the same. He couldn’t help but think, ‘I feel like I have heard about this story in Asgard… something like betting one’s head with the dwarves. They can get his head but not harm his neck, right?’
Fenrir realized that by twisting his words, Nathan managed to get both the cores and the guidance.
Nathan said in a dramatic way, “Oh. There’s no way the mighty Dragon King will take back his promise, right? You are a man of integrity.”
The Dragon King gnashed his teeth as he couldn’t help but grab Nathan’s shoulder as if he wanted to crush him. This was the first time that a youngster like him dared to scam him this much.
Nathan was sweating, but this was for the sake of his future.
The Dragon King noticed something when he grabbed Nathan’s shoulder. In that instant, he immediately played his own acting by saying with a grunted face. “Fine. I’ll teach you a technique as well as giving you cores.”
Fenrir looked at Nathan, who actually managed to get what he wanted, but he thought of the continuation. ‘If I’m not wrong, the dwarves are outplayed, but they decide to sew his mouth…’
As if the Dragon King’s thought was aligned with the myth, the Dragon King suddenly showed a sly grin and said, “But I’m only giving you the mature class cores. It seems that your teacher has taken care of your body, and it’s now strong enough to endure the mature class cores.
“Don’t worry. It won’t kill you… It will just hurt a lot. I’ll even observe you so that nothing will go wrong. I am a good man after all.”
Nathan’s heart sank.
*Thud—!*