The Corruption Dragon God: Lust System

Chapter 477: 477 - A man who doesn’t seem to be from this world.

"Hm..." He scratched his chin, stroking the little girl’s hair and eliciting an irritated squeal from her. "Do you want to become a dragon rider someday?"

"Oh? Of course I do! Just like my big brother!" She exclaimed, jumping up and down excitedly.

Qingyi just nodded, opened the system store, and bought a single pill.

"This is payment for the information. Eat it, and one day you’ll be the greatest dragon rider this land has ever seen."

"Deal!" The little girl took the pill from Qingyi’s hand and, without a second’s hesitation, swallowed it.

She felt no immediate effect, and when she went to ask, it was already too late.

"Sofia! What are you doing here? I told you to wait inside the store!" A middle-aged woman appeared, apologizing to Qingyi before taking her daughter away.

"I’m going to hold you to that promise!" The little girl roared in her mother’s arms before her mouth was silenced.

[What did you give her?] Ruxue asked, her mature, sensual voice full of curiosity.

"A gift," Qingyi replied, standing up. It hadn’t been anything particularly expensive for him, so he didn’t think much of it.

He had been too generous lately.

Perhaps because of his good mood?

He didn’t know, he just shook his head and then moved on.

He needed to get to Elize’s sister, who he was sure was, at this very moment, in one of those many fortresses on the flying island.

But... how the hell was he going to get an escort?

Qingyi activated his draconic eyes, observing the strands of mana that ran through the currents in unique and complex arrays.

From the mana supply to the flying island, to arrays that detected everything that moved above a certain height, and of course, attack and defense arrays.

They were all so intrinsically linked and working with such intensity that Qingyi could barely tell them apart.

"She could have given me instructions to use some signal to let her know I would be here..." With a tired sigh, Qingyi just kept moving.

First, he would look for something to wet his throat and listen to some rumors. Then, he would find a way to get there.

***

Above Qingyi, observing the huge city that spread out below, was a woman.

"Hm..." Her lips parted in a soft hum as two maids carefully combed her long purple hair, which reached down to her shapely, perfect ass.

"Is something troubling you, young Lady Seraphine?" Beside her, a voice echoed, not from one of the maids.

It was a woman, her face completely covered by a helmet, powerful steel armor covering her entire body.

Only her lips and the black horns protruding from her head were visible.

She was Seraphine’s personal guard, her protector since the day she was born.

"Nothing, it’s just a tingling in my ear... Someone must be thinking of me." Seraphine shook her head, her voice sweet, mature, and soft.

"With your beauty, what man wouldn’t be, young lady?" The guard asked, eliciting a mesmerizing and elegant laugh from Seraphine.

"Do you think so?" Seraphine covered her pink lips. "Has Father already announced whether there will be another selection for the riders of the eggs that are about to hatch?"

"Yes, young lady," the guard nodded. "Your father has decided on the selection of fifty young humans and ten young purebloods, of any origin. All they need is talent."

"Hm..." Seraphine stretched, her perfect, heavy, round breasts pressing hard against her neckline.

"How fair and egalitarian." Her lips curled, a slight touch of sarcasm and contempt dominating her beautiful voice.

"Indeed, young lady." The guard behind Seraphine nodded, ignoring the sarcasm and contempt.

She was already used to hearing this kind of disrespect toward the patriarch.

"The choice of rider will be made before the ascension of RedDeath, but he must only be connected to his mount after the ascension." The guard continued, watching Seraphine’s face change.

Seraphine’s purple eyes closed as she stood up. Behind her, the servants bowed and stepped away.

She touched the windowpane and opened it, feeling the gentle breeze sweep through her long purple hair, her face of transcendental beauty taken over by an indecipherable expression.

"Do you desire anything, young lady?" the guard asked.

She knew that expression well. Seraphine was planning something.

"I think this time I will choose a champion for myself," Seraphine said, turning and watching the guard’s face change, overcome with shock.

Seraphine, though relatively young for a draconic elf, was still around fifty years old.

A fraction of a fraction of her long, almost endless life, but still many years for a mortal.

During that time, she had never chosen or even shown interest in choosing a champion, and had not even chosen a dragon for herself, despite always being seen alongside Khaedryss.

Since the patriarch announced Khaedryss’s isolation, the pressure on her to find a mount had increased even more.

Still, Seraphine ignored everything, isolated herself, and even her servants were often refused entry to contact her.

Only in recent months had Seraphine begun to reveal herself a little more.

Why had that change occurred so suddenly?

Seraphine was still in the tenth ring, far from reaching the eleventh.

She hadn’t made any progress in her comprehension, had she?

"Will you be going down to the city?" the guard asked.

"No," Seraphine shook her head. "I want you to go there and choose a champion for me."

"But... young lady, what kind of champion should I choose?"

"Hm..." Seraphine thought for a brief moment before smiling, recalling a face from her memory, one she had seen next to her little sister.

"A man," she replied briefly and curtly. "A man who doesn’t seem to be from this world."

"A man who doesn’t seem to be from this world?" The guard repeated, her face filled with confusion.

"Exactly." Seraphine just nodded and didn’t explain further, as she didn’t think it was necessary.

Her heart was light, and the tingling in her right ear was a little stronger.

She wasn’t a superstitious person, but did that really matter?

The only thing she wanted was to be back by her little sister’s side.