Durin's Diary

Chapter 943 Cold Smoke

For Elaine of the Sario family, everything in the capital of this kingdom called Changtang was new and wonderful.

In the western part of the country, Paris is a large city with a population of millions, including the city and its nearby satellite cities. However, everything seems so crowded and chaotic, and some neighborhoods still maintain the lifestyle of the last century.

That's a more elegant way of putting it. The less elegant way is that you might accidentally poop while walking down the street.

Yes, the idiom "Chang Tang" is indeed very fitting.

When the little girl named Xiang Shu, who was next to Lan En, told Elaine that the capital city had a population of tens of millions, she was shocked.

As she walked with the group for half a day, she keenly noticed that there were many children, middle-aged people, and the elderly in the city, but no young people. That's when she learned about Sanguan Sihai.

I've heard that this land faces an even more severe survival crisis than the Western Lands, something Elaine finds unimaginable.

Watching Anta and Yara choosing clothes in front of the mirror, Elaine thought of her past. The main branch of the Salio family was in turmoil, and her grandmother wanted her to inherit the family business. Internal strife within the family led to Mr. Dulin's appearance, which ultimately made her grandmother choose to retreat in order to advance. Since the situation was hopeless, Elaine would stay away from the family. As long as there were enough outstanding offspring, there would be plenty of opportunities to take back everything in the future.

Grandmother was indeed insightful; she obeyed Elaine and allowed her to choose Dulin.

But she could never have imagined that Elaine's choice would become the biggest winner in a high-stakes gamble years later—as one of the earliest bettors in the Sario family, her sister Anta not only treated her with the best treatment but even allowed her to manage a portion of the family business. Although it was only a small part, it was already a great favor compared to her other sisters.

Look at Lina, she's still completely under Anta's thumb. Elaine sometimes even feels that Lina is more like a pet—although it's wrong to say that, not only Elaine, but even Lann feels that way.

However, considering that Lina, this little female dragon, is carefree and thoughtless, she really should be disciplined.

Just as she was thinking this, Elaine suddenly noticed that Lan En and Xiang Shu were chatting. She didn't want to listen, but Lan En waved to her.

Well, Elaine realized she had no choice but to listen, even if she didn't want to.

She sat down next to the two girls and, as the second eldest sister in the family, asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

"Do you remember what happened this morning?" The two beautiful little female dragons looked at Elaine.

“I remember, that big kid wanted my contact information. Didn’t we already teach him a lesson? Why bring them up again?” Elaine asked with a smile. The sisters who knew psychic abilities had already given them a hint: once Dulin woke up, they would go into the yard to cause trouble for Zhulong, and then they could rightfully get beaten up by Dulin’s iron fists.

Anyway, Dulin is merciful and will definitely not beat these children to death. However, although they can be spared the death penalty, they cannot escape physical pain. So, in this way, Elaine can be said to have gotten her revenge.

"Oh no, that's the Candle Dragon Pavilion, and the one thing they have in abundance is candle dragons," Xiang Shu muttered under her breath.

“We called out Dulin, but Xiangshu forgot; she called Zhulong,” Lan En explained.

"What should we do then? Won't people die in fights here?" Elaine was also a little embarrassed—based on her experience living in the Western Continent, a fight between young people could easily escalate into a duel, and a duel obviously meant someone would die.

I should have just used my psychic punch to beat those brats up myself.

Oh no, you can't talk like that, it's so unladylike.

“Private fights are forbidden here, and fights are usually fought with fists and feet, but I’m afraid I might lose control and end up really angry if I give a hint.” Xiang Shu said, glancing at Anta’s side, “Sister, why don’t you come back with us to take a look?”

“…Okay.” Clearly, this little girl was genuinely afraid of Anta, after all, she was the strongest girl in the family. Elaine felt that as the second-born daughter in the family, she had to help her little sister, so she nodded and walked to Anta's side: “I want to go back and rest first. My feet hurt from walking so far.”

“You can spoil them then.” Anta turned her head and smiled at Elaine. “But it’s fine, one of us will play the bad cop and the other the good cop. You can take Xiangshu back.”

………………

Upon hearing that she was going home, Lina said she wanted to go back too—she and her sisters went into several clothing stores, but there wasn't a single piece of clothing that suited her—as a silver dragon, her tail was thick and strong, and neither the long-tailed dragons nor the pythons had such thick tails, so none of the clothes could fit her.

"I'll take you to a clothing store tomorrow to order a set." Anta didn't try to keep them, letting Lina accompany Elaine and Xiangshu as they left.

Although Lina is not very reliable in life and work, she is really fierce when it comes to fighting, and none of her sisters can do anything about her.

Once she transforms, she can hold out until Anta has shaken everyone he can.

Therefore, Anta was completely at ease.

"Maybe the spell went wrong. Aren't you worried?" Yara asked out of curiosity.

"It's alright. Although I don't understand psionic power, what could possibly happen if we just let a few kids get a beating? I think they're overthinking it. If they had known this would happen, they should have just let those kids run around the palace naked a few times back then."

Anta had her own opinion on what happened that morning, but considering that this was not the Western Continent, even if people knew about this in the Western Continent, they wouldn't bother with the Dulin family's daughter. After all, not to mention Dulin, there weren't many parents who could handle Anta.

However, Changtang was too large, and Anta didn't want to cause Dulin any big trouble, so she agreed to let her sisters set a trap.

Thinking about this, she felt a pang of regret: "I should have asked them to see what the problem was."

Why don't you ask Lan En?

"If she doesn't tell me, I won't ask."

In response to Yara's question, Anta smiled and shook his head: "By the way, this dress suits you quite well, it's bright red, really."

"Isn't this too revealing?" Yara asked, a little embarrassed.

"You're only showing half an forearm? Isn't it hot in the woodlands in the summer? Can you really cover yourself up completely?" Anta asked doubtfully.

“As a soldier, isn’t it better to be dressed more conservatively?” Yara replied matter-of-factly.

Anta rolled her eyes: "Then go back and wear it for Dulin to see, I'll pay for it."

“No need, I’ll pay,” Yara said, taking out her purse.

"Do you have a long Tang Yuan? Silly girl." Anta sighed, gesturing for her to quickly change her clothes so she could put them in a bag.

The little female dragon and the little female tiger in my house are both very stupid, what should I do?

(End of this chapter)