Mr. Dragon Knight, the dragon girls are chasing you!

Luo Ye raised her eyes and steadily met the pair of wet, red, tear-filled, gilded vertical pupils in mid-air. The panic, guilt, and helplessness that had been building up in her heart surged up instantly.

He took a deep breath of the air, sweet with moonlight, forcibly suppressing all his chaotic thoughts. His eyes were open and earnest as he spoke clearly, word by word: "I did not betray you."

He took a half step forward, his gaze fixed on the emotionally distraught little black dragon, and said solemnly, "Everything I did tonight—secretly leaving the dragon's nest, rushing to Silvermoon Peak, including everything I just did—from beginning to end, it was all for you."

Eluvia's dragon body suddenly stiffened, hovering motionless in mid-air.

After a brief moment of hesitation, the pent-up grievances in her eyes finally broke through her defenses, her eyes reddening even more, and glistening tears swirling wildly at the edges of her pupils, ready to roll down at any moment.

Her previously suppressed emotions erupted completely; her voice suddenly rose, filled with a sob and utter disbelief: "For me?!"

"You sneaked out of the dragon's lair in the middle of the night without telling me! Risking being discovered, you went alone to my nemesis's territory! And you even... kissed her! And now you turn around and tell me it was all for me?!"

She trembled slightly with rage, her short claws clenched tightly, and the pent-up resentment and fury in her chest exploded, making her speech incoherent:

"You scoundrel! You're such a wicked man! There's not a single reliable human being! They're all just liars with ulterior motives!"

By the end, her voice was completely choked with sobs, and she was on the verge of a breakdown from grievance.

Sigh. Luo Ye opened his mouth, eager to explain the whole story, but Eluvia was completely overwhelmed with emotion and didn't give him any chance to interrupt or defend himself, continuing her accusations with sobs.

"Do you know how worried I was about you?! I waited outside every single second, thinking something had happened to you! Thinking your life was in danger! I rushed in without thinking, breaking through the barrier to find you! And then I saw you with her—"

Finally, she could no longer hold back, and bitter tears slid down her dark scales, hitting the air and disappearing silently.

She abruptly turned her dragon head away, no longer looking at Luo Ye in front of her. Her dragon tail, filled with extreme anger and grievance, lashed and churned wildly in the air, whipping out sharp gusts of wind. Her entire petite dragon body trembled uncontrollably, helpless and pitiful.

As Luo Ye watched this scene, just as he was about to speak and reveal everything, a clear and gentle female voice rang out in the hall.

Serafina slowly came to a stop, her silvery-white eyes calm and clear, devoid of any of her usual cunning or playfulness. She gazed intently at the enraged and aggrieved little black dragon in mid-air, her tone steady:

"Eluvia, calm down. The truth is not what you've imagined."

Eluvia lashed out with her dragon tail, slicing through the air with a sharp, tearing sound, her voice laced with both sobs and rage:

"It's not what I thought?!"

"I saw it with my own eyes, how could it be fake?! Your lips were pressed together, you were intimately embracing, the atmosphere in the hall was ambiguous, how do you still want to deny it?!"

"He traveled to Silvermoon Peak tonight not for an affair, not for betrayal, but to save you." Serafina's tone remained unwavering, frank and straightforward, each word clearly reaching Eluvia's ears.

"He risked your resentment and misunderstanding by keeping it from you, and risked his own safety to come here. His only purpose was to save you."

Eluvia's dragon body stiffened slightly, but she quickly swung her tail even more violently, her golden vertical pupils surging with even stronger disbelief: "To save me? What is there to save me for? I'm perfectly fine!"

"And do you guys think I'm stupid?! You're going to come and kiss my nemesis to save me? What kind of ridiculous way is that to save someone?!"

"You two, you two dragons, were in cahoots all along, weren't you! You deliberately put on this show to fool me! Did you think that saying 'for my sake' would erase all the suspicious details?!"

Seeing her red eyes, stubborn and aggrieved expression, Luo Ye felt an even stronger sense of guilt.

Without further hesitation, he took a deep breath and steadily walked towards the little black dragon hovering in mid-air.

One step, two steps, three steps.

He walked straight to Eluvia, tilted his head slightly, his gaze open and clear, meeting her tear-streaked golden eyes, and said gently, "I didn't lie to you."

He paused deliberately for a moment, giving the other party ample time to process the information, before revealing the whole truth clearly and solemnly, word by word:

"I rushed to Silvermoon Peak late at night in an attempt to break the curse of backlash from the source that has been passed down through generations of the Eternal Night Dragon Clan."

These words struck Eluvia like a thunderclap.

The little black dragon, who had been furious and restless just moments before, suddenly froze in mid-air, all its movements and emotions abruptly halted.

Her gilded vertical pupils, brimming with tears, suddenly contracted, shrinking to the size of pinpoints. Her face was filled with astonishment and disbelief, and even the raging anger surging in her chest was instantly extinguished.

"...How do you know about the curse?" Her voice trembled slightly, filled with disbelief.

The Eternal Night Dragon Clan's Origin Curse is the clan's highest secret, rarely leaked, and impossible for a human to know easily.

Luo Ye shrugged slightly, his tone carrying a hint of helpless relief: "Elder Eldron told me. He told me everything about the destiny of the Dragon Kings throughout history, your future fate, and the truth behind the curse."

"That meddlesome old dragon..." Eluvia's dragon tail flicked slightly involuntarily as she muttered softly, her tone complex and awkward.

"They used to control me every day when I was a child, and now that I'm grown up, they keep leaking dragon secrets everywhere. They really have nothing better to do."

She mumbled something awkwardly, then quickly shook her head, forcibly suppressing the shock in her heart. She braced herself again, her eyes still full of doubt: "No! Don't change the subject!"

"Even if you knew about the curse, how do you explain kissing her?! To save me, you need to have intimate contact with my nemesis? That doesn't make any sense. Do you think I'm stupid?!"

Hearing this, Seraphina, standing to the side, raised an eyebrow helplessly and corrected her, her tone carrying a hint of youthful arrogance:

"First of all, let me correct you. Stop calling me an old female dragon. In human terms, I'm only in my early twenties, in the prime of my life, and can hardly be considered old."

"Secondly," she said, her playful expression vanishing, replaced by a serious look in her eyes, as she slowly explained.

"You've really misunderstood Luo Ye this time. He hasn't wronged you in the slightest from beginning to end."