I am the old, fiery-faced man from the senior department.

Xi chimed in from the side.

It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned it, because this description brought out her cravings.

"Hey? Little sister, where are you going?"

Nian wanted to retort, but when she turned her head, she saw Xi walking towards her room, and she immediately became curious.

I'm hungry. Let's eat.

"Hey! Great! Get one for me too!"

"Sister Ling, let's stop drinking and go to Xi Hua Li for hot pot!"

"Hey, that's great. I'll join too."

"Hey you, I didn't say you could come in, nor did I say we'd eat hot pot."

"Hey, don't be shy. We'll just have a half-and-half hot pot, we won't put in too much chili!"

"Hmph... Fine. I happen to have a new idea that I want to test."

The three of them chatted and laughed as they went into Xi's Painting Scroll to have a hot pot party, leaving Sui alone at the table to continue savoring the soy sauce tofu.

"Huh? Where did everyone go?"

When I returned with groceries during the day, I only saw Sui, who had eaten and drunk her fill, lying on the balcony basking in the sun.

"Inside the torn paper."

Interrupted from his warm and comfortable sunbathing, Sui opened his eyes with displeasure and glared at Bai Zhou.

"Don't disturb my rare peaceful dream."

Having lucid dreams all the time must be really uncomfortable, okay? This little dragon doesn't care about His greatness at all.

"well."

Having obtained what he wanted to know, Bai Zhou didn't dwell on it and went back inside to search for Xi's painting.

"Ooh...snoring...snoring..."

He turned over and continued to immerse himself in his beautiful dream.

Meanwhile, during the daytime...

Upon entering the painting, one is greeted by a scene of utter devastation.

Why are they fighting again?

Bai Zhou walked towards the distant cottage with a puzzled expression.

"quack!"

He found two gnats huddled together under a relatively intact tree. He waved to them during the day, and the two gnats came running towards him. Once they were next to him, they rubbed against his hand pitifully, seeking comfort.

Do you know what happened?

During the day, he led them forward, asking them if they understood what was happening in the painting.

"Gah... They were eating, Xi, and they started fighting."

"Red one, threw out a huge thunderbolt... gaa."

"Blue, drinking, watching a play, ...ga, clapping."

The two yaks took turns recounting their story, and after a few sentences, Bai Zhou roughly understood what had happened.

The three sisters, for some reason, suddenly started arguing while having a meal, and eventually got into a fight after being egged on by someone who was trying to make fun of them.

These two yaks were brought over to help carry food, but luckily they were protected by Ling and escaped disaster.

"This is really... ridiculous."

Bai Zhou shook his head slightly, pondering whether he should find something for these three shut-ins to do.

The two men walked forward and soon arrived at the small house.

All along the way, the surrounding scenery was equally dark, but there were no sounds of fighting or arguing, so they were probably resting after the fight was over.

During the day, I saw the three sisters sitting in front of the ruined hut, ignoring each other.

"What's going on here?"

"Ah Xi!" Xi exclaimed triumphantly.

"Little White~" Nian said, feeling wronged.

"Haha." The gossipmonger chimed in.

"Speak slowly, one at a time. Speak in the order in which you do them."

During the day, he raised his hand to stop the two women who wanted to pull him over to support them, then stood there quietly waiting for them to speak.

"Little Bai! You must be the judge for your sister!"

She started by crying and recounting her grievances.

"Do you even know what heinous things this brat has done that are utterly despicable!"

"Nian, don't twist the facts! What do you mean by divine wrath and public outrage? I was just trying out a new dish, and you flipped the table and punched me."

Xi, who was already impatient, became even more annoyed when she heard Nian spout a bunch of irrelevant nonsense and directly confronted her.

"Hmph! You call that trying a new dish?"

Nian glared at her through gritted teeth, his tail standing straight up behind him, looking extremely angry.

"Xiaobai, tell me! Who throws ice cream into hot pot while eating hot pot?!"

"ice cream?"

The daytime gazes at the evening in bewilderment.

"I just wanted to try what ice cream tastes like in hot pot..."

Xi looked at him with the same aggrieved expression.

When eating hot pot, it's either sliced ​​meat or vegetables.

She just wanted to develop new hot pot dishes, what did she do wrong? Why did Nian hit her without saying a word!

"Ice cream fondue... sir..."

I really don't know what to say about daytime.

Although he admired Xi's spirit of exploration, he felt that hot pot should be more traditional.

but……

"Sir, what flavor is the ice cream fondue?"

"..."

Nian pursed her lips, and Xi lowered her head and poked her fingers.

"It melted as soon as I put it in... I didn't get to eat it."

Do you like a demon king like Twenty?

"It's been a long time, Your Majesty. How are you?"

The Demon King poured a cup of coffee for the True Dragon, and, looking somewhat weary, tried to straighten his back to avoid displeasing the True Dragon with his weak state.

"The New Year holidays are over, things are settled in the country, and all things are sprouting new buds. Overall, the situation this year is quite satisfactory."

During the day, take a sip of coffee, savor it for a few moments, and as the slight bitterness fades, a rich and mellow aroma will fill your mouth.

"Compared to me... Theresa, how is the progress of your preparations?"

The Demon King shook his head slightly, then nodded slightly.

"I haven't met anyone I can rely on yet. But I have found a... child worth looking forward to."

"..."

The true dragon did not respond, so the demon king continued speaking.

"The child's name is Amiya, a very lovely little girl from Cassius. When the Doctor and I found her, she had already been abandoned by her parents because she had contracted Oripathy."

"But she was lucky... Kal'tsit managed to suppress Oripathy in time."

The Demon King's expression softened even more when he mentioned the poor child.

"You want to pass on centuries of sin and redemption to a child?"

"It's shameful...but it's for both me and my brother..."

She paused, not continuing.

The Demon Queen slightly raised her eyes, and the True Dragon saw a deep longing in them.

“Your Majesty… I know this is presumptuous, but…”

She clasped her hands together and placed them on her chest, expressing her request to the true dragon:

"Your Majesty, I want to go to the Great Yan, to your homeland. I... I want to experience what it's like to live on that land..."

This is her dream.

She had thought more than once what it would be like if they weren't Sarkaz, not the universally hated demons...

If they were anyone else, citizens of the Yan Kingdom protected by the Divine Lord...

Would that be a completely different life from now?

Now that her plans have made progress and she can even see the future results, she has to consider whether this might be her only chance in this life...

Looking at the real dragon, the Sarkaz girl's eyes lit up with joy.

……

Yan Tu, a city in Nanjun.

The brilliant sunlight shines in front of me, and the gentle breeze surrounds me.

Looking up into the distance, my gaze flies between the green tiles and red walls, past the abruptly protruding eaves, over the high-flying shop signs and flags, and I can see the shimmering vehicles and the endless stream of pedestrians, taking in the tranquil and contented smiles on their faces...