Adopted By A Dragon: Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Let me give you a bath

Translator: yuzu

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Luya’s heart suddenly beat faster. This sounded like exactly what she needed. She could only collect a limited amount of water every day on the volcano, and the dew water definitely wouldn’t be enough if she wanted to grow something.

So she asked: “It sounds good. How much is it?”

“Fairly priced, it costs five whole magic stones.”

Old Berg held out five fingers.

Was this expensive or not?

Luya remembered that the bag of magic stones that the red dragon had given her was filled with only thirty stones. A whole magic stone was worth a lot, and a hundred magic stone shards were equivalent to a whole one.

She felt like five stones was a bit expensive for buying an automatic kettle. Hesitant, she tried to bargain and asked, “Can’t it be any cheaper?”

I could really use a translation buddy…

Um, I get kind of lonely translating by myself.

Does this mean I should look for an editor? @.@

Are there other people who like translating similar genres as me?

• Western fantasy
• Villainess novels
• World-building novels
• Romance and/or smut

Should I join another translation group?

But I’m shy…

I kind of want to join a discord at least, but if the server is too big I’ll be too anxious to speak up. It’s hard to fit in when everyone is already friends with each other.

I thought about making my own server, but I don’t think anyone would join it. For that matter, I’m the only person on this blog anyway.

…making friends is hard…?

Adopted By A Dragon: Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Obtained a Goblet of Aqua Pura

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What was up with this demon?

The red dragon had a tense expression, and Luya was bewildered. What kind of nonsense was this demon spewing?

Playing with people’s hearts was a classic trait of a devil. It was a nasty but old trick in the book, and often the goal was to provoke relationships.

Did he think she was a pure and innocent girl who loved the red dragon a lot? Or did he want to make the red dragon distrust her?

Of course she wouldn’t fall for that trap!

Luya wasn’t fooled at all, like heck? It was already difficult for her to relax in front the dragon, how could she dare ask the dragon for his blood?

Adopted By A Dragon: Chapter 12

Chapter 12: The cruel and cold-hearted demon archduke

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The Favored? What was that?

Luya remembered that in the continent of Asdra, the Empire had no official organized religion or spiritual beliefs. Ordinary people depended on science and technology for their basic lives. Her body’s memories had no recollection of witnessing magic or miracles, yet the people of the other continent believed in the God of Light. She had never seen it herself, and the God of Light had never descended on the continent of Asdra, so Luya still had some doubts.

She didn’t know what the “God of Light” over there was, but at the very least there weren’t any gods in the Empire.

Although she was curious about what Gudius meant by the Favored, she could only bear injuries in place of others. Was that supposed to be a good thing? Luya didn’t dare ask the demon archduke. For now, she just wanted to avoid drawing attention to herself.

Adopted By A Dragon: Chapter 11

Chapter 11: The Dark City Dünbruck

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Humans were prohibited from this place. No living human could step into these forbidden grounds. Dünbruck — a dark fortress city ruled by the Demon Archduke Gudius.

After the start of the Dark Age, a dark city full of monsters suddenly appeared out of thin air on this barren desert of ice and snow.

Luya didn’t know much about Archduke Gudius, other than the fact that he was an extremely dangerous demon that struck fear in the hearts of imperial soldiers.

Adopted By A Dragon: Chapter 10

Chapter 10: Unlocking a new map

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The red dragon swept low, and Luya jumped off its back heroically. She picked up a wooden club from the ground, rushed towards the Shiba Inu, and smashed the mud hand that had captured it.

The mud hand was surprisingly hard and very agile. After being struck by Luya, it immediately released the Shiba Inu. Perhaps due to the presence of the red dragon in the sky, it did not attack Luya. Rather, it quickly fled back into the swamp and disappeared.

Luya was in no mood to pursue the mud hand. Even if this one was destroyed, there were likely countless others. She hurriedly ran over to the Shiba Inu’s side, and examined its injuries.

…There were serious wounds on this dog.

She had no idea what it had encountered when it ran over here. There was a ring of bites all over its fur, and there were countless scary gashes which exposed tender red flesh. It was extremely disturbing.

“Oh my god…”

Adopted By A Dragon: Chapter 9

Chapter 9: The adopted¹ dog is missing

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By the fourth day of living with the red dragon, Luya was already used to waking up beside the dragon.

The red dragon never ate her, always brought food for her, and listened to her requests. This made Luya relax her guard around the red dragon quite a bit. When she greeted the red dragon this morning, she tried lightly touching the scales on its body.

The red dragon, who had been lying on the ground, turned its neck around and looked at Luya in surprise. Luya held her breath and met the dragon’s gaze. Hiding her nervousness, she pretended to be calm and spoke to the red dragon. “I’m just touching. Is it okay?”

Adopted By A Dragon: Chapter 8

Chapter 8: A blood red demonic eye

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Could slimes be eaten? The memories of Luya’s original body told her: a majority were edible.

After cooking, they tasted just like rice noodles¹, chewy and elastic.

The slimes that lived in sewers and swamps were absolutely inedible, because they were soaked in sewage. Their gray bodies reaked of horrible stenches and were full of toxins. However, the slimes that lived in grasslands or by the sea were very different. Their bodies were rich with elements from grass and seawater, which could supplement many of the vitamins and amino acids needed by the human body.

It was possible to use a slime’s color and origin to determine if it was edible. For example, red slimes absorbed many minerals and were rich in iron and zinc. Green slimes were generally ordinary field slimes with a grassy flavor, useful for people who didn’t like to eat vegetables. Blue slimes were commonly sea slimes, and also the most delicious.

When food was scarce, eating slimes was a relatively safe and smart choice.

Adopted By A Dragon: Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Slimes are also food

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When Luya woke up in the morning, she was still consumed with anger from her dreams. There was nowhere to direct her fury, and eventually she calmed down. She lifted her sleeves to check where she had been injured in her dream, and sure enough she found a deep scar on her arm.

She had no idea if Lianna succeeded in reaching the imperial capital… though she really was such a bitch.

Luya cursed Lianna as she got out of bed. However when she saw the red dragon lying nearby, her mood lightened. She was starting to get used to waking up next to the dragon.

The red dragon was lying lazily in front of its pile of treasure, squinting at Luya.

Today was the third day since she came here. The red dragon had brought her food every day, so in return, shouldn’t she try to improve her relationship with the dragon?

Luya hesitated, but then nervously raised her hand and waved hello at the red dragon: “Hi… good morning!”

Adopted By A Dragon: Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Memories in a nightmare

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The easiest way to collect dew was to hang a plastic bag on a tree. The next day, it should be possible to harvest enough water to drink.

But this wasn’t the modern world. There were no plastic bags in the dragon’s lair, so she needed to use the golden wire to weave a simple funnel-shaped metal net and place a bucket underneath. The next morning, she should be able to collect a considerable amount of dew.

Right now it was pointless to worry about the dog. She was already working her hardest in this harsh environment, and there was only so much that she could do.

Luya moved the finished pottery back to the dragon’s lair, and then went into the treasury to find a coil of gold wire — it was a decent thickness, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to weave a metal net. She took the coil of wire to the cave’s entrance. Since the gold wire was fairly heavy, she couldn’t make too big of a net. After measuring the size of the net she wanted, she chopped down some dead trees to make a frame, and then started weaving.

Luya worked until the sun was about to set, when the red dragon flew back.