Chương 168: Reborn as the Dragon — Chapter 168 - A Unique Method

Anna had already said her piece, so what was Su Nian supposed to do? He "reluctantly" agreed. His strength was diminished, yes, but he was still the strongest being around. The scales alone basically capped his defenses at their limit.

"Alright, Anna. I get it. Until my body fully recovers, I won't go wandering off again." Su Nian gave Anna a big, affectionate lick. This time, Anna didn't look put out at all. She narrowed her eyes, a smile curving the corner of her mouth, and accepted it with perfect ease.

"Brother, since you've already acknowledged your mistake."

"And you brought Anna such a huge pearl."

"How should Anna repay you?" The little girl tilted her head as she spoke, her searching gaze sweeping over Su Nian's head and neck. He'd just been tunneling through the riverbed, and it showed. Mud, sand, and river grass clung to his scales. He didn't look nearly as clean as before. Anna observed him for a moment. Her eyes lit up. She bit her soft, pale finger and asked sweetly:"Brother, how about Anna gives you a wash? You've been burrowing around somewhere and you're all dirty~""Ah, this...

that really wouldn't be appropriate..." Su Nian was thrilled, obviously. But as a Black Dragon of principle, surely he had to at least put up some resistance when a girl made such a forward offer? If word got out, everyone would say he was improper.

"Nothing inappropriate about it, hehe~ If you'd rather not, brother can wash himself?" Anna covered her mouth with one small hand, hiding her smile. She'd spotted the excitement burning in his eyes the moment she offered. How could she not take the chance to tease him?

"Ah, wait — I mean, I also think there's nothing inappropriate about it."

"We're so close~ Then I'll trouble my little treasure~ Kekeke!" Su Nian lifted his dragon head high, puffing out his big black face with absolutely zero shame. A personal washing service from Anna, practically in his grasp, how could he let that slip away? That would be a catastrophic loss.

"Pfft~" The little girl took one look at his ridiculous expression and broke into a bright laugh. Shallow dimples appeared at the corners of her glossy lips, like green lotus blossoms opening in early summer, a sweet, artless charm carrying something quietly poetic beneath it.

"Brother, come up onto the riverbank first. Anna can't wash you while you're in the water~" Su Nian had already been completely won over by that smile, his dragon soul thoroughly scrambled. With a dopey grin plastered across his snout, he happily, obediently hauled himself up onto the bank. If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.

Anna watched him settle into position, then straightened her camisole dress and extended the dragon wings from her back.

"Brother, Anna will rinse your dragon head first~ You've still got two river plants hanging off your horns~" She beat her wings and flew up to the top of his head, landing with two soft, pink little feet stepping lightly onto Su Nian's skull. She leaned down, plucked the water plants free, then conjured a large water sphere. Pure magical water streamed out, washing the mud from the Black Dragon's head in careful passes.

"Be good, brother. Don't squirm~" He absolutely was not going to squirm. Only a complete idiot dragon would squirm. Su Nian felt the two soft, warm little feet pressing on top of his head and completely lost track of where he was. This was the first time Anna had ever stood up there. He'd suggested it before — multiple times, but she'd always said it felt disrespectful, and he'd never managed to pull it off. Now he'd finally gotten his wish. As for why he was so specifically fixated on the top of his head.

Would Su Nian ever tell anyone that a dragon's head had over a hundred times more sensory nerves than the rest of its body?

"Heave-ho~ Heave-ho~" Small, cheerful sounds floated down from above. Anna had produced the shower gel from her things, moving with the easy confidence of someone who'd used it plenty of times before.

"Brother~ If any gets in your eyes and stings, you have to tell Anna, okay~" Su Nian gave a soft hum of acknowledgment, keeping his head perfectly still. The soap would have stung an ordinary person's eyes, yes. But for a dragon, it was essentially a non-issue. He could feel Anna lying flat on top of his head now. Her soft little hands worked gently, carefully scrubbing the scales. Her warm fingers traced over his brow ridge and the bridge of his nose in slow, light strokes. Ticklish. Cool. Wonderful.

He couldn't help it, a smoke ring drifted lazily from his nostrils. The pace was apparently too slow for Anna's liking. She put shower gel on the soles of her feet and on her tail, then half-hovered on her dragon wings to keep her balance. Her soft white feet hooked gently around his horns and began working in small circles over his cheeks and along his horns, the way someone might massage their temples. Her toes were remarkably nimble, curling and flexing, pressing into every crease and crevice across his head.

Her fox tail wasn't sitting idle, either. Lathered thick with foam, it swept back and forth across his face in long, fluffy strokes, long enough to reach his chin.

"Bro — brother, how... how does it feel?" Even with a dragon's heart, working hands, feet, and tail all at once left Anna a little breathless. Not exhausted, exactly. She hadn't had the dragon heart long enough yet. Her body and the heart were still finding their rhythm together, and that would take time.

"Feels amazing. Really amazing," Su Nian said, eyes half-lidded, nostrils flared wide. If he weren't trying to preserve even a scrap of dignity, he would have been roaring with laughter.

"It's good if brother likes it~" Anna felt a warm glow spread through her chest at his answer. Making the dragon she loved happy, that was everything.

"Brother, your head is all fresh and clean now, but we haven't done your ears yet~" She summoned a water sphere to rinse the foam from herself as she said it. Her camisole dress had only been changed a short while ago, and now it was soaked through. A pity.

"My ears? Is there really a need to wash those?" Su Nian tilted his head slightly. Almost nothing dared to crawl into a dragon's ears. Between that and a dragon's natural physiology, the ears tended to stay clean on their own.

"A proper bath means washing everything~ The ears are no exception~""Besides... Anna read in her storybooks that when princesses wash their beloved dragons' ears, they use a very special method..." Anna's voice trailed off. A faint flush of pink crept across her pretty face, though Su Nian couldn't see it from where he was.

"A special method?" Su Nian blinked. What special method could there possibly be for washing ears? Was she planning to coat her tail in soap and use that? It didn't really seem that special. Felt pretty standard, if he was honest with himself. Just a service basically no one but him would ever get to experience.

"Yes, brother. Very special." Anna touched her tongue briefly to her lips, a quick flash that vanished in an instant. Then she beat her wings softly and drifted closer to his ear. Warm, sweet breath brushed against the side of the Black Dragon's head. Su Nian had a sudden, dawning sense of where this was going.

"It's this kind of special method~" Anna's voice came soft and close, right at his ear.

"Ahwoo~ prprprprpr~" ➤ Next: A Mind Full of Werewolves