Chapter 2: This mother dragon seems a bit off…

The tall, mature woman had a delicate, oval face and sparkling, white teeth.

Her graceful figure, with those long legs that looked like they could play for three hundred years, strode toward him in elegant steps.

She wore a simple, seemingly silk-like, semi-transparent robe that clung to her body, making her silhouette appear hazy—visible and yet not.

With her head full of questions, she walked up to Genasa, reached out, and cupped his face in her hands, inspecting him from left to right.

“This isn’t right, really not right. Strange, even a mutated Red Dragon shouldn’t turn out this good-natured, right? And judging by your bloodline, it’s even less likely for you to mutate in this direction.”

“Hey, hey, hey!”

Genasa instinctively struggled, feeling extremely uncomfortable at being handled this way, but fortunately, the Crystal Dragon Lady soon let him go.

“Hm… This doesn’t make sense. Where did the problem arise? Inherited memories? That’s even less likely to go wrong…”

After all that fussing, Genasa was already a little annoyed.

“Seriously, who are you? If you have some goal, just say it. What’s the point of tormenting me like this?”

But just as he finished speaking, the Crystal Dragon Lady looked at him with those strange eyes and an even stranger smile.

“Uh… Don’t look at me like that, you’re scaring me…”

With those predator-like eyes fixed on him, Genasa felt a chill run down his spine.

She even licked her lips with a slurping sound, as if she were about to eat him up.

Finally, as Genasa endured this inner torment, the other party seemed to make a momentous decision.

“Let me officially introduce myself: I am Golitette, known as the Crystal Sage. Genasa, are you willing to become my disciple?”

The sudden seriousness in her words made Genasa stare at her in disbelief.

“Crystal Sage?”

“That’s right. I’m only accepting you as my disciple because you’re so unique, you know. All those other guys fought tooth and nail to get my attention, but I never gave them a second look.”

This left Genasa completely stunned. The Crystal Sage was a famous figure across the entire continent.

Her knowledge was vast and diverse—whether it was magic, alchemy, forging, runes, astrology—she had mastered it all.

She was only one step away from achieving the highest scholarly honor of Sage.

It was precisely because she knew so much, and understood everything, that she had never truly reached the peak of any single field, but even so, the terrifying influence she wielded made her a true big shot, respected by both light and dark factions.

So why would someone like her steal a dragon egg? Just because it was a Crystal Dragon? Genasa really wanted to ask, but didn’t dare…

“Uh… Alright, Master…”

Genasa called out softly, but this made Golitette break into a delighted smile, cupping her cheeks with a rippling expression.

“This is my first time taking a disciple, so please be gentle with me from now on~”

Genasa: Seriously, what is this thousand or so year old old dragon lady saying to a hatchling that just broke out of its shell?

While he was speechless, Golitette suddenly stretched out both hands, grabbing his little head and rubbing it repeatedly.

“Sure enough, you’re so much more obedient than that bunch of idiots from before. My luck has finally turned around, hoohoohoo~”

She petted him while making strange laughing noises, leaving Genasa once again at a loss for words.

Just then, she abruptly stopped what she was doing, put on a mischievous smile, and pulled out a pair of white-rimmed glasses, slipping them on her face—it looked like an appraisal tool. “Although I can see at a glance that you’re very different from other Red Dragons, as your teacher, I still have to give you a thorough examination.”

“Oh…”

Genasa didn’t take it to heart, just standing there waiting, all the while muttering to himself:

Wearing those glasses, she looks just like my elementary school teacher.

Golitette carefully examined him with her glasses, scanning him from top to bottom and seeing everything.

Then she let out a series of strange laughs:

“Hmph, hmm-hmm~ Hahaha~ Your body is truly fascinating! One bizarre mystery after another, this is making me absolutely ecstatic!”

Her laughter gradually turned manic, making Genasa start to feel a hint of fear.

Is this old dragon lady really crazy? Should I be trying to stay away from her?

Suddenly, a hand pressed firmly on the back of his neck—his fate’s weak spot.

“Come now, let me take a really good, careful look inside and out.”

She grabbed his forelegs with both hands, flipped him onto his back, and laid him on the ground.

“Eh?”

Genasa, suddenly pinned to the ground by his forepaws, had an unmistakable look of panic on his dragon face.

“Hey! You pervert! I’m just a freshly hatched baby dragon and you’re already making a move on me!”

Given the situation, Genasa couldn’t help but let his thoughts go in a weird direction, only for her to smack him lightly on the head.

“What are you thinking? This is just a physical check-up. The others from before never got this treatment. It’s because you’re so special.”

“Really just a check-up? You scared me! I thought you were so desperate you’d even go after babies.” (’ -…- `;)

“Your thoughts are truly unique. Alright, just lie still, I’m going to start the examination.”

With that, Golitette lifted her slender, jade-like hand, which became covered in a layer of magic, as if she were putting on a glove.

Then…

“Hey! You say you’re not a pervert! Don’t touch me like that! Not my new account, don’t mess with it!”

“Don’t move, it’ll be over soon. Come, let me take a look.”

“Let go of me! Let go!”

“Let me see!”

“Yah! Hmph, ahhh—”

“I’m not clean anymore… not clean…”

When the examination finally ended, Genasa shrank into a corner, dejected, with tears streaming uncontrollably down his face.

Behind him, Golitette watched with a rather speechless expression: “I didn’t even do anything inappropriate to him, so why is he… Still, he’s pretty fun.”

She made a goofy face, bounced over, bent down, covered her mouth, and laughed at him:

“My little cutie, you’re not mad, are you? You’re not, right, not at all? Could it be you’re upset over something like this? You’re really just a little nobody~”

Genasa: (▼皿▼)

He whipped his head around and unleashed a torrent of curses at her:

“You beep beep! Do you have any idea how much psychological trauma your actions just caused a baby dragon who only just hatched?!”

Seeing Genasa so angry and then so despondent, Golitette gave a helpless smile:

“Aiya, as your master, I was just concerned about you. You have so many secrets, I didn’t expect you to be hung up over such a trivial thing.”

“Trivial my foot! Can you at least have some shame?”

Seeing Genasa’s ferocious but adorable appearance, Golitette’s face once again took on that mocking grin.

“I refuse to have any shame, so what can you do about it? Fine, fine, enough arguing, listen up.”

Despite Genasa’s protests, Golitette still forcibly scooped him up with both hands and lifted him in front of her.

But this time, there was anticipation and approval in her voice:

“Genasa, you’re a born legend.”