I am the luckiest man in the world. I have the most perfect wife, Princess Aria of the Eastern Sea. Six hundred years ago, I willingly took a magical potion to bear a child, not wanting my beloved wife to endure the pain of childbirth. Little did I know that my child would turn out to be an extraordinary golden dragon, a species thought to be extinct for millennia. Yet, on the day of his birth, I raised my sword and severed his head, kicking it around like a ball. My wife clutched our child’s lifeless body, her eyes red from crying, begging me to stop. I turned and plunged my sword into the chests of my in-laws. Blood stained my white robes, but I felt nothing. I didn’t stop until I had slaughtered the entire Eastern Sea clan, only halting when my sword’s edge had become blunt. Then, holding the golden dragon’s head, I sat in a pool of blood, waiting for divine punishment to arrive. 0 It’s rare for a man to give birth, let alone to the world’s only golden dragon. On the day my child was born, golden light filled the sky, celestial music played, and the entire palace was filled with the fragrance of flowers. The Eastern Sea rejoiced. The bloodline of the ancient golden dragons, extinct for tens of thousands of years, had reappeared. The entire realm was in a frenzy. The Dragon Kings of the Four Seas and fairies from all directions rushed to celebrate. But as they entered the Eastern Sea, they were greeted by the thick smell of blood. Red everywhere, ironically fitting for such a joyous occasion. However, the hosts of this celebration were now lying neatly in pools of blood. I stared blankly at everything before me, picked up the golden dragon’s head, and kicked it to the feet of the newcomers. I spoke softly, “Are you looking for him?” Seeing the severed head of the golden dragon, shock filled everyone’s eyes. “This… this is a golden dragon, how could you!” “What are you doing? Even tigers don’t eat their cubs, this is your child!” “Ah! Brother, I told you we shouldn’t have kept that mysterious black snake! Look what’s happened now!” “You’re nothing but a lowly black snake. If Aria hadn’t taken a liking to you, you wouldn’t have these good days. My brother kindly let you marry into the Eastern Sea, and you killed his entire family. You’re utterly heartless!” The speakers were King Neptune and King Poseidon, the good brothers of my father-in-law. I laughed coldly. Yes, I had married into the Eastern Sea, wedded to Aria, the most beautiful woman in all the realms. I was the luckiest man in the world. King Triton had no son, so he treated me like his own. He even publicly promised that my child would be the next Dragon King of the Eastern Sea! I was once the object of everyone’s envy. They all wondered how I deserved such fortune. A mere lowly black snake, gaining the favor of the most beautiful woman, who rejected the Prince of the Northern Sea for me. And King Triton handed over the Eastern Sea’s legacy to me. 0
I had asked myself many times, what did I do to deserve this? I remember back then, I was just a black snake with unknown parentage, weak in magic, surviving by scavenging behind greater monsters. One day, I found a beautiful woman on the beach. I simply did a good deed, saved her, and she wanted to marry me in return. I refused multiple times, knowing my lowly birth made me unworthy of such a beauty. Moreover, I lived in a place surrounded by powerful monsters. An innocent man with a precious treasure invites disaster. But she repeatedly expressed her love for me, saying she didn’t care about status or position, and that she had a magical treasure that could hide our presence from the monsters. Looking at her otherworldly beauty, I nodded. We spent a happy time in the mountains. I picked fruits, hunted, and collected seashells to make toys for her. She always looked at me with starry eyes, praising my abilities. I was immersed in happiness, but every time I woke up at midnight, I would be terrified, fearing it was all just a dream. Only when I felt the soft, fragrant body in my arms did I dare believe it was all real! Later, the royal carriage of the Eastern Sea came to my poor, rough mountain cave. Only then did I learn she was Princess Aria. I followed her back to the Dragon Palace. I thought King Triton would oppose our union, but to my surprise, he took an immediate liking to me. He said seeing me was like seeing his own child. He told me that Aria’s brothers had all died young, and from now on, I would be their son. Aria and the Eastern Sea were entrusted to me. I promised nervously that I would treat Aria well. Knowing Aria wanted children, I volunteered to take the magical potion to spare her the pain of childbirth. Who knew this pregnancy would last three hundred years? When my child was finally born… Golden light appeared in the sky above the Eastern Sea, celestial music played, and the entire palace was filled with fragrance! My child turned out to be an ancient golden dragon. The golden dragon bloodline had been extinct for tens of thousands of years. When my child was born, he became the world’s only golden dragon. I carefully examined the dragon egg. Its seven-colored shell sparkled with golden light. A faint dragon’s cry came from inside. My wife Aria hugged me, shedding tears of happiness. To avoid tiring my wife, I volunteered to continue the task of incubating the egg, which took another three hundred years. Today was the day the golden dragon would hatch. I had waited six hundred years for this day. Deities from all over the realm would come to the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace to witness the birth of the golden dragon. My wife Aria had been busy since before dawn, brewing medicine for me. I had been taking this medicine for six hundred years! She brought the carefully brewed medicine to my bedside: “My dear, you’ve suffered so much. You took the potion to bear a child for me, ruining your health. I don’t know how to make it up to you!” I took the medicine and put it aside, holding her hand: “Thank you, Aria. But this medicine is so bitter. Can I skip it today?” She reached out her jade-like fingers and clung to me, like a bewitching morning glory vine entangling me. “My love, you can’t skip it. I spent three hours brewing this medicine. It’s my heartfelt care for you. If you take your medicine regularly and get better, you can better accompany me and our child!” Her soft waist leaned into my embrace as she coaxed me, then held the medicine to my lips. I reluctantly drank the medicine, and she took out an almond candy: “I know you don’t like bitter tastes, so I prepared this almond candy specially for you. How is it? Not bitter anymore, right?” I looked at my wife’s face in my arms. She was still as beautiful and gentle as ever. Like clouds on the horizon, dazzling yet distant. She was the rare sweetness in my bitter life. I, on the other hand, had become gaunt and increasingly emaciated due to childbearing. I looked at my pale fingers, remembering the days I used to hunt in the mountains. I could hardly believe I had once been so vibrant. Soon, this cloud in my arms drifted away. She took the medicine pot to the small kitchen. She didn’t forget to turn back and say to me: “My dear, let Lily help you get dressed. It would be impolite if you’re not ready when the guests arrive!” I watched my wife leave, the warmth from her body still lingering in my arms. I grasped at the air but caught nothing. I dared not think, if only she had stayed in my arms a little longer. If only she had been willing to let me skip the medicine just this once, would I… would I… I dared not think, nor did I want to. Just then, my wife’s personal maid Lily entered the room. “My lord, the Dragon Queen specially ordered this crystal crown to be made for you. Please wear it today!” She carefully helped me dress. I stared at my gaunt face and hair that had turned white overnight due to the potion, feeling dazed. Lily’s voice brought me back: “This crystal crown is a rare treasure in all the realms. Wearing it protects you from blades and fire!” I looked at the glittering crystal crown in the mirror: “Oh, is that so? Perfect!” Perfect for my killing spree! “Hmm? What did you say?” “I said such a crown is fitting for such a joyous day!” Such a joyous day, of course, needs to be marked with blood! “Indeed! Even when the princes were alive, they never wore such a fine crown!” Is that so? Why don’t I send you all to reunite with them in the underworld? 0
When I finished dressing and went out, my wife Aria had already changed into her golden thread dress and nine-dragon phoenix crown, making her even more dazzling and unparalleled in beauty. She reached out her hand to hold mine. I withdrew my hand without changing my expression. She frowned slightly and pouted: “What’s wrong, my dear?” I smiled: “My hand is bony. I’m afraid it would be uncomfortable for you to hold.” “In all the heavens and earth, I only want to hold your hand!” When King Triton and Queen Marina arrived, they saw Aria and me hand in hand, talking and laughing happily. The maid Lily couldn’t help but tease: “Your Majesty, look how loving the Prince Consort and Princess are! You are truly blessed!” King Triton, holding the seven-colored dragon egg, smiled so hard his beard quivered. “It’s all thanks to Aria’s good judgment, finding us such a wonderful son-in-law. How else could we have a golden dragon born to us?” My wife Aria blushed and leaned into my embrace: “Father, what are you saying? It’s embarrassing!” Queen Marina smiled brightly beside them: “Child, why are you so shy now? Wasn’t it you who cried and insisted you would marry no one but him?” King Triton placed his hand on my shoulder and solemnly put the dragon egg in my hands: “The future of the dragon clan is entrusted to you!” I looked at my wife’s blushing face and felt a surge of anger rising. I strongly resisted the urge to crush the dragon egg and accepted it: “Please rest assured!” Rest assured! I will surely bury the filthy future of the dragon clan with my own hands! Queen Marina looked at me lovingly: “Don’t worry, everything is prepared. The auspicious time is almost here. You are the great benefactor of our Eastern Sea. The child should see you first when it hatches!” I pretended to decline: “Not at all. I’m lucky to have married a fairy like Aria. Anything I do for her is worth it!” “It doesn’t matter who the child sees first. I won’t compete with Aria.” Aria took my hand and smiled: “No, I want you to compete!” Everyone laughed and crowded around us, the family of five, as we headed to the main hall. In the center of the great hall was a giant seashell cradle. A dreamcatcher hung above it, and incense burned around it. Everyone’s expectant gazes turned to me: “Prince Consort, quickly place the young prince on it!” I gently placed the dragon egg on it, and a bell chimed. A crack appeared on the seven-colored eggshell. Everyone held their breath, staring at the dragon egg. Soon, seven-colored golden light shone through the crack. The dragon child had broken through its shell! “A golden dragon, it really is a golden dragon!” Amidst Chancellor Sheldon’s exclamation, everyone knelt before this little creature. How adorable. Though a golden dragon, it was so tiny. At this moment, it was holding its belly and laughing at me. I couldn’t help but reach out to touch the little one’s dragon horns. Its little claws eagerly grasped my fingertip and called me: “Daddy!” The warm, soft touch made me lose myself for a moment. This was the child I had waited 600 years for! I shed tears of emotion, then decisively cut off his head with the silver snake sword hidden in my sleeve! It happened so suddenly that no one had time to react. My wife Aria, who had been watching our intimate interaction with a happy face, looked at the scene before her in disbelief. She rushed towards me like a madwoman: “Have you gone crazy? What are you doing? This is the child we waited 600 years for!” Unfortunately, her hand hadn’t even touched my sleeve before she collapsed to the ground, her body weak. I had secretly put anesthetic powder in the incense. Soon, everyone in the palace fell down. “Son-in-law, son-in-law, what’s wrong with you? I’m Triton, your father-in-law! Have you been bewitched by something? Wake up!” Hearing King Triton’s voice, I turned and emotionlessly plunged my sword into the bodies of my dear father-in-law and mother-in-law. They struggled desperately, splattering blood on my face. How dirty! My wife opened her mouth in horror: “No, no! What are you doing? You’re not my husband. You must be possessed!” I walked to her side and examined this face that once made me fall deeply in love: “My lady, I know you’re in pain. Just wait a little longer. But first, give me your eyes!” I cruelly gouged out her eyeballs with my sword. Soon, those eyes seemed to have a life of their own and burrowed into my body. My black, lifeless eyes turned golden, with golden spiritual energy overflowing from the sockets. I then peeled off all the scales from her body, as easily as scaling a fish. Those scales, unsurprisingly, also entered my body. Immense spiritual power awakened in me. I no longer looked weak and powerless. I then cut off her dragon horns and pressed them onto my head. Now I looked like a true dragon. “You, you did this to become a dragon? If you wanted to become a dragon, there were other ways. Why did you have to kill my entire family!” “Were all our past feelings fake? You once swore in public that you loved me most, and if you betrayed me, you’d be struck by lightning!” I stopped in my tracks, turned to look at her, and shed a tear. She showed a joyful expression, thinking I would have a change of heart. But I only said: “Then let’s wait for divine punishment. I’m willing to bear it!” Then I resolutely left. Nothing could stop my steps of revenge. I slaughtered the entire Eastern Sea. The royal physician who diagnosed me, the maid Lily who helped me dress, the guard who taught me martial arts… Yesterday, they stood beside me, congratulating me on becoming a father. Today, they became vengeful spirits under my sword! I kept cutting, kept cutting, until even the blade of the silver snake sword was bent. I checked again and again to make sure there were no survivors in the Eastern Sea except for Aria. Knowing my sins were grave, I threw down the sword, picked up the golden dragon’s head. I sat in the pool of blood, waiting silently for divine punishment to arrive. When relatives and friends of the Eastern Sea arrived for the celebration, they saw this sea of red. The expressions on their faces were truly a spectacle! 0 “Heavens, what have you done? What you’re holding is a golden dragon!” “Why? Why did you do this?” “Of course, it was for the Eastern Sea, for the future of the Eastern Sea. I had to eliminate this evil!” Aria struggled to get up: “What nonsense are you talking about? Killing the entire Eastern Sea clan for the sake of the Eastern Sea?” I snorted coldly, looking at Aria on the ground, and kicked the golden dragon’s head over: “What your family did ten thousand years ago, you know better than anyone!” “With people like you in charge of the Eastern Sea, how can there be a future?” I looked at everyone and spoke again: “I am guilty and willing to be punished, but the sins of the Eastern Sea people should also be accounted for!”
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