44 — The Dragon Mother Knight Grandmother Who Looks Like A Dark-Skinned, White-Haired Loli (Part 2)

But the father who followed wasn’t so proud; he began to develop the family with very steady steps, resolving almost every instability and danger, and expanding in every possible way.

All his actions were actually very ordinary, yet they were an important foundation that thoroughly stabilized the entire Lycoris family.

A large part of why the father did this was the important lesson drawn after the grandfather created magical technology!

Only by the time of Naiye’s generation did they truly count as a wealthy and noble family.

Even if Young Master Naiye actually became a spendthrift noble playboy, it would be completely fine!

They only need Naiye not to be an ambitious useless person! Even an ordinary generation for the Lycoris family would be acceptable.

After the Lycoris family became a magical technology family, they had contact or exchanges with almost every related family or faction.

But their exchanges with the Dragon Knight family were very close, yet ordinary.

Naiye was somewhat influenced by this; he did indeed like dragons and the color black.

“So… I, you are…”

“You—are my childhood betrothed!”

Eiru’s excessively dazzling smile stared into Young Master Naiye’s eyes as she answered his question word by word.

Naiye’s crimson pupils calmly returned Eiru’s gaze.

“I see.”

“Hey! Give me some reaction! Otherwise I’ll cry!”

Naiye’s overly calm response made Eiru start to panic! She cast aside appearances and began to act coquettishly.

In fact, Young Master Naiye half believed and half didn’t believe Eiru’s answer just now.

His father had indeed said that Eiru had some connection to him, but he never said this.

Since it wasn’t said, that could mean it might be false!

Another reason Young Master Naiye didn’t believe it was that Eiru wasn’t the first woman to tell Naiye she had an engagement with him.

After Young Master Naiye grew up a bit, he clearly understood his identity and status, because he received visits and social interactions from all kinds of nobles.

Among them were countless beautiful and wealthy young ladies; many even tried to propose engagements without even meeting in person.

Unfortunately, neither his father nor his grandfather ever clearly said whether there was a childhood betrothal wife.

That suggested this matter had been left to Naiye to deal with.

“Eiru, you’re actually the oldest among those who’ve told me about an engagement—aren’t you embarrassed?”

Naiye finally gave Eiru a little reaction, but that remark obviously couldn’t faze the grandma.

“Yeah, so what? You don’t dislike Grandma, do you?”

Young Master Naiye stroked Eiru’s soft, beautiful dark skin, smoothed her fluffy white hair, and finally showed a charming smile.

“Right, I don’t dislike you.”

“That’s enough!”

Eiru hugged Naiye closely, her face revealing a satisfied smile.

Although ‘grandma’ is just a form of address, she truly knew three generations of the Lycoris family.

She was even openly rejected when facing Naiye’s grandfather.

But she didn’t lose heart; she turned her sights to his son, yet in the end she was a step too late—Naiye’s father had long since met his mother.

However, this time it wasn’t so bad: she became friends with Naiye’s parents and agreed to take care of the newborn little Naiye.

After that, from the moment Naiye was born, he didn’t reject and couldn’t possibly dislike Eiru Dragonborn.

Eiru herself had not expected her relationship with three generations of the Lycoris family to be so close.

Especially with Naiye—at least she succeeded.

Although exchanges between the Dragon Knights and the Lycoris family were as ordinary as with other families, their private affections were very close.

She was at least half a mother to Naiye, half a sister, his childhood playmate in full, and even a companion.

Now she didn’t care whether she was Naiye’s wife or lover.

She only hoped that Naiye, whom she had cared for since childhood, had a place for her in his heart.

“Eiru, that hurts, stop biting.”

Eiru snapped back to her senses! She found that in her excitement she had bared her teeth and begun to bite Naiye’s neck.

Just that simple bite had already left a conspicuous mark on Naiye’s neck.

Eiru looked at the mark, and the flames deep in her heart began to stir.

She turned around and faced Naiye again.

This time, Eiru lifted her delicate, tender little foot and hooked it over Naiye’s shoulder.

“Naiye, we can ignore that engagement for now, but I want to hear you say it with your own mouth! Am I your intimate ally?”

“Ally? You mean our private relationship is… lovers, while our families are allies?”

After saying it, Young Master Naiye suddenly remembered that he and Eiru actually had no real engagement; it was really just spoken words.

So neither of them cared much.

But Eiru simply wanted to hear Naiye say that sentence with his own mouth.

“Yes, do you agree?”

“I agree. Our two families have such a good relationship, our interests match, and cooperation works very well. And besides…”

“And I’ve always remembered you, even if I only fully recalled just now.”

Eiru laughed again; she was a bit unsure whether Naiye meant a family alliance or their personal relationship.

“By the way, you still haven’t clearly said why our two families formed an alliance, and why the union works so well.”

“Actually it’s simple, Naiye. First tell me: what’s your impression of the Dragon Knight family? Say it directly.”

Young Master Naiye’s impression of the Dragon Knight family flashed through his mind, and he immediately reached a conclusion.

“Natural, loyal, friendly, polite.”

Those are all good impressions, but Eiru wanted to hear the bad ones.

“Pedantic, overly rule-bound, conservative, a bloodline-elite class.”

After Young Master Naiye said these, he more or less understood.

He lowered his head and began to stroke Eiru’s sensuous, glossy dark skin, then the dragon horns on her head.

He now began to think those dragon horns were a bit troublesome.

Then he looked at Eiru’s cute and beautiful room; it was truly a very comfortable place to live.

But outside the room, the stone space guarded by two giant dragon statues felt especially terrifying and oppressive, making anyone who came here feel fear and awe.

“Exactly, our two families are practically opposites: the Dragon Knight family is conservative and pedantic, while the Lycoris family is outgoing and innovative.

“What moved me about your grandfather was that he, ungraciously, angrily rebuked my family for being pedantic and conservative, always strutting about on the authority left by the Dragon Knights! It was nothing compared to the magical technology he created!

“Although I was furious and nearly exploded on him, inwardly I had to admit he was right.”

This part of the story… his father didn’t say anything, and grandfather didn’t either.

But Young Master Naiye also thought he was right.

“In the end I chose to set aside that superiority-filled arrogance and form an alliance with the Lycoris family! Naiye, you should understand what that arrogance refers to?”

Human arrogance, human emotions—people always desire the honor of being above others.

This is even more evident among the female knights in the Auriel Knight Academy: they fight for their desires and obsessions and look down proudly on all ordinary people.

The most obvious example is the Four Great Knight Orders versus the Miscellaneous Knight Order.

This isn’t some terrible vice—it’s just the purest obsession within human nature.

The simplest example is when someone is hungry, they go find something to eat.

The most complex is female knights risking their lives to satisfy their wishes to become Knight King.

Young Master Naiye is in fact the one who understands best.

Because he wants what he wants more than anyone else.

“Afterwards, the policy of the two families was actually very simple: the Dragon Knights handle matters related to the kingdom, while the Lycoris family explores the outside world.”

The Dragon Knight house looks inward; the Lycoris family looks outward.

It’s a simple and sound direction, so the two families wouldn’t have conflicts.

“So that’s how it is, I get it, I understand.”

The Dragon Knight family and the Lycoris family officially formed an alliance.

While other female knights were still trying to win over Young Master Naiye, the Dragon Knights had already secretly allied with the Lycoris family.