Dragon Princess Chapter 27

Chapter 27 - My Excellent Teacher

27、吾的老师就该为人师表

I, Kaoru, formerly a great ⓑⓔⓔⓟ--- ⓑⓔⓔⓟ--- in my previous life, but those are things of the past. I am now the dragon’s princess, an existence loved the universe, one that is worshipped by all who possessed the blood of dragons.

My radiance lit up the entire dragon island, my aura caused everyone to bow before me.

I am the great, graceful, and beautiful, that Arte something-something Lilith.

What, why wasn’t I hit by lightning when I was so ⓑⓔⓔⓟ ⓑⓔⓔⓟ---?

Hm-hm-hm… after my witty, resourceful, and cautious experiment, I found that as long as I am speaking the truth, I won’t be hit by lightning. In other words, the law will only work when I get excessively ⓑⓔⓔⓟ---, or when I say something along the line of ⓑⓔⓔⓟ---, ⓑⓔⓔⓟ---, or ⓑⓔⓔⓟ---. Right now, none of my words contain a hint of exaggeration.

As a genuine princess, I need to maintain my grace and etiquette at all times. Even if I have suffered a mental strain and physical abuse by my deranged mother last night, I still need to maintain my smile to greet my dragon language teacher.

“Good day, teacher,” I said with a formal tone. It sounded so mellow even I felt it was a bit corny.

“G- good… day,” the old man in front of me bent his body. He was shaking non-stop like someone contracted with Parkinson’s disease. His eyes were as spiritless as a young girl who just got ⓡⓐⓟⓔⓓ.

“What did you do to him? Why does it look as though he’s been broken?” mother asked Akarin who stood behind the old man.

Akarin scratched his head and said helplessly, “I have no idea, he’s been like this ever since I brought him here. I wonder if he’s sick or something.”

“And you still dare to bring him here? Don’t you even know how to find a healthy one? What if his illness infected my dear daughter?” said mother with an angry tone as her eyes sharpened

Akira said sullenly, “I told you I didn’t know if he was ill. And besides, he is indeed the most authoritative dragon language professor in the entire Holy Dragon Empire.”

The old man was wearing a pair of presbyopia glasses, and his clothes looked like the magic gown as seen in the Harry Potter movies. The bald crown of his head shimmered like the Sun's reflection off the clear lake...

Mhm, he does dress like a professor.

The shivering professor suddenly straightened his body and looked all over the place absent-mindedly. Then he fell onto his knees and used his hands to scratch the ground.

“Is this… really the dragon island? I never thought that I would ever set foot in the legendary dragon island in my entire lifetime. Heaven must have been touched by my good faith and gave me this huge opportunity!”

He was just like a wanderer who had finally returned to his hometown after thirty years of exile as he leaned towards the ground and kissed it repeatedly.

“Alright, that’s enough. Stop with your craziness,” Akarin pushed him lightly with his front claw and continued, “We invited you here for a proper business.”

The professor’s head almost crashed into the ground.

Then he slowly stood up and adjusted his glasses. After a quick look at me and mother, he turned around and...

“D- dra- dragon!!!” the professor pointed at Akarin while clasping his chest. He was so excited it seemed he would faint at any moment.

Seriously, uncle, just how slow can your reaction be? You only react to that now after he brought you all the way here?

As though the old man named Flint had only just processed the information, he became emotionally moved for at least three minutes. When mother was starting to get a little annoyed, he finally kneeled in front of Akarin and clearly said, “Oh, mighty dragon, for what matter did you call upon this Flint. As long as it is something I can be of help of, I will definitely risk my life and limb to help out.”

Akarin pointed at me, who was behind the professor, “It is not me who needs your help, it is that personage.”

The professor turned back to look at us, seemingly to find it strange that there were two humans at this place, “And they are...”

“Our all-powerful queen and Her Highness the princess.”

“Oh… so it’s the queen and the princess,” the professor turned his head around, as though the queen and the princess were merely two unrelated passers-by.

Then, he suddenly froze and turned back with mechanical motions. He took off his glasses that had been smeared by mud when he fell onto the ground earlier and used his equally dirty gown to wipe it. After putting on his glasses again, he looked at mother: “Queen?”

Then at me: “Princess?”

Akarin put his head beside the professor’s ear and said, “Did you not know dragons can transform into a human?”

The professor’s body began to tremble again. His Parkinson’s disease seemed to have become more serious, “Of course… I knew… but… boo hoo hoo…”

The old man cried like a salted fish that had its wish finally been granted. He cried like an eighty years old child, “ I started studying dragon language since I was seven years old. At the age of twenty, I became a dragon language scholar second to none in the Holy Dragon Empire. And now, I am over seventy years old, just when I’d thought my studies with the dragon language ends here, I have been timely summoned to the dragon island. I even have the opportunity to see the dragon empress and dragon princess spoken of in legends…”

The professor shifted towards mother in a kneeling posture and prostrated before her, “Oh, Your Majesty, I am your most devout believer. May I be presumptuous enough to ask for permission to stay on dragon island to learn about the dragon language. There’s no need to teach the humble me anything of importance, as long as they can be of use to me, that will be all I ask for.”

Mother tilted her head and said to the professor, “You seem to be misunderstanding something.”

The old man looked doubtfully at mother.

“We didn’t call you here to teach your dragon language. Or rather… you will be the one teaching my dear daughter the dragon language.”

Mother’s words pierced the old professor’s heart like the sharpest of swords...

The old professor revealed a stupid expression that looked like a beggar trying to borrow one million from a famous billionaire.

Then he stiffly turned his head towards me like a wooden puppet.

I put on my most pleasant smile and adjusted my voice to speak in a formal tone, “I will be in your care from now on… teacher~”