Dragon Raja: Starting with Deadpool, Evolving Through Devouring

Page 157

If left unchecked, the wound will likely stop bleeding and scab over in no time.

The thought of repeatedly cutting my own wrists with a dagger... it seems a bit foolish. I'd rather speed up the process of concluding the contract.

The maid on the other side was also startled by Cao Han's decisive action. Fortunately, she did not stop her actions and used the fastest speed and the gentlest movements to cut open Lilith's exposed wrist.

She dared not be as ruthless as Cao Han; she merely made a light cut, from which only tears and blood flowed continuously.

The legendary subordination contract has begun!

Everyone present, including even Beowulf who was used to seeing all sorts of things, couldn't help but feel nervous from this moment on.

Lilia stared wide-eyed, forcing herself not to blink, afraid of missing any detail. Her clenched hands were now covered in sweat.

"This kid is quite responsible."

Beowulf's gaze followed Cao Han's gushing blood as it flowed along the grooves in the alchemical slab.

Judging from the progress, Cao Han's side was clearly more than five times faster than Lilith's side.

To be honest, even Beowulf was somewhat shocked and worried for Cao Han, seeing his reckless and crazy behavior that showed no regard for his own blood.

Fortunately, Cao Han's calm and composed expression dispelled Beowulf's concerns.

As their blood flowed within the groove, they drew ever closer to merging...

The moment Cao Han and Lilith's blood finally mingled in the groove of the alchemical slab.

With a "hum," the alchemy array on the stone slab emitted a dazzling light that shot into the sky, unexpectedly blinding everyone who was staring at it.

"Ah! My eyes!"

"WTF!"

"Did it succeed? Did it succeed?"

"Shut up, everyone!!!"

The entire venue was filled with a chaotic cacophony of sounds until Beowulf's roar, like that of a lion, finally brought a sense of order back to the room.

As the dazzling alchemical light gradually faded, everyone was finally able to see the situation on the alchemical stone tablet.

Cao Han was holding Lilith in his arms in a princess carry, and no one noticed that the wounds on their wrists had healed and stopped bleeding at some point.

"Eek~"

After a soft moan, Cao Han noticed that the girl in his arms first trembled slightly with her eyelids, and then opened her clear, bright blue eyes the next second.

The dazed look in her eyes showed that Lilith, who had regained consciousness after being unconscious for some time, was still a little unaware of what was going on.

Looking at the other person's breath, which was so close and filled with male hormones, Lilith was surprised that she didn't feel any resistance. Instead, she felt a strange sense of intimacy from the other person.

She was unaware that she had already entered into a subservient contract with the man before her, and that under the influence of this contract, she would naturally develop an instinctive fondness for Cao Han.

Just as Lilith was at a loss for how to begin...

"Sister~~~"

Upon discovering that her dearest sister had finally woken up, Lilia rushed straight to Lilith before anyone else could.

When they were still a short distance away, they launched a move at Lilith like swallows returning to their nests—Rocket Headbutt.

Seeing her younger sister dangling in mid-air, Lilith gently broke free from Cao Han's embrace and skillfully caught her sister, Lilia.

Just as he was about to habitually scold her for being careful, he was speechless when he saw Lilia raise her head and her face was already streaked with tears.

Without saying a word, he simply hugged his younger sister Lilia tightly in his arms.

Because Lilith has recalled her memories before she fell into a coma, and if she remembers correctly, she should have suffered a backlash from the dragon's blood.

She still remembers that in the moment before she lost consciousness, her last thought was regret that she didn't have time to say goodbye to her great-grandfather and sister.

I never thought I'd wake up again.

"Great-grandfather".

"Okay! It's good that everything is alright now."

"Ah."

At that moment, a simple "great-grandfather" was enough to overcome everything. Everyone else present with a modicum of emotional intelligence had already discreetly disappeared, while Cao Han seemed somewhat superfluous.

The Beowulf family is known for producing brutes, with a little emotional intelligence, but not much of it.

Fortunately, although Lilith Beowulf hadn't figured out what had happened while she was unconscious, the deep connection she felt with the man beside her through her soul made it impossible for her to ignore it.

"Who is this...?"

"Oh right, let me introduce you. This is Cao Han, an S+ level student who recently joined Kassel College." Beowulf's introduction was somewhat of a evasive one.

Subconsciously, he didn't tell Lilith the fact that he had signed a subordinate contract with Cao Han.

"How are you feeling now? Have the symptoms of the dragon blood backlash been resolved?"

"No."

Lilith's answer made Beowulf's heart, which had just settled down a little, hang in the air again, fearing that all of this was just a futile effort.

In fact, the first thing Lilith did upon regaining consciousness was to assess her physical condition, discovering that she was in an extremely delicate state.

"The domineering power formed by the fusion of various mixed dragon blood is still inside my body and has not been resolved or disappeared. Instead, it has been completely suppressed by an even more domineering power and cannot continue to erupt."

"Can you still use the power of your dragon bloodline to unleash incantations?"

"Although I haven't tried it yet, I feel it should be fine. That more domineering power gives me a sense of intimacy that won't hurt me, and it can even be used to my advantage to make my strength even better."

"That's fine, that's fine."

Beowulf already knew exactly where the so-called more domineering power came from through Lilith's description, and he was even more glad that he had made the right choice in choosing Cao Han.

If they were to find a dragon whose bloodline level was not high enough, even after forming a subservient contract, they might not be able to suppress the terrifying backlash of dragon blood within Lilith's body.

As for the issue that Lilith mentioned regarding the lingering backlash from the dragon blood within her body, that's not a problem.

Given enough time to digest and improve oneself, the problem will naturally be solved.

"Sister, you don't know... Waaaaaah (Why won't you let me tell you)"

Lilia was about to tell her sister about the subordination contract when Monta, quick-witted and agile, covered her mouth, leaving her only able to utter incomprehensible sobs.

With her keen senses, Lilith could easily sense that everyone else had been acting strangely since she woke up, as if they were deliberately hiding something, and she had a feeling that what they were hiding was related to Cao Han.

"Actually, even if you didn't say it, I could probably guess it."

"Sister, you guessed it's a subordinate contract?" Naïve Lilia believed it, her mouth running before her brain.

"Subordinate contract? What does that mean?"

I guessed it, but not completely.

Lilith's surprised expression didn't seem fake. She thought that her waking up must be related to Cao Han, but she didn't think about any subordinate contract.

It was like a crow cawing incessantly on Beowulf's head.

I originally planned to wait a day or two for Lilith to recover before slowly telling her the truth, but I didn't expect that Lilia, who speaks without thinking, would blurt it out in one go.

After sighing inwardly, Beowulf could only briefly recount the entire rescue process to Lilith, including the role and effect of the family's prized possession, the Subordinate Contract.

Lilith: "???"

Lilith's eyes widened, her mind reeling for a moment. It was as if she had woken up to find herself transformed from the heiress of a thousand-year-old family into a woman who had never even seen a man before...

subordinate!!!

This may be a rosy way of putting it. How is it any different from the slaves of ancient times who had no human rights when their lives and deaths were in someone else's hands?

Such a sudden change in identity is not something that most people can easily accept.

"I believe you must be a good person, right?" Lilith, realizing what was happening, turned to Cao Han and smiled sweetly.

Did someone just give me the "friend zone" card right off the bat?

Cao Han was stunned for a second or two. He hadn't expected the plot to unfold like this. However, he hadn't intended to use Lilith's kindness to blackmail her from the beginning. "Whether I'm a good person or not depends on how you define a good person."

He always felt that the other party was trying to morally blackmail him.

Unfortunately, the other party overestimated himself, or rather, underestimated Cao Han. He was not some saintly hypocrite who would completely lose his mind at the sight of a beautiful woman and be easily manipulated by a few words.

A transaction is a transaction!

Before the contract was signed, Beowulf had promised that Lilith's status could only be his subordinate until the final battle against the dragons.

“Let’s not stand here. Lilith’s body hasn’t fully recovered from the backlash from the dragon blood. We can talk about the details later,” Beowulf suggested.

“Yes, yes, yes,” Lilia immediately chimed in.

Seeing this, Lilith naturally followed suit. What she didn't mention was that because of the appearance of that more domineering power, her body not only didn't feel weak at all, but was even stronger than before.

This might actually be good news!

It was the same reception room where Cao Han had briefly stayed when he first arrived at the Beowulf family.

Lilia originally wanted to join in, but Beowulf sternly stopped her. Even crying, making a scene, and threatening her were useless. In the end, she was taken away by Monta, who strictly followed the head of the family's orders.

With Cao Han, Beowulf, and Lilith remaining as the three parties involved, the atmosphere suddenly became somewhat delicate.

Beowulf brought up the matter of the subordination contract again, especially reiterating the promises he made to Cao Han in order to get him to agree to the contract.

After finishing, he immediately observed Lilith's expression.

Upon learning that Cao Han would not use the contract to do anything improper to her, and that she would have the opportunity to return to her family in the future, Lilith was able to let go of her last bit of resentment.

Lilith accepted the promise her great-grandfather Beowulf made to save her life, and generously extended her hand, saying:

"Thank you for your care from now on, Brother Cao Han~"

"Of course!"

Uh... I'll go with brother then.

Looking at Lilith's youthful and beautiful face, Cao Han accepted the title without hesitation. It was better than being called "uncle."

Chapter 148 Born with the Divine Body of a Superior Being, Unstoppable

"Beowulf is one of the elders of Kassel College, so getting Lilith into the college ahead of schedule shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"no problem."