I Became a Cute Little Dragon Princess and Now She’s Obsessed with Me Chapter 101
“Had a nightmare?”
Seeing the girl before her drenched in sweat, Gladys reached out to brush aside her hair and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
“Mm…”
Feeling the gentleness of the other, Erika immediately threw herself into her arms.
With her little head buried in Gladys’s chest, Erika resembled a kitten seeking comfort.
“It’s okay, silly. There’s no such thing as a curse.”
Continuing to gently stroke the ash-gray hair, Gladys said with a soft smile, “As long as I’m here, no one can curse you.”
“But I… I keep having the same nightmare every night… and I always wake up at the same time…”
“Then, when did this start happening?”
“I can’t remember…”
Erika looked up at Gladys, blinking her eyes. “It was sometime after we came to the Imperial Capital…”
“Then… tonight, let’s not sleep.”
Gladys reached out and pinched her cheek, speaking gently, “If it happens every night, then I’ll stay up with you tonight. Maybe that way, it’ll stop, and you won’t have any more nightmares.”
“Let’s give it a try then…”
Nodding obediently, Erika wrapped her small arms around Gladys’s waist. Nestled in her arms, she felt her mood lift.
“Alright, since you’re already awake, let’s get up.”
Gladys patted Erika’s little bottom, laughing. “Didn’t you say you wanted to come with me to the northern guard post? The guards do their shift change really early every day.”
“But Gladys, aren’t you the captain?”
Erika tilted her head. “Why do you still need to do a shift change…”
“Exactly because I’m the captain, I have to lead by example. If the leader slacks off, everyone else will fall apart.”
“Ohh, Gladys, you really know what you’re doing. Were you some kind of leader before? Hehe.”
“That was a long time ago.”
With a soft smile, Gladys carried Erika off the bed.
“Stop being lazy. Go wash up—we’re heading out.”
“Okay!”
After a quick wash to clean the sweat off her body—Erika glanced at the weather outside. She didn’t bother with much grooming and got dressed quickly.
Her ash-gray hair fell over her chest. She wore a cool, off-shoulder white dress, and under the morning sunlight, her fair skin seemed like a freshly bloomed jasmine flower.
Spinning once in front of the mirror, Erika stared at her reflection. Her lips curled up, revealing her little tiger fangs.
“Don’t push me. Once I get dressed up, I’m unstoppable!”
“Erika?”
Gladys’s voice came from outside the door. She had already changed into the light armor of an Imperial Capital soldier.
“Are you ready yet?”
“Oh, coming——!”
Responding through the door, Erika gave her shoulders a satisfied little shake and ran out.
Walking along the commercial street, she took the initiative to grab Gladys’s hand.
“Gladys.”
“Mm.”
“We haven’t had breakfast yet.”
“What do you want to eat?”
“Big meat buns!”
Erika made no effort to hide her craving. A smile bloomed across her face. “They’re really tasty! You had one last time too, remember?”
“They are pretty good. But…”
Gladys scooped her into a hug. “Don’t you get tired of eating them every day? Today I’ll take you to try the military’s nutritional breakfast.”
“There… there won’t be vegetables, right?” Erika suddenly had a bad feeling.
“Of course there will be. It’s called a nutritional breakfast, after all. You said you’d come with me.”
“Ah——! No way! I want big meat buns!”
Erika immediately began to struggle in Gladys’s arms.
What the heck! She’d just asked her what she wanted to eat, and now she was forcing vegetables on her. How evil!
“Stop fussing.”
Holding the flailing Erika, Gladys laughed. “Didn’t you say you wanted to come with me? So you’ll also get to experience the life of the guard.”
“Anything’s fine! Just no gross vegetables!”
“Not listening again, huh? When we came to the Imperial Capital, didn’t you promise me you’d behave?”
“That was then! This is now!”
“Uh-huh, so Erika’s trying to weasel out of it?”
“……”
Struggling for a while in her arms, Erika suddenly reached up to twirl a strand of Gladys’s hair, her whole demeanor changing as she put on a pitiful look.
“Please, Gladys… I want big meat buns…”
“I’ll buy them for you after you eat your vegetables.”
“That’s so unfair!”
“Be good.”
Under Gladys’s firm stance, Erika finally obediently arrived at the guard station in the north of the city and ate her most hated vegetables.
Morning in the Imperial Capital was the busiest time for the guard.
That was because during these hours, countless merchants were either leaving or entering the city.
Compared to other cities, Kaslania had a much higher cost of living. Naturally, it was also the city with the most extensive trade.
To earn more gold coins, many merchants came and went at the crack of dawn, hoping to bring cheap goods from other cities into Kaslania and profit off the price difference.
Of course, for such activity, Kaslania charged merchant taxes and strictly regulated the expansion of this behavior.
The Northern City Guard was one of the checkpoints for merchants.
After seeing Erika finish her breakfast and come out of the guard station, Gladys walked up to her with a smile and squatted down.
“How was it, Erika? Did the guard’s breakfast taste good?”
“Other than those nasty vegetable leaves, it was okay…”
Her cheeks puffed up slightly, Erika looked a little displeased.
Seeing this, Gladys chuckled and pinched her cheeks gently. “My little darling isn’t mad at me, right?”
“Nope. I’m not that petty.”
Though her words said otherwise, Erika’s expression was void of any smile, full of sulky complaints—a typical case of saying one thing and meaning another.
Right after, Gladys took out two large meat buns wrapped in brown paper and waved them in front of Erika.
The moment this delicious treat appeared, Erika’s red eyes lit up. Her puffed-up look vanished instantly, replaced by the expression of someone seeing treasure.
“Gladys… I want it!”
“These are especially for you.”
Grinning as she spoke, Gladys didn’t immediately hand over the buns. Instead, she tilted her head with a pout. “But I want to see you smile. If my Erika’s happy, I’ll buy her anything she wants.”
“Hehe… hehe… slurp…”
Grinning, Erika sucked back her drool that was about to spill out. She smiled brightly and licked her red lips, her little tiger fangs showing as she eagerly stepped forward.
Taking the big meat bun in both hands, she didn’t hesitate to bite into it.
That familiar delicious flavor—its taste instantly washed away the bitterness of having to eat vegetables.
“Gladys, you’re the best!”
“Eat slowly.”
Gladys dotingly rubbed her little head with her jade-like hand, then stood up and instructed, “I have to head to my post. Once you’re done eating, you can walk around nearby, but don’t wander too far.”
“Okay!”