The Reincarnation Of The Poor Princess
Eighth (80)

'What should I do now?'

Stella racked her brain to escape the haughty dragon's grip. The animal clearly knew that he would not be able to run away from it, so the pair of cold eyes were blatantly staring at him haughtily.

'Ck. It's upsetting.'

Stella clucking. In terms of strength, he lost more than the black dragon, it was clear that he had to think of a profitable way.

'How to win. Way to win. Think on! Come on, think of a way! Think. Think. Think.'

Stella continued to mutter the sentence in her heart, then her mind was fixed on the word "think", after which her brain worked quickly.

'There we go!'

A brilliant idea came up. Stella's red eyes shone brightly, satisfied with her idea.

"Huh."

Then, Stella looked at the black dragon and spoke in a tone of provocation, accompanied by an evil smile.

"If you attack me, it's not fair. You can't oppress a weak human like me" he said in a contrived tone, emphasizing the word "weak".

The black dragon's blue eyes grew sharper after hearing his words. Stella smiled obliquely, satisfied to see those sharp eyes.

"So, how about we fight in a different way?"

"What's that?"

"Let's fight for intelligence!" stella answered cheerfully.

'Animals have heads, but they have no brains!'

Stella still vividly remembers what her mother said when she was a child.

'If they had human-like intelligence, the world would have been destroyed.'

If in the world of this fairy tale book there is such an animal, then surely his father has stepped down from the throne and replaced by animals that have high intelligence. But it seems that in any world, animals remain animals.

"Do you agree to my challenge, O great black dragon?"

"Whatchu mean? Of course I accept!"

'good. He's trapped.'

Stella grinned in her heart and told her the rules that should not be broken.

Immediately, they fell into each other's busyness.

...―――...

"What is one plus two?"

"One ... add two? Ah, it's four!"

"Tet! You're wrong" Stella said as she crossed her fingers to form the letter X. "The answer is three."

"What's? Shit!"

The black dragon roared in annoyance as it heaved its tail in quick motion, while Stella smiled happily at his victory.

'Kindergartens can answer that question easily. I can't believe he's that stupid.' 

"Pffs."

"Hey! Don't laugh!"

Stella did not care and laughed at the black dragon's stupidity. Enraged, the dragon glared ferociously at the little human.

"Let's repeat!"

"Time's up."

"I don't care! Anyway, you have to ask me another question! Because I have to win!"

The black dragon twitched its tail violently. His pride as the greatest animal now falls to the lowest point because of a small human who has not grown.

"Hey, little man! What are you waiting for? Quickly give me a question!" his orders arrogantly.

"Hm?"

Stella's gaze instantly became sharp. He glared horror at the black dragon. Face blackened.

"What did you say?"

His tone sounded gloomy and creepy.

The dragon, who had yet to realize the current dangerous situation, retorted lazily, "What? Quickly give me a question!"

"No. Before that word."

"Hm ... little man?"

Stella's red eyes immediately shone with a dangerous light.

"Little man is like a boy, right? How dare you call me that again."

"A-what, anyway? Oi! What's wrong with my words?"

The black dragon was perplexed when he saw the little human in front of him let out a dense killing intent. What is he wrong? He was sure that his words earlier did not offend anyone!

"What's wrong with you? You were indignantly indistinct while looking at me like that. It's so weird."

"It's because of you! Listen to what I say!"

Stella looked at him firmly, while the black dragon nodded lazily in response.

"Yes, yeah. Hurry up say."

"Don't call me a boy!"

"What's? Very amusing. You are, right, small indeed," said the dragon as he giggled to himself.

"...."

'Yes, anyway. That's right, ' thought Stella while putting on a sullen look. 'But still, I want to be 21 years old, you know! When was I called a boy?'

"Anyway, I don't like that call," Stella said later, putting pressure on every word she said. "My name is Stella, not a little man. Remember it's fine."

"Oho~ So, your name is Stella, huh?"

"But I, didn't ask your name."

'Ukh....'

Stella was irritated when the black dragon spoke, accompanied by a sinless face that looked annoying.

"I don't care. Then, goodbye!"

"Where are you going, huh?"

"You go home."

"What?"

The dragon looked at the human named Stella with a look of disbelief.

"What is what? I've already got the fruit I'm after, so aren't I no longer having any business with you here?"

Stella smiled cunningly.

Only then did the black dragon realize something was amiss. After which, his blue eyes glared ferociously. He was cheated out loud!

"What! How dare you trick me, you rancid boy!"

Flippantly speaking, the black dragon immediately clenched its mouth. A moment later, he realized that he was too obedient to the little man.

"really. What am I following your words for? You brat!"

Now, he did not care anymore about what happened to him later. Mocking humans is more important now. He would not allow the Red Crystal Fruit to fall into the hands of a human! If that happens, then―

"You're deaf, huh? I, didn't I, I told you earlier. Don't call me a boy, stupid dragon."

The sound of someone cutting off his mind sounded cold and freezing. The pair of red eyes lit up brightly.

Pats―!

In an instant, two large, pitch-black hands appeared behind Stella. A black aura then appeared like a shadow and surrounded him.

"I. Nope. Boy," he said with great emphasis.

"That's not the case now, boy!"

The black dragon was sweating coldly. He did not know why his conscience was saying that he should not injure the humans in front of him.

"If you carry the fruit carelessly, then―!"

Cracks.

Cracking sounds sounded. Small tremors felt under their feet. Stella and the dragon both looked down, watching the snowy ground that was already cracked and ready to be destroyed.

"Then, then the lower dimension will open...."

Along with the continued words from the black dragon, the snowy ground on which they stood shook violently and finally split apart.

"It-it's?! U-youhahhh!!"

"Roaayarrr!!"

Buk up!

They both fell to the bottom of the split ground.

"God...."

Stella groans in pain. His back was throbbing, like he had just been hit by something hard, hopefully not broken. He tried to wake up. His hand involuntarily held his head that felt dizzy.

"Eh?"

Stella felt strange when her palm that touched her ground felt cold as if it was touching a chunk of ice. He looked at his hand slowly. The surface of the snowy ground, which became his last memory while in the Aros Mountains, was already absent. His current seat was completely made of ice!

"Why can...?"

While Stella was in confusion, a long moaning sound rang out nearby. Then, his red eyes looked towards the source of the voice, then slightly widened when he found out that the haughty black dragon had become small and looked cute.

"Huh? You're...."

"Why?"

"That, your body...."

As if realizing his words, the black dragon scanned his body and shouted in shock, after which he sighed resignedly and muttered, "S-I guessed so."

"Actually, where are we?"

"In another dimension."

Stella was silent for a moment. The word "loading" appeared above his head. A few minutes later, he widened his eyes and shouted, "What? How could? But why should I?!"

"If you want to ask one-on-one, cake."

"You think the situation is now funny―"

Duk!

The black dragon, which spread its wings as it felt aching, accidentally crashed into something that was behind it. He and Stella both stared at the object, which was similar to a coffin. The difference is, the chest is made of transparent glass and looks luxurious, decorated with gold and gemstones.

"What i .. it...."

Stella, who approached the chest muttering, stopped when she found out the contents of the chest. His pair of red eyes shook.

"Hey. What was? Why are you reacting like that?"

The dragon, curious and feeling strange with the trembling body of the little human, came over to the chest and peeked at the contents.

There, in the chest, was a woman lying with a bluish face, like she had just been poisoned and was dying. The woman's blonde hair spread around her neatly.

For a moment, dreams about her surviving mother and the woman's face inside the coffin overlapped on Stella's head.

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