"Mimic a dragon's tongue to pronounce?"
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Anna stared blankly with her watery peach blossom eyes, the golden-red pupils seemingly containing two swirling vortices.
"That's right~ Dragon speech requires a very complex process, thanks to the powerful tongues of dragons!"
Su Nian, like a biology teacher, began to earnestly explain the dragon tongue to his precious student.
To make it easier for Anna to understand, Su Nian even drew a dragon tongue on the small blackboard.
"As shown in the figure, this is a dragon's tongue."
Su Nian tapped the blackboard.
"From inside to outside are the root, body, and tip of the tongue."
"The dragon tongue's body is covered with lingual mucosa, and above the mucosa are numerous dragon nerve filaments."
"Moreover, there are 457 muscle groups just to control the dragon tongue."
Seeing that Anna's eyes were already starting to glaze over with confusion, Su Nian understood that what he was teaching was beyond Anna's comprehension.
However, the pronunciation of dragon speech didn't have much to do with these details anyway.
It didn't matter if she couldn't understand it.
He was mainly laying the groundwork for his upcoming explanation.
"To correctly pronounce dragon speech syllables, you must control your tongue to vibrate at different frequencies and form various special shapes."
"Each dragon speech syllable has a specific amplitude and form. Now, let me give you an example."
As Su Nian spoke, he opened his dragon mouth, revealing his crimson tongue. Then, through throat vibrations, he explained to Anna:
"Now, my precious student."
"Please focus your attention on the dragon tongue."
"Oh, oh!"
Anna obediently responded with two sounds.
She stood on tiptoe, her gaze firmly fixed on Su Nian's large tongue.
Although she was no stranger to having her face washed by it for various reasons, this was her first time observing the dragon tongue so closely.
The dragon tongue was as wide at its base as the black dragon's mouth.
The end was more slender.
At its narrowest point, it was about the width of a baby's arm.
The slightly darkened dragon tongue was covered with fine fleshy spines.
Anna realized that these spines must be what her brother had just called dragon nerve filaments.
"Zun!"
The abstruse dragon speech resonated, causing the air throughout the Dragon's Nest to vibrate slightly.
Although it was just one syllable, Anna, who now possessed the dragon's heart, clearly felt the power contained within this small sound.
The black dragon's tongue rapidly vibrated during the syllable's resonance, and the entire tongue curved into a strange spiral shape!
As expected of a dragon's tongue!
Truly extraordinary.
Anna didn't understand, but that didn't diminish her admiration and affection for the black dragon.
"So, as you can see, dragon speech pronunciation is very complex, not simply uttering the syllable."
Su Nian closed his mouth and raised his soft dragon wing to gently pat Anna's head.
"Our dragon tongues are very flexible. Now that you have the dragon's heart, your tongue should be able to achieve this too, hehehe..."
Su Nian laughed oddly, his implication clear.
Hearing this, Anna's face reddened, and her two soft little hands nervously intertwined.
She believed her brother's words without doubt.
Because dragon tongues were indeed very flexible, she knew this very well.
"Brother..."
"Let's focus on our lesson~ please?"
Anna gently pleaded, her voice getting softer and softer, until it was almost as quiet as a mosquito's hum.
Her pretty face grew redder, affecting even her fair neck and snow-white ear lobes.
"Hehehe~ I've been focusing on the lesson all along! Anna should reflect on herself..."
Su Nian displayed a shamelessly roguish expression.
"Brother... you! Hmph (╯^╰)"
"If you keep teasing Anna like this... Anna will... will..."
Anna tried to think of a threat, but couldn't come up with anything that could intimidate the black dragon.
Her entire being and heart belonged to the black dragon.
This mischievous dragon had already established an undefeatable position.
"Will what~ hmm?"
Su Nian used his soft dragon wing to gently lift Anna's smooth and delicate chin.
His teasing intent was obvious.
"Hmph... hmph..."
Anna puffed up her cute cheeks like a little aggrieved bundle, making her dimples disappear.
Her adorable peach blossom eyes glared at the mischievous black dragon before her.
Yet she couldn't bring herself to utter a single word of reproach.
"If brother continues like this, Anna will reduce the daily hundred licks to eighty... no, ninety-nine!"
"Oh?"
"Why reduce by only one?"
Su Nian looked at the cute elven girl before him with interest, unable to resist bringing her closer to his eyes.
"Because... because Anna also wants to lick with brother~"
Anna turned her face away in a huff, but this only made her pink-flushed neck more visible.
"If, if Anna reduces too many licks, punishing brother would become punishing Anna herself, and Anna... Anna won't do something so disadvantageous~ hmph~"
Su Nian quietly gazed at the petite and delicate Anna before him, as if looking at a priceless treasure.
Even in her shyness, in her "anger."
Anna would occasionally glance over, carefully observing his expression.
Those gorgeous eyes slightly lowered, long eyelashes curving into a charming arc.
Su Nian knew.
Anna was afraid that her willfulness might displease him.
But as lovers.
Anna, who had embraced her true nature, would occasionally have these tsundere moments.
She longed to show her true self to her lover, to be free to act coquettishly and enjoy his affection, but feared that such behavior might be disliked.
It was hard to imagine how much suffering she had endured to form such a sensitive heart.
Su Nian cherished Anna, using his soft dragon wing to lift her charming face.
"Anna, didn't you just say that even watching me release dragon speech makes it hard to learn?"
"Now I'll teach you."
"I'll teach you hands-on~"
...
...
After Su Nian's mouth-to-mouth personal guidance,
Anna finally gained some understanding of dragon speech.
She mainly grasped the vibration frequency of the dragon tongue and the tongue shapes suitable for dragon speech.
After all, her brother had already given her a personal experience. If she still couldn't understand anything after that, she would feel embarrassed and bring shame to her brother's dragon face.
"Anna, now try to release the syllable 'Zun,' open your mouth a little, and I'll observe if there are any problems with your process."
Su Nian pushed up non-existent glasses on his dragon nose, his face full of teacherly righteousness.
"Oh oh~ Okay, brother~"
"Ah—"
Anna obediently responded.
Facing Su Nian, she opened her pink little mouth.
A soft and tender "Zun" sound was transmitted through the vibration of Anna's tongue, though the power contained within was still insufficient.
Su Nian looked at Anna's pink little tongue, couldn't help but swallow, but he still very solemnly pointed out the flaws in Anna's pronunciation.
"The vibration frequency is a bit low, and the tongue shape for 'Zun' is too rigid. Relax~ you can imagine your tongue controlling the flow of water in your mouth, just gently pushing it..."
Hearing this, Anna tilted her little head and thought about the sensation Su Nian described for a moment, then gently opened her cherry-like mouth and, following the black dragon's advice, uttered another "Zun."
"This time is better, but the tongue shape is still not completely relaxed. Don't be so deliberate."
"Let me guide you through the experience again, to familiarize you with it."
...
"Zun."
"Not bad! More forcefully, shout it out!"
"Zun!!"
"Very good, Anna, you're truly a genius. Now let's wash our face... oh no, let's learn the next syllable."
...
In the Dragon's Nest that emitted a "sour smell."
The pedagogical black dragon and the knowledge-seeking elven girl were engrossed in learning dragon speech, and they were making excellent progress.
Occasionally, abstruse dragon speech syllables would emanate from the Dragon's Nest. The monsters outside the lair looked at each other awkwardly, all hugging their wives tightly.
As for those without wives.
They glanced at their own muscular arms.
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