Chapter 11: Dragon in Conflict: The Ultimate Instincts
During this period, Aislin's behavior changed. She began acting like a teenager, making her increasingly difficult to deal with. She asked me repeatedly about my marriage partner, and whether my reason for training in the Ice Scorpion Clan was to marry the Ice Empress.
She asked me, "Do you really want to marry the Ice Empress?"
I hid nothing from her and told her honestly that I was indeed interested in the Ice Empress and wanted to marry her, even setting it as a personal goal.
But after I told her, she became extremely angry, and we got into an argument that made me wonder if she considered me her own partner!
In fact, this wasn't unusual for spirit beasts, who often prefer to marry within their own bloodline to maintain the purity of their lineage—something especially common in large clans among humans.
In any case, I didn't pay much attention to her outbursts. Yet she grew bolder day by day, and one day I feared she might lose her mind entirely—especially when I told her I would marry the Heavenly Snow Empress after marrying the Ice Scorpion Empress.
At times, I felt she might truly become a yandere.
She tried several times to seduce me, igniting desire within me, even though she knew I was a dragon and that I might not be able to control myself.
Being a dragon means I possess an incredibly strong desire, especially since the legacy of my bloodline surpasses the human principles that still linger within me.
Not only that, but I have lived as a dragon far longer than I did as a human, making it extremely difficult to uphold the human morals from my past life.
Especially since these principles do not exist in the dragon clans or in this world, and Aislin possesses extraordinary beauty. She had already reached maturity, where emotions and desires become heightened.
I had suppressed these feelings for far too long, but now Aislin tempts me, awakening those repressed desires more and more.
What makes it even worse is this feeling that often overtakes me, like a fire consuming everything in its path, pushing me toward her as if urging me to act…
Sometimes, I swear I hear voices saying:"Do it… if you don't, you will regret it… you are no longer human… abandon your human conscience, and you will not regret… you are not the hero… you are merely the starting point for the true hero…"
This feeling has become like an inner demon.
Because of it, I can no longer restrain myself.
My mind and heart are now in chaotic conflict—my mind trying to cling to the last shred of human conscience, while my heart has already abandoned all human emotions.
I no longer have a human heart… but a dragon's heart that recognizes no human boundaries. I abandoned it long ago.
Yet my mind is beginning to lean toward agreeing with my heart.
I don't know how long I will be able to stop myself from drifting toward Aislin, as I have already become lustful, and she provokes me as well, shattering the last fragment of human conscience within me.
I began to think: I am a dragon… and I must act like a dragon… It is time to let go of the past and move forward. It is time now to become a true dragon!
I felt as if I were suffering from a split personality, where one part of me sees that I am a dragon and must act accordingly, while the other part insists that I was once human before becoming a dragon and should retain human principles.
But that part… is the weakest.
At this moment, I was returning to my mother's territory.
It had been more than a year since I left for the Ice Scorpion Clan.
Now, I headed straight to my mother's land.
I hadn't spent more than a few months in the Ice Scorpion Clan's territory, but for spirit beasts, that was only a fleeting moment, so perhaps Mother and Aislin were still there.
Over the years, my relationship with the Ice Empress had evolved, as had my bond with her sister. She had a sister—a blue Ice Scorpion female, one hundred thousand years old—who was no less beautiful than the Ice Scorpion Empress.
Over the years, I succeeded in captivating her, while the Ice Scorpion Empress began to accept my pursuit of her as a potential marriage. We agreed that if I reached fifty thousand years before she reached four hundred thousand years, she would become my wife. In any case, this wasn't difficult; I was soon approaching forty-nine thousand years.
As I neared my mother's land, I began to sense something familiar… yet there was something that filled me with intense anger!
Beside Mother and Aislin, I felt the aura of an armored Ice Lizard, most likely a male between fifty and sixty thousand years old.
At that moment, a murderous intent surged within me, and it seemed he sensed it immediately!
Even Mother and Aislin noticed and moved, as did the deceased man who had been chasing Aislin.
Two minutes later, we met, but I didn't say a word… I attacked him immediately with all my strength!
I felt Aislin's frustration and anger. Even if she had accepted his presence nearby, I would have killed him anyway… for Aislin!
He didn't expect an attack of such force. He was thrown a hundred meters, spitting blood. I targeted his chest specifically—not to kill him instantly, but to inflict serious internal injuries.
Without giving him a chance to react, I pounced on him with my entire body, tearing through his armor with my claws, then hurled him toward a nearby hill.
After that, I began attacking his limbs, which—unlike my body—were covered in ordinary scales.
But he was nothing more than an armored Ice Lizard, nothing against me!
Suppressing the puppet lineage alone was enough to subdue him. I am a true dragon… and he is merely an armored Ice Lizard.
Not to mention the difference in evolution and strength—he couldn't resist my strikes at all. I began to torment him to death, simply because he dared to interfere in Aislin's affairs.
Even as I tortured him, I kept an eye on Mother's and Aislin's reactions.
Their opinions still mattered to me.
Naturally, they didn't try to save him, even if they had wanted to.
But what pleased me most was that they didn't even attempt to stop me!
On the contrary, Aislin's expression was shocked, yet she seemed somewhat excited, which drove me to strike with even greater force!
I even sent my spiritual energy into his wounds—not only to slow their regeneration, but also to amplify his pain.
My level was far superior to his, even though he was older than me. But my frozen spiritual energy was stronger, and thanks to its continuous internal effect, I managed to gradually freeze him.
Yet this was far from over…
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