Know Yourself in the Dragon World

Chapter 311 What Kind of Monarch is Norton? (Part )

It seems to be pretty close to what I guessed, Han Qiu thought.

"Do you know about his first bronze city?" he asked again.

"Are you asking about the one in the extremely cold land?" Xia Mi needed to be precise.

After all, although she, Norton and Constantine can be considered siblings, there is still opposition between them.

There are some things that she doesn't know the whole story.

"Yes, that's right, have you seen it?"

"I went there once. I have a better relationship with Constantine than with Norton. You know, among the Dragon Kings, my power is very weak. Norton doesn't despise the weak, he just thinks that I can't protect Fenrir."

"Well, your dragons' brain circuits are really abstract."

"That bronze city..." Xia Mi's eyes became blurred. This was a memory that was too old and she hadn't looked through it for a long time. "It wasn't built just for Constantine. It's incredibly large. I told Constantine that time: Norton was really willing to build such a big city for you. Constantine told me that Norton spared no effort to build such a big city, mostly to provide a shelter for humans in the wind and snow."

"Norton is helping humanity." Han Qiu said.

It was not a question, Xia Mi's story confirmed his thoughts.

"That's right." The confusion in Xia Mi's eyes turned into anger. "In fact, every Dragon King has helped mankind to a certain extent. Why do you think we have the outer shell of Norse mythology, or in other words, we were once called gods? Is it just because of our extraordinary strength? No, it's because we have indeed done things that only gods would do, things that benefit the whole world!"

"for example?"

"How do you think Nidhogg died? Where do you think the half-bloods got their powers?"

"Nidhogg was killed on the throne by humans and hybrids. As for the power of hybrids... can I call it hybridization?"

Han Qiu remembered that the college textbooks said that in order to possess the power of dragons, people offered beautiful women to dragons.

But the power of dragons is too strong. In the beginning, when there is no stable bloodline, the baby with the power of dragon blood will be very strong. It is not a normal delivery, but a baby that breaks through the mother's womb and crawls out.

How greedy, using human lives to create hybrids.

"The first generation of kings do not have the ability to give birth to pure-blooded offspring, so we are destined to be lonely." Xia Mi's voice became softer and softer, "This loneliness forces us to hug the other twin tightly. In fact, I envy humans. They have family and relatives, and the sense of closeness that flows in their blood. It is a family, or even a kingdom."

"Not possessed? That means... it wasn't obtained through mating?"

"Yes, the original hybrids were also subspecies, monsters infected by dragon blood. It's just that human genes are much stronger than those of other animals. Through selection generation after generation, a stable boundary was formed, and some even relied on willpower to suppress the existence of dragon blood. The hybrids were able to gain such power because of greed, and the key point was the gift of dragons."

"What you said is so arrogant, Enci..." Han Qiu laughed in silence.

But it is true.

"Let me ask directly." Han Qiu was too lazy to waste words, "Have dragons ever considered coexisting peacefully with humans, or even... finding ways to eliminate the conflicts between the two races?"

"That's right." Xia Mi didn't understand why Han Qiu would ask such a stupid question. "Why else do you think I would believe you? We have all failed before, but that doesn't mean we don't have such aspirations. Do you think being a dragon is comfortable? Why do you think we choose to walk the world in the form of humans? Isn't it because of envy?"

"Just for yourself?"

"Nonsense! Isn't it a righteous cause? The Dragon King's blood sorrow is far greater than that of the half-bloods, countless times more. That is the blood sorrow of not being understood. After living for a long time, we can't find a place to call home. Nidhogg has set boundaries for us. We are destined to be unable to establish our own family and have no ability to give birth to pure-blooded offspring." Xia Mi's tone was sarcastic, but there was sadness in her eyes.

He has overwhelming power, but there is nothing worth showing off or pursuing.

Han Qiu used to think that the scenes in those movies were all lies. Rich people who had a lot of wealth but no friends or relatives would envy ordinary people who had ordinary backgrounds but happy families. How is that possible? Money can make everything go away.

But as he moved up and saw too many abstractions in this world, he slowly understood that there was nothing wrong with the movie, but with himself.

Too limited and biased.

The threshold of happiness and joy has no upper limit and is constantly increasing.

What the rich envy is not that ordinary people have no money, but that they have a happy family, although there may be some conflicts in the family because of money.

But for the rich, any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem, but he cannot bring back the dead! This is not something that can be solved with money.

So all that's left is envy.

Coincidentally, powerful dragons have long lifespans, enough to control the world, but they do not have the ability to establish their own families.

The only ones who kept him company were the twins on the throne.

Even if the Dragon King kills a hundred people a day, he will get bored after a few years.

If I kill them all, there will be no fun at all. I will be idle all day and have no idea what the meaning of life is.

Mad, nihilism will always exist, and it is inevitable for intelligent creatures, even powerful dragons can't avoid it.

"So, have you ever tried to use different methods to eliminate racial barriers and integrate yourself into the human population?" Han Qiu asked.

"To be precise, it's about reproductive isolation. Have you ever been to school?"

"..."

"Norton's attainments in alchemy are not only because he is the king who controls fire, but also because he wants to use alchemy to solve this problem and fix the twins' defects, such as Constantine's paralysis and Fenrir's IQ. Unfortunately, he did not seem to succeed and even lost his life because of his excessive trust in humans. The restrictions set by his father are too difficult to break through."

"What about you?" Han Qiu asked, "What's your method?"

"An alternative spiritual cocoon." Xia Mi said: "I don't believe in the kindness of human beings like Norton does, but I believe in human potential. Unfortunately, over the long years, I have only found Chu Zihang who meets this requirement."

"I see. What about the sky and wind and the ocean and water?"

"Not very familiar with it, I don't know."

"Do you think I can help you break the restrictions set by Nidhogg?"

"You are special, you can give it a try. And you are... a human, so calling you a dragon is really an insult to me." Xia Mi fiddled with her bangs in front of the mirror on the table, "Even if you can't break it, you can still survive by relying on the means you have retained your authority. Ragnarok is something that is hard to survive. Living a less lonely life is a pursuit, but being able to survive is an instinct, and you just happened to hit the two most critical points."

"Just chat, really." Han Qiu already got the answer.

But he wanted to ask something else.

Now that the topic has turned to the history of dragons, let's ask all the questions.

This way Han Qiu wouldn’t forget it later.