Chapter 454: Disaster Always Beats Me to It

The bright moonlight spilled over the vast, densely vegetated plain; under the night sky, the planet Morabis finally regained its rare calm.

The Viceroy's residence.

Li Ang stared at the mature woman with a full, voluptuous figure in the bedroom, his expression grim: "Take me with you, Sophia."

".?"

At first, Sophia thought she had misheard, and she was momentarily bewildered.

But when she realized the young dragon before her was not joking, her cheeks instantly flushed crimson.

She fiddled with her rainbow-hued hair, which fell to her waist, and after stammering for a long while, finally spoke: "D-don't you think we're moving a bit too fast?"

To be honest, Sophia did not resist her grandfather's arrangement—after all, she had indeed reached the age where she should leave behind her bloodline.

After spending time together, she found Li Ang to be an excellent choice: his strength, talent, character, and bloodline were all top-tier; strictly speaking, she was the one gaining the advantage, the only issue being—

"And you're still too young."

As she said this, Sophia's voice faded into silence, her lips pressed tightly together as she sank into thought.

Hearing this, Li Ang knew Old Siji was misinterpreting again—though he had intended it that way.

'Am I becoming a bit of a jerk?'

A jerk usually meant seducing someone and then running off—he didn't think he was that kind of person; after all, hadn't he planned to flee with the Plant Union too?

He cleared his throat softly to suppress his wandering thoughts and selectively shared the information he currently held with Sophia, omitting certain details.

After hearing his explanation, Sophia's face instantly turned bright red, and she stammered: "I-is that so?"

After saying this, she wished she could bury her head in the ground.

'Ugh, I'm such a bad woman.'

Sophia felt a pang of shame for her own unspeakably impure thoughts.

Just as the atmosphere grew increasingly awkward, Elise, who had been sitting on the edge of the bed, swallowed the last piece of metal in her hand, then stood up and walked over to Li Ang, tugging at his sleeve: "Li Ang, I'm still hungry—give me some more, please."

". Take it."

Facing the puppy-like dragon's pleading, Li Ang sighed helplessly and pulled out a space ring, handing it to her.

Inside the ring were the metals he had utterly annihilated using 【Heaven and Earth as Furnace】, originally kept as a reserve—but who knew the puppy dragon had unexpectedly taken a liking to them, so they had become her new snack.

"Ooh! Li Ang is the best!"

Elise let out a cheer upon receiving the ring, her mouth drooling uncontrollably.