My Stubborn Soul Card Follower-Chapter 620 - 442: Grafa’s Student

Cheryl worked so hard to earn money, wasn't it all to one day enter the castle and practice?

"I don't know." Next to Cheryl was a petite girl.

She was Bai Ye's projection in this world, and also Cheryl's master.

Dragon Princesses, as creations, have inherent defects in their souls, and must form contracts with normal beings to fill in these gaps.

This was actually a loophole left intentionally by Shen Sui when he created the Dragon Princesses to better control these powerful girls.

This explanation is not entirely accurate; it was actually a mechanism put in place by the creators to justify why Dragon Princesses, with attributes surpassing player-controlled characters, would still obey players.

It serves as a way to explain the world view.

The Dragon Princesses born later, although mostly not artificial creations anymore, still retain the defects of the first-generation Dragon Princesses, requiring a contract with normal beings—usually humans—to survive.

Cheryl was contracted by Bai Ye when she was about to lose control shortly after her birth, becoming Bai Ye's Soul Card.

"Huh? You don't know?" Cheryl asked with slight confusion, "Isn't it you who introduced her here?"

"Alright, if there's nothing else, let's head back first." Misha said with a smile, "Since there's a teacher accompanying us, there should be no problem."

Misha, although not the strongest of the new generation in Arc Light City, is undoubtedly a leader of the new generation.

Her contract with Bai Ye was actually a coincidence.

Misha's previous contractor passed away not long ago, and because of Cheryl, Bai Ye often interacts with Misha. Misha had a good impression of Bai Ye, and under Delia's encouragement, the contract was made.

Although Dragon Princesses can change contractors, it's quite troublesome, so unless necessary, they don't want to lose their contractors casually.

Thus, Misha always advised Bai Ye not to follow Cheryl everywhere—only after Cheryl went to the real world did she understand Bai Ye's reasons.

Bai Ye wanted to follow and see from her perspective what Shen Sui's Soul Card would do in that legendary castle, but that place is the Holy Land of Dragon Princesses and not a place an ordinary person like her can enter. Eventually, she agreed to Misha's suggestion and stayed in Arc Light City.

At the same time, in the real world, Bai Ye put down the Dueling Device and said to Shen Sui, "I can't go to the castle, but Delia is a good person and won't harm you guys."

After saying this, she suddenly felt it was a bit unnecessary.

Alice took out Duke Grafa's key after all, so Delia certainly wouldn't harm her.

Although very curious about the matter, Bai Ye is not someone who likes probing others' secrets, and she only told Shen Sui, "I will arrange Misha and the others' actions on my end, and the moment there's any sign of Dorans, I'll inform you right away, and we can act together then."

Shen Sui nodded, "I'll rely on you for intelligence. As for combat, you don't need to worry."

Seeing Shen Sui's nonchalant attitude, Bai Ye became even more puzzled.

She wondered how much of a surprise Shen Sui could bring while capturing Dorans.

Delia spread her dragon wings and sped towards Grafa Castle with Alice in tow.

A thousand years have passed, and it no longer looks as Shen Sui remembered it, but the castle is still the same castle, though not as sinister as in Shen Sui's memory.

"Hold on tight, the flying speed will be a bit fast." Delia was flying with Alice in her arms.

Alice was used to it: "It's alright, I'm already accustomed to the Dragon Race's flying speed."

Be it Lingyi or Qishala, Alice had long gotten used to the speed of the Dragon Race.

"But can't Dragon Princesses fully transform into Giant Dragons?" Alice asked curiously.

"Under certain conditions, yes." Delia replied, "But after all, we're not true Giant Dragons, and can only fully activate the potential of the Giant Dragon bloodline within us to transform into a complete dragon in the most perilous times. In general situations, we're more adept at fighting in this half-dragon form."

"Wow." Alice looked down at Delia's dragon tail, used for controlling their flight posture, and blinked.

"Are you really Duke Grafa's student?" Delia was still somewhat skeptical, "He has been sleeping for over a thousand years, and we've all been waiting for him to awaken, but there has been no sign of him waking at all."

If not for the contract between the Ancient Dragon Princess and Duke Grafa still existing, they would have thought Duke Grafa had long since passed away.

"He's been sleeping under our observation all along." Delia felt Alice's heartbeat as she held her, trying to determine if Alice was lying, "To be frank, I find it hard to believe he would have a student."

Alice chuckled: "Indeed, it's possible they might be a Spirit successor, isn't it?"

Delia blinked, finding Alice's words quite ambiguous.

Given the authenticity of the aura on the key in Alice's hand, Delia began filling in details in her mind based on Alice's words, "You mean you received some form of heritage from Duke Grafa in the Otherworld?"

"Ah, you could say that." Alice mumbled, "Too bad I didn't inherit the technique of creating Dragon Princesses."

I would really like to teach you, so that you wouldn't need to come so far to capture Dragon Princesses, and could directly make them for me like Puppets.

But just like many things Shen Sui couldn't teach Alice, making Dragon Princesses is not a player's skill but a game mechanic, something inherently untransferrable and only belonging to players.

"Is that so?" Delia decided to see how Alice performed in the castle before deciding.

The sixteen Ancient Dragon Princesses take turns guarding Grafa Castle, and during this time, the city-state they each guard faces the greatest danger, so this guard schedule is occasionally adjusted, without a fixed rotation order, to avoid letting enemies catch a pattern.

Delia had just finished her rotation at Grafa Castle not long ago, so her sudden reappearance left the current guarding Dragon Princess quite puzzled.

"Delia, why are you here?" The Ancient Dragon Princess named Adewei glanced at Alice in Delia's arms, "Isn't it not the time for Dragon Princess trials?"

Delia briefly explained the situation to Adewei.

Adewei was aware of the Broken Realm invasion, but upon hearing Alice's identity, she showed an incredulous expression.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Adewei directly denied, "We checked the Duke's state not long ago because of Dorans' matter; there's no way he could have a student! This must be a conspiracy by those traitors!"

The traitors Adewei referred to are the Dragon Species outside the city-states.

As creations of Duke Grafa as well, Dragon Species clearly lacked the grace and rationality of Dragon Princesses, leading to a split soon after the Duke fell asleep, due to differing ideologies.

During their conversation, Adewei prepared to seize Alice for interrogation.

However, the next moment, a powerful force erupted within the castle.

The instant Alice reached the castle, Shen Sui simultaneously reclaimed his slumbering body therein.

[You feel a certain calling.]

[You respond to this calling.]

[In the next moment, your soul seems to be torn from Alice's body.]

[You feel a moment of disorientation.]

[When you awaken again, you already have a new body.]

[You raise your hand, look at your jet-black dragon claws, and fall into deep thought.]

[You have become a dragon.]

[You are Duke Grafa.]