"It's not the chase you're thinking of."
Dan Heng hesitated.
It wasn't a pursuit for assassination.
"Then what kind of chase is it? It couldn't be that some dragon is pursuing him, haha."
March 7th laughed a couple of times, then noticed Dan Heng wasn't laughing. "... Is Aidan really being pursued by a dragon right now?"
"Yes, I think so."
"Huh? Where is that dragon? What does it look like? Is it good-looking?"
Dan Heng suddenly paused, his expression becoming even more complicated.
That female dragon said she didn't like him that much originally, but she liked him even more after hearing that Aidan already had someone he liked.
What kind of logic was that!
"Wuu—!"
Aidan shook his head desperately outside.
He really wanted to stab that dragon's Tail with his own horn.
Of course, Dan Heng also wished he couldn't understand the words of the Permanence Dragon right now.
That female dragon's telepathic message was like a demonic sound piercing the brain, each sentence more terrifying than the last, with things like "This kind of romance is the most romantic," "I don't mind," and "I'll tie you up and cultivate our feelings slowly"...
"Wuu—"
Drive faster! Warp now! Run!
Everyone in the Parlor Car looked at each other.
"Is he crying for help?"
March 7th tilted her head, staring at the giant dragon outside the window that was anxiously circling. "Why do I feel like he's crying for help?"
"He is crying for help."
"Then let's go save him quickly!"
March 7th rolled up her sleeves and rushed toward the door. "We can't let another dragon bully Aidan!"
"Wait, March."
Himeko stopped her. "How do you plan to save him?"
"Uh..."
March 7th braked abruptly and froze on the spot.
Right, how was she supposed to save him?
Although Himeko couldn't understand Dragon language, the meaning behind Aidan's giant claw pointing toward the starry sky ahead was unmistakable.
"Go! Let's leave this star field first!"
"Warp preparations complete, Pom! Countdown ten seconds! Ten! Nine! Eight..."
"Wuu—!"
When Aidan heard the countdown, his eyes instantly lit up, and he used his claws to hold onto the Astral Express.
"Three! Two! One! Warp!"
The engine at the rear of the Astral Express burst out with dazzling light, space twisted, and a gateway instantly opened. Colorful light bands rapidly receded, and that familiar squeezing sensation struck again. But for Aidan, this Warp was simply the best Warp experience he had ever had.
Extreme!
Extremely intense!
How would you describe it?
"Wuu—"
Safe.
He lay limp in the starry sky, spread out like a dried-up kelp.
Dan Heng looked at Aidan's appearance outside the window. The courtship drama just now had caused quite a shock to both his ears and his brain.
Aidan was so anxious now that he could even speak. He pressed his giant dragon head against the glass of the Parlor Car and recounted the sequence of events to the Astral Express Crew.
"So—"
March 7th's eyes widened, both hands pressed against the glass of the Parlor Car, her face almost stuck to it. "The dragon whose shadow we didn't even see just now was confessing to you? And it even said it didn't mind if you already had someone you liked, and that it would tie you up and keep you?!"
Aidan's giant dragon head drooped outside the window, listless.
"That's too much, that's too much."
March 7th was indignant, though she didn't quite know why she was indignant.
Little March of the Astral Express is no pushover!
"Aidan, if you really aren't used to this size, perhaps you could try to rein in your Path power."
Welt pushed up his glasses, observing the giant dragon's body with deep eyes. "Permanence is Stable, but Voracity is constantly devouring the surrounding mass. You are currently like a constantly inflating star."
Aidan's huge dragon head drooped outside the Parlor Car, his golden vertical pupils filled with the weariness of life.
"Uncle Yang, you are very right, but I can't do it."
He could grow bigger but couldn't grow smaller.
Suddenly, he froze.
Boom!
"Aidan, what's wrong?"
Aidan's dragon whiskers were trembling.
The female pervert is catching up!
To avoid implicating the Astral Express, Aidan resolutely made a decision!
He turned and flew toward the sea of stars.
"Conductor... I'll be back for dinner tonight."
March 7th froze in place, her hand still in the posture of clinging to the glass. Outside the window, Aidan's massive body grew smaller and smaller in the starry sky, finally turning into a cyan speck of light and disappearing into the vast sea of stars.
"He... he ran away?"
"Yes, he ran away."
Dan Heng nodded.
"To keep us from being implicated?"
"Most likely."
"He's a dragon, after all! Such a huge mass, and he was scared off by a dragon he hasn't even seen yet? He's not an insect today!"
March 7th frowned.
"The other party came to court, not to fight. If it were a fight, he could fight back. For courtship—he probably just ran out of ideas."
It was precisely because of this kind of thing that...
March 7th swallowed the unfinished words and turned to look at the empty starry sky outside the window.
Aidan flew desperately, his dragon whiskers trembling.
His dragon body left a long trail in the sea of stars, his scales generating violent energy fluctuations. His Tail thrashed wildly, and his four claws were tightly tucked beneath him.
The star field behind him remained empty; nothing could be seen. But Aidan knew that dragon was there.
The dragon's roar behind him grew closer and clearer.
We are not compatible! Please let me go!
How do you know if we're compatible if you haven't even tried?
Aidan nearly crashed headfirst into a small asteroid in front of him.
What is it about me that you like! I'll change it, okay?
He flicked his Tail in an attempt to circle a giant gas planet, using the celestial body's gravity to shake off the pursuer. But the one behind him was clearly much more skilled at flying; they lightly followed his turn.
You! Let! Me! Go!
I just like the way you are so unromantic.
Aidan almost couldn't catch his breath.
On the Astral Express, it was time for lunch.
Himeko didn't show off her skills today; Pom-Pom prepared a normal vegetable salad and steak.
March 7th poked the steak on her plate with her fork, her gaze constantly darting toward the window.
"Do you think Aidan will really come back for dinner tonight?"
"That's hard to say. Matters of the heart are sometimes just a passing breeze; you can't always avoid them."
Welt said, sounding like someone with experience.
"But Aidan was forced into this!"
"Don't worry, little March. Aidan is very smart. Since he said he would return, he will surely find a solution. Even if he really brings bac
k a partner, the Astral Express can just add another open-air car."
"Sister Himeko! How can you joke about this too!"
March 7th said helplessly.
"Joking?"
Himeko held her coffee cup, a smile in her golden eyes. "Little March, when you were staring blankly out the window just now, what were you thinking about?"
"I... I wasn't thinking about anything!"