CHAPTER 444: CHAPTER 265: I DON’T WANT TO! (PART 2)

As David revealed the details of this secret encounter, Tania initially listened with the keen interest of someone hearing an exciting biography. However, she fell silent when she heard about how David and his companions had "narrowly escaped death" at the claws of the Dragon God.

She knew why her brother David chose to share these things with her at this moment...

David did not expect that as he spoke, Tania would suddenly start crying silently.

"EEK! Aunt Tania is dropping little pearls!" At this, even Satilaesa and Octavia, who had been squabbling moments before, stopped their fight. They curiously dove into the pile of hail, playing with the ’snow’ as if they were southern children from Blue Star seeing snow for the first time on a trip up north.

"You dare laugh at me! I’m so angry! Watch me beat you three ungrateful little brats to death!"

"..." Svetlana, who was swept into the air by Tania’s tail, felt greatly wronged. She hadn’t done anything!

This caught David completely off guard.

"What’s wrong? What’s wrong? Don’t cry. If our dad finds out, he’s definitely going to come after me without bothering to find out why, although he can’t beat me now."

However, David’s crude attempt at comfort only made Tania more upset.

"Brother, I’m so sad... WAH!" She immediately burst into tears, like a pear blossom in the rain, with frozen little pearls clinking as they fell.

"Uh... it’s okay, it’s okay. You’ll feel better once you talk about it." David was at a loss. In both his lives combined, he had never had experience comforting girls. Sigh, but this was his sister, after all.

Tania choked back sobs as she confessed her inner anguish, her reddened eyes staring at David.

"Brother, do you know? Sometimes, I even feel... jealous of you."

"Ah?" David was taken aback, caught completely off guard. This was the last answer he had expected.

But Tania gave a self-deprecating laugh.

"Isn’t it funny? Me, a Silver Dragon, being jealous of you, my Red Dragon brother. But that’s exactly how I feel deep down.

"Sometimes, I just can’t help but feel jealous of you.

"Jealous of your outstanding talent that rivals our mother Pafila’s.

"Jealous of your recklessness, doing whatever you want without hesitation, without burden, and without regret.

"Jealous of your inner strength, your ability to deal with any adversity with composure.

"I’ve worked so hard, I’ve worked so hard! Yet even though I became the top student at Dewensen Academy and was honored with the title of Dragon of Law Weaving, when compared to you, it all seems like nothing.

"Brother, you are too remarkable, too strong, and you grow too fast. You grow so fast that I’m desperately studying every moment to catch up, but every time I look up, I find you’ve already flown even higher and farther...

"In the end, even just staying by your side... I become a burden to you..."

David immediately pulled Tania into his arms. "No! You are not a burden. You never have been."

If Tania hadn’t persistently fed him, braving the Wind of Sloth, he wouldn’t have survived the Ogre’s belly even under their mother’s care, let alone achieved what he has today. Sometimes, a starting point can really determine a lot.

And later, if it hadn’t been for Tania’s guidance, he might have become trapped by his preconceived notions and fear of their Dragon Mother. He would have missed out on the world’s most outstanding mother, and his destiny could have completely changed.

To David, Tania would always be his most cherished and precious sister.

"But I am a burden!" cried Tania, stubborn as an ox and tearful as a pear blossom in the rain. "WAH! I’m so afraid, afraid that one day I’ll wake up to find that I’m the only one left in this world."

David fell silent.

He understood Tania’s fears all too well, and they were not unfounded.

Their mother, Pafila, had already ascended to godhood. With David’s mastery of the Seven Sins talents, his own ascension was not a difficult feat, merely a matter of time and opportunity. At the same time, Tania had likely sensed a change in their Dragon Father, Attilicia.

If Attilicia were to truly master electromagnetic force through the experiments of the Tokamak Fortress, it wouldn’t be impossible for him to achieve legendary status and embark on the path of ascension.

And then...

Wait... With Mother’s strong force, Father’s electromagnetic force, and the gravity I’ll surely obtain through the Electro-Fusion Fire... only the weak force remains. We haven’t even found a direction or method to study it yet. It only acts on the microscale, but it’s indispensable. Just like Tania is to us. Perhaps... But that’s an uncertain and arduous path.

Thinking of this, David suddenly looked at his younger sister, speaking with heartfelt emphasis, "Then, Tania, are you willing to try again?"

Perhaps having vented enough of her emotions, Tania snuffled, her nostrils flaring slightly, and rubbed her cold, snotty nose against David’s neck.

"...But what more can I possibly do?"

David immediately pulled out a sizable tome from the Portable Cave. His mother, Pafila, had compiled it from his chaotic memory fragments—concepts from Blue Star—along with knowledge she’d derived through reverse engineering over the years. She had then shared it back with David through Divine Power Blessing.

It was for him to use as a reference as he explored the path ahead.