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Chapter 201: Can People Fall in Love with Cockroaches?

The huge illustration occupies most of the space on this page of the book, enough to reveal the author's fascination and admiration for this creature.

Under the wings that blocked out the sun and sky were sharp horns, sharp teeth, and huge eyes. Even though they were only in a painting, they gave Lilith a sense of majesty and terror. Lilith leaned in to take a closer look at the eye sockets.

The diamond-shaped scales are stacked layer upon layer, with sharp and neat edges, like a carefully carved work of art, showing an orderly beauty that is inconsistent with its wild appearance.

A skinny hand covered it and gently explored it. "Isn't it beautiful? There will be an elective course called Dragon Ecology in the third grade. If you are interested, you can go and take a look."

"Nothing is perfect except these, Lilith." Lady Terra's eyes were focused and full of strangeness. "Their existence is a special gift from nature to the world."

Lilith stared blankly at the familiar diamond-shaped scales, her heart beating wildly in her chest like thunder in the distance.

"Some people always say that dragons are arrogant creatures. How ridiculous! If humans were as powerful as they are, they would only become more arrogant. They are the darlings of nature and are born proud." Lady Terra's voice was like a sigh.

"Moreover, dragons are different from humans. Their hearts and brains will continue to grow until the end of their lives. So it's ridiculous to speculate on the wisdom of dragons with human thinking..."

Lilith was brought back to her senses by Madam Terra's voice and forced a laugh. "Then teacher, will the offspring of humans and dragons also inherit this kind of brain that keeps growing? Wouldn't they all be geniuses?"

However, Lady Terra looked at her as if she were a fool, "What nonsense are you talking about, Lilith."

Lilith:?

"Would you study which cockroach is darker and more pleasing to the eye and consider choosing it to spend the rest of your life with?" asked Teacher Terra.

"How can it be!!"

Lilith took a few steps back at the speed of light and yelled, "You are too advanced, Teacher Terra!" Shut up! Then she looked around, fearing that some surprise would come flying over.

"In the eyes of dragons, humans are just like cockroaches. They are noisy, can reproduce, occupy land everywhere, and think they are the masters of the world." Lady Terra complained about her own kind mercilessly. "Although there were many hybrids from the integration of various races during the holy war, I have never heard of the offspring of humans and dragons."

"Maybe there are exceptions..." Lilith muttered guiltily.

"Then he must hide well, or cling to his parents." Teacher Terra flicked Lilith's drawing paper. "For example, this one you drew, it looks like the scales of a baby dragon, and it's still a little underdeveloped. If it doesn't have the protection of an adult dragon, and falls into the hands of greedy humans, not even a bone will be left for it."

Lilith: ...

Lilith finally walked out of Mrs. Terra's Magic Pet Shop in a trance, holding a pile of dragon-related books.

Before today, Lilith didn't care much about her so-called background. Even though she showed some strange regression, she came to investigate out of curiosity.

But, Lady Terra said that the offspring of humans and dragons is unheard of...

She woke up in this world for no reason, and got such a special body for no reason...

Lilith shuddered in the hot June street. She felt something was wrong, but she couldn't tell. Could this be what Teacher Jacqueline was talking about, fate...?

"——I say, do you have something bothering you, Lilith? You can't block the road here. Blocking the road is bad civilization!"

When Lilith was sitting in a daze beside the flower bed under the school wall, a familiar voice was heard. She turned her head numbly. It was Lucas. His fingers kept flying around to tie the tiny knots while he teased the vice president of the student union who had climbed over the wall again.

"Why do you always struggle with the rope?"

Lilith didn't answer Lucas' question, nor did she move. Instead, she asked casually. Ever since they first met, Lucas always had ropes of varying thicknesses on his body, and whenever he had free time, he would always tie knots for unknown reasons.

"Tsk, arrogant lady." Lucas pursed his lips, "Do you think this is a joke? I'm keeping accounts, and sometimes I use it to record things."

"…with a rope?"

"What? You look down on the rope? Is there any more reliable tool in the world?" Lucas tied the knot, put it on his hand casually, and showed it to Lilith proudly.

"You seem to be in a good mood." Lilith stopped looking at him and said lazily.

"Hehe." Lucas immediately showed a proud look, as if he had been waiting for Lilith to ask this question. "Thanks to you, although I lost the job of the pharmacy volunteer, I found a new lucrative job."

But Lilith didn't respond at all, so Lucas continued to talk on his own - "It's to feed the fish! Hehe! The kind-hearted Mr. Simon asked me to help him feed the mermaid at the bottom of the lake!"

This job is easier than the previous drug testing and the salary is higher. He simply wants to do this for the rest of his life!

"Ah, praise fate--!" Lucas climbed over the wall nimbly, stood on it and shouted with his arms raised.

"...Even you believe in fate?" Lilith, who was already thinking about fate, was a little surprised.

"Look at what you said." Lucas jumped off the fence and sat down beside the flower bed. He was in a very good mood. Seeing Lilith's listless look, he even kindly told her a story - "Hey Lilith, have you heard of the Vega people?"

"I've heard of those people who used to make a living on the sea, but they have disappeared now." Lilith thought about it and remembered the pirates recorded in those stories.

"That's right, the Vega people don't have written language. They use ropes to record things, and they also named them Chip. They actually learned this from us sea people!"

After hearing this, Lilith finally seemed to be interested and turned to look at Lucas.

"A rope can extend into many small branches. The changes in materials, colors, and knotting methods are enough to record anything. You know, the great writers of the Gaia Empire only used more than 20 letters no matter how much they created!" Lucas proudly showed off his limited knowledge. Knot-based recording is the greatest!

Lilith thought about it, maybe this way of recording originated from the seabed? Those mermaids couldn't use pen and ink, but they could use the strips of plants around them, such as kelp and seaweed, to record their stories.

"…So, humans can't live without ropes." Lucas was still giving a speech. "They must have existed before the invention of writing. Look around! Those shops, those porters, they use knots everywhere. Even you have knots tied on your sleeves."

"So, fate is a rope!" Lucas said firmly, "Maybe... No, definitely! There must be a rope, and everything is tied to it. It is inconspicuous, but it is everywhere."

"You can try it now." Lucas picked up a golden hair from Lilith's shoulder - "Bend it like this, make a circle, pull it tight, and it's done!"

"This knot records that we had a conversation here."

Lilith took the knot of hair, and even though Lucas had already walked away, she was still staring at it in a daze.

Is fate an invisible rope... Even if she doesn't want to believe it, she has already been tied up by it?