Reborn as a Mind-Reading Empress
Chapter 291: Can I Touch You?

Chapter 291: Can I Touch You?

’This is Ferdinand’s real body. I want to touch him,’ Arabella extended her hand though she was still quite far from his dragon body.

It was why she had a good view. She wouldn’t have been able to see it whole if she was beside it since it was so huge.

Arabella wanted to touch his ears, horns, and wings or just any part of him. Even if for just a bit, she wanted to touch the real Ferdinand, not just his alternate body and form.

There was a barrier around Ferdinand’s dragon form though so she wouldn’t really be able to touch it even if she got close.

[She looks mesmerized. Is she not scared at all?] Alwin was confused at her reaction. He concluded that she was truly weird in this life.

[What does she think of me? Why does her eyes look like this? I will misunderstand if she keeps staring at my body with this look in her eyes.] Ferdinand thought he might be being delusional due to fear of her real reaction and was seeing only what he wanted to see.

"W-what do you think?" he asked nervously.

"It’s breathtaking and so out of this world. I’ve seen illustrations of dragons but none of them could compare to this."

She simply knew art enthusiasts would be dying to make a portrait of this. Instead of fear, there would be some enthusiasts who would go crazy over it to make it their life’s masterpiece.

"Can I get closer to your real body? Can I touch you?" Arabella inquired and both Ferdinand and Alwin stared at her as if she had grown two heads.

’Why are they looking at me like this?’ she glanced back at Ferdinand’s dragon form. ’Is it because I would only be able to touch his claws because I’m so small compared to his real body?’

"Are you not terrified?" her husband asked.

"It does look somewhat terrifying," Arabella honestly replied.

[I thought so.]

"But it’s you, so I’m not scared. It’s not like you are going to eat your own wife, right?" Arabella tilted her head.

"Never."

[Oh, only bed.]

’This pervert. Can you not think about that now,’ she decided to ignore that thought.

"Your dragon form is way bigger than I thought though. And it looks a bit too overpowered."

It was what made it terrifying. The monstrous size and the powerful aura one can sense from it. You know your dead if something like this attacks you. It was instinct to protect oneself.

Arabella wasn’t scared since she knew Ferdinand would not harm her. But if she hadn’t known him, she would be terrified too.

[Ah, I forgot to tell her that we, primordials are so much bigger than the following generations.]

’I see. So it was why he was so huge.’

"It also looks mighty, magnificent, and transcendental. I don’t know how exactly to put it into words but this form of yours is so divine and magical. It’s beautiful in a mystical way," Arabella continued.

It was hard to explain since it was truly hard to put into words.

"??!"

Arabella was surprised when she was suddenly pulled into her husband’s tight embrace.

"Ferdinand?"

She looked up to see his face and received a loving kiss instead.

’Eh? What did I do?’

She glanced at Alwin and he was looking at her with approval for the first time.

[If she understands my lord’s glory this much, I guess, I don’t mind her as his wife anymore.]

"I’ll let you touch my true body," Ferdinand finally spoke and his eyes were glowing happily.

A chair appeared out of nowhere and Ferdinand sat there. The next instant, he lost consciousness.

"Ferdinand?!" Arabella checked him and glanced at Alwin for help.

"His Majesty returned to his real body," Alwin pointed at Ferdinand’s dragon form.

Arabella gulped as the unmoving silver dragon opened his eyes. Huge green eyes that looked like they could see through her very soul greeted her. His pupils were vertically slitted like a cat’s.

The barriers around him vanished since Ferdinand made another kind that didn’t have to make a sphere surround him and prevent others from touching him.

He bent down and walked in her direction and Arabella felt the entire room vibrate and shake to his movement. Alwin steadied her.

"Ferdinand?" Arabella walked forward and extended her hand once he stopped moving.

[Am I really watching this? She’s really not scared of my lord even in this form. Humans usually scream at this point. I didn’t know she was this brave. I guess this was why she was chosen by the gods as his mate.]

Ferdinand bent low until Arabella could touch him. He felt so warm.

"Wow, amazing! Are all dragons like this? Can you bend lower? I want to touch your horn too."

[She looks so excited. Is she really not scared of me in this form?] Ferdinand wondered.

He settled his head on the ground but Arabella still couldn’t reach his horn. He was too huge. She wondered once again why he was so much bigger than the one she saw in her memories.

"Eh? Why are you shrinking?!" she gasped when she realized that Ferdinand’s dragon form was getting smaller.

Ferdinand didn’t reply. He somehow looked embarrassed. And she wondered how she could tell though he was in his dragon form.

"So Your Majesty can touch him, His Majesty changed his size," Alwin explained.

[This size should be fine.]

Ferdinand shrunk so much compared to his original size. This time, it was smaller than his dragon form in her memories. Due to it, she could indeed touch even his horns now and even embrace his neck.

She caressed his head first, then his ears, before finally touching his horns. His horns were hard as metal. No wonder in myths, dragon horns were made into legendary swords. She’d never want these horns turned into swords though.

"Can I touch your wings too?" Arabella asked next and Ferdinand agreed.