Editing Skill Tree Goddess:Volume1 Chapter3 (section)

===Part 7===

She had no reason for it. It was no more than a whim.

A human couple had abandoned a baby outside the city, so she decided to look after it.

The baby wouldn’t last long in the harsh natural environment. There was so much she didn’t know: what kind of food could a human baby eat, could a human survive the cold inside a dragon’s den, etc. So she hadn’t been saving the baby. It had been nothing more than a whim that was unlikely to lead anywhere.

Nevertheless, the baby worked to survive day after day.

As the baby grew, she learned to stand up, live with the dragon, and eventually laugh with her.

Something with truly miraculous odds had occurred.

By then, feelings of affection had formed within Yuileen as well. They had formed a real bond. When ''her daughter'' had made a crown of flowers for her, her tear ducts had loosened. Even though she was a brutal SS-rank dragon feared by all.

And yet…



“A girl raised by a dragon will possess certain rare traits.”



No. That was nothing more than superstition. There was no factual basis there.



“We are running out of stock. She should make a good Saint.”



Being raised by a dragon didn’t really have anything to do with it. One had been no more than a poor communicator who had a hard time fitting in. One had killed her parents in self-defense. Each of the past Saints carried a different taboo.

Ultimately, they were a disposable tool used for a strange ritual.

Doing that to “fellow humans” would pain the people doing it, so they would find a young girl whose circumstances made her seem different from everyone else, separate her from the group, and treat her like someone special who held a higher position…all to fill a role in a system that allowed for the guilt-free consumption of lives.

That was the true identity of the Saint.

Although sometimes she was just someone who needed to be disposed of quickly, such as a nobleman’s illegitimate child.



“The effect of the Saint’s Jewels is real. Foolishly, so many people seek an immediate and obvious form of salvation without ever bothering to improve their own minds. So as long as we have the Saint’s Jewels, the temple is safe.”



Driving out a group of puny humans might have been easy.

But Yuileen was too large and too powerful. She could not fight without also putting that young life at risk.

And in her fear of harming her own child, the dragon failed to keep her from being taken to the last place she wanted. She knew she was confusing her priorities, but she was too afraid of possibly trampling the girl she would gladly give up her own life for.

And so the mother dragon’s own foolish decision brought her child to greater danger.

She had regretted that decision ever since.

So this time would be different.

She had to find that girl and save her before her life had been worn down to nothing!!!