novelraw Chapter 246
Chapter 246
Chapter 246: We Meet Again, Lucia Sivana
When Xia Li returned, the young dragon who had been lying by the bonfire roasting mushrooms was gone.
In its place was a curled-up pangolin.
The pangolin was curled up, its back scales layered and spread out, looking like a giant silver pine cone.
“What are you doing hiding here?”
Xia Li reached down and touched the pine cone-shaped scales.
Apparently, this young dragon had never been touched by human fingers before, and the already flared soft scales stood up even more.
The whole little dragon trembled three times, then loosened its chubby body, blinking a pair of pure dragon eyes.
“I’m exercising.”
She replied softly in a voice that was still somewhat childish. Xia Li: “…”
Xia Li looked back at the adult Lucia, whose lips seemed to be saying: Was your mouth this hard when you were a kid?
Harder than dragon scales.
The young dragon crawled forward two steps and rubbed its back against a tree.
She was still somewhat resistant to direct contact with humans.
Human skin was different from that of dragons, much softer than Young Lucia had imagined.
It was hard to imagine that such a pair of warm hands could commit acts of cruelty.
And this human had no sense of boundaries.
He dared to touch her?!
However, remembering that the human in front of her was blind, and that she was the one who caused his blindness, Young Lucia generously forgave him.
“You just touched my armor.”
The young dragon suddenly thought that her own touch should not be very pleasant either. She quickly added an explanation.
“I’m sorry, I just felt your aura and wanted to make sure… Beautiful Young Miss, are you a knight?”
Xia Li quickly withdrew his hand, his empty gaze directed at the air, his tone apologetic.
Lucia beside him frowned, looking at the man and the little dragon, but said nothing.
With Xia Li’s acting skills, it’s a pity he’s not an actor!
Sign him up for a drama class when they get back!
“Yes, I am a knight.”
The young dragon nodded vigorously, following Xia Li’s words to excuse herself.
“That’s great,” Xia Li sighed, “I want to be a knight in the future.”
“What kind of knight do you want to be?”
“A Dragon Knight.”
“…”
As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Li felt his back being slapped by a powerful whip.
The hard dragon scales had restrained some of their sharpness, but the slap through two layers of thick clothing still made Xia Li grimace.
This isn’t how humans play whip play.
Xia Li casually grabbed the big dragon’s tail and held it in his arms.
He pulled out a pile of black sheep carcasses from behind him as if by magic.
The young dragon’s eyes widened.
Although she had guessed that the human male’s strength was not to be underestimated, she was still a little shocked when he displayed the rare storage magic.
Human magical technology has developed so fast!
The big dragon cut the mutton evenly and threw the pieces on the ground.
Due to the spatial interference, the young dragon’s perspective could only see the mutton appearing out of thin air from behind the black-clad man, so she could only guess that he possessed some kind of spatial magic.
“I actually feel much better.”
The young dragon flapped its wings, lowered its body, and took two steps to the left and right like a free-range chicken.
Since this morning, she had not seen any flying sheep or jellyfish swimming in the sky… The illusion magic caused by her accidental ingestion had disappeared.
The depths of the Osiris Forest were full of danger. Not only were there many mixed-breed dragons here, but even seventh and eighth-tier magical beasts could be seen everywhere. It was not a suitable place for a small dragon like her to live.
“I’m ready to leave,” the young dragon said.
Xia Li paused in his skewering of the meat and nodded in response.
“Mm.”
“I can give you a ride… But my flying magic is a bit special. I need to tie you up with vines and hang you upside down in mid-air…”
“Forget it.”
Xia Li tried to imagine it and concluded that the young evil dragon wanted to tie him up with ropes and carry him while flying. He refused repeatedly.
Besides, Lucia herself had no memory of this human-carrying experience.
Including just now, Xia Li’s actions of avoiding making a big scene and not wanting to have a direct conflict with the Knights were also the same.
In order to avoid conflicting with the adult Lucia’s memories, he had to keep this ‘past’ as original as possible.
If the young dragon in front of him changed because of him.
Then, would the adult Lucia standing behind Xia Li still be his Lucia?
Xia Li didn’t want to explore this paradox.
“I’ll leave on my own in two days. You don’t have to worry about me,” Xia Li waved his hand and said.
“Alright.”
The young dragon’s rare kindness was rejected by the human. She took another look at the human, her nose held high, and hummed in dissatisfaction.
If translated into human form, it would probably be a kindergarten child with her hands on her hips and pouting in sulk.
To refuse a dragon like this is too disrespectful to the dragon’s face.
She had to maintain, maintain her aloof image!
“…There are large magical beasts of up to seventh tier in this area. For some reason, they haven’t actively attacked us in the past two days, but if I leave, they might attack you. You need to be prepared.”
The young dragon lifted her proud head and spoke in a cold but long-winded tone.
Whoa.
Lucia has a talent for tsundere since she was a child.
Xia Li couldn’t help but think that the big dragon behind him was actually both arrogant and shy.
She would say ‘I’m not being nice to you’, but her words and actions were completely inconsistent.
In this respect, she was somewhat similar to Fang Xia, who had a sharp tongue but a soft heart.
Hmm, she has the potential to be a good wife and mother.
“Thank you for your concern, beautiful Young Miss. I have special magic to deal with them.”
Xia Li nodded slightly, his tone still polite and humble.
Lucia behind him snorted, gaining new insights into Xia Li’s acting skills.
When she was a child, she really thought that the reason why those seventh and eighth-tier magical beasts didn’t attack her and the mysterious man was because of her deterrent power as a pure-blooded giant dragon.
But now that she thought about it…
What deterrent power?
She was a young dragon, in the stage where her flesh was tender and delicious. Not to mention humans, even high-level magical beasts would covet her. How could she possibly deter them?
It was entirely because of Xia Li’s deterrent power.
If he had unsealed the Demon Repelling Sword even a little…
No magical creatures would be willing to approach within ten miles.
But Xia Li could precisely control the range of the Demon Repelling Sword’s influence. He could protect her without her noticing when she was young.
This was perfect control over a divine artifact…
Terrifying.
What kind of perverted Brave Hero was she fighting against before?
This Brave Hero didn’t kill and skin her several times, he must have been holding back!!
The adult Lucia thought to herself, her eyes fixed on the interaction between Xia Li and her younger self.
Watching Xia Li hand out the cooked food, his eyes pretending to look around blankly. Her younger self wiped her hands, making the dragon claw movements a hundred times gentler, carefully taking the food…
For some reason, Lucia suddenly thought of her own child.
Although she didn’t have children yet, if she had a little dragon son, he would probably interact with Xia Li like this too.
The difference was that the young dragon could freely let go of her dignity and vigilance, roll around, and act spoiled in front of Xia Li with her body several times larger than his.
It was somewhat comical.
But when she thought about it… her heart felt warm and fuzzy.
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So this is how human couples feel.
She had seen countless scenes of human cubs interacting with adult humans in shopping malls, but it was the first time she had brought this scene into herself.
“Here you go.”
While the adult Lucia was lost in thought, a pair of long legs suddenly appeared in front of her.
Xia Li brought the cumin-sprinkled lamb leg to Lucia’s nose and fed it to her himself.
“Lamb hind leg, your favorite part,” he said softly.
Lucia suddenly felt touched.
Her eyes were wet, sand got in them.
She opened her mouth and took the lamb leg, then lowered her head to the ground, getting close to Xia Li and said.
“There’s sand, blow on it.”
“…How can I blow on something like that?”
Xia Li was a little stunned.
With such big eyes, where should he start blowing?
I’m afraid even an electric fan wouldn’t be able to blow it, this thing needs a jet engine.
“I don’t care, blow on it first.”
“Hoo hoo~”
Xia Li blew two breaths at the giant dragon eye.
His lung capacity, compared to ordinary humans, was already second only to professional divers.
But after blowing for a few breaths, he couldn’t even move the nictitating membrane on the dragon’s eye.
No way, having such a big eyeball in front of him, looking at it for too long would really drop his SAN value.
“No…”
The big dragon was not satisfied and closed her eyes, nudging Xia Li with her big head.
Xia Li covered his head.
“What do you mean ‘no’? I can’t blow it. How about I find you a banana leaf fan?”
“Hiss, don’t lick me, ah… my hair!”
“…”
Across the blazing fire, the young dragon raised her head, looking at the crazy human in front of her.
This person… had been talking to himself since the day before yesterday, and he was also doing some things that were incomprehensible to dragons.
Could it be that he really had something wrong with his head?
But… he was kind.
He was the only human in this world that she didn’t find annoying.
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Fine, misty raindrops fell.
It had started to drizzle in the Osiris Forest at some point.
The air was filled with white mist, the drizzle blurring the vision. The raindrops gathered on the leaves of the towering ancient trees and dripped down, falling between the soft and weak scales of the young dragon, then flowing down the gaps between the scales and into the ground.
The roasted lamb was delicious.
Lucia didn’t remember the appearance of the human in the black coat, but she remembered his cooking.
It would be nice to have another chance to eat it in the future.
If she were a powerful adult dragon now, she would really consider keeping this human captive and making him her cook.
Unfortunately, she was still small.
She had neither the strength nor the ability.
“I’m leaving,” the young dragon came to an open space, ready to go.
“These are antidotes. If you see any unreasonable illusions next time, drink them. And, there’s some dried food in this bag, I’m giving them all to you.”
Xia Li had packed a bag at some point.
The bag was neither big nor small, just right for the young dragon to carry on her back.
At this time, the young dragon was not smart enough and had limited logical thinking ability. Whatever Xia Li gave her, she took it all.
What a good person!
The young dragon sighed from the bottom of her heart.
After handing over the things, Xia Li squatted down and grabbed a handful of wet soil and pressed it on the fire. The flames gradually extinguished, and the depths of the forest became dark and cold.
The antidotes were all bought by Xia Li in the town before he set off. He gave everything he could use to the young dragon.
Hoping her next journey would be smooth.
However, according to Lucia’s memory, after she was poisoned and met the ‘mysterious person’, she did live a good life for a while.
“By the way,” Xia Li continued, “go south, keep going south from here, leave the continent, there is an isolated island and fertile land there.”
What Xia Li said was actually what Lucia had said to him.
Lucia said that the ‘mysterious person’ pointed her to a path, a path leading to a fertile island, where she spent a rather peaceful childhood.
Now, these words were spoken by Xia Li himself again. Was fate perfectly closed at this moment?
“Oh…”
The young dragon thought for a moment and discerned the direction.
If she went wherever the human told her to go, wouldn’t it make her look very unprestigious?
Dragons are capricious.
The word ‘freedom’ was already deeply ingrained in their bones.
But…
True freedom is:
I can listen to whoever I want to listen to! And I don’t have to listen if I don’t want to!
So now, she was going to listen!
“Goodbye.”
As the young dragon turned her head, spread her wings, and prepared to take off, Xia Li’s voice appeared again.
“Goodbye… does that mean we’ll see each other again?” the young dragon asked, tilting her head.
“Yes, these two words are a farewell greeting between humans, meaning they look forward to seeing each other again.”
“But it will be difficult for us to meet again.”
“What if?”
“…Even if we meet again, we might become enemies.”
“Then, I’ll have to ask you to go easy on me,” Xia Li smiled gently at her.
For a moment, the young dragon felt like she had made eye contact with the mysterious human.
But his vision should not have recovered yet, so this moment of eye contact should be just a coincidence.
The young dragon looked at the small human, hesitated for a moment, and then decided to speak.
“My name is Lucia Sivana.”
To tell her name was the greatest respect a dragon could show to a human.
However, the human just stood there, his gaze soft as he looked at her.
He didn’t seem to want to introduce himself.
What a strange human…
And the kind who didn’t like to give dragons face.
But she didn’t hate this human.
The young dragon turned her head and fully spread her huge wings.
She retracted her front claws and stood on her hind legs alone. Her short, heavy tail propped up behind her buttocks, supporting most of her body weight.
“Next time we meet, I’ll go easy on you.”
After saying that, the young dragon kicked off the ground with her hind legs, and with the powerful jumping force, her wings instantly flapped.
The wind blew away a patch of forest, creating layers of green waves among the trees.
Xia Li looked up at the direction the young dragon was flying away, holding the slender hand of the girl beside him tightly.
“We meet again, Lucia Sivana.”
Xia Li smiled gently, turned around, and hugged the girl beside him.