Whispers of the Dragon

Chapter 27

The dragon has grown up a bit, but it doesn't mean that its thinking will approach that of a human.

Just like when they first met in the highlands of the lake, the dragon will simply grab the humans it likes, just according to its own preferences.Even though Xuexian had cried and begged when they first arrived in the snowy area, the young dragon only graciously expressed his liking, followed him step by step, and then took him back to the cave.

For Long, the reason Xue Xian tried to leave the cave in the snowy area and ran to the plain with so much effort was only because he, a human being, didn't like the low temperature environment.

It is still too small to resist other evil dragons, so it did not take its human to the favorite seaside, but followed him here.

Except for its human beings, other people are not worth mentioning in its eyes, let alone try to keep its human beings.

This gives the dragon a sense of crisis.

Maybe it will consider destroying this place, maybe it will take the human beings away immediately again.

This is the beastly desire for monopoly on the dragon, Xue Xian can feel it completely, and his mind is shocked.

Except for the people who need him, the teachers who teach him, and the maids who serve him, he has never felt such a strong sense of being needed anywhere.

Xue Xian lay on the ground, looking into Long's eyes, his heart was full.Holding the huge head of the dragon with both arms, he smiled slightly and said to the dragon, "Yes, I belong to you. I am your human being, and you are my little dragon."

"Whatever happens is not going to change that."

"Tu Tuduo."

"Ugh..."

Grinding his teeth, the dragon continued to growl in dissatisfaction.

Xuexian thinks it is very cute, proud and joyful: "My little dragon."

They frolicked for a while, and Xue Xian was covered in dust.But he was used to it, so when Alina came out to call him, he got up and just patted the dirt on his body, not paying much attention to what he looked like now.

"Son, come here." Alina waved to him, "I have something for you."

Granny Arina has her own way of handling things, which is how old people are, as if they are not surprised at any time.

Even if the dragon showed a fierce face to her, she was still smiling.

Xuexian walked towards her, Long then stretched out his neck.

Alina had already changed out of the clothes that were stained with plant juices, and she was wearing ordinary clothes. The huge dragon's head was parked in front of her, very close to confirm her smell.

The dense silver-white scales on the dragon's head were glowing, and the dense and fine bone spurs were also distinct. Alina's dark right eye and half of her body that was emitting black gas mixed with the smell of ordinary humans, which made the dragon feel puzzled.

Alina didn't move, she calmly let the dragon sniff herself.

Then she spoke another string of syllables, and the dragon sneezed softly and moved away.

Xuexian asked: "What did you say to it?"

Alina smiled and said, "It doesn't have any specific meaning, probably because I didn't mean it maliciously."

In the supply station, Alina lives alone in a room near the window.

The window was chiseled by the previous manager named Alexander and the people together, and the glass was made from the parts of the dilapidated flying boat outside.Alina was old and her eyesight was not working well, so she was arranged to live here.

Now the windows have been completely sealed, the glass can no longer be opened, and the smell of severe distortion disease in the room cannot be dissipated, which is not so pleasant.

She groped and found a rattan box from under the bed.

The box was a bit heavy, Xue Xian helped to move it to the bed, and then Alina found some clean clothes and shoes inside: "These are Alexander's. He is about the same height as you, you can try it, it should be fine wear."

Xue Xian was overjoyed: "Thank you! I will try it now!"

He has long wanted to change his clothes, especially to have a pair of shoes.

Now he still wears a homemade snow wolf fur cloak and rabbit fur boots on his feet.This place is already far away from the plains and snowy regions, and the temperature is relatively high. He really feels hot.

Xuexian grew up being taken care of in his daily life, and he didn't have much sense of privacy, but when he was halfway through taking off his clothes, he realized later that there was a holy robe under his snow wolf fur.

Although the sleeves were cut off, it was already ugly, but it was so iconic that his identity could be seen at a glance.

If Grandma Arina is like Luodo and the others...

Alina still looked at him kindly, didn't ask anything, just pulled his arm and said: "There is a bite here, the wound is still red, and the inflammation is good. I will apply some herbal medicine for you. "

The herbal medicine is applied on the painful wound, which is refreshing and refreshing.

Xuexian had a full meal, changed his clothes, and nursed his wounds. This day was simply the best day he had been treated since he came to Longyu.

Later Xuexian asked Granny Alina why she wasn't curious about him.

The other party just said: "In my whole life, I have met 180 seven people who still retain their humanity and reason. You are 188. Everyone has a different story and a different, unspeakable reason. No matter what it was before Identity, what kind of past we have, we are all the same here... we are all outcasts."

Xue Xian lost a lot of weight.

When he was left alone in the room to continue changing clothes, he lowered his head and saw his slightly protruding hip bones.

He once had a desire to grow very strong, to have a solid physique like those skin-colored, muscular boxers in the arena.In this way, he will not be pulled away by the guards for protection every time he encounters an emergency.

Now it seems that he can't become strong for the time being - he is weak after illness, Xue Xian occasionally feels dizzy, and he may have to spend a lot of time and do a lot of exercise to regain his health.

In order to be firm on this goal, recently Xue Xian seldom thinks of the temple anymore, and rarely thinks of Dr. Bai and Mier, whose life and death are uncertain. It's just that at a certain inadvertent moment, a dull pain will flash in the bottom of my heart.

"I'm ready!"

After Xue Xian changed his clothes, he was going to find Alina, and let Long Ye take a look at his new look by the way.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he met Ainuo who was about to enter.

The black-skinned boy was carrying a head of prey that had just been brought back from the trap. When he saw the completely new Xue Xian, he was just startled, and then he walked past Xue Xian silently with his head down.

Xue Xian didn't know if Ainuo hated herself.

But at dinner, he got a bowl full of broth that Aino brought him.

Ainuo grew up in the wild and was equipped with enough life skills since he was a child. Grandma Alina said that Ainuo was the youngest, but he used to be the best cook here.He knows how to choose the most delicious mountain mushrooms, knows where to collect natural seasonings, and can spend several days in the forest looking for salt skin trees in order to obtain a little salt.There are many variants of the salt skin wood on the infinite star, and sometimes it will be poisoned by mistake.Someone once joked that Aino would die one day either from fighting wild animals or from cooking.

Here the dragon refuses to eat.

Whether it was canned food or broth, it just closed its eyelids, gently sweeping with its cold golden eyes.

The dragon didn't think they would stay here for a long time, and every time it ate its prey, the energy stored in its body was enough for it to last for a few days, giving it the capital to refuse to eat.

Xuexian tasted the broth himself, and it was so fragrant that tears filled his eyes.He went to coax the dragon again, wanting it to try it too, but the dragon was indifferent.

The dragon sat restlessly in front of the building, during which time he got up and moved around, completely trampled off Ainuo's chicken coop, and let the pheasant run away without a trace. The bone spurs on the dragon's wings accidentally scratched the outer wall of the supply station, A deep, whitish dent was left on the dusty wall.

Alina asked, "Are you still refusing to eat?"

Xue Xian shook his head: "It doesn't eat the food here."

It was night, and they lit a bonfire in the small shed outside the supply station.

This place is next to the dilapidated flying boat, the small pot is gurgling and emitting fragrance, and the flames illuminate their faces.

Hearing Xue Xian's answer, Ainuo couldn't help looking at Long.

They have never seen such a big beast here before, and that dragon is too existential.

Long's hard tail slapped the ground impatiently, ignoring Ainuo, his eyes kept falling on Xue Xian.

Granny Alina bent her body and covered her back with a layer of thick clothes. The temperature dropped at night, and she couldn't bear the cold all the time.

She asked Xue Xian: "Where did you plan to go?"

Xuexian said: "Supply station."

"No, I'm asking, where were you going before you came to the supply station?" Alina said, "It seems to be planning to leave at any time."

Xuexian: "It's a supply station. I mean... we didn't know where we were going. I was sick before, and Tutu Duo took me to a valley where the location is very good and there is clean water."

If the airship hadn't been spotted, they might still be in that valley.

The flames reflected Xue Xian's beautiful eyebrows and sharp chin. Although he was about the same age as Ainuo who was beside him, and wore similar clothes and short boots, the two showed a completely different sense of experience.There is a kind of pure mystery about Xuexian, just like when he appeared in the forest with his dragon, people couldn't take their eyes off it.

Xue Xian was holding the bowl, her fingers were fair and slender.

Ainuo looked at his thick fingers, and heard Xuexian ask: "Grandmother, where have you seen a silver dragon before, and how did you learn the language of the dragon?"

Hearing this, Ainuo also looked towards Alina.

Obviously he didn't know Alina had such a chance before.

"That was three or 40 years ago." The old man held the hot soup bowl, lost in memory, and talked.

That year, she slipped and fell off a cliff by the sea, her lower leg was broken, and she lost the ability to move, so she could only wait to die at the bottom of the cliff.Before that, she hadn't seen a living human being for almost a year.

Like many mutants who were sent here, Alina suffered from distortion and loneliness at that time. She thought, or she would just die like this.Alina took out the knife on her body and carved her name on the ground as an epitaph.In a daze, she was saved.An old man with burns all over her body rescued her and took her back to the cave where she lived, where Alina saw the silver-white dragon.

"It's much bigger than all the dragons I've ever seen." Alina said, "It's just... born to belong to the infinite star. If the evil dragon is the overlord of the sky and the land, then the silver dragon... It is the natural enemy that restrains all dragons."

Like the native plants and mutant animals of Infinity Star, the silver dragon has the same "giant" characteristics as them.

Of course, the silver dragon looked even more brutal. Just being looked at by it made humans feel calf cramps, and they didn't even know where to crawl.

The silver dragon was almost dead.

The burns on the old man's body came from the dragon fire gushing out from the silver dragon.

They met more than ten years ago, and there was a fierce fight. The dragon fire failed to burn the old man to death, but left him with scars all over his body.The old man also failed to kill the silver dragon, but used artillery fire to break its dragon wings.

Alina heard the old man communicating with Yinlong.The silver dragon has a much higher IQ than ordinary dragons. It is a highly intelligent life form similar to humans. It never speaks. The old man always speaks some strange syllables unilaterally, but they always have the same heart.

During the days of convalescence, she heard a lot, and gradually became able to recognize some of them.The old man also told her some knowledge about Yinlong from time to time, and told some stories like magic novels. The time is too long, and she can't remember much now.It was an adventure, if she hadn't met Xuexian and Xiaolong, she might have sealed this past in her memory.

Xue Xian was fascinated by hearing this: "Then what happened afterwards? Where did they go?"

Could that silver dragon belong to Tu Duduo's family?

If it can still be found, can Tu Tuduo have a good home?

"Later, the distortion began." Alina put away the expression on her face, and gradually became a little sad, "The speed is very fast."

That was the second month Alina was brought back to the cave.

"It was very windy and cloudy that morning, which was a harbinger of a storm."

When she woke up, she saw the silver dragon holding the severely deformed old man in its mouth, crawling towards the dark sea water.Its incomplete dragon wings slid across the beach, leaving incomplete traces.The dragon's chest goes into the sea, followed by its claws, wings and back, and finally the human head.

No matter how Alina yelled, it didn't look back.

The sea covered them.

And the waves roll over the wet sand, smoothing everything out.

"After that, I never saw a silver dragon again."

Xue Xian was stunned, forgetting the soup in the bowl.

Ainuo didn't know where he was going at this time, only Xue Xian and Alina were left by the bonfire, and the little dragon who was not far away was very vigilant with half-closed eyelids.

"They are both enemies and confidants." Alina concluded, full of regret, and then asked Xuexian, "Do you know what a confidant is?"

Xue Xian nodded.

A soulmate is a soul mate, a best friend.

"Human beings travel across the interstellar space and suffer from distortions and wars on alien planets. In this abandoned and deserted land, they have become close friends with such a mysterious species."

Now that Alina has reached the old man's age, she always thinks about some distant problems.

"What are we... looking for?"

Xue Xian was lost in thought.

Alina smiled again, and told Xue Xian: "So, I know that the silver dragon is different from all other dragons. I also know that since your little dragon chose you, then you must have had extraordinary experiences. experience."

Ainuo prepared a soft bed for Xuexian. Xuexian lay down on it and didn't want to get up again. She squinted her eyes because of the comfort: "Thank you... Ainuo."

No answer was heard.

Xue Xian turned over and saw Ainuo standing where he was, gesticulating helplessly at him. Then he remembered that Ainuo could not speak, and his face became hot: "I'm sorry. I was too rude."

The black-skinned boy gestured again, babbling, probably meaning that it's okay.

Xuexian got up and smiled at him, and asked Ainuo if he could teach him how to make a bow—he saw several bows on the wall in Ainuo's room, and Alina said that Ainuo made them all by himself.

Xue Xian already had a saber.

But he knew very well that that was not enough.Bows and arrows are very effective for a non-strength human like him, and he has a good grade in archery courses, so it is a very suitable weapon for him.

Of course Ainuo agreed, and made an affirmative voice with a heavy voice: "Yes!"

Xuexian thanked again: "Thank you! By the way... can you lend me the quilt?"

Ainuo was puzzled, but nodded anyway.

Xue Xian wrapped up the quilt and hugged her, said "good night" to Ainuo, and strode outside: "Tu Tu Duo!"

The night sky is full of stars, and the dragon's silver-white scales emit a faint, bluish light in the night.

Hearing Xue Xian's voice, the dragon raised his head, and then naturally spread his wings.

Its humans are coming to sleep with it.

Xuexian wrapped the quilt around her body, and lay down skillfully under the dragon's wings, her eyes sparkling: "Cover me quickly, cover me."

Dragon: "Hoo?"

It sniffed the quilt on Xuexian's body.

Xue Xianfu said sincerely: "Don't smell it, it's clean and doesn't smell like others!"

The dragon wings came covering the sky, covering the human beings, only the top of the black hair was exposed.

Like those nights in the wild, they slept in each other's arms, unchanging because of different circumstances.

This night, he recalled the story told by Alina, and thought that Tududuo and himself were just like the pair of friends, they were also mutual confidants, and he was grateful.It turned out that he was on the other side of the mainland, in the uninhabited and thorny Longyu. He was really lucky. He was not as lonely as other people who were sent here.

"Tomorrow, I will learn how to make a bow and arrow with Ainuo." Xue Xian told Long, "If I have time in the afternoon, I will learn to identify herbs with Grandma Alina... In the future, I can hunt with you, or hunt for you... I don't I’m afraid of getting hurt again...good friends should help each other.”

He muttered, talking about his next arrangements and thoughts.

The dragon quietly folded its wings, and moved its lower jaw closer to the human.

Somehow, Xuexian returned to that cave in the snowy area in his sleep.

The smell of the hot spring was so familiar, he saw himself soaking naked in the hot spring, the tattoos on his body were shimmering, and his face was smiling, as if he was very happy.

Of course, this is again from the perspective of a dragon.

"Yuka." He heard himself say with the consciousness of a dragon, "Yuka."

When he woke up in the morning, Xuexian was sleepy, but Long licked him vigorously with his tongue. After licking, he stood up and flapped his wings, stretching his waist.

Immediately afterwards, it first dragged its tail around Xue Xian, and then sat down, erected its scales "swish", and scratched and cleaned itself with its paws.

Xue Xian was wrapped in a quilt sleepily, his mind was full of "Yuka".

Dawn came, but Theia had not yet fully risen, only a brilliant golden line emerged above the forest.

The sound of the dragon woke everyone up. Ainuo came out first and was stunned when he saw their appearance, but he didn't dare to approach them. He just lit the fire again and hung a small pot on it to boil water.

"Lie down a little bit." Xuexian stretched out his hand.

Long immediately fell to the ground and handed the back of his neck to Xue Xian: "Woo..."

They have a perfect understanding.

Aino was dumbfounded.

Xuexian scratched Long's itch for a while, put away the quilt, and planned to help.

Alina also came out.

Xuexian said hello first: "Morning, Granny Alina, morning, Ainuo."

Alina: "Morning, child."

His name was not called.

Xuexian was a little embarrassed, and took the initiative to admit: "I'm sorry, my name is not Yuka."

Alina was cutting the ingredients on the counter. It was a kind of plant root that could be boiled and eaten. It tasted like mashed potatoes.Hearing Xue Xian's words, she didn't seem surprised at all: "I know."

Xue Xian was even more embarrassed: "How did you see that?"

"My child," Alina said kindly, "you'll need a less strange alias."

Xue Xian was about to ask why, when suddenly he felt a gust of wind rushing towards his face.

It's the dragon flapping its wings.

Alina looked that way, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes squeezed together with a smile: "Your little dragon has changed his mind, it seems that he is going to hunt."