Sweet daily life of Little Tanuki and Qin Che in Love and Deep Space

Neither of you ever brought up what happened or what was said that night in the tavern.

You only ponder what the dragon says when he goes out.

You're almost certain that the person the dragon was talking about was himself.

You feel sorry for them, but it seems like there's nothing you can do...

Even the ending of the story he told left you feeling relieved, yet also utterly powerless.

Yes, you're always on the defensive...

What should you do? Wait for him to come and kill you?

You're trying to find a solution, but you're finding it incredibly difficult...

Suddenly, you realize that the dragon seems to have disappeared for a long time.

You've been so busy thinking these past few days that you haven't noticed anything wrong with the dragon.

He hasn't been in your sight for a day.

You searched all the caves in the Dragon Cave and found a lot more food than usual.

The dragon was still nowhere to be seen.

Where did he go?

Looking at that pile of food, you felt uneasy, as if he had planned to avoid you all along.

Finally, after calming down, you began to try to mobilize the dragon's soul fragments within your body.

Your intuition tells you that the dragon is not far from you; in fact, it may be hiding somewhere in this cave.

However, it's too secluded there; he's never taken you there.

Guided by the fragments of the soul, you sensed the presence of a dragon at the entrance of a cave in a sheer cliff.

"This is it." You look down at the sheer cliff beneath your feet, a cliff that only someone with wings could possibly tread upon.

The fragment of the soul tells you that the dragon is in great pain.

The brand on his neck was also faintly burning; his condition must be very bad.

Without hesitation, you decided to go find him.

You untied the rope that was originally tied to the cave entrance, and found some chains of different lengths in the pile of treasures, and tied them all together.

Then, from his pile of miscellaneous weapons, he found four daggers of roughly the same size.

Two of them were tightly bound to the soles of the feet with strips of cloth, while the other two had strips of cloth attached to the handles and hung on the wrists.

You tied one end of the rope around your waist and the other end to a stone pillar inside the cave.

Even if you fall, as long as Qin Che doesn't die, you can at least gamble that he'll find you before you starve to death.

The wind on the cliff stings your cheeks, but you don't care about this "minor" injury.

Fortunately, the dagger was sharp enough, so you used your feet to smash a hole with each step, and descended into the cliff cave, which was a hundred meters away from the entrance of your dwelling.

The restlessness and pain in my soul grew stronger and stronger.

Qin Che must be here. Your efforts will not be in vain. You will find him.

When you rolled into the cave entrance, you only lay on the hard rock for two seconds before dragging your aching body to your feet.

You removed the daggers tied to your feet and wrists, and untied the rope around your waist.

He quickly rubbed his knees, which were so painful they were almost numb, and limped into the cave.

The deeper you go into the cave, the more you can hear faint groans coming from inside.

It was Qin Che's voice.

Just as you originally perceived it.

He was in pain; was he injured?

"How did you get in here! It seems like this isn't one of the places you're allowed to set foot in."

The dragon, which was lying on the ground, looked panicked when it saw you appear.

But he quickly concealed that emotion, transforming it into a look of anger.

"Qin Che! You're injured!" You rushed forward in a panic, looking at him covered in wounds, forcibly suppressing the bitterness in your heart and forcing yourself to calm down.