Dragon's Professionalism

At that moment, countless questions flashed through the guard's mind.

"Why is Ning the only dragon?"

"What about the other dragons? Where did they go?"

He was thinking chaotically, with many questions wandering around in his head, almost twisting his mind into a deadlock.Although considering Ning's mood, Yang didn't really ask these words, but the guard is really not good at acting, and the dragon easily saw the clues in his expression.

"Do you want to ask other dragons?" Ning played with the dagger and smiled softly: "They... have all left this continent."

"Leave? Why?" The guard asked blankly. Ning was silent for a while before answering him simply: "Because there are too many humans on this continent."

"Human..." Almost instantly, the guards understood the real reason why the dragons left.He thought for a while, and asked cautiously, "Is it because of the dragon slayer?"

"No...well, at least not entirely."

Ning pondered, and organized his language a little bit: "Although I don't know when, humans gradually began to like the cause of dragon slaying... But to be honest, compared with giant dragons, humans are really weak and pitiful. Out of a hundred people who vainly attempt to slay a dragon, one and a half may not succeed, although the feeling of being provoked by people over and over again...is not very comfortable, but at least life is passable and not that dangerous."

"At that time, the situation on the mainland was still tolerable. After all, we giant dragons prefer to nest in high mountains or forests. Fortunately, there are usually not many traces of humans there."

"But... as time goes by, more and more humans occupy more and more places, and even go deep into the desert and jungle, and our traces will inevitably be exposed to people... the people who came to slaughter the dragon during that time There is an endless stream of people, those people can be said to be daring, as long as they have a sword in their hands, they dare to rush into the dragon's lair to slay the dragon. They may not be able to really slay the dragon, but they can always lead the way Stealing treasures and even dragon eggs..."

"Dragon eggs? What are they stealing dragon eggs for? Are they used to hatch baby dragons?" The guard asked curiously, and Ning smiled wryly, and said, "It would be better if that was the case, at least there is still room for redemption. The truth of the matter compares this Worse—they ate those dragon eggs."

"What? Eat?!" The guard couldn't help but exclaimed. He looked at Ning in disbelief, and said in confusion, "That's a dragon egg! Who would eat a dragon egg? Why would he eat it? Do that?"

"I don't know exactly who they are, but I think I know why they chose to do this." Ning narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression became cold and mocking: "Don't tell me you haven't heard of similar legends, bathing In the blood of the dragon, you can be invulnerable, and eating the heart of a giant dragon can strengthen your body...Eating dragon eggs? Their purpose couldn't be more obvious."

He shook his head slightly.

"Please forgive me for not wanting to describe more details. In short, humans and dragons have completely turned their faces. There was a war at the beginning, but soon everyone discovered that the war itself is meaningless. Slaying dragons has always been a personal act, and War leads to death, death leads to anger, which leads to more similar individual behaviors and even collective behaviors... So in the end, the patriarch made a decision, and we began to relocate as a family, leave the mainland, and go overseas to resettle.”

He shrugged: "I think, at least now there will be no more dragon slayers to bother them."

Hearing this, the guard had to notice that what Ning just said was "relocation of the family".

"Uh...since the whole family is relocating, why did you..." He looked at Ning quietly, worried that he would get angry, but Ning just frowned slightly, and said lightly: "I will choose to stay, Naturally, there is a reason for me to stay."

He didn't say what the reason was, and the guard didn't have the courage to ask, but he thought about the dagger in the dragon's hand, and didn't dare to let the atmosphere fall into a terrible silence, so he carefully changed the subject, intending to let Ning completely Forget about that dagger.

"How long, then, have the dragons been gone since then?"

"How long? I don't really remember." Ning frowned.He calculated it carefully and came up with a rough figure: "...1000 or two hundred years, probably."

"1000 two hundred years!" The guard was shocked by this terrifyingly large number, and he suddenly remembered something: "If the dragons have been away from 1000 two hundred years...then...Ning, tell me, what will you do this year? How old are you?"

Ning's expression froze indiscernibly.

"For a dragon's age, I'm only a young man." He hesitated and said lightly.Normally, Yang would be fooled by him at this time, but this time the dragon failed to fool him, and the guard's beautiful elm head suddenly lit up, and he looked at Ning vigilantly: "Since you said so , tell me, then, what is the average age of a dragon?"

"Oh, my dear, don't get to the bottom of it like this..." Ning looked at him helplessly, and the guard looked back unceremoniously. After a few seconds of confrontation, the guard suddenly struck and snatched it from the unprepared dragon. He pulled out the dagger, and then used the skill of throwing the helmet, swung the dagger and threw it far into the sky.

"Okay, I won't get to the bottom of it now." The guard clapped his hands and said briskly.

——It turned out that he made so many detours just to let the dragon relax his vigilance!

Ning was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled.

"Don't laugh!" The guard looked at him sternly, with his hands on his hips.Although his stature is shorter than the giant dragon in human form, he is full of condescending aura at the moment, and even looks a little aggressive: "I warn you, Mr. Dragon, you'd better stay away from these dangerous objects ——What if you cut your finger with a dagger? I am just a guard, and I can only wrap bandages on you. Live well... Hey, don't laugh! I told you not to laugh!"

Ning couldn't bear it anymore, he burst out laughing, and while laughing, stretched out his arms and hugged Yang tightly.He hugged so hard that Yang had the illusion that he was going to crush him in his arms, but Yang didn't struggle, and even hugged the dragon with his back, and patted him on the back clumsily but gently. .

Ning hugged him tightly, and slowly closed his eyes, a speck of crystal water slipped from the corner of the dragon's eye and dripped on the guard's shoulder.

...It turns out that the dragon's tears are as gentle as his kiss, but also hot.

They hugged each other, as if a century had passed, Ning suddenly said: "Since my mother passed away, it has been many, many years... I have never been so worried by anyone, I almost forgot... What does it feel like to have someone care.”

He paused, and then said: "...my mother died on this continent."

Ning's voice was still a little hoarse when he spoke, but his tone had returned to calm, but the guard didn't react, and said slowly: "... huh?"

Ning smiled and kissed the long red hair of the guard: "My mother, and my sister, they all died on this continent, and they are still sleeping on this continent. My father It is the patriarch of the dragon clan, he has his responsibilities, so he left them and went overseas, but I, I chose to stay and accompany my family sleeping here."

The guard finally understood that Ning was explaining to him why he stayed on this continent.He was a little happy, but at the same time a little guilty: "Actually, you don't need to say it, I... I don't know it's because of this, I'm sorry..."

"There's nothing I'm sorry about, they've been dead for many years." Ning said softly, and he slowly took Yang's hand as he said: "Besides, you will know about this matter sooner or later, at most I will tell you in advance Let me tell you."

He softened his tone and said in a gentle voice: "After all, I will take you to meet my family sooner or later."

"Huh?" After losing the pressure of the dagger, the guard's head, which finally had a little inspiration, became dull again.After racking his brains for a long time, he finally understood what Ning's words were implying.

"You...you mean..."

He suddenly became stuttering, as if he was suddenly possessed by a king in suspended animation, and even his well-trained legs unconsciously swayed slightly.

Ning looked at him helplessly and funny, and stretched out his hand to support the guard: "Actually, according to etiquette, I should take you to meet my parents, but my father is far away overseas now... and to be honest, our The relationship is actually not very good. So I decided to take you to see my mother, don't worry, I think she will like you, after all, we have the same taste in most cases."

Although he had a joking tone at the end, the guard couldn't laugh at all at the moment.

"Oh my god...I mean...seeing my parents..." Although he had guessed Ning's intentions to some extent before, when the giant dragon actually brought this matter up and said, the guard was still taken aback: "I Shouldn't I be wearing clothes... dresses or something... I mean, I'm still wearing armor..."

"It's okay, honey, I swear you're beautiful like this." Ning said sincerely, Yang looked down at himself, and shook his head in irritability and frustration: "But that's your mother, the first time I saw your mother , I have to be more formal... Maybe I should move closer to you..." He looked at Ning, and then became more frustrated: "...Well, I give up: I don't think I can be a nobleman no matter how I dress up. "

The guard sighed deeply, his head downcast.

"Don't worry, my rose, I just took you to meet my mother... It doesn't matter if she doesn't like you, after all, you are my rose, not hers." Ning said, rubbing the guard's Long hair, said emphatically: "But I think she will like you, she likes roses very much."

While the guard was comforted by the dragon's assurance, he couldn't help thinking: "God of Light, why am I not a real rose?"