How to use the Dragon King correctly

Chapter 19 Dragon Scale

Seeing Oro lost in thought, Al was stunned for a while, and said, "Wait, Oro, you said that the person with scales all over his body is a human?"

"Ah."

"But why do humans have scales?" Al asked in confusion.

"This is also what I find strange," Oro said with a glance at him, "that's why I want to ask you if every dragon can become a human. I don't know how many secrets the dragon has, but seeing your look After the appearance, I have to wonder how many dragons that can turn into humans are lurking around us."

Al was taken aback, and asked in a low voice: "What if there are indeed many dragons who have turned into humans and mixed in the crowd?"

Oro just looked down at him without saying a word.

Al felt inexplicably a little scared.

He shrank his neck, averted his eyes, and asked in an inaudible manner, "When you saw me turning into a human... didn't you think I was suspicious?"

After being silent for a long time, the man sitting on the head of the bed snorted softly and said, "Do you think you became suspicious the moment you became a human? A talking dragon is suspicious enough!"

Al looked up, looking at Oro in surprise.

The man looked out the window and said softly: "But you are different from those dragons who turned into humans and mixed among humans."

"What's the difference?"

"You are stupid, so stupid that you thought of telling me when you just became a human, and those dragons... If these things that happened recently are related to them, then they are the enemy."

"..." Arne said, "Except for the Dragon King, there is really no one..."

Oro turned his head, narrowed his eyes and looked at him, and pulled the corners of his lips: "Oh?"

After waking up in a strange atmosphere, Oro went to find the president of the Magic Association. Al had nothing to do and flew around the yard for a while, when he heard a call from above.

Looking up, Rhodes was standing in front of the hole on the second floor, waving happily at him.

Al flew over with a "swoosh", and saw many tools and materials on the table in front of Rhodes.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm going to make a potion—use the scale you gave me yesterday!" Rhode stretched out his right hand, and a golden scale lay in the palm of his hand.

Al flew around the table curiously, looking at the weird things on the table.

"I've seen the teacher make this kind of potion before, and I've memorized the steps!" Rhodes took a deep breath, said this, but still showed a nervous look on his face, "There shouldn't be any questionable!"

"If this potion is successful, will it become a very powerful potion?" Al asked.

Rhodes touched the back of his head shyly, and said, "Once the potions with materials like dragon scales are successful, most of them are top-level potions."

...That should be able to sell for a lot of money, right?

Al missed those shiny gold coins again.

Rhodes was making preparations, while aiming at the little flying dragon, and asked in a low voice: "Yesterday... after Oro took you back, did he do anything to you?"

"Ok?"

"Did he hit you?"

Al was startled, and immediately said: "Oro wouldn't do such a thing!"

"Really..." Rhodes muttered, "That's good...but anyone who finds a dragon that can turn into a human will treat it as a treasure..."

As he spoke, Rhodes had a look of envy on his face.

Al didn't hear it, and flew behind Rhodes to hug the crystal lying on the ground last night.

Rhodes glanced at him and said, "If you have nothing to do, just take the crystal and absorb it. When you wake up, I should have finished this potion."

"Yeah." Al nodded.

Rhodes distributed all the materials absently, lit the flame, and the room was already very quiet.

The wind blew in through the hole, and Rhodes looked back, startled!

The little flying dragon had turned into a human form at some point, lying on the ground holding the crystal and falling asleep.

Rhodes quietly found the cloak from last night and covered him, then stared at the man's face in a daze for a while, then forced himself nervously to concentrate, and returned to the wooden table.

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and started the first step, adding the first ingredient to the boiling water in the jar.

The power of the blue crystal is completely different from that of the red crystal.

The blue crystal gave Al the feeling of being cold and softer, like a calm lake.

This time the dream is very long.

Al returned to Mount Most in the dream, before leaving the town.

Ceci did not come back all day.

Usually, Ceci would often go to the town down the mountain, but most of them would come back in the evening.However, until the sun went down on this day and stars appeared in the sky on the top of the mountain, there was no sign of the person coming back.

Al lay sideways on the dragon seat, closed his eyes and recalled the past time.

For 20 years, Sisi was by his side, slowly growing from a baby to a teenager, a youth.

From the beginning, he always liked to cling to him, and was unwilling to go down the mountain to meet other human children, and gradually became a man who didn't like to talk, and even after he came back, he was silent most of the time.

It's not that Al didn't expect this change. To be precise, he had already guessed this day.

The only thing he didn't expect was that one day he would care so much about this change.

He is not interested in treating humans as pets. He picked up that baby back home so that he would not be too lonely.

But one day, this human being will get in touch with his own kind and know what is going on between his kind and the dragons.

What would he do if that day came?

—Then let Sisi return to his kindred.

More than ten years ago, Al thought so when little Sisi curiously picked the crystals on the mountain wall.

Al opened his eyes.

There was almost no light in the quiet cave.

Al got up in the dark, straightened his clothes, and stood there silently.

Two people who are not of the same race may not be able to get together even if they have been bonded for 20 years.

Al left the cave, went down the mountain, and stepped into the town.

The town, which had already entered the night, quieted down early, and there was almost no one on the street.

When Al found Sisi, he collapsed at the end of an alley.

In the cold weather, you can see the white mist just by exhaling.

The forehead of the blond youth was bruised and bruised, and his face was also swollen.

He curled up on the ground trembling.Perhaps hearing footsteps, he opened his eyes hard and looked over.

Al crouched beside him and reached out to hug him.

"Your Majesty Al..." A surprised voice sounded from behind.

Three figures appeared in the originally empty alley.

They stood behind Al and knelt on the ground, looking at Al and Ceci lying in his arms in astonishment, who was struggling to breathe.

Al heard a voice.

Sisi was attached to his ear, maybe it was frozen, maybe it was because of pain, his voice was trembling:

"...What exactly...is your identity?"

Al in the dream did not answer the question.

"Ah, Your Majesty Al, why did you appear here..."

The three men behind them cringed.

"This, this human... is someone you know?"

Al didn't look at them, just asked, "What's going on?"

Sisi stared at him, but her lips were tightly pressed.

"No, it wasn't the dragons who did it. This person fought with four other humans during the day. We don't know exactly what happened!"

"I, I still remember the appearance of those four humans, do you want to bring those four humans to you?"

"We can immediately—"

"—It has nothing to do with those people!" Ceci grabbed Al by the collar and said in a low voice.

Al then whispered to the three dragons behind him: "Let's go."

"Your Majesty Al..."

After a while, he and Sisi were the only ones left in the alley.

"Does the wound hurt?"

Sisi was silent.

Al smiled slightly and asked, "Why do you want to fight with others?"

"..."

"...Then go back." He closed his eyes and got up to help him up.

But before he could stand up, he was pulled back.

Al looked in surprise at the young man sitting on the ground covered in wounds—even though he was still tired when he found him just now, the light in his eyes seemed sharp enough to cut through the night.

That gaze hit Al's heart directly, making his breathing stop suddenly.

"Are you...are you leaving?"

Al froze.

Sisi clutched his wrist tightly, stared at him and asked, "Are you going to abandon me and leave?"

"..."

A snowflake slowly fell between the two of them.

Both he and Ceci were startled, and looked up at the night sky.

"..." Al stared blankly at the snowy night sky, then smiled and sat down again.

He crossed his legs and faced Sisi face to face.

Sisi came back to his senses and looked over, but his face was full of bewilderment.

"How did you know I was leaving?"

"...Intuition," Ceci whispered.

"Intuition," Al sighed, "your intuition has been as accurate as a beast since childhood."

"..." Sisi seemed to hold his breath and wanted to refute something, and then suddenly realized Al's meaning, his face sank, "Are you really going to leave?!"

"Ah."

"you……"

"Huh?" Al smiled at him.

"No!" Ceci's tone became urgent, "Why?"

"Because you don't talk to me all the time," Al said innocently. "You hate me, don't you? I thought you didn't plan to come back today at all. I hesitated for a while before I went down the mountain to find you."

"No! If I hadn't been beaten today..." Ceci was speechless, and looked away in frustration.

"Ok?"

"..."

"I plan to go down the mountain in two days. If you have anything to say to me, hurry up, Sisi," Al said with a faint smile, "This time... I won't leave so much time for you."

Sisi looked up at him, his face pale.

Al looked at him without saying a word.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Sisi's expression went from blank, angry to panicked.

He let go of Al's wrist and covered his forehead.

After a moment of silence, he whispered, "...I hate dragons."

"Well, most humans do."

"But you are different from those dragons."

"..."

"You're different from them, I know that."

"……Um."

"Once... I accidentally told them about you," Sisi tightened his hands, "I told them that you are a dragon, the one who raised me..."

Al was taken aback.

"But they told me that the dragons look down on humans, and I was just raised by you as a pet."

"you know--"

"I know you don't think so," Ceci interrupted Al's words, lowering his eyes, "I know you are different from those dragons, so I tried hard in this town to understand the real dragons, but I heard When they talk about you..." After a pause, Sisi said softly, "They don't know anything about you except that you are a dragon."

Al could almost guess what was going on.

I felt a little funny in my heart, but I couldn't laugh.

Cersei...was clearly able to use magic power at a very young age.

That was the first time Al saw humans using that completely unfamiliar power, and at that moment, he suddenly realized why the child was abandoned by his parents.

The difference between humans and dragons lies in strength.

Human beings who could manipulate power would be regarded as aliens, and even his parents would be horrified when they saw their children laughing happily surrounded by flames.

And even if the current world is like Luther said, many humans have awakened their power, at least in this small town, Sisi should be the only one who can control flames and wind.

Even though he was able to use magic power, he was still beaten with a bruised nose and a swollen face.

Even if Sisi said such words at this moment, he probably didn't realize it... His power will never be used on his own people.

The moment when he turned the flame into an arrow must also be the moment when the two of them stood on the other side of the boundary.

"I didn't mean not to talk to you...I didn't hate you, Al," Ceci slowly raised his eyes, looking at Al, "If you really want to leave...I'll be with you too."

"Even if I am the Dragon King?"