feed on dragons

Dylan hummed and walked briskly on the dark street.This road does not lead to his residence, he is not going home, but...to do favors.

It should be said that to solve a matter, sell someone a favor and create an opportunity at the same time.

It's really a feat... As soon as he thought of this, his steps became more brisk.

"Is this the one?"

A boy's voice came from the dark alley in front of Dylan.The man spoke very low and lightly. He stopped, held his breath, and listened carefully.

"You can't be wrong, a blond-haired, pretty boy, walking with a red-haired boy, right? And it's true that they speak Enos's accent, and it's true that they only have this ring on their hands."

"Well. Okay, you can go. I have given the money to the broker, and he will give it to you."

"Okay, okay, next time if there is a chance, please take care of the little one."

The man with a somewhat slippery tone laughed a few times, then turned and left.Dylan moved aside a little, but he didn't particularly hide in the shadows. His whole figure seemed to melt into the darkness, and disappeared instantly.When the man passed by him, he had no idea that there was another person standing there.

Seeing the man walking away, Xing Konglong probed into the alley.There were no lights in the alley, and it was pitch black, but this did not hinder Dylan's vision.He saw the handsome but always gloomy young man holding a ring and watching silently. The gemstone on the ring faintly emitted a flame-like orange light.

"What the hell...?"

The boy whispered softly.He took a few steps forward, and looked carefully for a while under the moonlight outside the alley. Dylan didn't seem to see anything tricky when he saw his expression.But just when Dylan was about to walk over, the boy did the worst move he expected——

The boy raised his other hand, as if he wanted to put the ring on his middle finger.

"I wouldn't do this if I were you."

Dylan immediately walked in from the alley.The boy——Carter was startled, and looked at him warily.

"Who are you?"

"You don't have to worry about who I am. You dare to put magic props of unknown origin on your fingers like this. You can't see it. You are quite courageous." Dylan smiled, and continued: "Give me a long time!" Some knowledge. The gemstone on this ring is called Dragon Flame Jade. It is said that it is condensed by the flames spit out by dragons. In ancient times, it was a treasure that every magician dreamed of. It was completely destroyed, and only the description of it can be found in the ancient books."

"Dragon Flame Jade itself contains extremely high magic power, and its nature is also very stable. Whether it is used as a backup slot for magic power or as a guide, it is very suitable. But this thing, not everyone can use it. If you don't meet the "qualifications", something will happen if you wear it. So..."

Having said that, Dylan stretched out his hand towards the boy as a matter of course.

"Be obedient, give him to me, and I'll return it for you."

"..." Carter looked at the young man in front of him who was wearing rough clothes, carrying a big bag and wrapped in a turban.What is the history of this person?Street vendors?Appeared suddenly, and wanted me to hand over things to him after just a few words... Are you out of your mind?I managed to ask someone to steal something, and give it to him?

The thought of the word steal made Carter annoyed.Thinking that now he was reduced to stealing things for others, the resentment in his heart that had never been extinguished since his father lost power burned even more fiercely.

"Qualification? If that kid can use it, why can't I?" He squeezed the ring, gnashed his teeth and said, "What am I inferior to him? In my hands, it's mine. What you want to do is out of your control!"

As if angry, Carter raised his hand, slid it lightly, and the ring was put on his left middle finger.Dylan looked at him, didn't mean to stop, just sighed.

"Oh, I've said it all, but I just don't listen to...the bad habits of human beings."

What is this person talking about?A human flaw?It's like you're not human...

Carter was about to sneer, but he felt a burning sensation from the finger with the ring on.He looked towards his hand, and then opened his eyes wide in astonishment——

Julian couldn't sleep no matter what.He didn't sleep well the night before. He actually felt a little tired, but he was anxious and panicked. He tossed and turned for a while, but he couldn't fall asleep.The boy was lying on the bed looking at the moonlight outside the window, anxiously waiting for the dawn.

How could it be lost.

Hal said "I'm sure you won't lose it" and instead he...

It must be retrieved.

Julian thought stubbornly.He touched the remaining earring on his ear, secretly praying that he would be lucky enough to get back what he lost...

When looking forward to the morning, the night becomes very long.Julian rarely suffers from insomnia. He usually sleeps until dawn as soon as he touches the pillow. Even when he really can't fall asleep, he will organize his notes or do some preview review.But this time was different, he couldn't calm down to read a book, and couldn't fall asleep, so he had to wait helplessly.Finally, the sky in the distance turned pale, and he immediately wanted to knock on the door of Dai Ning's room, but he was afraid that his friend hadn't woken up yet, so he could only wander around the room like a hamster by himself.

Julian waited until there seemed to be a sound in the next room before jumping out of bed and knocking on the door.He waited anxiously for a long time before Dai Ning came to open the door. The boy rubbed his sleepy eyes, his normally neat red hair was messed up, and he yawned, "Julian? Why so early..."

"Ah...I...I thought you were awake..."

Dai Ning obviously just got up from the bed, Julian stammered and explained: "Just now... I heard a voice..."

"What you heard was probably the sound of me kicking against the wall... Forget it. Go back to your room and wait for me. I'll find you later."

"okay…"

Julian watched Dai Ning turn around, and the door closed in front of his eyes.He walked back to his room dejectedly, and waited anxiously for a long time before the knock on the door sounded.Julian rushed over to open the door almost immediately, and Dai Ning, who was standing at the door, had returned to his usual well-dressed appearance.He looked at the faint blue under Julian's eyes, sighed helplessly, and said, "Look at your lack of energy, you probably didn't sleep last night, did you? Let's go, let's see if His Highness is up..."

"Speaking of which, I've been thinking, in this case... do we have to tell the truth about where we went last night?" Julian asked timidly as he followed Dai Ning.Hearing this, the young man walking in front froze for a moment, and after a long silence, he said, "Let's talk about it at that time. In fact, it's okay to be honest... We just saved Enos a lot of face yesterday. This little thing ... Your Highness should... not really do anything to us."

The more Dai Ning talked, the more confident he became.Looking at his friend's appearance, Julian was worried about whether he could find the ring or not, and felt another layer of uneasiness in his heart.

Yaqibel didn't live in the same building as them, but lived in a two-story villa next to the main tower of the Magician's Tower, which was specially used to entertain distinguished guests.The two walked out of the gate of the dormitory and walked towards the main tower along the road full of rose buds. No one spoke a word along the way.Julian was restless, full of thoughts about where the ring was, while Dai Ning was racking his brains as he walked, thinking about how to speak when he saw the eldest prince.He even started to think that maybe it would be useful to directly mention the name of the adult of Julian's family, after all, His Royal Highness seems to be very afraid of that person...

"It's early, you two~"

A familiar but unexpected voice came out in front of them.Both of them were stunned, and they stopped at the same time, only to see Dylan emerging from the intersection of the tall fence ahead.

"Dylan?"

"How do you..."

"Come on, you haven't eaten yet, take this~" Dylan ignored their questions, and just stuffed the two paper bags in his hands into two people.Julian picked it up reflexively. He felt the temperature of the paper bag in his hand, and a smell of fried food wafted up.

"What... what is this?" He asked innocently.

"Breakfast." Dylan was still grinning, and just stood there, showing no intention of leaving.Dai Ning and Julian had many doubts about why he appeared here, but the little magician only wanted to find Yaqibel as soon as possible, and he really didn't have the mood to argue with Dylan.Holding the paper bag, Julian hesitated and said, "Thank you for your breakfast, but we are a little busy now..."

"That's right, we're busy with business, but I'll take the breakfast anyway, and I'll let you know how I feel after eating." Dai Ning nodded, grabbed Julian and was about to move on, but was stopped by Dylan up.

"Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute."

The fortune teller stopped the two of them, and his expression was still relaxed, which made people feel that they deserved to be beaten. "What's the matter, please tell big brother, maybe I can help you?"

"For things like lost things, let the people above look for them." Dai Ning frowned, and felt that Dylan was in the way for the first time, "Don't make trouble, Julian didn't sleep all night because of this thing. Woolen cloth."

"I thought it was a big deal, so I lost something?"

The fortune teller was still standing in front of him and had no intention of leaving. Dai Ning pulled Julian impatiently to try to dodge him, but he was blocked after two attempts.Just when the good-tempered Julian began to feel a little impatient, Dylan suddenly took out something from his pocket and handed it to him.

"Okay, I won't play with you anymore, if I play again, someone will bite me~"

As he spoke, he glanced at Dai Ning pointedly, the latter's anger that was already on the verge of eruption completely exploded at this moment, and the young man said loudly: "If you don't get in the way, you won't be bitten! You— -"

"Dai, Dai Ning!"

Julian hurriedly tugged at the corner of his friend's clothes to stop him.Lying on Dylan's hand was the ring given by Hal, the culprit of Julian's insomnia.

"…Huh?"

When he saw things clearly, even Dai Ning was stunned. He looked at the smiling Dylan, and then at the ring in his palm, but couldn't figure out what was going on.Julian didn't care so much, he picked up the little thing with his weak fingers, and looked through it carefully.The brilliance in the middle of the gemstone was still flowing and changing brightly, and based on this alone, Julian was sure that this ring was the one he had dropped.

"This... this... thank you so much!" Julian was trembling with excitement, "How did you find it! Where did you find it?"

Hearing this, Dylan narrowed his eyes and smiled like a fox. "Don't ask, you almost scorched a little mouse with this thing."

"Huh? Burned something?"

Julian didn't understand what Dylan was saying at all. The latter waved his hand and said, "It's okay, anyway, you just need to know that whoever wants to get your idea of ​​this ring is just tired of work."

Julian tilted his head half-understood.But no matter what Dylan said, to him, as long as the ring is still there, the rest is not important at all.He bowed vigorously, thanking you with a trembling voice: "Anyway, anyway, thank you!"

"There's no sincerity in words, little Julian. Would you like... to do something?"

"Actually..."

"Yeah, for example, with body..."

"Come here."

Before Dylan could finish speaking, Dai Ning grabbed his elbow and dragged him away.Julian looked at his friend suspiciously, but Dai Ning only told him to stay where he was, saying that he had something to talk to Dylan in private.Little Julian stayed where he was obediently, watching his friend forcefully drag the fortune teller behind the fence, out of sight.

"Don't be so enthusiastic, we only met for two days and you brought me to such a place without people, it's too unreasonable."

In fact, Dylan didn't resist much, and was even in a joking mood.Dai Ning was both annoyed and amused by that hippie smile, he coughed twice, corrected his attitude, then squinted his eyes and looked at Dylan, saying: "This matter..."

"Hey, just say it first," the fortune-teller interrupted him, and put his hands up in front of his chest in a gesture of surrender, "This matter has nothing to do with me, I'm just helping you out. If I stole Yes, why did I come back?"

"You denied it before I said anything, it sounds very suspicious." Dai Ning snorted. "I can't help but think about you in a bad direction, for example... self-directed and self-acted... deliberately doing favors for Julian and the like."

"Oh?"

Hearing Dai Ning's words, Dylan didn't get angry, but laughed with interest. "Tell me, why would I do that?"

"If you want to win his favor, this place is not bad, right?"

"Oh... that's a good way to think about it." The fortune-teller tapped his chin lightly with his fingers, pretending to be thinking, "Little Julian...is really cute, right? He has cute looks and personality, It's easy to cheat..."

"Oh, with me here, it's too early for you to lie to Julian."

"Well, if you are here, young master, it is indeed a bit more difficult... Well, it's getting far."

Dylan hecked twice, paused, and continued, "Believe it or not, in short, this matter really has nothing to do with me. Have I said it? Starlight, I'm not lying."

The noble boy didn't answer him, just stared at him with those blue eyes and remained silent.Dylan continued: "But maybe just as you guessed, I approached you with some purpose... If this is true, I am not for money, status, fame, guess what I am for?"

"you…"

Dai Ning was silent for a while, and then continued with some hesitation: "You...to Julian..."

"Hey, you said that, I didn't say it."

Dylan took two steps closer to Daining, looked into his eyes, and showed that fox-like smiling face that seemed to be calculating something.

"However, no matter what, if you want to chase someone, you really need to constantly create opportunities to get close to him and attract his attention...You think so, young master?"

...This guy is unexpectedly tall?This idea came to Dai Ning's heart.He thought he was as tall as him or even a little shorter, but when he got closer, Dai Ning realized that the fortune teller could actually look down at him.

Did you read it wrong yesterday?

This idea flashed in the boy's mind, but it was just a flash, and he quickly returned his attention to the current situation.Dai Ning clenched his fists, looked back at Dylan's gaze, smiled nonchalantly, and said, "I can't tell, you are quite good at picking up girls. Although Julian is not a girl."

"Thank you for the compliment."

The two looked at each other for a long time. After Dai Ning was silent for a while, he suddenly sighed softly.

"...Actually, I think it's better for you not to have Julian's idea."

"Huh? Why?"

"I think Julian already has someone he likes, I guess...it's probably the adult in their family." Dai Ning curled his lips and continued: "You haven't seen it, but the adult in his family...that is His current sponsor is amazing. I can’t say what’s great about him, but in short, he gives people such a feeling. Moreover, he also loves Julian very much. Julian doesn’t mention him often, but every time he talks about When it comes to topics related to their adults, he will show a very admiring and happy expression, and will blush. He probably doesn’t have any self-awareness, but I can see it much more clearly than he himself.”

"Mm~."

Dylan didn't answer, just stared at him.Dai Ning shrugged and said, "Anyway, try as much as you want, but I don't think you will like the final result."

"Oh...the person I like...that's it..." Dylan pursed his lips and smiled, looking at other places. After thinking for a while, he suddenly turned his gaze to Dai Ning.

"Then, young master, why are you telling me this?" He asked, "Are you reminding me to save my energy?"

This sounds like an ordinary question, but Dai Ning was stunned for a moment.

Why should I say that?

I…

He couldn't tell either.But there was a strange, somewhat blocked feeling in my heart.Just to dispel Dylan's idea of ​​chasing Julian.

why?

"...I just save you effort!"

For a while, he couldn't figure out the reason, but he didn't want the young man to feel that he had nothing to say, so Dai Ning finally decided to answer Dylan's words.But he didn't realize at all that this sentence sounded inexplicably like an act of anger.

When Dylan heard this, he burst out laughing.Dai Ning looked at him inexplicably.Is there anything funny about what I just said?no?

"Hahaha, you are really...you...hahaha..."

"...What are you laughing at, do you want to explain it to me?"

Anyway, are you laughing at what you just said?I don't know what's so funny, but this feeling is really uncomfortable.Dai Ning thought unhappily.He looked coldly at Dylan, who kept laughing non-stop. As if he didn't notice his expression, the latter continued to laugh on his own for a while before finally stopping.

"Don't look so scary, I'm not laughing at you, I just feel very happy. Really. I haven't been this happy for thousands of years."

Looking at Dai Ning with a gloomy expression, Dylan explained with a smile.

"Thousands of years? Wow, what is it that makes me so happy, why don't you tell me about it?"

Dai Ning said angrily.

"Then I just said it?"

Dylan maintained that smile, put his hands on his shoulders, leaned down to his ears, and said softly:

"It's just... Has anyone said that? Young master? When you are not so smart, you are so cute, so cute that you want to eat it. It makes people very happy to see you like this."

"…ah?"

Dai Ning felt that he couldn't turn his head around, but at the same time, his heart was beating loudly.

What the... what the hell is this guy talking about?What to eat in one bite?Isn't he after Julian?Why even say something to yourself that sounds so flirtatious?

"It's nothing, okay, I'm leaving, say goodbye to little Julian for me. Remember to eat breakfast while it's hot."

Dylan didn't explain much, and stepped back after speaking.He smiled and waved to Dai Ning, and without waiting for the other party's response, he turned and left on his own, leaving Dai Ning with a surprised face.

What are you doing...why are you smiling so contentedly?What's wrong with this man?

The noble boy watched the back of the fortune teller leaving, and couldn't help reaching out to touch the ear that Dylan was leaning on just now.

What came from under the fingers was a temperature much higher than his own body temperature.

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I removed the last part, so that it is more in line with the plot and characters.

I also got stuck for a long time during this repair ^p^;;

Bad-hearted sometimes is actually a difficult character to deal with...