【Saihe】Chasing the clouds and chasing the sun

09

The trees that Saria's tail swept off could just be used to make wood, saving a lot of effort in logging.Naturally, there is no need to worry about the soil. This is a forest, which is almost inexhaustible.

Hemer went to the town to fill in the gaps of the things that had been destroyed during the stormy night. She also bought an extra pillow, a soft quilt, and a beautiful dress that didn't fit her.

Although Saria has lived for many years, she has never been in contact with the human world since she became a human. She watched with great interest as Hemer displayed the things she brought back from the town one by one.

Homer showed the same happy smile when he demonstrated black magic, and seemed to welcome his new tenant.

She planned in an orderly manner: "An extra bedroom should be built next to the study. Do you like to be next to the study? It is also better to be next to the living room, but the windows must face south so that the sunlight..."

Halfway through the talk, Hemer remembered a serious problem - she hadn't asked Saria's opinion yet.

Who knows when the mysterious dragon will leave?It's like she came to Hemer's side without warning.

"I think I have nowhere to go." Saria seemed to see through what Hemo was thinking. "It would be great if you could take me in."

"No problem!" The usually calm black mage almost twirled around holding the skirt.Embarrassed, she shook off her long skirt, which just covered half of her face, revealing only her thick glasses.

"This is……"

"The skirt on your body doesn't fit well..." Hemer stammered.

Damn.

She condemned herself in her heart at the market for being so self-assertive.

This is so rude.

"Thank you." Serena gently took the skirt and compared it to her body.

The color of the dress suits her perfectly and the size is perfect.The lining has been modified so that the tail can be exposed just enough, and the blouse can just cover the dragon's tail, which is comfortable and light.Homer is indeed a careful and gentle person.

This is the first time Serena has received a gift.

"As long as you like it." Hemer heaved a sigh of relief.

"Where do you want to build the bedroom? Next to the study, or next to the living room..."

"I don't understand. Next to your room."

"Huh?" Hemer's voice became broken again, "Okay, okay."

10

Even though Hemo was quite restrained, due to occupational diseases, she still couldn't help observing Selea's living habits.When she realized this, her diary visibly turned into Saria's observations.

From the first meeting, it can be seen that the dragon has a huge body and has the ability to influence nature, which is similar to what is written in the book.

But it is not mentioned in the book that dragons can also turn into human beings.Saria says that dragons transition from adolescence to adulthood has harsh conditions, so she is still in a long period of youth.

It can be seen that juvenile dragons cannot transform into human forms, while juvenile dragons will retain their double horns and tail even if they change.

Hemer couldn't help but write down speculations that the adult dragon might have hundreds of times stronger power than the youth, and the double horns and dragon tail might also be hidden when they turned into human form.

So, what are the harsh conditions?Hemer asked Saria, but Saria just looked at her and didn't speak. Presumably it wasn't something that could be easily known to others.

Are dragons really dead?

Could there be a group of dragons living beside human beings, they hide in the wild, and no one knows their true identities.If this guess is true, what is their purpose?

The magic of the dragon clan is very similar to the magic of light, just like the masters come from the same source. Could the sudden appearance of magic in human history be related to the disappearance of the dragon clan?

Hemer drew a few small question marks on the diary.

Even Saria didn't know why her people disappeared, so let it be, and she had a lifetime to study it.

She rested her chin and flipped through the notes she had written during this period. From many angles, Saria was nothing like the legendary dragon.

The legendary dragon is tyrannical and evil, but Saria is very gentle.

Hemo thought she was a taciturn person, but in front of Saria, she was like a chatterbox. No matter what she said, Saria always listened carefully, which made her talk more unknowingly.

Oh my god, Hemer's face suddenly turned hot, and he suddenly realized that she hadn't talked much in this period of time in the first half of her life. I hope Selia didn't find her annoying.

Although there is no direct description in the legend, it is reflected everywhere that dragons seem to be terrifying and frightening monsters.This is not the same as Serena.

Saria was injured at the time, but she must have been a beautiful and majestic red dragon when she was healthy, as can be seen from her human form.Serena's horns exude a cold and hard luster in the sun, like a burnt black rock, or a sculpture made of magma. The scales on her tail are neatly arranged, bright red like blood, brighter than the setting sun But also gorgeous.

What's more, Serena is more beautiful than the most beautiful human being she has ever seen...

Hemo straightened his mind, and poked the word "beautiful" with the tip of his pen.

Well, as a rigorous scholar, the only remaining black magician in the world today, what she wrote down are all objective facts!

But, who would have thought that such a Seliya, she, she has a collection habit!

11

Perhaps the biggest commonality between Saria and Legendary is collecting.

At first, Hemer thought that Saria was thrifty.

Even though Hemer gave her a new dress, she didn't immediately throw away the old clothes on her body, but washed it clean and continued to wear it. The new dress Hemer gave her was rarely worn Opportunity.

Under questioning, Saria said nonchalantly that she hid the new dress Hemer gave her.

At this time, Hemer didn't realize that Saria had a collection habit, but blamed herself for thinking that Saria was reluctant to wear new dresses, so whenever she replenished supplies and went to the town, she would always bring back more clothes for Saria. more beautiful clothes.

But even so, Saria continued to wear her old clothes.Hemer was saddened by this for a long time, thinking that Serena didn't like her gift, but it was hard to refuse on the surface.

It was only later that I found out that Serena simply likes to hide things!

Not only the skirt, but also the pillow and quilt that Hemer gave her were useless at all, but were neatly folded and placed on the bed like a decoration.Furniture, clothes, even pots and pans!Every night, Saria counted the things Hemer gave her like a treasure, and then went to sleep peacefully.

Homer learned of this by accident.

The alarm clock at home was broken, and Hemer threw it deep into the forest, but the broken alarm clock reappeared on the table the next day.When the ink ran out, Hemer threw away the bottle, but found the ink bottles piled up in an orderly pile in the corner of the study.

Hemer suspected that someone had broken into the Black Forest, but she couldn't figure out why the person who broke in would do such a boring thing.

She confides her discovery to Seliya, unexpectedly, after listening to Seliya, she said silently: "It's me."

"?"

A row of question marks appeared above Hemer's head.

"You are really a dragon, aren't you some other race?"

Serena showed a complex expression of "You haven't seen me turning into a dragon", hesitated a few times, and said hesitantly, "Do you want me to change back and confirm it for you?"

"No, I was just joking," said Hemer weakly.

Hemo looked around. Ever since she learned about this innocuous little hobby, Saria has been more unscrupulous in piling up things at home. Not only her own room, but even Hemo's study has not been spared.

Saria's preferences are really unpredictable and changeable. For a while, she was particularly fond of Hemer's ink bottles, and she could keep them in the sun for a whole day; in the first autumn when she lived together, she liked to collect brightly colored ink bottles. Maple leaves, Hemer taught her to make leaves as specimens, and she almost emptied the entire maple forest.

Recently, Serena has been obsessed with the round pebbles in the Moon River again, and picked up an unknown number of them.Sooner or later, this small house won't be able to hold Sereya's "collection".

Hemo just sighed when he heard Seliya's voice outside the door.

"Hemer! Look what I found!"

It should be a particularly round pebble.

Hemo thought, Serena was rarely so excited.

12

"Hemer!"

Serena's voice was extremely urgent, and Hemo felt something was wrong, and hurried out of the study.

A child!

She looked only about a year old, breathing weakly, and was covered in bruises, as if she had died.

Hemer was shocked: "Where did you pick it up?"

"Moon River." Seliya said succinctly, "She is dying, Hemer!"

Hemo didn't have time to ask more, so he quickly cast magic, and the green light symbolizing vitality was continuously injected into the child's body, but it was of no avail. Her life had come to an end, like a bottomless black hole, no matter how much it was injected Magic didn't work either.

Hemer swayed and almost fell on the sofa.

She was very sad: "I can't save her, Selia. Her soul is gone, I can feel it." She blamed herself, "I can bring the frog back to life, but I can't save her, I haven't So powerful."

"It's not your fault," Saria said.She held the child lamely.This child looked so young, and before he had time to experience the world, he was already doomed to sleep forever.

Saria made up her mind: "I can save her. Hemer, but I don't know if I should do it."

Saria said that dragon blood could save her.

But once this is done, this human girl will be assimilated by dragon blood, and the sequelae will accompany her for the rest of her life.

Maybe she couldn't see any hidden dangers when she was young, but as she grows older, she will grow horns on her head, and her body will be covered with scales. Her body temperature will always be higher than ordinary people, and she will even emit flames. The heart of the dragon is always burned by high temperature and flames, and lives in pain all the time.

This is too painful for a fragile human being.

"Maybe it's being selfish," Saria said.

Hemo stared at the child and suppressed his sorrow: "It's not your fault either."

Hemer and Saria made the difficult decision to let the girl die in her sleep, at least to ease some of her pain.Serena closed her eyes, her power could end the girl's life in an instant, but she still couldn't raise her hand.

Hemer pulled her wrist and held the girl in his arms.

She looked at Saria sadly: "You can't do it. I understand you."

"You can't do it either. I know you too."

"So, I hope she can forgive our selfishness in the future."

Saria stretched out her hand to Hemo: "God destined us to save her. She was destined to survive."

The dragon's skin and scales are as hard as diamonds, and only things with light magic can harm Saria.

After being infused with magic, Hemer's quill was sharper than any blade in the world. It lightly scratched Saria's wrist, and a line of blood appeared on her snow-white skin.

The moment the dragon's blood was separated from the body, it boiled like magma, and a white mist came out. Saria carefully dripped the blood into the girl's mouth.Miraculously, her bruised face turned rosy, and she gradually recovered her heartbeat and breathing. After waking up, she didn't cry or fuss. With her bright eyes wide open, she eagerly sucked Serena's blood, just like sucking the first-time blood of her biological mother. milk.

"Hemer?"

"Ok?"

Saria was hesitant. In her long and boring life, she had never experienced such a moment of joy and sigh, joy and sadness. Such emotions were too complicated, so that she, who was always decisive, ended her first speech .

"Her, is she smiling at me?"

"That's right, Saria." Hemer's frowning brows stretched out, and he answered Saria's question, "She's smiling at you."

Saria and Hemer both heaved a sigh of relief, and then thought of something else.

"Where did you find her?"

"Someone wanted to drown her." Serena said solemnly, "It's at the edge of the Black Forest. When I found out, that person was about to leave, and I only had time to bring her back. That person...he might have seen me. "

Hemo understood that Serena must have changed back to her dragon form in order to come back faster. With such a huge body and being on the outskirts of the Black Forest, it was inevitable that people would see her.

She never thought that she could really hide in this place for the rest of her life.

"Don't think too much about it. Give her a name," said Homer.

Serena declined: "I'm not good at this, so you should do it."

Hemo looked at the innocent girl, and seemed to see her life full of ups and downs through this immature face.But she and Saria have decided that no matter how difficult or difficult the road ahead, they will do everything in their power to protect this girl.

"Then call her Ifrit." Hemer said, "If she will suffer from the flames for the rest of her life, I hope this name can ease her pain."

"Ifrit." Serena recited softly.

TBC

-*Ifrit is a spirit born from fire in Arabic mythology.

About collecting:

Sereya: Garbage is not sorted and can't be thrown casually!

So the question is, are ink bottles dry or wet?Is the alarm clock dry or wet?