Drowning in the Gentle Country [Western Fantasy]

The sun has completely set, and the stars hanging down in the night seem to be within reach, forming clearly identifiable constellations one by one. The moonlight is also bright, but only sporadic light spots remain when it shines through the forest, making it difficult to see the road ahead.

Wilt walked in the front with Iviedo in his arms, and the Joneses followed behind holding an oil lamp. They didn't know how to illuminate magic, and even if they walked slowly under the weak light, they walked with difficulty. Mayor Barton was driven back by Wilt ahead of schedule. .

Wilt didn't use lighting tools. His deep purple eyes seemed to be able to see through the endless darkness. Every stumbling block and mud pit reminded Iviedo to be careful, and he took this opportunity to tie his waist.The dense forest is getting deeper and deeper, but the beasts and wild monsters that originally traveled at night seem to evaporate out of thin air. There is no shadow along the way, and the surroundings are as quiet as heaven.

Iviedo couldn't help asking quietly: "Can you feel that Sidi is here?"

"I can't feel it."

Unexpected answer, Iviedo showed a surprised expression, Wilt continued: "But I can guess. Tatari town is so big, I have been to every corner, which creek would Sidi like?" , Which fruit tree, which cave, I can completely guess."

Iviedo was completely silent, and Wilt couldn't help turning his head to look at his side face, and explained himself: "After all, Sidi has been raised by me."

If Sidi were here, he would definitely complain loudly about his inhuman treatment these years - what a strict family education, no happy childhood!But since he is not here, no one cares about his treatment, and Iviedo obviously doesn't care either. His side face is just as delicate and charming, and even highlights the perfect outline, but his delicate eyebrows are slightly frowned, showing confusion.

But Iviedo would not take the initiative to ask questions—at least those questions that he felt interfered with Wilt's privacy, and always buried his confusion in his heart.Although such a style is also very beautiful, Wilt does not want to see it, and such a quiet and ambiguous atmosphere is difficult to come across. He felt a little joy in his terrible mood because of Sidi's playfulness, so he repeatedly threw out olive branches , I want Iviedo to talk.

Wilt said: "I seem to have mentioned my experience before. I was born in Tatari Town and was raised by no one. I knew everyone in the town. I was a classmate with Barton, helped Tuqi teach a thief, and taught Finn Ni gave gifts. Later, I left Tatari and traveled to many places, mountains, swamps, jungles, deserts... I met many elves, orcs, goblins, and even demons—of course I also fought with them—back After I arrived in Aivia, I served in the Knights of the Guards until the demon army led by Mance began to do evil, and the countries involved united to resist. The Queen and Duke Nona trusted me and entrusted me with the highest command , You know what happened after that."

Ivedo listened very carefully, but after he finished his glorious life experience of retiring after defeating the demon Mance lightly, he still couldn't help asking: "Then... where is your dragon, Sidi?"

Wilt showed a "sure enough" expression, and snorted coldly: "I knew it, you are only interested in my dragon!"

"No, no! Of course not..." Iviedo hastily denied, shaking his head anxiously, "I... I just thought we were talking about Sidi—"

"This is also very common. As a dragon knight, my dragon is naturally the most concerned." Wilt said, he lifted the branch hanging over Ivydo's head, "They tried to trick me, where can I find it? Is it a magic beast contract or a soul contract that I signed with Sidi? Can dragons and griffins have sex?... It seems that I am just a millionaire who cannot protect myself, and is rushed up to divide it up by the eye-catching crowd poor guy."

He complained aggrievedly, looked sideways at Iviedo, and wanted to wait for him to comfort him.But Iviedo seemed to have closed the chatter box that he hadn't opened, and just kept silent nervously.

Wilt got sullen with himself, so he had to mention Sidi in a friendly manner: "As for Sidi, to be honest, it's quite pitiful. A group of people worry about whether he can find a spouse. Today he has a blind date with a female griffin, and tomorrow he has a woman." When I met Ma, I was afraid that he would die alone and die without even leaving a dragon egg. But I think I really think too much, not to mention that Sidi is still a child, and I don’t have any thoughts on this aspect. I’m afraid when he dies of old age naturally. It will take tens of thousands of years to worry about."

As expected, Ivydo rekindled his interest, and said weakly: "Sidi is only 30 years old, and the age of the dragon is very young in comparison, but he was also hatched from an egg, right? It means that there must be dragons on the mainland, so there is no need to worry too much about Sidi's marriage..." In the dark, he couldn't see Wilt's increasingly livid face, but he could feel Wilt's arms around his waist. The strength increased, and he quickly added: "That means...Wilt, you and I can feel at ease, and don't need to worry that Sidi will die alone—after all, no human being can live for tens of thousands of years."

Although highly capable human beings can slow down aging, and a great magister who has reached the holy rank can even hear the whispers of the gods and live a thousand years, but after all, unlike elves, demons and other races that are inherently long-lived and immortal, life will eventually usher in death , as for the lifespan of the dragon, it is even more unthinkable—the records about the dragon Fiori have existed since ancient times. It is rumored that he was once sealed by the envoy of the gods, so he disappeared. Sealed, wreaking havoc again for evil.

"I'm glad you treat Sidi as your own child." Wilt was obviously happy for Iviedo's "you and me". He knew that Iviedo and those who only cared about when he died, okay The people who let them inherit the position of "Dragon Knight" are different.He easily said something astonishing: "Then it's okay for me to say, I picked up Sidi's eggs in Tatari Town."

"What did you say?" Iviedo asked subconsciously, but at the same time, Mrs. Jones behind them suddenly exclaimed, which attracted Wilt's attention, so that he didn't hear Iviedo's murmur.

"Lisa, what's wrong?"

"Hey, it's okay, it's okay! It's just tartare juice, not blood, of course it's not blood!" Mr. Jones was hugging Mrs. Jones's back to comfort him, holding up the fruit he picked up from the ground and repeatedly beckoning, "Look, it's just It's just a tatari fruit."

It turned out that there were a lot of tartare fruits rolling down on the ground here. The preoccupied Mrs. Jones didn't see the road clearly, and accidentally stepped on and fell. When Mr. Jones pulled her up, his fingers touched the juice that flowed out, the sticky dark purple juice Under the bright gray turpentine lamp, she thought it was blood. Mrs. Jones, who was already worried, collapsed before she had time to think.

"It surprised you, Lord God of War." Mr. Jones comforted Mrs. Jones gently, but he couldn't help being surprised: "There are no fruit trees in this area, so how come there are so many tatarberries?"

Tatari fruit is a special product of Tatari Town. Although it is a fruit, it tastes sour and astringent. Humans will suffer from vomiting and diarrhea after taking it. However, it is a good raw material for dyeing. It has been exported well before. In recent years, due to the birth of new raw materials, no one cares about it. .A large piece of tatari fruit can only rot in the soil and be poured into the river, but gradually, the land becomes barren, and the river is also polluted to a lavender color, which scares people from disposing of it casually. Not long ago, the town of Barton The chief ordered that the excess fruit trees be cut down, and the excess tatari fruit that could not be processed could only be temporarily piled up in the warehouse.

The entrance they came in to look for Pandro and Sidi was the Tatari fruit forest, but behind the fruit forest was an uninhabited mountain forest. They had already walked quite a distance, and no one planted fruit trees nearby. It stands to reason that so many fruits would not fall out for no reason. .

Wilt also picked up a tartari fruit, sniffed it, and took a casual bite.

Mr. Jones turned pale with fright, and it was too late to dissuade him: "Master God of War! You can't eat this!"

"It doesn't matter." Wilt said, the dark purple juice was thick and had a bit of a fishy smell. It was a kind of fruit that was hard to eat just by smelling it. swallowed it, and said solemnly: "You can't eat it, Iviedo."

"I probably know why Sidi doesn't want to go home." Wilt said flatly: "They will be found soon, let's go."

Mr. Jones asked about Mrs. Jones's condition with concern, and Mrs. Jones cheered up and quickly chased after her.

There are many forks in the mountain forest with many dead branches, but Wilt leads the way with great confidence, as if a perfect road map has been drawn in his heart, and Iviedo follows him carefully, but he is not sure how How to tell Sidi's location?

Just when the moon rose into the dome, they walked out of a dense forest again, this time they did not rush to the next one, but went straight to a hidden cave under the cover of thick bushes.

At the entrance of the cave, Wilt raised his hand and used the skill of all paladins—Holy Light.In the next second, the picture in the cave was clear.

Under the light of the holy light, a dragon and a child were clearly seen deep in the cave.Sidi curled herself up deeply, the lavender armor wrapped her whole body, and the amethyst-like scales shone with luster, but they were sharp and hard not to be underestimated.The little boy Pandro's body was covered in mud, and there were still a few lines of wet tears on his face. Under the strong light, he couldn't sleep well, and kept frowning.And beside them and around the cave, there are a large number of dark purple tatari fruits piled up.

The Joneses cried and hugged Pandro into their arms. Pandro opened his eyes in a daze. Seeing his parents, he couldn't help crying. He couldn't even speak clearly. The Joneses were surprised, happy, angry and Scolding, in the end, I still feel sorry for my precious son, and happily hugged each other happily after finding it again.

On the other side, there is a strong contrast, the young dragon Sidi who is still sleeping soundly amidst such shocking and chaotic shouts.

Although Sidi insists that he is a noble young dragon who needs to go to bed early and get up early to get nutrition in place, but the quality of sleep like this is too good, right?Iviedo was a little worried from the bottom of his heart. Wilt knelt down and touched Sidi's hard scales, but said, "Let him sleep here, and he will come back when he wakes up tomorrow."

"What's wrong Sidi?"

Wilt put a tatari fruit into Ivedo's hand, "The juice of the tatari fruit contains a trace of hypnotic ingredients, but it is only useful for ordinary monsters, and it takes a lot of weight to bring down large monsters. But no large monster would like to taste a second bite of the tatari fruit—unfortunately, Sidi is an exception, the dragon seems to have a soft spot for the taste of the tatari fruit, and he ate it all at once. Too much too much."

"...this little fruit, can bring down the dragon?" Iviedo seemed completely shocked by this explanation, "Then...Pandro must be because Sidi is not awake, and he dare not go through the dense forest alone at night, so he can't go back Let’s go home. But, how did you get so many tatarigo?”

"Just ask him."

Pandello had already been reprimanded by Mr. Jones, and although he couldn't help loving him again, his little face was still full of tears. Seeing Wilt's majestic scrutiny, he sobbed even more speechlessly: "Woo ...It's my fault... Mom has been sick all the time, and Dad is sighing every day... Tatari fruit can't be sold, and if it can't be sold, they can only hide it. They will cut down the tree, and if the tree is cut down, Dad will have nothing Work!" Mr. Jones bowed his head guiltily, this kind of thing is usually not heard by children, but Tatari Town is too small, and the news spreads so quickly.

"I really want to help my father, I beg my father to take me to the fruit forest, I will definitely think of a way to deal with the extra tatari fruit! I found a way to steal the tatari fruit warehouse and throw it away every day One or two, so that there are fewer redundant tatari fruits, they don't have to cut down trees, woo woo woo..." Pandello hugged Mr. Jones' neck tightly, "Mr. Young Dragon greeted me this morning, I think it was Mr. Xiaolong will definitely have a solution! Mr. Xiaolong is really good and powerful. He helped me eat a lot of tatari fruits. If I couldn’t eat it, he transported it from the warehouse. This is Mr. Xiaolong My 'nest', Tatariguo won't be helpless... woo woo woo... Dad, tell the mayor not to cut down the tree!"

Mr. Jones wiped his tears and snot, and kept apologizing to Wilt: "I'm sorry, Lord God of War, Pandro is too ignorant to let Lord Dragon eat those things..."

"It doesn't matter, Sidi likes it very much," Wilt said.

"Father still has to pray to the God of Harvest...why do you have to pray to the God of Harvest? The God of Harvest is useless at all! If you pray to the God of Harvest, there will be more tatari fruit, and you won't be able to sell them at all. The God of Harvest is useless at all! It is useless at all!" Pandro thought of the most wronged place, and burst into tears, the crying was so heartbroken that he was almost dying.

Mr. Jones groaned and touched Pandro's head, touching his forehead, "You are right Pandro, you are right. You are a good boy, don't cry, okay? Daddy loves you, and Daddy believes in you."

Wilt is not good at dealing with children, but seeing such a tender side, he no longer looks serious. He even thinks this is a good time to warm up his relationship with Iviedo. Wiping tears in his arms, he showed a pleasant smile and asked, "What do you think, Iviedo?"

But Iviedo didn't speak, not only didn't speak, he didn't even express any meaning.Wilt looked at him suspiciously, and was taken aback. Iviedo's face could be considered pale, even blue under his eyes, and his mouth was bloodless, but his eyes could almost be said to be indifferent. That was Wilt When Te saw it for the first time, his eyes were full of pain and alienation.

At the same time, Mr. Jones shouted in panic: "Lisa!" On the other side, Mrs. Jones finally couldn't bear the long journey in a serious illness and fainted heavily.

Immediately afterwards, Iviedo couldn't hold on anymore, and passed out.