Magic Merchant Racial Anecdote

In the courtyard, with the moon in the sky, Alai yawned and decided to end this long story.Today was busy enough, and after filling his stomach, he was naturally sleepy.

"There's nothing to talk about after that. After accumulating enough strength, I finally escaped while Leviathan wasn't paying attention." Alai spoke a few words, bringing the darkest part of his memory.

Ah Lai said, looking at Ned who was standing straight in place, scratched his hair in distress, beckoned him to sit down, and then continued: "It was exactly ten years ago when the Regulations on the Protection of Magical Creatures was promulgated. At that time, after I escaped, I reported Leviathan to the third and fourth districts at the same time, using the charges of abusing magical creatures and defaming the collective reputation of magicians."

"Desecrate the collective reputation of magicians?" Ned repeated blankly, his head numb, as if he had stopped thinking.

"Well, blaspheming the collective reputation of magicians..." Alai paused, thinking about how to explain this inexplicable crime to Ned.

"In general, what Leviathan did to magical creatures... those things affected the reputation and moral bottom line of magicians. Although it sounds ridiculous to talk about morality with magicians, in fact magicians are very proud race, what the Leviathans did, in their view..."

A Lai frowned and thought for a while, then reluctantly gave an example: "Just like wanting a beast to give birth to a human child, it can only be described as insane, so after this matter was known to everyone, he was magically The Masters Association has been removed."

Ned was at a loss, completely unable to understand the logical relationship between them.In his opinion, the wanton slaughter of magical creatures by magicians and the actions of Leviathan are unforgivable crimes.

But the Wizards Association, while agreeing with the first, despises the second... This sounds absurd.

Alai understands why Ned is puzzled. In fact, people with normal values ​​will never be able to understand the magician's code of conduct, because it is full of madness, selfishness and arrogance.

"Actually, the Mage Association may not be unaware of what Leviathan did. It's just that more people know about it later. Coupled with the pressure from the third district, they always have to express it."

"After all, that was the 'glory' of the old times." Alai smiled mockingly.

"Then... have they discovered that you are a hybrid of a magical creature and a magician?" Ned asked with a frown. He cared more about Alai's safety than Leviathan and the Magicians Association.

"That's not true." Alai shook his head, and didn't want to go into details about what happened, but simply said: "No one else in the mage's tower knows, but Leviathan kept this secret for me."

As for what he did in the middle.Whether it is using the power struggle of the Magicians Association, or secretly instigating the public opinion storm, or how to stop Leviathan's mouth forever, let him keep the secret for himself...

There was no need to tell Ned about this.

"In their eyes, I'm just someone who discovered my mentor's insane experiment, and finally reported my mentor out of selfishness." Alai paused and added.

"So, you are suspecting that we have been attacked, maybe it was done by the people from the original Leviathan Mage Tower?" Ned thought for a while before realizing the hidden meaning of Alai's last sentence.

"Nine times out of ten, after all, I am the chief culprit who caused them to lose the protection of the Mage Tower." Alai confirmed Ned's guess, and said, "Most of them bear the title of Leviathan's disciples. In the eyes of magicians who value reputation more than life, this is not a good thing."

Alai thought about it again, and then continued: "Actually, those people have always had complicated feelings for me. In the world of magic, the strong are respected. I single-handedly brought down Leviathan. It stands to reason that they Just listen to me, no matter how I do it."

Alai proposed a default rule that most people would find a little unbelievable, but in fact this is not uncommon in the magic world.

In the more distant old times, the change of each mage tower was started by the death of the mentor.And the only way for a magician to become the next heir to the Mage Tower is to kill the former mentor.

Of course, this old system had already been banned 20 years ago, but this does not mean that the Mage Tower has improved.In fact, the mage's tower is definitely the most conservative place in the four districts, not one of them.

So after Alai was Leviathan's chief disciple and successfully brought down Leviathan, he actually had the right to inherit the Mage Tower.

This has nothing to do with blood relationship or status. It is simply a reward for the strong. Whether it is relying on strength or wisdom, the winning party has the power to dominate.

Ned adapts well to this, after all, the Dragon Clan is like this too.No matter what method is used, within the ethnic group, the winner is the one who stands at the end.

The White Dragon Clan, which now owns the management rights of the 'Dragon Star', relied on their wisdom to rise to the top.

"Then you later took over Leviathan's mage tower?" Ned asked suspiciously.

"Of course not, I ran away." Alai smiled, "That place is not suitable for me. Since then, I have thrown away the title of magician and found a job where I can only use the part of the talent that belongs to magical creatures. .”

"Is it space magic?" Ned asked.

"Yeah." Alai shrugged and explained, "That's why I became a courier."

"...What about Leviathan? Is he still alive?" Ned wanted to confirm whether Leviathan was responsible for their attack. After all, he was the most suspect.

Alai didn't answer immediately after hearing the words, he was silent for a while before speaking: "Shortly after that, Leviathan ushered in bankruptcy, and finally passed away due to illness."

Alai said calmly, in fact, he didn't intend to let Leviathan live from the beginning, but what he didn't expect was that someone could not help it before he did it himself.

As a glorious Leviathan, he has many enemies, and this final ending is undeniably due to Alai's countless plans day and night in the dark mage's tower secret room.

Later, Alai also asked himself, if Leviathan hadn't died at that time, would he have killed him to prevent the last possibility of revealing his secret.

He couldn't come up with an answer in the end.

But now, Alai chose to tell Ned about this matter, using the death of his mentor to reveal all of himself in the past, and let Ned make judgments.

Over the courtyard, a dark cloud drifted past, blocking the moonlight.The boy's expression was dark and unclear, hidden in the thick night, rendering a heavy atmosphere.

At this moment, it seems that Alai is no longer the space magician who always smiles, likes to complain, and occasionally sleeps in, but a more sharp, rational, and strange existence.

'I'm not as good as you think. ’ the boy announced silently.

Ned didn't speak after Ah Lai finished all the stories.He just tilted his head and stared at his partner in the dark for a while, as if he was thinking, but also as if he didn't think about anything.

The air stagnates between them.

Until Ned stood up and walked towards Alai.

As the dragon youth walked in, the dark clouds dispersed, revealing the appearance of the youth with half-closed eyes.

Under the wide sweater, the thin body looks so thin, and the thin wrist always gives the illusion that it can be easily broken.

"Do you know you're shaking?" Ned looked at Alai and asked in a hoarse voice, his golden eyes seemed to be filled with tiny moonlight. He bent down and held the boy's slightly cold hands.

A Lai was startled, his eyelashes trembled slightly, only then did he realize that he was actually trembling slightly.

It turned out that the carelessness and indifference just now were all fake. In fact, he had been afraid all the time, afraid that Ned would choose to leave him after hearing about his past.

Before meeting Ned, Alai never knew that being alone was such a terrible thing.

The air remained silent.

A Lai was silent for a long time, and then mustered up the courage to look up at Ned.He whispered the name of the dragon youth, as if confirming something, or in other words, he was waiting for a promise.

"I'm here." Ned stared at Alai and replied unwaveringly.

'I always. '

Exploring the difference between Alai in the past and Alai in the present is pointless to Ned.No matter what Alai has experienced in the past, Alai is Alai.

After all, the Dragon Clan is a very stubborn race, once identified, they will never let go.

He just needs to make sure of his own mind.

He wants to be with Alai.

Thinking of this, Ned stretched out his hand without hesitation, and hugged Alai in his arms.

The young man's thin body seemed to be blown away by the wind, and there was a rare trace of fragility in the pure black cat eyes, like fireflies that would go out at any time.

Ned watched Ah Lai like this, endured and endured, and finally couldn't hold back, he leaned forward carefully, and kissed his partner's eyes almost reverently.

"..." Alai blinked with a confused expression, still unable to react from what happened just now.Whether it was Ned's oath or what happened later, it all happened suddenly.

But Ned was different. He knew exactly what he had done.

Ned looked at Alai who trusted him wholeheartedly, his head went blank suddenly, his golden pupils condensed into a thin line, and the whole dragon froze in place.

In this way, one person and one dragon maintained a hugging posture and looked at each other for a while.

The night breeze was cool, and the camellias in the courtyard were in full bloom, just as red as Alai's cheeks.The boy's eyes were as bright as stars, and he blinked subconsciously, and his long eyelashes seemed to sweep over Ned's heart.

"Why did you kiss me?" He asked, his voice was very soft, and he still sounded ignorant, hiding a trace of tension and expectation that he didn't know.

Ned let go of Alai as if he had been burned, stood up, took a step back, and forced himself to calm down again. "You are my partner, and I can kiss you as much as I want." His words were preposterous, and his expression could be called ferocious.

Alai blinked, blushed and thought about this sentence three times, trying to understand the logical relationship.

'We are partners and you kiss me are two different things, right? 'This sentence turned around in Alai's mind, but he still didn't say it in the end.

The scene fell into embarrassment for a while.

Ah looked at Ned for a long time, with blood dripping from his ears, and finally let out a muffled laugh.

Why is it so cute.

He took the initiative to stand up and approached the dragon youth who was standing there stupidly.Grabbing the other party's collar, standing on tiptoe, he took the initiative to kiss his silly dragon's forehead.

"Silly dragon," he said.

Overhead, the dark clouds have completely dissipated, and the moonlight is so beautiful tonight.

The author has something to say:

Is Ned enlightened today?

阿来：不如我先？感谢在2020-08-0517：15：14～2020-08-0614：56：22期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦～

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