Food Reserves on the Dragon's Back

"...It's nothing." Hills put the breakfast for two next to him with his left hand, "I broke a bone, and the pastor has healed it for me, but I haven't been able to exert myself for a few days."

Silas frowned and asked, "Why did you get hurt when you're so good, did Harrog hit you?"

"Actually, it's not a big deal." Hills smiled at him reluctantly, with helplessness and bitterness in his expression, "Your kidnapping this time has put everyone in the Dragon Peak at risk, my master My temper is also getting worse... The pastor who treated me said that this was just an accident, if my master really wanted to kill me, I would not stand here with my life."

"How could he go so far?" Silas was furious.

"I'm not surprised. Although dragons let us live in their caves and ride on their backs, they never trusted us. This incident only made our relationship worse."

"Really..." Silas was a little puzzled: "But I always feel...the dragon doesn't distrust us that much, Salanar even took me to see the dragon egg."

"I can only envy your good luck. Your master is really a unique exception. There is no other dragon that does not take strict precautions against knights." Hills sighed and said, "Actually, I felt that from the beginning Strange, why there is only one knight beside each dragon, and the remaining people would rather let them stand guard and watch the gate every day. If the only knight is killed in battle, the rest can be used who have never been on the back of a dragon. Are you new?"

"Yeah, I've thought about that too." Silas asked. "So have you found the answer?"

"I only know that in the earliest days, each dragon had at least three dragon knights, and they all lived in the camp and took turns on duty. But later, spies sneaked in and stole the dragon eggs while the dragon was out, although they were recovered in time. but unfortunately broke two."

"It's a pity..." Silas couldn't help feeling sorry.

"Yeah, the dragons were furious about it. Since then, each dragon has only one knight beside them, and they have to live under their noses. I can only think that this is for the convenience of monitoring." Shirsto pondered. , "And from that time on, it is strictly forbidden for irrelevant people to enter the places above the barracks area. Even people like us have to check the badge when entering and exiting."

"By the way, the emblem." Silas suddenly remembered, "I lost my emblem, I have to tell the deputy head. Otherwise, those guys who only recognize the emblem but not the face will stop me next time. outside."

"Lost... when?"

"It disappeared after being kidnapped, maybe it fell on the road."

"One day off every month, this is a benefit that all dragon knights can enjoy." Sakar the butcher said to the humanoid Sarannar, "Your dragon knight hasn't taken a vacation for more than two months. , I also acted according to the rules. You happened to be out that day, and there was nothing else to do, so I temporarily gave him a day off. Although I didn't arrange it in advance, after the order was issued, the people in the entire barracks, sentry The people on the board, the people in charge of the crane, and even the chef knew that he had gone home. As for the fact that he is your knight, it has long been no secret, his mother has already spread it to almost everyone in Silverbrook City Know."

Sarannar folded his arms and looked at him: "Are you trying to say that you are not responsible for this matter?"

"No, if someone leaked the secrets that led to Kelsen's kidnapping, I would be the most suspected one. I don't deny this." Saka stood up straight, "Until the Military Intelligence Department investigates this matter clearly, I will temporarily Resign from the position of deputy head and wait for disposal."

"If I remember correctly, your younger brother holds an important position in the Military Intelligence Department." Sarannar said with a smile.

"I don't understand what you mean by that." Butcher Saka's voice was filled with displeasure, "I only know that something has happened, and we are trying to give you an explanation."

"Make no mistake, Mr. Saka," Saranal said calmly. "What I want is not an explanation, but to find out the ghost among us and prevent the same thing from happening again."

"Are you so sure that there is a problem inside the Dragon Peak?" Butcher Saka argued, "As long as you know where Kelsen lives and find out the fixed route he takes every time he goes home, the mage's entourage can also be there every day. There's an ambush on the side of the road, and he'll be there when he shows up. Maybe it doesn't matter if someone leaks."

"Then why did they tear off Kelsen's emblem and let the peasant woman bring it into the city after knocking him out?" Salanar took out the dragon knight's emblem from his pocket and put it on the table, " The dragon uses this emblem to monitor the position of the dragon knight. Few people in the entire Dragon Summit know about this matter? Maybe you should remind your brother to start investigating from this issue."

The butcher Saka frowned: "Since the emblems have been ripped off, how did you find Kelsen?"

"This is my own business." Sarannar hugged his arms and smiled faintly. "Humans seem to like to turn against customers."

"I don't mean to offend." The butcher Saka's expression was so serious that his nasolabial folds almost killed mosquitoes, "But if we have to dig deeper into the matter of leaking secrets, I'm afraid it will involve a lot of people."

"That's your headache, not mine." Sarannar looked at him with golden eyes, making Saka stand up straighter involuntarily, "Remember, Mr. Saka, although Dragontop is A nice place, but not our only ideal place to live. There are plenty of other nations that would warmly welcome us, even if we don't have to think about fighting the Orcs."

The butcher Saka swallowed, and said with some embarrassment: "Please believe that His Majesty the Emperor does not want to see all this happen."

"I know that he doesn't want us to have an accident, and he will definitely show evidence to explain that all this is a conspiracy by other forces." Salanal smiled faintly, "But if he doesn't If we are able to prevent these 'other forces' from playing against us, even for the sake of future generations, we need to change to a safer place."

Then Sarannar didn't change shape, just walked back to the lair in the appearance of a human being, and at the door of the lair, he ran into Hills who had just come out after visiting his friends.

"Lord Sarannar." Sears saluted him respectfully.

"You are Cassan, Harrog's knight." Sarannar glanced at him and said, "It seems that you care about Kelsen very much."

"We used to be friends." Hills said with a low eyebrow.

"Oh? Then, I hope it will be the same in the future." Sarannar smiled at him, then turned and entered the cave.

"...You're back." Silas said nonsense to him, and felt that this was unnatural, so he added: "Are you hungry, I'll get you something to eat."

"Don't walk around before your body recovers." Sarannar said, "If I'm hungry, I'll go to the kitchen myself."

"Oh..." Silas responded weakly. He seemed to suddenly not know how to live here. His hands, feet and tongue seemed to have suddenly protruded, and he didn't know where to put them. I had no choice but to evade and say, "Then I'll go to rest first, and call me if you need anything."

"Don't make a bed at the door, just sleep in my room from now on." Sarannar said flatly.

Silas opened his mouth, almost blurting out a question, but in the end he just answered silently.

He will never forget the last time Sarannar ruthlessly exposed and laughed at him, but now for some reason, Sarannar suddenly became interested in him, and doing it once was not enough, it seemed that Plan to develop him into a long-term bed partner.

And Silas still didn't dare to ask Salanar what he thought of him. He had never experienced any good things since he was a child, which made him always feel that if some things were too thorough or care about gains and losses, what would happen in the end? I can't catch it, and it's rare to be confused a few times when it's time to be confused.

"By the way, I said before that I want to teach you magic." Seeing Silas stumbling into his room in the dark, Salanar suddenly remembered.

His dwelling would be dark all day long without magic to light it, and he didn't want Eragon to smoke his library with candles and torches.

"Magic..." Silas couldn't believe it, he thought that Sarannar was just saying it casually, but he didn't expect that he really planned to keep his word, "But I'm so old, I just started to learn how to use it too late?"

Silas had reason to worry about this. He was an adult, and all the magic apprentices he knew had been studying with their teachers since they were teenagers.

"I remember you are eighteen this year." Sarannar lit up the residence with his magic power.

"Nineteen next month," Silas said honestly.

"When I was 19 years old, I couldn't even do magic. I couldn't even prey on my own because of my birth defects. I had to rely on my mother to feed me." Salanal seemed to recall something interesting, he smiled Shaking his head anxiously, he said to Silas, "Have some confidence in yourself, you can support your mother now, much better than I was then."

"You've always looked like you haven't been able to sleep well lately." Hills looked at Silas with some concern.

"Well, there's no way, I've been having nightmares lately." Silas only admitted this, but didn't tell this friend who had a crush on him that every time he fell into a nightmare, Sarannar would Wake him up, and then use a hard sex to make him completely unable to recall the nightmare just now.

This is a simple and crude but effective treatment method, so that every time he thinks about the terrible torture he suffered that day, other memories that make him blush and heartbeat will involuntarily appear in his mind.Of course, this "treatment" also undoubtedly made him more sleep deprived.

"I heard that that evil mage made you suffer a lot, but you never gave in." Hills looked up at the clouds in the distance, "I really envy you, you will never give in to what you believe in. It’s all so steadfast.”

"There's nothing to be envious of. Some people think I'm a rhinoceros that doesn't hit the south wall and doesn't look back." Silas said disapprovingly.