Food Reserves on the Dragon's Back

"Don't climb the cliff, I'll take you to fly back." Salanar walked a few steps to the side, and recovered his original shape in a slightly open place.

But Silas just looked at him motionless, with no intention of climbing on top of him.

Salanar lowered his head to look at Silas, and asked gently, "What's the matter, my knight?"

"Don't you think you should give me an explanation?" Silas was almost annoyed by his nonchalant attitude.

"It's a long story. I'll explain it to you when I get back, okay?"

Silas also felt that he really couldn't just stand here like this, so he had no choice but to climb up the dragon's back.Without a saddle, he could only hug the scales on Sarannar's neck tightly. Fortunately, the black dragon flew very smoothly, and added an invisibility magic to himself on the way, and returned to his own body without a sound. The cave, without even rousing the dozing dreams of the lair-area guard.

"Can you say it now?" Silas, who returned to the lair, stubbornly looked at the black dragon that had turned into a human again.

Sarannar stroked a lock of long hair on his forehead, and said with a smile: "I think you have many doubts to answer now, which question should I start with?"

"Why did you let Hills take the dragon eggs, even including your own brother!" Silas was so indignant as if the other party took his eggs.

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't let him take any dragon eggs. What he worked so hard to steal were just a few stones." Sarannar said calmly.

"What did you say?" Silas' eyes widened.

"Since we settled on the top of the dragon, there have always been a steady stream of people coming to the idea of ​​​​making dragon eggs, so I found a few stones, carved them with magic, and put them there as dragon eggs to hatch." Sarannar smiled and said, "Your poor 'friend' and the country behind him will probably spend decades trying to incubate these stones before they can't help but crack open one to find out. "

Silas took a moment to digest this shocking fact: "...but, but, even if it's a fake egg, you don't have to give it to him for nothing."

Silas really hated that "friend" who used and betrayed him, and finally succeeded in plotting to escape.

"The answer behind this question is more complicated." Sarannar said, "Do you remember, I once asked you, if I had a conflict with your country, which side would you help?"

"... Is it related to this matter?" Silas scratched his red hair blankly, and he still hasn't figured out the answer to this question.

"Of course it's related. Maybe on the surface, we are happy allies, but in fact Andorcia's interests are not completely consistent with those of the Dragon Clan." The black dragon looked at him with golden eyes and said, "At times like this, you just I have to make a choice, are you my knight or Andorcia's soldier."

"Of course I am your knight." Silas replied without thinking, "Tell me, where are the interests of the dragon clan inconsistent with human beings?"

Sarannar smiled: "There is no doubt that human beings need our strength. If there were no dragons in the air against the Eagle Knights, Andorcia would not be able to withstand the attack of the orcs, but the royal family of Andorcia is not willing to see Our race has grown stronger, especially this temporary peace makes them feel that since no more dragons will die in battle, if there is one more egg now, there will be one more dragon in the future."

"Wouldn't it be nice to have more dragons? That's a symbol of a strong country."

"Of course it's not good." Salanar said, "There are no dragons, but it's best not to have too many dragons. The dragons can't grow so large that Andorcia can't control it. This is what King Heather wants to fight." abacus."

"Is he afraid that if the dragon clan is too powerful, it will threaten humans—or his status?" Silas seemed to understand something.

"That's exactly what it means. Seven dragon eggs are too much for him. Now there are only two left. He can finally sleep peacefully. This number can ensure that the dragon race will not become extinct, and it will not be able to grow the population. And a neighboring country that doesn't have any dragons may have five more dragons in the future. Even for the sake of the future, Andorcia must protect our ethnic group, and absolutely dare not let the remaining eggs and cubs grow again. Any accidents." Salanar spread his hands and said, "Now, the Dragon Clan no longer has to worry about the Andorcia royal family stabbing us in the back."

"So... all of this was planned by you a long time ago." Silas suddenly thought of many things, "You already knew that Hills wanted to steal dragon eggs, didn't you?"

"Yes, even before your group of dragon knights came to the top of the dragon, I already knew that there was a foreign spy who wanted to steal eggs."

Silas understood that this was a game of praying mantis catching cicadas and orioles. The spy Hills sneaked in to steal the dragon's eggs. The dragon used him in turn and took a few fake eggs to divert his attention. Silas Then he was foolishly kept in the dark by both parties, which made him feel very, very depressed.

"You should have told me earlier..." Silas said gloomily, "For more than two years, I have always regarded him as my only friend, and he foolishly tricked me into stealing a lot of news."

"Of course I can't tell you." Sarannar smiled and raised his chin, "Look at this gloomy and sad expression, you can't hide your thoughts at all on your face, and he will definitely see through it on the spot of."

Silas turned his head and dodged his hand angrily, Saranar was not annoyed either, his golden eyes looked at him with a beautiful smile arc: "And... I thought at first that you were the one spy."

Silas turned his head sharply again, looking at Sarannar in surprise.

"After all, compared with that perfectly disguised spy, you are much more eye-catching in the crowd, aren't you?"

"... I was chosen to be your dragon knight, is that actually the reason?" Silas asked hesitantly.

"That's right, your behavior has a temperament that ordinary people don't have, and it is easy to think that you have a special status." Saranar did not deny, "So I chose you, so that you can be fair and honest. Entering the lair area for activities secretly created several opportunities for you to find dragon eggs, but you were indifferent, so I began to wonder if I made a mistake."

"So it's like this..." Silas felt that many things that puzzled him before can now be explained, "So you come to ask me why I can read, whether I am from a noble family, and I will tell you the truth. I answered it, but you still don’t believe it, so you went to my house to confirm it again, don’t you?”

Saranar said: "Actually, after going to your house, I'm still not sure. After all, it is possible that the country that wants to steal eggs sends two spies over at the same time to pretend to be mother and child. So I just took you to see it in person. Dragon Egg, you still haven't made a move, so I'm sure I made a mistake."

In this way, everything can be explained, why Sarannar was very cold to him at first, and suddenly he was so kind and close to him, so good that he couldn't help fantasizing, and then suddenly gave him another day. He threw a basin of cold water, broke his illusions, and let him learn to keep a proper distance from the black dragon again.He used to think that it was all due to the capricious character of the Dragon Clan, but now he knows that there are reasons behind Salanar's enthusiasm or indifference, good or bad.

So why is Saranar now letting him sleep in his own bed and doing things with him that only couples do?Is it a reward for his loyalty, or is it to make up for the torture he suffered in order to protect his master, or is there some more far-reaching conspiracy?

Silas felt an unspeakable grievance and anger simmering in his heart, but he couldn't vent it out. His upbringing didn't allow him to vent his anger on others, and he couldn't tell what Sarannar did. No, or there is something to be sorry for his "grain reserve".

Depressed, Silas had no choice but to change the subject, looking for some answers that might make him less depressed: "Then what about the real dragon egg? When your real brother hatches, where are you going to hide him?"

Sarannar chuckled and said, "I don't have any younger brother at all."

"...Is this even a lie to me?" Silas took a deep breath before continuing, "I don't know what else, just let me die all at once."

Salanar couldn't help laughing: "What a greedy little guy, don't you want to know everything?"

"Ever since we were in the reserve battalion, the instructors have been telling us that we are just weapons of the country and shields on the dragon's back. You don't need to know too much about weapons and shields, as long as you follow orders." Silas looked firmly Looking at Sarannar, "But I don't want to be a fool who will always be kept in the dark. I want to judge for myself what should be done."

"Then... what if I don't tell you?" Saranar teased him deliberately.

"I can't do anything to you either," Silas said, "...just a little disappointed."

Saranar smiled.

"Humans are really an interesting species, and you are more interesting than most humans." Sarannar said to him with a smile, "Well, how about you kiss me, and I will tell you one more secret?"

Silas clenched his cheeks, feeling that this request was a bit ridiculous: "Are you kidding me like this?"

"It's very fun, the life of the Dragon Clan is so long, you must have more fun for yourself." Sarannar said.

Silas was speechless, thinking to himself what should be done anyway, what else have they not done, and it would be boring to be reserved at this time.He leaned forward and gave Saranar a quick kiss on the face.

"A kiss on the face doesn't count." Sarannar said aggressively.

"You are enough!" Silas is not in the mood to flirt at all now, and whether Salanar wants to kiss him, hug him, or want to do this or that, he has never refused him, and now he is very To tease him like this, Silas could only think it was a bad joke.

"Forget it then." Sarannar shrugged indifferently, and was about to go back to his study.