ride on the back of a dragon

The phoenix looked a little listless.

"You should have come back long ago." Hill looked up at Big Bird: "Where did you go?"

"Go and find out about the situation, there must be someone among us doing something other than talking about love. Obviously, you can't count on it, you can only rely on me." Fini fell to the ground: "Because Fleur After fleeing, Tai Lun seems to have changed her mind. She wants to remarry with the Ton family. The engagement ceremony is already under preparation. Two months later, it will be her coming-of-age ceremony. The lords are invited to take their families to Dawn City to attend her wedding ceremony. A formal coronation plus an engagement ceremony. She will be Queen from now on."

After Finny finished speaking, he yawned and flew straight up to the huge oak tree at the highest point of the island. The tree looked like it had grown for many years, and its lush and intertwined roots almost covered half of the hill.Carat saw a nest made of twigs between the branches of the thick tree, and the golden-red feathers were spread out from a distance, which was really beautiful.The phoenix is ​​seldom so tired, and Carat remembers that every time we meet, it looks energetic and expressive.

Fleur was lying on the edge of the water watching the fish that occasionally swam by, as if she was hungry, stretching out her little paws from time to time but not daring to touch the water.

"Is there food on the island?" Clara asked Hill.

"Don't worry about her, you can catch seabirds if you're hungry." Hill turned and went into the cave.Carat couldn't help shivering when he heard the word seabird. He didn't really want to appreciate the picture of a dragon preying on birds, so he hurriedly followed the hole.

Contrary to what Carat had imagined, the depths of the cave were empty, with a few candlesticks hanging on the rock wall, and the lights were dim.There are a few old boxes piled up in the corner, and there are some mottled rust on the four corners.

"Sill, how long has it been since you came back?" Carat thought she would see a glittering cave, after all, Fleur liked shiny objects since she was a child.

"I'll come back every few years." Hill said, "This is where I was born. It's kind of boring, right, but away from the crowds, it's safe, no one has been here except me and Finny. Fleur before she grew up You can stay here forever."

"But there is nothing here, how will she live..." Carat looked around, and there was a bare rock wall inside.The island is not big, and there is no water source.

"It's okay. It's easy for a dragon. Bathe in the sun, sleep, and every time she opens her eyes, she will find that it has been a long time." Hill put all the things that Fleur messed up back. Inside the box were some old-looking gold and silverware and various styles of black clothes.

"That's how you grew up, right?" Carat sat on the ground: "I never asked you, Hill, how old are you?"

"I don't remember clearly. I don't have any memories of the years when I was born, and I don't know how long I slept until I met Feeney. If I only have memories, it's about 70 or 80 years. It may be older than your grandfather. Feeney said Dragons usually reach adulthood when they are seven or eighty years old, about two years ago."

Two years ago, wasn't it when they met.Carat was curious: "You don't even remember when you were born, how do you know when you became an adult?"

Hilton paused, looked at him awkwardly, and took a piece of clothing: "...Of course I know." After speaking, he got up and left the cave.

"Where are you going?" Clara asked.

"Go find some food and fresh water. Although Fleur doesn't need it, you need it." Hill put on his hood.

"I will go with you!"

"You stay here with Fleur." Hill threw him into the hammock with his backhand: "The Ton family will definitely come to you if they don't succeed. He can find out where we live if he asks around, so you Don't show up again. I'll be back soon."

Hill turned around and pushed a hammock, the branches and clouds above Carat's head began to shake, and when the scenery in front of him returned to calm, the black dragon was gone.Carla climbed out of the hammock, he had too many questions.Climbing up the hill, Carla stood under the oak tree and called to Finny, "Are you asleep, Finny!"

"Close your eyes and rest your mind. Older people generally don't sleep too deeply. What's wrong?" Finny's tail feathers were hanging on top of Carat's head, the red and gold gradually changed with fine flashes, Carat boldly stretched out his hand, and the temperature near the tail feathers was obviously warmer , he couldn't help tugging slightly, and the phoenix bounced up from the nest all at once: "Hey!" Finny was still in shock, hugging his tail: "Carat! You've learned badly!"

Still not good, although he could appreciate the beauty of the feathers, but the moment Finny took off, Carat still squatted on the ground subconsciously.

"Don't worry, I won't come near you." Fini returned to the nest and looked at him condescendingly: "You need me?"

"Phinney, you've been with Hill for a long time, right?" Carat was a little shy, "Then he's been together for so long, has he... well, I mean he..."

"You mean to ask who he held hands and kissed in bed with?" Finny asked casually.

Carat couldn't help but blush: "...almost..."

"No one. He hates humans." Feeney looked at him with interest: "You are the only one."

Carat raised her head in disbelief: "Only me? Really?"

"Why didn't you refute me! You really had sex!" Finny stood up excitedly and shook his wings: "Hill this..." Carat looked at herself with some sympathy when she saw it: "Oh my god, you are so pitiful." Son, the dragon in the passion stage is so scary, you must be in pain! How did you endure it..."

"What period?" Carat rubbed her skin, leaving a layer of white salt crystals after the sea water dried.Sticky all over, Carla really wanted to take a shower.

"The hot season is the mating season." Feeney explained, "Most animals have it."

"Just...just...sex...sex...sex..." Carat remembered that every spring and summer, most animals in the desert would enter the courtship period.From camels and horses to small dune cats.Everywhere you go you can see pairs of entangled animals.The male lizards in the yard will become aggressive and fight for the few females they have.In order to prevent the female from escaping, they will climb on the back of the female lizard and grab each other by the back of the neck.

Like, Hill for the first time, even though at the time he had no idea what was entangled with him in the lily pond.It turned out to be because...

Not long after, Hill came back.Carat saw the dragon flying in the air carrying a huge wooden barrel.

Hill landed slowly, and the bucket was full of food and daily necessities, as well as several packages of air-dried meat.After Kela poured out the contents of the bucket, Hill took the big wooden bucket and flew away from the island again, and returned after a while. He put the bucket full of water directly on the highest point of the island.

Clara ate up a bunch of muscat grapes on the hammock, and watched as Hill and Fleur lit a fire and cooked a pot of fish soup together.

"Did you bring all the things from the house over there?" Kela stuffed a small piece of torn air-dried meat into Hill's mouth.

"Yeah." Hill licked his fingertips.

"Sill, where is there fresh water nearby...I want to take a bath..." Carat couldn't bear it anymore, he felt like a dried salted fish, exuding a fishy and salty smell.

Hill didn't answer, but turned to Feeney and said, "Take Fleur to the cave to rest."

Feeney spat out half a fish bone: "What are you doing?" Then, as if suddenly realizing it, he covered his face with his wings: "You beast! Carat's injury is just right!"

Clara took a bite of a juicy, crunchy pear against the setting sun, and watched Hill push his bird friend back with an indifferent stare.

"Okay, okay, let's go baby, dad will take you to sleep." Finny dragged the dozing little dragon into the cave.

Hill picked up a few stones from the bonfire, wiped them with his clothes, and threw them into a wooden barrel filled with fresh water, and soon the water surface was steaming.Hill turned to Carat and said, "Don't you want to take a bath?"

The water temperature is just right.

Clara sat on the barrel with her knees bent, staring at the sun that was not too dazzling in the distance and gradually sinking towards the horizon. Hill rubbed his hair and lathered it, and Clara smelled the aroma of jasmine.

"Hill, why did you choose me two years ago." Carat closed her eyes, the golden sunset reflected on her eyelids.

"I don't remember. I was not sober at that time." The strength of his fingertips was just right, and Carat was pressed comfortably all over.

"That's fate." Carat smiled with satisfaction: "You are destined to meet me."

"Maybe." Hill seemed to smile too.

"Your tail, you can't take it back at that time... I mean, send... that, during the passion period."

Hill curled his fingers and stopped: "Finny told you?"

"I asked it on my own initiative!" Carat looked back and said, "Don't bully it. It treats you so well..."

"Okay." Hill flicked the tip of his nose.

Clara grabbed Hill's wrist: "Don't be afraid of Hill, I will take care of you in the future." He felt a little hot in his heart: "You, and Fleur."

"Hmm." Hill broke free from his hand, washed the foam away with a wooden ladle, and smelled it close to his hair.

A long time ago, Carat thought that she would probably meet a girl who was as gentle and slender as her mother, who would not dislike him.They fall in love, get married, have a child, and raise him like many ordinary people. During the day it is reality, and when they sleep it is a dream.

But he actually fell in love with a dragon.The thing was that the dragon loved him too.They will neither marry nor have children.

"It's time for me to wash it for you." Carat felt a little sad. Long can be young forever, but he can't. He will grow old and die. What will happen to Hill at that time? No one can continue to love him?

Taking advantage of Hill's inattention, Kela dragged him into the wooden barrel abruptly, splashing water everywhere, and he glanced at the fresh water thrown out with some pity.

Hill sighed and took off his soaked pants in the water.

"What are you thinking?" Seemingly aware of his emotions, Hill asked while cupping his face.

Carat put her chin on his shoulder, hugged him and touched his tailbone: "Where's the tail?"

"...What?" Hill twisted his waist and patted his hand away.

"I like it a little bit." Carat felt his face was a little hot, and his heart was itchy when he thought of Hill's tail. He couldn't help swallowing: "Can't you control it?"

Hill supported his shoulders, holding his breath and shaking his body curled up. Carat noticed that the water level had risen a little, and the fat tail was squeezed together with them, and the wooden barrel that had some room was suddenly crowded.Hill sticks his tail out of the water and puts it on the side of the bucket, so that Clara can see enough.

Carat carefully touched the cold scales on the back of the tail, looking closely at the purple-black with tiny pearls.

"So this is okay, right?" Carat said to herself and touched the scales, her tail moved, and Hill looked normal.

Carat moved her hand to the other side calmly, on the skin not covered by scales, and pinched it down violently.

There was a splash, the water splashed, and Hill trembled all over: "Don't pinch."

But Ke Ke was not as obedient as before. He looked at the soft and sensitive Hill in front of him, and remembered how he was full of vigilance and stayed away from the crowd at first.

"Hill. I can't be with you all the time. After decades, will you find someone to accompany you again?" Carat held the tip of the tail that was about to slip out of her hand.

Honeymoon:

Together... in vain, something always happens.