Chapter 150 True Dragon: Picking Up a Wild Dog [VIP]
"No wonder Gowende mistook me for 'Him'..."
Who is Gawande?
There was curiosity and a subtle sourness in Yaris's voice.
"Gowende is..."
Xiao Yun briefly recounted what happened on the outskirts of Seth.
After listening to this, Yaris nodded slightly.
This is a good misunderstanding.
"I think so too."
[But you still have to be careful... Although He cannot understand the deepest and most subtle emotions of the human heart, He knows how to exploit human desires to achieve His own goals... He cannot impress me or seduce you, but He can bribe almost everyone except you and me with benefits.]
"That's why I need you..."
Xiao Yun said affectionately: "Only you are irreplaceable."
You are the same to me...
Yaris twisted his slender body and rubbed Xiao Yun's fingertips hard.
[Ah! The power of the imperial capital's barrier has suddenly increased. I must return immediately. Next time, next time—]
"It's okay, I'll be waiting for you anytime."
【I will also contact you at any time. 】
Yaris raised his head, and gently touched his brother's chin with his scaly little head. Then the "Tower Master"'s body fell into Xiao Yun's palm as if the spine had been pulled out.
"Yaris..."
Xiao Yun called out softly.
The "Tower Master's" body did not react at all.
Xiao Yun knew that Yaris's consciousness had left the "Tower Master's" body.
However, at this moment, his heart was filled with the joy of reunion.
He was getting closer and closer to Yaris, and Yaris knew he was getting closer to him, and they—
【Hello! 】
The "Tower Master" woke up quickly, and found himself lying cross-legged in Xiao Yun's palm, being looked at by Xiao Yun with an extremely intimate look.
[You guys…you guys…Ahhhhhh!]
The "Tower Master" screamed angrily.
"Sorry, I used your body just now."
[…Well, I’m your brother… You have to accept it even if you don’t want to, right?]
The "Tower Master" lay in Xiao Yun's palm and wailed in despair.
Xiao Yun reached out and touched its little head: "I'm sorry, we didn't mean to...but..."
[You don't need to explain... I knew this day would come. This is a fate I can't escape... Sigh... I don't know how to explain the specific situation to you... Wait until you see Master Yaris, and let him explain it to you...]
The "Tower Master" raised his head in frustration, his eyes flickering.
Xiao Yun frowned, trying to understand what it said, but ultimately chose to give up.
"Thank you."
He spoke calmly with a smile on his face.
"Because of you, my brother and I have reconnected. And because of what happened today, I realized that no matter what form Yaris takes, my love for him will never change... I will always be his younger brother, and he will always be my only older brother. I want to be with him forever, until I die..."
【……】
The "Tower Master" shook his head with a look of disgust, climbed up Xiao Yun's wrist to his upper arm, wrapped his arm around it, and closed his eyes.
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The rising sun shone on the late spring grass. Johnny looked at the city of Seth not far away and knelt down sadly.
"I am the only one who survived—I am the only one..."
His eyes were filled with confusion and sadness, and tears kept flowing.
"They're a bunch of disobedient, roughnecks who often use drunkenness as an excuse to get into fights and violate military discipline and regulations...but...but..."
"But now they're all dead, and you feel intensely guilty about surviving?"
"Yes!"
Johnny looked up and looked at Xiao Yun with tears in his eyes.
"Please forgive my rudeness! I have no right to blame my savior, but I... I... Why am I the only one who survived! Why did you only save me at that time! I, I——"
"It's fate."
Xiao Yun lowered his head and calmly told Johnny: "There is a traitor within your organization."
"--ah?!"
"All your actions are under His watchful eye, and you are completely unaware of it."
“—No, impossible!”
"Can't accept it? This kind of thing is really hard to accept."
"I……"
"What happened last night was a carefully prepared death trap for you by a traitor hidden in the upper echelons of the Green Scarf Army. Don't ask me how I know this inside story. You've heard of the name 'True Dragon Messenger' before, so it's impossible that you don't know anything about this group."
"I, I, I actually don't know what kind of group the 'True Dragon Messengers' are. I only heard the name by chance from the Great Chief... The Great Chief said his ancestor was a 'True Dragon Messenger' who served the Azure Dragon six thousand years ago. After the Azure Dragon disappeared, the Great Chief's family passed down the family in fits and starts for thousands of years. Every time they faced a crisis of destruction, they relied on the treasures left by the Azure Dragon to revive... In their most glorious era, they even founded a dynasty and became the ruler of an entire country. But unfortunately, now..."
"Our organization's original name was actually the 'Green Dragon Gang,' but the ancient character for 'dragon' was banned in the East Continent, and few people know that the original pronunciation of this ancient character was 'loong,' so the organization's name became the 'Green Scarf Gang,' and later gradually evolved into the 'Green Scarf Army.'"
"Qinglong?"
Xiao Yun repeated in a low voice.
She wrapped herself around his arms and tightened her body.
"Sir, what dragon do you and your ancestors serve?"
Johnny asked curiously.
"I serve..."
The Eternal Lord! 】
“
Xiao Yun immediately replied, "Black Dragon, I serve a black dragon."
——He told Johnny later to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding.
"Black Dragon?"
Johnny suddenly began to breathe rapidly and gasped.
"The leader said that a golden dragon slumbered beneath the imperial capital. It was a true golden dragon, gleaming with golden light. Everything it grasped turned to gold, and every breath it exhaled was as hot as the sun. Over five thousand years ago, it wandered between this world and another, bringing light, prosperity, and life to the world that had fallen into darkness after the fall of the Eternal Empire. But then it itself fell into a deep slumber... After becoming emperor, it deliberately built the Grand Palace above the golden dragon's slumber, absorbing its power and declaring itself a descendant of the golden dragon, a god possessing infinite power and eternal youth!"
(Is there a golden dragon trapped beneath the Grand Palace? Maybe I can ask Yaris next time I contact him.)
Xiao Yun pondered secretly.
At this time, Flora returned with a bag full of fresh wild fruits.
Xiao Yun handed the wild fruits and a few bottles of potion to Johnny: "Take it!"
"grown ups--"
"We should separate."
"But……"
"I have no interest in what happened between you and the Green Scarf Army. I just happened to pass by here and saved you."
“…”
Johnny stared at Xiao Yun in a daze, unable to speak.
final--
He took a deep breath, knelt before Xiao Yun, and said with tears of gratitude: "Sir 'True Dragon Messenger', your kindness will never be forgotten by Johnny. I will always pray and bless you in my heart. May you and His Majesty the Black Dragon, whom you protect, be forever free, happy and healthy. Although I still don't know what you look like——"
"You don't need to know my face. It won't do you any good."
After saying that, Xiao Yun rode away on his horse, and Flora followed behind the cloak, flapping her wings.
Johnny stood on the hill in the morning breeze, holding the wild fruits and potions left for him by Xiao Yun, watching the man and the horse go away. Thinking back on the experience of a day and a night, he felt like he was dreaming.
(Sir "True Dragon Messenger"... you... what kind of great beings are you and your ancestors?)
(I have a feeling that in the near future, the "True Dragon Messenger" and I will meet again...)
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"Your Majesty - Your Majesty!"
As soon as Xiao Yun returned to the magic convoy, senior magician Ge Wende and his student Carl immediately came forward and reported: "Except for the missing rebel leader, all the rebels who launched the attack last night have been executed!"
"Um."
Xiao Yun nodded without making any comment.
Seeing this, Gawende added, "Last night's attack resulted in fifteen deaths, over twenty injuries, and seven missing persons on the convoy. Among the tributes sent from Shangling Province to the imperial capital, the casualties were two deaths, ten injuries, and two missing persons."
"Thank you for sharing information with me, even though it's all things that have nothing to do with me."
"But……"
"Um?"
Xiao Yun turned his head and gave Ge Wende a cold look.
Gawende quickly lowered his head: "Please forgive my presumptuous behavior."
"When will the convoy set off again?"
"We can leave before noon."
Gawande said cautiously, "The dead, injured, and missing will be handed over to local officials in Sais for proper handling."
"I see……"
Xiao Yun spoke slowly as he sat on the driver's seat of the empty magic carriage.
Gawende and others stood beside the carriage, with their heads lowered and their eyes cast down, not daring to look up.
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"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
"Get out of the way, kid!"
"The carriage is coming! Get out of the way!"
…
This is a market in the south of the capital of the True Human Empire, known as the "Imperial Capital".
At dusk, the market is still bustling, the streets are crowded with people, carriages are galloping on the cobblestone road, and on both sides of the road are various shops and taverns with large and small signs. The gaps between shops are filled with small stalls selling drinks, food, groceries, and second-hand items, and the air is filled with the aroma of food.
In such a bustling corner of the city, there is a young man lying alone at the entrance of the alley as if he has been forgotten by the world. Most passers-by take the initiative to walk around him.
People treat teenagers like this not out of indifference, but rather——
The boy looked dirty and ragged, his hair matted together like rags because he hadn't been washed for ages, his skinny hands and feet and sunken chest were covered with scars, and he wore a dirty rag tied around his waist as clothes. One could not help but suspect that he was a slave thrown out by his master after contracting a severe disease that could be transmitted to others.
According to the "Urban Cleanliness Management Regulations" formulated by His Majesty the Emperor, if dirty and homeless people like teenagers continue to wander the streets until late at night, they will be arrested by the Emperor's personal guards nicknamed "Dragon Tooth Soldiers" and sent to a shelter. If they are not redeemed by their relatives or friends after 20 days, they will be forced to do hard labor until death.
However, even though the provisions of the "Urban Cleanliness Management Regulations" were so harsh, no passers-by were willing to take this beggar boy who obviously had nowhere to go and was seriously ill back to their residence.
Because although the boy's appearance was extremely miserable, enough to arouse the sympathy of most people, he was not only as thin as if he had an infectious disease, but there was also a seriously uncomfortable darkness flashing in his eyes, as if he was a venomous snake that would bite any ungrateful poisonous snake who was willing to extend a hand of kindness to him.
As the night gradually darkened, the crowds of people gradually thinned out. The young man still lay there alone. No one offered him a helping hand, and he seemed to have lost all hope in the world. He didn't curse or plead, but watched everything numbly with his dark eyes.
The moon rises in the sky.
The vendors were packing up their items and preparing to leave. The shops on both sides of the road closed their windows and doors one after another. The boy stood at the entrance of the alley, motionless.
He was ready to accept his fate.
…
"Wow! There's a child here! A human child!"
(Huh? Huh? Wha, wha, wha!)
When the boy came to his senses, he had been lifted into the air by his belt. A blonde fairy with transparent wings flew in front of him and looked at him curiously with her beautiful and delicate big eyes.
The boy was also looking at the elf.
Although she was only the size of an adult's palm, she was born with extraordinary beauty. Her golden curly hair, decorated with fragrant white flower crowns, cascaded down to her ankles. Her delicate and lovely body was dressed in a skirt made of flower petals, and she had a pair of transparent, glowing wings on her back.
(What a nice view--)
The young man sighed, looking up at the person who lifted him into the air.
The man had his back to the moon, and most of his body was wrapped in a black cloak that faintly reflected the moonlight. His face and hair were completely covered by the shadow of the hood.
The night wind blew the cloak, faintly outlining a slender and elegant outline, as if the darkness itself condensed and turned into a human form.
"Who are you? Are you the 'Dragon Tooth Soldier' who captures wanderers for His Majesty the Emperor?!"
"'Dragon Tooth Soldier'? What is that?"
The man muttered to himself as if he couldn't understand the boy's words at all. There was no obvious emotional fluctuation in his tone, but his voice was unusually clear and bright, like a gurgling spring in the moonlight.
The boy was stunned.
His biological instinct told him that the person with such a melodious and clear voice could not be the extremely cruel and hideous "Dragon Tooth Soldier" as rumored.
What's more, the man is accompanied by a flower fairy that only exists in folk legends.
“…Um, um, is this your first time in the imperial capital?”
"How do you know this is the first time the Master and I have come to the Imperial Capital?"
The flower demon looked at the boy in surprise.
“Because… because…”
The young man looked up and shouted boldly, "In the Imperial Capital, even toddlers know that if a person has nowhere to go by late at night, they will be captured by the Emperor's 'Dragon Tooth Soldiers' and thrown into an internment camp! If no one redeems them within twenty days, they will be subjected to hard labor until death!"
"Then what?"
"Then……"
The boy was stunned.
The man said slowly, "Since you know that people with nowhere to go late at night will be taken to an internment camp by the Dragon Tooth Soldiers, why don't you go home?"
"because……"
The boy lowered his head in frustration. "...I have nowhere to go. I'll soon die of starvation or disease. If I'm captured by the Dragon Fang Soldiers, at least there are shelters and hard labor camps that provide food."
“…”
After a brief silence——
"What's your name?"
"name?"
The boy was stunned again and whispered, "...a name is something that only its owner can possess."
"So you're a slave without a name?"
Flora laughed with her hands on her hips.
“…I’m not a slave, I’m food.”
The boy said calmly, then quickly corrected himself: "It used to be the owner's food, but now it's just discarded waste."
“…”
Now it was Flora's turn to be stunned.
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"You, you're such a good person! Even though it might seem a little strange, you were willing to take me away before the 'Dragon Tooth Soldiers' showed up, and even brought me to the store and treated me to so much food!"
The starving boy stuffed food into his mouth and praised Xiao Yun excitedly: "You must be sent by God."
"The person you should really thank is the owner who stayed open late at night."
Xiao Yun said lightly.
Hearing this, the owner, who was busy in front of a steaming pot, turned around and explained with a smile, "I've been without parents since I was a child. It was the charity of kind neighbors, relatives and friends that kept me alive. So when I grew up, I opened a shop selling food at night. That way, those who have nowhere to go late at night can pretend to be customers in my shop to avoid being arrested by the Dragon Tooth Soldiers."
"Boss, you are such a good person."
The boy licked the remaining soup in his bowl and said, "If I grow up and make money, I will definitely come to your store every day and order your most expensive food."
"If you want to eat now, you can order directly."
As he spoke, the boss swiftly brought over two bowls of thick noodle soup, a dish that looked like a cross between noodles and macaroni. Two slices of meat, a sliced egg, and a row of large shrimp were neatly stacked on top. "These two bowls are free, they're free for you."
"Why?"
The boy looked at his boss in confusion.
"Because you look pitiful, and he is a good man, I think kindness must be rewarded, even though all I can give is a free bowl of food."
“Thank you, thank you…”
The boy's tears flowed down.
Xiao Yun raised his hand and pushed the portion of noodles that the boss had given him for free in front of the boy: "This one is for you too."
"real?"
"Because the master thinks you look like you're starving to death."
Flora folded her arms and scoffed, "Of course, it wouldn't be good if you got sick from eating too much at once."
“…”
The boy puffed up his cheeks and ate vigorously.
Xiao Yun stood up, walked to the boss, and took out two gold bars. "Can you help me exchange these gold bars for the currency here?"
"Gold, gold!"
The boss cried out in surprise.
"These two gold beans are enough to buy the entire store! You actually asked me to help you... Do you trust me like that?"
"How can a business owner who is willing to stay open late at night and serve homeless people be a bad person?"
Xiao Yun placed the gold next to the stove and sat down quietly opposite the young man who was eating voraciously.
Glancing at Xiao Yun, who was draped in black, and then at the gold he placed beside the stove, the boss couldn't help but mutter, "...How strange! You haven't even taken off your hood to reveal your face, and you're even reluctant to remove your gloves, yet I feel you're warm and gentle, like the sun in the sky."
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After finishing all the food on the table, the boy patted his bulging belly, and light finally appeared in his dark eyes.
"My good lord, will you allow me to be your servant?"
"servant?"
"Perhaps I am not worthy to be your servant."
The boy's voice lowered.
He looked at Xiao Yun pleadingly: "I'm cheap! As long as you keep me fed and warm, I'm willing to do anything for you! Even if it means I have to cook for you when you're in dire need of food, I'll cut off my own flesh..."
"Unlike your former master, I have no interest in human flesh."
Xiao Yun shook his head seriously.
"Please! Please accept me!"
The boy was so anxious that tears came to his eyes.
He looked no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, but he had experienced a darkness that even adults ten years older than him might not have experienced.
【younger brother! 】
Yaris's voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
[Are you available to talk to me now?]
(Yaris...)
Xiao Yun reached into the cloak and touched the cold head of the "Tower Master". Then he instructed the shopkeeper: "After dawn, please give this child a hot bath and buy him some clean and suitable clothes - and shoes."
"no problem."
The owner agreed readily.
Xiao Yun looked at the boy again and said, "A person cannot live without a name, so I will name you Luke. In my hometown, Luke means light."
"Luke... light... If I have light, it must be because I met the master who gave me light."
The young man looked at Xiao Yun infatuatedly, even though Xiao Yun's face was still completely covered by the shadow of the hood.
…
After handing Luke over to the shop owner, Xiao Yun went to the warehouse behind the shop and made sure that there was no one around.
Take out the coiled "Tower Master".
"Brother, I have arrived in the imperial capital and am currently living in South City—"
[South City...]
"Is there a problem in Nancheng?"
Most of those living in the South City are commoners. He divided the imperial capital into the Inner City and the Outer City. The Inner City, centered around the Grand Palace, is divided into the East City and the West City. Its inhabitants are all nobles and officials who serve Him. Commoners primarily live in the Outer City. The South City, with its many residents being merchants, offers better security than the North City. The North City is widely regarded as a place of hooligans and rogues, teeming with thieves, scoundrels, prostitutes, and drug addicts. Dismembered, unidentified bodies are discovered daily.
"It's incredible that the security situation in a country's capital is so terrible."
Xiao Yun was shocked.
We can take advantage of this bad situation.
"Um?"
North City isn't just home to thieves, scoundrels, and prostitutes, but also to gangs of all sizes. Many of these gangs have ties to opposing forces, including the Green Scarf Army. The Assassin's Order also has its own sphere of influence in North City. You can ask locals for help in finding out.
"Speaking of locals, I picked up a teenager named Luke."
Luke?
Yaris' voice was thoughtful.
"Luke is the name I gave him. He didn't have a name."
[Oh... When I heard the name 'Luke', a star appeared before my eyes. It is still very weak and hidden in the clouds, but one day it will rise into the sky and become brighter than all the surrounding stars...]
"Brother, what I mean is—"
【He was chosen by fate, and you chose his fate. 】
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