Chapter 117 Please Accept My Protective Scales
At the cave entrance, Nakan followed Yves as they swam in.
Once inside, Jiang Xi noticed that he was wearing a grass skirt around his waist, which covered the snake tail below his waist, making him stand out from the other two snake-beasts in the cave.
Snake-beastmen, don't they usually just use snake scales as clothing?
Jiang Xi didn't see Nakan when she last came to Rehe Valley. Now that she sees him again, she can't help but feel a little awkward when she recalls what he said when they parted the last time.
"Female Messenger."
Yves nodded slightly, making room for Nakan behind him.
Duan Si stood quietly in the cave.
Nakan's lips twitched, and finally, mimicking Yves, he called out, "Female Messenger."
Jiang Xi breathed a small sigh of relief.
She hadn't known before and had carelessly agreed to let Nakan call her whatever she wanted. Now that she thinks about it, she was really too careless!
That would give Nakan the wrong message, making him think that she was interested in him or had feelings for him.
Hearing him address her as "Female Envoy" now, she felt a great sense of relief.
It seems he has thought it through.
She looked up at him and asked.
You came to see me?
Nakan lowered his golden eyes, and at close range, the beautiful female envoy, both familiar and unfamiliar, looked up at him, her dark eyes bright and her skin snow-white.
It was dazzling and sparkling.
Nakan pursed his lips and nodded slightly.
He raised his hand, which had been hanging down, and reached it out to her.
With his fingers spread, a red scale, faintly glowing with a red light, lay in his palm.
"This is?"
Jiang Xi thought the red scales were pretty and subconsciously wanted to take them.
But as soon as she reached out her hand, she restrained herself and withdrew it.
It's best not to touch anything without understanding it first.
When Nakan saw the female envoy reach out her hand, she withdrew it to avoid suspicion, a hint of melancholy flashing in her eyes.
“These are my protective scales.”
“Since the female envoy is heading towards the glacier in the direction of the Python Tribe, she can take my protective scales with her. If she encounters my brother, she can show him my protective scales, and he will help her.”
"elder brother?"
Jiang Xi was stunned for a moment.
Her gaze lingered on Nakan's tail for a moment.
Shouldn't Nakan's brother also be a snake clan member?
Aren't the snake-like orcs from the three nearby tribes all in the Jehol Valley?
Yves explained aloud.
“Nakan’s brother is a snow python. He usually lives in the glacier area during the winter. He is very powerful, especially in this season. If you meet him, you can ask him for help.”
There were many more things Yves didn't say.
After all, this is the Nakan family's privacy.
Although these things are not a secret in the Mangjiao tribe, Nakan is now pursuing a female envoy.
However, Nakan did not hide anything and spoke directly.
“My brother Nafi and I were born in the same womb. He was also born as a red python, but not long after his birth, he turned albino and became a white python.”
Albino orcs generally have a very low chance of survival.
Therefore, both the female and male beasts treated Nafiel poorly.
The father beast, therefore, loathed Nafiel, feeling that his existence tainted his bloodline.
The females believed that their bloodline was flawed and should not be continued.
Nakan, fearing that the female servant would mind, quickly added.
"But Nafi lived to the time of transformation and became the first snow python of the Mangjiao tribe. He could turn snow into ice, was not afraid of the cold, and could survive in winter. The glacier area was where he often appeared."
When Nafi was a child, he would also live in the Jehol Valley during the winter.
But the winter before his transformation, his father forgot about him in the tribe.
Nakan was very worried, but he was a fire-controlling red python, capable of short journeys in the snow, but not long ones.
When he returned to the tribe in the spring, he could not find Nafiel.
Both the female and male animals said that he did not survive the winter and died.
But he didn't believe it and kept searching for Naphel.
Finally, they found him in a mountain he and Nafer often visited.
At that time, Nafiel's albinoness, or rather mutation, became more severe. His white scales emitted a chilling aura, and when he entered the water, they froze into ice.
Nakan dared not tell his female mother and father beasts, and secretly brought food to Nafiel.
Later, Nafiel took human form and lived in that area ever since, even traveling along the glacier to places further away from the tribe.
However, the tribe discovered that Nafiel was alive and had become incredibly powerful.
The female and male beasts came to take him back, but Nefer refused.
Later, due to the invasion of the curse's contamination, the father beast died.
Before the father beast died, Nefer saw him once.
Nakan didn't know what they talked about, but afterwards, Nafiel would occasionally hunt for food for his family during the winter and would also help out when the tribe suffered from uncontrollable pollution.
However, he still did not return to live in the tribe.
Apart from Nakan, very few people could find his location.
Even Nakan rarely sees him.
But among the entire Mangjiao tribe, only Nakan could speak to Nafiel.
“He recognizes my scales. Just show him this and he will help you.”
"Furthermore, this scale contains my fire-based abilities, which can keep me warm in frigid weather."
As he spoke, Nakan extended the protective scales in his palm forward again.
Lu Liufeng was worried that the female master would be bewitched, so he couldn't help but speak up.
“Nakan, if I remember correctly, a snake beastman only has one protective scale in his entire life, right? In the snake clan, protective scales are only given to the female master.”
When snakes are born, there is a hard scale at the seven-inch mark around their heart.
As they grow, a second layer of scales will grow on top of their protective scales, and they will molt and grow together with the scales on their entire body regularly.
Only the protective scales remain the same as when you were born.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xi immediately realized what was going on and quickly refused.
“Nakan, I can’t accept such an important scale.”
She couldn't promise to marry him, so she couldn't accept his scales.
Nakan gave a wry smile.
He didn't mention it because he knew that if she knew, she would definitely reject him.
"I gave this scale to the female servant not so that she would marry me, but simply in the hope that it could be of help on this journey across the glacier."
Jiang Xi shook her head again, insisting.
"I can't accept it."
After she finished speaking, she noticed a hint of hurt on Nakan's face, paused, and then continued.
"However, if you have anything to say to Nafiel, you can tell me, and if I can see him, I can pass it on for you."
Nakan pursed his lips and shook his head.
He was about to say he had nothing to say, but then he stopped himself.
His golden snake eyes were half-closed as he looked up at the female envoy who was looking up at him, and he spoke each word clearly.
"Please tell him for me."
Jiang Xi quietly pricked up her ears.
Um?
Nakan: "Tell him to take good care of Jiang Xi, the female servant, for me."
Jiang Xi froze, then blinked.
"What?"
She met Nakan's golden snake eyes, gleaming brightly, the pupils vertical, reflecting her stunned face.
no……
Has Nakan not given up yet?
"Nakan".
Jiang Xi opened her mouth, wanting to tell him to stop focusing his attention on her.
But before she could speak, Nakan quickly grabbed her hand and stuffed the red scale into it.
Then, without looking back, Nakan dashed away.
"Nakan!!"
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