How to Live as a Half-Dragon

Chapter 2

002. hide and seek.

Xian left the house early in the morning, smelling the grass.

“I’m coming.”

“Please play carefully.”

Like any other day, Xian left the house with a bright face, but soon his expression darkened.

I pretended to be okay, but the cause was yesterday, which I was worried about.

Although he is very mature and thoughtful for his age, Xian is now 10 years old.

There were vague worries and fears about yesterday’s work.

“Now what? … .”

Dragons are not the only targets of Slayers.

Half Dragon, Quarter Dragon or less, even those whose blood has faded after 4 or 5 generations.

If even a drop of dragon’s blood flows, the slayers assume it is a dragon and aim their swords at it.

For now, when dragons are said to have gone extinct on the surface, half-dragons are the top priority for slayers.

Xian was that half-dragon.

‘Of course, I’m happy to live a long time.’

That was the story of when he completely escaped the surveillance of the Slayers for a long time.

I have one homework assignment. Homework to avoid the Slayers.

‘If you get caught by the slayers, it’s a dog’s death… .’

Not a meaningful death.

However, there is neither honor nor a cause there.

‘No, is there one?’

It might have the stigma of being a half dragon that was subjugated by a slayer.

Slayers who hunted dragons go around bragging about their achievements.

If Xian is also hunted by the Slayer, he will be forever worried under the name of history.

‘I can’t see that.’

It’s unfair to die from being hit with a knife, but even if you die, you’ll forever rise to the cubic bowl and spin around!

In any case, I absolutely wanted to refrain from that.

‘It wouldn’t work with a clumsy plan, right?’

Even the dragons who were hunted down without avoiding the Slayer’s surveillance were not fools.

They must have had their own thoughts, but most of them are now dead.

It means that it is difficult to maintain life in any way.

“The plan will have to be meticulous.”

Even if there is laxity.

It shouldn’t even be a minor mistake.

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Mistakes will soon be death.

Xi’an’s footsteps, as usual, were heading for a giant tree outside the village.

“You should think about what to do next from the top of the tree.”

The clear, clean air at the top clears your head.

There is no good place to think alone.

“Xian~”

It was then that someone’s voice came to Xian’s ears as he was walking through the village.

It was a gentle voice that Xian knew well.

Xian turned to the place where the voice came from.

There, the village children were smiling brightly.

The children who had been waving at Xian quickly approached right in front of them.

The girl who had summoned Xian earlier opened her mouth.

“Where are you going?”

“Melody, where are you going?”

The girl’s name is Melody.

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Melody, a cute girl with finely braided hair, is quite popular among children her age.

Like the white skin, and the bright eyes. It’s only natural that Melody, who has a cheerful personality, is popular with the opposite s*x.

‘Because it looks cute at first glance.’

said the melody.

“We are going to play in the back mountain, would you like to play with Xian?”

“hmm… .”

After receiving Melody’s suggestion, I checked the boys.

Did you find out if he was reluctant?

No, rather the opposite.

It was because Xian was reluctant to have children.

‘Don’t you think I’m just interfering if I get in?’

Xian has been watching most of the happenings in the village from atop a tree for the past few months.

Starting from trivial things that someone quarreled with, to big things that life is born and dies.

And in what Xian witnessed, this also existed.

The case where the boys in front of me each confessed to Melody and got kicked.

‘I don’t know guys… .’

However, Xian knows.

Because I saw it with my own two eyes.

‘Those three guys… .’

It’s obvious.

From the look in his eyes, I could feel that he still had the melody in his heart.

‘I don’t know if I’m interested in Melody… .’

Xian had no intention of interfering with his friends’ unrequited love.

“Let’s just play next time.”

I moderately refused and tried to sneak away, but the melody made my cheeks puffy.

“tooth… Xian, isn’t it too much these days?”

“Eh? what?”

“You avoid us. Xian, don’t you want to play with us?”

“that’s right!”

“Sian is mean!”

The other two girls agreed with Melody’s words as if they had been waiting.

The boys who should step out and help Xian are only paying attention, fearing that Melody will hate them… .

‘If that’s the case, then I have no choice… .’

I had no choice but to hang out today.

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Maybe it was foreseen from the moment I was captured… ?

Said Xian, who decided to leave the house earlier from tomorrow and hang out with the children today.

“I’ll think about it as long as it’s not for playing in the back mountain.”

“why?”

If we play there, will we do more than just play Slayer?

I don’t know if it was a draft until yesterday, but now it was just a specification.

“I’m just tired… .”

“Hmm… .”

The children put their heads together and thought about different places before opening their mouths.

“Then shall we play at Hughes’ sister’s apple orchard?”

* * *

There is a fairly large apple orchard on the outskirts of the village.

Xian often played hide-and-seek here with the children since he was a child.

This is because the farm with large and small trees and farming tools was perfect for little children to hide and play hide and seek.

“Xian is the tagger!”

“Isn’t Xi’an always only using scissors the first time?”

A secret like that?!

Xian was in shock.

Somehow, I thought it was strange that the first game was always playing tag…

I never thought there would be such a secret… .

“Should I count to one hundred?”

“Hide it quickly!”

Xian, who went to the hairy tree and hit her head, grumbled.

being scammed… .

“Maybe it’s hereditary.”

As the children scattered throughout the farm, Xian began counting.

As I closed my eyes, it had already become dark in front of my eyes.

But Xian’s mind was still clear.

He was looking through the entire farm.

‘I didn’t know why this was possible before… .’

I can see now.

The reason this is possible is because the dark dragon’s blood flows.

“A child hiding in a large cart.”

Another child hiding in a wooden box piled up in the corner.

Some climb trees to hide, while others hide in haystacks piled to one side.

“98… 99… 100… .”

After counting all the numbers, Xian turned around.

Naturally, Xian knew where the children were now.

You won’t be able to find it right away though.

‘Finding the kids right away is easy, but… .’

That way it wouldn’t be play.

If it was something Xian would brag about and finish by himself, he could find all six of them in one shot and hand over the tagger, but that would be disrespectful.

I pretend I didn’t see it in moderation, and sometimes I have to tremble and get along with them.

“still… Shall we find one first?”

If I go around alone, I feel lonely and lonely.

Xian turned his head in the direction of the nearest sign.

There were wooden chests piled up there.

“I think you’re hiding ‘here’ for some reason?”

Shian, who had been walking around moderately, arrived at the place where the wooden boxes were piled up, muttered as if to listen, and then lifted the lid of the chest.

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Melody, who had been hiding inside the chest, said.

“uh? How did you find it already?”

Eyes that make no sense.

Xian flinched.

‘In case you doubt… ?’

In fact, it doesn’t matter if you find out that you’re getting along in moderation.

However, since I want to protect the innocence of my friends as much as possible, I took off my pretense for now.

Well, if you don’t believe me, there’s nothing special… .

“that… What… Somehow it seemed like it would be here… ?”

After talking, I sneakily checked Melody’s reaction.

Then Melody lowered her head and smiled shyly.

“Sian is just like me… .”

“what?”

“There is such a thing.”

Xian held out his pinky finger to Melody, who smiled bashfully.

I don’t know what it is, but I’m glad I didn’t seem suspicious.

“Now, since you’ve been caught, walk.”

“huh!”

The time has come to stake your fingers and find the next children.

However, Xian knows that the road is far and far.

Even though there is a destination in front of your nose, it is because you have to go back far.

‘From now on, I’ll have to find it a little more slowly… .’

Xian walked leisurely through the farm.

When you hear whispers in the trees… .

‘I didn’t hear, I didn’t hear… .’

pretend not to hear

I deliberately moved closer to create tension…

‘omg!’

I happened to find a strand of hair sticking out of the straw and turned to the other side to run away.

It took a long time for Xian, who had moderated the children so that they would not be disappointed, to find all six of them.

And the fact that I realized it again after playing together for a long time.

‘Even if it’s really cumbersome, I shouldn’t be tagging along!’

I knew it early on, but I decided that it wouldn’t be convenient to hide it and hang it moderately.

Anyway, after the first game of hide and seek, the six rock-paper-scissors who were caught in the previous game began to prepare for the next game.

And the loser who appeared like that.

The boy’s name was Felt.

This guy was the opponent to play rock-paper-scissors with Xian over the place of the tagger.

scissors… . rock… .

“paper!”

Xian’s face crumpled.

He would have won lightly if he had seen what Felt was doing until the very end and changed it to an expedient, but the root cause was that he had followed his intuition to be fair.

“Am I a drunkard again… .”

Felt’s voice heard by the frustrated Xian shocked him.

“Xian only gave out cloths in one-on-one rock-paper-scissors?”

A secret like that?!

It was again the time when the children were scattered all over the place.

There was a small voice that spread through the farm.

“Children~ Eat snacks~”

The owner of the voice was none other than Hughes, the owner of the farm.

Farms are, strictly speaking, private property.

The reason children can play freely is because the owner has permission.

Hughes, a young wife and owner of the farm, was a woman known for her kind heart, to the extent that she would prepare snacks for the children instead of kicking them out if they came in without permission and played.

‘It’s pretty… .’

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Maybe that’s why Hughes is popular with the village bachelors.

Hughes was so beautiful that even Xian, who had a reputation for high eyesight, would choose his mother first and Hughes second if he were to choose the two most beautiful people he had ever seen in his life.

The children heard Hughes and rushed there.

Xian also walked slowly along with the children.

Xian arrived at a flat on the other side of the farm.

Snacks were prepared there.

‘Cookies and tea?’

The tea also tasted pretty good.

“thank you for this food.”

“bon appetit.”

Hughes’ bright smile was so clean whenever I saw him.

When the children started eating the cookies, Xian also picked up one and ate one.

Sweet Cookie was such a guy that even the ignorant Xian felt that he was an expensive guy.

‘But is it okay to spend so much money on snacks?’