lord and his dragon

The town of Harlan is located in the westernmost part of the human activity range on the entire continent, adjacent to the No Man's Land full of chaos and violence, and to the west is the marginal forest where only non-human races live.

The natural resources here are very rich, and the scenery is also extremely beautiful, but because of the "neighbors" who are not very friendly to humans, Harlan Town is really not a good place for aristocratic gentlemen.

Therefore, two months ago, when Harlan Town welcomed its first lord in history, the residents felt very strange.

I heard that this young lord came from the capital. You know, their ancestors have lived here for generations. Why would the aristocrats of the capital not want to come to such a place to be a lord?

What a strange fellow, everyone thought.

The new lord was very strange indeed.

He is not very old, and his appearance is so exquisite and good-looking that this group of country people can't describe it, but his figure is thin, his face is pale, and there is no trace of blood on his thin lips. What's more rare is that his hair and eyes are like night black.

Old Jim, who boasted that he had been to the land of no man when he was young, said that the double black is an ominous symbol, but the girls in the town don't think so. They think the Lord Lord's curly black hair is like seaweed in fairy tales. His eyes are the most precious black pearls, and there is a lake in them.

Those silly girls must have never looked at the young lord personally, otherwise they would not have such naive thoughts.

The chunky Mayor of Ross was stared at by the pair of "black pearls". He lamented in his heart that the people who came to the capital were different, and at the same time curled up the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, nodded and bowed towards Negrim, raised his Hand, said courteously: "My lord, please go this way, the rain from the past two days has not completely dried up, so don't get your boots dirty."

Negrim was indeed as exquisite and good-looking as the rumors said, but the seaweed-like black curly hair did not make him look so lively as a teenager, but made him look very gloomy. He was very thin and tied tightly In the complicated robes that only nobles can afford, the cuffs tighten the wrists, and the knuckles exposed under the fabric are pale and thin, like reeds that can be broken when folded.

Negrim held a cane in his hand. This cane was just an ornament in the hands of most nobles. It was usually made delicate and slender, but the one in his hand was not very attractive, but very strong. , People who see it at the first sight are often confused, but when he walks around, everything becomes clear.

He raised his left leg, which looked no different from his right leg, and stepped forward. Then his thin body tilted, his left hand held the cane to exert strength, and his thin arm stretched a thin layer of muscle under the clothes, tightly Then, the right leg landed.

Although his familiarity with this set of movements has tried to make him look less conspicuous, but anyone who falls on him can see that this young nobleman is disabled, and his left leg is lame.

Because the force of his right foot on the ground was too heavy, the muddy water splashed up, staining his brown leather boots with conspicuous stains. Ross fell behind Negrim, and couldn't help showing some smiles on his face. .

"Are you laughing at me?"

Ross was startled, and hurriedly looked up, but saw that Negrim hadn't turned his head back, and even none of the guards around him turned their heads to look at him. The words just now were more like the voice of a down-and-out boy than a question. Self-pity.

Ross cursed a curse word in his heart for the fright he had received, then put on a smiling face and flattered him: "You think too much, how dare I!"

Later, Ross thought that this might be a good opportunity to get close to the lord, but before he could open his mouth to care, the other party had already left him behind at a slow but steady speed and moved on.

Ross's face was a little ugly, but he still followed.

Although Harlan Town is far away from the border, because it is adjacent to foreigners, humans have to act in groups, resulting in a relatively large population in the town, and the market is very lively, and it is too remote here. The goods sold in the market are visible to outsiders. It was so strange that even the few guards following Negrim couldn't help but look sideways, only the lord who seemed to grow out of a dark spider web didn't look sideways, as if he wasn't interested in anything.

He hurried forward with his fastest speed, coping with this inspection perfunctorily.

Ross speeded up and walked behind Negrim's side. Whenever the other party raised his hand holding the cane, an emerald ring that was only smaller than a quail egg would be revealed on his thumb. Ross His eyes fell on the ring from time to time, and he looked back before the young lord noticed it.

After walking for a while, probably feeling that the atmosphere was too silent, Ross laughed and said, "Not to mention, the market in our Harlan Town is still very lively, you must come out to play more."

Negrim had been walking in silence, and when he heard this, he said, "No, my leg hurts."

Ross heard the words and said hypocritically: "But this is your territory after all."

Negrim turned his head, glanced at him with little interest, and said, "According to His Majesty's entrustment, the unowned land and the marginal forest are also my territory."

However, the former is so chaotic that no normal person can step in, and the latter is directly the domain of non-human races.

As the mayor of Harlan Town, Ross couldn't help but know what these two places meant, so he couldn't help laughing dryly.

Negrim said: "So it's just Harlan Town, it doesn't matter if you patrol or not."

After so much hypocrisy, this is the only sentence Ross wanted to hear, but before he could take the opportunity to comfort the other party, a short figure suddenly squeezed in from the gap in the crowd separated by the guards, He threw himself on Negrim, knocked him staggering, and before everyone scolded him, he quickly stood up again, turned his head and ran out.

The first reaction of the guards was to check on Negrim's safety. Because Ross knew what kind of work this kind of child usually does, the first thing he saw was Negrim's hand. After the emerald ring on the opponent's hand was still there, a look of regret appeared on Ross's face.

Afterwards, the chunky man stretched out his hand, trying to grab the kid who fished in troubled waters to claim credit, but before he succeeded, the thin-looking Negrim had already grabbed the kid's hand with a quick reaction, Caught people.

Probably because he was used to what he was going to face next, and when he found out that he was caught, the child who wrapped himself airtight in a dirty rag didn't waste any effort trying to break free, but curled up on the spot He stood up, hugged his head with his hands, and prepared to be beaten.

The guards who originally lived in the capital probably didn't see this kind of situation very often, and they didn't react for a while, but instead, Ross yelled angrily and raised his foot to kick him, but before his toes touched the child, Negri "Wait a minute," said Mu.

Ross staggered for a moment, and stopped his movements. Negrim put his cane on his lap, squatted down with some difficulty, and looked down at the dirty one in his hand, which was still tightly held. small fist.

The fist was tightly clenched and turned white. From the silk threads protruding from the upper and lower ends, it can be seen that it was originally an ornament on Nigrim's waist. Nigrim stared at the fist intently. , stretched out his hand to break it, and tried to open it, but he didn't know whether it was the child's strength was too strong, or his strength was too weak, and there was no progress for a long time, so he raised his head and looked at the thief.

Coincidentally, the latter also raised his head to look at him curiously because of the fist that hadn't landed on his body for a long time, and the two of them froze at the same time.

The child's body was so dirty that the skin color could hardly be seen, and the head and face were wrapped in rags, only a pair of eyes were exposed, but those eyes were as green as if they had filled a whole forest, if it wasn't for the light in them, Nig Rem almost thought that the child had inserted two pieces of green emeralds into his eyes.

And the child who had never seen such a delicate and beautiful person in Negrim was also stunned, and unknowingly let go of his hand, revealing a flat stone in his hand.

The stone looked ordinary, even ugly. Ross didn't know what it was worth, and he didn't care much about it. He just stood aside and urged: "Master, I can see this kind of child." There are too many, most of them are not wanted by their parents or they wandered from other places, and they live by stealing and stealing on weekdays, and when they grow up, they are also local rogues, so you should not feel any compassion for them."

Negrim glanced at him, pulled out his jewelry from the child's hand, hung it around his waist again, then raised his hand, stood up again with the support of the guards, and showed the jewel on his thumb. The huge emerald ring ordered them: "Take this kid away, I want him to be my slave."

The kid originally wanted to take advantage of everyone's surprise and escape, but he froze in place when he heard this, and before he could regret it, a tall guard grabbed him and lifted him up roughly.

The hard gauntlet pressed against his soft abdomen, it was really painful, knowing that he could no longer escape, the child who was familiar with this pain slowed down his breathing, curled up slowly, and used his most familiar posture to fight against this pain.

Regardless of whether Negrim wants a slave or a pet, Ross didn't intend to meddle in other people's business, but seeing that the persuasion was fruitless, he had no choice but to slander that the ignorant lord would suffer for himself sooner or later, while saying: "Then next I will continue to guide you around..."

Unexpectedly, the other party ignored him at all, and before he finished speaking, Nigrim said, "Go back."

The guards obeyed the order and turned around. The two opened the way in front, the two at the side, and the two at the back. They protected Negrim and moved towards the castle where he lived, leaving the stunned Ross on the spot.