lord and his dragon

Once the birthday celebrations were over, everything slowly returned to normal.

The various decorations hanging in the castle were removed, and the servants returned to their usual state of neither daring to be lazy nor active in doing anything. The same was true for Negrim, the accumulated heat and enthusiasm in his body seemed to be It was all consumed on the day of my birthday, and then I returned to the state of being nestled in the bedroom and unwilling to go out.

But staying in the room for a long time will be boring. Negrim will occasionally let Abel go to the study to get a few books to read to him. One person occupies one side of the bed, and the child's warm feet are curled up under the quilt. Wearing a Negrim, his upper body sat upright, his fingers pressed on the words, and he read word by word, his green eyes were bright and bright because of his concentration, while the Negrim was wearing a coat, and his dark curly hair fell loosely on the On the shoulders, the delicate and pale face was full of seriousness, and a pair of black pearl-like eyes stared right at Abel's face.

The warm yellow light is spread on them, making this picture very warm.

When resting that night, instead of letting the child sleep at his feet as usual, Negrim pulled him into his arms—Nigrim didn’t do this often, but he didn’t It's strange, sometimes his chest is colder than his feet, and he can only let his feet step on the hot water bottle.

Abel changed his posture very cooperatively, trying to get his chest closer to Negrim's, and conscientiously performed his duty as a small stove.

Negrim put his hands on his back as if he had sensed something. He paused for a moment, then touched his arms and legs as if to confirm, and muttered in a low voice, "Have you grown up so much?"

Abel would not be frightened this time, he looked at his master with a blank and innocent look, and asked, "What?"

Sure enough, Negrim didn't ask any more questions, and he didn't know whether he took this as a child's normal growth rate, or felt that even if he asked the child, he couldn't tell anything, so he just reached out and touched Abel's head, He touched the back of his warm neck again.

His hands were really cold, Abel flinched reflexively, then slowly relaxed, and quietly pressed his face against Negrim's collarbone.

Gradually, the movement of Nigrim rubbing the back of his neck stopped. Abel thought he was going to fall asleep, but suddenly he heard Nigrim whispering in his ear: "The day after tomorrow..."

Abel froze for a moment and asked, "What?"

Negrim said, "There's something going on in the Borderlands the day after tomorrow."

Negrim never talked about this kind of topic to Abel. He basically only told the child some things in life, such as helping him to dress and pay attention to the wrinkles on it. For a moment... So Abel didn't react for a moment, and he subconsciously said "Huh?"

But obviously, Negrim didn't encounter any problems suddenly, so he hoped that Abel could give him some advice, because he didn't take into account the child's doubts at all, and continued to talk without pausing at all. .

"It's not a big deal, but it involves the land of no man, so it can't be considered a trivial matter, so I will send Alan there," Negrim stated calmly, "Alan told me about your You have made great progress, and I have seen your growth, so I want you to go to exercise with Allen, it will not be too dangerous, and there will be a chance for you to test your skills."

Negrim said in a relaxed tone: "Isn't your dream just for me to use? You should be very happy to have such an opportunity. Do you want to go?"

Abel was stunned for a while, and had to say that he was indeed a little excited after he realized it, but soon, he thought of something else, and asked a little blankly: "Will I... go with Master Allen? But that , who will protect the master?"

Negrim said, "The rest of the bodyguard will protect me."

Abel subconsciously said: "But the rest of the guards are just ordinary people."

After Abel finished speaking, Negrim didn't respond to him in time, and the room fell silent. The child felt that something was wrong, and he couldn't help moving, wanting to look up at his master's expression.

Although the room was pitch black now, his eyesight was different from that of ordinary people, and Negrim knew this, so he used a little strength in his hands, and pressed the child's face into his arms.

Of course, Negrim's little strength was not enough to really restrain Abel, but the child dared not and was unwilling to resist him. After sensing the weak strength, he nestled obediently on Negrim's body, No more moving.

But the body is still, the mouth can still speak, the child realized something was wrong, and said nervously: "I'm sorry master, I want to be able to be used by you, but that's not my biggest dream, my biggest dream is actually to protect you , your safety is the most important thing to me, so no matter what, I will not leave your side!"

Negrim was silent for a while, and said, "What if I must send you out?"

Abel heard the wavering in Negrim's words, and immediately said, "I won't leave!"

Negrim breathed above his head, and the child guessed he was laughing, which was unusual, and Abel regretted not seeing his master's smiling face.

Soon, Negrim said again: "It's useless if you don't leave, I can let Alan take you away."

When Abel heard this, he couldn't help being anxious, fearing that Negrim would really do this, he hurriedly said: "Master Alan doesn't have time to keep looking at me, I will sneak back!"

Negrim fell silent.

For a long time, Abel could only hear the slow breathing of his master, and when the child was nervously thinking whether he had offended the master, the hands that were warmed by his covering were lightly on the back of his neck After squeezing it, as if to comfort some small animal, Negrim's voice was soft and soft: "Understood, go to sleep."

Abel was quiet for a while, still a little uneasy, and protested softly: "I won't leave you."

Negrim's voice sounded like he was about to fall asleep, like an insect flapping its wings, and he said, "Understood, I won't let you go."

The child finally breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

The next day, Negrim did not mention the matter of asking him to go to the Borderlands with Alan. Instead, he asked him to run an errand and passed the order to Alan. Abel didn't know if it was him Allen looked at him strangely after hearing his words.

Abel didn't know how to describe that feeling. Allen's behavior was too strange. After expressing that he understood the order, he even said a few more inexplicable words to him for the first time.

"The Earl has always had a bad temper," Allen warned, "Don't make him angry, otherwise no matter how much he loves you now, he will never show mercy when it's time to punish you."

Abel was a little dazed when he heard this. After all, he had never made Negrim angry... well, it might have been, but his benevolent master forgave him, but in short, Alan's warning was not a bad word , he can only assure Allen that he will never make Negrim unhappy.

Allen didn't say anything more, he didn't look at Abel any more, and just left.

Two days passed peacefully after that, and on the third day after Allen set off for the Borderlands, Negrim, who had been sleeping sleepily in his bedroom, suddenly regained his energy. He got dressed and said he was going to sleep. Dining upstairs.

The servants didn't want Negrim to come out and walk around, they were afraid that they would be caught by the moody lord and become his punching bag, but they didn't dare to neglect Negrim because of this, and quickly arranged the food, They all stood tremblingly in the corner, as far as they could from Negrim.

Negrim was used to all of this, he sat at the dining table with a blank expression, and put the food into his mouth.

Although Negrim suddenly wanted to go downstairs today, his spirit was not good. His face was very gloomy, his lips and cheeks were terribly pale, his eyes were black and blue, and his whole body was as cold as a corpse .

Abel obviously sensed that something was wrong with his master, but he couldn't understand the reason. Speaking of which, two days ago, Negrim was in a good mood, and he could even be considered gentle when talking to him, but today For some reason, his body seemed to be surrounded by a layer of thick rain clouds, which were full of thunderstorms, as if they were about to erupt at any time.

Unlike the servants who became more and more frightened when they saw such a lord, Abel's first reaction was to worry, but Negrim was not a person who would casually tell others about his troubles, and as a slave, he was not qualified to ask questions. He could only gently lean on Negrim's lap, hoping to comfort his master.

His movements were noticed by Negrim, and Nigrim looked down at him, the expression on his face did soften a little, but it was still terribly gloomy.

Abel looked at his master for a while, and was about to say something, but Negrim suddenly picked up his milk glass with his left hand. He lowered his arm a little, so that Abel, who was kneeling, could see what was left inside. half a glass of milk.

Negrim said hoarsely, "Refill."

It's not uncommon, whether it's the half-full glass of milk left, or the command to "fill it up."Negrim never liked drinking milk, even to the point of loathing it. He told Abel that it was very fishy, ​​and he felt sick when he smelled it. Although Abel didn’t think milk was too fishy, ​​Negrim Having said that, he pays great attention to this point, almost every time the milk on the Negrim table is settled by him.

So after hearing Negrim's order, Abel froze in place, until Negrim frowned impatiently, and he moved belatedly, moving the table hastily and confusedly. He picked up the milk jug on the table and poured it into the cup with Negrim's hand.

The milk jug is huge and full, and it would be very difficult for a maid who is not strong enough to use it, but this weight is nothing to Abel. His hands are small but steady, and this job It should have been smooth, but when the cup was about to be filled, Negrim's left hand suddenly moved suddenly, and Abel didn't expect such a situation to happen, and it was hot. The milk was poured onto Negrim's hands at once!

Abel reacted almost immediately and put the milk jug down, but Negrim had subconsciously let go of his hand because of the pain, and the ceramic cup hit the floor at once, shards and milk splashed, and there was a sudden sound The loud voice made the maids scream in fright, and Abel immediately wanted to check on Negrim's situation, but the latter suddenly withdrew his hand, staring at him coldly with a pair of dark eyes.

Abel froze for a moment, and immediately stayed where he was.

Negrim didn't look at him any more, he pressed his lips together tightly, picked up the handkerchief on the table to wipe his mouth carefully and wiped his hands carefully without saying a word, Abel saw the skin on his thumb was covered The burn was red, and against his already pale complexion, the injury appeared to be particularly serious. Not only that, Negrim's cuffs were also mostly wet, and because of his inconvenient legs, he couldn't get out of the chair when the cup shattered. Standing up, the knees, trousers, and leather boots were all covered with milk, and the most disgusting fishy smell of Negrim was constantly emanating from himself, almost making his face so gloomy that water dripped out.

Abel noticed that Negrim didn't wipe the milk on his hands very carefully, and a lot of liquid was still dripping down. He was cleaning the emerald ring on his left hand over and over again.

Abel's face turned pale. He still remembered what Alan had said to him before going to No Man's Land. He didn't expect that he would really make a mistake so soon, so he stammered: "Lord , Master, I'm sorry..."

The child was so scared, his green eyes were full of fear, he looked at Negrim beggingly, hoping that the other party would forgive him.

Abel has a pair of green eyes that are much loved by his master. Most of the time, it is useful to use these eyes to win the favor and sympathy of the master, but this time it obviously can't, because Negrim didn't look at it at all. He even glanced at it.

The lord took off the ring, wiped it carefully, and put it back on again. He picked up the cane, stood up from the chair in a hurry, and shook his head when the child was cautiously trying to follow. He said without replying, "I don't want to see you these days, stay away from me."

The child stood there dumbfounded, unable to believe what he heard. His face was blank, and the light in his green eyes gradually disappeared. He looked at the back of Negrim walking away, and felt that his The sky is falling.