I'm at the top of the food chain

A warm feeling spread all over his body. Lu Shaoyu opened his eyes and saw a small piece of familiar emerald green above his head. The sun shone through the gaps in the leaves and cast on his face and body. It wasn't hot, but there was a sense of warmth and comfort all over his body. Cool.

Lu Shaoyu stared at the green above his head in confusion for several seconds, and then suddenly realized in shock that he is back! !This familiar place is his home, the home where he and his grandfather have lived alone for more than ten years!

Lu Shaoyu trembled with excitement, and then as if sensing his thoughts, a gentle and old voice came from the other side, "Little boy, where are you still sleeping, get up and eat! Really, the wicker chair can If you fall asleep, you won’t be afraid of catching a cold.”

Lu Shaoyu turned his head in a daze, and saw an old man who was old but still energetic came out slowly from the direction of the kitchen. The gray hair on the top can still show that this energetic-looking old man is not young anymore, and every rut on his face is the traces that the years have engraved on him.

Lu Shaoyu felt a strange soreness in his eye sockets, and tried very hard not to let himself cry. He wanted to go forward and hug the old man, but he was a little afraid, afraid that when he touched the old man, the old man would be like a Like a dream, it disappeared.

Grandpa Lu is holding two plates in his hand. Lu Shaoyu can smell them from here without going over. Those two are his favorite dishes. When he comes back from school, grandpa will make him a lot of things he likes to eat like now.

"Little brat, why are you standing there in a daze? Come and taste the fish I made today. I went fishing with Old Chen next door yesterday. It's very fresh. Come here quickly."

While placing the dishes on the stone table in the yard, Grandpa Lu muttered a few words as usual, just like every time they ate together before.

In the past, although Lu Shaoyu didn't find it annoying that his grandpa loved to talk about it, he still felt that his grandfather was a little annoying when he was in a bad mood. He never thought that one day he would miss his grandfather's talking so much, and thought of hearing it with his own ears again. Sometimes, I can't help crying.

"coming!"

Lu Shaoyu rubbed his eyes, and finally stopped staring at the spot, but walked over with big strides, then stopped behind Grandpa Lu, and stretched out his arms to hug the old man who was no longer taller than him.

Grandpa Lu was taken aback by his sudden action, turned around to see what was wrong with him, but only saw the red corners of Lu Shaoyu's eyes, and immediately frowned, "Little brat, are you crying?"

Lu Shaoyu turned his face away, and hugged the old man in his arms a little tighter. He still remembered that when he was young, the old man could easily lift him up high, as if he could touch him with just a stretch of his hand. to the sky.

"It's okay, I just miss you."

These words did not make Grandpa Lu's face relaxed. Instead, he broke away from Lu Shaoyu's hand in a serious manner, turned around and looked into Lu Shaoyu's eyes, and said, "Why did you get bullied at school? A man doesn't flick his tears easily. If you bully you, bully you back, it's not like crying."

Lu Shaoyu's sadness was diluted by these few words, he looked at the old man helplessly and smiled, "No, I just haven't seen you for a long time."

Maybe it was because he didn't look like he was lying, so Grandpa Lu eased the look on his face, "That's good, suddenly you are so nasty, I thought you were bullied by someone at school, let me tell you, although we are kind to others , but you can’t let others bully you.”

The old man started chanting as usual again, but Lu Shaoyu didn't say perfunctorily this time that he knew it. He really hadn't heard the old man chanting like this for a long time, and he missed it so much.

After the two of you talked to each other, Lu Shaoyu took the initiative to clean up the bowls and chopsticks to wash the dishes. Grandpa Lu stood in the yard with some relief and said, "Your Grandpa Chen always praises you for being sensible. I think you are more sensible than the little grandson of his family. The little grandson of his family had a girlfriend in school. He suddenly brought her back last week and said that he was going to get married. Old Chen said that he would talk about it after finishing school. His little grandson I just said that the girl had a child. Old Chen was so angry that he couldn't help it. He hurriedly met the girl's family, and was scolded by the girl's family. Xiaoyu, grandpa can tell you, you Now that you are older, you can talk to your girlfriend, but you can't do things that you shouldn't do. A man has to take responsibility. If you do it, you have to marry someone. But if you delay your studies for the sake of marriage, you will regret it later. But yourself, you have to think about it clearly." Grandpa Lu was still talking, and finally asked after a pause, "By the way, Xiao Yu, do you have a girlfriend at school?"

Lu Shaoyu's action of washing the dishes came to a sudden stop. He looked down at the foam in his hand, and he couldn't help thinking of Nesario's face in his mind.

"Well, I have someone I really like."

Grandpa Lu slammed his mouth, and didn't pursue this sentence any further, but said, "That's fine, as long as there is someone you like, as long as you like it, go after it. Grandpa has no objection, as long as you like it. , Grandpa is getting old too, so he won't be with you for a few years, if I can see that you have someone you like, I can go to see your parents and grandma with peace of mind."

Lu Shaoyu's tears flowed out unexpectedly and dripped on his hands. He could already clearly see that the color of the bowl in his hand became lighter, as if it was about to disappear.

"Grandpa, what if I like a boy instead of a girl?"

Grandpa Lu was stunned by this sentence, and after taking two steps in place, he laughed again, "It's okay, boys are fine, as long as you like, grandpa will support you, and grandpa wants you to have someone to accompany you in the future , as long as you are not alone, grandpa will support you."

"grandfather……"

"Remember, no matter where you are, you must take care of yourself. Remember what grandpa taught you. We are kind to others, but don't let others bully you. Don't worry about grandpa. Grandpa is fine alone. As long as you Live well, grandpa will be satisfied..."

Big drops of tears fell from his eyes, Lu Shaoyu wanted to hug his grandfather again, but he didn't dare to look back, he felt from the very beginning that this was not reality, although everything was real and couldn't be real, but If he really went back, why would Grandpa not ask anything, and the voice that kept echoing in his ears was Neltharion's.

He didn't know why he had this dream, it was such a clear and real dream, but he hoped that this dream could last a little longer, although he knew that it was time to wake up from the dream.

The things in his hand were getting weaker and weaker, and they were about to disappear. He didn't dare to look back, because he was afraid that he would see his grandpa fade away little by little in front of him, but he couldn't stop it.

"Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu..."

"Fish, fish..."

The two voices were vaguely intertwined, and Lu Shaoyu finally couldn't help turning around. Grandpa Lu had gradually faded into a blurred light mark, but Lu Shaoyu could still see the gentle and loving smile on his grandfather's mouth.

"grandfather!"

Lu Shaoyu only felt his heart clenched into a ball, as if he couldn't breathe, and he wanted to bend down so uncomfortable.

"Go, go where you should go, don't worry about grandpa, and don't let grandpa worry."

Grandpa Lu's figure finally completely disappeared before Lu Shaoyu's eyes. Lu Shaoyu yelled and finally opened his eyes and woke up.

"Fish, are you awake? How are you doing?"

Nesario's slightly worried expression made Lu Shaoyu a little uncomfortable. He opened his mouth and made a very hoarse voice, "I'm fine."

The eye sockets were sore and astringent. Lu Shaoyu stretched out his hand to touch it, and he could still feel the wet touch in the corner of his eyes. He still said that he was fine, and it was no wonder that Nesario's brows did not relax at all.

Lu Shaoyu grinned, showing a non-smiling smile, "I dreamed of my grandpa. I've been here for so long, and this is the first time I dreamed of my grandpa. It's so real, it's a bit uncomfortable." In an instant, he realized that the extremely clear dream should still be the very real hallucination brought to him by the Grammer flower.

Nesario pursed his lips and pondered for a moment, then suddenly bent down and hugged Lu Shaoyu into his arms.

"Cry if you want to cry, you don't need to force yourself to laugh for me."

Although he didn't particularly understand Lu Shaoyu's feelings for his grandfather, he could feel that Lu Shaoyu was very sad now, which showed that his grandfather was really important to him.

Lu Shaoyu didn't speak, and buried his face into Nesario's neck, and then Nesario felt the warm moisture permeate his clothes and touched his skin, but Lu Shaoyu didn't make any sound.

He felt sorry for Lu Shaoyu like this very much. He wanted to make him less uncomfortable, but he couldn't help him. This feeling of powerlessness made him very frustrated.

Crying is indeed the best way to vent emotions. Lu Shaoyu felt that the oppression and discomfort in his chest were almost vented, so he lifted his head from Neltharion's shoulder, looked around the surrounding environment, and said, " Why are we still here?" It was still the same small pond, but the mermaid and Nesriel were gone, leaving only him and Neltharion.

Neltharion said, "Do you still remember what happened before you passed out?"

Lu Shaoyu was confused for a moment, then remembered, "I touched that fruit, and then felt a very strange feeling."

"That fruit was absorbed by you." Nesario pointed to the middle of the pond, and Lu Shaoyu looked in the direction he pointed, only to see a dry stalk, no flower and no fruit.

Lu Shaoyu recalled the feeling of something melting on his fingertips, and was a little surprised, "It was absorbed, and what happened to that mermaid?"

He remembered that the mermaid said that it could only be used by mermaids.

"I want to know more than you what is going on."

The clear voice was accompanied by anger, and Elandia jumped out of the water and stopped at a distance from Lu Shaoyu.

"What the hell is this? Didn't you say that it can only be used by mermaids?"

"how could I know?"

Elandia looked a little angry.

"The Grammer flower is the holy flower of the mermaids. It will only bloom once every few hundred years, and it will only grow in places where the mermaids haunt. Once it leaves the mermaids, it will wither and die immediately, and its fruit is called the holy flower. The fruit is used to soak in the lava springs of the lava sea, I have never seen one that can absorb it like this."

"Then what is the effect of this fruit?" Nesario looked at Lu Shaoyu and asked softly. He didn't care what happened to this fruit, he only cared about whether this fruit would bring any bad consequences to Lu Shaoyu.

"Why should I tell you."

Elandia squinted her eyes, very dissatisfied with Neltharion's natural question.

"But didn't you say that this kind of fruit is very precious? Why does it grow in such a random place." Lu Shaoyu felt a little confused.

"Where it grows is not up to me. It may grow anywhere there are mermaids."

"But you are here alone, so it can be seen that it is not very precious." Lu Shaoyu had absorbed a fruit that was said to be very precious in his body, but Lu Shaoyu had no sense of reality at all, and he didn't feel any different changes, but seeing Yi With Landia's angry face, Lu Shaoyu vaguely felt that he was being cheap and obedient.

"Didn't I say that, except for the mermaids, this has no effect on other races at all."

Yilantiya was gnashing her teeth. If Lu Shaoyu hadn't accidentally broken into this place, how could such a thing have happened? Now these two people are asking him suspiciously, which is a bit too irritating.

The interrogation turned into a deadlock here, and even Elandia didn't know why this fruit was absorbed by Lu Shaoyu, and Lu Shaoyu and Nesario couldn't figure it out even more.

Nesario looked at Lu Shaoyu and asked, "Do you have any other feelings?"

Lu Shaoyu shook his head, no, no feeling at all.

"Let's go then, let's go back."

Nesario stood up, and Lu Shaoyu also stood up with a "hmm". Since there was no unnecessary reaction, there was no need for them to stay here.

Elandia frowned deeply, and waved her hand to create a huge wall of water in front of them.

"Let's just go, what about the Grammer fruit?"

Lu Shaoyu was a little helpless, "I also want to return you a fruit, but now I don't even know where it is, how can I return it to you?"

Irandia: ...

Although it made sense, it was really not reconciled to let them go so easily.

"Don't you really want to know what the Grammer fruit is for?"

Elandia said suddenly.

"Huh? Are you going to tell me again?"

"Come with me to the lava sea and I'll tell you." Ilantia raised her eyebrows and said, he had to figure out why this person who didn't belong to the Doran continent could absorb the Grammer fruit, but the premise was that Lu Shaoyu had to talk to him Take a trip to the Lava Sea.

"Wait, what are you talking about?" Lu Shaoyu was taken aback for a moment. "Lava sea?"

Irandia nodded.

Lava sea? ! ! !Why on earth did they come out of the imperial capital? The primary goal was the lava sea! !Now this merman says to take him to the lava sea! !By the way, this space is the foggy mirror world of this mermaid! !How did he forget! !They can go directly to the lava sea from this foggy mirror world! !

Lu Shaoyu looked at Nelthario with bright eyes, but saw Nelthario said blankly, "No."

"what?"

Nesario reached out and rubbed Lu Shaoyu's head, "Since he is here, how could the mermaids not know about the joint preparation of Alsos and the orcs to go to war?"

"what?"

"The mermaids know everything, so what are we going to do?"

Lu Shaoyu was a little dazed and couldn't catch his breath. What Nesario meant was that the mermaids didn't need their notification. Did they already know everything?

Sure enough, Elandia narrowed her eyes when Neltharion said this, "You are going to the lava sea? Who are you?"

"The youngest son of the Black Dragon King Danzerian, Neltharion." Lu Shaoyu took the initiative to introduce.

Elandia's expression suddenly became a little strange, "Are you Neltharion?"

Lu Shaoyu nodded. "If it's true, do you recognize him?"

Elandia suddenly bent down, "It's finally your turn, Your Highness Neltharion."

Lu Shaoyu: ...

Neltharion: ...

wtf? ! !what's the situation?