Daily life of giant dragon cubs [Western Fantasy]

Adair walked through the dark alley with the food in his arms, carefully bypassed the water-logged mud pit, stopped in front of the dilapidated wooden house deep in the alley, carefully pushed the door open and squeezed in.

A weak female voice came from inside the room: "Adair, are you back?"

Adair responded, and opened the bread bag: "Today, Terrence and the others helped Mr. Nick deliver the goods, and we met a few kind-hearted people..."

"We can eat bread tonight." Adair took out his copper coins from his pocket, opened the tin box on the table, wiped the copper coins with the corner of his clothes, and counted them twice, "I can get another ten copper coins I bought you medicine!"

Adair paused as he counted the money, his eyes fell on the bread bag, where a gold coin lay quietly.

Adair held his breath, stretched out his hand hesitantly, and touched a touch of coldness.

"Adair?"

Adair put the gold coins into the tin box, and her voice was full of surprises: "Sister! I'll go buy medicine for you tomorrow!"

He ran into the room with the box in his arms, and showed the coins inside to the woman lying on the bed: "This money can buy several medicines."

The woman lying on the bed looked at him tenderly, and only said after hearing what he said: "Don't buy me medicine."

She stretched out her hand and pushed the money to Adair's side: "Take this money and get out of here, Adair."

She coughed: "Leave Sakathrin, and don't come back."

Adair didn't understand why she said, "What about you?"

"I'm dying," she said, "don't waste too much energy on me."

"And I have nothing to do with you."

Adair lowered her head, the person on the bed thought she had persuaded him, Adair wiped his eyes with one hand, raised his head, and looked at her stubbornly: "My sister saved me from those bad guys, how could It has nothing to do with me."

"I will not give up."

Adair put away the box, ran out of the room, and brought over the bread she got today.

Before eating, Adair closed his eyes reverently: "Thank God..."

After praying, Adair opened his eyes and met the woman with complicated eyes: "Sister, why do you look at me like this?"

"Don't you all say your prayers before you eat?"

She shook her head, lowered her head and ate a piece of bread: "I used to do it."

On the second day, Uriah took Xie Nin and Jaccard alone, and split into two ways to inquire about the news.

As soon as Ulea took Xie Ning out, Adair, who had been on the opposite side, stood up and ran towards the two of them.

"What's the matter with you?"

Adair said: "I have lived in Sakathrin for many years, and I am no worse than other guides."

"I don't need to be paid." Adair said, "I just think I should be able to do something for you." To express his meager gratitude.

"That would be troublesome."

Adair shook his head: "No trouble."

His gaze fell on Xie Ning's empty wrist, and Adair reminded Uriah again: "Tie a rope around my brother's wrist."

Ulea was reminded by Adair once yesterday, but Adair didn't tie the rope on his hand either.

Uriah asked him, "Is there any special meaning to tie the rope on your wrist? I don't think you have any on your hands."

"This is a blessing from the elders to the younger generation. My elders have all passed away."

For hundreds of years, the residents of Sakathrin found that children with ropes tied to their wrists were less likely to be selected than other children, so in order to keep their children, many people would choose children between the ages of five and ten. The child's wrist is wrapped with a rope, and the other end is on himself.

However, the original purpose of this practice was not to serve God, so it was beautified, and it was said to be the elders' thoughts and blessings for their children.

The reason passed down is that when God chooses servants, it is easier to leave those children who are concerned.

There are hundreds of children selected every year, and the number is fixed. More people want their children to stay, so they will choose to hide this from outsiders and fill the places with children from outsiders.

Adair, who had no one to tie the rope after his grandmother died, told Uriah: "The rope is to keep the baby with me."

Ulea looked down at Xie Ning beside him: "Do you want a rope?"

Xie Nin shook his head, he grabbed Yulea's hand: "I think this is fine."

He looked up at Uriah: "You won't lose me, will you?"

"of course not."

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The Saqasrin Palace and the temple are connected in a line. The center of the line is the central square of Saqasrin, and the center of the square is a statue of a god.

"god?"

Adair nodded: "It is the god who protects Sakathrin."

Uriah was skeptical about this. In his memory, he had never heard of any god who would protect a certain city or country on purpose.

He motioned for Adair to continue.

"The surname of the royal family is Morris, and the priests of the temple have always come from the Bertram family. The royal family and the priest's family have always intermarried."

Girls from the Bertram family usually become queens. There are no girls in the Bertram family in this generation, and the princesses from the royal family will marry the next priest to complete their marriage.

Yulea sounded even weirder, and it seemed more like two families were entangled for their own interests, but the locals of Sakathrin were used to this, so they didn't find it strange.

Adair said: "The combination of the royal family favored by the gods and the priests who can communicate with the gods is the most suitable." They all believe that the combination of these two families can make Godwin more brilliant.

During the conversation, they had already walked to the square in the center of the city. The statue in the center of the square was carved out of white marble. Salute the idol.

The goddess lowered her head slightly and half-closed her eyes, her long hair raised, and a pair of wings behind her closed, covering half of her face.

Xie Ning looked at the statue, saw the statue's eyes move, and looked in his direction.

Black and red blood oozes from the white statue, and strange runes are drawn on the statue. The blood flows down the statue drop by drop, and forms a pool under the statue.

Noisy voices full of unwillingness and resentment wrapped around the statue, Xie Ning saw the goddess statue spread its wings, and red tears of blood ran across the corners of its eyes.

Xie Ning looked at the pair of wings, and suddenly his eyes widened.

Ulea patted the face of Xie Ning who fell asleep at some point, and after a while, Xie Ning opened his eyes in a daze, and his eyes fell on Ulea who was beside him.

"Ulea! I..." Just as he was about to tell Ulea what he saw just now, Xie Ning suddenly remembered that he was still outside, and swallowed the rest of the words.

Ulea's neck was hugged, and Xie Ning leaned on him: "I have something to tell you when I get back."

"Okay, shall we go back now?" Uriah asked him.

"Let's look again." Xie Nin leaned against Uriah, affected by the negative emotions in the dream, he was still a little depressed, lying on Uriah's body like a boneless one.

After strolling around for a while, Ulea looked at Xie Ning who was listless, and decided to go back to rest first.

On the way back, Uriah took a look and found that Xie Ning was already falling asleep with his head bit by bit. Uriah pressed his head on her shoulder, and Xie Ning spit out a few meaningless words as he moved his head. syllable.

Ulea hugged the sleeping Xie Ning and walked forward when someone bumped him suddenly.

The person who bumped into Uriah was a somewhat obese middle-aged woman, followed by a seven or eight-year-old boy holding a somewhat melted lollipop, and the melted sugar liquid stained Uriah's coat.

The woman was a little embarrassed, with an apology on her face, and pulled the child to the front: "Apologize."

After the boy apologized, she took a few silver coins from her pocket and gave Uriah to take them to the laundry.

Ulea didn't answer, Xie Ning, who was sleeping on his shoulder, complained in a daze, "noisy", Ulea patted him on the back: "I'll be back right away."

Ulea hugged Xie Ning and left, and behind him he could vaguely hear the voice of the boy being scolded by his mother.

After returning to the hotel, he put Xie Ning on the bed and opened the window, and suddenly saw the middle-aged woman on the street.

Holding the rope on her body, she walked through the street in a daze, but there was no one on the other end of the rope.

During dinner, someone in the restaurant was talking about it, and Uriah watched their conversation while eating dinner.

"It's the child from Barry's family. I saw it a few days ago."

Someone answered: "Is this the third child in their family?"

"Barry's unlucky," sighed another, who was glared at by the others.

"...It's obviously a great honor, how can it be called unlucky!" The previous words were deliberately blurred, but everyone who listened understood what he meant, and changed the topic of unlucky.

"again."

Someone answered: "There are still 180 nine."

Thinking that there was one less quota, those present with children were a little relieved.

One of them said: "My family is almost ten years old this year, I hope it won't be his turn." He wiped his face and raised his glass: "Come on, drink!"

On the other side, Adair was holding the money box in one hand and holding the counter with the other, showing his head: "Is Myron there?"

"Here we come!" Myron bowed his head and greeted him, "You are here again, Adair."

"Well." Adair put the money on the counter, "Help me get the previous medicine, the money is here!"

Myron opened the box, poured out the money, counted it, returned the box to Adair, and went to get him medicine.

"Do you still have money for food?"

"Thank you for your concern, I still have some left." Adair's eyes followed his movements.

Myron handed the medicine to Adair, and stopped the person who took the medicine and was about to leave: "Wait a minute!"

Myron took out a pack of snacks and handed them over: "You can eat the snacks that you haven't finished today."

Adair bowed to him: "Thank you, may God bless you."

"May God bless you too." Myron told him, "Be careful."