Embarrassment of Golden Dragon Tails

The cave was about twenty feet long and six feet wide.From bottom to top, it became narrower and narrower, and the hard and smooth rock shrank into a ten-foot-long slit at a height of more than 20 feet above the head.Dim skylight shone through the slit, barely illuminating half of the cave.

At this moment, Tails was hugging his knees, sitting on the cold and wet ground, staring at the dim sky in a daze.

For Jinlong Tairs, it has been very unlucky recently.Ten days ago, he was attracted by an alluring fragrance as he passed the edge of a town.So, he turned into a human form, and followed the scent and some wet traces to find the square of the town. In the market that had just dispersed, Tails found a barrel of honey-colored liquid that exuded fragrance.This liquid was too alluring, and he was attracted by the fragrance, so he tasted it obsessively.After that... I accidentally tasted a little more.

After drinking half a barrel of liquid, Tails walked out of the town unsteadily, the sun turned into four, and the road twisted before his eyes... The memory was interrupted here, and when Tails woke up again, I saw this deep cave.

Next, Tails tried everything he could think of, but he couldn't find a way out.In human form, he was unable to scale the slippery rock face, and returned to dragon form—with nothing but bruises all over his body and two broken wing bones.

The sky light coming through the slit became even dimmer, and with the dimmed light, depression enveloped Tails again.The pain in his stomach was burning like fire, and the long-term hunger and despair made him extremely want to vent.So Tails stood up and hit the solid rock wall with his head.

Accompanied by sharp dull pain, the wound on the head oozes blood again, and the shoulder and broken phalanx also ache.Warm blood flowed down slowly, blurring Tails' vision.

After venting, frustration hits again.Tails raised his head, closed his eyes, and recalled the freedom he once had.

There was a sudden pain in the top of his head, and a stone hit his head.Tails raised his head abruptly, his golden brown eyes widening.Through the hazy blood, he saw a face protruding above the slit, a male human face.

This face was particularly inconspicuous in the dim light of the sky, and the slender eyebrows and eyes made him look like a mean person. "It turned out to be a small human being." Tails muttered in his heart.But he realized almost immediately that his opportunity had come.

After throwing a stone, the male human didn't move any more. He just showed his hideous face, with a happy smile on his mouth, and didn't say a word, as if he wasn't the one who hit Tails with the stone. .Tails suppressed his burning anger, and saluted the human being as condescendingly as possible with all the human etiquette he could recall.

He ground the stone that had just hit his head with his feet, squeezed out a smile, and greeted the human in a substandard human lingua franca: "Dear Your Excellency, hello, nice to meet you."

The human stretched out his arm, waved at him lazily, and said, "Nice to meet you. What are you doing here? Do you grow mushrooms?"

Tails replied politely: "Oh, there are no mushrooms here, they have already become breakfast." As soon as he finished speaking, Tails' stomach ached even worse.

The human head shrank back.Tails was in a hurry and called out tentatively.

A minute later, the human head stuck out again, together with a hand and a handful of mushrooms in it.The human said lazily: "I have a lot of mushrooms. Do you want it?" He said, shaking.

"Of course, no, no. Do you know how to get out of here?" Tails asked.

The human shook the mushroom in his hand, took out one and threw it down, and saw Tails catch it, a smile appeared on the human's face.Tails took the mushroom, deeply ashamed of his instinctive reaction.

"How to get out? Of course I know." The human answered easily.

Tails was overjoyed.

"But why should I tell you?"

Tails suppressed his anger and asked, "Isn't it a human virtue to help others?"

The human shook his finger, "No, no, that's just some human virtues, and I'm not one of them. Do you want another mushroom?"

"Okay, no, how on earth are you willing to tell me how to get out?" Tails abandoned the false pretense and asked through gritted teeth.

The human whistled happily, and said briskly, "That depends on what you can give."

"Gold?"

"I have no interest in wealth."

"Female human?"

"Oh, I'd rather be single."

"..."

After saying almost everything he could think of, Tails still failed to impress the human being. In the end, he almost gave up and asked, "Power?"

The human was silent for a moment, and said: "Well, I admit that I am a little interested in this, but you can't give it."

Without thinking, Tails blurted out: "Of course I can." Fearing that humans might not believe it, he added later, "I can give you some treasures, what can you exchange them for, a position?"

"It's too troublesome, let's be more straightforward. For example, conquer the town down the mountain and make the villagers obey me."

Tails thought for a moment and said, "No problem." He looked at the human seriously, "Actually, I am a dragon, if you help me get out of here, then I can provide you with Some help."

The human smiled: "Your Excellency Dragon, obey me. Obey me, and I will help you."

Tails was furious, "Bah! Tiny human beings! Don't be delusional!"

The human spread his hands, shook his head, and said, "Well, since you don't want to, forget it. Ah! How tolerant and generous I am, I gave up the chance to tame a dragon." Then he stood up, Without hesitation, he turned and left.

Tails was taken aback for a while, and opened his mouth, not knowing what to do.

At this moment, the human came back.

He threw down a bunch of mushrooms at Tails and said happily, "Hey, these are for you, I wish you a happy life. By the way, my name is Vera."

After speaking, the human disappeared from Tails' sight.

Tails pursed his lips, stared at the gap above his head, and cursed the ignorant human in his heart with the most vicious dragon language.After confirming that the human beings had left, he decided to put down his dignity for the time being, succumbed to the wishes of the human body, and picked up mushrooms to comfort his aching stomach.

It's just a human being, as long as he doesn't starve to death, sooner or later he will wait for the next, uh, human being who thinks helping others is a virtue.Satisfied, Tails stroked his stomach, which was no longer painful, and sat down against the wall.