Embarrassment of Golden Dragon Tails

As the weather warmed up, the stream became less piercing.Vera crouched by the creek, cleaning a hunk of boar boar.He skillfully picked out the meat with a dagger, divided it, and strung it up with vines.

He washed it slowly, meticulously washing all the blood from the meat. The blood of the short-nosed wild boar had an unpleasant smell, which greatly affected the taste.Although the stream was not cold, his hands were still red from the cold after soaking in the water for a long time.

After washing the last piece of wild boar, Vera fetched a bucket of water, carrying the pork in one hand and the bucket in the other, and walked towards the cave under the cliff.After walking about two hundred feet, his eyes lit up—a clump of slender tendril grass hanging from a crack in a rock was swaying in front of his eyes with the wind.

Vera put down the bucket, wrapped the boar vine around her shoulders, and began to climb the rock.

Longleaf tendril stalks are a great seasoning, and Tails, the golden dragon, has been getting picky lately.

The rock was about ten feet high, and tendril grass hung down from the top, ending within three feet of Vera's head.Vera climbed carefully on the ledge of the rock, reaching for the blades of grass with her left hand.The blade of grass was always swaying diagonally above his fingers, always just a little bit away from being pulled.The rock was too slippery to continue climbing, so Vera looked her way, jumped, and managed to grab a clump of blades of grass.Unfortunately, however, he missed his spot and fell straight to the ground, shattering his knee and right elbow.

The torn tendril grass, together with the mud and gravel in the crevices of the rock, crackled and hit him, causing him a burst of pain.Not only that, but he kicked over the bucket.

After getting up, Vera rubbed her skinned elbow, looked at the dirty wild boar meat and the empty bucket, and walked helplessly towards the stream again.

It has been more than two months since he met the golden dragon in the mountains.

That day, he originally thought that he was doomed, but what he never expected was that just when he was about to face death, the golden dragon turned into a tall and handsome blond young man in front of his eyes. He ate up all the venison he had cooked.Moreover, he ordered Vera, who was dazed by hunger, to squat in front of the fire and continue to roast meat for him, enduring the double torment of hunger and the smell of barbecue.It wasn't until all the venison went into his stomach that he burped, patted his stomach with satisfaction, and praised Vera: "Human cubs, although they don't taste very good, they can still make do with it. Are you in Lost in the mountains?"

Vera was full of resentment and nodded with fear. At the same time, his stomach began to roar again.

The golden dragon looked at him sympathetically, and reluctantly said: "Human cub, you look very hungry. How about this, I allow you to stay here, and I can give you some food. But in exchange, you must be responsible for my food." Roast meat. And..." He looked Vera up and down, emphasizing, "You have to make sure the taste of the roast meat, I can get you some seasoning, but next time, I will never allow it to taste so bad."

Then, his golden brown eyes fixed on Vera, waiting for his answer.

The golden dragon's eyes shone with cunning and anticipation, Vera didn't dare to refuse at all, he only hesitated for a moment before nodding again.

Therefore, Jin Long nodded at him with satisfaction, "Then the deal is made. You can call me Tails."

After that, he pointed to the cave not far away and warned: "That is my residence. I warn you, don't even think about it. If you try to get close to it, don't blame me for burning you into coke. In addition, don't even think about it." Run away, I think, you can..." Tails thought for a moment, pointing to a protruding rock not far from the entrance of the cave, "You can live there."

Vera looked along his fingers, and saw a solitary rock protruding from the bottom of the steep cliff. There was a space about five feet high below the rock, which seemed to be neither sheltered from wind nor rain. The entrance is particularly shabby against the backdrop.Despite the bitterness in his heart, Vera had to accept Tails's conditions.He didn't have the guts to fight a dragon, and at least he would not be disturbed by wild animals living next to the dragon's cave.As for the wind and rain... maybe get some stones and vines, maybe you can make it work.

Vera looked at the blond-haired young man in front of him, silently thinking about how to escape, and how to successfully leave this seemingly endless mountain.He is now beginning to feel rejoicing, fortunate that what he met was a golden dragon. There are not many dragons in the entire continent, even fewer appearing in Tutan, and among them, the golden dragon can definitely be called friendly.

As if seeing his plan, the golden dragon who called himself Tails showed a malicious smile, and said nonchalantly: "There are a lot of short-nosed wild boars and sawtooth gray wolves here. They are far less friendly than me, but the taste is not bad. Not bad." With that, he patted Vera on the shoulder.

Vera flinched back involuntarily, but then he gritted his teeth and forced himself to remain still, meeting the terrifying palm.

After that, Jinlong would often bring back some still-warm prey, and throw to Vera a set of cooking utensils and seasonings that he got from nowhere.Vera practiced cooking conscientiously, trying to satisfy Tails, so as to avoid the punishment of being withheld from food.

At first, he was full of fear of the golden dragon, always thinking about how to escape.But soon, he found that Jinlong was more friendly than he imagined.This golden dragon named Tails likes to sit opposite him when he is grilling meat, looking eagerly at the pieces of meat on the fire, and wiping the drool from time to time.While waiting, he would also chat with Vera, the "cub of man," about gleaming treasures and anecdotes.And Vera gradually relaxed his vigilance, and began to talk to him about some of his wandering experiences.

Vera really began to lose his fear of the golden dragon when he tried to build a nest for himself.At first, he was too weak to move stones, so he had to build a nest out of firewood, and shivered in it wrapped in deerskin.Ten days later, he gained strength, and temporarily gave up running away, and began to build a "house" for himself.

Building a "house" with stones is more difficult than imagined.Most of the stones here are very heavy, and the broken stones are too small to form a wall.Vera struggled to find moderate stones, brought them here, and piled them together.Soon, blood blisters appeared on his hands.By the time the sun went down, he had built only half of the wall.At this time, Tails came back with a deer.He took human form and stood beside Vera watching curiously.After a while, he finally couldn't help asking Vera if she was "building a house".

After getting an affirmative answer, he held his head high, let out a sneer, and told Vera that he had never seen such a stupid human being.Later, to Vera's surprise, Tails didn't order him to barbecue, but helped him build the whole "house" - two walls, and a "door" made of vines.

After the "house" was built, Tails and Vera sat in front of the fire and shared the venison.Facing Vera's question, Tails showed a slightly sad expression for the first time, telling him that he had lived briefly in a human village.He told Vera that inferior beings like humans were inferior and suspicious, and could not be trusted at all.In his short life experience, he once tried to help a human being, but was kicked out by the whole village as a "wizard".

Vera never thought that this seemingly invincible golden dragon was expelled by humans.He imagined that "beautiful" scene, imagining stones of rotten vegetable leaves falling on Tails's head... He couldn't help laughing out loud.

Tails snorted, interrupting Vera's imagination. After that, he asked for the first time about the experience of "human cubs".

"Human Cub" told him solemnly: he wants to be the best mage.

Tails scoffed at this - Jinlong was born with magical talent and pride, and he simply looked down on the disgraced little guy in front of him.

However, seeing Vera's frustrated face, he tried to appease the human cub with "kindness", touched his head lightly, and sang an ancient song to him: "In that distant sky , in the undulating mountains, there are hidden treasures that no one knows, and flying dragons. Their wings are higher than clouds, and their teeth are faster than swords. Ah! The mountains in the distance, the place I long for , where there are gurgling waters, lush forests, the most delicious food, and the most beautiful homeland of giant dragons..."

Their relationship gradually improved, becoming almost like "friends".Vera found that he was looking forward to getting along with Tails more and more. Unlike the initial perfunctory, he began to desperately recall the previous knowledge, search for different seasonings, and find ways to make more delicious food to satisfy Tails.And every time he gets the approval of Tails, satisfaction arises spontaneously, making him feel that all the hard work is worth it.

He regards Tails as a friend, an elder, a...reliable and reliable "person".

In a blink of an eye, Vera had been in the mountains for two months.During this period of time, he has been thinking about his original plan and his current situation.After two months, he didn't want to leave Tails at all. However, he absolutely could not give up his pursuit of magic.He needs to find a good teacher who is willing to teach him and learn human spells, and Tais...he is also... very lonely, not only that, from Tais's words, Vera can feel his affection for human beings. The place is more or less yearning.

So Vera made a decision.

He decided to ask Tails to leave the mountain temporarily and go to Shalan to find a teacher.He can learn spells, and Tails will no longer be alone.

While cleaning the boar boar and long-leaved tendrils, Vera was thinking about how to persuade Tails. Before he knew it, his eyes were bent, as if he had seen the scene where he and Tails were walking together.