Food Reserves on the Dragon's Back

At dawn, Silas lit a fire of wet wood on the beach closest to Saranar, and the smoke billowed into the sky, visible even from a distance.

Silas waited eagerly, returning to Sarannar, feeding him water, adding dry wood to the fire in front of him to keep it alive, and guarding against the fat The bird came back to attack the immobile Thalanaar.

From morning to noon, and from afternoon to dusk, Harrog's figure never appeared.

It wasn't until the last bit of sunlight disappeared on the sea level that Silas returned to Sarannar with all his heart. Dragons basically wouldn't fly out at night, and Harrog wouldn't be here today.

"Why didn't he come when he clearly said yes?" Silas muttered to himself in frustration.

"Probably delayed by something...he is not a dragon who breaks his promise." Sarannar said consciously.

"Who knows, it's the same for the dragon who knows the face but doesn't know the heart. Maybe he doesn't plan to come back to take this risk at all." Silas said without any hope, "I'll try to light the fire tomorrow." Try, but we have to be mentally prepared that he will never come again, in this world, no one can be relied on."

The black dragon didn't answer him any more, but closed his eyes weakly.

Silas couldn't just wait like this, he had to find some food for Sarannar, otherwise Sarannar wouldn't be able to last long in his current state.After finally finding him in the vast sea, he had to watch him starve to death in front of his eyes. Silas absolutely could not tolerate such a result.

He tried to catch those fat birds that can be seen everywhere in the forest. This kind of bird is as fat as a turkey, and one weighs at least a dozen kilograms. Long eats his fill.

But Silas found sadly that although this fat bird looked fat, stupid and clumsy at first glance, it ran much faster than him in the jungle, and Silas always had a torch in his hand , to ensure that he would not inhale too much hypnotic fragrance and fall asleep, and let the fat birds find and avoid him from a distance.

Silas had to take the risk of leaving the torch aside, and crept up to some fat birds that were rummaging for earthworms, trying to make a sneak attack by surprise, but unfortunately he would never be able to act like a real predator in the forest. Moving so quietly, Fat Bird heard his movement and ran away quickly.

Silas was so anxious that he ran after him, but he still couldn't catch up, and he almost passed out because of the violent breathing while running.In the end, he bit the tip of his tongue and used the pain to force his consciousness, and he persisted until he found the torch.

After a night of fruitlessness, the exhausted Silas returned to Saranar in frustration.

Saranar, who was half unconscious, heard Silas sobbing in a low voice, and opened his eyes with difficulty, and he had only such a little strength left.

The black dragon's golden eyes looked at Silas quietly, until Silas finally stopped sobbing, he reached out and hugged the black dragon's half-human tall head, and put his face on Sarannar's head, just like in that As I did in the dream of the deep sea: "I'm sorry, Sarannar... I am really useless, seeing you starving, but there is nothing I can do."

"You are more persistent and brave than everyone else, and you can finally come to my side. You are amazing." Sarannar said in his consciousness.

"But I can't watch you starve to death in front of me." Silas said desperately, "You eat me, Sarannar."

"No." The black dragon rejected him briefly but firmly.

"Now is not the time to be stubborn, eat me, at least you can survive." Silas's tears fell on the side of the black dragon's face, "I have made this resolution since the day I became your knight."

"Don't be stupid." Sarannar said, "My wings are broken, even if I eat you, I still can't fly out."

"But you can hang on for a few more days and wait for other dragons to come to rescue you. If you recover some strength after eating me, maybe you can use your magic to contact them."

"No." Sarannar still refused.

Silas knew that Salanar was usually unwilling to eat people, but it didn't mean that he would never eat people. He refused to eat him when he reached this level, probably because he really couldn't bear it.

Knowing this, Silas felt as happy and satisfied as a flower blooming in his heart. He felt that he had finally found what he pursued, and he had already had everything he wanted, and he had nothing to regret in his life.

Sarannar was reluctant to eat him, but he was also reluctant to let Sarannar continue to be so hungry. If he was alive and Sarannar couldn't finish his mouth, the dead body would have nothing to worry about.

Silas' eyes wandered to his sword.

At this time, Sarannar said another sentence in his consciousness: "No matter under what circumstances, I will not eat you."

"But..." Silas' fingers rested on the hilt of the sword, and he wasn't sure if he should persuade Sarannar again.

"Don't think about it, it's not that there is no food on this island, let's try to find some food." Black Dragon closed his eyes wearily.

"...Well." Silas temporarily put away his suicide plan, and decided to try again anyway.

It was almost daylight again, and Silas was on the beach again and lit a smoky fire.

It seemed that the high tide last night washed away all the traces left by him yesterday. When Silas finished lighting the fire and wanted to go back, he saw a clam half buried in the beach not far away. It is as big as a large washbasin.

He murmured, "It won't be so lucky," walked over and thrust the tip of the sword into the slightly open gap, and tried to pry it.

The clam immediately bit the tip of his sword tightly, but it was still alive.Silas was afraid of breaking the sword, so he didn't dare to use any more strength, so he just bit the torch in his mouth and went back with the big clam in his arms.

Dragons never seem to eat creatures that grow in water, but Sarannar would eat seafood and some vegetarian food when he took human form. Silas was not sure if dragons could eat clams to fill their stomachs, but he I think it's worth a try, clam meat is meat anyway.

He set up a three-legged stove with stones and roasted the clams on the fire for a while, and the clams opened completely. Silas turned up the fire a little, and the smell of the roasted clams made him swallow involuntarily. saliva.

He has also been hungry for two days. Harrog doesn't take care of humans like Sarannar. After he ate a deer leg that night, he flew with him for a whole day the next day, and he didn't think of humans. It is necessary to eat several times a day, and Silas didn't want to delay the search, so he kept silent.From then until now, he hadn't eaten anything, and now he was so hungry that his steps were a little sluggish.

Salanal, who smelled the smell, also opened his eyes, Silas swallowed again, and asked him: "Saranal, I found a clam, can you eat this?"

"Okay." Sarannar said in his mind, "However, you should also eat some."

"I...I'm not hungry yet," Silas said, swallowing.

"Don't try to lie to me."

"...Sorry." Silas lowered his head, he just felt that Sarannar was on the verge of life and death, and it didn't matter if he was hungry for another two days.

Sarannar said, "If you collapse, who else will take care of me?"

Silas felt the same, he was indeed running out of strength, so he cut himself a small piece, then dug out the remaining clam meat and put it in Saranal's mouth.

The big clam, which is quite a big piece of meat for a human, was barely enough to fit between the dragon's teeth, and Sarannar swallowed it without chewing it.

Silas devoured his own share. Of course, Lao Cheng's clam meat is not tasty, but at least it can satisfy his hunger. He felt that his strength had recovered, so he tried to hunt again, but he still couldn't catch the clams that ran away. The fast fat birds took a lot of effort, but only caught one of them, which was old and weak.

Until the sky darkened again, Silas only harvested such a bird, and some conch and shells picked up from the sea. It was not enough for Sarannar to come out.

Silas ate only half full to make sure he still had the strength to go on looking for food, and he left as much food as he could for Thalanaar.After swallowing the little food that was only enough to fit between his teeth, Sarannar said to Silas in consciousness: "Don't go again at night, you need to rest."

Silas really couldn't hold it anymore, even a hard-nosed person couldn't stay awake all night.He knew that if he only ate such a small amount of food, Sarannar would still get weaker and weaker, but at least today was not like yesterday when he had nothing to gain, which made Silas feel more at ease.

He leaned against Sarannar's head, placed a soft kiss on the black dragon's eyelids, and said softly, "Good night."

"Don't get so close," Sarannar said to him consciously. "If I'm delirious with hunger, I'll subconsciously eat you."

"Then you can eat me." Silas smiled, and soon fell asleep leaning against Sarannar.

With the huge clam shells, at least it is much more convenient to feed Saranar with water, and Silas can have more time to go out to find food. He slowly figured out the rules of the island, such as where the terrain obstacles are There are relatively few animals, which is suitable for catching fat birds. The conch and shells in any water area are large and abundant, and the water depth is also suitable for him to go down to pick them up.Sometimes he would encounter seabirds that inhaled the fragrance of the island and fell from the sky. Once he even picked up a stranded dolphin, which was the only meal enough for Sarannar to eat half full.

Every day, Silas, who is becoming more and more skilled, can find more food than yesterday. He also cut off all the crimson flowers he saw by the roots, hoping to make the island The hypnotic smell on the bed dissipated a bit.He still insisted on lighting a smoky fire on the beach every day, but the red dragon never appeared again, presumably he had completely given up on this human being who didn't know his life or death.