The demon king who is favored by the brave is weak and pitiful and helpless

It doesn’t seem too difficult to get along with the villagers in the village. At first, maybe because their appearance is different from humans, it attracted some extra attention, making it difficult for them to blend into the crowd, but after a long time, The villagers are also used to their existence.

Even for the green-skinned goblin, considering the gold coins given by the unknown nobleman and the fact that the other party has not done anything harmful to the world from the beginning to the end, although the attitude of the villagers does not seem to be too much. Friendly, but at least not as hostile as before. Just one glance will subconsciously be vigilant, take out weapons or farm tools and attack angrily.

Karl can be said to be at home in such an environment. As a hybrid monster who grew up in human society, he is obviously more adapted to such a life.It's just that the villagers around him exude a little kindness, and he can quickly react and try to blend in.

Of course, in addition to these people who are friendly to the evil dragon, there are still some people who don't like these "foreign races".Although there is no objection for the sake of those gold coins, it is still difficult to have a good face when they meet in the village occasionally.Fortunately, the evil dragon who often hangs around the village can't remember these things about these people. The other half-blood monster is also used to this attitude, and when he sees it, he just treats it as if he didn't see it.

Of course, occasionally Karl and those people seemed a little arrogant when they expressed emotions that they didn't care about. Fortunately, the autumn harvest was approaching recently, and the villagers who were busy harvesting didn't care about such trivial things.

In the evening, the evil dragon who came out of the brave man's house looked at the sky, turned around along the road and entered the village, intending to call the half-blood monster who was mixed with his peers home together.

It's just that the sensitive half-blood monster hides his inferiority complex under that arrogant posture. Compared with other people, he is the one who cares most about his appearance that is different from ordinary people.In order to blend into the crowd as quickly as he imagined, he put on clothes that didn't fit well so that the long sleeves could cover the green scales on the back of his hands.

Coincidentally, the half-blood who looked no different from the villagers happened to have extremely popular brown hair, which obviously brought great obstacles to the dragon's task of recognizing people.

David's ability to recognize people has always been average. He stood outside the crowd and watched the group of human teenagers mingling together, but he didn't recognize which one was Karl.

He had to stop a teenager who had had enough fun and walked out of the crowd, and was about to leave and go home, and asked, "Excuse me, do you know where Carl is, and can you call him out for me?"

The brown-haired boy on the opposite side was taken aback for a moment, just when the evil dragon thought that Karl was not here, the boy on the opposite side frowned, with a displeased look on his face: "I said, it's been so long, you are a little Spend so little effort and remember my face."

"...Karl?" Hearing the tone on the other side, David called out tentatively.

Carl was expressionless: "Hmm."

David breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally found you, let's go home together."

"No, let me tell you, you should listen to what I have to say." Carl couldn't help being aggrieved when he heard that David suddenly changed the topic to another place.

If it was in the past, even though it looked like "I don't care what you say", but in similar words, because it is too clear that no one will tolerate the fact that these seemingly insignificant things have nothing to do with survival, you can He also tried not to say things that he didn't mention.

But maybe it was the first time he met someone who was willing to be a little more tolerant to him, so it was rare for him to have some little tempers of his own.

The evil dragon was a little embarrassed, and looked at the ground under his feet with his eyes half down. Facing such Karl, he rarely felt guilty: "Sorry, I'm really a little face-blind, and I'm not very good at recognizing people."

"Face blindness..." He was silent for a long time, until David thought he would never speak again, and suddenly said, "Is it really just face blindness?"

"Even if you raise a cat or dog casually, you should be able to recognize it after so long...Even if it's a cat with a similar coat color nearby, I haven't seen you saying that you have misidentified it once."

"For you, even an ordinary person..." He stopped abruptly in the middle of his words, as if he was afraid of getting some answers that he couldn't bear, "Forget it, it doesn't seem to be a big deal for you things."

He wanted to say that for a monster like the other party who was different from humans, although some human blood was mixed in, it was just a little difference that symbolized the two completely different races.It's like monkeys and orangutans, similar but belong to two races.

For David, these people may be no different from the cats and dogs in the village... But since he can remember the difference in the fur, why can't he remember his appearance?Is the difference between him and the surrounding villagers more difficult to distinguish than that of cats and dogs with the same color fur?

... What's more, they live together and get along every day, and they are so familiar with each other. Now if he is asked to do it, he can even mix out David's hair color with gouache.

It's just that he didn't dare to ask these words after all, he was afraid that he would take himself too seriously, and he was afraid that his weight would be too light, so that he would not get the answer he wanted in the end.

"No matter how hard you work, I believe that a person like me who is outstanding in all aspects will surely let you remember it in your heart easily in the end, and it will not be a big problem." Habitually, Karl borrowed his usual favorite, listening With some even exaggerated description trying to cover it up.He said everything that should be said, and the other party only smiled and agreed with him perfunctorily.

It's just that in the end, even if it was this simple perfunctory sentence, he couldn't hear it from David in the end.

The evil dragon, who always said it would do it, didn't dare to make a promise easily, and just stood beside him silently.

...But yes, after so long, he couldn't even fully remember the face of the brave man, let alone the half-blood monster in front of him.

At first, Karl thought it was David who failed to react, and hoped that the other party's non-existent slowness.However, after waiting for a long time, he finally did not get a response.

Carl: "Even if it's perfunctory, you should answer anyway."

"...Sorry." David glanced at him carefully. This was the first question he had received about his blindness in a long time.

Carl exhaled, not knowing how to deal with this situation for a moment.

He turned his head and stopped looking at the other party, turned and left first and walked up the mountain.The dragon followed behind him, and the two disappeared down the mountain path one after the other.

……

Goblin, who consciously took on the duties similar to parents, waited for no one to come back for a long time, so when he went down the mountain to find someone, what he saw was such a not-so-harmonious picture——

Different from before, the two were in front of each other, and the atmosphere filled with it was frighteningly stiff.

Goblin naturally respected his Majesty the Demon King, and he didn't think that David looked like a well-behaved person who could cause trouble, so he selectively rubbed against the half-blood monster.

Pete: "What happened today? You made His Majesty unhappy again?!"

"What do you mean again?" Carl said stubbornly, "It's clear that nothing happened between me and him."

"It's clear that nothing happened between me and him," Pete said imitating Carl's tone, "Nothing happened yet, why don't you listen to your own tone when you say this."

"Be honest, tell me what you have to say, don't force me to ask specifically, let His Majesty answer it himself."

Carl glanced at him twice, and after seeing his serious demeanor, he finally told what happened today with some reluctance.

"...It's almost like this. I've been watching him for so long and haven't recognized me, so I'm a little angry. Obviously I'm not like that."

Pete laughed angrily: "No, things like face blindness don't just work hard."

"If you insist on asking His Majesty to remember you, why don't you think about it for him, every time he sees a stranger and greets him with a familiar face, how scared he must be."

Carl: "That's what you say, but...but every time you see him looking unfamiliar with you, you won't feel angry or sad."

Pete was silent for a while, then sighed: "Why do you have to think about something like this that has no solution at all?"

"Because every time I see him looking unfamiliar, I feel unhappy. Unlike you, who is conspicuous, there are too many people who look like me here." See what the other party wants to continue to reason with him , the half-blooded monster waved his hand impatiently, and stopped the other party's words, "Okay, I understand, I will remember to apologize to your Majesty later, and you should stop talking."

On the other side, the evil dragon slowly walked up the mountain behind it.

With his keen hearing ability, he could listen to the bard's story through the magic circle, even though Pete and Carl tried their best to lower their voices, normally speaking, these whispers could not be hidden from this side. The evil dragon, it's just that the evil dragon happened to be thinking about his own affairs today, so that his whole dragon was completely immersed in his own world.

Although Karl has always regarded him as a hybrid monster, but if you count it carefully, the other party's words are actually correct.

As an evil dragon who can match the name and appearance of every dragon in the clan, David is actually not a face-blind person.As for a dragon, as Carl said, humans or goblins, or other cats and dogs, they can all be regarded as aliens belonging to different races, and it is equally difficult to identify them. , basically no difference.

Just as humans can recognize a goblin from a group of goblins if they get along with them for a long time, if a dragon gets along with cats and dogs for a long time, he can also remember every goblin. Cat and dog names.

He can remember the nuances of the patterned furs, even their preferences and tastes when cooked.

Except for humans, except for all intelligent creatures including monsters.

Because the arrival of the former often brings him pain, while the latter has already made him understand the pain of parting.

……

As early as when the evil dragon hadn't grown up, and was still just a young dragon under the protection of his parents, he could often hear the two dragons secretly avoiding him, worrying about the same thing——

"Why do you think David doesn't like gems so much?"

They were worried about the little dragon's future, and if it was serious, it wasn't because of his interests and hobbies that were incompatible with the entire dragon clan.

Just as humans endowed gold, silver and jewelry with a special value of currency, those stones that were heavy and troublesome to them earlier, and had no use other than looking shiny, began to have meaning.

And those shiny stones, which may be called "good-looking", have also become the love of the Dragon Clan since then.Because of the precious value endowed by humans on them, their owners who simply appreciate their beauty avoid the crowd and hide in their lairs in the mountains to monopolize these so-called treasures.

They keep dragons away from the hustle and bustle, so they have become the dragon's favorite.

Occupying a pile of cold, lifeless stones, the Dragon Clan stood proudly and willingly alone in the cave, looking at the pile of gemstones that shimmered in the dark.

Just because of this bunch of gems.

It's just because of the inexplicable fanaticism in their hearts, and it looks even a little morbid love.

...After all, for these dragons who are scattered all over the continent and have little communication with each other, it is difficult for them, who usually do not have any interaction with humans, to use the currency value given to these gems , then everything can only be interpreted as love.

Perhaps at the beginning, the dragon's pupils were only attracted by these stones that refract beautiful light under the sun for a short moment, but in the end, all the dragons that survived in the world are only left with these collectors.

All their lives they collected these shining stones insatiably, in order to satisfy the empty desire in their hearts that seemed to be forever impossible to fill.

David's parents—these two are worried about their son's dragon who is incompatible with all dragon hobbies. They know too well what the lively world outside is like.

Outside lived a weapon master who liked to add dragon scales to pig iron to make his weapons stronger, outside lived a brave man who wanted to prove himself by slaying dragons, and outside lived an alchemist who wanted to add dragon blood to the boiler... Outside lived Humans often only deceive monsters.

The outside world is too dangerous, maybe the innate power can keep the dragon's heart beating and continue to live, but the noise caused by malice will eventually pierce the whole heart full of holes.

The two dragons watched the little dragon grow bigger and bigger almost in panic.Although they produced gemstones of different colors and extremely colorful, they were still a little powerless about David's deviant hobby among the Dragon Clan.

Fortunately, the last bit of luck brought down by the god of luck has not been squandered. After David went out secretly and cried all the way when he was a child, the two dragons found almost miraculously that their little dragon began to change. Some "forgetful".

He couldn't remember the faces of those people, and he couldn't remember the sad things.All deceit will be eliminated before it comes, and all those who are good to him will never become bad.

Those things that happen to the other party and are out of his control will be frozen forever before they get out of control.The only side effect is probably that it is difficult for him to match things with a certain face. The kindness and malice of a certain person towards him will be split in his memory until he forgets the unpleasantness and condenses it into a fragment with only kindness and beauty. .

Although this may sound a bit sad, this talent is indeed useful enough.

Just as all dragons love treasure, this also acts as a sort of soul-ingrained rule to protect themselves.

That one is incompatible with the hobbies of all the dragons. The dragon known as the evil dragon will always have a good heart, and the future will always be happy.

……

It's just that at this moment, the evil dragon is still rare, and begins to feel a little unhappy.

Everyone hopes that they can be remembered by their cherished companions.Perhaps this may be a bit despicable, but every time his name is called out in those light tones, the dragon who cannot remember or recognize people often feels happy every time.

He knew the loss of being forgotten, so he could empathize with such things.

The evil dragon even began to unconsciously guess what the brave man, goblin, and half-blood monster were thinking, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was guilty.

People will never know how much their potential is until they push themselves.When the evil dragon was at the Dragon Clan Gathering, he immediately remembered all the dragons present and the gifts they gave him.

I believe that as long as he works hard, there are only a few people, and he will definitely be able to remember their faces.

He thought so, and tried to move in this direction, but in the end he couldn't match their faces with those names.Just like when his parents occasionally told him about "one day he ran all the way back crying", he still didn't have any impression in his heart.

It seems that although he can grow so big after turning back into a dragon, the dragon named "Dragon" by the empire is still as timid as before.

…Although he is living well now, even though he is trying hard to remember these companions around him, perhaps because of subconscious resistance, he failed in the end.

After all, who made him a dragon.

Vaguely, the evil dragon had a rough answer in his heart.

……

Later, the mixed-blood monster Karl also came over to apologize to him. Although he was still a little unwilling to look at it, he finally accepted his fate like this.

"I know it too. Are you face-blind? It's normal if you can't remember." He insisted on saying this, but a little disappointment still inevitably appeared on his face.

The evil dragon lowered his eyes: "...Sorry."

The mixed-blood monster frowned: "It's not your problem, it's nothing to apologize for."

The evil dragon was silent, and the growing intuition in his heart told him that this was indeed his problem.

It was the first time that something that he had never noticed before, or subconsciously ignored, was presented so simply and straightforwardly before his eyes.

Such a thing, the brave had never taken the initiative to mention it to him before.Just not saying it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Perhaps this matter has been in the other party's heart for a long time before that.

For no reason, the evil dragon suddenly thought so.

……

After the autumn harvest, the villagers in the village are busy again, preparing for the upcoming harvest festival.

This festival was popular throughout the empire, and it was intended to thank the Goddess of the Earth for her gifts, and to use this year's harvest of grain as a tribute to wish the Goddess' blessings in the coming year.

At the same time, as a festival after a busy whole year, the Harvest Festival can also be regarded as a large-scale blind date market for men and women. Most of the men and women in the village start and agree on their marriage leave on this day.

In the past, such a grand festival was spent in the castle on the top of the dragon with the townspeople in the towns below the mountain.

One year was lucky, and he even spent time with a brave man who occasionally went up the mountain at this time, tasted a small cup of ale that had been brewed for a full year as a celebration, and felt the atmosphere of the harvest festival.

...Of course, although the evil dragon Benlong thinks he can still drink more, there will be no more.In the words of the brave man, for a dragon like him who is approached by the brave every day, it would be nice to drink a little bit to feel the festive atmosphere, and a hangover from drinking too much is not good for the dragon.

But this year, different from the past, with the help of the brave Vorrell, the evil dragon can finally try to have a lively harvest festival with so many villagers in the village on this day.

Although due to his status, many people deliberately stay away with their wine glasses, but there are also many people who are willing to sit next to him, hand him a glass and talk to him. It's much more lively when the brave friends sit in the empty castle.

It's just that this year he came out of the castle on the top of the dragon. If that brave man happened to go up the mountain to find him for the festival today, he might not be able to find the dragon.

...But think about it, he also set up a wooden sign on the mountainside for this purpose. As long as the brave man has looked for him before this, he should be able to know that "the dragon is not in the castle".

The evil dragon thought of comforting himself in this way, but for some reason, he was still a little uneasy, for fear that he would miss the kindness of his brave friends by accident.

The villagers next to him were drinking a little bit at this time. Seeing his frown, they clinked glasses with him with the wine glass in their hands: "What, is there something bothering you? Frown at the Harvest Festival, be careful of bad luck in the coming year."

"Be happy, come and drink." As he said, he took the lead in drinking the ale in the glass.

The villager turned his glass upside down and looked at David, signaling that he had finished drinking and it was his turn to drink.However, taking advantage of his height, when the evil dragon was holding the cup to drink the sparkling water inside, the villager was the first to see what was in the cup.

Over the alcohol, the villagers stopped the cup in David's hand.

"Hey, you are already at this age. What kind of sparkling water does children only drink? If you want to drink, you have to drink." He said and handed over a wine glass.

For such a big dragon, I don't know much, but a glass of wine is really nothing.Not to mention that he drank it before, and he couldn't get drunk at all with the one that he didn't even have a fingernail on.

The evil dragon took up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp. Seeing his bold action, the villagers nearby cheered him up.

It's just that the evil dragon didn't have the heart to care about other things at the moment. He stared blankly at the empty wine glass in his hand, surprised that the taste of the wine was so familiar.

...Could it be that the brave man who made a special trip to the top of the evil dragon and spent the harvest festival with him became a well-known brewer, and the wine he brewed was sold all over the country, so that in such a remote village , can let him taste such a familiar taste?