Do you believe me when I say I’m not a dragon?

Chapter 22: Black Dragon

"Sora? Why are you here?"

It has been some time since the scholars came here, and Kuru has also met Keressi several times. In her impression, Kexie is always gentle, considerate, and slow, and she is obviously only older than Sora and the others. These are women with maternal warmth.

She sat in front of the desk and chair, looked at the three of them unexpectedly, and put down the pen in her hand.

"Come and take a look." Sora sat on a chair nearby and approached him unceremoniously: "You always stay in the room and never come out, we just miss you~"

"Also, I just want to bring little Kulu here to see the knowledge outside. After all, a scholar like your husband has a lot of notes in his room, right?"

"That's it." Ke Laixi looked over and smiled kindly at Kulu, "Then please feel free to do whatever you want. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me."

"Oh, I see."

Kuroo was a little cautious and looked inside the room.

The space in the spaceship was not spacious, so it was a bit cramped for the four of them to squeeze in here. Apart from the bed, tables and chairs, the only remaining furnishings were the large bookshelf in the corner.

"Are all the books in the bookshelf brought by you from home?" Sola also noticed the bookshelf full of books, and seemed to have thought of something, "...isn't it a bit too much, and there are children Reading, do you plan to stay here for a long time?"

"..." After hearing her words, Kulu saw a hint of gloom disappear on Ke Laixi's face.

But she hid it very well, and because she was carrying Dale and Sora behind her back, only Kulu noticed the change in her mood.

"... He prepared it. After all, when he heard that I wanted to come together, he strongly disagreed. Later, he couldn't resist me, so he prepared a lot of things just in case."

Ke Laixi said lightly, her palm gently touching her abdomen which had a certain curvature.

"I also agree with his point of view. After all, there is currently no solution for these parasites. If you are infected..." Dell started, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Kelisi with a smile.

"——About this, I heard from Harold that he already has some idea. I'm afraid that in the near future, a medicine to treat parasites will be produced."

"This is good news, but I'm afraid something might happen..."

"The thing that surprised me the most was one thing." Ke Laiqi looked at everyone pretending to be confused, "Do you think that just because I'm married, you just treat me like an ordinary person without any sense of vigilance?"

"This, this is not."

"That's it." She showed a bright smile, her eyes looking down at her belly revealed a loving light, "It won't be easy for us to get together again after we get married. I hope to take this opportunity to have a good time when the child is born. You can stay with me."

Ke Laixi looked at Kulu again and smiled slightly: "Similarly, I also hope to receive your blessings."

"I will." Kulu nodded sheepishly, casually pulled out a notebook and flipped through it.

But in fact, just listening to their words made Kulu's mind no longer on the book. She was more curious about the past between her instructor's companions than the knowledge from the outside world.

A flame called the Heart of Bagua rose up in her heart.

"Eh...what is this?"

——But soon, her attention was attracted by the content in the notes.

"What?" Kelisi held her belly and was about to stand up to explain to her. Kulu quickly handed the book out and put it in front of her, "Oh, this, this is what we saw in the forest a few months ago. creature. Originally, Harold planned to ask you about it as soon as he got off the ship, but he put it on hold because he was too busy with things to deal with. If you hadn't brought it out now, I would have forgotten about it. Little Kulu, you You should know each other, right?"

"Is this a creature from our forest?"

Kulu looked at the pictures in the notes: it was a majestic black dragon, covered with thick scales, with the indifferent red eyes of creatures with vertical pupils, thick horns extending straight back; strong dragon wings Stretched out to its full length, it is twice as long as its body size; its limbs are powerful, and you can clearly see its strong muscles covered under the scales.

"do not you know?"

Seeing Kuroo's confusion, Sora and Dell also came closer and looked at the pictures in the notes.

"What creature is this?"

"It seems a bit similar to a fire dragon. Is it a subspecies?"

Kelisi shook her head helplessly, "I don't know either. Harold said he has never seen such a creature."

However, when he heard the name of the fire dragon subspecies that Sora accidentally mentioned, a thought flashed through Kuroo's mind.

"I seem to remember it!"

Everyone looked at Kulu. She stuttered and slowly told them what happened three years ago.

"At first, I found traces of it during a mission to clean up overpopulated black-bristle pigs... Later, it just disappeared into the forest. We couldn't find it no matter how hard we looked for it, so we could only temporarily keep it. The matter is put on hold.”

After a while, Kulu pursed her lips and still looked at the contents of the note with suspicion: "To be honest, I don't think these two dragons are the same creature, because they only lasted more than three years. It can't grow so fast."

"But the black dragon you mentioned three years ago is the same creature as this one, right?"

After listening patiently to Kulu's description, Ke Laixi asked first.

Kuroo nodded silently.

Among the hunters who discovered the black dragon three years ago, there was one who was good at painting. After he came back, he drew the little black dragon. Kulu had also seen the painting. According to the looks between the two, the little black dragon I'm afraid that when he grows up, he will be no different from the black dragon in the notebook.

"It's really strange. Are there two black dragons of the same race in the forest?" Ke Laixi frowned and thought for a while, and finally gave up, "Little Kulu, can I ask you a favor?"

"Go ahead."

"Actually, it's not that important." Ke Laixi lifted a strand of hair to her ear and smiled lightly: "I hope you can ask the people in the village if anyone knows anything about this black dragon. When he first met this black dragon, Harold was as excited as a child. I hope he can do something to make him happier after returning from work."

"Leave it to me." This was indeed a trivial matter, and Kulu nodded and agreed.

...After a while, the three of them left Ke Laixi's room.

"Ah, it's been so long without even realizing it~"

Sora raised his hands and stretched his body, revealing his slim waist.

"What are you thinking about?" Dale asked, looking aside. Kulu looked a little absent-minded.

"Ah, it's nothing, I was just thinking about the black dragon." Sensing the gaze of others, Kulu suddenly woke up and smiled sheepishly, "The instructor told me that this black dragon is a female fire dragon and other creatures. He was born a mutant, so I’m a little curious, if what the instructor said is correct, what race of creature is its father?”

"Indeed, I also want to know what kind of thing the female fire dragon gave birth to such a creature that can grow so big in three years." Sola also agreed.

"There is no evidence that those two are the same creature." Dell corrected with a glance at her.

"But there's no evidence that those two are not the same creature, is there?" Sola responded with her words, then laughed to herself and left the place slowly.

Kulu keenly heard the slight "tsk" sound from Dell next to her, but she turned around and silently followed Sora with the same calm and indifferent expression.

Chapter 23: Gray Scale Dragon

"I am back."

Harold opened the door, took off his coat and hung it by the door.

"Welcome back."

Ke Laixi put down the book in her hand and greeted him gently.

Looking at Ke Lacy sitting on the chair, her belly getting bigger day by day, Harold couldn't help but hug her from behind.

Kelisi was not surprised. Instead, she took the initiative to hold Harold's hand stretched out from his shoulder, leaned her head back affectionately, and asked softly:

"Miss me?"

"Always wanted to."

"Me too."

For the couple, such obnoxious behavior has long been a daily routine, but Ke Laixi still noticed the hidden emotional changes in the other party's words.

"Is there something on your mind?"

"No...well, there is indeed something." Harold said, took out an envelope from his arms, and sat on the chair next to her.

"Regarding this parasite incident, the institute headquarters has already received news."

He opened the envelope with a smile and handed it to Kelisi.

After she took it, she read it carefully.

The letter reads:

[Dear Leader Harold, hello: First of all, thank you for your attention to this task.Regarding the clue raised by your colleague that "these gray mist may not be parasites, but body tissues separated from an individual", the Ecological Library has opened full access for investigation.After a period of searching, we have indeed found the corresponding records, and the records do contain information that may be helpful to you.We have packaged and integrated the information and sent the fast falcon to fly to you.I sincerely hope that you can solve the "grey miasma" as soon as possible. 】

"'Grey Miasma'?" Ke Laixi looked at Harold after reading, "Is it that gray mist?"

"We lacked knowledge about them before, so we called them parasites. In fact, their scientific name is gray miasma, which is the scale powder emitted by an individual called 'Grey Scale Dragon'."

Seeing Ke Laixi's puzzled look, Harold smiled and held her hand: "I can tell you anything you want to know. Although the information has been given to other people who are researching, these I have memorized all the contents.”

"Then please."

Harold began to explain incessantly. Whenever this happened, Ke Laixi would always put down what she was doing and listen patiently to what others were saying.It was this respect and tenderness that fascinated Harold.

"——About a few hundred years ago, the research institute recorded records of Gray Scale Dragon: it was a rare species of winged dragon with gray scales all over its body, although there was no record of its detailed appearance. , but its capabilities are well documented.”

"The scales of the gray-scale dragon are very fragile, and even chopping with a knife can damage the scales. But the most special point comes from this. The gray-scale dragon can release its scales into scale powder, which can spread to distant places through the air. This Seed scale powder can release pheromones to resonate with companions, thereby attracting them to reproduce with them, or simply communicate;"

"At the same time, their scale powder can also perform functions such as healing on companions. Moreover, this scale powder can also attach to humans, causing negative effects such as physical weakness, and in severe cases, it can even be fatal. This kind of scale powder has been used by hundreds of people. Humans named it gray miasma years ago, and it is exactly this situation that we need to solve.”

As he spoke, Harold showed a look of joy on his face: "Not only that, the data sent by the institute also recorded some earthworks to solve the gray miasma, and the materials in them all exist in this forest! If we can improve it, we can It can even be mass-produced before the gray miasma parasitizes the forest and protect the ecology of this forest!"

"That's it..." After hearing what he said, Ke Laixi also showed a relaxed expression, but there was still a trace of sadness lingering in her eyebrows, "However, since we want to solve the gray miasma, we must deal with the gray miasma." It's a scaled dragon. With the strength of our current hunters, are we sure of it?"

"In fact, there is no need to deal with the gray scale dragon." Harold smiled. "The records mention that the release of gray miasma by the gray scale dragon will also cause a great burden on its body. I have discussed it with my colleagues. It should be releasing gray miasma to attract mates of the same kind, but I am afraid that this gray-scaled dragon has no kin anymore, so its courtship behavior will continue, causing such a situation. If it continues like this, I am afraid there will be no need for hunters to solve it , the gray scale dragon will become weak and die."

"So that's it..." Ke Laixi finally breathed a sigh of relief and showed a bright smile. Then, her eyes fell on the end of the envelope.

After the atmosphere in the room was quiet for a while, Ke Laixi asked softly: "Is there anything else you want to tell me?"

"..." Harold still had a smile on his face, "That's all, but if you want to hear me continue, I can tell you everything from when we met to now."

"You're such a talker." Ke Laixi glanced at him angrily and pushed him gently, "After working all day, go take a shower."

"As ordered."

Harold took a change of clothes and left the room.

After closing the door, his smiling eyes calmed down, and a touch of melancholy appeared in his eyebrows.

"Hey..." He sighed cautiously and headed to the public bathhouse of the ship.

He did hide something from Ke Laixi, and it was something very important.

Harold touched his pocket and took out a page of paper, which was the bottom part of the envelope:

[The following is a request issued by the Ecological Research Institute, the Hunter Guild and other Sky Island Federations. Please keep it confidential, Team Leader Harold: The Floating Island is in urgent need of a new resource collection center, and the default establishment location is right at your location. The forest where it is located.The Federation hopes that you will take advantage of the "Grey Miasma" event to cooperate with the local forest people.At the same time, if something unexpected happens while you are dealing with the "grey miasma" incident, please take the protection of forest resources as your first responsibility - the Sky Island Federation is here. 】

Below the envelope, there was a row of red seals. The dazzling color was reflected in his eyes, making him unable to help but feel a heavy responsibility weighing on his back, making it difficult to breathe.

The resource collection center...it was a structure built to supplement the scarce resources on the floating island that destroyed the natural ecological environment.

Or to be more specific, it is a factory that turns "beasts" into "livestock".

After the resource collection center is established, all resources in the local area will be completely exploited. Animals will be captured, trees will be cut down, spring water will be transported, and even nutrient-rich soil will be continuously transported to the floating island. Provide motivation to live for those who live like gears on the island.

Harold knows the meaning of this letter better than anyone else - even if this forest is not destroyed by the "grey miasma", it will lose its original appearance under the reclamation of resource collection centers.

Harold stared at the envelope closely, finally sighed deeply, clenched it tightly and stuffed it back into his pocket.

The local forest people will definitely not agree to such serious ecological damage. In worse cases, they will break up with them on the spot, and among them there will definitely be the Lore who is Coryci's companion.

Whether it's destroying the ecology or causing his wife to break up with her best friend, Harold is unwilling to do it.But what was before him was not a multiple-choice question, but an order.If Harold hadn't done this, I don't know how many people would have starved to death.

This was no longer a matter of right or wrong, but it was precisely because of this that Harold felt suffocated.

He shuffled forward, stooping.

Chapter 24: Gray Miasma

The blue sky was obscured by gray fog. In such an environment, everything you looked at seemed to be enveloped in a layer of death.

Mercer sat on the top of the mountain and looked around at the surrounding scenery.

He finally returned here. Not long ago, he fought with a group of giant wolves that could climb vertical mountains at this location. Although they caused a little trouble for Mercer, what really made Mercer feel palpitating was the words. The overwhelming gray fog.

After he was submerged in the gray mist, Mercer seemed to be lost, and his body instinctively flew in one direction. This feeling would make Mercer feel uneasy every time he thought about it.

But this was not a reason for him to escape. Although Mercer could not see the whole picture of such a large-scale gray fog, it was probably only a matter of time before it swallowed up the entire forest.

——In fact, part of the gray fog has already spread through the forest.

Although Mercer could escape, his subordinates did not have the ability to avoid being caught up by the gray mist. He had lived with these monkeys for more than three years, and he had no family ties or feelings. It was not so easy to abandon them.

And part of it comes from Mercer's self-esteem.Although it was a bit reckless to say this, Mercer despised the behavior of being frightened after encountering the gray fog.

He didn't believe it anymore. What could a mere mist with no substance do to him?