Ed smiled. His smile was always easy to let your guard down — but this time it seemed to be useless.

"If you're here for no other purpose, it's best to leave as soon as possible. The unrecognizable Saz spoke again, calmly but resolutely: "You do not belong to this world. ”

The corners of Ed's lips froze in a slightly awkward arc. Felicity said that the Saz had no ill will towards outsiders...... But now it seems that it is clearly not welcome.

“...... Of course. He replied.

But as they turned to leave, a diminutive Saz man came running up and gave Isz a crystal—a beautiful lilac, larger than the one Nana held in her arms.

That should still be a child. He even reluctantly touched the tiny scales on Nana's back in exchange for a soft, sticky and sweet response like a marshmallow. Then he also took the opportunity to touch Is's hand quickly...... Probably because of the extraordinarily soft skin compared to theirs, he was particularly curious.

Maybe for the sake of the crystal and Nana, Iss just twitched the muscles in the corners of his eyes, and took a half step back with a wooden face.

The little Saz cracked his mouth and laughed, as if he was a little embarrassed, and a little proud. A golden-red glimmer streamed across his face, and Ed suddenly realized that the scales on the Saz skin were actually similar to Nana's, so thin and almost transparent, as if they were ground into ...... The beasts here have similar scales, and even if they are dark and dull in color, they are as smooth as jewels.

If they hadn't come, Nana might have been mistaken for a creature of this world. It might be able to live well in this world...... After all, it was scattered everywhere, and I don't know if it was grown on the ground, or if it was a fragment of a crystal hanging in the air, it seemed to be Nana's favorite food.

Those crystals are full of energy...... The magic power of this world is far more abundant than theirs.

He stopped talking until he was far away from the group of Saz before he whispered, "Maybe ......"

"No, I can't. "Nana can't stay here. ”

"It's that small. Ed didn't really have a decision, but it didn't seem bad if there was a safe place for Nana to stay for a while, "At least for a while, it won't be rejected by the world, right?"

“...... And it's not just because of that. Isis lowered his head to look at the little dragon who had lost his temper and happily continued to gnaw stones in his arms, "And it's not just because I don't want it to leave me. The world is not as safe as you think...... Have you ever counted how many of those guys were armed with weapons?"

Ed was stunned for a moment. He really didn't pay attention to that.

"Almost all adults carry it, both men and women. "No beast we have encountered is worthy of such a fierce battle by these Sazis...... Their combat ability is definitely not low, they can know the existence of the 'other world', and they can't be ignorant of magic. Powerful enough to be so vigilant, either there is another equally powerful intelligent race in this world that is against them, or they are not at peace within themselves. ”

Ed was speechless.

He remembered that he used to be the more observant one, because his father had told him that in order to become a successful businessman, he had to learn to observe first...... But as he mastered more and more power, his eyes could travel through space and time, seeing things that many people could not see, but gradually ignoring the reality in front of him.

"Here it is. "Leave where they can see." ”

Ed nodded silently.

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Fili was still standing by the circle, raising his eyebrows in surprise when they appeared: "So fast?"

He casually took Nana into his arms, patted its ass as punishment, and stared at the crystal it was holding and gnawing for a while, and was amazed: "This little guy can really eat anything...... Are dragons so powerful?"

He deliberately glanced at Iss, and Iss replied with a cold face: "...... I don't eat stones. ”

"This 'stone' looks valuable. Filly narrowed his eyes, "In that world you're in...... Is it a lot?"

His salivating look wasn't exactly a joke.

Pure gems of all kinds are the most common and precious materials for spellcasting. Sean and Icabard's various preparations at the temple by Lake Xi'an require a lot of gems...... Even King Fubi's temple was a bit unaffordable after Moira returned almost everything that had been confiscated by Ante.

“...... That's not ours. Ed said.

"Can't you pay for it?" Filly still looked half-joking.

Ed shook his head: "I don't think they need our money...... And people in that world don't seem to want to deal with us. ”

He actually had some regrets. When looking for Nana, they avoided the crowd all the way to avoid trouble. The only Saz people who had communicated with them didn't seem to want to communicate with them...... He didn't have time to look for the "imprint" Felicity was talking about, and he couldn't ask if they had seen or heard of Felicity - there were obviously not many "outsiders" in that world, and Felicity didn't seem to disguise himself like they did.

He wanted to know what she had been through there and what she had discovered...... I don't know whether it was intentional or not, but her notes are really not very detailed in this regard.

But in any case, they got Nana back.

Xiaolong definitely understood Filly's words. It slammed back into Is's arms, trying to hold the other crystal in its arms, but that was clearly a task that its short limbs could not do.

It could only shoehorn its precious candy into Is's clothes.

Fili laughed as he pointed to the bulge on Is's belly, laughing so hard that he couldn't speak. Isis took out the thing with a dark face, deliberately shook it in front of Nana's eyes, and with a twist of his wrist, a huge amethyst disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Nana's eyes widened slowly, and even her mouth opened slightly in horror and incredulity, and as soon as her claws loosened, the green crystal that she had gnawed on fell to Is's arm, and rolled to the ground with a thud.

Filly made a gesture to grab it, but Ed stopped him with a smile, picked up the crystal, and stuffed it back into the dragon's claws before it let out a loud cry.

Nana is smart, but she's also very coaxing. Its memory is like that of a human baby, what happened one second, will be forgotten the next - as long as you can grab its attention with another thing.

Is's brow furrowed as it hummed, looking up a little confusedly, as if wondering if it had lost something, and at other times immersed itself in munching on its apple candy.

"It's not getting ...... A little green?" he said.