The snow on the sacred lake of the Sicilian continent stopped and stopped, the wind blew non-stop, the clouds came and went, and the sky became clearer and clearer. The snow on the shore and the ice in the lake melted quietly, the tender green grass sprouts on the side, and the birds around them chirped more and more crisply.

Before you know it, the cold season is over.

At home at the bottom of the lake, Ao Bai slowly came to his senses, and after stretching his body, he gently turned his head to look at his partner and the young dragon next to him.

The little prince Ao Yi was sleeping soundly in the position that made him feel the most at ease - in the middle of Ji Mo and Ao Bai, Ji Mo was lying on his side, holding his little dragon in his arms, and the mother and son slept opposite each other.

Ao Yi has grown up a lot, about the thickness of Ao Bai's arms, and his length is obvious.

After Ao Bai looked at it for a while, he smiled with satisfaction, and swam out of bed as gently as possible, ready to go out to do something.

However, when the little white dragon just swam to the door, Ao Yi's movement came from behind.

"Roar, Roar, Roar, ......Roar, Roar, Roar, Roar, T

The little one only makes some childish roars of unknown meaning at the moment.

Ao Bai sighed, turned around helplessly, and met the little dragon's clear blue eyes, the little guy moved slowly, and swam out of it crookedly, obviously not very awake, and his movements were slow.

"Can you go back to sleep a little longer?" Ao Bai discussed.

Xiaolong naturally didn't understand, he nestled in his father's arms by himself, and his golden tail was skillfully wrapped around and hung firmly on Ao Bai's body.

"It's snowing up there, it's cold." Ao Bai reminded softly, "Yi'er, don't you want to guard your father?" ”

This is Ji Mo's clear opinion: whether the child is called your father, beast father, or father, but I must be Ao Yi's father, and I have to call it according to my rules, you must not teach the wrong one!

Ao Yi tilted his head, closed his eyes and took a nap.

Ao Bai rubbed Xiaolong lovingly, and quipped: "You are quite clever, you know that you can't quarrel with your father in the morning, do you also know that you are afraid?" ”

After a short nap, Ao Yi quickly regained his vitality, let go of his father, and took the initiative to swim out of the door, Xiaolong liked to swim freely in the water.

Ao Bai watched the young dragon effortlessly pass through the water curtain he had laid down, and couldn't help but have a headache and pride at the same time: This kid really inherited my power, but he was so naughty that he didn't dare to leave him at home because he couldn't keep it at home!

Xiaolong swam out with great interest, looking back at his father from time to time, and Ao Bai followed closely behind, letting the other party take him to swim, which was also a way to train the child.

After a while, Ao Bai spoke: "Come back, let's not go down the dark river today." ”

Ao Yi didn't understand, and continued to swim in the direction of the dark river, he had a good memory, Ao Bai took him to the dark river a few times to catch small green shrimp, and he remembered the route.

Ao Bai stopped where he was with a calm face, he knew that Xiaolong would come back.

When the entrance to the Dark River was in sight, the little dragon happily stopped and looked back again for his father.

“？” The little dragon blinked his clear and simple eyes, meaning: Why don't you swim over?

Ao Bai repeated: "Come back." ”

“？” Xiaolong was a little anxious, but realizing his father's disapproval, he swam back, wrapped his tail around Ao Bai's paws, and dragged him in the direction of the dark river.

"Okay Yi'er, let's not go to the dark river today, let's catch big fish on the lake." Ao Bai explained, he directly hugged Xiaolong and took him to hover and float.

The cold season has ended, the warm season has quietly arrived, and the ice on the lake is gradually melting, and the clear Ling Ling Ling is very transparent.

When he first took the young dragon out, Ji Mo was worried about stopping it, worried that he would frostbite the child, but once the husband and wife were busy with a little thing at hand, and they were careless, Ao Yi was taken up by Rong Tuo to play, and when he came back, there was nothing to do, and since then Ao Yi has had the opportunity to go up to the wooden house.

When Ao Bai took the little dragon up to the lake, Rong Tuo, who was also used to getting up early, had already circled around it to clear the residual ice, and Xitu was wearing very little clothes, and was rowing a small wooden boat to chase the green dragon, screaming and laughing.

"Ahhh Xitu rowed the boat hard.

"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you, I'm busy." Rong Tuo replied angrily.

Rong Tuo sensed Ao Bai's breath, he turned his head to look, swam over and greeted: "Morning, king, little prince, you are also early, you are really a diligent little dragon, always get up so early!" ”

Xitu immediately rowed the boat over and asked happily: "Ao Yi, Ao Yi, do you still recognize me?" I'm your brother Xitu. ”

Xiaolong has been living at the bottom of the lake in the cold season, and has only recently followed his father to the wooden house a few times.

The smell of the little orcs of the Tiger Clan was too strange to the young dragon, and Ao Yi was close to his father, looking at Xitu ignorantly and vigilantly.

"You're pretty early, that's good." Ao Bai smiled and said, "Xitu, Ao Yi is still young, he shouldn't be able to remember you, just wait for him to grow up." ”

Then he introduced to Xiaolong: "This is Brother Xitu, I played with you last time, remember?" ”

Ao Yi plunged his head into his father's arms and rubbed it a few times.

"Alas~ It seems that he doesn't remember me." Xitu said dejectedly that he had always maintained a high level of enthusiasm for this little dragon brother of the Sea Clan.

Rong Tuo glanced at the little tiger cub triumphantly, leaned over and gently touched the little dragon with the tip of his tail, making a coaxing gesture: "Hey~ Little Prince, I'm Rong Tuo, you must remember me, right?" ”

Xiaolong turned around, opened his eyes, and rubbed Rong Tuo in a friendly manner.

Rong Tuo is a dragon after all, since Ao Yi was born, he went down to the bottom of the lake to tease Ao Yi when he was bored from time to time, no matter how he said it, the smell was also familiar.

"Hahaha~~" Rong Tuo laughed out loud, and Xi Tu glared at Qinglong angrily.

Ao Bai Zhengse said to Rong Tuo: "Come with me to the Raptor Tribe in a while, and before returning to the Sicilian Sea, the specific details of the cooperation must be determined." ”

Yes, Ji Mo's shoulder injury has healed, Xiaolong has been born safely, and the warm season has arrived, so it's time to prepare to return to Fenghai.

Rong Tuo restrained his grin-hee-haha attitude, "Okay, then I won't go to the beast tribe today, Ta has been doing well since he returned to the tribe, according to the agreement, he came out of Xiaohe three times to sue me, and he was not troubled by the clansmen." ”

"That's good." Ao Bai nodded, "The tower priest has helped me a lot, and Ji Mo has been worried that his disappearance during this period of time will affect his return. ”

"Hey~ No, Ta Ke is a very powerful priest of the beast tribe. Who does not hold it, O priest? In this case, it is the same for the sea tribe priests, the tribe cannot lack priests, who will kill the tribesmen to save the tribesmen! Rong Tuo said indifferently.

Ao Yi slowly swam away from his father's embrace, swam around the green dragon, swimming round and round, the golden scales on his back and tail were unusually dazzling in the morning sun, white and gold, and naturally extravagant.

"Ao Yi, come here, come here, my brother has something to say to you." Xitu tirelessly coaxed Xiaolong, but Ao Yi swam flexibly and fast, and Xitu couldn't touch him at all.

Ao Bai smiled and said to Rong Tuo: "That's really what it means, but Ji Mo is worried." ”

Rong Tuo flicked his tail and said with emotion: "The Dragon Queen has always been more kind, I know." ”

"He's that kind of character, I guess he can't change it." Ao Bai sighed and smiled.

――If Ji Mo hadn't been that kind of character, I wouldn't be where I am today.

"The little prince looks the same every day, he grows so fast, hey~ Look at his clever appearance!" Rong Tuo looked at Ao Yi enviously and said that he also wanted to have his own partner and offspring, and the family lived warmly and happily.

Ao Bai understood his eyes and comforted: "Don't worry, you will have it too, don't pick your eyes when the time comes." ”

"Huh? What do you mean? Rong Tuo asked puzzledly, "What is the eye?" ”

Ao Bai didn't explain, just smiled: "Wait, the Sicilian Sea will soon not be a sea area that is feared and kept away by the sea tribe." ”

After speaking, he greeted:

"Yi'er, let's go."

He turned around and prepared to go to the other side of the sacred lake to catch fresh fish.

The little dragon could already distinguish his parents calling his name, and he didn't care to play with Xitu Rongtuo, and hurriedly followed his father's scent.

Xitu reluctantly shouted: "Hey~Hey~ Brother Ao Yi, don't go, brother will play with you for a while!" ”

"He hasn't eaten yet, it's time to make trouble in a while, Ji Mo will take him up to play with you later." Ao Bai said with a smile.

"Really? Then I'll wait for him in the wooden house, Ji Mo must remember to bring Xiaolong up! Xitu admonished with concern.

Ao Yi heard the other party calling his name, and he blinked his big ice blue eyes and looked back suspiciously, causing the little tiger cub to wave and cheer in surprise.

"Yi'er, do you like this big lake?" Ao Bai asked softly.

――I can't imagine that Ji Mo and I have been in my brother's territory for so long, and even Yi'er was born here.

The little white dragon looked at the familiar vast, quiet and holy lake in front of him, as well as the familiar grass and trees around him, the sound of birds chirping, and the treetops swaying in the warm wind of the warm season, and his heart was really emotional.

Of course, Xiaolong couldn't understand the complicated feelings in his father's heart, he was flipping and rolling comfortably on the lake, swimming in a fancy way, and this appearance followed Ji Mo! As he moved, the golden wisps on his body kept flickering and looming.

Suddenly, a group of fat fish swam not far in front of the father and son, and these guys had been holding back at the bottom of the lake for the whole cold season, and they couldn't wait to come out to breathe, court, and feed.

Before Ao Bai could speak, the little dragon had already swam over with his tail swinging, and his appearance was completely different from the naïve appearance when he was playing before.

After his father's conscious guidance and demonstration, the little dragon already knew that the fish in front of him were food, they would move and run quickly, and if they didn't want to go hungry, they would have to chase and hunt hard.

"Okay, hurry up." Ao Bai followed not far behind, watching the young dragon rush over bravely, scratching regardless of the ground, using all the claws and tails.

It's a pity that Ao Yi is too small, and the group of fish is much larger than him.

"Roar, roar, roar...... Woo......" Xiaolong got nothing, and returned to his father's side in frustration, babbling and not knowing whether to complain or complain.

Ao Bai smiled encouragingly, "Yes, it's much faster than last time." ”

After finishing speaking, Ao Bai personally went into battle, took Xiaolong with him, slowed down his movements, and explained carefully, although he knew that the child still couldn't understand, but he would instinctively imitate his father's movements, and that was enough.

The group of swimming fish scattered and fled, and by the time they had calmed down, Ao Bai had caught enough fish.

"Oh~ This is your breakfast, take it yourself, and go home." Ao Bai picked a fish of a good size and handed it to the young dragon.

Xiaolong took the fish over, and held it with some difficulty, simply happy. With a weight on his body, his movements were not so flexible and he followed his father to swim home.

- Although you can't hunt independently yet, you are a royal dragon, and you must learn what you should learn!

*****

After the father and son returned home, they were surprised to find that Ji Mo had woken up and was busy.

The mermaid was sitting on the bluestone slab in front of her house, contemplating.

The shark bone plate brought from the Sicilian Sea has been densely engraved with words, dense but not messy, Ji Mo has been carefully typeset and designed, which records the major events that have happened since he landed, such as:

――On the 2nd/16th night of the first year of the Western Dynasty, Ao Yi was born;

-- On the 4th/25th day of the first year of the Western era, the cold season ended, and the snow melted;

-- On the 4th/28th day of the cold year of the first year of the Western Dynasty, the tower returned to the tribe of beasts;

……

At this time, he was holding the record board, a little distracted.

Ao Yi happily swam over with his breakfast in his arms and crashed straight into Ji Mo's arms.

"Why did you wake up so early today?" Ao Bai asked with a smile, and he put all the fish he caught into a special basket.

"Well, it's a bit of a matter to make an appointment with Qingzhe." Ji Mo said, he hugged the young dragon and kissed, "Yi'er is so good!" Did you bring this big fish back on your own? Yes, you know how to share the burden for your father. ”

Xiaolong kept rubbing in Ji Mo's arms, he was just coquettish, there was no doubt about it.

"Hahaha~~ Good son, okay, okay, Dad likes you the most." Ji Mo smiled, petting the young dragon's smooth, clean, still weak scales.

Ao Bai pretended to reprimand, "Ao Yi, such a big dragon still wants to be coquettish?" Why don't you hurry up and eat your fish, I'm hungry and stabbed by a fish bone for a while, it's really a shame for the dragon family~"

Xiaolong heard his father's reprimanding tone, he glanced at Ao Bai at a loss, with an expression of "I don't know why you are angry", but Ji Mo laughed, he picked up the fish that Xiaolong threw next to him, carefully cleaned it and put it on the stone table, and said:

"Yi'er, come to breakfast, be careful with the fish bones, Dad will take you up to play with Brother Xitu in a while."

Ao Bai muttered in a low voice: "You don't need to help him next time, Ao Yi knows how to eat, don't spoil him." ”

Crossing the fish said angrily: "Speaking of which, Yi'er is not even satisfied for three months, it is when he needs his parents to take care of him, and he should help him." Last time, you let him eat it by himself, but he was stuck with a fish bone and bleeding from his mouth, but fortunately, the tower priest was here, so he got it out in time, and now the tower priest is back to the tribe! ”

Hmph~ The last time the child was stuck in a fish bone and cried, weren't you also nervous and worried? How long has it been since you forgot about jì?

Ao Bai looked at Xiaolong's way of holding the fish and trying to eat, Yan's father's expression only lasted for a while and he couldn't hold on, and couldn't help but reach over to help him divide the fish flesh and fish skeleton, this is a kind of fresh fish with very few bones and only a skeleton that he specially selected, it is obvious that the accident last time had frightened the young father.

"When are we going home?" Ji Mo asked.

Ao Bai handed over a fish, "Soon, today Rong Tuo and I will go to the Raptor Tribe again to discuss the specific details of cooperation, and the location of the future transaction is the small beach on the eastern edge of the Sicilian Sea." ”

"Oh? Is it the same beach where you last clashed with the Hawkmen? Ji Mo asked, he poked at the fish meat, and he didn't have much appetite.

Ao Bai nodded, tore a piece of fish meat and fed it to his partner's mouth, "This is there, it is said to be the place where the raptor tribe picks salt." It is the most appropriate place: the retreat of the eagle man is a dense forest, and behind us is the Sicilian Sea, and no one suffers. ”

Ji Mo swallowed it tastelessly, "It's the same." ”

Xiaolong on the side saw his father's feeding action, he quit, and also swam in front of Ao Bai, looking at his father with anticipation.

“？” Ao Bai was puzzled, and the father and son looked at each other, "What's wrong?" Don't like to eat this fish? Ao Bai asked gently.

Ji Mo knows more about the psychology of children than his partner, he quickly reacted when he looked at the child's eyes, and hurriedly handed over a piece of fish meat.

After Xiaolong opened his mouth to eat, he still didn't leave, and continued to look at his father.

"Oh~" Ao Bai suddenly realized, smiled and fed a piece of fish meat, "If that's the case, right?" Hmm~ You just rely on us to hurt you. ”

After enjoying the care of his parents, Xiaolong returned to his original position and continued to eat his own.

Ji Mo watched Xiaolong become more and more clever and lively day by day, and the love in his heart really couldn't be concealed, sometimes the child was too naughty and wanted to teach him a lesson, but when he thought that the child was actually less than a hundred days old, and he trusted and relied on himself like this, the face couldn't hold back.

Crossing the fish thought:

――In the past, I really didn't think that I would have a child of my own, or a dragon? Hey~ The dragon is the dragon, just think of it as a child with more transformation skills, and the dragon is also what I worked hard to conceive and give birth to!

"Then you have to be careful, what is the attitude of the Raptor tribe towards Rong Tuo? Will it affect cooperation? Ji Mo got back to business.

"Don't worry about us, although the eagle people look at Rong Tuo very unpleasantly, but their patriarch is a sober and sensible person, and the previous grievances have also been troubled, and now we in the Sicilian Sea have taken the initiative to mention the cooperation between them, they are too late to be happy, and everyone has not mentioned the past." Ao Bai explained.

Ji Mo pondered for a moment, and nodded in agreement: "That's true, our Sicilian Sea is strategically located, and other seas can't compare, as long as we hold it in the future, we won't worry about not being able to develop." ”

However, it is said that it is more difficult to defend the country, and the current Sicilian Sea is too lacking in the power to protect the dragon clan.

"It's going to be defended!" Ao Bai said confidently, "My father and queen mother gave me the Sicilian Sea, and according to the rules of the dragon clan, as long as I don't open my mouth, it will not be taken back. The Sicilian Sea is part of the East China Sea, and dragons from other seas want to come over to make trouble. ”

Ji Mo said with some worry: "Father, queen mother, and queen...... Alas~ If they see you now, they don't know what kind of expression it will be. ”

It's really chilling to say, there are some things that Ji Mo has never mentioned, so he shouldn't know, but he feels sorry for Ao Bai in his heart:

According to the rules of the dragon clan, if the royal dragon was sealed in the sea area, the dragon king and queen dragon should have planned for the prince, and at least gave him a team of guard dragons, a group of guard dragons, as well as priests and turtle stewards, and so on.

- But when Ao Bai left the East China Sea, he only brought his partner with him!

Moreover, after coming to the Sicilian Sea, the East China Sea side was silent, and there was no intention of helping or keeping in touch at all, which is really chilling!

Ao Bai smiled relievedly, "You said that my father and queen mother, I didn't think much about that." Of course, I also hope that the East China Sea will remain prosperous and stable, and that my family will be healthy and safe. Anything else, I'm afraid it's useless to think about it. ”

Xiao Bailong thought to himself, if I talk about my relatives, I only have my eldest brother Ao Yang at the moment.

"That's right, let it be." Ji Mo concluded indifferently, "The East China Sea is a distant pearl, and we in the Sicilian Sea are probably a little far away if we want to borrow light, and I hope that the clansmen will be well." ”

In the face of the upcoming separation, the husband and wife are a little depressed.

Only Xiaolong is carefree, he is happy, has a perfect family, loves his parents, and has a strong uncle.

"Roar, roar, roar...... Ah, woo woo...... "Xiaolong was full, and began to make noise about going out to play, pestering Ji Mo's fish tail and pulling it to the door.

The sorrow of parting is swept away, and the meaning of needing children in the family probably also includes these aspects, and adults must always pay attention to and deal with the various needs of children.

Ji Mo hurriedly comforted the child, "What's wrong?" Have you eaten enough? Well? ”

Xiaolong couldn't speak, but just vigorously expressed his desire to go out.

"Okay, okay, Daddy will take you out to play." Ji Mo kissed Xiaolong and hurriedly packed up the breakfast basket.

Ao Bai told again: "Don't get used to him too much, this kid always likes to swim in the dark river recently, I really don't know what's good down there!" Take him up to the cabin, I'm relieved to have my eldest brother here. ”

"Well, then you and Rong Tuo should be careful, I'll take Yi'er up first, and I have to mention to my eldest brother that we are about to return to the Sicilian Sea." Ji Mo held the basket in one hand and Xiaolong in the other, and went out.

*****

Even if a long tent is built for thousands of miles, there is no feast in the world that will not be dispersed.

The wooden house observation deck is there

Ao Yang smiled reluctantly and asked, "Do you remember what I told you?" ”

Xiao Bailong's voice was lower and lonely than usual: "Remember everything, big brother rest assured." ”

"That dark river connects to a trench in the Sicilian Sea, and I went ashore from there, so I didn't go back the way I came, it was too unsafe." Ao Yang admonished uneasily.

The purple vines around the sacred lake are in full bloom, the birds are singing, the wind is blowing north, and the little white dragon and his family are going back to the Sicilian Sea.

Ji Mo hugged the young dragon, his eyes were sour and hot, and he could no longer be as unhesitant as when he left the East China Sea Dragon Palace.

Having lived for so long, the Holy Lake has a respectable and amiable brother, and this is also home.

Qing Zhe was also very reluctant, "Be careful along the way, especially Ao Yi, the little guy has never left this lake since he was born, and the cub may run around when he sees the fresh environment." ”

"I know, I'll be optimistic about Yi'er." Ji Mo held back the sourness on the tip of his nose and replied, "Xitu, you have to be obedient, don't be sad, we will come here if we have a chance." ”

The little tiger cub choked and nodded, so sad that he could barely speak: his best playmate Rong Tuo, his favorite Xiaolong brother Ao Yi, as well as Ao Bai and Ji Mo, were all leaving.

"It's not too early, Ao Bai, let's go." Ao Yang reminded and said, "You can come back whenever you want." ”

The Sicilian Sea and the Sicilian continent, although they are close together, are unfortunately separated by terrestrial orc tribes in the middle.

The little white dragon finally smiled at his brother and said, "Big brother, then we will go first, and the Sicilian Sea will always look forward to your arrival." ”

"Hmm." Ao Yang smiled slightly, and his brown eyes were full of warmth.

The little white dragon escorted Ji Mo and the young dragon to slowly dive and disappeared into the lake.

Rong Tuo hesitated, and finally shouted:

"We're leaving, eldest prince and little black cub Xitu, you must remember to come to the Sicilian Sea to play!"