Chapter 25: The Distant Wind, the Visitor from the Sea (3)
Six days later, I met what Bednar called the "big guy."
It was a massive black dragon, as tall as Barron's church, with sharp fangs in its mouth.
The women in the mercenary group are a little scared, and we rough men ...... I still think it's cool.
-- I didn't mean to use such a clichΓ© word, but I was so shocked that I couldn't find another suitable word for a while.
The man who commanded the dragon was an old thunder fighter named Arnold. It is said that he is the last person on the Big 6 to possess the blood of a giant dragon and be able to harness it.
The fighters in the regiment all admired Arnold very much, of course...... Also envious. After all, the magic on the big 6 is now flourishing, but the fighting spirit is declining day by day, and the bloodline of a dragon like this no longer has a heritage, which may be a signal that the fighter is about to die.
I think I can probably understand why, in my previous life, a fighter could only become a legend recorded in books.
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Arnold had a good relationship with the dragon, and the vicious dragon was as docile as a sheep in front of him. Under his command, we all sat down in our fixed positions on the dragon's back, and then, at his strange call, the dragon rose into the air.
We follow the dragon through the clouds, the wind whistling in our ears. Soon, Dean Pei Ji, who was waving at us on the ground, turned into black dots the size of a grain of wheat.
Of course, there was not only the sound of the wind, but also the startled screams of the fighters.
It was also the first time I had reached such a height, and it was more of an excitement than a feeling of fear.
It's so exciting.
It makes people feel the urge to shout.
I was looking out when my hand was suddenly grabbed. I turned around and bumped into Bednar's searching gaze.
"What's wrong?" I asked him with a smile.
He also pulled out a smile, then shook his head silently and took his hand back.
I felt my palms slightly wet, and I looked at Bernar, who had been quiet for a while, and suddenly understood something.
"It's the first time I've reached such heights." I approached him and said to him.
Bednar's ears twitched, then he turned his face slightly and looked at me with his bright eyes, as if waiting for me to continue.
I saw that the other fighters were frolicking and chatting, so I reached over and took Bena's hand.
He was stunned and looked at me with some confusion.
I grinned: "The wind is too strong, it's blowing a little cold." β
When he heard this, he raised his hand to take off his coat, which startled me, and quickly pulled his hand over, and then leaned to his ear, and whispered, "Hey, don't be afraid." β
The wheat-colored skin on Bena's neck quickly became slightly red, but his face was still expressionless, he held my hand back, and his voice was hard: "Hahahaha, the wind is too strong, Colo, what did you just say?" β
This dry laughter is really ugly.
However, I don't want to expose the fact that he is afraid of heights, and in front of others, I always have to take into account his face as the "head of the Blade Mercenary Group".
"I said, I want to eat the Burke beans you made."
When Bednar heard me say this, he stopped his ugly laughter, and he blinked, and there seemed to be a little emotion in his eyes.
"Kolo, when you come back from Dragon Island, can you accompany me to a place?"
Somewhere? In fact...... I also wanted Bednar to accompany me somewhere, to the Panson Welfare Home.
I did that kind of thing to him, and I got along with him for a while without any scruples, even if I was only "forced" to be responsible at first, but now I ...... I have to admit that I did enjoy this somewhat overly intimate relationship with Bennet, and I think I seem to have basically accepted it...... Accept the fact that he will be the one who will accompany me in the rest of my life.
And my secrets, my real name, and the past that was buried with my memories, I want to tell him one by one.
- Of course...... It was after I found out the cause of the sudden fire in the welfare home.
ββ¦β¦ Kolo? β
I wanted to be engrossed, but I forgot to reply to Bernar. I heard him call me, and quickly pulled out a laugh: "...... All right. β
"En......"
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Flying with the dragon, we flew for two days and one day off, and spent a total of ten days on Dragon Island.
After the initial excitement passed, the time spent strapped to the dragon's back seat became a little difficult.
And, halfway through...... I also have a cold.
Maybe the wind was too cold, or maybe my mage's robe was too thin, but in short, I was dizzy and hot now, and after drinking the potion I had concocted, I was drowsy and didn't want to talk all day.
Bennar looked a little anxious, but he was a fighter, and even a healing mage like me couldn't cure the disease overnight, and of course he couldn't do anything about it.
But when it came to the next flight, he condensed a barrier with his fighting spirit and firmly protected me inside. There was still electricity visible to the naked eye in the transparent wall, and the wind was blowing on both sides, and I couldn't even feel it.
It's just that...... I persuaded him several times, and even offered to let them go first, and I went to 6 to take a traffic car to meet them. He listened to it in his ears and promised with his mouth, but he ......
One, meaning, loneliness, line.
Complete, complete, no, reasonable.
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As a result, by the time we arrived at Dragon Island, he was pale and looked much haggard than he had been at first.
I looked at his face and felt a little distressed.
As he handed Arnold the bag of markers, Bednar looked at me, and when he saw me looking at him, he made a nonchalant look and said, "Look what I'm doing, it's all right." β
I coughed twice, and he hurriedly came over and patted me on the back.
"I see you're almost better, why do you still cough......" he whispered in my ear, "I was thinking of taking you to see the dragon eggs after lunch......
I straightened my back, looked straight at his pale face, and said word by word, "You need to rest too." β
Bednar frowned, "I'm a thunder fighterβ"
"Rest with me."
Before he could finish speaking, I quickly cut off his words.
He was choked for a moment, and then as if deflated, he reached out and patted his strong arm: "Okay, listen to you, go to the camp to rest first." By the way - do you want to rely on me? β
My body is a little overdrawn, and I still have to lean on.
I had some nameless fire in my heart, but I didn't feel like I could go out, and I didn't have any position.
After all...... He thinks about me everywhere, and I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know what to do.
ββ¦β¦ Bennet. β
"Huh?"
"Thank you."
"......" Bednar put his hand on my shoulder, "Say something." β
"I said, let's sleep in a tent."
"Huh?" I saw that Bednar's ears were instantly red and dripping blood, and he muttered a few answers, and then turned his head to look at the scenery on both sides of the road.
I don't know what a fighter in his thirties is still shy about, obviously he is usually such a frank person.
Ay.
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