Chapter 21: The Hilltop Woods

Guri left the spring with Gran and walked up the hill to a grove at the top of the hill.

Gran felt that the plants in this forest were very special, and it felt... Very spiritual?

"Is the Broken Corner stored here?"

Guri did not answer him.

Guri's eyes were closed, and the words in his mouth were slurred, and Gran couldn't understand them.

Gran thought it was probably talking to the elves again, and it looked like the place was inhabited by goblins as well.

He waited for Guri to finish reading it, and then asked him, "Are there fairies in this place too?" ”

"No, the old man is just catching up with his old friends."

"Old friends?" Gran looked around and saw no other unicorns.

Suddenly, he realized something, and remembered that Guri said that this place was not suitable for small unicorns, and that was what he meant.

"This isn't going to be the graveyard of your unicorn clan, is it?"

"That's right."

[I said how can these plants have spirituality, this is really a cemetery...]

Gran wasn't shy about necromancers, but he felt a little embarrassed that the unicorn clan would use such a beautiful place as a cemetery.

"You unicorns can still hear the dead?"

"No, I just hope they hear."

"That's right." If the unicorns could hear the words of the dead, Gran would admire them.

"So the broken horn you can give me is a relic of your people?"

"A full horn symbolizes the dignity of a unicorn, and a broken horn... It's just that the old man ordered the people to stay here in case of emergency. "Gurri used to do things with the energy contained in the broken horn, but in recent years he has lost interest.

"yes, how are we going to take it?" Glenn looked around and didn't see anything that could hold anything.

"Those broken horns were buried in the ground by old decay."

“... Field? Gran was a little surprised.

[Did I hear me right? Does this old donkey want me to dig up the graves of their people? 】

Gran didn't really mind doing this, but he was afraid that Guri would say that he had blasphemed the souls of his people and used it as an excuse to kill himself.

"Isn't this going to dig up the bones of your people, really?"

Guri calmly said, "When the unicorn dies, its body will merge into nature, leaving only the single horn. There is not a single unicorn bone in this cemetery, only their horns. ”

And these horns will continue to release energy in the land until they return what nature has given them back to nature. So that the dead unicorn can be at peace. ”

Gran stared at the grass beneath his feet, which according to Guri was buried with many intact unicorn horns.

It would be a lie to say that Gran was not greedy, but in order to avoid annoying the unicorns, he decided not to do such a lack of virtue.

Besides, he didn't have a penchant for blaspheming the dead, and he wasn't a rock wurm.

"So where do you store those broken corners? Don't make a mistake, don't disturb the peace of your kind. ”

"Well, that's right, you're thinking about it a lot." Guri complimented with relief, making Gran a little less embarrassed, after all, he was just worried that the unicorns would use it against him.

Guri and Gran searched the woods, eventually finding a large rock.

"It's buried next to this stone, dig it yourself."

"Guri, why don't you dig together?" Gran began to worry that Guri would plot against him, and that something dangerous would be buried in the soil.

"You're noticeably better at digging with your claws than you are at digging with your hooves."

"Okay, okay, I respect the old man and do it myself." Gran sighed.

"Well, you're much more filial than the bunnies in the old clan," said Guri, cheerfully. ”

Gran didn't bother to wonder if Guri was boasting about himself, and directly began to dig the earth.

He is very cautious in his digging movements, always on the lookout for dangers that may be buried underground.

[It is said that after evolution has led to the size of the body, it is rarely plowed, and the technology is much rustier.] Alas, I really don't know what kind of shelter to find for the second evolution, the pit dug last time was too small and I almost buried myself alive, this time I have to find a big and safe place. 】

Thinking of this, Gran stopped digging the earth, and the onlooker Gurifa asked, "Got it?" ”

"Nope." Gran looked at Guri, thought of an idea, and continued to dig into the earth.

He dug hard for ten minutes to find what he wanted, many glittering pieces of mud, which were unicorn broken horns buried in the earth.

Gran gasped and complained to Guri, "Why do you bury these things so deep when you know that hooves aren't good at digging?" ”

As a result, Guli didn't listen at all, it looked at these broken horns and sighed: "I didn't expect that there are still so many broken horns left, and the old man thought that there would only be four or five pieces left." ”

"Huh? Before you set off, you thought it was only four or five? Is that all you want to give me? Forget it, it doesn't matter. Anyway, all these broken corners are mine, right? "Gran didn't bother to explain to Guri, he just wanted to grab more things now.

"By agreement."

"Okay, then I'll take it right here."

Gran grabbed a piece of the crumbling corner, intending to rub it off and stuff it into his mouth.

"Take?" Guri was a little surprised.

"After all, it's very troublesome to bring back your settlement, and you don't have a bag, can you pick it up piece by piece with your claws?"

Gran threw the Broken Horn into his mouth.

Guri watched in amazement as Gran melted the splinter and swallowed it into his stomach.

Then his whole body trembled, showing a happy look.

"Hey, hey, this stuff is really good."

Gran saw Guri's stunned look and suddenly came back to his senses.

He tried to think back to what he had just looked like.

[How do you feel like you're eating something bad... Unicorn horns aren't supposed to be poisonous, right? I feel that the only way to do this is to make the vitality stronger. 】

"You actually took Broken Horn directly?!"

"What's wrong? Isn't this one-horned poisonous? Gran felt that Guri was a little baffled.

"I thought you would use it on the dragon spell, but I didn't expect to eat it directly, can your body withstand it?"

"I think it's pretty easy..."Gran was a little intimidated by Guri's question, he was really afraid of eating problems.

You can't eat tonic pills indiscriminately, let alone this kind of unicorn horn with strange effects.

"Because you are the son of the first dragon? Also, after all, he is the heir of the Ancestral Dragon, so it is not strange to do such a thing. No wonder you are far less decrepit.

Good, good, if that makes you stronger. Not only the broken horns here, but also the broken horns of the clansmen can find a way to collect them for you. ”

"Huh?" Gran was a little overwhelmed.

[How does it sound like you're going to give me a bunch of big bargains for nothing.] 】

"Is it okay to do that? I'm not from your people. ”

Guri said firmly, "No problem, the old man only wants you to be the most reliable ally of my people. ”

"yes, then I'll think about it, and I'll use up all these broken corners first." Gran didn't want to say yes to Guri casually, God knows what traps awaited him.

"It's been a long time since I've seen such a cautious dragon species as you, so it's better to be more reliable as an ally." Guri was more satisfied with Gran.

Gran listened a little uncomfortably.

[Why does it sound like dragons are all bastard?] What a problem with the dragon species in this world. 】

He decides to ignore Guri and continue to eat Broken Horn.

However, fearing that eating too much would cause problems for his body, Glenn only ate two more pieces, and then planned to bring the broken horns back to the unicorn colony.

Guri asked Gran to place the Broken Horn on its back, and they slowly descended the mountain.

When we returned to the settlement, it was almost sunset.

Gran placed the broken horn in Guri's cave and then said to him, "Guri, can you lend me this cave for a while?" ”