The dwellings of the dragons, in the writings of the bards and playwrights of the Loren continent, they are as follows:

Dragons build their lairs in the center of ancient volcanic craters or in the depths of eternal glaciers, drawing their power from hot lava or cold ice, depending on their race. Dragons sometimes live in castles or towers, but they seldom build such elaborate dwellings themselves, instead occupying the houses of humans or other weak races, and many times—almost all of the time—they make a mess of these delicate, comfortable, and rich castles with rich history, until a brave knight or a lucky adventurer manages to defeat the dragons who occupy the castles, and this terrible attrition and waste ends.

So described by Dorangon Jabander, a famous playwright of the Ansu era, in his book The Dragon and the Lair.

Gawain came to the edge of the "inner balcony", and his upper body leaned out of the guardrail slightly, looking down on the scene in the dragon's lair condescendingly—

He saw a vast rotunda supported by ornate columns, some kind of alloy structure that humans could not yet comprehend, put together in a seamless, forming the first wall of the hall. On the outer edge of the hall, you can see a dormant mechanism, a small drone busily maintaining equipment and scrubbing the walls, and a decorative light combination. In the center of the hall, illuminated by a light from the dome, there was a silvery-white circular platform with delicate reliefs on the surface of the platform, the scale and intricacy of its structure would have amazed even the most sophisticated artists.

He turned back and looked at the place where he was standing—an internal dwelling, built halfway up the mountain, part of its structure extending into the interior of the mountain, connected to the huge rotunda below, and accessible through lifts and corridors within the mountain, while the other part of the structure was out of sight, leading to the outside of the mountain, which Gawain had already visited once, and there was a stunning skylight room bathed in starlight or sunlight, and a beautiful viewing promenade, All windows are mechanically controlled and can be switched on and off at will or filtered by a single command.

Melita refers to her "lair" as "simple industrial decoration" – a style that, according to her, is one of the more popular decoration styles in Tallund in recent years.

"I wonder how the bards and playwrights of Loren would have felt when they saw this," Gawain said with a smile as he shook his head from the direction of the dragon's lair, "especially the ...... who are keen to describe the story of the dragon"

"Most of them won't feel anything—because the best 'Dragon Quest' minstrel and playwright in Loren are all from Talrond," Melita, who was standing next to her, puffed out her chest and said proudly, "We have contributed 80 percent of the best dragon scripts in the human world in the past 1,000 years......

Gawain glanced at the dragon lady with a helpless expression: "So rumors like 'evil dragons live in the crater' were originally created by you, so don't complain about human beings being blind and making up for your living habits." ”

Melita thought about it, but was easily convinced: "Well, what you said makes sense......"

As she spoke, she turned around and walked towards the other end of the inner dwelling: "Don't stay here, you can only see the cave here, and the balcony at the other end has a better view than here." ”

"Your dragon house...... Is it all in this form? Gawain stepped up to Melita's footsteps, asking curiously as he went, "I mean this structure of a large nest with a small dwelling. ”

"For the most part," Melita said, "we'll have a 'dragon's nest' big enough to house our dragon's body, and build a delicate 'little house' inside or next to the dragon's nest." The dragon's nest is a good place for us to sleep for a long time in the dragon form or to adjust and recuperate, while a small dwelling is a good choice for enjoying life in human form. Of course...... This is not the case for all dragons. ”

"Oh?" Gawain raised an eyebrow, "There are exceptions?" ”

"There are some less elaborate dragons who will just prepare a 'dragon's nest' for themselves, and their lives are in the dragon's nest, anyway, our human form is very small compared to the body, and only needs to occupy a small space, so a casual arrangement in the dragon's nest is enough to meet the needs," Melita explained quite seriously, "Noretta is like this - she doesn't have a 'humanoid living room', but digs a super giant ~~ big cave in the mountain, much bigger than mine." ”

As they spoke, they passed through the living room and corridor of the interior dwelling, where the Omega-controlled interior lighting was constantly fine-tuned as visitors moved, so that the brightness was always as comfortable as the eye could see.

Gawain's eyes widened when he heard Melita's words—every one of these customs and customs of Talrond was so new and interesting to him that even how these dragons usually slept seemed to him to be a science, and he couldn't help but ask, "Doesn't Noretta usually rest in human form?" ”

Melita shrugged: "She built a large bed of more than 1,000 square meters in the center of her dragon's nest - it takes a long time to run from the center of the bed to the edge of the bed, but the advantage is that the dragon form and human form are comfortable to sleep on." ”

Gawain: "......"

Melita glanced at him curiously, "Why don't you speak?" ”

Gawain stretched out his hands with a smile: "...... I just suddenly felt ...... Your dragon life habits are really 'free'. ”

At the same time, there was another sigh in his heart that he didn't say: how could this setting of a 1,000-square-meter bed in the center of the bedroom sound so familiar......

Melita didn't know what Gawain was thinking, she was just moved by the topic, and after a moment of silence, she continued, "Of course, there is a third situation. ”

Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, and didn't react for a while: "The third situation? ”

They walked through the interior of the dwelling to the balcony facing the outside of the mountain, where the open floor-to-ceiling picture windows had been adjusted to transparency mode, and from this height and angle, they could clearly see the large expanse of urban buildings below the mountain, and the bright lights of the huge factory complex in the distance.

Melita stood on the edge of the balcony and looked in the direction of the city: "Some dragons only have a dwelling where they can rest in human form, and they live in it most of the time in human form. ”

Gawain frowned suddenly, but before he could say anything, Veronica, who had walked nearby at some point, opened his mouth for him: "What about their 'essence'?" As far as I know, you can live in human form, but you always need to release your body to eat or recuperate......"

"There is a special 'restaurant' for eating, and if there is a problem with the implant in the body, you can go to a nursing center or a private repair shop. In addition, dragons don't need to stay in dragon form for a long time, and if you put the body away, you can save space and save your stamina. ”

The more Gao Wen listened, the more strange he felt, and at this time he finally couldn't help but ask, "What kind of dragon clan would choose this way of life?" ”

"Poor Dragon," said Melita, "or the ordinary citizens of the Plains and the Lower Towns, judged by the Omegas not to be of sufficient power to be of value in the upper Talrond, can only live in the plains and the lower towns. ”

Gawain was finally dumbfounded: "You Tallond also have poor people...... Poor Dragon? ”

"How could it not be?" Melita sighed, "We haven't been able to build a society of average and infinite abundance, so there must be an upper class and a lower class. It's just that poverty is relative, and it has to be seen from the perspective of society as a whole - do you see the most densely lit areas of the city? They live there and live a 'life of incomprehensible poverty' from a human point of view. The Senate would give the citizens houses for free, and even provide all the necessities of life, Omega would open up almost all of their entertainment rights to them, their monthly boosters would be rationed for free, and there would even be some hallucinogens that were not allowed to be sold in the upper districts.

"They have everything, and the society of Tallund will provide for them everything, and as a condition or price for all this, the lower classes of citizens will have no choice but to accept this provision, and they will have no other choice, they will do limited, essentially meaningless work, and they will not be able to meddle in the affairs of the upper Tallund, and many other ...... Limitations that are not easy to understand in human society. ”

Gawain frowned, and Amber's voice suddenly came from the side: "That sounds like ...... I don't have to work, I have a house to live in, I don't have to worry about food and clothing, and I have plenty of entertainment, how do I feel good? ”

Melita turned her head and looked at Miss Half-Elf who was showing a tangled and thoughtful expression, and a smile suddenly appeared on her face: "So, this is the 'poverty' that the humans of the Loren Continent cannot understand. ”

"I can understand," Gawain said suddenly, "that it is no longer difficult to survive at your level, and the society of Tallund can easily feed a large 'unproductive population' at a fraction of the cost of your total social expenditure, and if you want to get these members of society into the workforce, get the same jobs and promotion opportunities as other people, it will incur huge costs, because of these." Inferior' members of the race will disrupt your current productive structure.

"So, instead of taking on this waste, you should feed them directly—it's not expensive for you anyway."

Amber listened to Gawain's interpretation with wide eyes, as if she couldn't understand the scene he was depicting for a while, Veronica glanced at Gawain thoughtfully, as if she had also thought about this kind of thing, Melita looked shocked and surprised, she looked Gawain up and down several times before frowning with an incredible expression: "You...... Came to mind this so quickly? ”

"It's just the occasional burst of inspiration," Gawain smiled, "you know, I'm good at social deduction. ”

“…… This is beyond the realm of social deduction," Melita said in a strange tone, "and it would be counterintuitive to human beings if it had not been developed to a certain extent." ”

"I haven't done anything that makes sense since I was resurrected," Gawain said casually, not letting the conversation continue, "anyway...... Looks like I've learned another detail about Tallund. ”

Melita was silent for a moment, and after a few seconds she exhaled, "How's the rest?" Interested in hanging out with me now? ”

"Are we going to 'visit' from now on?" Gawain raised an eyebrow, "Or is it just to go for a walk with you?" ”

"It's no different from a walk, there's so much to show you," Melita said, "and it's a good time to go out and wander in Cecil City, which should be dusk." ”

"I think it's fine." Gawain said immediately, and looked at Amber and Veronica.

"I'm okay with that!" Amber jumped up immediately, "I'm sleepy!" ”

Veronica also nodded gently, indicating that she had no opinion.

Melita smiled, "Very well, then I'll send a message to Norretta, and let's go see Talrond after dusk." ”

Gawain nodded, and then asked with some curiosity, "What place are you going to take us to visit?" ”

"You've spent half the day in the upper part of Talrond, and you've seen enough of the council's headquarters and the upper sanctuary," Melita said unhurriedly, "Then I'll take you to the middle and lower levels of Tallrond, and we'll go to the factory district and the large conglomerates, and then to the lower part of the plains—if Noretta agrees, maybe we can go to the Darktown." The Speaker has asked me to show you every part of Tallund, but we can't imagine that we can visit the whole continent in a few days, so let's go to a few representative places...... Let me give you a glimpse of the complete and true Dragon Realm. ”

Later, Gawain and Melita arrived at a platform outside the dragon's lair, a wide platform built halfway up the mountain for the dragon to take off and land, and in a sense, it was the "doorway" of Melita's house.

They waited for a short time at the edge of the platform before sharp-eyed Amber suddenly saw a slender and graceful white dragon flying from the southwestern sky and landing smoothly in the center of the platform.

"Hey! Norita!! Melita happily greeted her friend as soon as she stopped, "You're coming fast......

As soon as she was halfway through her words, the white dragon that had just stopped seemed to suddenly stumble, and its huge dragon claws moved two steps on the platform, and the next second it stepped on Melita's head under the stunned and even somewhat frightened gaze of Gawain and the others......

Strictly speaking, it was to step on the whole person of the agent lady.

If this is a human being, the legend will definitely be dead or maimed.

But in the next second, Gawain heard Melita's scream coming from under the dragon's claws, and she still sounded energetic: "Noretta! You did it on purpose this time!! ”

"I'm not standing still," the white dragon said in a rumbling voice, bowing his head, "you know, I'm not very comfortable with your landing pad. ”

"It's all excuses!" Melita continued to scream as she scrambled out from under the dragon's feet, and the grace and steadiness that had been maintained in front of Gawain for a long time was finally gone, "I remember, now you stepped on me one more time!" ”

The two friends seemed to interact very warmly, but Gawain, Amber, and Veronica watched from a short distance in amazement.

After a long time, Gao Wencai couldn't help but scratch his hair.

The trip to Tallund was well worth it—he saw a side of the dragons that no one else knew.

This is already the first "unknown side"?