Chapter Seventy-Two: Riding the Dragon
Exiting Gloria's room, Elsa was already waiting for him outside the door when Cheese left the house.
"She, what's going on?" the proprietress was afraid that she had brought these refugees here to cause Gloria to become like this, so she kept an eye on how things went.
"Don't worry, I'm sure she'll make it through. "Considering that the Count's daughter still has the blood of the Ssalonian family in her bones, the family's responsibility and mission should allow her to regain the courage to move forward. The mage was still very confident in this. And if Gloria really becomes the leader of the nezumi, it can also be a great blow to the person who created this plague. There is no doubt that the other side definitely does not want to see the nezumi transform from terrifying beasts into a new race that can communicate.
But no matter what, Elsa was relieved to hear what the mage said. Now that Gloria's problem is solved, she decides to ask Cheese what he plans to do next.
"What are you going to do next?" I heard from the knights that you had told them about Leon's reinstatement. What are you going to do when these patients are stable?"
"There are plans, but the number of refugees is so large that I am afraid I don't have enough time to stay and treat them. Cheese said.
"Well, but that's right. I wasn't sure I could heal them when I took them. Despite saying this, Elsa still felt lost when she heard that the mage was unwilling to treat all the patients. However, the proprietress still knew the seriousness of the matter, and she knew that she had no position or reason to ask the cheese to cooperate with her whim in this situation.
"Don't do that. Although I am afraid that I will not be able to cure them with my own hands, tomorrow I plan to go to Dragon's Back Mountain, and put potions at the source of Dragon's Blood Creek, so that these potions can flow down the river throughout the county, and all infected people can gradually suppress their illness by drinking the river water with the antidote. And the other diseases of these patients are caused by the hollowing out of their bodies by the rat-man plague, as long as the spread of the plague is suppressed, their diseases can be cured as long as they take some medicine casually. The mage said, the idea had been brewing before he and Elsa had gathered, and it was undoubtedly the most efficient way to do it in this situation. It was also the fastest solution he could think of to solve the epidemic in the county of Salon.
"You say...... What?Putting potions into the Dragon's Blood Creek?" Well, the mage's answer was probably even more difficult to accept in the eyes of the proprietress than his direct decision to leave these refugees alone. As we all know, whether it is poisoning or medicine, a large amount of flowing water will inevitably dilute the medicine put into it, and if the medicine is administered at the source of a river, even if the amount of medicine is large, it is probably a drop in the bucket to affect the people on the various tributaries of the Dragon's Blood Creek in the county. So Cheese's words are a fantasy to Elsa's ears.
"Yes, you heard it right, and I didn't say it wrong. The mage nodded earnestly. His face didn't look like a joke in the light of the fire.
"The wind and snow in the north are above, are you sure you're right?, I'm not a scholar, but I know that the amount of potions needed to cure the plague through this method will be terrifying. Unconsciously raised a hand to hold her head, and the proprietress felt that she was becoming more and more incomprehensible to the mage's actions.
"You don't have to worry about that. Now that I've said it, I'm sure I'll do it. Trust me. Cheese laughed, then didn't explain any more. He knew that it would be very difficult for ordinary people to understand what they were going to do next.
Looking at the back of the mage leaving, the proprietress shook her head slightly, although she also knew that cheese was probably not joking, but this time the mage's ideas were too much beyond her common sense. You know, the most unbelievable thing in the world is not to tell them something that they don't think doesn't exist, but to tell them that something they think they know is completely wrong. This kind of challenge to common sense is often more difficult to recognize than showing the unknown.
However, the hostess's mind changed the next morning. The reason is very simple, whoever sees the dragon standing in the square in the center of the village will probably think carefully about whether they are dreaming.
"Let me introduce you, this is my pet, Migo. Facing the crowd rushing into the square, Cheese pointed to the dragon with red scales.
However, most people were still shocked by the red dragon's appearance, and did not hear the mage's introduction. However, the red dragon replied unhappily after hearing the mage's words.
"Hey, I've told you so many times. I'm not your pet! hear me, human!" the wind from the dragon's mouth made Cheese's gray robe rattle, and you can imagine how loud it was. But in the face of this terrifying beast, the mage was unusually calm, and there was even a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Okay, well, the great Highness Migo is not my pet, but my contract beast, so it's okay. So please allow me to re-introduce, this red lizard is my unsuccessful contract beast Migo, if it scares everyone, I hope you will forgive me. It seemed like he was apologizing for the wrong name, but there seemed to be more to the dragon's anger in the sentence that Cheese said again.
"You ...... In the name of the dragon god, you'd better not break the contract with me, or I'll have you to pieces!" There is no doubt that this is a precursor to the fact that it is really about to get angry.
As the nominal owner of this dragon, Cheese is naturally well aware of Migo's habits. In fact, because this person is bickering as soon as he meets a dragon, especially the dragon is not good at using human language, but the mage can only use threats to save face, so far Cheese has been threatened by Migo to die in more than a hundred ways. Cheese himself has long been surprised by this. Hearing the news, Elsamona was nervous about the dragon's threat, and they held their weapons, but were skeptical that the short iron weapon in their hands could really hurt the dragon.
Although the dragon didn't care about the reaction of these ordinary people, Cheese had to explain when he saw the tense atmosphere of the people around him.
"Ladies and gentlemen, let go of your hand on the hilt of your sword. I'm sure if Migo is going to fight, none of us here will have enough to fight it. And I can guarantee by my real name that it will definitely not hurt you. Pressing his hands down, signaling not to be nervous, Cheese said.
"What the hell is going on? Why is there a dragon here? Dragon's Spine is on top of it, it's a real dragon!" Jack asked Cheese.
"As I said, it's my contract beast...... Well, you can understand the relationship between a hound and a hunter. Scratching his head, Cheese had to think of an example to explain what a contract beast was. But it was clear that the mage's example made the dragon behind him unhappy.
"Hey, who do you say is the dog?"
"Well, well, don't be so upset, know that only the most loyal and ferocious dogs can be called hunting dogs. I'm complimenting you. Gently patting the other person's scales with his hand, Cheese said in a childish tone.
The dragon snorted and turned away from the mage and the crowd, apparently too lazy to say another word to the humans. And as for the others...... The dragon's concession was interpreted by them as a sign of obedience, and it became much more believable when they saw what Cheese had just said.
"So, you raised this dragon?" Rao was a female warrior of the Northlanders, and Mona behaved no different from an ordinary person in front of such a giant beast.
"Well...... Let's just say that. Although I won't feed him directly. You know, the dragon eats so much that I don't have that much money to keep it...... But, yes, I'm its owner. With a look of pride on his face, the mage said.
"Wait, why did you call this dragon for a moment, leaving aside your relationship with the dragon?" Elsa asked.
"Like I told you yesterday. I'm going to Longji Mountain to administer medicine. You can't climb the mountains with horses. So I had to find a suitable means of transportation. Cheese shrugged his shoulders and said.
"Oh my God...... "Well, to put it mildly as a means of transportation is probably the most ridiculous joke Elsa has ever heard. You must know that there are not a few times in the records of the entire Blue Lion Kingdom about dragons. And most of them are just a year or a month when someone sees a dragon fly by or something. And now Cheese's behavior made the proprietress who thought she knew him a little bit more unfamiliar with the mage.
And while everyone was still discussing it, Cheese had already climbed onto the dragon's back.
"Alright man, you know where we're going, right?" Grabbing the raised scales on Migo's neck, if you look closely, you will see that the dragon scales where Cheese is sitting have slight grinding marks, and it looks like someone has carefully polished this small piece of dragon scale to create two grooves for human use.
Of course, the red dragon didn't answer the mage's question, it just exhaled two white breaths from its nose, which counted as answers.
"Wait a minute, you're going to Dragonspine Mountain now?" Elsa asked, realizing what the mage was going to do.
"Yes, I'll leave now. Don't worry, with Migo here, nothing can hurt me. Don't worry about me. With that, the mage patted the dragon's neck lightly, signaling that the other party could take off. Migoshu spread its massive red wings and raised its head in the direction of the sky, and the dragon's hind feet slammed into the ground, leaving the ground as if it had lost its weight.
"Yes, if the river turns red, it means I've succeeded!" Cheese's voice echoed from the sky. However, the people on the ground just stared blankly in the direction where the huge red figure had disappeared.