16. Growth

"It's a misunderstanding, Mr. Fisher, since it's you and the slave, it's no problem, you can leave now."

The kind-eyed soldier captain smiled at Fisher and moved out of the way.

Fisher, dressed in a black suit covered in mud, straightened his clothes and looked at Rafael and the slavers behind him.

They had been caught by the soldiers of Keken City for fighting with Rafael on the street, but after learning the ins and outs, the soldiers let them go...

Well, in fact, it was because Keken heard about this and rushed over, the city is all his, and it is not easy to put one or two people.

This makes Fisher, who doesn't like to owe favors to others, feel a little unnatural, after all, he bothered others for a day today, and let others run for nothing in the afternoon because of such a simple matter, which is not the behavior of a gentleman.

"Excuse me, Keken."

"Where, I don't have anything to entertain you here, and it's a blessing to be able to help a little. By the way, you're trying to buy that draconian slave, right? Although the other party has promised to give you that slave for free, it is still not appropriate to do so in the end.... I've already paid for you, you can just take that slave away. ”

“....”

Fisher opened his mouth and smiled at him, holding back the idea of wanting to counteract the favor for a moment. Others are sincere, and if they need any help in the future, they will do their best to take it.

Thinking of this, Fisher no longer shirked, just said goodbye to Keken, he smiled and waved at himself in the carriage, and then waited for him to leave, suddenly opened the curtain again, and looked a little solemn,

"By the way, look at my brain, I forgot to tell you about that... Be careful when passing through the city of Filorn, although the environment is good, it is best not to linger there for long..."

"Oh?" Fisher had just put on his hat and was interested in what he had said about the city of Philoen, "Is there anything worth noting?" ”

Keken smiled, a little hesitant,

"Maybe it's my delusion... I just think that the lord of the castle there is a very eccentric person, and he is the favorite for talents like you, and he may delay you a lot. ”

"Is that so? I know. ”

Fisher said goodbye to Kerken again, and waited for Kerken's carriage to disappear at the end of the street before he looked back at the slaver who was holding the dragon-human slave with a smiling face.

"Ah, sir, this is your slave and her coat of arms, you can be sure."

Fisher didn't take the slave seal, but glanced at Rafael,

"It's just your exchange in return, decide what to do with it, but don't delay it too long."

Rafael was slightly stunned, and hurriedly ran over to take the leather scroll of the slave's coat of arms and tore it into two pieces. The slave trader's brow jumped when he saw the slave coat of arms being torn open, but he didn't say anything, but quickly threw away the chain that was holding the young drake slave in his hand, and then said goodbye to Fisher and ran away.

Rafael looked down at the young dragon race whose body was covered with scars, she just wanted to crouch down to maintain the same height as him, but found that the wound on her left foot hurt terribly, so she had to bend down slightly and speak in dragon language,

"What's your name and what tribe are you from?"

“... Chull, I am. Of the Peggyi tribe, it is. I ran out of the forest because of a quarrel with my mother. ”

It seemed that there was a slight difference in accent between the dragonman tribes, and Fisher could hear the slightest grammatical difference in the language he used.

"So..."

Rafael looked at Fisher, who was speechless next to him, his clean suit was now full of dirty muddy water, or was it because of him... Holding herself would be like this, so she was even more embarrassed to speak, but after hesitating for a moment, she still pleaded,

"Can you send this kid out of the city, when we get out of here..."

Fisher glanced at her, then smiled,

"For the sake of the good face that you have to accept two punishments to put me in a good mood, I will take him out of town when I leave tomorrow, but he will have to share his food from you tonight... For now, go back with me and wash your body and clothes. ”

The human man's tone was as bad as ever, but this time Rafael was not angry, she covered her injured arm, and looked back at the dragon child,

"Don't be afraid, you'll be able to go home tomorrow."

......

......

Obviously, you don't need to spend extra money to book a hotel room with a horse-drawn carriage, but now it has become a necessary expense because you need to change clothes and wash your body. It seems that spending money has become a matter of destiny when you are away from home.

"So... Why only book one room? ”

Rafael was huddled in the tub, in the steamy bathroom, when she suddenly spoke. In the other bathroom, separated by wooden planks, Fisher's voice was heard,

"Isn't this room with two bathrooms the most suitable for just taking a bath?"

Not for ridiculous reasons like saving money, but just to make the most of the resources available.

Just now they had gone back to the carriage to fix their dinner, and after putting away their supper and the muddy supplies that had fallen on the floor before, Fisher booked a hotel room to wash his body. By the way, the clothes were handed over to the maid to be washed, which resulted in an extra tip.

"I'm done..."

After receiving his reply, Rafael spoke quietly, though she was still a little unnatural in the way of a plank.

The red tail behind her poked out from beneath the water's surface, and she looked down at the cut in her arm, which still hurt. She suddenly couldn't understand why she had assassinated Fisher with all his might, but he didn't care at all as if nothing had happened.

Is it because he is too weak, so in his eyes, his assassination is really just a simple game?

How could he have mood swings because of a simple game?

Rafael got up and carefully wiped his scales with a cloth called a "bath towel" next to him. When she rubbed somewhere, she suddenly "hissed" softly, obviously it was not a wound, and the scales there did not fall off, but there was a tingling pain.

It's as if something is growing.

It was a symbol of the dragon's imminent adulthood, and when she reached adulthood, her body would fully awaken, and the scales would be as hard as armor.

Doesn't you know you are an adult?

If I were in the tribe, my mother would have arranged a grand coming-of-age ceremony for me...

Although if she hadn't been caught by humans, she would have resisted that kind of scene.

The corners of Rafael's mouth rose slightly, so he thought.

"Bumper .."

There was a sudden knock on the door, startling Rafael, who was forced to pull himself out of his head.

"Okay, no?"

Rafael hurriedly put on his previous linen clothes, and replied as he wore them, "Alright, what are you doing?" ”

"You forgot, tonight is punishment time..."

Rafael's movements as he put on his clothes froze slightly.