25. Arrogance
"We were in the carriage, and we were walking north to the city of Philorne, when a spider of this size came out of the way and killed my horse."
In the cave, Fisher lit a fire, held a quill in his hand, and kept writing something, talking to the rescued humans by the way.
It turned out that they were a couple, and the man's sister, the family came to the southern continent for a trip, originally going to Ko Chenin to watch the circus, but halfway through the decision to go to Philon City for a vacation, but when passing by Keken City, they were kidnapped by several sub-people.
"If I were to say, I shouldn't have sent Anne back to the city, she's sick, and you won't meet these guys if you take her to Philoon City."
The corner of the man's sister was crooked, with a mean look, and she cautiously glanced at the few Ke Lili who were recuperating from her injuries next to her, as a human being, she looked down on subhumans, and even the few dragon races beside Fisher, she looked down on her, and felt dirty.
But after all, those dragonmen were the slaves of this young and handsome gentleman, so it was okay to ignore them.
Oh, such a young gentleman, I should really ask him where his family lives in Nari, he must be working as a lawyer or a surgeon, and my daughter too...
"Not to mention my sister, Anne has also served our family for a long time, and if she hadn't contracted such a terrible disease, I wouldn't have put her here... With blue blood in her mouth and eyes, I bet she must have been cursed by the devil! ”
Thinking of this, the man shuddered.
The key words in their words caught Fisher's attention, and he paused in his writing movements and looked at him,
"Is it a disease of mental deterioration and blue blood flowing out of the seven orifices?"
"Yes, yes, yes! She was like a mad beast, probably a few weeks ago at night, when she came and bit me out of the middle of the carriage and almost bit my ear. ”
"Did you come into contact with anything before that, or did anything special happen to you?"
"This..."
Several people glanced at each other and thought for a long time before shaking their heads,
"How can there be anything special about this... We are here to travel, we don't dare to walk in the wilderness for a long time, most of us stay in the city, how can others stay in the city not be so sick. And she stayed with us all the time, and if there was something special, we should get sick together. ”
Fisher thought for a moment, then began to write again with the quill in his hand.
But the lady didn't know what she thought, and her expression became embarrassed.
"Speaking of which, Anne had just received the news of her daughter's death in a textile mill before she got sick, and her husband had died early, really..."
Fisher's eyes flickered, taking in the details of their description, then nodded and stood up,
"I see. Tomorrow morning, you can leave from here, try to walk in a crowded place, the southern continent is not safe, next time don't be caught by subhumans or humans. ”
"Ah, thank you, please..."
The man wanted to express his gratitude, but Fisher had already walked away in the direction of the dragonmen, making him withdraw his palm in a sloppy manner.
Fisher took the scroll she had just written and walked to Rafael, who was resting, although she had little strength but was still conscious, and was leaning on the side of the carriage to watch Ral and Farsher play, and from time to time she also stared at the sub-people of Sia and Corlie, for fear that they would escape or sneak attack.
Her vigilance in this regard was always surprising, and she pursed her lips when she saw Fisher walking over with a blank face, and the tail behind her moved.
After all, he saved them, but she couldn't say "thank you" without heart like Ral, and she didn't say anything after her tail dangled for a long time, and finally gave up.
"Take this."
“... What is it? ”
Rafael subconsciously took the scroll of paper handed over by the other party, but saw that there was a simple directory guide written in dragon language on it.
"Basic Vocabulary, pages 1-117"
"Basic Grammar, 118-201 pages"
“....”
Fisher handed over a basic study book of the Nari language, and then said,
"I just remembered that it is a trouble that you don't know the human language, and I can't be your personal interpreter at any time after taking you back to the Western Continent, so take advantage of this time to quickly learn Nari."
Rafael glanced at the scrolls in his hand, then threw them beside him, and with a little angry expression on his face, he said to Fisher,
"Are you so sure I can't kill you? I'm sure I'll kill you and leave, and even if I can't kill you, I won't learn the language of a human being!" ”
She glanced at the scroll next to her, having neither an interest nor a disdain for human language, whose identity as human invaders had colored everything about them in a disgusting color.
Fisher looked at her with a blank face, his eyes that were not warm enough to make Rafael suspect that he was going to beat himself again, or threaten himself with his companions...
"Rafael, what kind of existence are humans in your eyes?"
To Rafael's surprise, Fisher only asked such a simple question, and Rafael's answer to this question was also very simple,
"Shameless invaders, gangsters, robbers, arrogant pests!"
Those humans, vilely infesting everything in this land with flames, treating subhumans as inferior beasts, and taking everything from them without even needing a reason, this is the nature of human beings, greed and arrogance.
Fisher's expression didn't change, but he continued to look at her and said,
"I am a human being, but I know the Faymabah Haronting language, and I am willing to spend more time on it to deepen my understanding of it, so that I can now communicate with you face to face... And you sneer at human language. Arrogance is the original sin of humans, and it seems that the dragon race is not immune, isn't it? ”
Rafael turned her head, but she couldn't refute Fisher's words. Fisher picked up the study papers she had in her hand and put them back in her hand, this time she didn't refuse again, and she didn't turn her head to look at Fisher.
The heart of the contradiction is a portrayal of Rafael, and Fisher no longer speaks, but silently turns his head away, walking in another direction.
Rafael's dragon claw pinched the book in her hand, and again, she would only keep her eyes on Fisher when she couldn't see herself.
So forever, forever, what she saw was always Fisher's back.
......
......
Ignoring the arrogant Rafael behind him, he was about to tell the guy in Lal to stop making noise, it was time to sleep, but he caught a glimpse of the half-illusory Ke Lili leaning against the stone wall, looking at him with complicated eyes.
At her feet, the scarlet farmasi fell asleep with a pale face, and was now perfectly bandaged after a simple bandage. The spider-man species Sia had not yet rested, and his body was obviously huge, but he didn't dare to look at Fisher at all, for fear of touching some strange switch again.
Even her precious spider silk didn't dare to ask for it back.
"What's the matter?"
"Your name is Fisher, right, I'm [Brain Demon Seed] Ke Lili."
"And then?"
Ke Lili smiled and continued,
"It's nothing, it's just that your words to that draconian girl just now intrigued me... As for her coming-of-age ceremony, I will probably have the materials together tomorrow, so please don't worry. ”
"Well, that's good."
"One more thing, if you're going to continue northwest, you might encounter some unfriendly goblins ahead, so it's safer to avoid them if you can."
"Goblins?"
"Hmm...," Ke Lili nodded and added, "They are creatures that have lived in caves for generations, but they are not as good at burrowing as mountain armor species, so the ready-made caves that generally live next to them have what you humans say... Mineral. Since the arrival of humans, many goblin tribes have lost their original homes, so they are very aggressive towards humans. ”
"Although you are very powerful, it must be troublesome to deal with the constant stream of goblins, so it is better to take a detour..."
Fisher looked at the bland expression of Corlie, considered the suggestion she mentioned, and then nodded,
"Thanks for the reminder, I'll pay attention, what do you want to get back from me?"
He also thought that Ke Lili provided this information to get something back from here, such as the spider man's spider silk or something.
"I didn't tell you about this in exchange, but if you give her back the silk of Sia, she will be very happy..."
"Because of our ability to communicate with each other without barriers, many of our people are forced to survive and act as translators for humans. The Asians saw us like lackeys, and the humans treated us like slaves, so I escaped from my homeland... Maybe you're right, we shouldn't have been so arrogant."
Her gaze was empty, and she didn't know the specific meaning of "we" in her words, but the sadness and emptiness were only visible at a glance.
But Fisher's expression remained unchanged at all, as if he had nothing to do with him, and while silently turning around, he threw the jar of spider silk in his hand to Ke Lili, who was still stunned in place.
Ke Lili took the glittering jar of magic and looked up at the departing human in astonishment, he didn't reply anything, only a slender back farther and farther away.
"Lal, stop making noise, go back to sleep."
"But Ral hasn't moved much for a long time today... Okay, but Fasher and they have to sleep, too! ”
"It's time for you all to rest."