CH 20

『Rhett, how’s your Human Transfiguration?』Alex rubbed his two front paws against each other, his wings opened and closed again, his tail flicked back and forth, making noise and causing rocks to fly everywhere in the cave.

『My appearance is fine. I am luckier than you because some humans are born with red hair. The only problem is I can’t control my weight when I get excited.』Rhett laid in the cave and bit his tail sadly. He felt uncomfortable biting his own tail, so he throws it aside, grabbed Alex’s tail instead.

『I can’t change my hair color other than blue, but can’t I just wear a wig?』Alex said, 『Rhett, the situation is getting dire, and we don’t have time to pass those exams one by one! I just passed my level 2 Human Language, and you can’t even pass level 1 Human Language! At this rate, when can we get Slair back? I checked the 《Wild Human Protection Law》. If a pet human successfully adapted wild human lifestyle. This means it has its own social circle, does not have any psychological problem, can live independently by itself, and is considered rewild. — This is the subjective determination. And there is the direct and straightforward method — Three years, if it could survive among the wild humans for three years, it will be seen as a wild human.

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『What if he is imprisoned by others for three years!』Rhett jumped up agitatedly and spat out Alex’s tail, 『That’s not fair !』

『Save that for Your Majesty the Dragon Emperor! Rhett, We must get our paws on some fake certificates』

『Alex, you were against the idea before,』Rhett bit his paws, 『Isn’t our current skill level too easy to get caught?』

『But, what if Slair is recognized as rewilded?』Alex said agitatedly, 『To reclaim a rewild pet human, that pet-human has to initiate the claiming process first at a safe environment without any intimidation !』

『Is that a problem?』Rhett asked, 『Once Slair sees us, he will jump into our arms and beg us to take him home.』

『The problem is “without any intimidation”! That requires an appraisal from a professional dragon! The appraisal is nearly impossible to pass because we are the “Dragons.”Our existence is a kind of coercion to humans. Imagine, if Your Majesty the Dragon Emperor asks you to leave the cave, would you protest ?』Alex turned his head and looked at Rhett with an unshakable determination in his eyes.

『I think I might …』 Rhett said weakly.

『I have witnessed a few so-called “successful” cases operated by professional dragons. The dragons would pretend to be humans and doing some examinations on rewilded humans』Alex sighed, 『Those dragons looked like swindlers. Our Slair is smart, he will ever fall for it』

『So… What you are trying to say is 』Rhett summed it up, 『If Slair is considered as rewilded, there is no way we can get him back.』

『Yes, according to the current situation, we already lost him. Rhett, are you willing to let Slair live among the wild humans? If he is hungry, no dragons will feed him; If he is cold, no dragons will wrap him in blankets. I would have to labor with his tiny hands and might face all sorts of dangerous events… Oh, god, my heart broke to pieces just by thinking.』

『I’m going to find dragons that could help us to get fake certificates!』Rhett stormed out of the cave.

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Slair and Grieve purchased some essential items in the village. They also purchased a carriage to carry more things with them and rest in it as needed. Choco refused to pull the carriage at first. After tangled with it for a while, Slair decided to engraved some Anemo glyphs on the cart. Choco found that pulling the cart with the help of magic is much easier than being manned. He happily accepted his fate.

「So magic could be engraved on things?」Grieve asked in surprise.「Could it be engraved on the weapons too?」

「It is possible.」Slair said,「I didn’t expect it to work…」

The local priest was drawn by the incident. Since old man Beton was not lying about the “priest’s instructions,” he felt guilty and sent many twin lotus seeds. Slair disliked the bitterness of those seeds, but Grieve accepted it happily every time and enjoy eating it too.

「Grieve.」 Slair watched him eating lotus seeds a few times, and he seemed to enjoy it every time. Finally, he asked worriedly,「Did your sense of taste goes bad?」

「The bitterness is a gift from God, Slair」Grieve responded,「The seeds are full of life energy, and they are the best for the body in recovery. However, it loses the effect if it was stored for too long, and that’s why you did not detect any life energy from those seeds at Wall. Those are not as fresh as the ones here.

Slair picked one up curiously, probed it carefully, and found that those seeds actually contained magic power. Suppose monsters possess magic because their ancestors can be traced back to the giant dragons. How could the twin lotus, a plant, contain magic power? Even if there were dragons who had no moral integrity and did unspeakable things to plants. They couldn’t bear offspring, right?

Slair was so focused, and he did not notice Grieve leaned in front of him. Grieve stretched out his hand quietly and pushed that lotus seed into Slair’s mouth.

「GRIEVE !」Slair’s face was ferocious, although it could increase the magic power– it is too bitter.

「It’s good for you!」Grieve jumped off the carriage, and Slair picked up a tree branch, chasing after him aggressively.

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「Emm… Excuse me,」that’s what the village chief saw when he escorted Beton over.「I heard you are leaving soon. I would like to know your opinions about Beton.」

「Oh, that’s right, we still have unfinished business,」Slair smiled evilly,「How do you generally punish such crime?」

Beton’s daughters shuddered and shouted: 「Warrior!」Please forgive our father! He is old. If he gets thrown into the poisonous snake pit, even for a short while, there is no way he could make it back!」

「Is that so,」Slair said, 「He let the poisonous snake bit my friend. It is only fair if he is bitten by one too. 」

Grieve‘s face showed a sign of sympathy. Their life was hard enough. Without the father’s protection, what should the sisters do in the future?

「But,」The older sister said with tear,「You have accepted my offer of apology. That was the most valuable thing in our family. Why won’t you let my father go?」

「Offer of apology?」Grieve asked Slair, 「What is that?」

「Ah, that thing, I almost forgot.」Slair took out the wooden box To him, it was just an unknown gadget made out of pure gold — In the dragons’ world, there was gold everywhere. However, to humans, a piece of gold was quite valuable.

「PRODIGAL DAUGHTERS!」Beton yelled,「Just let me die, and you could exchange food and shutters for life with that gold! Why would you give it to some stranger! What are you going to do now? Are you going to sell yourself to some circus and entertain people for life?」

「Father, how could we watch you die?」The older sister holding a kitchen knife aiming at her wrist, cried out, 「In this case, let me chop off this hand, so my sister could marry someone freely!」

「Wait a second!」Grieve grabbed that knife,「Since I am fine, I don’t want the elder’s life. Chief, could you write down what Beton has done on a sign stick it on his chest? That way, he could not trick people into working for him anymore. I have no other requirements besides this.」

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「Thank you, merciful warrior!」

The sisters were delighted, but Beton was not:「Just let me die! I am an old man with no valuable skills. My only hope is that the folks in the village could pity my daughters and take care of them after my death.」

Grieve poked at Slair and wish to return the wooden box. Of course, Slair was not happy with it — that was an item from the dragons. Also, he did not recognize the uses of the item. The magic circuit within was very complicated. Its value was way more than gold. It deserved to be studied and not hidden in a box as emergency gold. He thought for a while and waved at the sisters: 「Come here.」

He held the sister’s inseparable hands and closed his eyes. There was a glare of golden light came out of his hand. An indescribable feeling flow through the girl’s body. As Slair let go, the sister’s hands separated.

The sisters looked at each other in surprise. They tried to touch the other’s hand and separate. Beton was shocked, excited, and regretted. His lips trembled, but no words could come out of it. Then he felled on his knees, crying.

「MIRACLE! THIS IS A MIRACLE!」The villagers admired the young man with black hair and green eyes — Hey, black-haired and green-eyed Slair, the Slair who uses the power of a god!

「The Dragon God above! There is a divine envoy in our village! Slair the dragonmaw, Slair, the child of dragons.

「We should leave as soon as possible.」 Before the crowd surrounded Slair, Grieve took him into the wagon and patted Choco on the butt. The scaled horse immediately ran away.

「I have a bad feeling about this,」Slair sat in the carriage and looked at the cheering crowd behind worriedly,「There is going to be another strange legend about me.」