CH 51

During dinner, Hillman stared at the two men in the main seats with a critical look on his face.

Bai Lixin was seated at the head of the long table, and to one side of it was Sophia.

Beside him, the black dragon Di Suo, stood straight, occasionally pouring Bai Lixn a glass of red wine and fetching some food, his movements attentive and natural, without any hint of being coerced.

But then again, how could he be coerced when he was so powerful?

Apart from adding food to Bai Lixin’s plate, Di Suo sometimes played with his body and came up to Bai Lixin’s ear to whisper something.

Seeing the two move so intimately, Hillman once again remembered Christine’s words.

His heart was full of fear, and his face could put on a calm and collected look.

In the records of dragon history, the black dragon Di Suo was once the guardian of the dragon race.

What kind of dragon could be a guardian to the dragons?

Only the most powerful were qualified to be guardians, and there was one guardian in each generation who guarded the entrance to the dragon clan before outsiders entered.

The reason why the Black Dragon is said to be the sinner of the dragons is that during his guardianship, Alexander I entered the dragon territory silently and took away the two dragon princes, which almost led to their death.

Although Di Suo rescued the princes in time, the dragons had to relocate because the entrance was discovered.

Although the Black Dragon was a dragon, he had been away from the dragons for too long. For so many years, he had lived in the human world.

Christian said that the Black Dragon was sealed, but whether the Black Dragon was sealed or had become a lackey of the humans, was not known.

But one thing he was sure of was that Di Suo and Ansel Alexander were very close.

Should he believe in Alexander’s goodness and innocence, or should he take Christian’s word for it?

Hillman stared at the pure white tablecloth in front of him and instinctively began to lean towards Christian’s words.

For no other reason than the fact that Christian had saved the helpless bird.

He looked like Sophia, who had helped him ten years earlier.

People who can help others without giving anything back can’t be bad.

Christian made a show of himself in front of Hillman only to show his kindness and strength. But he had mistakenly struck the right note, just enough to stimulate the soft spot in Hillman’s heart.

Although his move was an ordinary one, it was a clever one, and Hillman was now thinking of returning to the dragons to report the news.

As he thought about it, Hillman looked at Di Suo with a look of rejection.

Although he worshipped the strong, it was all forgone in the face of the greater good of the dragons.

Now that the Black Dragon was the enemy of the entire dragon race, he naturally regarded the Black Dragon as an enemy as well.

A murderous aura suddenly appeared in the palace, and Di Suo glanced silently at Hillman, who could not hide his expression, and continued to pour a glass of fragrant brandy for Bai Lixin.

Bai Lixin took a sip and looked towards Sophia, “Sophia, you have been here for two days. If you don’t go back, your father will be worried. So stay another night, pack your things, and go back in the morning. ”

Sofia was looking at the two loving people with starry eyes and flushed cheeks, but now that Bai Lixin suddenly gave the expulsion order, Sofia instinctively complained, “Ah? Do I have to leave now? ”

No sooner had she finished her sentence than she realized something was wrong and hurriedly changed her tone, “Well, I have had a great time these past two days. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your hospitality, and I will return to the Sena Kingdom early tomorrow morning. ”

Bai Lixin nodded, “Good. If there is nothing serious tomorrow morning, I will definitely see you off. But if I am unable to get away, you must also have a safe journey. ”

Sofia nodded heavily and said, “I know, Your Majesty. I have Hillman with me. He is the one person I trust to protect me.”

Hearing Sophia’s wholehearted trust, Hillman’s heart was warmed and his desire to protect Sophia was strengthened.

After bidding farewell to Christian that morning, he had secretly used the True Word spell on some of the people in the palace, and the retainers he had used it on generally did not have a very high opinion of Alexander.

Christian was right, Alexander was indeed usually sulken and violent, not at all this gentle as he showed in front of Sophia.

On the one hand, there was Sophia’s happiness and the safety of the dragon clan, and on the other hand, there was the poorly rated Alexander and the dragon sinner Di Suo. His scales had long since tipped, and he had completely believed Christian’s words.

But did he really want to take Christian with him into the dragons?

Hillman hesitated.

Christian said he knew the spell that would break the curse of the divine artefact on the dragons, but it was so precious and so secret that he, as a young man, was not yet qualified to know it.

He would have to meet the Dragon King himself and tell him the spell.

But the first law of the dragon clan forbade any human being to be brought into the boundary, and those who disobeyed the order were punished by a hundred years’ imprisonment.

A hundred years of imprisonment was nothing for the dragons, but humans only lived for a few decades, and if he was imprisoned for a hundred years, how would he ever see Sophia again?

No, he could not take Christian to the Dragons.

He could perhaps enter the Dragons’ lair first, ask the Dragon King for permission, and if he agreed, it would not be too late to bring Christian into the Dragons’ camp.

While Hillman was still hesitating, Bai Lixin and Sophia had finished their dinner. Bai Lixin had business to attend to and had long since left with Di Suo.

Hillman came back to his senses and found himself and Sophia alone in the vast palace, with a few attendants at the side.

Sophia wiped the corner of her mouth with a silk handkerchief and gracefully stepped out of her chair to take Hillman’s hand, “Let’s get back to our rooms too. We have an early start tomorrow.”

Hillman nodded and let Sofia take his hand as he walked forward.

In the quiet night, Hillman and Sophia walked side by side in the garden. Sophia looked up at the full moon in the sky and sighed, “Every time there is a full moon, I remember a small incident. I remember that ten years ago, there was also a full moon, I think, and I suddenly found a small silver dragon in the back garden that was dying of breath, as if it was about to die.”

Hillman stiffened and a cold sweat broke out on his palms when he heard Sophia suddenly talk about their past.

“Then I secretly kept this dragon in my chambers, bringing him some eggs and meat occasionally, and the dragon’s body gradually began to regain energy until one time, when I returned to my chambers, I found that the dragon could already fly. I let it go. How do you think the dragon is doing now that ten years have passed? ”

Hillman smiled stiffly. ” I’m not it, so how do I know how it is?”

Sophia frowned and cocked her head, “Honestly, Hillman, every time I see you with your silver hair and silver eyes, I think of that little dragon. Don’t dragons take human form? Are you that little dragon, Hillman? ”

Hillman’s face stiffened and he forced a smile, sweat pouring out of his hands, “Your Highness, how could I be a dragon? If I were a dragon, I would be free to soar in the sky, not be by your side, right?”

Sofia looked Hillman up and down again with a puzzled look before nodding, “You have a point, but why are your hands sweating so much? Is it hot? ”

“Haha, yes, I am a bit hot. I am a young blooded man.” Hillman chuckled and could only reply with this far-fetched excuse.

But fortunately, Sophia did not ask the question again after that, and the two walked hand in hand for a while longer, before Hillman sent Sophia back to her bedchamber and then went back to his bedroom.

In the study, General Kapler, his face full of solemnity, was half-kneeling on the floor with a huge chest in front of him. “Your Majesty, I have put the heretics in the dungeon.”

“Eh?” Bai Lixin raised an eyebrow and said, “What have you found that made you put them straight into the dungeon.”

Kapler sniffed and opened the chest and said in a low voice, “Your Majesty, come and see. So many of the gold and silver vessels here came from this castle. There must be something wrong with them.”

He picked up one of them, examined it and pointed to the symbols on the bottom, “Isn’t this from the Hall of Priests? Stealing from the priests’ hall? How dare these people? ”

He threw the silverware back into the chest and said to Kapler, “General Kapler, lead the way. I want to interrogate these men myself to find out how they managed to sneak into my fortified castle without a word! ”

He looked back at Di Suo with a smile and asked, “Are you coming with me?”

With half-smiling eyes, Di Suo nodded, “Yes.”

It was a quiet night, and everyone was asleep.

And in the deep dungeons of the castle, there was scream after scream and whip after whip.

Bai Lixin wiped his hands gracefully with his handkerchief and looked towards Christian, who had hurried in with a pleasant smile, “Ah, High Priest, why are you not resting? I caught a gang of thieves for you today. They had the audacity to go to the priest’s hall and steal something, I was just about to finish their interrogation! ”

Christian’s face clouded over as he looked at the five men chained to the cross and the other man in the far cage before silently walking over to Bia Lixin.

Moments before he was about to fall asleep, chief priest Kenny suddenly claimed to have something important to discuss, only for him to come in and hurriedly  say that the Quest party had been forcibly taken away by Kapler’s army!

The Silver Dragon had not yet agreed to take him into the Dragon Clan, so these people were still of use.

If the Silver Dragon refused to take them to the dragons, these men would be his guides!

But only a day had passed, and Alexander had taken them into custody?

Was it a coincidence? Or did Alexander do it deliberately?

Christian pursed his lips and stared coldly at the man who had the lightest of smiles.

Only now did he realize that he could not see through this 26-year-old King Alexander.