innocent catcher

Chapter 4

The light, following Duret's breathing, flickered like the ripples of a stream.

"Can I touch it?"

The thirst emanating from the boy's eyes made it impossible for Duret to refuse, not to mention that Eggsy's hand was so soft that it almost made him...

"Ha ha!"

Durett laughed out loud.

——The dragon's neck hides secrets, with the most important scales, and...

"Sorry Eggsy, you touched my itch."

Dulet explained with some embarrassment that even under the extremely dim moonlight, Eggsy could see that there seemed to be a suspicious blush on the dragon's face.

So he touched that place a few more times.

When Duret's wings set off a huge airflow, Eggsy hugged his neck tightly, riding the wind, and flew into the sky.

Eggsy crawled on Duret's back, the dragon's scales were slippery, so he had to concentrate on holding it to avoid falling himself.

"Eggsy" Dulet called his attention, and he could feel his nervousness from the strength of the opponent holding him, "I will protect you."

Perhaps there was some calming magic in the words of the dragon, and Eggsy finally stopped hugging Duret with such strength that he almost strangled him.

"Okay, now I want you to open your eyes."

Eggsy was lying on the bed in the college dormitory, and there were extremely suspicious water stains in the corner of the ceiling above his head, which almost made people wonder if this was the best college in the entire empire.

Before parting, he told Duret that you don't want to send me off, because I was worried that I would never have the heart to leave you.

The expression on Duret's face was a bit sad - he had even packed for himself the necessary luggage to send Eggsy all the way to the capital - but he said, "Okay."

In the life of a dragon, too many people have left him, some for a short time, some for a permanent separation, but this time, he has the hope and longing to wait for the other party.

The bell tower in the middle building of the college rang "Dang-dang--", and Eggsy pushed open the window and looked out.

The moon was hanging in the sky, and under Duret's bewitching, Eggsy opened his eyes.

The dragon turned around to meet his gaze, and Dulet looked at his vertical pupils and motioned him to look down.

The woods were shrouded in the quiet moonlight, and the moonlight flowers bloomed in this night, and the wind whistled past his ears, bringing the smell of the snow-covered pine forest in the distance.

"Look carefully, Eggsy." The dragon controlled the wings and lowered their height a little. "Did you see those elves?"

For the first time, the elves, which he only saw in books, were shown alive in front of him for the first time. The pictures that once existed only in ballads and legends gradually became vivid and three-dimensional in Eggsy's mind.

They flew so far and so long that white snow marks even began to appear on the leaves of the treetops.

Dragons uttered long chants in the sky after a long absence, and the long and mellow chant carried a simple and simple incantation that only belonged to dragons.

Eggsy woke up to his voice, the sky was so cold that even with a thick scarf on, his nose was red from the cold, so he changed back to his original shape.

Even if he doesn't use his arms to cling to him, Duret will definitely fly steadily and not let him fall—this is what he promised.

"What are you singing about?"

When Duret's long singing performance finally came to an end, Eggsy asked.

"Eh?" Dulet opened his throat when he thought the little guy was already asleep. He hadn't sung these ancient songs for a long time. He sang too much, and he didn't even notice that Eggsy woke up and turned back into a big one. Maomao, "It's just...a spell from dragons, praying to the moon god to grant us health and happiness."

——Even arrogant and violent dragons will pray to God for protection.

"This is what my mother used to sing to me." The dragon flew forward steadily, and the moist water vapor when passing through the clouds made Eggsy's hair wet. "Now I sing it to you, I hope you too be healthy and happy.”

Today's moon is also big and round hanging in the sky.

Mr. Unicorn, who lives by the stream, once again heard the dragon's roar above the clouds.

Five years later, when Duret received the letter from the capital, along with the same messy handwriting as when he was a child, Eggsy appeared at the door.

"Eggsy?" It seemed that he couldn't believe his eyes—after all, the letter said that little Eggsy would spend almost a week on his way home!

"Walking too slowly." Eggsy's face turned red imperceptibly the moment he saw Duret. The appearance of the dragon has hardly changed over the years, except for the slightly shorter hair than when he left, " I had a friend who happened to be heading north, and I asked him to take me for a ride."

"Um... Then do you want to invite him to come and sit at our house?" Dulet immediately let go of his temptation after hearing this, and tried to tidy up the house.

"No, no, they, um, they've gone to the north." Eggsy stopped Durrett's movements, five years of growth made him look taller, and standing in front of Durrett was almost like a legend The characters in the Land of Giants have a sense of oppression for no reason.

——Eggsy's friends are gone, Duret thought a little disappointed, he hasn't seen his friends yet!

"Okay, then you put your things down first." Duret reached out to take Eggsy's bulging backpack, so that his shoulders could get some rest.

The small package was still the same as it left, but it was probably used by the owner too many times, and it was dusty like a layer of dust.

And it wasn't until this time that Dulet had the real feeling that "Eggsy is finally back!". Five years of busy studies and the long distance between the capital and the forest made it pitiful that they rarely met, and every year After visiting Eggsy in the capital, Duret would always feel lost for a long time for no reason.

Dragons, who have always been reserved, expressed their feelings in a conversation with Lilith.

The small pot on the table in front of the witch was gurgling, cooking something dark and unrecognizable. Duret had a finger biscuit newly made by the witch in his mouth, "I'm in it Added salamander serum! Duret, come and help me taste it~"—I really don't know how to refuse.

Apparently it was blown by the wind for too long in the sky, Eggsy's face was flushed, and his hair was messed up like a bird's nest, but he didn't need to worry about his image in front of Duret.

"There's a new bathtub in the bathroom, I thought you could try it."

When Eggsy took off his shirt and was struggling with the somewhat narrow neckline, Duret knocked on the door and opened a small crack to remind him.

Eggsy, who was stuffed in the fabric, replied in a low voice, "Okay, I will, but Dulet, can you come and help me? I forgot to unbutton the button..."

Eggsy's figure is very fit and slender-Durett swears that he is not exaggerating in any way, but maybe the light in the capital is too dazzling, or little Eggsy is always topless there, his skin It looks much darker than before.

Duret became jealous of the people in the capital for no reason, they must have seen my Eggsy's body many times!

It's easy to control the power in your hands if you lose your mind, so that when Eggsy was finally freed from the textile fabric, there was a red mark on the bridge of his nose that was obviously just strangled, which made Duret feel very guilty.

After the hot water was boiled and Eggsy stretched out his limbs in the hot steam, Dulet felt a sigh of relief.

The distance between them was a bit too close just now, Eggsy's full and strong chest muscles were in front of his face, swollen due to exertion, the air in early spring was a bit too hot, no matter the thin layer of sweat on Eggsy's body, It was also Durett's heart that was obviously beating a little too fast.

The witch stirred the liquid in the beaker, and said to herself with a smile, "What you ate was a real biscuit, now, come on, Duret, tell me, what is your true feeling for Eggsy?" , so that Dulet couldn't help shaking his head vigorously, damn it!

Eggsy, who was lying in the water, watched in horror as Dulet shook his head crazily, and his cervical spine made a terrible "crash" sound, "What's the matter, Dulet?"

"...It's nothing." Duret replied a little bored, "Call me if you need more water."

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like nothing!

But when it came time for bed, Eggsy faced a huge crisis.

——"Look, this is your room." Dulet opened the door and introduced to Eggsy, "Do you like Eggsy?"

The expression on the face of the dragon made it impossible for Eggsy to say "I don't want to sleep in a room alone". He thought he couldn't bear the blow of seeing the disappointed expression on the other person's face, so he had to say euphemistically, "But we We used to sleep together!"

Duret seemed to have expected him to say this, "You were still a baby at that time." The young man's obviously curled mouth and dimmed eyes made Duret a little unbearable, but thinking about his thoughts, "Now that you are an adult, you can't sleep with me for the rest of your life, can you?"

The tone of pretending to be relaxed did not ease the atmosphere in the room, and the young man's apparent stupefaction gave Duret a chance to leave.

"Good night, then," Durett said before closing the door.

There is no goodnight kiss today.