176 Feelings of a werewolf (1/2)
”A little bit to the right, yes, yes. No, stop, one tiny bit to the left now. Annnnnnnd perfect. Don't touch anything.” A very old dragon was currently instructing a younger one for an extremely important task. After losing his previous favorite stone, the immense monster had been permanently afflicted with bad rest at the earliest time of the day.
However, a stone capable of resisting his large body was rare, and one plain enough to not have all those tiny pikes could even be considered as a treasure. Fortunately, he had managed to find one by sheer luck, only that his body was beginning to be old. Fearing that he would break it by accident, he rather asked one of those young brats that were born barely a hundred years ago. As for the young creature in question, well, it was still far too small to refuse the orders of the lazy elder.
Extending his body to its maximum, the old dragon felt the tension in his body being slightly reduced. Taking a few seconds to get a truly comfortable position, he sighed in happiness as he found it. ”You can go now. Ah, compared to the previous one it is delightful. Don't look at me like that, when you will be old you will understand that pain. Look around you, even some that are half of my age began to behave like me.”
And in fact, he was right. Most dragons when they woke up enjoyed resting for a few minutes under the first rays of the sun. Only that they didn't care as much as the old one about where they were resting, as long as it was not a pit. Still a bit grumbling about being exploited just to carry a stone, the young dragon returned to its lair to get something to eat. Leaving the other one in peaceful relaxation.
That lasted about ten seconds. ”What again?” Looking at the same dragon that left, he was visibly displeased. Was it too much to ask for a well-deserved rest after a hard day of wo… hard night of sleep? But when he looked at what was held in his hands, he realized that his past actions may have future consequences he didn't want. Before he could even begin to shoot to throw it far away, the blue crystal began to emit a light that had been seen a long time ago.
”Drop it and run!” Beginning to do the same, he stopped for a brief moment, before looking at where the crystal had ended up. On his precious plate stone. The one he had finally found after so many months of search. However, it was too late, as something seemed to be leaking from the crystal and a rift was opening in front of their very eyes. The explosion that followed made every dragon turned their eyes toward it, only to notice two newcomers.
COUGH COUGH
A large creature covered completely in fur was violently coughing, as a large amount of dust had been created with the destruction of the rocks and stones around the crystal. As for large, he was half of the height of some dragons, something the latter rarely saw. Next to him, a very small human child, completely black was searching for her surroundings, before locking her gaze on one monster. Only after seeing the extremely weird smile the oldest of them made did they remembered that they had already seen that dark soul a long time ago.
”Well, you survived and brought a friend. So, my job was accomplished.” Faced with such pathetic and weak excuses, most of the crowd felt a bit of shame being related to that lying dragon. Since when their proud race had to resort to such vile methods. When Leilade was gone, he had to explain to the rest what happened, and with the result of that time, it was not a problem. But with her coming back, it turned out it was indeed an issue.
But to their surprise, the large man covered in fur approached the dragon and bowed slightly. ”Thank you for being petty and bringing the Empress of the Underworld to me. Without your betrayal to the promise you made, it wouldn't have been possible.” Plastering a smile on his face, the old dragon was mixed, not knowing what to answer. In fact, he was still pondering if it was an insult, a compliment or both at the same time.
”Well, everything turned out good for you, right? So no need to do anything someone might regret later?” Still feeling a bit unsettled when being starred by that tiny dark thing, the old dragon was relieved to not see her moving against him. In fact, it was only later that they learned from the dwarves how she annihilated all the spiders infesting the depths of the mountains by herself. Causing them to have less food overall, even if the spiders rarely had good taste.
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”Depends on your answers. How long passed between my departure and my arrival?” The cold childish voice was finally heard for the first time, as it was her companion that mainly did the talking. However, that question was a bit tricky for the old dragon as he was not affected by time as much as the other races. Or, in other words, he had no idea of how many days for real they were gone.
”If I say a lot of days, you will not be pleased, hum?” Looking at the tiny thing in front of him and seeing her face completely unmoved by his words, he guessed so. ”You do realize that asking to me, a dragon, a completely immaterial thing like time was not a good idea?” Once more, the face of Leilade did not change about one single iota. Not making the bystanders feel too good about it. Not that they expected her to take it with a smile.