"Seal of Space!"
The portal closed and once again the miniature world was locked away from the outer world.
Seth looked at his naked slave and the unconscious guest hanging from his arm off his side.
He felt a headache coming on. He sighed and started to complain at his slave as Seth led the way to his small cottage.
"What a start to my day… I have not ONE but TWO new people here in my home."
The flood dragon did its utmost to gain his master's trust.
"Master! Worry not about this servant! I am now your slave! If it is an inconvenience, I can go back and live in the river. If this human here is a bother, I can eat him for you too master!"
However, Seth was not impressed. He was actually taken aback.
"No! No eating the man! In fact, no eating anyone! I was trying to save him!"
The flood dragon felt wronged. He was only trying to help in what he thought would be the best way possible.
He was tempted to swear, but he caught himself and refrained.
"The fu… I mean… ahem. But master. How can I live and not eat?"
Seth was at a loss. His slave had a point, but it didn't get Seth's point either.
"You can speak to me freely. Calling me master and being spoken politely to feels weird. You don't have to. Also, I didn't say you couldn't eat. Just don't attack anyone indiscriminately, ok? Ask me first."
The slave nodded his head. "Ugh! Thank the divines! I couldn't stand acting like a noble brat. They're all full of shit. Shit wrapped in shiny clothes. I'm glad you're not like them, master."
Seth wondered who his new foul-mouth slave was. And how much he knew and understood about the world.
"You don't have to call me master Silver… and well, I'm definitely not a noble. Probably explains why I don't act like one."
"Master is master." The flood dragon then made a confused face. "You're not a noble, master? But how did you get such a rare treasure? Even I would have trouble acquiring such an amazing item. If I did have one I would have lived here instead of in the river."
"I would rather not say for now. Maybe another day. Oh look, that's my cottage and home."
Changing the subject, Seth did not want to say anything about himself being a runaway slave. So Seth pointed at his small cottage.
The flood dragon didn't push further, but he was curious and thinking about the identity of his new master.
Opening the door inside, Seth slipped off his shoes and with his free hand pulled out a spare blanket. He placed the unconscious man on the floor. With his hands now free, he went and opened his dresser and pulled out an attire for Silver.
"It may be a little large on you but you can roll up the pant legs and sleeves to make them fit better. Maybe when we go to town, I can get something more your size."
The nude slave stretched and pulled the clothes as he examined them.
"Such odd creatures, humans are. Covering your bodies makes no sense! How do you know if a potential mate's body looks worthy for sex? See this? No flood dragon ever said no to me!"
The slave twisted his body left and right, causing his member to slap to the sides of hislower abdomen.
Seth didn't know what to tell his culturally different slave.
"Well, that's part of the seduction. The surprise makes the experience that more exciting."
The slave took a moment and thought about his master's words.
"Yes. I do suppose that would build suspense. But what if the surprise was not good? Do you still mate?"
Seth felt like he was talking to a child. The slave asked hard questions.
"I suppose it depends on the person."
"Then how about you, master? Would you still mate?"
Seth didn't know or want to tell his curious slave, but he answered.
"Well, I guess I don't mind? I think."
"Hmmm… then would you want to try with a dragon? How about me?"
Seth was not expecting the words expelled by the mount of the flood dragon. He coughed at the unexpected question.
"Ahem! I will not force a slave to do such a thing with me."
"Then if I'm willing?"
Seth saw the curious gaze on his slave's face. Seth regretted allowing slave to speak freely.
"Anyway! Put in your clothes. I'm going to go tend to the guy over there!"
Seth turned around and hurriedly left the awkward situation. Silver gave a smirk and whispered to himself.
"How cute. A shy master. This won't be so bad after all. Maybe even fun." Silver chuckled.
Seth knew his slave was probably laughing at him, but everything was to sudden. He slaves dropped a bomb he was unprepared for.
Keeping his lower half at bay and dirty thoughts away, Seth focused on the unconscious man laying on the blanket.
The man's clothes were in bad shape. They were practically unusable anymore. Seth sighed again and mumbled, making another complaint.
"There goes another set of clothes. I'll need to head to town soon."
Seth began to look closer at the man. Examining the wounds in the body, Seth finally noticed the bad bruising and swelling on the man's right arm. Part of the lower arm was slightly out of place. His head was also slightly swollen as well.
Seth felt a slight pinch in his heart as he remembered how badly he handled the man. Seth picked him up by his skinny waist and held him in that position by his side all the way from the river to his house. And Silver had tackled them with his snout too.
It explained his bad shape.
Cuts and smaller bruises littered the unconscious man's body. There was much work for Seth to do.
Unfortunately, he only knew the basic healing spells of the water series. He could heal the surface wounds but the broken bones, deep bruising, and swelling was something he was not familiar in dealing with.
Fully clothed, Silver noticed the odd pause from his frozen master. He walked closer and saw the troubled face of his master.
Silver made a mental note to himself. "Master doesn't know much. Seems like he's either a shut in noble or he's a poor commoner. Probably the latter."
Seeing his master unknowing what to do, he asked,
"Did you need some help, master?"
"Can you help, Silver!? I could heal his surface wounds with some class one spells, but I can't do much else. I think his arm is broken. Maybe his skull as well. I need to do something quick or he may die."
"Easy. No problem. I need some ingredients, but it seems you have the basic stuff to make some low grade potions. It'll be enough. But. Do you know the man, master?"
"No, I don't know him. Why?"
"Do all humans help strangers?"
"Not usually."
"Then you're the weird one, master?"
"I..I..I don't think so. I think there are others who would do so too."
"They would run into the jaws of a flood dragon trying to save a half-dead man they don't know and also try to run away?"
"I…" Seth stumbled and failed to respond to his questioning dragon.
There was a grin plastered on Silver's face, like he found a shiny new treasure.
"You're an odd one, master. Interesting nonetheless. Want to try sex with a dragon?"
Seth's mind imploded. "Just focus on healing, ok!!!"
"Che. Fine. Grab some of the Lumdar leaves, Ruril berries, some roots of the Adacea bush, and the bottle of liquor."
"Aren't you the slave, you grab them!"
"What a touchy master. You know that adds to your charm, master?"
"…" Seth just looked dumbfounded by the new side his slave. "Are all flood dragons like you, Silver?"
"Are you interested now, master?"
Seth sighed. "Let's just focus on healing."
"You're no fun." The slave faked a pout, but chuckled as he went to grab the ingredients.
All of a sudden, Seth felt exhausted. Still, he proceed to heal the unconscious man.
"Heal, aqua!"