Chapter 27

Hearing Mia's voice, the dragon lowered its head cautiously. It frowned and looked at her current appearance. The first thing it said was, "Why do you look like a human and a dragon now?

" Ya: Huh? ? ?

"Oh, I understand, these must be those nasty human quirks," the dragon continued before Mia could answer. It waggled its tail impatiently and miraculously stopped just before it hit the tree. Swinging in the other direction, "On the way to find you, I saw that the humans seemed to be obsessed with this look. They would equip themselves with non-human ears and tails so that they could disguise themselves as other creatures. But that disguise is not to ward off predators or hunt, this is simply too strange." "

Actually, it's not bad." As a Cosplay enthusiast, I also like those cute, non-human, all kinds of things. Mia retorted in a low voice. She raised her head and looked at what she could call a huge dragon in front of her. The sunlight shone on its green scales, making it look like a sparkling gem.

After hearing Mia's words, the dragon also made a disdainful sound from its nose. Gray-white smoke spurted out from its nose, making the surrounding small animals tremble in fear.

The birds stopped stiffly on the branches, and Seth was also frightened into a cat ball. He roared a warning from his throat, but after being glanced at by the dragon, he immediately ran in from where he was standing. In the grass.

"You are living with these animals now." The dragon continued, its tail swaying constantly, and there was a bit of pride in its tone, obviously very satisfied with the reaction of these small animals.

"So be it." Mia replied. She looked at the animals with sympathetic eyes, and then asked the dragon why he came to her.

According to her experience, most of those friends come to her because of something, such as a certain agreement they made before, or because they have problems and need help.

Obviously, Mr. Long is the latter. He was immediately discouraged after hearing Mia's question. "You also know that among the dragons I know, you are the only one who is most familiar with humans," the dragon muttered. Sitting on the ground dejectedly, his tail no longer swung as before, but hung down aggrievedly, "And I was recently entangled by a human."

"You went to rob their princess?" Mia asked. In the fairy tales she had read, dragons would kidnap a princess from a certain country and take her back to his cave, then wait for a brave man with weapons to rescue her.

"How is that possible! I'm not the kind of dragon who wants to get treasure by kidnapping princesses, and I've grown up and accumulated a lot of treasure!!" The dragon immediately retorted, looking at Mia unhappily. When he said that he had grown up, he turned slightly sideways so that she could see the scales on her body more clearly - in the world of dragons, a beautiful body with sparkling scales is the best way to grow up. prove.

"Then why is he pestering you?" Mia asked again.

"How do I know? Even though I didn't do anything, a group of people broke into my cave and took away my things. They were still shouting that they wanted to protect their country and drive away the evil dragon!" Long complained.

Its tail began to wag impatiently again, but I don't know if it was because it recalled the things that upset the dragon. This time it didn't stop its tail when it was about to hit the plant. Instead, it knocked down the standing plant at once. On the nearby tree, the sound of the tree trunk breaking resounded in the garden, which startled Mia.

She immediately looked at the tree that had unfortunately been hit. It did not fall, and the dragon held it tightly with its tail the moment it broke. It stood stiffly in place, and its originally angry expression was now replaced by embarrassment and worry.

Although it doesn't like humans, it still knows the rules of the human world. Behavior like this that destroys other people's belongings will put it in a place called a prison, where it will be restricted and locked up for a long time.

To be honest, this is not a big deal for a dragon. Let's not mention that it is a dragon. If it doesn't stay there voluntarily, there is no creature that can force it, let alone a mere human. Besides, as a long-lived race , being imprisoned is nothing more than moving to another place to sleep.

The only thing it worries about is that the humans in this family will be disgusted with Mia because of its behavior.

They are all dragons anyway, and most intelligent creatures like to talk about the entire group in general terms, especially humans. They not only hate other races except humans, but also reject people who are different from themselves. , they rely on some ridiculous basis to classify themselves into three, six or nine classes. While being discriminated against by others, they also discriminate against people in the lower class, but while doing so, they also have to wear a hypocritical mask for themselves. .

That's why it doesn't like humans, or rather, most dragons except Mia don't like humans. They stay away from human beings and find their own resting place in icebergs, oceans, rainforests and other places where few humans have set foot.

Only Mia, when she left her mother with it, suddenly said that she was going to the city. She said that she had found a bat spirit who was very suitable to become a family, and if nothing else happened, she would stay with him. around.

The dragon was surprised when he heard this at first. He didn't understand why she wanted to run into the city. After all, when they were growing up, they had heard news of biological extinction due to human expansion more than once, and their The elders often tell them stories about which dragon was killed by them because they kidnapped a human princess, and the golden treasures they finally collected were snatched away by humans... Influenced by these , in the impression of dragons, human beings are completely despicable (actually after killing dragons, they will snatch treasures that are more important than their lives, that is too much!), inaccessible, but very weak existences .

It didn't know why she wanted to run to a place where humans gathered, and it didn't know what charm the bat spirit had that could attract a dragon to want to stay with him - because dragons are very territorial creatures. , they abide by the rule of one dragon and one residence most of the time. Even the cubs will be forcibly driven out of the cave by their mother after the initial lactation period and start living alone as a dragon.

So after hesitating for a long time, it chose to follow Mia to see the bat spirit.

They sat on the clouds together and watched the human in black uniform jump from the tall building. He kicked the human standing and talking to the ground, and also quickly knocked down the human standing next to him at a very fast speed. Knock down.

"Look, isn't he super cool!" Mia shouted excitedly as she watched his series of movements. Her tail swayed happily and her wings flapped slightly, which was enough to show how happy she was now. Pleasure.

"But he's only human," the dragon said unhappily. It doesn't want its friends to come into contact with humans. They are despicable and dangerous. And even if the bat spirit is a good person, according to the life span difference between humans and dragons, he will die when they are still in the cub stage. If he died, Mia would be sad.

But in the end, they are just friends, and dragons have always been a species that does not interfere with the decisions of other creatures. On the premise of not threatening their own safety, they basically turn a blind eye to the behavior of their companions, and only rarely give a few warnings.

So although the dragon was very worried, it could only sigh at Mia's insistence, and then separated from her to find a place to sleep. Unexpectedly, not even after lying there for a few years, a human came to the door and was also beaten. They stole a lot of things.

Thinking of this, Long put away those worries and continued to look at Mia angrily. There is no good thing in human beings, it just allows her to recognize the facts in advance!

But Mia didn't know what it was thinking. She looked at it with doubtful eyes, "But didn't you just say that you were only entangled by one person?" "

It's a person!" Long shouted, "That group of humans Most of them were scared away by my majestic appearance the first time they saw me. There was only one person. No matter whether I roared at her or breathed fire at her, it didn't work. Not only did it not work, every time Every once in a while she will break into my cave with her completely useless weapons. The gold coins I finally piled up fell down several times because of her!!!" the dragon said angrily, its tail slapping angrily. ground.

If a kitten or puppy made such an animal, Mia would probably only think it was cute. However, since

the making such an action was a huge dragon, Mia not only did not feel cute, but felt that the ground seemed to be moving. Slight shaking.

"That's enough, I know, stop your tail!" Mia shouted. She stared at the dragon with wide eyes. Alfred, Bruce, and Zatanna also ran out because of the shock. They stopped in the garden, Look at it with disapproval.

After feeling their gazes, the dragon stopped its tail guiltily. It turned its head, trying to pretend that it had done nothing. However, under Mia's angry glare, it still turned its head in embarrassment, " Okay, okay, I'll pay attention next time. But it's not my fault. You know, if it weren't for that human, I wouldn't be so angry!" The dragon defended in a low voice. When it said the latter sentence, it His tone gradually became more confident.

"It seems that that tree is also the result of your anger." Alfred said, he frowned and looked at the tree trunk placed casually next to it, as well as the leaves and flowers that had fallen due to the vibration just now. , if nothing else happens, someone will definitely come to mow the garden tomorrow.

"So what happened?" Bruce asked seriously.

Just when he was discussing things with Zatanna in the Batcave, gravel suddenly fell to the ground, and this moment made Batman alert. He was worried that there was an earthquake - the last big earthquake in Gotham. The earthquake left a big shadow on him.

Because Congress determined that Gotham had become a hopeless disaster area, even if he used Bruce Wayne's identity, he could not persuade them to change their minds. Therefore, Gotham at that time could almost be called a living hell, violence and obedience. Become the currency of this land, while kindness and good intentions are thrown into the trash can. Chaos is the only adjective that can describe this scene. And even if that disaster ended well, no one would want to experience it a second time. But when he left the Batcave in a panic and came up to take a look, he found that it was a dragon having a tantrum.

It blew out a breath from its nose after hearing Bruce's words, looking disdainful to answer. But Mia didn't care about this. She told Bruce everything she had just heard from the dragon, and she looked at him with admiration when she talked about it. She's been like this ever since she learned he was Batman.

"...So I guess it was because of something it did that caused the group of people to have the misunderstanding that it was going to attack their country, so they broke into its cave with weapons and wanted to drive it out of their country. Country." Mia speculated. When she talked about that, she looked at Bruce with a proud expression, as if to say, "How about it, am I super awesome!"

But Long didn't think so, It interrupted Mia's words with a somewhat angry tone, and shouted, "I didn't do anything that would make them misunderstand!" "

Then what did you do?" Mia asked after hearing the dragon's words. The gaze shifted from Bruce to the dragon. It made a thinking expression and thought for a long time. "I took a nap first," Mia heard it say, "Then I woke up from the nap, and I left the cave to prepare for myself. Find some food."

"Then what?"

"Then I went to a forest to hunt prey, but when I was about to kill it, a group of humans suddenly appeared with weapons in their hands. At that time, I even tried to kill me with a small stone that came out of a long tube, but how could that thing hurt me? You know, I am Ares, the hope of the next generation of the dragon family. "Dragon, no. , it should be said that Ares said proudly, it raised its tail high, and its dark green scales shone brightly in the sun.

This made Mia subconsciously glance at her tail. Compared to Ares's, her scales were not as shiny and the color looked muddier.

"Hey, it's okay, Mia. After all, you have to know that I am the best, and it is normal for your scales to be contaminated after being exposed to humans for a long time." Ares saw Mia's movements and comforted, but it There was still pride in his tone that could not be concealed.

But yes, for creatures with scales, beautiful and strong scales are indeed worth showing off to other members of the same species, just like humans also like to show off their thick and thick hair to others.

"I didn't pay attention

to this , I just wanted to know what you did next." Mia said.

"What else can I do? Of course, I would like to warn them and let them leave. You know, although my name is Ares, I don't like fighting. What's more, I would rather spend my energy on killing a few humans. Go and enjoy my food," Ares replied.

"Then that's the point," Mia yelled, "because your warning misled them." "

But I just yelled at them, just like I did with the cat, and I even yelled at them. Didn't breathe fire at them!" the dragon shouted in surprise.

"But they will be afraid, just like Seth." Mia continued.

"This is simply unreasonable!" the dragon retorted. It stared at Bruce and the others who were standing nearby, hoping to get a rebuttal from them. After all, if a low roar can be considered a declaration of war, then this The world will be filled with war and there will be no place for peace.

But unfortunately, Bruce and the others just nodded and agreed with Mia's words.

"You have to know, Ares, there is a big size difference between you and us. As long as you show a little attack, they will be scared." Mia explained, she looked at Als with sympathetic eyes, To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that she had seen many strange creatures and she knew that her friends would not hurt her, she would definitely feel scared when facing it.

"I didn't mean to attack." Ares retorted in a low voice. Its tail began to swing irritably again, but this time it remembered to stop when it was about to hit the tree. "And you are a dragon like me. Our The body shapes are obviously about the same."

"But I am a human now." Mia said, and after thinking about the horns on her head and the tail behind her, she added, "At least I am the size of a human now." "

Then I What should I do now? I don't want to change my place yet, it's too hard to find!" Ares wailed, looking at Mia with pleading eyes, "You have to help me, you are the only dragon I know. Knows the best about humans."

"Maybe we can go talk to that human?" Mia said uncertainly. She turned her head and looked at Bruce. He hadn't had time to put on his uniform, but he already had Batman in his expression. Unique disapproval.

Zatanna stood next to him. She looked at Mia with a teasing expression after seeing her expression, and patted Bruce with her hand to remind him that it was time for him to appear.

This made Bruce sigh helplessly and said: "You should know that this is very dangerous, and your illness is not completely cured..." He wanted to refuse her, after all, he already knew that Ares would only exist for one day, as long as this When the sky is over, everything will disappear, but before he could finish speaking, Ares interrupted him. It looked at Mia with wide eyes, "What, are you sick?" it shouted worriedly. road.

In the world of dragons, getting sick is almost impossible. They will only get sick when their power is out of control. For creatures like dragons, out of control power means weakness, and weakness means death. .

"Yes, but it was just a little cold, and I'm almost recovered." Mia explained that she didn't know what Ares was thinking. As a dragon that had only been a dragon for less than a few hours, in her opinion, this Just like any cold she had had before, as long as she went out and sweated a little, she would be fine soon.

"Really?" Ares asked. It looked at Mia carefully with worried eyes, and then breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there was really nothing wrong with her.

But since she has no problem now, it means that these humans protected her during the period when her power was out of control.

"Of course, I don't have any questions now." Mia replied. This answer was not only for Ares, but also for Bruce. She looked at him with an expression of anticipation mixed with a bit of pleading, wanting him to agree to her adventure. She had never been on an adventure with a dragon.

After seeing Mia like this, Bruce had no choice but to agree. The only requirement was that he must join this adventure and listen to his command throughout the process.

"Of course, sir, I promise to obey the command!" Mia replied immediately after hearing Bruce's words. She raised her right hand as if to swear.

Although Ares wanted to say something after hearing this, he could only keep his mouth shut after seeing Mia's appearance and thinking that the human in front of him protected Mia when she was sick. At least judging from his appearance just now, he would definitely not harm her.

So that's it, one person and two dragons - Alfred will stay at the manor, while Zatanna has to start preparing for her performance that night, but before leaving, she hasn't forgotten to ask Bruce to help her collect some information about dragons. materials to prepare for her subsequent research.

After hearing what she said, although Bruce wanted to ask her why she didn't go find Ares by herself, it was right in front of them now, but he still agreed to her, and then they would start a new adventure!