Chapter 124 – Preparing Breakfast
When I woke up, I saw that it was now bright outside of the cave.
I had been sleeping while leaning against the large body of the dragon.
The dragon was quite warm, and it had a comfortable firmness.
“Boo-booo.”
Boaboa’s child was rubbing its snout against me and sniffing.
“What is it? Are you hungry?”
“Gaoo.”
The dragon said that it would go and catch something.
“Are you sure?”
“Graa-graaau.”
“Thank you.”
The dragon slowly got up and went outside of the cave.
And then it flew up into the sky.
“It really is fast.”
With this speed, it had crossed the sea while carrying Gisela.
“If I ride on the dragon, I might be able to see more of the continent from above.”
The geologists and climatologists would be overjoyed.
However, if you wanted to go around the entire continent, then it would likely take more than several days.
It could be weeks or even months.
Unless the new continent was small, but I doubted it.
“Besides, the dragon has to go home.”
If the eggs were going to hatch soon, then we could not keep it here for months.
Of course, the dragon was very kind, so it would probably help if I asked it.
And that was exactly why I could not.
We should continue with our exploration, slowly but surely.
And eventually, we might just become friends with a local monster or beast that could fly at a great speed.
“Bui-bui.”
“You sure are an energetic child.”
“Kyuo-kyuo.”
Both Hippolius and Boaboa’s child rubbed their snouts against me.
As I petted them, Pii massaged my head.
“Thank you, Pii.”
“Pii-pii.”
It made my head feel better, and my eyes felt refreshed.
After that, Pii moved to Boaboa’s child.
“Pii.”
“Bui?”
“Pii wants to get rid of your fleas. Is that alright?”
“Bubui.”
As the child gave its permission, Pii began to remove them.
Or rather, Pii began to eat them.
Though, from a distance, it just looked like Pii was giving a massage.
Even Boaboa’s child let out a sigh as if it felt good.
“Pii. Were there fleas on Boaboa as well?”
‘There were.’
“I see. Well, they are wild animals, after all.”
‘Yes.’
Pii must have been eating the fleas while massaging Boaboa yesterday.
And so I watched them for some time. And then…
“Graaau!”
The dragon returned.
“Boogi!”
The dragon had a boar in its mouth.
To be honest, it looked like Boaboa.
Upon hearing the boar’s cry, Kelly came out of the cave.
“Oh, dragon. So you caught a boar?”
“Grau.”
“What a good dragon.”
Kelly said as she petted it.
“Dragon, we should hurry up and kill it. Is that arlight?”
“Grau.”
And so I took out my short sword and ended it.
“Gaau.”
The dragon then grabbed the boar’s leg and held it up upside-down.
This was to drain it of blood.
Pii then drank the blood.
If you left the blood there, it would attract other carnivorous beasts.
Though, the dragon was strong, so perhaps there was nothing to worry about.
Regardless, as an Adventurer, I had gotten into the habit of processing everything properly.
Otherwise, it did not feel right.
“Mr. Theo.”
“What is it?”
“Can you ask the dragon if it tastes better without blood?”
“Does it, dragon?”
“Grau.”
“Dragon says that it does taste better.”
“I see.”
Kelly looked happy as she took notes.
‘Hippolius too! Better without blood!’
“Hippolius prefers it that way as well. What about you, child of Boaboa?”
“Bo?”
“Apparently, it doesn’t know what we are talking about.”
“I see, I see. Well, it would be difficult for them to do it.”
Kelly nodded understandingly.
Even if Boaboa was not a boar, she had pretty much the same shape as one.
“Well, you will get to eat the meat later. So tell me which is better.”
“Bobobo.”
Boaboa’s child was looking forward to it.
“What about you, Pii?”
‘Like both.’
“I see.”
‘Meat is good. Blood is good.’
“Pii just likes anything.”
‘Yes! Pii can help remove blood?’
“Huh? You can?”
“Pii!”
Pii then jumped on the boar’s wound.
Apparently, it was sucking out the blood.
“Well, that’s a slime for you.”
Kelly said with a nod.
“Indeed. Though, the slimes on the old continent would dissolve the meat while sucking the blood.”
On the old continent, slimes were horrifying monsters.
Thanks for the treat.