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"You better stop this now! Or I'll cut your food tonight!" Latis's expression changed instantly, as if he had been caught in a pincer movement. He hunched over, paused, and then threatened fiercely.
"I've already secretly eaten all of today's food!"
Serfal gave a thumbs-up, flashing a healthy grin.
"..." A sharp pain swept through Latis's brain. He sighed deeply, looked up at the ceiling, and muttered to himself:
"Never mind, I brought the dragon home myself... Hey, what are you doing?"
Serfal withdrew his hand from pinching Latis's cheek, thought for a moment, then leaned down and kissed him.
"...?" Latis stared blankly for a moment, looking at the red dragon's expressionless face, and couldn't help but widen his dead fish eyes and loudly complain:
"Stupid dragon, that's not how you kiss! You son of a bitch, it's not astringent at all!"
"Just kiss me if you want to... what else can you do..." Serfal muttered, scratched his head, thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up, and he leaned down again to slap Latis's mouth hard with his lips.
"...I'm truly impressed."
After struggling while being bitten, Latis looked helplessly at Serfal, who was constantly licking his face with his tongue, and could only silently accept the existence of this stupid dragon. He reached out and flicked Serfal's head, then asked:
"Serfar, what was the plan you mentioned when you came in? What kind of open space are you looking for?"
"Oh! I almost forgot!"
Serfar straightened up, clapped his hands, and a thoughtful, serious expression appeared on his face.
"I'm going to build a small dragon's nest in the Mage's Territory! That way, Little Ra and I will have our own love nest! We can also produce some byproducts from Dragon Valley!"
"Dragon's Nest?"
Latis was taken aback, then scratched his head and exclaimed:
"So you can do this kind of complicated construction, Serfar."
"Nope."
Serfar shook his head and said matter-of-factly:
"So I have to go back to Dragon Valley, and before that, Little Ra will accompany me on a trip to the floating islands... oops, I mean, to cure my mental retardation!"
Chapter 287 Serfal can't exactly cause a bloodbath... right?
In short, Latis still planned to find a suitable area within the mage territory to serve as a dragon's den, so that Serfal could build one there for fun. After all, he felt that having this silly dragon lying on top of the mage tower every day was a bit of an eyesore for a dragon.
The problem is that the entire mage estate is less than 3,000 square meters in size. It's not small, but it's not large either. It's fine for accommodating a few scattered buildings, but it would be a bit difficult to make a giant dragon live comfortably.
In the current Herod Mage Territory, the mage tower occupies a central space of about 100 square meters, which is already the largest open space in the mage territory. Even after deducting the area used as a courtyard, the single-story space of the mage tower is not very large.
Besides, Frico's hut is about thirty square meters and stands on a small hill, while Yashutia's workshop occupies a cave. It can be said that both of them are very easy to manage and do not require any special space.
"However, if you revert to your full dragon form, your body length will be close to thirty meters, which is more than half the length of a mage's territory. For you, this mage's territory might not be enough to serve as a dragon's lair..."
Latis scratched his head. He had initially thought this house could fit dozens of wives, no, family members... but he hadn't expected that the entire mage territory might be a bit small for a dragon.
However, it seems that the Mage Guild can use spatial magic to expand the size of the mage tower's interior. I wonder if it will work the same way on the mage territory. It just so happens that Artemis will be back soon. I can ask her when she goes to the Mage Guild to turn in her quest.
"It seems so?"
Serfal stood atop the mage tower, surveying the entire mage territory. He stroked his chin, and the dragon seemed to freeze in place.
"...Selfal?"
Latis pondered for a moment, then looked up as if to speak, only to see Serfal standing motionless atop the tower, looking very much like a weather vane.
His eyes twitched slightly. He took a deep breath, stepped forward, patted Serfar on the shoulder, and asked in a deep voice:
"Serfar, are you thinking?"
"Huh? How do you know?"
Serfar snapped out of his daze, a look of delight spreading across his face as if he'd finally discovered someone had seen through his brilliant mind. He then gave a thumbs-up and said:
"Serfar noticed that this mage territory is quite small!"
"...I think I just mentioned this issue."
Latis rubbed his temples in pain, looked at Serfal who was staring at the ground again, sighed helplessly, walked to her side, raised his hand to stroke her head, and asked:
"And now? What are you thinking about now?"
"Ooh!"
Serfal turned to look at Latis, chuckled, and said:
"Serfar remembered that there seemed to be a few old dragons in the dragon's nest in Dragon Valley who had some tricks up their sleeves!"
"Huh?" Latis was taken aback and asked, "Is there any way?"
“It’s that…” Serfar frowned slightly, stroked his chin, and said uncertainly, “It’s something like a demiplane link or demiplane folding ability, anyway, it’s the ability to walk directly to Dragon Valley on the continent of Atlantis!”
"Wait, explain yourself more clearly..."
Latis, looking puzzled, pinched Serfa's cheek and turned her to face him. He met her wise gaze for a moment, then sighed and said:
"Fine, I'll ask and you answer."
……
After a difficult explanation from Niu Tonglong, Latis finally understood what Serfar meant.
It turned out that she saw that the territory of the mage Herod was not large enough to serve as a dwelling place for dragons, so she remembered that in the dragon's nest deep in the Dragon Valley, there were several old dragons who had lived for countless years. They had long since stopped caring about the affairs of the young dragons, but they would occasionally provide assistance when the young dragons asked for help.
According to Serfal, in the dragons' casual conversations, some dragons had talked about those old dragons, saying that they used to have such prestigious names as "Mind Dragon," "Space Dragon," and "Amethyst Arcane Dragon." These prestigious names gradually disappeared into the dust of history with their retirement and the decline of Dragon Valley, but through the oral tradition of generation after generation of dragons, traces of the past can still be glimpsed.
Serfael had heard that the old dragons might not be as powerful as the legends suggested, but they did possess some magical abilities. She had heard that a dragon had once asked the old dragons to create a spatial passage connecting its valley to an island overseas. However, she heard that other dragons would use the passage, and the dragon, in a fit of anger, closed it again.
So she plans to ask the old dragons to connect her valley with the Herod Mage Territory after she returns to Dragon Valley, so that she won't have to take up too much space in the Mage Territory and will only need to build a small dragon's nest as a door.
"I see……"
Latis nodded knowingly. Although he had experienced so many simulations, he hadn't really explored Dragon Valley much. He had heard that Dragon Valley was a way to reach beyond the plane, so when Serfal returned to Dragon Valley, he would also need to take a look.
"Serfar, you seem to have gotten a little smarter?"
He snapped out of his daze, looked at the proud, silly dragon, and while he couldn't help but laugh, he also couldn't resist praising her. Seeing her expression instantly turn smug, Latis shook his head helplessly and then said:
"Anyway, when you go to Dragon Valley, I'll go with you."
"Eh?"
Serfal suddenly snapped out of his daze, stared wide-eyed for a moment, then leaped up and pounced on Latis, shouting joyfully:
"Great!"
……
"If it's a slightly more remote location as you said, then this is the only place left..."
Latis parted a patch of tangled branches and leaves, peeked inside, nodded, squeezed his body in, and then pulled Serfal in with his hand.
"This is it, the upper left corner of the mage's territory. Although it is now covered with vegetation, there is actually an open space here with a diameter of more than ten meters."
Latis glanced back at Serfal, whose head was hidden by branches and only his two dragon horns remained visible. A vein throbbed slightly on his forehead. After snapping off the branches beside him with both hands, he took a deep breath and continued:
"And since there are hills all around here, and the magic array prevents outsiders from seeing or hearing anything inside, it's a perfect place to sleep."
"Wherever Little Ra chooses, Serfal will go!"
Serfal raised his hands high and shouted energetically, "Then Serfal, let's get to work!"
"Hey wait a minute, you're not even watching?"
Latis quickly grabbed Serfar's hand, sighed, patted her head, and said:
"I'll go around twice more to make sure, you stay here and don't move."
"Oh."
Serfal immediately squatted down and began to examine the broken branches and leaves that Latis had broken off.
"……never mind."
Latis reached out and flicked Serfal on the back of the head. Seeing that Serfal didn't react, he couldn't help but sigh and then started to take another step to inspect the place.
"Could it be that a quick-witted and high-quality man like me can be controlled by a naturally dense and stupid guy? Damn it..."
He muttered to himself as he returned to where he had come in.
As a completely undeveloped area within the Mage's Territory, the vegetation here is extremely chaotic. During the magical surge in Lundia, seeds that had been buried for who knows how long sprouted all emerged from the soil, resulting in a chaotic mix of red, green, and yellow hues, resembling an unwashed palette by an art student, making it impossible to distinguish front from back from back.
The clearing he found for Serfal was a place surrounded by rolling hills, with only a narrow path covered by trees as the entrance. Moreover, unless one traversed the various hills of the Mage Territory, this crooked path could only be accessed from the central Mage Tower courtyard.
Simply put, it's a secluded place where everyone would think there's no dragon in his house.
"Just leave the trees along the roads and on the hills, and clear the vegetation from the open spaces..."
Latis walked around the open space and confirmed that apart from the uneven surface, there was nothing wrong with it. And for a dragon that would lay out many materials to sleep on, this unevenness was nothing at all.
As for its size, Serfall can only be forced to curl up like a cat when sleeping in its main body.
Latis stopped, clapped his hands, and smiled with relief as if he had finally solved a problem. He then shouted loudly:
"Selfal, come out and clean up the mess!"
After a moment of silence in the forest, Latis thought that Serfal was playing in the mud and hadn't heard him. Just as he was about to call out again, a sudden feeling of unease washed over him.
click -
He looked in the direction of the sound, his eyes widened and his mouth opened, but before he could speak, a strong tail swept across him with a thud.
……
"I was so stupid, so very stupid. I should have known sooner how vast the gap was between humans and dragons..."
Latis lay on the hill, rubbing his aching back, and sighed deeply.
Fortunately, his physical strength was now comparable to that of a level six warrior, and thanks to his cockroach-like tenacious vitality, he recovered from the brink of death after lying there for only a short while.
"Luckily, I'm a sports student. Even if I were to eat a nuclear bomb, I'd only experience mild discomfort..."
After a brief, self-deprecating remark, Latis propped himself up, glanced at Serfal who was obediently pulling up tree stumps in the open space, then looked at the sky, thought for a moment, clapped his hands, and shouted:
"Silly Dragon, it's past three, let's have some afternoon tea first!"
"Ow?"
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