My wife is a dragon.

Chapter 51 The Dragon Likes Humans
Citizen tickets to the North City Zoo are ten yuan and can be purchased with an ID card.

If you don’t have an ID card, you can buy a full-price ticket separately for 58 yuan.

Since Lucia didn't have an ID card, she had to buy a full-price ticket to get in.

Nowadays, most scenic spots have switched to electronic tickets. Fortunately, places like zoos still retain traditional paper tickets, otherwise Lucia would have to find another way to enter the park.

"Here's the map. Where do you want to go first?"

Xia Li unfolded the paper map that came with the ticket in front of Lucia.

There was still a drop of yogurt on Lucia's little face, and she looked for a long time with her bright eyes open.

I have seen many maps on the continent of Aize before, but most of them were made of parchment, which was ugly and blurry, and could not be compared with the real color map in front of me.

Lucia stood on tiptoe and looked for a while, then concluded.

"Hmm, I can't understand."

"..."

Come to think of it, this girl can't even tell the directions, so it's too difficult for her to look at a map.

This time when Xia Li brought Lucia to the zoo, the place they most wanted to go was the wild animal area.

He wanted to see who was more suppressive between the pure-blooded dragons on the continent of Aize and the top predators on Earth.

Of course, watching bloodline suppression is pure fun.

The real thing is to teach Lucia about the species on Earth.

"Let's go and see the monkey first."

The wild animal area, as the highlight of all zoos, is always hidden in the deepest part of the zoo. This division not only increases the tourists' stay time, but also drives the commercial development of several surrounding parks.

Therefore, Xia Li gave up the idea of ​​going straight to the beast area after just taking a look at the map, and had to go down one by one along the route on the map.

Xia Li came here with his family when he was a child. It is not much different from his childhood memory. Except for some facilities being renovated, the layout of the entire zoo has not changed.

Walking along the paved gravel road, the sunlight shone through the dense leaves, casting patches of light on Lucia's face.

Lucia was busy chewing fruit.

...Is this dragon here to eat or to visit the zoo? Why is she not interested in the animals around her at all? ?

They all passed by the bunny garden, but this guy just kept his eyes straight ahead.

Other girls had already squatted in front of the little rabbit with their skirts pressed down, saying coquettishly, "Wow, the little rabbit is so cute~~"

This evil dragon is completely immune to small animals!

What Xia Li didn't know was that when passing by the circle of white rabbit nests, Lucia's eyes did turn sideways.

However, what she was thinking in her mind was whether the more than 20 rabbits in this litter would be enough to fill her mouth when her dragon body opened its mouth.

However, rabbits have too much hair, and it’s hard to get enough rabbit meat…

Think about it and forget it.

Lucia slowed down and Xia Li took her to the monkey area.

The monkeys here are all locked in cages. The length, width and height of the cages are about five meters, forming a not very standard square.

To prevent tourists from feeding the monkeys carelessly or the monkeys from scratching them, the bottom two meters of the monkey cage were reinforced with barbed wire.

From Lucia's short vantage point, she could only barely see the messy vegetable leaves and unidentified objects inside the wire mesh.

"It stinks..."

Lucia pinched her nose and covered the fruit basket in her arms with the sleeve of her other hand.

"Oh oh oh!!"

At the very end of the monkey area, a strong chimpanzee was kept alone in an iron cage.

Judging from the thick double-layer iron mesh on the surface of the cage, this chimpanzee is already a repeat offender in this park.

Just as Lucia covered her nose and walked forward with disdain, the chimpanzee who was still dozing seemed to have discovered something, and ran over with his strong arms, making noises that were either excited or dangerous. Lucia looked at it carefully, then took a small step back.

Xia Li, who had been observing Lucia, frowned.

After all, chimpanzees are also considered a kind of beast...

Could it be that the chimpanzees on Earth are more powerful than the evil dragons?
Just as Xia Li was analyzing this in his mind, the black, muscular chimpanzee approached the cage and suddenly took a step back as if threatened.

It and Lucia retreated together, as if they were testing each other and both were startled.

However, the reason why Lucia was frightened was different.

Lucia: “Ugly, ugly things.”

Xia Li: “???”

I don't allow you to say that about the origin of mankind!
Lucia's expression was particularly disgusted.

There are clever little monkeys on the continent of Aize, but this kind of ugly big monkey is the first time Lucia has seen it.

"Oh oh oh..."

The chimpanzee that was shouting excitedly just now shrank into the innermost corner of the cage, and was obviously much more listless. It pretended to be nonchalant and played with the rotten leaves on the ground, then inadvertently looked up at Lucia, then turned around and turned its broad back towards the tourists.

Xia Li wondered, what does this mean?
With its reaction, Xia Li didn't know whether it was afraid or not interested.

"Xia Li, why are they locked in cages?"

Lucia walked out of the monkey area and breathed a sigh of relief.

The smell in there was so bad that Lucia didn't even dare to breathe deeply, and her little face turned red.

She lowered her head and sniffed the fruit in the bowl, fortunately there was no strange smell.

"Some are born in cages, and some are caught from the wild." Xia Li explained to the evil dragon.

"Born in a cage?"

Lucia turned around in surprise and looked towards the monkey area again.

Dragons pursue freedom and ease throughout their lives. This palm-sized iron cage is a nightmare for Lucia.

Most of the dragons captured in the continent of Aize... as long as they are still alive, they are probably living this kind of life.

"There are very few animals bred by the zoo itself," Xia Li continued when he saw that Lucia looked unhappy.

“In fact, most of them were caught in the wild, some were injured, and some were abandoned by their tribes since birth.

The zoo will have special personnel rushing to rescue them. Some of the rescued animals will be released on the spot, while those that are seriously injured or cannot survive outside the group will be taken back to the zoo and attempts to release them after they have recovered. If release is really not possible, they will be kept in cages in the zoo.

For example, the chimpanzee we just saw said in its profile that it was once the leader of the tribe, but later it was overthrown by younger chimpanzees because it was too old. It was seriously injured during the fight and was later rescued by the zoo, so it has remained in the zoo ever since. "

"Oh……"

Lucia had seldom listened so attentively to an animal's story.

After hearing what Xia Li said, she suddenly felt that those animals were not pitiful after all.

After all, there are delicious food and drinks provided, which is much more comfortable than being in the wild.

Thinking about it this way, the relationship between Xia Li and I is actually like that between a chimpanzee and a zoo keeper.

She was lost, so Xia Li picked her up and brought her home, but Xia Li did not put her in a cage.

Thinking of this, Lucia secretly glanced at her breeder Xia Li.

The humans in this world are different from those on the Aize continent.

They are very friendly, and Xia Li is also very friendly.

Lucia likes the humans here.

(End of this chapter)