Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 271 Big Sky
"You sewed all of these?"

Lin Lin raised an eyebrow and noticed that Sophia's face looked a little red.

"I just...make it to kill time when I'm free. Ahem, don't worry about it!"

Sophia seemed a little flustered. She casually put the stuffed dolls into the package and moved out a large wooden box in the corner.

Lin Lin: ...

There's no need to hide it. I already knew you were a dragon fetish...

But speaking of which, I didn’t seem to see the Dragon Slayer doll just now. Did I miss it or has it not been made yet?
Lin Lin wanted to take another look, but Sophia blocked his view. He had no choice but to turn his attention back to the incubator in front of him.

"Is this little guy still quiet?"

Sophia sighed softly, "No."

She really wanted to witness the moment when Charmander broke out of its shell, but unfortunately, the truck that would take her to East Dorma would leave this afternoon, and she would not be able to wait until then.

Lin Lin couldn't help scratching his head.

He had sensed clearly before that the little guy's vitality had recovered quite well and he had long since gotten out of that weak state. His development should have been completed long ago, but why was he still staying in the egg and not coming out?
It shouldn't be like this, right?
Lin Lin held the incubator in his arms and looked around at the pile of books:
"When are you leaving? If you have anything you want to bring, I'll help you move it."

Sophia shook her head gently. "No, I've already prepared everything I need to bring. I'll leave as soon as the time comes."

"The research group we established is now completely dead in name only after I leave. After this separation, I don't know when we will meet again..."

Lin Lin thought about it for a while and remembered that the so-called research group was actually a group that studied the possibility of making friends with monsters. There were only three members: Mia, Sophia, and himself.

Mia was worried about the ecological disruption caused by the Thunder Wolf Dragon. Sophia was the only one in the group who was actually doing research. As for Lin Lin, he knew nothing about research and his joining was purely nominal.

So it is said that it is in name only, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Thinking about it this way, there does seem to be a sense of sadness at parting...

Lin Lin gave a thumbs up, trying to dilute the atmosphere, "Don't forget, my teacher is also from Dongdoruma."

"Once Jieyun Village is completely settled, I will probably follow them back there, so it won't be too long before we meet again."

Sophia thought for a moment after hearing this, then smiled:
"That's right. Well, I'll go to Dondoruma and wait there first. Don't break your promise when the time comes. I want to massage the fire dragon cub's wing membrane with my own hands!"

Lin Lin: ...

I feel like I'm inserting a flag, which is a bit dangerous...

After chatting for a while, Sophia saw that the time was almost up, so she stood up and prepared to leave.

Of course Lin Lin had to deliver it, so he simply carried the incubator to her and took it to the caravan vehicle that was ready to leave at the village entrance.

It is worth mentioning that in this caravan, Lin Lin met an unexpected acquaintance, oh no, it should be a familiar cat.

It was a golden-haired Elu cat.

"Mr. Seabuckthorn?! When did you come to Jieyun?"

Lin Lin's eyes widened, he turned to look at Sophia beside him, then looked down at the golden Elu, and a thought came to his mind:
"Fate, it's indescribable!"

The golden-haired Ailu is naturally the father of Date, Seabuckthorn. Speaking of which, the reason why Lin Lin met Sophia was because this girl rode his Maruniao car, and he happened to save the man and the cat from the mouth of the Dog Dragon leader. Now they are about to part, but they meet again in this unexpected way.

"Is it Master Lin Lin, meow?!"

Seeing Lin Lin, Seabuckthorn looked quite surprised. It hurriedly took a few steps forward and looked around Lin Lin carefully.

Not seeing the cat he wanted to see the most, Seabuckthorn looked visibly frightened.

"Date is fine. He's currently at the blacksmith shop helping to perfect the design of the follower's armor. He's also a very good hunting cat! How about you wait a moment while I go get him?"

Lin Lin could tell at a glance what the other party was worried about, and blurted out everything as soon as he opened his mouth.

Then, Seabuckthorn took a deep breath, and his expression not only became much calmer, but also showed a sense of pride on his face.

Listen, the hunter praised my son as an excellent hunting cat!

My family’s date palms have brought honor to our family!

However, it hesitated for a moment and reluctantly refused Lin Lin's final suggestion to bring the dates over for a meeting.

"I just followed the caravan to Jieyun to transport wine two days ago. I didn't expect that Master Lin Lin and the others were still in Jieyun. If I had known earlier, I would have taken the time to come and visit you..."

"But now that I know Coconut Date is doing well, I'm relieved. Thank you, Master Lin Lin, for taking care of it all the time. But you can't delay the caravan's time because of me!"

Lin Lin smacked his lips slightly and couldn't help but wonder what Coconut Date's reaction would be if he knew that he had missed this meeting.

……

Standing at the entrance of the village, Lin Lin nodded to the girl who turned around and waved at him. He stood there for a while until the shadow of the convoy gradually blurred, then he turned around.

Now he began to understand a little the sadness that the ancients felt when they bid farewell to their friends. After all, this world is full of dangers. For a caravan, encountering monsters like dog dragons and velociraptors would be a disaster. You never know whether this separation will be the last time the two sides meet, so it is inevitable to worry about your friends.

Lin Lin, though he felt this emotion, it was quite mild. After all, in his mind, Sophia was the poster girl for the fourth generation, and it wasn't her time to appear in the original plot yet, so the probability of her getting hurt was even smaller than the few wisps of air he'd caused a tornado to sweep through the sky. After standing there and watching for a moment, Lin Lin turned around, cradling the incubator in his arms, and walked towards the blacksmith shop, ready to tell Coconut Date about his recent encounter with Seabuckthorn.

But before he took two steps, he suddenly felt something was wrong. There seemed to be some movement in the incubator in his arms?
Lin Lin paused, realized something, and after coming to his senses, he ignored his plan to go to the blacksmith shop and turned around and ran towards the farm.

Fortunately, the distance between the farm and the village entrance was not far, and Lin Lin had enough strength. After running for a while, Lin Lin returned to the farm, sat directly on the edge of the field, and carefully placed the incubator in his hand on the ground in front of him.

Lin Lin's fingers trembled slightly as he opened the lid of the incubator. Immediately, the dragon egg with a crystal-clear eggshell came into view. While it remained completely still, it was obvious that the dragon egg was trembling very slightly.

Lin Lin slowly took the dragon egg out of the box and gently placed it on the small nest made from two handfuls of straw he had just plucked.

The spring breeze was blowing, the sun was warm, and the jade-white dragon egg was shaking rhythmically, like the pulse of a heart.

Lin Lin's fingers clenched unconsciously, and his knuckles even turned white from excessive force. He couldn't tell whether it was out of nervousness or excitement.

"Click"

Suddenly, a very tiny crack appeared at the tip of the eggshell, so small that it would be difficult to detect if one did not stare at it intently.

At the same time, Lin Lin no longer needed to touch it with his palms, he could directly "hear" the tender new life inside the eggshell struggling to come into this world.

"Click, click"

The tiny cracks slowly widened as the eggshell rocked, spreading out horizontally bit by bit. The cracks weren't as dense and disordered as Lin Lin had imagined, like a spiderweb. Instead, they were quite neat, as if a paintbrush had been carefully painting over the original thin line, extending and thickening it.

Lin Lin suddenly discovered that the little guy in the eggshell might have excellent body control ability, because he saw a wet, mucus-covered little mouth from the crack that cut the tip of the dragon egg horizontally.

This little guy actually used his mouth to push the eggshell open while inside the eggshell!
With a light "pop" sound, the eggshell was completely separated into two parts from the tip, and the next moment, the piece of eggshell at the tip was pushed up by a small head.

"Haw..."

The cry of the young dragon was so tender and weak that Lin Lin couldn't even find a suitable onomatopeia to describe it. Perhaps mixing "chi chi" and "ying ying ying" together could produce a similar sound?
The dragon egg could no longer remain upright, and its center of gravity tilted with the movement of the cub, and it fell to the ground little by little.

The little, wet creature inside, emerged from the egg like a cricket pupa, and finally fell to the ground, rolling around. It was only thanks to Lin Lin who reached out to hold it that it did not roll off the ridge of the field.

Feeling the touch from his fingertips, Lin Lin couldn't help but be stunned. The newly born fire dragon already had scales. Although they felt very soft and delicate, it already had the basic ability to protect its body.

Moreover, I don’t know whether it’s because the fire dragon cub has a high body temperature or because there has been a red lotus stone next to it when it was hatched, but this little guy feels like a warm and smooth pebble that has been soaked in a hot spring all year round.

Charmander seemed a little surprised that he was being supported. He subconsciously rubbed his body against the palm, feeling what it was.

Lin Lin couldn't help but smile. He bent his fingers and took off the eggshell covering the little dragon's head, allowing it to finally see what the world outside the eggshell looked like.

Charmander's eyes are very beautiful, with an amber iris. The vertical pupil naturally adjusts due to the intensity of external light and shrinks into a thin line, while the whites of its eyes are clear sky blue, like a beautiful gem - perhaps it would be more appropriate to call them blue eyes?
Through these beautiful eyes, Lin Lin could see his own reflection, a handsome male hunter wearing heavy armor, with an aunt's smile on his face.

"I'll just call you Dakong. Please take care of me from now on..."

Lin Lin gently stroked the little fire dragon's head with his hand. The newborn little guy was not very big, and his head was so small that it could be covered tightly by Lin Lin's slap. Who would have thought that such a small little guy, when he grows up, even if it is of standard size, his entire head will be bigger than him?

Life is truly miraculous...

Charmander... no, it should be called Dakong. Dakong shook his head, shook down the big hand that blocked his vision, and then stared at the "big bipedal guy" in front of him in a trance, as if he wanted to engrave his image deeply in his mind.

The man and the dragon looked at each other in silence. Time seemed to become sacred and solemn at this moment.

Until a faint chirping broke it.

It was the cry of the young dragon in front of him.

If it was a female fire dragon facing it, then this cry would awaken the most profound instinct engraved in its DNA. But if it were anyone else here, facing the cry of the young dragon, they would be confused and could only rely on constant guesswork to confirm its condition.

And to Lin Lin's ears, this cry was just a simple and crude word:

"Hungry!"

To expand a little bit, it means: hungry!

To enrich the content, the meaning of this chirping is: Mom, I'm hungry, food!

"Tsk..."

Okay, let her be a mother, a male mother is also a mother!
Lin Lin guessed that the little guy must have expended too much energy in breaking out of the shell, so he opened his mouth to beg for food as soon as he was born. However, this was not a difficult problem. When he first decided to bring the dragon egg back with him, he specifically looked up ecological research materials on female fire dragons and did his homework on this.

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll get it for you right away!"

Lin Lin glanced at the incubator next to him. This box had already fulfilled its purpose as an incubator, but when Lin Lin took a look, he saw that it was covered with cotton hay and fragments of red lotus stone. It was soft and warm, and seemed very suitable for use as a small dragon nest. As long as two straps were added, he could carry it with him - at least until Xiao Dakong grew to a certain size.

Lin Lin stretched out his hand, trying out the most suitable posture and direction of force from below, and lifted up little Dakong's body little by little. Dakong had no intention of resisting or struggling at all. Instead, he flapped his tender little wings twice, allowing it to stay more steadily in Lin Lin's hand.

Although Lin Lin didn't let it stay in his hand for long, he put it into the incubator the next moment.

Lin Lin picked up the incubator and walked quickly towards the hut on the other side. Tiao Tiao, who was lazily basking in the sun, looked up inadvertently and noticed Lin Lin's hurried pace, and couldn't help but follow him curiously.

Then it saw Lin Lin taking out the raw meat left for it from the ice crystal refrigerator next to it, slicing it into slices bit by bit with a knife, finely cutting it into sauce, and pounding it into meat paste with a pestle used to grind medicinal powder. Finally, it put it on the stove to heat it. Even though no seasoning was added, Tiaotiao could still smell the tempting aroma of meat.

My leg is injured, not my teeth. Why did the leader suddenly smash the meat into such pieces?
Then Tiao Tiao saw Lin Lin feeding the warm minced meat to a little dragon cub he had never seen before.

(End of this chapter)