Anime: Blue-Eyes Baby Dragon, picked up by the Knight King

"No, nothing, just something interesting suddenly came to mind."

The young dragon blinked his eyes, looking very innocent.

——What bad intentions could he have? He's just a little greedy!

……

As usual, Altria left before dawn.

But unlike before, after Artoria left, the young dragon did not return to the cave to rest.

Instead, it flapped its wings and flew high, over the cliff, and flew towards the mountains and forests in the distance.

"Break time is over."

"It's time to cheer up!"

After searching for a while, the young dragon found a lake and plunged into it like a blue and white missile - the cool lake water awakened his slightly lazy soul, and the black shadows hidden in the lake made the dragon blood in his body begin to boil.

【Water monster】.

There are monsters in the mountains and forests, and water monsters hidden in the lakes.

In a broad sense, this creature, which originated from the "Leviathan", can probably be regarded as a kind of "Dragonborn" - they have a long, snake-like body and a huge back that suddenly becomes wide in the middle. Sometimes they suddenly emerge from the water, and water pours down from their flanks like a waterfall; sometimes they dive quickly under the lake, raising a huge wave on the lake surface and capsizing the boats on the lake.

It must be admitted that these water monsters are quite powerful.

But at the same time, what is more important is that these water monsters contain more concentrated mysteries in their bodies.

Monsters are still monsters after all—compared to the magical beasts in the forest, they have already escaped the level of "beasts" and evolved into a higher level of "fantasy species".

Although it is the lowest level fantasy species.

"I don't know if I can win... Let's give it a try."

To be honest, it was the first time that Shirataki fought against such a monster, and he was actually a little nervous.

After all, the enemies were numerous, and they were fighting in the dark underwater - this was the absolute home turf of the water monsters, which was actually somewhat disadvantageous to him as a "dragon".

But... time is running out, there is no time to think so much.

"Just go all out, fight if you can, run if you can't!"

"Anyway, let's fight first and talk later!"

A ray of light was bred in the dragon's mouth.

The light was very weak, so insignificant for this lake that was tens of meters deep that it could not even fully illuminate the waters around the young dragon.

But the aura of destruction conceived in this white light... let alone these low-level water monsters, even if the real Leviathan came, it would be stunned for a moment, wondering whether Gabriel had already sounded the horn of destruction.

"White Light of Annihilation!!!"

Chapter 18: Sister's Secret

This is an extremely tough battle.

It was a protracted battle lasting several weeks.

It starts with a destructive white light erupting underwater, then the young dragon is besieged by a group of water monsters and forced to flee to shore in a panic. Finally, it ends with a cautious sneak attack, or even looking for an opportunity to lure these water monsters out of the water to create a chance to kill them.

It took Shirataki a whole week to kill the first water monster.

This might sound a bit awkward, even unbecoming of a "White Dragon God"—but the young dragon didn't care. He only knew this was a life-or-death battle. And in the end, he was grinning as he devoured the flesh of the water monsters on the shore.

Then came the second and third.

As his hunting experience increased and his fighting skills became more sophisticated, Shirataki's rate of killing these water monsters became faster and faster. He was able to reduce the rate from one every seven days to one every three days and then one every two days.

And on the last day, he killed three at once.

But he didn't do it alone - he found a temporary helper, a man who liked to fight water monsters naked in the lake.

……

Kai has been feeling a little down lately.

Logically speaking, this was an emotion that should never have appeared in a "third-rate knight" like him - after all, he was very good at having fun in town. Whether it was going to the tavern for a drink or bragging with beautiful girls, it was something he was extremely good at and very happy to do.

But for some reason, Kai has shown little interest in this kind of thing in recent times.

"Smelly boy, I'm going to take Al away for a while, and I'm leaving this house in your care!"

"Don't set the house on fire!"

His bad-tempered father took away his sister, who had been acting a little abnormally recently, and left him alone at home - this would have been absolutely impossible in the past.

"Even if it's knight training, you should bring me along."

Please forgive his rudeness.

But in Kai's eyes, his aging father had actually reached retirement age a long time ago - both his strength and reaction speed had degenerated to a level that was not much better than that of a normal person, and only his rich combat experience maintained his last bit of dignity.

But in the face of such an absolute power gap, such experience is not worth mentioning at all.

"Go, go, all of you go."

"I want to see how far you can go for something so insubstantial."

Kai is actually not stupid.

On the contrary, he was very smart, and the kind of smart that could draw inferences from other things. Even though no one had ever told him the truth, he still relied on his innate talent to observe and infer many things:

For example, there is a high probability that Altria is the illegitimate daughter of a certain king.

And the fact that Altria secretly hid something deep in the mountains.

Well, speaking of the things that Altria hid in the mountains, that guy happens not to be here and won’t be back for several months.

"Does that mean..."

Thinking of the "secret" that could make a "serious" person like Altria act sneaky, the knight who had just been lying on the bed with a bored look suddenly became interested.

It's like a locked drawer in my sister's room.

Who wouldn't want to open it and see what's inside?

"Okay, let's go for a walk in the forest!"

This is a knight who always has bold ideas and is extremely capable of taking action.

After just a simple packing, Kai walked alone into the forest, which was full of dangers for outsiders but was no different from going home for him.

However, he did not find the valley where Shirataki was hiding.

This was related to his natural attributes - this knight, who was born with a high affinity for the "water" element, was searching for the "treasure" hidden by his sister along the stream.

This is also a very smart approach.

Kai thought that if his sister really hid something living in this forest, it must be somewhere not far from a water source.

——He automatically ignored the possibility that Artoria had a flying bird and chose to build its nest on the cliff.

"If you have a pet like an eagle or a vulture, there's no need to hide it so well, right?"

In fact, Kai had already guessed that his sister did not save someone who should not be saved - but rather raised a pet that was "unable to be seen by others" and "very dangerous", so she hid it in an uninhabited mountain forest and secretly brought some food to feed it every night.

He was also mentally prepared to see the "monster".

Leprechaun? Thunderbird? Unicorn?

He imagined the monster in his mind—but shook his head. He felt that these rare creatures didn't seem to be a good match for his sister who was always acting foolishly.

His sister should have a cooler and more powerful pet... no, it should be called a "partner".

"If not, I will catch one for her as a gift for becoming king."

With this idea in mind, Kai searched in the mountains for a full half month.

During this period, he also killed many monsters - including wild boars that could breathe fire, coyotes that could launch wind blade attacks, and even a group of Saxons who fled to the mountains... But in the end, he did not find the creature he was looking for, the kind of creature that was "cool" but also mixed with some "powerful" and "domineering".

Then, on the morning of the seventeenth day, he finally passed through the dense forest and came to the edge of a vast lake.

Feeling a little tired, he took off his shirt and wanted to jump into the lake to take a bath.

But he unexpectedly encountered a thrilling scene that he would never forget in his life:

A strange-looking blue and white creature, resembling a lizard with a pair of wings, was flying leisurely at a low speed half a meter above the water surface.

And beneath the water, a long black shadow was stirring.

"Be careful--"

Kai subconsciously stretched out his hand, trying to stop the impending disaster.

But it was too late.

The monsters lurking underwater seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and launched a fatal attack on the young dragon that had repeatedly provoked them.

But Shirataki seemed to be completely unprepared. He waited until the long neck of the water monster emerged from the water before flying upwards in a "panic" - as if he wanted to avoid the monster's attack.

"impossible."

"It's impossible to avoid it."

Kai was also very familiar with this water monster, and he knew very well how strong its hunting ability was.

Any prey it sets its sights on will be torn to pieces by its bloody mouth full of fangs.

"Roar--"

The water monster that rushed out of the water had already opened its bloody mouth, completely covering the young dragon.

When Kai saw this scene, he thought the little guy was dead.

But in the next moment, when the white light full of destructive breath suddenly shot out from the dragonfly's mouth, it directly penetrated the upper mouth of the water monster and made a hole as thick as a bowl in its head.

"Fuck!"

When the loser's body fell heavily into the water, it set off a wave of white waves.

The young knight suddenly realized what the creature that looked like a "flying lizard" and was circling in the sky was.

"dragon?"

"A young dragon?"

"Oh my god... this is so cool!"

PS: Thanks to [Lun Wenjun], [scp director], and [Mu Lengjing] for their monthly ticket support.

Chapter 19: No insider, some silly jokes

Kai looked at the young dragon excitedly.

The young dragon also tilted its head and looked at him.

Before this, the two did not know each other at all, and after this, the two had basically no communication.

But at this moment, the two of them had the same idea in their hearts:

"He/It is definitely related to Artoria!"

Well, actually the young dragon smelled the scent of Artoria on the young knight.

In the entire Ector Territory, Kai should be the "playmate" who has been with Artoria the longest - although he is not a qualified brother most of the time, it is undeniable that without him, Artoria's childhood might be much more boring.

As for why Kai knew that this young dragon was related to Altria...

"Is it even necessary to think about it?"

"Look at its eyes—they're exactly like Al's when he was little, no, even now!"

"Nothing extra, just a craving for food."