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03 - bread bombs

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“Old man, can I explore the place?!” The young purple dragon looked up at the mage with big puppy eyes that made her look cute. Xavier pondered for a moment before nodding his head.

“Yeah, sure. Just be careful, okay? And don't stray away too far.” He said and took something out of his bag before handing it over to the young dragon.

“Oh! Is this the thing called communication device in the books you gave me?!” The baby dragon asked, excitement laced in her voice.

Xavier smiled, he patted the child's head and nodded. Her eyes shone brightly as she examined the device in hand before looking at the man with a confused look.

“Why are you giving this to me though?”

“Use that to call me if you get lost or something happens.”

“I don't need to use it then, but since I'm kind, I'll bring it with me.” H/c hair bounced up and down as the child nodded her head with her arms crossed over her chest proudly.

The mage smiled softly as he stared at the young dragon.

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‘This place is huge.’

Currently, Y/n had wandered towards a large forest, she saw a huge rock that was blocking something and decided to go to the other side out of curiosity.

‘This is exactly how those characters die in those novels that the old man had but I am different from them! I'm an amazing dragon!’

As the child continued to praise herself she heard a noise, making her stop moving. She silently waited for another sound and not long after it came.

Rattle. Rattle.

‘It's coming from there.’

The h/c haired child stealthily made her way towards the source of the sound, as she got closer, she smelled a distinct scent that was kind of metal like she's all too familiar with.

‘It's blood!’

The dragon fastened up her steps before stopping in front of a corpse. Its body structure was similar to a human but its skin is green and it had huge hands, long pointy ears and fangs, it also had a cub in its hand.

‘Is that the thing they call orcs? ’

As Y/n observe the body, she could tell how it was still fresh so that means that whatever killed it was nearby. She continued to walk and heard a few more rackets.

She soon stopped walking and stood behind a large tree, there was it, a man with black hair wearing some weird looking clothes that seemed to be made with fine materials. His clothes looked shabby and his hair was messy. His body was also covered in dirt and dried up blood.

‘Has he been stuck here for a while? ’

He was currently fighting with a massive chicken that had three horns on top of its head. The unknown man was using a poorly made spear to fight off the humongous creature.

Not long after, the man had defeated the chicken, he was breathing heavily, sweat dripping down his forehead.

‘This human has the potential to get stronger.’

“Who's there?”

Y/n stiffened up as she heard the boy speak, she quickly turned invisible as the black-haired boy went into a fighting stance while scanning his surroundings.

‘He noticed me? He's better than expected.’ The young dragon observed the man with an amused look, her eyes glinted with curiosity.

“Am I just imagining things?” The boy mumbled to himself and lowered his spear but his senses are still on full alert in case of emergency.

The child then heard a noise, it came from the man's stomach.

The purple dragon frowned ‘This poor human looks like he hasn't eaten in awhile... Ah! I could give him some of the bread I brought with me!’

The frown on her face disappeared and was replaced by a grin. She opened her spatial dimension and took out five pieces of bread individually wrapped in paper.

‘Now, how do I give it to him?’

E/c eyes scanned the area before stopping on a spot on the ground.

She walked over and bent down to pick up a small pebble and a stick before walking back by the tree and crouching on the ground.

She gently placed the breads on the ground and started scribbling on the dirt using the stick. Once the dragon was satisfied, she stood up and threw the pebble at the man, successfully hitting his arm.

The man flinched and moves his gaze towards the direction where the pebble came from but he didn't see anything. A few moments have passed and he decided to walk over and check while gripping his weapon tightly.

He reached the tree and looked behind it but there's no one there. His eyes then landed on a group of oblong shaped objects on the ground, beside it was a note saying “eat well!” with a smiley face beside it.

The boy couldn't understand the language used as he had never learned it before. He grew suspicious and cautiously approached the objects what he assumed was bombs.

He used the wooden spear to poke one of the oblong shaped things wrapped in paper and noticed how it was soft. The noirette hesitantly picked one off of the ground and unwrapped the paper.

“I-Is this... Bread?” He said outloud in confusion.

The purple dragon watched from a few feet away with a satisfied look on her face before nodding to herself and walking away.

‘I better get going, the old man said to go home before dinner.’

The purple dragon stealthily walked away from the scene and the confused boy and went back home.

As she skimmed through the book Xavier gave her, her mind wandered back towards the black-haired boy she saw in the forest that she later found out was called “The forest of darkness”.

The h/c-haired mage had told her that it was one of the forbidden regions in the whole continent because it contained a lot of powerful monsters. After hearing that, she got worried about the black-haired boy's well being.

‘Hmm. I hope nothing bad happens to the lonely human.’

She remembered how his voice sounded raspy and thought that he probably didn't speak for some time.

“Wait a minute... Now that I think about it, the language he spoke isn't familiar.” The young girl became curious of this foreign language the man used.

She then let out a loud gasp.

“Oh no! What if he doesn't understand the message I wrote?!” The child exclaimed loudly with a shocked expression.

‘What if he threw them out thinking it might have poison?’

The purple dragon groaned in frustration and rubbed her face with her small hands. She sat there for awhile before getting called downstairs to eat.