Martial Red Dragon Emperor

Chapter 9 The travelling part of a journey is boring

The sun dipped toward the horizon, casting long twisting shadows through the dense canopy. The scent of damp earth and pine filled the air, mixing with the faint, lingering musk of unseen wildlife. Birds chirped in bursts, canceling the silence.

"I'm bored!" Wu Xiao whined, the youngest of the group of four traveling through a dirt road in the middle of the forest. As the girl started dragging her feet finally fed up with the constant walking.

"Wu Xiao! Stop being such a brat!" Wu Ying snapped, finally snapped at Wu Xiao's constant shouting. They have been walking for over a day and Wu Xiao has not made the trip easier.

"No!" Wu Xiao huffed, crossing her arms. "We've been walking forever and all I see is trees, trees and more trees!" Wu Xiao continues her tantrum before throwing herself to the ground and starts rolling around in frustration.

"Well what did you expect? We still haven't left the forest." Wu Lan says trying to pacify her while Issei catches the struggling Wu Xiao to stop her rolling, lifting her off the ground.

"I don't know. I thought going on this trip would be more exciting and dangerous since Wu Xiao made us cultivate. Maybe a fight to the death with some giant wild beast that lives in these woods that would constantly pursue us on our journey." Wu Xiao says in the arms of the only male in the group.

"Why would you want that?" Wu Ying asked, staring in shock at Wu Xiao's imagination.

"Why don't you go play with Ddraig while we continue walking?" Issei chuckled, using the giant red dragon as a girl's toy. While noticing the shiver that the older sisters release at mentioning the name of Ddraig.

(I am not a pet!) Ddraig growled in annoyance.

"Hmmm." Wu Xiao says while tapping her chin, thinking if spending time with the grumpy old dragon was worth her attention. "Okay."

(Partner, I swear if you do this I will find a way to make you pay!)

Ignoring Ddraig's protest. Issei summoned the Boosted Gear and in a flash of red light, Wu Xiao disappeared into it.

(You Suck!) Ddraig's voice echoed in Issei's mind.

"Well let's keep going." Issei says with a grin beginning to walk down the road.

Behind him, Wu Ying and Wu Lan hesitated, exchanging worried glances.

As they continued to walk in silence the sisters continued to worry for their younger sister being alone with the red dragon.

Soon her worry was too much for Wu Lan. "Issei... are you sure it was okay to leave Wu Xiao alone with that Dragon?"

"Of course it is." Issei replied. "Ddraig will keep her occupied while we continue traveling." Issei says casually while ignoring the annoyed grumbles of Ddraig.

"It's just. I know the red dragon won't hurt her on purpose. But he is very big and might accidentally step on her." Wu Lan says feeling uncomfortable talking about the red dragon.

"I mean.. He wouldn't do that.. probably." Issei with uncertainty as he scratched his head. While Ddraig wasn't a malevolent, he can clearly picture Wu Xiao annoying Ddraig to the point of him stopping her out of spite.

Wu Ying clenched her fists. "How are you so sure?"

Issei finally turns around and looks at the two sisters. After staring at their expressions, he finally realizes what was going on. They were scared.

"Wait. Are you two still afraid of him? I know that what he did was scary but he was just messing around. He wouldn't really eat you"

Wu Ying's jaw tightened. "How do you know that?" She snapped. "We just met him and you're already trusting him too much. For all we know, he could just be waiting for us to let our guard down to kill us." Wu Ying argues.