[XXI] BAIT

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Seraph woke up to an unfamiliar place, it seems like he was in a cave?

It's not the same cave as he went in last time and besides he was sleeping in a bed, there's no bed in where he was before.

This confirms that someone must have found him and take him somewhere, knowing that he immediately panicks as he search the surrounding area.

He immediately calm down when he saw the golden egg besides him, he let out a sigh of relief.

Knowing that the egg is safe he begin to wander his eyes around the cave he was in.

The more he look at the place, the more he suspect that this isn't an ordinary cave, it's like... "A lair."

As soon as he said that, a loud growl can be heard outside.

Base on how loud is it, it was nearby.

Seraph panicks as his got an idea who's lair he is in right now as a dark silhouette emerge from the entrance.

Seraph immediately hides his self behind the bed as it confirms that, this cave was indeed a dragon lair.

The dragon begin to walk towards seraph as it slowly reveal itself.

Seraph saw that it was a white dragon with a dark blue eyes.

It was seraph first time to saw a dragon who have a different color other than dark brown or grey color.

As seraph continuously stare at the dragon, the dragon sat in front of him as the creature dow it's head down, signaling that it was giving him respect.

It took him a while to realize something, he was the mother of the dragon's, although his gender didn't match to the title, it seems like he was destin to take this path.

Seraph bow his head in return to the dragons greetings.

The white dragon can't help but growl a little, she was happy that the boy didn't run from his fate.

It's been months since their first meeting, seraph already got used to the dragon presence around him.

Seraph can't help but be awed at them, wherever he went there's at least one dragon following him to make sure he is safe, and he was grateful for that.

Seraph really feels like a mother to them specially the hatching and some baby dragon who almost make him age fast because of how energetic they are.

Seraph life is peaceful now, too peaceful.

"..."

A week already passed and Seraph can be seen next to the nest of the golden egg.

He can help but imagine how the dragon would look like if the creature hatch.

He was excited for the little one to show him the world.

The lair is quiet today, the adults dragon can't be seen anywhere, it's understandable, adults dragon prepare to live individually since they are a territorial creature.

But isn't it this is too dangerous?

After all, what was left to the lair was growing dragons and the hatching ones.

And there is also an egg here that was needed to protect.

Based on his memory, the hunter already killed the parents of this dragon, none of the adult dragon wants to look out for the egg aside from the white dragon.

It's understandable, after all they are a bit prideful?

He can't understand their personalities.

Seraph was looking out for the little one when a painful roar could be heard outside.

It caught seraph off guard since who would dared to hurt a baby dragon, of course no one, none of the adult dragon would hurt the next generation dragon, unless there was someone else outside.

This thought make seraph in panick as he immediately ran outside and went where the noise came from.

When he arrived at the scene he could see that the dragon was trapped in a net and looks like he hurt his leg.

This is impossible, there's no way someone will go this far to hunt since this area is far too dangerous for humans to roam around and find food because aside from the dragon's there's also other creature out there.

...Unless, a hunter came here.

But why?

Seraph seems to realize something as he look back at the lair.

It's the golden egg, that's their target from the very beginning.

Seraph immediately help the baby dragon as he immediately ran back, but when he enter the lair, it's already noticeable that the egg was no longer there.

Seraph calculated what's happening so far, based on what happened.

They used the baby dragon to lure him out and once they did they get the egg and took is somewhere he knows where, it's obvious, the target this time is "him" using the egg as a hostage to make him walk back from where he came from before.

They know that kidnapping him from the lair or threatening him inside or outside the lair will make the baby dragons will also threatened that makes the baby dragons called out for the adults for help, it's a dangerous move.

That's why they use that kind of approach.

Seraph hate to admit that that's a smart move, he doesn't expect that they have a brain for thinking that far since the hunter are know for blindlessly charge in without thinking.

Seraph took a deep breath to think of a way to save the egg.

After a while of thinking and imagine what the possible scenario might happen if he took a different route or another.

Right now, the ideal way to save the dragon is too fall for their trap.

Seraph already saw what will happened to him and what will happened to them.

It might cause "someone's life" but it's the only way to get rid of the Hunter's,  and soon to be.

With the so called plan is already set on his mind, seraph walk out from the lair and begin his journey back where he came from before.



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