Dragon Child: The Journey Begins

Chapter 20

What am I gonna do?  Two years ago, a dragon almost ate me.  If I couldn't use magic at that time, I would have been eaten by now!  If I can't use my magic, that means I will probably get eaten sooner rather than later.  I'm far away from my den after all, and my mother is nowhere in sight.

This is definitely a really big problem.  Maybe he's just kidding with me, though.  I should probably hang on to that faint hope.  If not, I'm afraid that I will just worry myself to death over when he'll get hungry enough to actually eat me!

Ah!  I let my guard down!  Why did I do that?!  I knew that humans were dangerous to be around.  This is probably my life's biggest mistake!

I will have to admit that I was entirely too arrogant.  I was sure that I was stronger than them.  After all, I had confidence in my magic.  Now that this has happened, I'm at a loss.

All I can do is sit here in this lump of earth. My lightheadedness started to fade. Unfortunately,  I still feel really weak. Am I gonna stay like this for the rest of my life? Such a depressing thought. After all, I can't even move my hands!

"I like that look of hopelessness. Hehehe.  Your comrade will soon be a corpse and you will be earning me hundreds of platinum on the black market. Show me more of your despair! Hehehe!" That bandit leader sure knows how to keep talking.

Sigh. What to do? Now that my lightheadedness is going away, I can feel that the elements aren't completely cut off from me.  These runes on this collar thing seem to merely suppress my magic connection. It's really weak right now.

I think I couldn't do more than ten teleports back to back.  Of course, that's a magic that's very difficult and requires a lot more effort.  I could probably do all my basic magic same as always if I exert enough concentration.  It will definitely feel like when I just started learning magic.  Well, at least I'm not completely defenseless.  That bandit leader really scared me for a minute there!

"Come join you're little friends!" The bandit leader is giving me a creepy smile while raising his stick.

Suddenly, the earth prison surrounding me crumbled into dust.  Umph! I was feeling so weak that my legs collapsed underneath me. 

I glanced over at Tristan. He was still securely in his little earth prison, spike included.  Also, his head was drooping and he wasn't groaning anymore.  Was he feeling weak, like me? Or did I not heal him properly?

If he dies, who will teach me to hunt?! I already decided it must be him.  He was easily able to track these bandits and he was super silent the whole time!  He's the best hunter I've met so far.  Well, I've never actually seen him catch any prey, but I'm sure he can with the skills he possesses.

However, his dropping head and quietness is making me nervous. I couldn't see what I was doing before when I healed him. Also, it was my second healing I've ever done. That means that I could have made a mistake somewhere and he perished. I feel too weak at the moment to go and check.

Well, as I was thinking about Tristan's status, two bandits came up to me and roughly dragged me over to the three crazy females, who for some reason were still fast asleep. Although, if they had the same collars on as I had, it would be no wonder that they could be sleeping. I'm feeling pretty tired myself.  It's been a rough couple of days.

These bandits brought out some rope from somewhere and began to tie me up. It's not like I could struggle too much. I was feeling to tired to even move.

"Don't worry, that weakness you're feeling will go away soon. After all, you wouldn't make a good slave if you couldn't move. Hehehe!" Mr. Bandit leader laughed.