A person who can experience the collapse of Gondor, the natural disaster of the magic tide, death in battle, and rising from the coffin is indeed qualified to face all the bizarre things in this world indifferently. Melita Pernia must not Not admitting that Gawain's statement makes sense.
What she didn’t know was that Gawain had experienced far more than that - she had to add in the experience of a plane crash, traveling through time and space, and flying in space for hundreds of thousands of years to make up for it. Cheng Gaowen's complete life.
In this unimaginably long life, the appearance of a dragon is just an insignificant colorful embellishment in the blink of an eye to Gawain.
He was surprised and a little surprised, but overall...it was not a big deal.
He was not more surprised than when someone in the distant Typhon Empire invented chemical fertilizer.
“To be honest, many humans think that dragons are just legends, but almost everyone who studies history and dabbles in extraordinary fields knows that dragons are real—you just rarely appear in public. ," Gawain looked at Melita Pernia's eyes exposed from above the veil. Under normal circumstances, it was really hard to tell that these eyes belonged to a giant dragon. "Who would have thought that, You are actually right next to us, and you are so good at pretending to be anything."
"The transformation spell itself comes from the Dragon Clan," Melita said with a chuckle, "We are good at pretending to be anything. species, but to be honest, there is a race that is better at mimicry and disguise than us."
"Siren? Oh, I know - Tyr will even disguise himself as a pile of seaweed to avoid work. , if it were not impossible for seaweed to grow in the dock, she might have succeeded..."
The two people chatted casually like friends for many years, and the identities of the human and the dragon seemed to have been forgotten by them. , the atmosphere at the scene became strangely harmonious for a while, but in the end, the topic returned to Melita's race and the purpose of the dragon clan.
Now that the agent has chosen to be honest, Gawain's question becomes straightforward: "So, the mithril treasure house is actually controlled by the dragon clan?"
"Indeed, in fact ...It was our Dragon Clan who established the mithril treasure house," Melita nodded calmly, "But I want to emphasize again that there is no conspiracy to be unearthed here - the Dragon Clan has no ill intentions towards any race on the mainland..."
"What about the land empire that was destroyed in the Battle of the Counter Tide?"
Gawain suddenly mentioned a history that was definitely a sensitive topic for Melita. event, which made her breath visibly hitch.
"You know so much..." The humanoid dragon stared into Gawain's eyes, "This has gone beyond the records of human history and beyond human understanding of this world."< /p>
Gawain laughed: "You know, there are many 'wonderful' people around me, and I may not necessarily know less than you about those ancient secrets."
"That siren..." Melita's eyes flashedThere was a hint of confusion, and then she shook her head, "It seems that you do know a lot of things, so our conversation can be more open and honest. But regarding the chaos against the tide, I suggest you not to ask too many questions now. If you see someone else Dragon, it's best not to ask rashly."
Gawain instantly noticed something: Tyr called the war in ancient times the "War against the Tide", while Melita called it the "War Against the Tide". As "chaos against the tide", the deviation of one word brings out a huge amount of information.
And it seems...this matter is even considered a taboo among the dragons?
Although he was very interested in the ancient war that might involve the "Black Trap", Gawain did not dwell on this issue, but changed the topic lightly: "Actually, I am very curious. , why would you reveal your identity as a dragon so easily? Your dragons are so mysterious in front of the world, isn’t it important to disguise yourself?”
“It’s important, but not as much as you think?” "It's important," Melita said calmly. "After I found out that you had investigated the impact crater and that my lost items were still on you, I knew that you would definitely connect the mithril treasure trove with the dragon, rather than letting things happen in the future. It becomes troublesome. Mithril Treasure House believes that it is better to directly increase the 'contact level' with you. From historical experience, this is the best way to avoid accidents."
"...It seems that you have a problem. A complete set of plans to deal with various accidents that occur in the process of contacting the world," Gawain judged. "There are strict plans, strict organization, hierarchical management, huge scale... The purpose of establishing the Mithril Treasure House must be Isn’t it just a ‘treasure house’?”
“We, the Dragon Clan, have been paying attention to the continent of Loren and the development and changes of all races and countries on this land. The Mithril Treasure House is our place to observe the continent. Tools - of course, its role as a 'treasure house' is equally important. The Dragon Clan is a race that likes to collect treasures, which you should have heard of."
Gowen raised his eyebrows and ignored the question. "Collecting treasures" part: "Just observation?"
"Just observation, we will not interfere in any affairs of the secular kingdom."
"So what exactly is observation?" "Gawain asked again, "Observe how the secular kingdom operates? Observe how various races develop? Or... observe how we face existential disasters such as demonic tides?"
Melita replied calmly: "It's all under observation."
"I am also the target of your observation, right?"
Melita hesitated for a moment: "Maybe this is a bit Offensive, but in a sense... yes."
"Then the purpose of observation is not just to satisfy your curiosity, right?"
"Why? "Isn't it possible?" Melita asked slyly, obviously not intending to answer the question directly, "The Dragon Clan is a very curious race."
"How long has the Mithril Treasure House existed?" ?"
"When did the oldest country on the continent appear and when was the mithril treasure house established?"
Gawain stared into Melita's eyes: "It can even be traced back to the last time Before the Demon Tide, right?"
"...It seems that you did get a lot of knowledge from the Siren," Melita nodded after a brief silence, "As you said—— Dating back to before the last demon tide, or even before several more ancient demon tides, we may not always call it the 'Mithril Treasure House', but agents will always appear on this continent."
"You will not be affected by the magic tide? Same as the Kraken?"
"We can indeed survive the magic tide, but our situation is different from that of the Kraken."
p>"How did you resist the demonic tide?"
"No comment for now."
"Then what is the black trap?"
< p>"...Still no comment."Gawain stared at Melita's eyes for three minutes before the latter sighed deeply, his tone full of helplessness: " I really have no comment, Duke Cecil."
Gawain was not willing to accept that this difficult conversation with the dragon was fruitless. He persisted and asked: "No comment - that is. "Say, actually you know, but you can't tell me?"
"You can understand that," Melita's answer was even more hesitant than before. She seemed to be having a hard time considering the words, but she still tried to maintain it. With courtesy, "I can't tell you, but this is definitely not out of malice."
Gawain's intuition suddenly triggered Gawain's subconscious, and he seemed to feel something from Melita's reaction.
He asked cautiously: "Is the black trap related to the cause of the demonic tide?"
"There is no direct connection."
He asked again : "The Black Trap...is related to God?"
Melita fell silent.
But her eyes were always fixed on Gawain, never moving away for a moment.
After a few seconds, her eyes gradually turned into shimmering golden vertical pupils, and fine scales began to appear near her cheeks and forehead. She opened her mouth, a mixture of... A low-pitched echoing murmur that humans could not understand came from her mouth. At this moment, Gawain noticed the shadow behind Melita - the shadow was gradually breaking away from the shackles of optical laws, and a pair of huge dragon wings were emerging from the shadow. Stretching out: her shadow is taking the shape of a dragon.
Gawain nodded: "I already know the answer, no need to answer."
Melita's shadow quickly recovered, and her dragon-like eyes and scales also recovered immediately. normal.
She looked into Gawain's eyes and whispered: "We are still in the trap."
Finally, Gawain came into contact with the real secret.
He looked at the agent who had returned to normal, and suddenly became curious: "You told me so much... because you have raised the so-called 'contact level'? "
Melita nodded: "Yes. ”
After that, Gawain talked a lot with Melita Pernia.
But in the end, he still didn’t find out more inside stories about the Dragon Clan—including them. Where they live, how big the mithril treasure house is on the mainland, what specific plans the Dragon Clan has in the face of the demonic tide and the black trap, and whether they will take any action on the mainland next.
Obviously, even if the "contact level" is increased, Melita has to keep a lot of secrets.
But this conversation has already satisfied Gawain.
He has got it. The harvest exceeded his initial expectations.
But he also knew that since the Mithril Treasure House, or the Dragon Clan, took the initiative to be honest with him, it was definitely not for nothing.
"You guys." What do you hope to get from me? "Gawain asked, "The so-called 'contact level' improvement probably means more than just telling me a lot of secrets, right? "
"Actually, we really don't have anything to ask for," Melita shook her head gently. "Even the increase in contact level this time was due to my negligence and accident. We just want to be a quiet spectator. - If there is anything we really need from you, it is that we hope you will continue to work with us as you have always done and keep our mutual secrets confidential. "
Gawain couldn't help laughing: "To be honest, you should tell me before telling the secret about keeping a secret. "
"There is no difference," Melita spread her hands. "It is more beneficial to talk to people like you frankly than to make calculations. We believe that you are not a person who likes to publicize, and... We don't really care if you spread these secrets.
“The Mithril Treasure House has existed on the mainland for many years. Hundreds of dynasties and countless people have come into contact with us. Over the long years, there have been shocking ‘secrets’ about the Mithril Treasure House. Quite a few, some of them even flourished for a century, but eventually turned into incomplete history and legends during the change of dynasties.
"You can talk about the entire conversation today. Get out - believe me, after a century it will become a story, after two centuries it will become a folk legend, and by the third century...even your descendants will not believe it. Everything. ”
Gawain wanted to say that the other party underestimated the ability of short-lived species in inheriting information, but he thought of his more than eighty wives mentioned in a certain book of knights, and suddenly he couldn’t say anything. It’s hard to tell.
As long as time goes by, history will eventually get mixed up with legends.
Gaowen, who has also witnessed the long history, has to admit this.
p>“I am not interested in spreading secrets around unless necessary. "Gawain said.
"This is the best. ”