Aya went to the kitchen to prepare lunch, and the sensible Mordred went to help. Baiyi and his family returned to the living room and waited patiently. Baiyi sat on a long sofa. Mia, who was exhausted from playing and had a nice bath, was lying lazily beside him. She rested her head on Baiyi's thigh, and her legs were dangling off the edge of the sofa. She looked happy to have made a new friend, and her fair little feet dangled in the air.
Attie, on the other hand, looked tired. She had fallen asleep next to Baiyi like a kitten.
On the other sofa, Tisdale was reading a biography about the glorious history of the Dragon Knights. Laeticia was lying next to her, listening to Tisdale's reading and asking questions about the words she could not read. The village girl had come from an ordinary farming family, so she had not received much education.
Baiyi reached out his hand, wanting to poke Mia's cheeks but the little girl mischievously covered her cheeks and giggled as she rolled around on his lap, refusing to let him poke her cheeks. Just like that, the two of them played a childish game until suddenly, a series of footsteps and a discussion could be heard from outside the living room.
Then, a middle-aged man and an elderly man pushed the door open and entered. They looked like the owners of the house, and they saw Baiyi enjoying his family's company in the living room.
The atmosphere turned awkward. Mia quickly sat up straight shyly and pulled the hem of her skirt that was rolled up because of her earlier action. Baiyi quickly helped the dazed girl to sit up properly before he turned to look at the two people in front of him.
The middle-aged man's face flashed with confusion and shock, but he quickly regained his composure. "I didn't expect a guest to be here. I should've knocked."
"Haha! It's been a long time since we've had a guest," the elderly man beside him said with a dry laugh.
After a while, the girls were sent away, and the two owners sat opposite Baiyi. The middle-aged man asked, "Are you Aya's guest?"
Baiyi nodded and introduced himself. "My name is Hope."
"Hope?" The middle-aged man and the elderly man looked at each other and asked, "You're the one from Isythre?"
"Although the legend is a little exaggerated, it is indeed me."
Both of their faces lit up with surprise, as if they finally understood why he was invited into this living room. The middle-aged man quickly said, "It's an honor to meet you at last, Master Hope. I didn't know that you would visit us out of the blue. Please forgive me for not going out to greet you …"
"Please don't be so polite …" Baiyi replied awkwardly.
Using the opportunity of the conversation, he carefully observed the two people in front of him. The middle-aged man was wearing a navy blue military uniform. From the various luxurious laces and accessories, he should be in a high position. Meanwhile, the faint energy waves coming from his body indicated that he was a peak Immortal rank expert, or perhaps a Holy rank expert who had suppressed his energy waves well. He looked to be in his forties, but his true age was probably hard to estimate.
This person was at least at the rank of a Chiliarch. Perhaps he was the commander himself.
On the other hand, the old man, whose hair and beard were all white, had the air of a sage. He looked enigmatic, but his aura told Baiyi that he was a dragon of the same type as Aya.
A dragon's lifespan was long, but it was not limitless. Their magic, which lasted for a long time, would be affected by their physical appearance, so the dragon in front of Baiyi was probably very old.
Obviously, this dragon and Aya were the keys to the Dragon Knights' ability to train their mounts.
"My name is Kandor. I'm the commander here," the middle-aged man introduced himself. The middle-aged man introduced himself and pointed at the old man beside him. "This is my uncle, Yosef."
"Nice to meet you," the middle-aged man said politely. 'This dragon is at least a thousand years old, and you're at most two hundred years old. Isn't the age gap between uncle and nephew a little too big?'
Just as he was about to complain, Aya hurriedly pushed the door open and shouted, "Father! Brother! You're back!" She hurried over and glanced at Baiyi. Her cheeks flushed red, and she sat down beside him.
'Why are you blushing? And why are you sitting beside me? '
"Master Hope came to our area for a vacation, and he came across a skycruising ray being attacked by a wild dragon. He decided to pay a visit, so I asked him to stay," Aya explained. Aya explained while Kandor listened attentively. However, the old dragon frowned and seemed to be thinking about something.
"Father? What's wrong? "Aya noticed the old dragon's discomfort and asked with concern. She moved closer to him.
At that moment, the old dragon, Yosef, seemed to remember something. His blurry eyes opened, and he grabbed Aya's shoulder. He looked at her intently, and then, under everyone's puzzled gaze, he knelt down on one knee.
'Is this old man suffering from Parkinson's?' Baiyi was taken aback by the sudden turn of events, but Aya and the Captain Walker were stunned into silence.
"Father? What's wrong? "
"Uncle Yosef, are you not feeling well?"
The old dragon did not say a word, and he ignored the tugs of the other two. He stubbornly knelt on the floor, his chest heaving in agitation. Two streams of turbid tears flowed out of his eyes, and he began to sob like a child.
After a while, he finally realized that he had lost his composure. He quickly wiped his tears with his shirt, straightened his clothes, and sat back down on the sofa. He apologized to Baiyi, "I'm so sorry, Master Hope. I've let you see me in such a shameful state. I don't know if —"
"Go on, go on." Baiyi waved his hand dismissively and left the living room, closing the door behind him.
After Baiyi left, Yosef turned to Aya and asked with a serious expression, "Aya, have you been in contact with anyone lately? Or, have you met someone powerful and mysterious? "
Ever since the outbreak of the crisis, the entire dragon knights had been busy. Kandor, the leader of the dragon knights, and Yosef, the retired Senior Advisor, were no exception. They had been gathering information, conducting field investigations, and asking for help from other forces and organizations. For example, they had just returned from a confidential meeting, and they had come back to take a break. They still had to meet with the Kingdom's leaders in the afternoon.
Aya, the current Senior Advisor of the dragon knights, was still very young, so she was in charge of the base camp. Ever since the crisis, the two of them had rarely met, which was why the old man had asked such a question.
"No, I haven't. If there's anything special, then Master Hope is the most special person I've ever met. Other than that, I've only met with the Kingdom's logistics officer, and one of the Kingdom's ministers came over to ask about the security of the Autumn Harvest Festival."
The old man's expression turned even weirder. Kandor, the leader of the team, hurriedly asked, "Uncle Yosef, what's going on?"
"Aya has the aura of Lord Divine Dragon's blessing on her," the old dragon replied in a low voice.
"What?!"
"How is this possible?!"
This time, it was the two younger ones' turn to go crazy.
They knew what kind of existence the Divine Dragon was, and they also knew that the current Lord Divine Dragon had inherited some kind of prejudice from the previous Divine Dragon, and that he especially looked down on them, the high-level dragons who had taken human form.
Strictly speaking, those who were close to the Divine Dragon all looked down on them. This was also the legacy of the Third Walker.
Old Yosef might not have received the Divine Dragon's blessing, but when he was still in his prime, he had met a Crystal Dragon who had received a blessing. That Crystal Dragon looked at him like he was an ant, looking at him with extreme disdain. He did not even want to talk to him. He only gave him a cursory glance, and then flew away arrogantly with the blessing aura.
It was because of this that the blessing aura was still fresh in Old Yosef's memory, and he recalled it with a little effort.
"How? Why would the Lord Divine Dragon bless me? It would only bless the most beloved dragons … "Aya said in a panicked tone. She was really flattered at that moment.
"Compared to that, I'm more concerned about how the Lord Divine Dragon noticed you. You should be like a weed in front of it … "Old Yosef asked in confusion.
They did not connect Baiyi with the Divine Dragon. According to the Church's propaganda, Baiyi had fought the Abyss Lord and saved Isythre from disaster. He was a great hero, but compared to the Divine Dragon, he paled in comparison. They did not think that the two were on the same level, and they did not think that there was any connection between the two.
As for the actual process of blessing, none of them had seen it. Perhaps the Divine Dragon had done it from afar, and no one had noticed it? With the Divine Dragon's power, it was impossible. More importantly, why did it do it?
The Fifth Walker and the Divine Dragon were not on the same level. The Fifth Walker could only bully the previous Divine Dragon, but as for the current Divine Dragon … Baiyi had to admit that it was stronger than the Abyss Lord, and he would probably need to be more serious to defeat it.
"Perhaps, this change has something to do with the Lord Divine Dragon?" Aya's imagination began to run wild. "The Lord Divine Dragon hopes that we can deal with this crisis properly, so …"
The idea was laughably naïve. They were dragons who were far removed from the upper echelons of society, so they did not even know which realm the Divine Dragon lived in. They also did not know that the Divine Dragon was too proud to care about such trivial matters.
"That makes sense," Old Yosef nodded reluctantly. Old Dragon Yosef nodded reluctantly. He could not think of a better explanation. "However, Aya, you are not the strongest in our tribe. Why did Lord Divine Dragon choose you?"
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