âHm,â Ning Chu brought the slightly agitated little purple dragon cub over to him and stroked the dragon horns on his forehead, âI told you, no wonder itâs such a coincidence⊠So youâre here to find him.â
Fourth Cub came to look for Wuuth, and the thunderstorm was seen by Ning Chu, and only then could the two of them meet.
Of course, he couldnât have come to look for a human, so Wuuth was indeed Cubbie. After confirming Wuuthâs identity from Fourth Cub, Ning Chu wasnât too surprised. He had already had his suspicions, and now that he was completely sure, all the things he had found strange earlier made sense.
As for why he had to hide it from him, Ning Chu didnât understand. But when he thought of Cubbieâs usual twisted character, he could understand a little. Before that, he had never thought that the dragon he raised could become human.
He was really a legendary dragon⊠If other dragons could also become human, why would they need to return to the juvenile form to hide themselves?
However, Ning Chu had some other questions. He looked over at Third Cub, who was trying to reduce his presence, and Third Cub scratched his neck and looked up at the sky, pretending he didnât know anything.
âSan San,â Ning Chu said in his usual tone, waving to him, âItâs okay, Iâm not angry.â
Third Cub couldnât have not known what Fourth Cub knew, and he mustâve been helping Wuuth to hide it from him. Third Cub immediately straightened up and flew over to Fourth Cub, huddling together.
As a dragon with no human form, he couldnât figure out why Wuuth didnât tell Ning Chu. Whatâs not to tell?
Third Cub rolled over in Ning Chuâs arms and wrapped his front paws around his hand, allowing him to give him a scratch. Fourth Cub watched Ning Chuâs movements and reached out to sniff his hand.
Compared with before, Ning Chuâs appearance had changed a lot, and he had even become a human.
Most humans were weak and liked to challenge the unknown, so dragons didnât like humans, but if that human was Ning Chu, that was a different story.
Ning Chu smelled good with a faint grass fragrance, and his skin was soft. It was also more comfortable in his arms. When Ning Chu used to hold them, it would only be in one position. It turned out that Ning Chu couldnât appear on Dragon Island, not because he was trapped by something, but because he was reborn somewhere else.
Fourth Cub gently nibbled on Ning Chuâs fingers when he suddenly heard Ning Chuâs voice change again, âWait⊠Fifth Cub knows about it?â
Fourth Cubâs eyes widened in confusion.
Third Cub stiffened and pampered Ning Chu, âAwooâŠâ
Ning Chu stroked him and his tone eased, âI donât blame you.â
Third Cub used to listen to Wuuth, and he wouldnât tell him about this, but wasnât it because of Wuuth? Not only that, he also brought the simple Little Five in too to lie to him.
The other day, Wuuth followed him everywhere, and he took Little Five with him? He didnât even notice⊠Thinking of this, Ning Chu heaved a âhumâ.
Third Cubâs tail twitched and he peeked at Ning Chu and saw that he wasnât angry with him, so he lay back with his head tilted.
Anyway⊠It wasnât him who told Ning Chu, it was Fourth Cub.
Inside the Academy dormitory, Ning Chu and Third Cub hadnât returned all night, and the rain had gradually stopped, before the weather outside returned to normal. Fifth Cub was very worried and anxiously patted the little black dragonâs dragon wings, asking him to think of something.
[With Red Flame by his side, you donât have to worry.] The little black dragon soothed and simply transformed into his human form and took Fifth Cub into his arms.
The embrace similar to Ning Chuâs brought Fifth Cub some sense of security, and she lay in Wuuthâs clothes, showing a pair of eyes.
It wasnât until dawn that Wuuth returned to his dragon form and hid under the bed before Bowen woke up, covering the dragon crawler on the wall with his clothes.
The alarm clock went off on time, Bowen got up, dressed and washed up, before leaving the door, calling out, âHugh, Iâm going to class, are you still asleep?â
The bed was quiet, no one answered. Bowen thought it was strange, but turned his head and saw that Ning Chuâs shoes were missing from the door. He called out again and pulled back the bed curtain.
Inside, there was indeed no one in sight, and the quilt was piled up messily on one side.
âHuh?â Bowen pushed his glasses, could it be that Ning Chu had left before he woke up? He just assumed he slept too much and didnât hear the commotion, and turned his head to go to class.
It was only after Bowen left that the two little dragon cubs came out from under the bed.
Wuuth returned to human form and locked the door, just like Ning Chu always did. It wasnât a good idea to keep hiding like this, if he could get Ning Chu to move into his dormâŠ
The beds in the studentsâ dormitory were all the same size, and it wouldnât be much more spacious than here, but it was better than living with a strange human.
Wuuth found some oat grass left over from yesterday, fed it to Fifth Cub, and walked out to the balcony alone. He immediately noticed something strange. A magic shield had risen over the dormitory building, and it looked like it was protecting the entire Academy.
Such a protective shield required the support of a large magical array, which cost a lot of magic power, and the Academy wouldnât activate it easily.
What had happened last night?
Even if he knew that the Scarlet Flame Dragon was there, it wouldnât be easy with his strength, and the Heavenly Thunder Dragon would probably be nearby.
Wuuth was still worried and wanted to go outside to look for Ning Chu. However, he hesitated when he turned his head and saw Fifth Cub by his bed.
If Ning Chu didnât come back in another hour, he would take Fifth Cub to find him.
In the Academy meeting room, the bodies of the five Church members were on the floor.
Several teachers were standing aside, and Wighton was examining the bodies one by one, the scarlet bird over his shoulder staring at the crowd with an unfriendly gaze.
Wighton, also in silver robes, but the cuffs of the pattern and color was different from othersâ, got up and backed away, waved his hand to indicate that the corpses should be disposed of, and immediately behind him, subordinates came forward.
âIt is indeed the work of a magic dragon, butâŠâ Wighton inclined his head and looked at the Academyâs teachers along with the scarlet bird on his shoulder, âEverything that was on them, was taken away.â
All the valuables were gone, including the leaf dragonâs pair of dragon horns.
The suspicion in his eyes wasnât hidden, and several teachers looked at each other, when Clark said, âWe brought the bodies back last night as soon as we found them, and no one touched them during that time.â
âYeah,â one of the teachers agreed, speculating, âcould someone have been there before us?âŠâ
It wasnât impossible since the bodies were almost cold by the time the Academy teachers arrived, and the fire dragon was long gone.
There were sometimes lone wizards or mercenaries out at night who bumped into the bodies, and if there was no one else around, theyâd sneak away with the contents of their storage bags.
Wightonâs eyes swept over the faces of several teachers one by one and then withdrew, âWhat was lost wasnât anything important.â He turned around and sat down on the chair, picking up the tea on the table, âThereâs one more thing I need to trouble a few of you with.â
âWeâre looking for two students from your college, one is named Wuuth,â Wighton put down his cup of tea, âthe other wears a mask and is known as Ning.â
At the sound of his studentâs name, Josh spoke up, âWhat are you looking for Wuuth for?â
âThey had a close encounter with the fire dragon near the Nuba River two days ago,â Wightonâs tone was unchanged, âand thereâs something going on that Iâd like to ask them for more information about.â
âThat Ning is mysterious, no one in the Academy knows who he is, and as for Wuuth,â Josh was even more embarrassed, âI havenât seen him in days.â
Wightonâs gaze turned cold, âAs a teacher, you donât know where your students are?â
They had already gone to Wuuthâs dormitory and learned that Wuuth hadnât returned recently.
As a student, where could he run to?
Josh wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Clark.
âIf thereâs any news of the two, you will be notified first,â Clark said, âDonât worry, Elder.â
Meanwhile, Ning Chu was planning to enter through the school gate. The two small dragon cubs were hidden around his waist, covered by his wide school uniform jacket, so they could not be seen on the surface.
On the way back, Ning Chu asked both Third Cub and Fourth Cub not to tell Wuuth that he already knew his identity.
Ning Chu thought to himself, Iâd like to see when this dragon will confess.
Third Cub had no objection, but Fourth Cub was confused again.
What was the situation? Ning Chu didnât know that Wuuth was Wuuth, but wasnât he in the Academy with Wuuth?
It took Ning Chu a lot of effort to explain to Fourth Cub that he didnât know that Cubbie could become human.
Fourth Cub seemed to understand, but he was vaguely aware that he had said something he shouldnât have said. But Wuuth already knew Ning Chu was back, and he didnât even tell him!
Otherwise, he would have already been reunited with Ning Chu, and Dragon Island was just him and a bunch of mischievous little dragon cubs, which was no fun at all.
Ning Chu also said that Little Five was a little fatter than before. Fourth Cub was so excited that he stayed up all night and couldnât wait to fly over to see her.
When he walked into the school gate, Ning Chu was stopped.
The gatekeeper looked him up and down, âA first year? Why did you come back from outside at this time?â
âI had a family matter, so I went back yesterday and came back to class this morning,â Ning Chu explained, giving his class and dormitory, âMy teacher is Clark.â
The doorman checked his school ID and opened the door, âGo on in, thereâs been some special circumstances lately, so donât run around.â
Ning Chu thanked him and walked quickly through the school door.
The two little dragon cubs had managed to sneak in, and Fourth Cub, excited and curious for the first time, wanted to sneak out and take a look.
Third Cub slapped a claw at him, [Donât move.]
Outside the Academy, a diminutive Jaguar Dragon watched Ning Chu walk through the school door. With yellow pupils, it looked around with a tilted head and turned to fly away. The dragon flew along and came to a stop deep in the woods.
Behind the dense bushes, a small, earthy yellow dragon cub crouched on a rock, surrounded by many other ordinary dragons on standby.
The dragon flew closer and dropped its head towards the cub.
Ning Chu, who had returned to the Academy, was very alert and circled around the dormitory building to make sure there was nothing strange around before going upstairs.
When he pushed open the dormitory door, Fifth Cub barked and immediately jumped off the bed and ran towards him, âwuwuâing aggrievedly.
Ning Chu hurriedly squatted down and picked her up, âOkay, okay, Iâm back, Iâm fine.â
Fifth Cub rubbed Ning Chuâs palm and suddenly saw a small purple dragon cub poking out of Ning Chuâs jacket.
Fifth Cub froze for a moment and reacted, âAoooo!â
âAwooo!â Fourth Cub licked Fifth Cubâs forehead excitedly and circled around her.
Ning Chu put Fifth Cub back to the bed and let them catch up, and turned his head to see the little black dragon crouching beside the bed.
Third Cub also got out of his coat and passed by quietly.
Ning Chu subconsciously reached out to hug the little black dragon as he got up and flew to him. He looked calm, but was actually relieved that Ning Chu would returnâŠ
The little black dragon paws pressed Ning Chuâs chin and came close to lick him.