Just like snakes and other scaly creatures, dragons experience numerous moltings in their lives.

When the young dragon breaks its shell, there will be some extremely soft scales on its body, and then as it gradually grows, these scales that do not provide much protection will be replaced by new scales.

This process does not feel any pain or abnormality. The original scales will fall off after the new scales grow up, and the new scales will have better protection capabilities than the original scales.

However, this is for normal dragons, and young dragons are a little different.

Under the blessing of some kind of energy, his body has grown rapidly at a speed that surpasses that of its peers. Although for a dragon, the faster it grows, the better, but its size means combat power to some extent.

But there is a problem. The soft scales that the young dragon originally grew when he was born can no longer be used after his body grows rapidly, but the new scales have not yet grown due to the rapid growth.

This made the young dragon feel extremely uncomfortable, like an adult forcibly putting on his childhood clothes, which didn't fit well.

Although this discomfort does not seem to be fully reflected on the human form that the young dragon has transformed into, there is still a slight aftertaste left.

For young dragons, it is probably like itching all over the body.

"Poetry~" The young dragon raised his face and looked at Shiyu of Xiazhiqiu, pointed at her hand, and then at his back, "Grab~"

Although in other places the young dragon can grab it by himself to relieve it, but the back can't be touched at all, so he can only turn to the biped for help.

Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu let the young dragon lie on his thigh, and scratched the young dragon's back through his clothes.

Seeing Xiaolong squinting her eyes comfortably, she suddenly remembered something: "Speaking of which, it seems that I forgot to give you a bath."

Newly-born cubs can't take a bath easily, they're easy to get sick, so Shiyu of Kasumigaoka never thought about bathing a young dragon before.

In fact, the young dragon will take time to use its tongue to clean up the body after eating every day, so his body is not dirty.

On the contrary, if you want to say it, it is much cleaner than humans, and even if you get close, you can smell a faint plant fragrance.

However, in the view of Shiyu of Xia Zhiqiu, the dragon form is too small to take a bath, but now the young dragon has become a human form, it seems that it is not good to be sloppy like this.

After filling the bathtub with hot water, Kasumigaoka Shiyu came to the bathroom with the young dragon. In order to prevent the young dragon from taking a shower and jumping around like a cat, she also prepared to take the opportunity to wash together, so that the clothes would not get wet.

In fact, however, Shiyu of Kasumigaoka was a little overly concerned. Not only did the young dragon not reject him much, but he liked hot water very much.

For him, the warm water can effectively suppress the itching all over the body.

What's interesting is that because the effect of thermal expansion and cold contraction can be used to help accelerate the separation of the old and new cortex and achieve the effect of assisting molting, adult steel dragons are also loyal bath lovers, especially the hot springs in the snow-capped mountains. Favorite.

After letting the young dragon sit on the small bench and wet the whole body of the young dragon with a shower, Shiyu Kasumigaoka began to wash his hair with shampoo.

The young dragon's long silver-white hair has a subtle glass texture. It is very light and supple in his hand, and the hair will slip from his fingers if he is not careful.

It's even more outrageous than the shampoo commercials on TV. , Even Shiyu of Xia Zhiqiu was a little envious: "It's really good."

"Ow?" The young dragon didn't know the mood of Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu, he was watching the biped with a curious expression as he made some liquid from a bottle.

I also learned to get some on my hands, then put it on the tip of my nose and sniffed, and then I smelled a very special aroma.

Can you eat it?

Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu felt a little funny and grabbed the hand that the young dragon wanted to put into his mouth: "This can't be eaten."

"Woo~"

Hearing that it can't be eaten, the young dragon lost interest in shampoo, but turned his head and stared at the soap on the ground.

"Why do you want to taste everything?" Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu shook his head helplessly.

After washing the baby dragon's body all over, rinsed off the shampoo and shower gel, and without her needing to remind him, the baby dragon climbed into the bathtub by himself.

The young dragon sat in the bathtub with only half of his small head exposed, and his mouth was buried under the water. He exhaled slightly from his mouth, and then created a large number of bubbles on the surface of the water.

It seems that he thinks this is very interesting. The young dragon keeps repeating this kind of thing, and he has a lot of fun for a while.

......

For young dragons who don't need to go to school like humans, life is very simple.

Every morning when he wakes up, he calls the biped to get something to eat, and when the biped leaves, he sneaks out of the house and goes for a walk in the park opposite.

The young dragon has recently finished exploring the park. In fact, it can no longer satisfy his curiosity, but he has not expanded his exploration area.

As for the reason—

"Come, little potato, come here, grandma, I have something delicious here!" On the park bench, an old woman with white hair smiled and waved to the young dragon who appeared in the park.

The young dragon blinked, trotted over obediently, and squatted in front of the old woman with his mouth open.

"Ah~" The old woman took out a small box of Japanese sweets from the bag she was carrying, and put a piece into the young dragon's mouth.

This traditional Japanese dessert is very popular among the elderly. Apart from the favorite food when I was a child, it is softer and suitable for the teeth of the elderly.

And the young dragon also likes it very much. The skin is soft and glutinous, and the filling is sweet. Although it is eaten up in one bite, the taste is very good.

"More~" The young dragon stared at the old woman with big watery eyes, and said in a milky voice.

"Okay, okay, there's more!" The old woman smiled and nodded, and picked up another snack for the young dragon.

"Oh, did Little Potato come out to play again?" At this time, some old people passing by also came over.

They reached out and touched the young dragon's small head, and then gave the prepared food to the young dragon.

The young dragon didn't care that the old people touched him. He didn't notice any malice in these elderly bipeds, and he didn't care if there was something delicious.

And for older people, cute little children like baby dragons are very popular. What's more, he is very well-behaved and will not be noisy. No matter who he is facing, he will not be afraid, and he will even take the initiative to come over to beg for food.

These old people who live nearby are very fond of baby dragons. They even prepare some food for a walk in the park every day. If they happen to meet a baby dragon, they will give him something to eat.

"If only the little potato was my granddaughter." Many elderly people sighed this way more than once.

No.33 Transaction

After eating up the food in the hands of the elderly, the young dragon ran to the depths of the park without looking back.

For him, what was just now was the first round of dessert after the first meal every morning. Of course, since there is a first round, then there will naturally be a second round.

In fact, somewhere deep in the park there is a small Tibetan temple.

The temple is not too big, it was built by a former man with stones and worshipped on a small platform beside the road. Used to bless travel safety and so on.

This small temple was here a long time ago. Although the land here has been developed into a park, the Ksitigarbha Temple is still preserved.

Although it is already in an abandoned state and cannot be compared with those bustling shrines and temples, occasionally people living nearby come here to offer food to pray for safety, although the tributes are basically eaten by the stray cats who occupy the place. .

The young dragon discovered this place by accident, and then drove away the original owner of the place logically, and let the enshrined food enter his stomach.

By the way, the original owner of this place was the big cat who was robbed of the ham by the young dragon before.

The young dragon sat on the worship platform of the Tibetan Temple, grabbed the tribute and stuffed it into his mouth, his small mouth bulging like a hamster hoarding goods.

He has absolutely no concept of not being able to steal the tribute, and as long as what he sees grabs in his mind is his own beast thinking.

With something in his mouth, the young dragon reached out and touched the stone statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

The young dragon likes this stone very much, because the surface of the stone is a bit rough, it may not feel very good for humans, but it is just right for him.

Plus it's cold and cold, it feels very comfortable. If the stone wasn't too heavy to move, the young dragon would have moved this thing back long ago.

Although he doesn't know what it's used for, what's wrong with what he likes?

After eating the tribute, the young dragon reached out and scratched his back, and then a scale the size of a fingernail fell off his body.

The body is growing rapidly, and the young dragon has entered the period of changing scales for the first time. After the new scales grow well, the old scales will fall off from time to time.

Although it has changed into a human form, and the dragon scales have become human-like skin, but in essence, it is just a disguise under a certain power. Once it leaves the body, it will return to its original appearance.

However, unlike the scales shed by other similar species, the young dragon's scales also faintly flickered with a blue-blue light, which was the mana and dragon attribute energy accumulated in his body.

The young dragon looked at the old scales he had replaced, and bit it with his teeth.

"Bah~" After finding that it was not tasty, he threw the scales on the worship platform in front of the Tibetan Temple.

Dragons don't care about the scales and teeth they replace. Although the materials of ancient dragons are extremely precious to hunters, in the eyes of young dragons, it is just a pile of garbage that cannot be eaten.

After all, scales are formed by accumulation of epidermal cells after death, similar to excrement. Although the scales are rich in metal elements due to eating metal ores, even a steel dragon who likes to eat ores would not want to eat their own excrement.

In addition to having eaten delicious food from humans, young dragons are quite picky eaters. So he has absolutely no interest in this kind of unpalatable food.

After eating, the young dragon is ready to go back.

But at this moment, a voice sounded in his mind.

"If you don't want this thing, can you give it to me?"

"Ow?" The young dragon raised his head in confusion and looked around, but he didn't see anyone nearby.

Just when he was confused about this, the owner of the voice continued to say in the young dragon's head: "I'm right in front of you."

It took the young dragon a while to be sure that it was the stone that spoke.

Stone spoke? The young dragon patted the stone statue with his hands curiously.

Since you can talk, why can't you move?

By the way, is this food delicious? The young dragon tried to bite the stone statue, and the tiny dragon teeth scraped a layer of powder on the stone.

"That... please don't bully me, I'm weak..."

"Huh?"

do you want this? The young dragon picked up his scales and looked at the stone statue.

"Yes, if possible, I'd like to exchange something for you..."

It took the young dragon a while to understand what "barter" means.

"I have a ten-handed sword here, a Fudu Yusoul... Although they are all imitations made by humans, they all have strong powers."

"Although, because of the end of the age of mythology, I have lost my power..." The owner of that voice seemed to be a little guilty. After all, in its view, in exchange for something that still retains Mana's energy, it has lost power. It's a very bad thing.

To a certain extent, this is taking advantage of others.

However, the young dragon's focus is completely different. He has never heard of ten-handed swords, Fudu Yusoul, etc. He doesn't care what it is, and he only cares about one thing—

Tasty?

"Huh?" The owner of the voice was obviously taken aback, "No, you can't eat it."

Can't eat what do you say? The young dragon pursed his mouth and lost interest.

"Do you want something to eat?" the owner of the voice asked in confusion.

Everyone wants something, but a creature with high intelligence and communication like a young dragon has only the needs of animals, which is really rare.

"Is this ok?"

As soon as the voice fell, a kitten ran over with a fruit in its mouth.

"This child is my familiar, if you want, I can exchange food with you."

The young dragon looked at the useless old scales in his hand, and at the fruit in the kitten's mouth. He decisively dropped the old scales and chose the fruit.

Although the old scales of the young dragon have been sloughed off, there is still a certain amount of mana left in it, which is a very precious treasure for some beings who cannot easily obtain power.

Even without Mana, the dragon scale itself is extremely valuable to human society.

To be honest, using this kind of treasure in exchange for a fruit is simply a loss. If the young dragon is willing, some people are willing to exchange it even for a card of fruit.

But as a dragon, it is difficult for a young dragon to understand the profit and loss problem in normal human socioeconomics.

From his point of view, if he trades useless things for useful things, that is earning. It's as if humans grab a handful of dirt on the ground and exchange for money.

To a certain extent, in the young dragon's mind, others can earn blood, but he is absolutely not at a loss.

"If there is such a thing in the future, I'm willing to exchange food with you."

"Ow?" The young dragon tilted his head.

Can you get food with useless scales? It feels like a good deal!

"Oh!" The young dragon raised his hand and patted the stone statue, meaning—

make a deal! That `s a deal.

No.34 Misunderstanding

Star base, dining area.

At this time, it was past the meal time. Although there were still hunters coming to eat, the head chef Ailu gave the task of cooking to the Ailu cats under his command, and he found a vacant seat to sit down. Zai smoked a cigarette.

For hunters who need to risk their lives and fight monsters, alcohol and tobacco are one of the few things that can adjust the tired spirit.