Chapter 12
Chapter 12: The Prairie and I
I woke up because even though I was warm, I felt uncomfortable and claustrophobic . I was being held by someone, but I was shaking a lot more than usual .
“Niini?” I muttered reflexively, but Hannah’s voice was the one that replied to me .
“Leilsama . ”
“Hannah?”
“Leilsama, I’m sorry . I’m so sorry!”
When I looked up, Hannah’s face was a mess of tears and snot . I wanted to wipe her face, but I had to do something about this uncomfortable feeling first . Why is it shaking so much even though Hannah is sitting down? She had me under her arms, but I squirmed around and stood on top of the seat .
“Woah……”
It was dawn, and a vast prairie spread out before my eyes . A high mountain stood to my far right, and early spring greenery mixed with dead grass were fluttering in the wind to my left . And the rhythmic running in front of us took my breath away .
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“Rawpta . ”
“No, Leilsama . This is called a Rug Dragon . It is a fast and docile dragon like the one Master often takes for rides,” Hannah answered truthfully after she wiped her tears and snot . I felt refreshed because I’d just woken up . I can’t believe that the thing father rides is a dragon, not a horse…… Dragons, like I’d first imagined, looked like raptors . The dragon in front of me had a saddle on it, and a man was riding it .
Then what are we riding? I slowly looked to my side, and there was a dragon head to my right . The dragon was looking at the dragon in front of it and chasing after it .
“Dwagon……”
“It’s a docile dragon . It’s fine . Don’t worry . But, Leilsama, I’m sorry . I’m so sorry……”
Tears were flowing from Hannah’s beautiful dark blue eyes . I’ll think about why Hannah is crying later . The dragon that Hannah and I were sitting on didn’t have a saddle; instead, there were box-shaped baskets attached on both sides of the dragon . The basket seemed light, but it was shaped adequately like a chair and Hannah could sit steadily on it . The other basket probably contained things like water and food .
Before long, the sun rose completely, and I could see a town in front of us . The dragon in front of us stopped at the town, and our dragon came to a halt beside it . The man lightly descended from the dragon in front and took out a bucket full of water from the other basket and watered the dragons along with feeding them some kind of lump .
Then, he came towards us, fiddled with something next to Hannah and the side of the basket quickly opened as if it was a door .
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“Get down,” even though he had said that Hannah looked as if she was frozen and didn’t get off . The man clicked his tongue and pulled her down . I came tumbling down with her .
“Hannah, waww,” I patted Hannah’s arm and asked her to let me go . She hugged me tightly for a second but loosened her grip shortly after .
I got down onto the prairie . The withered grass was taller than me; a baby couldn’t see anything after getting off the dragon . Boring .
“You’re a brave brat,” the man muttered as he looked at me . He sat down in front of us with a thud and took out a flask, bread and dried meat from his bag .
“Eat . ”
Hannah shook her head .
“We still have 2 days left, 3 if something goes wrong . You won’t have any energy if you don’t eat . ”
I reached for the bread and flask when I heard that . The flask was heavy, but Hannah opened it for me and fed me water .
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“Hannah, dwink . ”
“Leilsama . ”
“No dwink, dwop . ”
“…… Ok . ”
Hannah obediently took the flask and drank a little .
The bread was hard and dry, it was tough, but I managed to eat it while drinking water . I put the extra bread and dried meat into my poncho pocket . I thought that ponchos made for children didn’t need pockets, but it was unexpectedly useful .
The man saw me do this and raised his eyebrow, but he began cleaning up without saying anything . I said, “Waith . ”
“Newd dat . ”
Hannah hadn’t had enough water, so I wanted to make her drink some while we were riding the dragon . I pointed at the flask . The man silently handed the flask to Hannah, and she timidly took it .
“We’re changing dragons in the next town . We’re a married couple going to meet their sick parents with their child . You know what’s gonna happen if you say too much or cause a fuss, don’tcha? Got it?”
The man reminded Hannah when we were finished and put us in the dragon basket again . Hannah still looked down, probably because she was afraid of being threatened . Well, of course, it’s scary .
I finally have time . I can finally think . I accidentally fell asleep and the person who took me yesterday was Hannah . Basically, I was kidnapped . So why is Hannah also being threatened? All I know is I will be taken to a place that takes 2-3 days to get to on a dragon .
Hannah is being threatened, but the merchandise is probably me . They won’t kill me even if I cause trouble .
It doesn’t matter how I was treated like when I was a newborn, the current me is cherished by my family . Father is definitely looking for me . But, if he doesn’t notice soon…… I stared at the dragon’s back . I couldn’t feel anyone chasing after us .
All I can do now was get information out of Hannah, not trouble her, and protect this helpless baby body of mine as much as possible .
I decided this while being put on Hannah’s knees inside of the basket on top of the dragon which had started moving .
I’ve never been out of the mansion before now, so I honestly didn’t know . Leila, soon to be one and four months old . It seems like I’ve really been reincarnated into a different world .