When I woke Jessie with a random kick on her plump, fleshy buttock, the leopard stared at me with a vicious growl.
"Huh? Master, you're out!"
"Nonsense. Are you going to stay in there all your life? Hurry up, I have to go down the mountain to find a home delivery, use the fastest piece to send this magic lamp back to Ali Buda, if it is smooth, soon you can be recalled, no longer in the south man sleeping on the street."
"HMMM... But, Master, what about the beautiful, beautiful sister?"
I looked back at the palace where my dragon sister was still. It was some time before I reluctantly returned to speak to Jess.
"Nothing, I just took care of that bitch!"
"Huh? Master, what do you mean..."
"Oh, nothing special, it's just that your mouth is sore from talking about love. When you come down from the mountain, you can find a place to take off your pants and we can have sex again!"
"............"
Can't help it, as a man, face is important in addition to sweet words.
Since all the obstacles were frightened away by the dragon girl sister, our trip down the mountain was very easy, and there were no more obstacles.
Since there is a magic lamp, there is no need to use jade dragon leopard to send, which is actually better, otherwise this beast is fierce, if sent to the palace, casually hurt someone, grab the face of the king's pet princess, and even bite the king's dog head off, although I will be schadenfreude, cry out, but it is inevitable to be convicted and sentenced to a full house.
"Hey, Jess, the leopard's useless. Let him go. If it belongs here, what are you doing with it? Let it go back to its own home!"
That was a nice thing to say, but the real reason was that I did not want to take this dangerous animal on the road again, lest one day it should bite me back, and then it would be too regrettable to humanely destroy it.
However, in spite of all the good reasons I came up with, Jess was completely ungrateful and threw her arms around the neck of the jade dragon and leopard, shaking her head obstinately.
"No. Master, I've decided. I'm going to keep him."
Despite my objections, Jess insisted on adopting the pet, which I disapproved of, but for the sake of future happiness, now was the time to please Jess, so I gave up arguing with her, let her please, and took the dragon leopard with me.
It is strange to say that this dragon leopard is really an ancient Fae. It suffered such a severe wound earlier on its body. Its blood and blood are blurred. Until now I can look at it again and want to apply medicine to it, only to find that the wounds have all recovered and its fur is shiny.
(Amazing self-healing ah, such a creature, how can get only one, is about to become extinct? Should really be sent back to the Magic Academy, let the magic researchers inside to dissect...)
Probably saw through my bad intentions, when I pretended to be kind expression, want to reach out to touch its fur, almost was it back a bite, hand to bite off.
"No, Leopards, Master, he's a good man. You can't do that." Jess, the owner, hurriedly intervened, apologizing in a panic.
What a silly girl, she's been following me around for a year and has no understanding of people. I'm a good person, you know? Looks like even a leopard is smarter than you...
Using her unique affinity, Jessie quickly became familiar with the jade dragon and leopard, allowing the leopard to secretly lick her palm. On the way down, the leopard even offered to let her lie on her back and stagger down, which was so pleasant it infuriated me.
"What a shame to have to rely on a horse when you can't walk on legs, Jess. I don't remember teaching such a weak student!"
The reason for my anger was that my legs were sore from walking, but I would never be stupid enough to ask Jess to come down and let me sit on it. That leopard has been waiting a long time to bite me, I promise you that.
"I'm sorry, Master," he said. "But this time, I really can't walk easily!" said Jess aggrieved.
"Why? Walking is good exercise for the body and mind."
"People, people... His butt, it still hurts..."
"... Well, just keep sitting, and I'll be lighter next time."
In the town below the hill, I found a trusted delivery shop and sent the magic lamp back to Alibuda in this way, with a special escort on the way, security should not be a problem.
In fact, His Majesty had set me a troublesome task, for what I had learned during the past year, not only to find out where the Holy One's staff was, but also what it was. What is the origin of it? What does he look like? It's a lot of opinions, there's no one answer.
The most common one is that it is the cane once used by the Creator. Among the various sacred vessels, it is almost the highest-ranking one that has become a myth. It has long been unknown where it has gone, nor how many heroes and sages have tried to find it, and there are even people who have mobilized the power of a nation to search for it, but to no avail.
If we have to rely on finding the staff of the Holy One to fulfill the order, I think the result is hopeless. While we are at it, another task may be difficult. Sister Dragon Girl gave me a gold bracelet set with five colored stones and asked me to go west into Nanman to find a woman named Katrina and tell her that Sister Dragon Girl might arrive there later this time because she did not want to cause trouble by bringing pollen there.
What she said was very mysterious, and I didn't understand it very well, but it seemed that Sister Dragon Girl had come all the way to Nanman just for this reason, and it was just a coincidence that she met me.
If you had to go further west, through the sea of trees, it would be a very troublesome place, called Youli by the Nanman people, which can also be said to be the real Nanman zone. Unless you are really a treasure hunter with extraordinary skills, you would not easily set foot in the place.
Just as humans looked down on orcs, the orcs hated humans and didn't like to have contact with the outside world, so most of the orcs lived in the great basin called Yuli, which was filled with miasma and evil beasts. The local people were brave and aggressive, and they had no good feelings towards foreigners. In places like this, friction between humans and orcs was easy, so ordinary treasure merchants only wandered around the outskirts of Nanman, making deals with middlemen, and did not dare to go deep.
The real treasures of high value are hidden in the interior of You Li, but it is difficult for people without a good skill to come out. These are treasure hunters who come here to seek gold, and it is common knowledge. This is why I have been here for half a year, but I only dare to wander around the outskirts of Nanman, rather than fight to death in the interior.
While resting in the hotel, I continued my study of the treasures I had acquired today.
Treasure objects aside, what I really cared about was the silver ring that had been found with the magic lamp. On it, I felt a slow flow of energy. It was supposed to be a magic device with a special function.
According to word of mouth among magicians, such sorcerers may have goblins lodging on them, making contracts with their users and fulfilling their wishes. However, goblins like to set a trap, in the realization of the wish at the same time to be fooled, if encountered by a demon spirit, the after-effects of the realization of the wish can be very tragic, so the magic Academy earnestly warned not to make a contract with xenogenics.
That's true, but if you don't try the treasures you have in your hand, isn't it a waste?
After much thought, I finally picked up the ring and rubbed it twice.
"Whew ～～～～."
After I rubbed the pattern on the ring, something happened suddenly. A sudden gust of wind blew out the oil lamp on the table and plunged the room into darkness. Gradually, I noticed that something else appeared in the room.
(What, what?)
I was just about to light a lamp to investigate, when a soft, sticky voice, sweet as honey, reached me from behind.
"The handsome brother in front, would you like to make a deal with me? Sign up now and enjoy all the new benefits!"
'Who is it? Show yourself now, or else... You're looking for trouble! It's the same even if you're not human."
Remembering the peculieness of the situation, I hastily added the last sentence, and the last bit of sanity left in my mind was to start frantically recalling all the ways I had heard of dealing with goblins.