Chapter 27: Fighting

Hearing footsteps coming from behind, Bocco turned his head to look with some confusion, only to see Winters walk in.

‘Winters, how come you have time to come to my place?’

Winters lifted his paw and said in a somewhat odd tone, ‘I found some problems and brought this little guy to you for a checkup.’

It was only then that Bocco noticed Veit, who was lying on his back on Winters' paw, thinking bitterly about something.

‘It's you!

How have you been lately, did you sleep well?’

Hearing Bocco's words, Veit only then came back to his senses, and said breathlessly, ‘Not bad, slept until dawn!’

The breathless reply made Boke instantly tense up.

‘This little guy couldn't have contracted the plague!’

Winters hurriedly shook his head.

‘Of course not, he's just a little bit confused about the difference between a Sacred Dragon and a Frost Dragon, uh ...... have been watching carefully for the rest of the morning, and he still can't tell the difference, I suspect ...... ’

At this point, Winters glanced down at Vette, who was listening with her ears perked up, and then paused.

But she knew that Boco should have heard her!

And so it was.

Bocco's face dawned on her, and at the same time, she understood why Winters was so careful.

‘Wait a moment, I'll go look for these, it's been a long time since they've been used!’

With that, Bocco turned around and walked towards the depths of the lab, and a few moments later, he came over with some metal plates.

‘Take a look at this, Veit!’

Said Bocco, placing a metal plate in front of Veit.

Veit listened to Winters and Bocco playing dumb riddles, and his heart couldn't help but tense up, but when he looked at the metal plate, a flash of surprise appeared on his face.

‘Bocco, how did you do that, this should be my portrait!’

Said Veit indistinctly.

‘This painting, isn't it going to be placed within that Dragon Encyclopaedia? That said, could you have made all the illustrations within that?’

At those words, Bocco and Winters glanced at each other, a few worries flashing in their eyes.

‘There's no rush, let's take another look at this one!’

Although he didn't know exactly what Bocco was doing, Viktor told it like it was.

‘This is Dinnet, isn't it!’

Bocco placed the metal plate in his claws, as much as he could, on the test bench, and looked at a bewildered Veit for a moment.

Winters sighed.

‘Veit, there's good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?’

Hearing this, Veit was stunned, then wagged his tail a little uneasily, he wasn't stupid, Winters suddenly brought him to Boco for an examination, and now he had such a tone.

‘Those two aren't me and Dinnet?’

Winters nodded.

Veit froze, and the tail behind him, too, turned feeble.

‘Is it serious?’

‘It's not serious, but it will have some impact on your life, but don't worry, it's not that big of an impact.

The reason why Winters was so worried was just that he was afraid that you would develop some negative emotions such as low self-esteem because you are different.

But from the short contact with you, I think Winters was overly worried!

You who are not able to use magic are still living a very happy life now, aren't you?’

Hearing Bocco's words, Veit was nevertheless relieved, and looked at Winters with gratitude while at the same time complaining a few words.

‘Winters, I was almost surprised by you, I thought I wouldn't live long!

If it's just being different, you're really overthinking it, looking exactly the same as a silver dragon, I'm a fae dragon, having an elemental affinity but not being able to use magic.

Winters, I have always been different!’

Winters froze, then grinned (somewhat grimly) and said mildly, ‘I'm sorry, I should have believed you more, you've always done a great job!’

‘Now then, can you tell me what exactly is going on with me?’

Winters nodded, a few moments of helplessness passing over his face.

‘Winteeth, you may have a, very rare disease amongst the dragon race, face blindness!’

‘Face Blindness!?’

A flash of eccentricity flashed across Veit's eyes.

He was no stranger to this word, but he had never thought that a term from that world could be used on him.

But ......

‘Meaning, I can't recognise other dragons by their facial features?’

Winters nodded and shook his head again.

‘Unable to recognise other dragons that's true, but it's not the facial features, how can I say it ...... Different kinds of dragons, you're still able to recognise them, but the same kind of dragons, you can only recognise them by their body type!

For example, the two pictures I just showed you, they are actually just ordinary silver and green dragons, but you recognised them as yourself and Dinnet.

Right now, it's not a problem, so far, there are only five of your contemporaries amongst the Dragon Academy, and the difference in size from the other young dragons is relatively large, so you're not so far gone that you've mistaken them for each other.

However, two years from now, in your eyes, most of the green dragons amongst the academy will be Dinnet, and the same will happen to Ao and the others.

Vit, this is a disease that can't be cured, and will bring a lot of trouble to your life!’

Listening to Winters' words, what did Veit feel?

There was no feeling whatsoever!

Yes, Veit didn't feel that face blindness would bring him too much trouble, compared to not being able to use magic, it wasn't even a problem!

Looking at Veit's calm face, Winters froze for a moment.

‘Don't you think it's troublesome?’

Veit waved his tail.

‘Winters, I'm special, that's something I've always been clear about, this really isn't that big of a problem, besides, I can't recognise them, but it's fine if they can recognise me.’

At that, Winters couldn't help but look up at Bocco.

Bocco shrugged.

‘Like I said, Veit is much more mature than you think, there's no need for you to be so nervous, he's really great!’

Hearing this, Vettel smiled shyly, but it was obvious from his nowhere tail that he was still happy to be praised so much by Bocco.

Seeing this, while Winters breathed a sigh of relief, he smiled and said, ‘That being said, but let's see here for today's book, after dwelling on the morning's, difference between Frost Dragons and Sacred Dragons, you should be very tired!’

As he was speaking, Winters suddenly thought of something.

‘That's right, Veit!

Speaking of Sacred Dragons, I suddenly remembered that so far, there is only one Sacred Dragon in the academy, that is, Selene, so in the future, even if you can't recognise Dinnet and the others, Selene will definitely be able to recognise them.’

Speaking of this, Winters waved his paw towards Bocco.

‘I'll send Veit back first, and come back to you after that.

Two years from now Vetter and the others will be learning to refine potions, but the materials among the academy's warehouses haven't been inventoried for many years.

Just in case, we'll have to inventory them in advance!’

Hearing this, Boke's face was more than a little helpless.

‘Alright, it looks like the potion I'm going to refine this time will have to be pushed back, I hope that there are enough materials in the warehouse, otherwise, we'll have to go out and look for them.

I really hope Karen can come back soon, if she ......’

Listening to the grumbling sounds coming from behind him, the pace of Winters' feet couldn't help but speed up a bit.

......

After seeing Winters leave, Veit headed deeper into the Dragon's Lair.

Celine and the others should be practising their magic right now!

But just as he was thinking this, he heard a strange sound coming from the depths of the Dragon's Lair, and when he listened carefully, it sounded a bit like a low roar.

‘Isn't it practising magic?’

With a small mutter, Veit violently leapt towards the air, his back wings flapping up in the process.

Veit's body grew very quickly, almost visible to the naked eye, and as a result, his physical strength increased very quickly as well.

Therefore, his body only sank slightly, and he flew straight up.

It was much easier to write than when he was just born!

Soon, Veit flew deep into the Dragon's Den, and then he saw that Celine and Ao were fighting!

The flying skills of the two dragons were quite good, and the aerial battle was unusually fierce, but Celine's body was much stronger than Ao's, and between you and me, Ao had already fallen into a disadvantage!

‘Hi..! Viktor! This way!’

Just as Veit looked on in surprise at the two dragons that were fighting, Billy's voice suddenly rang out.

Looking in the direction the voice came from, he saw Billy and Dinnet lying on their sides, enjoying the battle between the two dragons.

Veit hesitated for a moment, then flew over.

‘What's going on with them?’

Vit flapped his wings hard as he landed, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Billy hurriedly ducked his head sideways.

However, he didn't mind about it and didn't say anything about it, but instead just said back, ‘Have you forgotten? The day we just came to the Dragon's Lair, didn't Celine and Ao make a date to fight!’