High in the air, Bai Ying was a little excited to return to her true self, flying fast and steady. But after all, Bai Ying had been hanging out with Cohen for so long, and she had some bad habits that only humans have, so she didn't mind a thrill occasionally.
Exciting stunts, like throwing Cohen off his back, especially while he's asleep - who else but Cohen could sleep at that height?
But no matter how dangerous the situation was, Cohen always looked lazy and didn't even scream. Because there was no violent reaction as expected, Bai Ying became annoyed after losing it a few times.
Under Cohen's teasing, Bai Ying would stop and argue with him. One man and one dragon would fly and fly, and it would take several days to reach the dividing line between gods and demons.
The last debate ended with Bai Ying's surrender, so Bai Ying was forced to turn into a bird, condescendingly landing on Cohen's shoulder.
"Demon Alliance, Master, here I come - ha!" Cohen stood on a hilltop and laughed wildly.
He was wearing a black robe, holding a vine magic wand, and carrying a long wooden box with a black iron machete on his back. He was dressed in a nondescript, uncivilized manner, just like... a man who was a busker and a thief.
"Can you be a little quieter?" Bai Ying was very dissatisfied with Cohen's behavior: "Our dressing up is already very strange."
"Is this called weird?" Cohen finished shouting and started to move forward: "I tell you, there are many weird people in the Demon Alliance, and you will see it in a few days."
"I have been to the Demon Alliance, and I know what the situation is like there." Bai Ying was not deceived by Cohen: "Their dressing up is nothing compared to yours - why did you bring me out?"
"I'm willing to admit defeat! Don't talk nonsense like mother-in-law and mother-in-law." Cohen snorted: "I am your master."
"That is temporary, and I am ordered to protect you. You must explain the purpose of your trip to me, otherwise I will ask you for wages."
"Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you." Cohen waved his hand: "I'm here to pick up a little girl I don't know and check out the situation here."
"Little girl?" Bai Ying took a long time to confirm that he heard correctly: "For a little girl you don't know, you came to the Demon Alliance?"
"Do you think it's weird?" Cohen stopped: "This is my oath, and I have to fulfill it. If I don't pick her up before autumn, she will be in trouble."
"I really admire you."
"Actually, it's more than just that." Cohen said with a smile: "Recent intelligence shows that there are some strange things happening in the Demon Alliance."
"What's weird?"
"After the war, there were very frequent assassinations, which were almost massacres for the nobles." Cohen scratched his head: "There are them in various countries, and they are carried out at the same time. My intelligence personnel will not bring false news to perfunctory me.
So it is necessary to find out. I am in the Demon Alliance, and this is the best way to spy."
"If something like this happens in the Demon Alliance, why do you think the same thing won't happen in the Divine Alliance? What about your officials? What about their safety?"
"Don't worry, I've arranged everything, and nothing will happen to them." Cohen patted his chest and said, "The dragnet has been opened. As soon as an assassin shows up, he will never be able to escape. We can continue.
Go pick someone up, you have enough time anyway."
"There's really nothing I can do against you. How are you going to explain it to everyone in the future?"
"I am the emperor, and I want to make this little girl a princess!" Cohen snorted coldly: "I don't have to explain it to anyone."
"I mean, isn't there a better way for you to run away midway?" Bai Ying kept his balance on Cohen's shoulder: "The words you said at the memorial ceremony were very casual. This is not a good emperor.
way of doing."
Cohen chuckled.
"I can't help it. I have to tell my dad a few things, but I don't have time. What's the point of being casual? I'm talking about my true feelings. Do you think anything good will happen if I go up and have a long talk?
?It's useless...the officials are already prepared to enjoy everything, I might as well remind them."
"It's really troublesome." Bai Ying replied coldly: "They still don't know that you are going to be a madman."
"Yes! From their point of view, the biggest crisis has passed. The habits they have accumulated over the years make them think that there will be a war in twenty years." Cohen picked a wild fruit and wiped it on his clothes.
He chewed it in his mouth: "The biggest problem is to get them to correct this concept..."
"To be honest, I have no hope for most of your officials, because your real opponents are very powerful. Although you are not afraid, your officials will be."
"I will gradually improve this. Of course, the fastest and easiest way is to find something to replace it..." Cohen shook his head: "It's a pity that guy is not with me, otherwise he should have something to do."
"I don't understand a bit." Bai Ying fluttered his wings and hovered over Cohen: "The relationship between you and Fichet Shamai is very strange. In general, only lovers can have such a deep relationship, right?
But you are all men..."
"Hey! You!" Cohen said with an angry and funny expression: "Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, okay? Do you really know what love is, what friendship is, and what family affection is?"
"I'm studying, please give me advice."
"I'm really defeated by you." Cohen stopped: "How far have you learned now?"
"Well! Dragons are born to know how to feel family affection. In addition, I can also understand love." Bai Ying flew to Cohen: "Please explain friendship to me."
"Since you understand love, friendship can be explained easily." Cohen nodded: "To put it bluntly, the most primitive starting point of love is desire and the instinct of the body. Do you agree?"
"agree."
"Love is exclusivity, competition, and inequality. When one party is attracted, they need to rack their brains and use tricks to defeat other opponents and get the other party. This is a competitive process and a very selfish behavior. It is also accompanied by conspiracy and conspiracy.
Utilitarianism, the whole process is very tense, right?”
"That's the case, but not entirely."
"There are very few cases where we fall in love with each other from the moment we meet. Most of them are still like what I said. Love will become dull after a long time, but friendship is the opposite." Cohen laughed: "Love makes people nervous and makes people nervous.
Fatigue, mutual relations often waver... Thinking about my four wives, how nervous I was when they asked me to be attentive at the same time."
"What about friendship?"
"Friendship, friends, brothers, these words make people feel relaxed." Cohen crossed his hands and thought for a while: "Let's put it this way! We often hide many things from our lovers, but we will not hide them from our friends. Some ideas can
Talk to friends, but not to lovers. We can have many friends at the same time, but we cannot have so many lovers - no matter how great and noble people talk about love, its basic motivation and ultimate goal is still physical contact, but friends can accompany it.
You go to heaven and earth, across the world, friends can do anything for you but they absolutely refuse physical contact."
"If it's as good as you say, why don't women indulge in friendship?"
"The value orientations are different! They are all indispensable things in life, but a man's love for friendship is like a woman's addiction to love." Cohen glanced at Bai Ying: "Or it's like a dragon being obsessed with shining gems.
Complex, it’s all innate.”
"Nonsense!" Bai Ying flew in the air: "You are not a good teacher. I only understand what you are saying."
"Which part do you understand? I don't think you understand anything." Cohen smiled: "Our current relationship is that of friends, but if - I mean if, if I touch your bed one day and take possession of it
If I kill you, there will be no friendship between us."
"What a stupid metaphor..." Bai Ying noticed something and flew a little higher: "There are humans approaching us."
"Of course it's a human." Cohen snapped his fingers: "That's the ranger I left here."
A group of soldiers with camouflaged faces emerged from the dense forest and surrounded their commander.
In the past six months, there have been too many assassinations in the Trafal Empire. Nearly a hundred nobles or heirs have been killed, and even the princes of the empire were seriously injured in an assassination. The remaining nobles are naturally frightened and are shouting.
Recruiting guards, so that there are "guards" everywhere armed with guns and sticks, looking for work.
At times like this, it's not surprising that some weirdly dressed people appear.
Trafa Empire, a sparsely populated border town.
Cohen followed the preserved canyon passage to cross the dividing line between gods and demons, and took a small detour to enter the demonic territory from the Wells Empire. The Wells Empire was in chaos, and no one carefully examined the identity of this "trainee traveling magician"
According to the detailed story, he only used a bottle of low-quality red wine and a few nonsense words to obtain a complete set of documents.
Because of his distinguished black clothes and strange appearance, no one dared to provoke Cohen along the way. Moreover, he was treated very well in all aspects and the fees were very cheap, so Cohen's "travel" was considered relatively pleasant.
On this day, he rode a purchased black horse and entered the Trafal Empire with great interest. After passing the checkpoint, the scenery along the way was quite good. Even Bai Ying, who was bickering with Cohen along the way, was attracted by the scenery.
They kept asking to stop and enjoy the scenery. After a series of negotiations, one person and one dragon finally reached a consensus on the route forward and chose a road with fewer pedestrians - this road passed between the gathering places of the nobles. The scenery along the way
a lot of.
It just cost more, but Bai Ying found several gems along the way, which was enough.
In fact, this is no wonder Bai Ying. Dragons are born with extremely high requirements for their surrounding environment, especially the natural environment. Many dragons spend their entire lives protecting their private lands from infringement. From a human perspective, this habit is somewhat difficult to understand.
.
But now, at least Bai Ying is completely intoxicated by the green mountains and clear waters. She stands on Cohen's shoulder and looks around, talking non-stop. Even Cohen, who has always been insensitive to the environment, is inevitably attracted by Bai Ying.
affected by emotions.
There are faint clouds floating in the clear blue sky, and the soft breeze surrounds you, taking away the heat of summer. The cool river water flows by the roadside, nourishing the lush shrubs, and the leaves on both sides of the road turn in the wind.
, making bursts of soft sounds, in the distance, near, and around, there are all kinds of strange and colorful plants growing.
Crimson leaves, bright yellow flowers, green branches, the colorful colors make people addicted.
"This is the olive tree, that is the bluebell, and there is a blue lilac on your left... the plush rabbit! Have you seen it? It's a very rare species!"
"Hmm... um... um..." Cohen's head turned around, and he was already distracted: "Good guy... he's worth a lot..."
"People like you are rare. Everything can turn into money in your eyes." Bai Ying sighed helplessly: "Don't you really feel the value of them?"
"I'm feeling it." Bai Ying rarely has the opportunity to be so happy, and Cohen didn't want to disappoint her, so he smiled slightly: "In fact, I just use another thing in my heart to measure their value. This is not offensive.
.”
"Okay! Anyway, you always have a point." Bai Ying was very satisfied with Cohen's answer: "Look at the woods over there, I can introduce you to every kind of tree! Let's start with the first kind, that is.
The fire tree with red leaves..."
Bai Ying was full of family treasures, and Cohen listened with a smile, and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious - but not long after, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from behind, mercilessly interrupting the fun of one person and one dragon.
For someone, this is like being woken up rudely after finally falling asleep after a long period of insomnia... Of course, they feel quite unhappy.
Cohen's face darkened, and he stepped aside to let the group of galloping knights pass by.
"What the hell, are you going to die in a hurry?" His body was completely covered in the dust brought by the horse's hooves. Cohen became even more unhappy, so he shouted loudly: "I'll fuck you..."
The knight at the end of the team turned around and glanced at Cohen, but instead of scolding him, he turned away and continued on his way.
"It seems that they may really be in a hurry!" Seeing Bai Ying looking at him with a reproachful look, Cohen smiled: "Otherwise, they will definitely turn around to defend their... dignity..."
"What a ridiculous topic." Bai Ying was completely defeated by him and lowered his head: "Let's get on our way!"
"Copy that!" Cohen pinched the horse's belly and continued to move forward.
After walking less than ten miles, he arrived at a small town. Cohen looked at his deflated water bag and luggage, and got off his horse in front of the only small shop. He had just tied the horse, but he saw a dozen people scattered on the roadside.
He looks like a laid-back samurai, but what kind of role is Cohen? A glance from the corner of his eye revealed that there was something wrong with their positioning. It was obviously an encirclement. Even the three carriages parked on the side of the road looked strange.
"Are these people here to find us?" Bai Ying's question was directly transmitted to Cohen's mind.
"No, their opponents should be in the store." Cohen responded calmly: "Let's see the excitement first."
Pulling up the curtain at the door, Cohen stepped into the store.
This store is relatively small, but well decorated. There are six square tables with exquisite workmanship in the store, and there are two single rooms separated in the back. The entire store is now packed with people - no, I can't say that all of them are.
People, as well as rare werewolves, barbarians, lizard people, and even people who Cohen didn't know who they were...
They were all warriors, some standing, some sitting, surrounding one of the single rooms in layers. Although the weapons were not unsheathed, they were placed in the most convenient position. Several waiters in the store huddled in the corners, moving.
Not even daring to move.
Cohen's entry into the store caused a sense of uneasiness among these people. For the first time, several people focused their unfriendly eyes on him. But who was Cohen? He walked to a table without even raising an eyebrow.
At a table full of samurai.
Following Cohen's footsteps, the eyes of several warriors have turned from unfriendly to hostile, and the intimidating momentum has evolved into fierce. But Cohen is very excited because he has not seen this kind of scene for a long time, such as fighting with gangsters.
I haven’t had a chance to review it since my reincarnation. It’s such a rare opportunity!
With a sound of "Bang!", Cohen first threw the rattan staff on the table. Several warriors at the table were startled, and their angry expressions were filled with confusion.
"Move." Cohen tilted his head slightly and gave an extremely arrogant look: "You're deaf! I tell you to move!"
"Kaka kaka..." There was a resounding sound all around, and almost all the warriors drew their weapons out.
Perhaps because he couldn't figure out Cohen's origin, or perhaps because he didn't want to cause trouble, an older warrior held down his companion's half-drawn sword and said, "Don't be too troublesome." Then he gave a wink to several people to get up and take the sword.
The table was given to this little bully who appeared out of nowhere.
"Is anyone in the store dead? If not, one of them will come out!" Cohen sat down in a dishonorable manner, continued to play the arrogant role, and continued to add weirdness to the tense atmosphere in the store: "Why don't you...
Greeting guests?"
A trembling waiter with a face as white as a sheet of paper carefully walked around the strong men and stood in front of Cohen. The poor guy was so frightened that his face was covered with sweat and his body was swaying.
"Guest, guest, what would you like to order?"
"Water, red wine, and food." Cohen glanced at the waiter and started to act weird: "I, I'm, well, well, well, so hungry now..."
Bai Ying was so angry that he almost fainted, and the anger of the warriors continued to rise. But Cohen was enjoying it, banging the table, kicking the bench, and shouting loudly, urging the waiter to bring things quickly.
"Oh! The food is not bad." Cohen grabbed the waiter's collar and dragged him over: "Be honest, did you spit in the food?"
When Cohen asked him fiercely, the waiter wanted to faint immediately: "No, I don't dare."
"Really? Did you put anything weird?"
The waiter had already determined that he was in the wrong profession: "Guest, we don't have...those things."
"Don't you have any poisons, intoxicants, aphrodisiacs or laxatives? There will always be the same ones, right? Honestly!"
The waiter was speechless and just shook his head. The warriors looked on coldly.
"None of them?" Cohen chuckled: "I do, do you want to buy some to use?"
After hearing Cohen's words clearly, the waiter's body twitched, his eyes rolled, and he finally fainted.
"It's so dizzy." Cohen let go of his hand, picked up the wine glass, and looked around with his eyes looking for trouble: "One bird fell into the water, fell into the water, that one fell into the water, two little birds fell into the water..."
"Fall into the water - I'll let you die!"
Among the group of warriors, someone finally couldn't stand Cohen. With a sharp sound, a dagger went straight to Cohen's throat.
Just as Cohen was about to give the frivolous warrior some color, someone coughed at the door, and the dagger froze in front of Cohen. The warrior glanced at the door, and then retreated submissively.
"What's wrong?"
"This magician is looking for trouble."
"Ignore it, where is the target?"
"In a single room."
"Kick him out."
"yes."
Cohen did not look back. The conversation coming from the door was enough for him to understand the situation. He stretched out exaggeratedly and watched the situation develop.
"People inside, come out! You will never run away this time!" A warrior who looked like a leader stood in front of the door curtain of the single room: "You will die sooner or later, I can give you a good time!"
There was no answer inside, and there was silence. The leader shouted again, and it was still the same...
"That's good." Cohen stuffed a large piece of meat in his mouth and clapped his hands vigorously: "You're so right - don't look at me like this! Important people can't be silent when they talk! You have to learn to behave...
…”
No one paid attention to him, although some were almost crazy with anger.
The leader stepped back and made a gesture. Several flying claws were thrown from several directions. The sharp metal claws penetrated the wall. Under the violent pull, the thin front wall was completely collapsed, and the bricks and stones fell to the ground.
, dust everywhere.
Cohen raised the wine glass with an "ouch", covered the rim of the glass with his left hand, and looked into the single room. At the same time, everyone's eyes were turned to the single room.
The dust settled and the whole place was silent. (To be continued)