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◈ Got a Gallery in the Wild ◈
Chapter 203: Repaying a Favor (3)
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While Tyrano was doing well at Grylls' shelter.
Boom! Bang!
The dragon had been fighting the enormous White Serpent in a life-or-death battle all day.
The giant White Serpent was as formidable as its size and imposing presence suggested.
A mouth large enough to swallow even a dragon whole.
Venom that could melt through solid stone.
Scales and skin that could withstand most attacks with ease.
Agility that did not suit its enormous body.
Together, those traits made their fight a true clash of equals.
A battle between a dragon, the strongest creature on land, and a White Serpent that could rival one.
The life-or-death battle showed no sign of ending...
Boom!!!
The long battle finally ended when the White Serpent collapsed, more than half the back of its neck torn apart.
They had fought for more than half a day.
The White Serpent's neck was not the only part in bad shape. Its head had been mangled too.
One eye had popped out, and its enormous mouth had been torn open so badly that its jaw hung loose.
When the White Serpent opened its mouth to bite, the dragon had seized the moment and crushed its jaw.
“Grrr... Grr...”
But the dragon was not in good shape either.
Since it had been an evenly matched battle, her body was covered in wounds both large and small.
Her worst injury was her foreleg.
Her right foreleg had been completely torn off, blood pouring from the wound.
Her wings were shredded to pieces, making flight impossible.
Still, the venom was worse than her wounds.
The White Serpent's venom was lethal even to a dragon, leaving her barely able to hold on.
“Grrrr...”
The dragon checked several times to make sure the White Serpent was truly dead, then turned her head.
She looked toward her hatchling, her child, for whom she would gladly give her life.
But if she went there now, she would exhaust the last of her strength and die.
She wanted to fly there right away, but forced down the urge. Her child was safe.
‘...Please.’
The dragon slowly closed her eyes to begin recovering in earnest.
No creature could survive in this harsh wilderness without a parent's help.
That was why she had entrusted her hatchling to Grylls. For some reason, that human had protected her child.
If that human harmed the hatchling... it would not be too late to take revenge then.
With a mind as sharp as a human's, the dragon had gambled on the better odds.
Shff...
The dragon's eyes slowly closed.
Her severed foreleg and shredded wing membranes gradually began to heal.
Recovery would take at least several days.
Praying that the hatchling would be all right until then, the dragon fully closed her eyes.
‘Come to think of it, that human...’
Before her consciousness sank away completely, the dragon remembered.
That human who had felt strangely foreign.
She did not know why that human was in this forest.
‘When I wake up, I should talk to... them...’
With that thought, the dragon's consciousness went dark.
The dragon had fallen asleep, but...
Crack! Crrrack!
Her body continued to heal.
* * *
Day 33 of survival.
Since I had worked all day, the day flew right by.
That evening, I got rice seeds from Heavenly Demon too. Other than that, nothing much happened.
When I woke up, I wondered if Tyrano's mother had come, but no one was there.
Instead, only weather slightly cooler than before greeted us.
“Kyuuu, kyuu~”
“Pii! Pii!”
Even with the cooler weather, the babies were busy playing.
There was one difference from yesterday.
A ball.
Wonmo and Tyrano were both having a blast with something like a soccer ball.
‘I tossed it over just in case, but they're playing well with it.’
Naturally, I had asked PrincessChaenggu for the soccer ball too.
PrincessChaenggu gave me a fairly expensive-looking one.
Their condition was simple. Post photos or videos of the two playing together.
I was planning to film them exactly as they were.
‘First, I should make a goal.’
I roughly set up a goal with some wood. There was no need to make it carefully.
Then I explained the rules to Wonmo and Tyrano.
They were simple enough. Get the ball between the goalposts, and you win.
“Kyuuu!”
“Piiik! Piik!”
The two had a great time, and I took pictures and videos.
It was enough to make me smile just watching them. I was even more curious about how the Gallery would react.
[Post title] Title: Wonmo and Tyrano Are Playing Soccer
[Author] Wild Grylls
[Post] (Photo of Wonmo kicking the ball hard)
[Post] (Photo of Tyrano kicking the ball hard)
[Post] (Video of Wonmo dribbling and scoring a goal)
[Post] (Video of Tyrano smashing the ground with its forelegs in frustration)
[Post] PrincessChaenggu, thanks for the ball. You’re a real baller.
[Post] Thanks to you, the kids are having lots of fun!
└ [Heavenly Demon]: Children should grow up while playing. What a heartwarming sight.
└ [SwordTasteMaster]: I played soccer a lot in the army, so it's strange seeing it here.
└ [Heavenly Demon]: Why would you play soccer in the military? I do not understand.
└ SwordTasteMaster) I don't know either. We just did? Even if it wasn't soccer, if there was a ball, we'd play with it.
└ Yeah, SwordTasteMaster is right. Knights and soldiers alike will play with a ball if they have one lol
└ Military rule: the older you are, the fucking better you are at foot volleyball lol
└ In the military, the guys who are good at soccer and foot volleyball are kings;;
└ SuspiciouslySo) Don't you play rugby or American football? We do.
└ They probably play rugby too. But that's a matter of preference.
└ Yeah, and you have to wear armor for American football;;
└ Just assume they play every ball sport imaginable when leave is on the line.
└ Can't resist leave lol
└ [PrincessChaenggu]: They're playing so well! Just as expected of Chaeyu's future mascots!
└ Who decided they were mascots?
└ [PrincessChaenggu]: (Photo of Wonmo wearing a uniform) Can you still say that after seeing this?
└ Lmao, you saved that
└ Honestly, he is really cute lol
└ Put a uniform on Tyrano too.
└ No. Not Tyrano...!
└ Isn't there a team that uses dragons as its symbol in the first place?
└ Lots of countries and territories use dragons as symbols;;
└ You could get sued hard if you mess up lol
└ But can anyone sue Grylls?
└ Nope. Chaeyu would probably catch the fallout instead lol
└ [KingLeor]: Don't put filthy stuff on a sacred dragon;; Put our uniform on it instead.
└ [PrincessChaenggu]: You want it to wear that smelly chicken-head uniform? That's horrifying!
└ [KingLeor]: It's not a chicken, it's a falcon. Are you blind?
└ [PrincessChaenggu]: I think Leor's coach is the blind one!
└ [KingLeor]: Fuck
└ Hahahahaha
└ Hahahahaha
└ Hahahahaha
└ PrincessChaenggu keeps dunking on KingLeor these days lol
└ Makes sense, Chaeyu has climbed all the way to fifth place now lol
└ [AllHailTheSun]: Why am I the only one without a dragon? Why am I the only one without a dragon? Why am I the only one without a dragon? Why am I the only one without a dragon?
└ Not having a dragon is normal;
└ You'd think everyone had dragons lol
└ If every random person raised a hatchling, the world would have ended lol
└ I'd rather raise Wonmo than Tyrano.
└ Yeah, same. Honestly, I prefer gentle-looking Wonmo over Tyrano, who looks prickly lol
└ Gentle: Eats his owner when he's hungry.
└ Burp lol
└ Hahaha
└ Hahaha
Just as expected, the response was explosive. It made me happy just looking at it.
I looked away from the Gallery and turned toward Wonmo and Tyrano.
“Kyaaaaak!!!”
“Piaaaa!!”
While I had looked away for a moment, they had started fighting.
They were tangled together and rolling around like a ball.
The moment I saw it, I panicked and barely managed to pull them apart.
“Why are you fighting? Friends shouldn't fight!”
“Kyu! Kyukyukyu! Kyu!”
“Pii! Pipipi! Piii!”
I had no idea what they were saying.
They both looked furious, so they must have been pretty upset.
In the end, I called Kkobong, my animal-language interpreter, and asked for a translation.
First, I heard Wonmo's defense.
“It was his turn to score. But Tyrano took it.”
“What about Tyrano?”
“Whoever takes it owns it. That is only natural.”
“Hmm.”
It was because I had explained the rules too vaguely.
Once I understood what had happened, I carefully talked the two down.
I told them the dispute was caused by my unclear explanation.
I told them that if they argued from now on, they should come to me first.
“But! Pecking with your beak and biting with your teeth is unforgivable. Neither of you gets snacks today.”
“Kyuuu?!”
“Piiik?!”
“Why are you so surprised? Punishment is necessary.”
At the mention of no snacks, both Wonmo and Tyrano looked shocked.
Still, sometimes they needed a lesson like this.
If I spoiled them too much, they could develop bad habits.
“Keng!”
“Oh. You're here?”
Wonmo and Tyrano had both become dejected when Papa Raccoon came to see me for the first time in a while.
I knew he had been busy preparing for winter too.
“What did you find this time?”
“Kee...”
Papa Raccoon started to say something, then froze stiff.
I could roughly guess what he had seen. Tyrano, probably.
Since things had turned out this way, it might not be bad to introduce Tyrano to the raccoon family.
“Oh, right. Let me introduce you first. Its name is Tyrano. As you can see, it's a baby dragon, a hatchling.”
“Ke, keng...?”
Papa Raccoon looked up at me as if to ask, “A-A dragon?”
I gently stroked his head and calmed him down.
“Don't worry, it won't hurt you. You saw the dragon that came by last time too, didn't you?”
“Keng...”
“You did. That dragon left its child with me. I don't know why.”
I barely managed to calm Papa Raccoon down.
He was still afraid, but he looked much better than before.
I would have to introduce Tyrano to the whole family slowly. There was still a lot to do.
At least I could give them a heads-up beforehand.
‘I hope the baby raccoon gets along with the kids.’
That was a matter for later. I checked what Papa Raccoon had brought.
It was a rather large seed. It looked like a coconut, but it was a seed.
It was three times the size of my fist. I could probably use it as a blunt weapon if I held it.
“What is this? A seed?”
“Keng!”
Papa Raccoon nodded with a bright smile.
I didn't know what kind of seed it was, but I figured I should plant it.
Papa Raccoon had given it to me, so nothing weird would pop out, right?
I gave him a Fasting Pill as a reward and headed straight to the vegetable garden.
When I got there, Ludwig was humming as he used the thresher.
Kkobong was helping too. I had bought Kkobong a farmer's hat on a whim, and it suited Kkobong well.
“Mister, I'm going to plant this.”
“#%%?”
“I don't know. Papa Raccoon gave it to me.”
The seed was much bigger than my fist, so I would have to dig deeper.
I dug into the ground with a shovel and placed the seed inside.
I covered it with dirt and sprinkled water over it. All that was left was to wait.
Rumble...
Not long after I planted the seed, a faint tremor began to shake the vegetable garden.
Ludwig and Kkobong, who had been working nearby, turned to look. So did the other animals.
“...$%##$?”
“W-Well, I only planted it...”
I could only look troubled at Ludwig's question about what exactly I had planted.
Soon, a change slowly began in the garden.
A sprout emerged from the seed. At first, it was tiny.
Swoooosh!
But the sprout gradually grew thicker until it was almost as thick as a tree.
That alone showed it was no ordinary plant, but the real problem was the fruit.
The fruit slowly grew until it became as large as a house.
A vivid orange hue, its surface slightly bumpy.
“...A pumpkin?”
It was a pumpkin. An enormous pumpkin.
They said Cinderella rode in a pumpkin carriage to the palace. This was probably what she rode.
But the Forest of Four Seasons was far from a fairy tale. What did I mean?
Creeeak.
The center of the pumpkin slowly split open, turning sharp like shark teeth.
Eyes and a nose formed too, making it even more threatening.
“Kyaaaaaaaaa!!!”
“...”
This was not a fairy tale. It was Halloween.
‘What the hell did he give me...?’
I should deal with it first and think later.
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