Chapter 77: Getting along

Dragon Village

Hotel

Felmina

We are in the hotel trying to decide what to do next.

I look at Roka as she begins.

"I suggest we follow him, learn his patterns then try talking with him."

I listen then I shake my head as I say.

"That will take forever. I don't know about the 2 of you but I'm moving in with him, weather he likes it or not."

Their jaws drop to the floor.

"You can't just... I mean technically it is Ryu but..."

I raise my eyebrow at Roka.

She goes quiet.

Milly puts her hand up.

We both look at her.

"I'll wait here for you guys, I can't read him... I'm useless."

Her shoulders droop as she looks down.

I look at her.

"Don't say that."

I grab her hand and take a seat next to her.

She puts her head on my shoulder.

I put my arm around her.

I really want the old Ryu back.

I remember when he held me like this.

I felt so safe in his arms.

I look at Roka with a stern gaze.

"Do it your way, and I'll do it mine. I'll do whatever it takes to get Ryu back. Even live with someone that feels like a stranger right now."

She lowers her head.

"I give up... I agree with you. I'll join you but can we at least, for the first day follow him around to get a sense of what we're dealing with?"

I close my eyes and think.

I'm going to need her brain in order to effectively communicate with him.

The chief mentioned that though he understands words he doesn't understand advanced concepts... whatever that means...

Guess we'll find out won't we.

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We head to town and wait for him to show up.

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He finally shows up. We begin following him.

Everyone greets him with a smile. He waves at some and nods at others.

He goes inside a shop.

Wait does he earn a living somehow?

We stay outside.

A few minutes later he comes out wearing another animal skin, It's made from the Dragon he made into roadkill... literally.

Then he goes into a restaurant. We enter and find a table.

He takes a seat. The waiter brings over a menu and greets him with a huge smile on his face.

He nods at him.

He looks at the menu and points to something.

The waiter nods.

Wait does this mean he can read?

Soon after a waitress comes by and hands us some menus.

"what would you like?"

I look at her, then the menu.

Roka orders first.

"I'll take the Dragon steak. "

She puts the menu down then focuses on Ryu again.

"And you?"

"Same."

The waitress notices us looking at Ryu.

She frowns.

"Dearest customer, may I ask what you business is with the big man?"

I look up at her smiling.

"Why do you ask?"

She furrows her brow

"Respected customer, we've had incidents in the past with those Female hooligans that harrased him."

I raise my eyebrows as I listen.

She continues

"They kept hitting on him. They touched him inappropriately... but being the gentle soul that he is, he never got annoyed or retaliated."

I look over to Roka.

Her face red with Fury.

With a low growl she starts speaking, her voice laced with Venom.

"How dare they..."

This shuts the waitress up and sends a shiver down my spine.

The tension in the room, starts to shift to a darker state.

The tension is broken in 4 words

"Here's your meal sir."

Roka snaps out of it as she looks over.

Ryu dives right in an starts eating, finishing plate after plate. We all sit there mesmerized by his actions. Then the waitress regains her composure first.

"That'll be 4 silver and 2 bronze for both your meals..."

She holds out her hand.

Roka pays her in a daze.

She brings the food over.

We don't care. We just keep looking at the plates piling up, there must be like about 50 by now.

Where the hell does he keep the money?

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The next moment Ryu gets up and starts leaving. All of the staff turn towards him and bows as he leaves.

What the hell?

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I think a bit.

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Does he simply walk around town taking whatever he wants without consequence?

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This is really... Oh shit he's leaving

We rush out to follow him again leaving our cold food right there.

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As we rush to catch up with him he notices us. He rounds a corner, we follow. When we can see him again he walks forward about 5 meters then suddenly stops and turns.

We stop too.

The next instant he disappears.

We stand there for a few moments while our minds catch up with reality.

When we finally start looking around frantically for him, he already dissappeared without a trace.

How the hell is he this fast?

I give up and sigh. I look at Roka.

Determination in my eyes.

"Can we move in with him now? Should we try and make contact where he can't run away. "

Roka jumps at my words, then droops her shoulders in resignation.

"Yeah, let's go. I want my Ryu back as soon as possible."

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Authors Note

Hey guys, I'm still busy with this chapter. I will finish it... sometime, then move on to the next.

Thank you for reading.