Changes in Their Relationship

The next day, before the sun had reached its zenith, Luo Yun, who was sleeping soundly with his head buried in his wings, was suddenly nudged awake.

When he raised his head in confusion, Ya Ji increased her force and shoved him toward the cave entrance, looking as though she would not rest until she had driven him out.

"You fickle Female Fire Dragon!!"

Forced out of the nest and left with no choice but to fly into the sky, Luo Yun gritted his teeth and said, "Yesterday, after eating that Spirit Deer, Ya Ji stopped paying attention to me and let me return to the nest."

But today, she was driving him out again! What did she mean by this?!

Fuming, Luo Yun flew around aimlessly. Soon, he felt a little hungry. Looking up at the sky, he realized that at this time before, he would have been eating snacks while waiting for Ya Ji to return from hunting.

Only then did Luo Yun belatedly realize that although Ya Ji had been driving him away just now, her movements were completely different from yesterday, when she had wanted to expel him.

She had shown no aggression at all. She had simply used her head and wings to push him away.

"So it's almost mealtime, and she drove me out to hunt?"

Luo Yun thought carefully. Ya Ji's wing injury would not heal so easily, so she could not go out hunting. His actions yesterday had already proven that he could hunt on his own, so when it was time to eat, she had naturally sent him out to hunt?

Wait! Since he was being sent out to hunt, did that mean he would no longer be driven away? Had their relationship changed?

The blind man had spotted the crucial point!

When a Hatchling Dragon gained the ability to hunt alone, it would be driven away by its parents and left to fend for itself.

But although Luo Yun was indeed a Hatchling Dragon, Ya Ji was not an adult dragon either!

So their relationship now was one of mutual support?

A Male Fire Dragon and a Female Fire Dragon supporting each other and living together—there seemed to be nothing wrong with that!

With that, Ya Ji's behavior today seemed to make sense. She was injured and unable to hunt, so today's hunting burden fell to Luo Yun. Very simple logic.

As for whether it was too much to make a Hatchling Dragon responsible for hunting enough food for two dragons.

Heh. In the Fire Dragon worldview, once you could hunt alone, regardless of your size, you were no longer a Hatchling Dragon. And since you were no longer a Hatchling Dragon, it was only natural for you to shoulder your proper responsibilities.

Having figured it out, Luo Yun was immediately filled with motivation. Flapping his wings, he swiftly flew toward the Spirit Deer herd.

Well, given his current Combat Power and carrying capacity, Spirit Deer were the optimal choice.

In the Ancient Forest, still some distance from Ya Ji and Luo Yun's nest, a muscular brute was beating up another Tobi-Kadachi.

The Tobi-Kadachi's lightning strikes could only leave shallow black marks on its opponent, while its usually unstoppable claws could only leave tiny scratches.

This level of damage could be completely ignored by the Great Jagras, whose body was far larger than those of its kind. Yet the Great Jagras's attacks could easily inflict considerable damage on the Tobi-Kadachi.

This was a completely unequal battle. After being bitten and viciously flung away once more, the Tobi-Kadachi finally accepted reality. Whimpering, it leaped onto a tree and fled at high speed.

Watching its opponent's defeated retreat, the Great Jagras disdainfully snorted out a puff of hot air.

It could not even force out his heat-dissipating membrane. The trash in the outer region was getting more and more pathetic!

After quickly devouring the Herbivore Dragon it had snatched from the Tobi-Kadachi, the Great Jagras continued searching for a new nest in satisfaction.

It was not a native resident of this area. It had migrated here from the depths of the Ancient Forest.

Originally, it had lived a fairly comfortable life in the depths of the Ancient Forest. But ever since the day it discovered a Hatchling Fire Dragon that had rashly wandered into its territory while it was patrolling, everything had changed completely.

As one of the outstanding members of the Great Jagras pack, it was much larger than others of its kind. Yet a Hatchling Fire Dragon that could not even fly had actually escaped from its jaws simply by running.

It was a disgrace! A monstrous disgrace!

This sent the already hot-tempered Great Jagras's fury straight to its peak.

Having lost its mind in anger, the Great Jagras rampaged through its own territory for several days. It even inadvertently barged into the territories of other nearby dragons and caused havoc.

As a result, it directly offended the surrounding neighbors and triggered several territorial disputes.

The giant beasts capable of occupying territory in the depths of the Ancient Forest were no pushovers. Driven away by their combined efforts, the Great Jagras could only humiliate itself by abandoning its original territory and migrating here.

As it wandered around in search of a place to rest, a clearing damaged by battle caught its attention.

New territory was not so easy to find. One had to familiarize oneself with the surrounding environment and the prey's range of activity, while also remaining alert for possible dangers.

This clearing had clearly been created after two giant beasts fought here, so it needed to investigate.

The Great Jagras kept sniffing. It caught the foul stench of Poisonous Bird venom and the smoky scent of a Fire Dragon. But flames and poison of this level probably belonged to a Female Fire Dragon.

As the Great Jagras ventured deeper, it suddenly caught a familiar scent, one it could never forget!

It was the Hatchling Fire Dragon that had escaped from its jaws! It was actually still alive!!

Good! Its anger was rising!

The Hatchling Dragon's scent had appeared here, along with the scent of a Female Fire Dragon. Could she be its mother?

At that moment, the Great Jagras hesitated. Though it was not particularly intelligent, it understood very well that an enraged Female Fire Dragon could not be provoked lightly. Her venom and flames possessed the power to perish together with her enemy.

Therefore, if it wanted to continue hunting that Hatchling Dragon, it had to prepare itself for a battle against an enraged Female Fire Dragon.

At noon, when Luo Yun returned to the nest carrying a Spirit Deer, he suddenly felt a chill spread from his spine throughout his body. But it dissipated just as quickly, leaving him somewhat puzzled.

However, when he saw Ya Ji naturally begin eating the food he had brought back, that slight doubt was immediately thrown to the back of his mind.

He carefully shifted his body and stretched one foot into the nest. When he saw that Ya Ji ignored him and remained focused on eating the Spirit Deer, he gently squeezed his entire body into the nest and pressed tightly against her.

Ya Ji, who was tearing into her food, merely glanced at Luo Yun. She neither voiced any objection nor made any unnecessary movement. She only quietly shifted her body aside, making some room so he could lie more comfortably.