"What... why? I just happened to... pass by, so I came to fend off the beast tide."
Koraman stammered.
"Just happened to pass by? What business would bring you through here?
Training your dragon body with those beastmen?
Do you think you're Gordon?
Or were you going west to watch a film? Hmph!
That's even less possible. You live in the east, so why would you head west? Unless you have something to do with the cinema over here in the west?"
Abel muttered, his suspicion deepening.
"No! I don't! Who do you think I am? I'm not a disgrace to chromatic dragons like you! I would never do anything as stupid as you do!"
The green dragon whelp craned his neck and roared, looking furious, as though he had suffered a tremendous insult.
"If you don't, you don't. Why react so strongly? So what exactly did you come here for?" Abel continued asking.
Beside them, Barbara narrowed her eyes and kept studying Koraman.
Was this Dragon Cubs so afraid of Abel finding out what he had been doing?
Perhaps... I could...
"Why are you asking so many questions, Abel?
Koraman just came along with me.
Someone said they'd cultivated a pretty good new variety, so I came to take a look. It turned out to be something I'd cultivated long ago."
Alicia spoke up then, helping Koraman out of his predicament.
"Tch!"
The blue dragon wyrmling curled his lip disdainfully and stopped pressing the matter.
Just then.
Quite a few of the merchants who had been contacted to buy the magical beasts and wild animals also came running over to quote their prices for the goods.
After Alicia and Koraman negotiated with them.
Payment after payment in gold coins landed in their claws, leaving them grinning from ear to