My love game is too abstract

#142 - Daily breath

Yarrow felt an immense pressure, so much so that he couldn't move his body at all. Then, opening his eyes, he discovered Zecia sitting right on top of him.

He lay on the bed, meeting the silver dragon's eyes as she sat on him.

"You're awake?" the silver dragon said calmly.

"Yeah."

Yarrow was silent for a moment, then asked, "How long have you been sitting on me?"

"About an hour," the silver dragon said.

"Oh."

Yarrow looked around. An unfamiliar ceiling, pure white sheets, a cabinet filled with bottles and jars, curtains swaying gently in the breeze, sunlight streaming into the room, and the clear chirping of birds outside the window.

It felt like a hospital room.

In his memories, he had been fighting the feathered serpent god. He fought until he was almost unconscious, when he saw Lulu-la appear before him with a cat.

Then he passed out.

"Wasn't I pulled into an independent space? Did Lulu-la bring me back?" he recalled.

At that moment, Zecia pulled back the blanket and began to take off his clothes.

"...Isn't it a little much to do this as soon as I wake up?"

"Shut up, I'm applying medicine for you."

Zecia glared at him, picked up a jar of ointment from beside her, and smeared a little pale green cream with her slender fingers, uncovering the gauze on his chest.

His chest was covered in what looked like newly healed burns, the skin wrinkled.

The cool ointment felt refreshing, and with Zecia's delicate skin touching him, the process of applying the medicine was quite enjoyable.

"This is the feathered serpent god's toxin. Like the Black Iron Flower Troupe's cursed weapons, touching it means death. I don't know how you managed to hold on," Zecia muttered.

"And only this wound is infected with the serpent's poison. You don't have any other injuries."

"Just this one is painful enough," Yarrow said. "How long have I been unconscious?"

"Two days. They said it was a complete depletion of magic power plus the serpent's poison. But you were able to fight a purebred feathered serpent head-on and still live, so you're very lucky."

Zecia said as she applied the ointment, "You'll have to stay in the hospital for a few days, until the wound heals before you can go back."

"Good, I can rest for a few days."

"I really didn't expect a purebred feathered serpent to be involved in this. Now that feathered serpent has been imprisoned by the kingdom, and they're preparing to contact its race."

That night, at the critical moment, Zecia arrived and intercepted Weib, knocking him down, then Polo packed him into a summoning creature like a box, and he's still locked up in the kingdom's deep well.

"Where's Lulu-la?" Yarrow asked.

"Don't worry, she's fine. In the end, she was the one who brought you back from the shadow world," Zecia said.

Then her face darkened again: "You go around causing trouble when I'm not by your side. You almost died there, you know?"

"Wasn't it because there was no other way at the time?" Yarrow said.

"Idiot," Zecia muttered.

"Oh right, I heard the kingdom is going to give you an award ceremony, to reward your contribution in this operation. It's in a few days, so be prepared."

"Really?"

"Why would I lie to you?"

Zecia then got up, pulled back the lower half of the blanket, and began to take off his pants.

"Wait... What are you doing?" He hurriedly grabbed his pants.

"Applying medicine. You have injuries on your thighs too," Zecia said impatiently.

"I'll do this myself."

"Stop talking nonsense and take off your pants!"

"Even though we're close, we should still maintain some privacy."

"Privacy?" Zecia chuckled. "Who do you think has been applying medicine for you while you were unconscious?"

Yarrow's face fell: "So that means..."

"I've seen it all."

"..."

"Don't make that expression like you're a damsel in distress, it's like you've suffered a great loss," Zecia snorted, turning her head and whispering, "It's not like I won't let you see it in the future."

[Spring of Life: Grants powerful regeneration, allowing injuries to heal rapidly in a short time. (When you see the man with inextinguishable flames burning all over his body, you will understand that sometimes powerful regeneration is not a good thing)]

[Feathered Serpent God's Blessing: Adds a blessing to yourself or others, granting immunity to most abnormal states and increasing mental strength during the blessing period.]

[Natural Affinity: Increases affinity for life elements belonging to nature (see Tarzan)]

These were the three abilities Lulu-la had given him.

And her favorability towards him had now reached 1024.

He didn't know if the abilities he received from Lulu-la, as a half-breed, had been weakened.

Even if they were weakened, they were still strong enough. That day, he had relied entirely on his self-healing ability to fight Weib for so long, otherwise he would have lost his ability to move long ago.

As he was thinking, there was a knock on the door. He called out to come in, and Serena walked in with the three little ones.

She had just received the news that Yarrow had woken up that morning, so she brought everyone to visit him.

"Yarrow!"

Ji Xiaofei pounced on him, pressing down on his body.

"I heard you were injured! Are you okay?"

"You're pressing on my wound!" Yarrow groaned.

"Ah? Is it here?"

"I told you not to press there!"

Yarrow reached out and pinched the fleshy cheeks, punishing the little chick.

"It's good to see you're okay. We've been feeling uneasy these past two days, and couldn't sleep well," Tao Hu patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yeah, it always feels like something's missing at home without Yarrow," Ji Xiaofei said, sitting on him.

"Missing something?" Yarrow asked curiously.

"Um... a kind of pressure?" Ji Xiaofei said after a moment's thought.

"Pressure, huh?"

Yarrow hugged Little Ji tightly and pinched her cheeks as punishment.

Serena put a small wooden box on the table, then crossed her arms and glared at him.

Feeling the gaze, Yarrow sheepishly released Ji Xiaofei.

"I won't mess around again," he said sincerely.

"You're lucky to be alive."

Serena snorted, reached out and flicked his forehead, then opened the wooden box. Inside was a delicate fruit cake.

"A gift of consolation I brought you."

Although Yarrow didn't like sweets, he still took it, as he needed to replenish his sugar levels after being unconscious for two days.