After that, Lilith lit a fire, and everyone had a feast. Emil suddenly felt alive and his mind was much clearer.

Although the taste is just as Cosette said, when people are hungry, no matter what they eat, they will taste delicious.

After finishing the meal, Emil had to wait for those who fainted to wake up. However, he thought carefully that he had important matters to attend to, and there should be no danger for these people lying here.

Although he didn't know what they had gone through to make them so hungry that they refused to eat anything, Emil didn't have time to delve deeper. There were still many limbs of Sawtooth Flower, so it was better to leave the rest to them.

So, he proposed to the other two people.

"Let these people stay here, we have to hurry up."

"Well, that's fine." Ophelia nodded.

Then they looked at Cosette to ask her opinion.

"Haha, it's true, you two are of the same mind, what else can I say?" Cosette smiled slightly.

However, just as they were preparing to leave, someone among the people lying on the ground woke up early. He was a man in his early twenties. He was dressed gorgeously and his movements were full of elegance. He was obviously a son of a noble.

He scratched his head and looked at Emil and others.

"Well, my head hurts... By the way, did you save me?"

Emil looked at the other two people, and after making sure they had no objection, he decided to talk to the man.

"Yes, it's us. By the way, you must still be hungry, so eat this."

Emil said, handing him the roasted sawtooth flower root.

The man looked at the rhizome with dark green juice that was constantly coming out, and hesitated, but after checking Emil's eyes, he finally understood that this thing was edible.

Emil waited patiently for him to finish, then introduced himself.

"I see," the man nodded and said, "My name is Anthony Marga, you can just call me Anthony. My father is an earl in the royal capital. Since you saved me, as a noble son, I will

I will repay you with my utmost sincerity, so if it is convenient for you, can you come with me to the royal capital?"

"Haha, what a coincidence, we happen to be going to the Royal Capital as well." Emil laughed.

Anthony then looked at the people behind Emil, and when he saw Lilith, he suddenly showed a shocked look.

"Oh my god, that...is that a giant dragon?"

"Uh, yes." Emil didn't need to hide it.

"...You, who are you? Why are you with the dragon?" Anthony's eyes widened, his tone full of reverence.

"Well," Emil scratched his head, trying to fool him, "I said we were going to participate in the knight competition, do you believe it?"

"Oh?" Anthony's eyes stayed on Ophelia, "Haha, of course I believe it. I have indeed seen many knights going to the royal capital in the past few days. However, if you come riding a dragon like you, I

This is the first time we have met, could it be said that you are the legendary dragon knights?"

"Uh, what is that?"

"The protagonist group in "Legend of the Dragon Knight"," Anthony's eyes suddenly shone, and then he explained to himself, "They have strength that far exceeds that of the Imperial Paladins, and each knight rides a variety of weapons.

There are giant dragons, some that breathe fire, some that spit ice, and some that can summon giant weapons. In short, the children in the capital have read this storybook since they were young, and it is still serialized to this day... Oh, I'm sorry, you guys

He must be from another town, so it’s normal that he hasn’t heard of it.”

Anthony was a little frustrated, but after taking a look at Lilith, he became interested again.

"I always thought that dragon knights were just made up in story books, but I didn't expect that they really existed. By the way, what can this giant dragon of yours do?"

"Her name is Lilith and she can breathe fire." Emil looked at his expectant look and had no choice but to tell him.

"...Well, this is too common." Anthony shook his head.

At this time, Lilith suddenly felt a little angry, and she couldn't help but complain in Ophelia's ear.

"This guy is so rude, I really want to give him a paw."

"Yes, indeed." Ophelia actually agreed.

"Haha, what an interesting guy," Cosette couldn't help but sigh, and then she said to Emile, "It's getting late, we have to get on the road as soon as possible."

Only then did Anthony think of business and quickly apologized to everyone.

"Oh, I'm really sorry. I forgot about the main business when I talked about the topic I was interested in. Please forgive me."

"It's okay, let's set off now."

"How can this work? It was indeed my problem just now. I didn't distinguish the occasion." Anthony refused to give up. He pondered for a moment, and then said with a look of embarrassment, "Well, let's do it. When we get to my house, I will give him a gift."

I gave you the copy of "Legend of the Dragon Knight" as a way of expressing my apology."

"Oh, it won't happen." Emil waved his hand quickly.

He was not being polite, but he had just heard that this set of books was what children had grown up reading, and it is still being serialized even now. It has been at least twenty years. Who knows how many books there are in a set?

There is a more important thing. If you keep holding these books, isn't it just carrying rocks up the mountain?

"Emil, are you angry with me?" Anthony suddenly became unhappy.

"Ah? I, I didn't."

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting awkward, Ophelia walked between them at the right time.

"Anthony, don't get me wrong. Emile just doesn't want to take away what you like. However, since it's hard to refuse such kindness, we will just promise you."

"Hey, Ophelia..."

"Don't worry," Ophelia whispered into his ear, "I have a magic ring for storage."

Only then did Emil remember it and no longer shied away.

"...Oh, that's what happened," Anthony scratched his head, "It doesn't matter, this set of story books is very popular, and it can be seen everywhere now. I can buy it anytime."

"Well, let's leave without further delay." Emil urged.

Anthony nodded, but his eyes stayed on Lilith and couldn't move away. After a while, he finally couldn't help but speak.

"Are you going to ride a dragon to the capital?"

"Of course, ah, by the way, how far is it from the royal capital?"

"Nearly ten kilometers," Anthony said. "To be honest, I went to a nearby town alone to visit relatives, but that was already three days ago. When I arrived, I found that there was no one in the city.

, the whole town became a dead city for some reason, and then a large group of monsters rushed out, and I was about to be buried in the monster's belly. At this time, a burly knight suddenly appeared, and it was he who saved me... No, it's not just...

Me, and other people, oh, those people lying there, then we walked along this road for three days and three nights. We were hungry and tired. I wanted to give up countless times, but I still made it through.

, because I still want to repay that knight for saving his life."

"That's right." Emil nodded, unable to help but feel in awe of this man who only knew how to talk about storybooks.

However, he didn't want to know what happened to Anthony. This guy talked too much.

"So...can you...let me ride the dragon for a while?" Anthony suddenly rubbed his hands and said, "Oh, I've walked such a long way, and now I'm still a third of the way, but it's a pity that I can't even stand on my legs.

It’s unstable, no matter what I do, I can’t even express my gratitude to you.”

Emil was dumbfounded. No wonder he mentioned the previous incident. It turned out to be a way to pave the way for this. However, he would not refuse. After all, Anthony had agreed to entertain them, so how could they let him continue walking back?

Where is the royal capital?

"sure."

"Really? That's great!" Anthony suddenly beamed, and he immediately ran towards Lilith.

But Lilith had a look of disgust on her face and flapped her wings slightly. She didn't want this kind of weirdo on her back. She didn't say anything more until she noticed Emil winking at her.

Along the way, Anthony kept talking, talking about one topic and then another. Emil couldn't help but wonder, didn't this guy feel thirsty after talking so much?

However, while Emil was thinking this, Anthony suddenly felt his mouth was dry. Unfortunately, there was no drinkable water around him, so he began to look at the people around him.

Cosette saw him like this and hurriedly hid the kettle.

"Ah, I remembered," Anthony was startled. "The knight competition has already started. The audition will end in three days. Is it too late for you to go now?"

Emil couldn't deal with it under his pestering gaze and had no choice but to continue lying.

"There is no way. The place we live is too far away from the royal capital, so there is no information, and it takes a long time to travel."

"By the way, Anthony," Ophelia said suddenly, "do you know the rules of knightly competitions?"

In fact, she had never seen a knight's competition in her whole life. At most, she had only heard about it from other people's mouths, but these were exaggerated fragments.

"Well, actually I'm not interested in the real-life knight competition. You might as well experience it yourself," Anthony said bluntly, and then added, "To be honest, I have always thought that dragon knights are the strongest knights. Those ordinary humans

It’s nothing at all.”

"Oh? Aren't dragon knights ordinary people?" Cosette also became interested.

"Of course not. Do you know that there is a race on this continent called the elves? The so-called dragon knights are not as simple as signing a contract with a dragon and then riding the dragon. They also have the power of elves and their lifespan is almost unlimited.

, naturally they are not as long as the dragons, but due to the power of the contract, even if those dragons die and their bodies are completely corrupted, they can still carry their masters and fly into the sky."

"Isn't this the same as us? You are right, Emile." Ophelia said with a smile.

"So, this knight named Ophelia is really a dragon knight." Anthony suddenly felt as if he had met his idol, "Then this knight competition will be interesting. After all, if you go to participate

I will definitely get first place in the knight competition, so I decided to go and watch your game live."
To be continued...