Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 46 Squeeze
"How are they? Are the pearls I caught pretty good?"

Noah looked at the young man in front of him, who was wet and dripping all over, with a smug smile on his face. He lowered his head to look at the pearls that covered the flower bed in the front yard. Each of them was round and smooth, enough to be used to make jewelry.

"that's it?"

The sunrise glow gilded the young man, making his backlit figure look particularly tall. But Youlong only felt that the man in front of him had a kind of youthful naivety, which had not faded even after two years of experience. This guy probably spent the whole night in the water.

"You probably don't even weigh 300 pounds. You don't even reach one tenth of what I asked for."

"what?!"

The man, who had wanted to hear some praise, was stunned. Each of these pearls scattered on the ground were picked out by him personally. If they were just to make up the number, his hard work overnight would have been enough to meet the requirement.

"You can rest for a while now, but once you've rested enough, go back into the water."

At this moment, Noah has turned into a vicious overseer who madly exploits the slaves. No, nowadays, the slaves in the city of Elishim will not be so miserable.

Because they don't work at night, they can freely arrange their working hours according to their own situation and within a reasonable range during the day. Every labor will be converted into work points and recorded in the account. When the points meet the requirements, they will be free.

It is for this reason that the slaves in the city of Elishim and the surrounding areas are very motivated to work. They do not need to be supervised, nor do they need supervisors to whip them. It is enough to arrange someone to confirm the results of their work.

"By the way, you can send the pearls in batches, but the quality of the pearls you send each time cannot be lower than this time. Don't use those low-quality pearls to deal with me."

"Noah, why are you becoming more and more picky? These are the pearls I carefully selected. It would be nice if you just say wow!"

The young man, who had expected to receive the Golden Dragon's admiration and praise, was disappointed. He sat down on the ground, looking completely like an aristocrat, and muttered complaints.

"You've already been promoted, haven't you? I'm still treating you the same way as before. This is disrespectful to you."

"When have you ever taken me seriously? You're not even willing to call me brother, even just brother will do!"

Teddle lay on his back on the ground, letting the pearls he had worked so hard to fish out roll around him.

At this moment, he was completely different from the down-and-out young man who could get drunk even after drinking mead yesterday. It was as if he had forgotten the sadness and depression of losing his adventurer companions, and he had recovered to become the son of a border noble who could play with golden dragons.

"You can close your eyes and take a nap now. Anything can come true in your dreams."

Noah was not surprised at the huge change in the young man in just one day.

Men are such creatures. Even if they have experienced setbacks and pains that they have never encountered before, after venting hysterically, they can pretend nothing happened the next day and greet the rising sun again.

This is not that he has let it go, or that he really doesn't care anymore, but he has buried it deep in his heart and is unwilling to show it to others. After all, how can a man show such a weak attitude?

Noah didn't know how to comfort people. As a golden dragon, he didn't need to think about how to comfort a short-lived creature who had experienced setbacks in his growth.

However, Youlong knew that once a person was exhausted to the point where he didn't even have the strength to stand and could only lie on the ground, he would not have the energy to think about anything else.

"Okay, I'll lie down here and take a nap now. If I don't have a dream, you'll be responsible."

"When you wake up, go to the valley to fish for pearls for me."

The golden dragon commanded the legendary son, his brother in name, without any psychological burden, and the young man who had experienced the separation in life was willing to do so, spending a lot of time in the valley every day. But Taidel was a shining gold, and logically speaking, even though he carefully selected the pearls he fished out every time, he still repeated this activity half a month later, even though the pearls he sent to Noah had already exceeded 3,000 kilograms.

There was a tacit understanding between the man and the dragon, and no one called a stop. Noah, as a vested interest, was happy with it, while Teddel, as the laborer, needed it.

This activity continued until the city of Elishim at the foot of the mountain became lively. As the only heir to the throne of the Duke, Taidel's coming-of-age ceremony was about to begin.

Because of the newly promoted legend Cassius, a young noble's coming-of-age ceremony gradually evolved into a grand ceremony never seen before in this land.

This is the first time a legend has extended an invitation to the outside world after his promotion.

In addition to Augustus' family vassals, that is, the border nobles who were originally from the southeast of the kingdom, who came to congratulate him, all the noble forces that ranked high within the United Kingdom of Erestoria sent envoys.

Outside of the kingdom, many forces have also sent out envoys. They are mainly here to visit new legends, because the birth of a legend will usually break the original order of the area and bring huge impact to the surrounding areas.

"Do you still have time to go to the valley now?"

Noah was somewhat surprised to see Teddel bringing him a large amount of pearls again.

To be honest, he really ate pearls all he could during this period, but he didn't get tired of them because pearls were too much to Jinlong's taste.

"Why don't you have time?"

The young man lay lazily on the rattan bed woven for him by the fairies, looking lazily at the city below the mountain where the noise was becoming more and more bustling, and asked indifferently.

"So many nobles have come. They are all here to watch your coming-of-age ceremony. As the protagonist, why don't you go and meet and entertain them?"

"Come on, Noah, do you really think that those nobles down the mountain are coming for me?"

Taidel's thinking has changed a lot, not only because he goes to the valley to fish for pearls every day, but also because of the adventurer friends he once met.

Most of his recognized companions chose to stay and continue to follow him after learning his identity. During this period, these people have gradually adapted to their new identities.

Thus, an insurmountable barrier was created. The gap in strength could be made up through hard work, but the background of a legendary noble was useless even if one risked one's life.

The partners who used to be close friends have now become subordinates who are servile and unconsciously try to please others. It is difficult for the young man to maintain his original mentality.

"At least some of them came for you, such as the nobles who brought their beautiful daughters or nieces."

Noah teased with a narrow smile.

"You're here again."

The young man looked helpless.

"Ok?"

The golden dragon was startled suddenly, and looked down the mountain. Its dark golden pupils shrank slightly, and then slowly spread out, and the whole dragon became relaxed again.

(End of this chapter)