Dragons and Cross-dressers – Chapter nineteen

Though Ivan usually preferred to drive the huge wagon (it gave him a sense of power), he was content with staying in the back today.

He was watching the dragon.

His dragon.

His servants had been exceptionally quick so tonight he will reward them with a free meal, instead of charging them and building up their endlessly debt even more.

The others didn't even see the giant moving, wooden fortress in the dust.

They didn't see the four men bind the red body with chains and haul it in to the wagon.

They didn't see them leave.

Ivan had ordered the others to clean up the blood and bandage the wounds. It was making a mess in his mobile home. The injuries were severe and would kill any human but dragons were study creatures.

The body twitched as the dragon began to wake. It tried to move but was completely unable to. The trick with strong beings was that they required movement to use their muscles. If they were unable to move, they were unable to be strong. Plus the magical unicorn horn infused chains helped.

Its eyes opened sluggishly. The bright emeralds were dull with pain and exhaustion.

The beige haired man watched as they suddenly focused, noticing the new surroundings. He watched it as it attempted to struggle or squirm or move anything. Even his mouth had been clamped together.

It glanced around the room before its eyes landed on the smiling man.

A low guttural growl came from its throat, though it was muffled by the closed lips.

The Russian couldn't help it. He giggled loudly and happily.

"You are a strong-willed one."

The dragon only glared in return.

He walked up to his precious prize and ran his hand along the smooth scales. They were hot, glossy and such a bright red. He lowered his voice threateningly.

"You know regular coloured dragon scales are worth a fortune as are their meat, blood, bones, claws and fangs… Even dragon eyes are worth hundreds of gold coins as medicines and spells… You would be valuable even in pieces if you cannot settle."

The dragon made a small snort, obviously not caring or believing the trader.

The trader's smile tightened before he relaxed a little. His hand was stroking the thick neck, by the throat area. He pressed down on where he knew where the air pipe was. He felt the dragon tense and his eyes showed panic.

The dragon tried to move again, desperately. Its movements slowed as he pressed more, cutting off more oxygen.

Suddenly he released his pressure.

The dragon gulped in heavy breaths through his nostrils in relief.

"But did you know that a live dragon is worth so much more than all of them combined. Many kings and lords will pay and fight wars over even the most common of them. The Emperor of China, Yao, once paid 10,000,000 gold coins for a small 'common' living Japanese black dragon named Kiku. You are lucky that this is the case… otherwise you would no longer be breathing, da?"

The dragon glared in fury at him now but he didn't care. It couldn't do anything and it would soon know its master.

Smoke rose from his lips and nostrils as he tried to breathe fire through the sealed lips. No flames came though and it soon had to give up.

It continued glaring through.

Ivan hummed slightly, stroking the smoky snout and glancing at the still fresh cuts.

"I wonder what you are worth, red one." He asked more to himself than the dragon.

It replied anyway by closing its eyes; he didn't know the answer either.

(A/N – Whoa! Even China and Japan got mentioned!

Their back story is pretty simple and has basically been explained to the extent that I thought about it. Uses your fangirl/boy brains to imagine a story for them. It can be a slave/master relationship or a true/romantic love one or a brotherly/fluffy love story. I left it open for you to invent.

Mainly because I couldn't chose myself…

I wanted a worldwide simple currency that wasn't used in modern times in our world. Hence the gold coins. Silver and bronze is also another form of currency in this country. The order of value is GoldSilverBronze

This story is set a bit in medieval times though it sometimes has a slightly modern twist… like the invention of steel etc.

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