AU where after the Yong'anese victory Xie Lian travels for a while and settles in a village that is close to the lair of the Crimson dragon. One could say that since the locals have grown used to living so close to a monster, they're not as opposed to letting - ThreadSky

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yingan.bsky.social • 176 days ago

AU where after the Yong'anese victory Xie Lian travels for a while and settles in a village that is close to the lair of the Crimson dragon. One could say that since the locals have grown used to living so close to a monster, they're not as opposed to letting

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yingan.bsky.social•176 days ago

a former crown prince, who failed his nation, settle down. Needless to say, Xie Lian is not very popular amongst the villagers, but they generally don't mind him. Although... what Xie Lian doesn't know yet is that there might be ulterior motives.

yingan.bsky.social•176 days ago

You see, there is a reason why the village still stands even when it's unfortunately located so near to the dragon's dwelling — every year when the spring comes and the nature is full of life and vigour the village holds a festival.

yingan.bsky.social•176 days ago

It's an old pagan tradition where every virgin in the village weaves a wreath and then lets it float down the river. The villagers would then compete in catching and fishing the wreaths out, and whoever's wreath stays in the water last — well, this person would then be sent to

yingan.bsky.social•176 days ago

the dragon's mountain, as a necessary sacrifice. Dragons, much like many other species, tend to seek a mate when spring arrives — this was a well-known fact. In theory, the villager would always send one of their own (someone that nobody would miss) as a "mate" or a "bride"

yingan.bsky.social•176 days ago

(although considering that none of them ever returned, it was more likely that they were actually sending a lunch). Nevertheless, the dragon never bothered them, so under the assumption that the tradition works, they kept it up.

yingan.bsky.social•176 days ago

Poor Xie Lian didn't have much choice in this matter, since he learnt about this custom on the very day of the festival. In retrospect he should have been more suspicious about why they accepted him so easily, but it was too late to berate himself when he was

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