Now, I just had to check my senses and well, my thoughts are still slow, so I rule out the possibility of having acquired mental agility. The sight? is still as bad, I mean, I can't even zoom in. Touch remains the sameand the hearing, well, it's clear that I need a clean-up, in any case the only thing that seems different is the taste.
"Hey, this is delicious, did it always taste like this?"
“... Guyar?"
"Really? Here, add some fruit sauce to it, you'll be surprised"
The meat had much better flavor than before, though with my luck, I don't rule out the possibility that the difference in flavor is because I'm very hungry. It's a possibility that, with my bad luck, is the most likely, but either way, at least I'm enjoying an excellent meal. The bad thing is that after the meal I had to continue with the needle pricks and so on for a couple of days in order to achieve the magic, but there were no results..... again.
"Well, at this point I think it's time... I guess I'll just have to suck it up..... the blood"
I don't want to continue causing suffering to my left arm, of course I was ready to sacrifice it for the sake of progress, but causing me pain for no reason is not in my plans. To be honest I'm running out of ideas, I feel like I'm at a dead end and that's starting to make me desperate. Patience is a virtue.... which I don't have. The days pass and I keep eating fruits without being able to go out for fear that the moment I step outside the walls a mutant cow will kill me.
At this point I'm even afraid of insects even though I haven't seen any yet, but I'm sure that even a small animal like an earthworm would be able to end my life and that fills me with despair. So even though it's reckless, I'm forcing myself to believe that I've done enough tests to be sure that I won't turn into a chimera. So it's time to drink the blood, and if that doesn't work I don't know what to do next.
Experiments on myself N°4
Day 1
As always, I started with something gentle, so I diluted a few drops of blood in a bit of water and even though I only added three drops to about 300ml of water, the color of the water did not change. But on the other hand the taste of the water drastically shifted, taking on a slight malty flavor. Though it lacked carbonation, it was surprisingly refreshing to taste. Unfortunately there are no apparent immediate results, but at least I discovered something useful and if I find a village in the future I could sell drinks.
At least with this, if the magic doesn't work, I could become a merchant andearn a living from the drinks. It could be a success and I'm not worried about plagiarism. After all, how many people can rely on a dragon to produce the drink?.
'I just hope dragons are not common here, otherwise it is very likely that this drink has already been invented. Then my venture would have failed before even starting'
"What do you think? It would be a good venture, right?"
"...Guyar?"
"No? well, at least I'm trying, give me a good idea Mr. Dreamkiller"
"Gaar"
"See?, you have nothing, can you at least do something with that magic of yours that can help me?"
*FLAP FLAP FLAP*
"....Sure, I ask you for help and you run away, my friend how unreliable you are"
'What other tests could I do?... *HAAAAAA* I'd better take a break and wait to see if I've overlooked something. If I keep squeezing my brain, I might burn the last neuron that is shipwrecked out there alone, I hope luck smiles on me soon'
*FLAP FLAP FLAP*
"Gaarr"
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"You leave when I ask for help and come back to interrupt my sleep. Congratulations, you've just made it onto my list of annoying dragons... Uhu!? What do you want me to do with those stones?"
"Guyar"
"Do you want me to eat them? Really? Aren't you kidding?"
"Guyar"
"Friend, did I steal your wife, or why do you hate me so much as to wish for my death?"
"Graar"
"I see you're serious about it, my mother used to say it, 'raise dragons and they'll gouge out your eyes'. Forget it, you can't trust magical beings"
This time if there were results soon, but they were terrifying results, the color of my urine turned gray, that made my hair stand on end, I nearly had a heart attack. I mean, you can't take a warrior's weapon away, or it's certain he'll die on the battlefield and and I don’t want to lose my weapon.
*Haaa*
"Thanks to luck, it seems to be only the color that changes. Shit, and here I was, thinking that the worst thing that could happen was to become a cuckold's adornment. If the man in charge of distributing luck is watching me, thanks for giving me a second chance. Sorry, I was ignorant before, I didn't know what I was talking about"
My plans with the drink were to increase the amount of blood, but seeing the results, if that affects such an essential part of people, releasing it to the market would be risking a lawsuit, so dragon-malt production is suspended indefinitely. Also, I didn't do any more tests with the drink, either. After what happened, I decided to move on to the next experiment. You can call me paranoid if you want, but you can't remove the quills from a porcupine or it will be defenseless.
Though there doesn't seem to be any changes other than the color of the urine, at least something happened, so I guess I'm on the right track. Of course, drinking the blood again is out of the question, but I can try eating it as a seasoning for goat meat. I just hope the changes that might happen won't be as terrifying as this or I'll lose my motivation. I'd rather be a caged bird with a heart than a free bird without a beak.
Experiments on myself N°5
Day 1
I don't know if it's a good idea, but I thought that I could make a sauce with fruits and blood as ingredients. Of course I'll use the fruits I got from the first experiments, I mean, the blood is too little to cover a piece of meat, though sure, I could eat less, but that's not the point. The idea is that the fruit modified by the blood will helps me get a positive result, after all, they have the same essence and well, it's also for the flavor.
The fruit is so soft that turning it into a puree is simple, besides I have already prepared this sauce so many times that I'm practically an expert. Though this time with the additional ingredient, I hope the flavor doesn't change much or it will not be a good breakfast. Though as 'when you take a wrong step, you must put on a brave face'. After the sauce was ready, I cut the meat into pieces, put them on the rock and added the seasoning on top and a few minutes later, breakfast was ready.
"Do you want some?"
*Huff*
"No? Well, more for me then, your loss"
"....."
*Glup*
"Are you sure you don't want to? It's the last chance I'm giving you, don't come complaining later"
“..Guyar?”
"HAHAHAHHAHA What funny things you say, now it turns out that being kind to a friend is being afraid, I was just being polite, but if you don't appreciate my kindness, that's fine. I wanted to share the benefits with you because I appreciate you, but you don't miss the opportunity to question my abilities, but that's fine, time will prove me right and th-"
“GRAAR”
"Says the one who ran away from an armadillo"
Cough* Glup*
"Here I go"
The flavor of the meat was not altered, it tastes like the typical magic deer meat you might find in the supermarket. But the sauce on the other hand, was a big surprise. It tasted like a blend of plum and tamarind sauce, sweet and sour perfectly blended. This added to a simple magic goat meat an exquisite flavor.
'Great, another source of income, looks like I'm on the right track this time'
This makes me think that ultimately I could open a store, I mean, with the fruits I'm sure I could create some kind of sweetener, besides of course, the fruit juice and the fruit itself. I also have the malt drink and now with this sauce, I would already have enough products to attract the attention of customers. Besides, with the versatility of Danamus blood, from just one product, I could create several more. Million -currency that exists in this world- idea.
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Without changes, I was nervous while eating the meat, but it's been at least twenty minutes now and there's still no sign that anything is going to happen. So, everything seems to indicate that I must become a mature tree if I want immediate changes, but I don't know if being buried is for me.
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Mea’s log: It’s been about three hours since breakfast, initially I thought it would be another simple experiment, but it wasn't. Luckily I am a professional and was prepared for the worst, so the symptoms did not take me by surprise. It was perhaps the most dreaded possibility, but I was already mentally prepared. After three hours of having consumed the food, the first signs began, the cramps...... That's right, I got diarrhea.