12-第二十六章：誓约(17)

terrifying, beautiful creature. For the first time, Hiccup realised, deep in his bones, that the Dragon Furious might be right, that all Hiccup’s efforts to recreate the world might be in vain, that Hiccup might need a Plan to save the dragons, in the end. And holding the Dragon’s dying head, the Plan came to him, in the same brilliant flash as when he had found the Jewel inside the lobster necklace. A Jewel of a Plan. Hiccup held the Dragon’s dying head. ‘Do not worry, Furious,’ said Hiccup passionately. ‘You must not die worrying that because this has happened to you, the dragons will not be saved in the end. I will work my hardest to make sure that the Second Kingdom of the Wilderwest is better than the First. ‘But if it does happen that I get to the end of my lifetime, and it seems that humans have not improved sufficiently, then I have a Plan that will save the dragons.’ ‘Is it a c-c-clever one?’ whispered Toothless. ‘Clever-ish,’ said Hiccup. ‘You have a Plan, do you?’ said the Dragon Furious softly, and now his eye looking on Hiccup was