However, there was no way Astrid would let go of this opportunity. Lying in Hiccup's arms, the corner of her eye caught Twin sister Ruffnut approaching.
She turned her head and kissed Hiccup directly on the cheek.
This made Hiccup extremely disgusted; his left cheek had been licked by Night Fury, and his right cheek had been... by this woman.
When Twin sister Ruffnut saw this scene, she immediately exploded, roaring, "How can you, a woman, kiss the great Sir Hiccup!"
"It should be the beautiful, gentle Ruffnut who offers her fragrant kiss to Sir Hiccup!"
At this, Hiccup couldn't remain calm. He tried to break free from Astrid, but he was held captive. He looked at Night Fury, but Night Fury was excitedly bouncing around like a husky.
The most infuriating thing was that he even tilted his head, looking at him with an innocent expression, as if waiting for him to praise it.
"Roar~~!"
Snotlout let out a low growl. Hiccup understood; it roughly meant, "Well done!"
At this, Night Fury became even more smug, raising its dark head and looking sideways at Hiccup, as if saying, "You're welcome."
Around them, Stoick and Gobber pretended not to see anything, strolling away while muttering to themselves, seemingly giving Hiccup some space.
Seeing Ruffnut about to close in, Hiccup flipped over, switching positions with Astrid. However, Astrid clung to him like a gibbon.
Helpless, Hiccup could only reach out his hand and say, "Stop!"
Ruffnut immediately stopped, then looked at Hiccup with a disappointed expression and said, "Does the great Sir Hiccup dislike Ruffnut for not being pretty enough!?"
"But what can be done? Ruffnut has already deeply fallen in love with the great Sir Hiccup!"
Astrid said smugly, "Didn't you see Sir Hiccup is holding me!? Do whatever you want to do!"
Ruffnut immediately said angrily, "If you hadn't ambushed him, how could Sir Hiccup possibly be holding you!?"
Hiccup was speechless for a moment, then could only helplessly say, "War is about to descend upon Berk Island, and you two are still like this!"
"You truly disappoint me!"
Astrid jumped directly off Hiccup, then looked at Ruffnut and said, "In that case, let's duel! The loser voluntarily leaves Sir Hiccup!"
Ruffnut was instantly speechless. She couldn't even beat her brother, let alone fight Astrid.
"It seems! Sir Hiccup belongs to me now!" Astrid said proudly.
A group of Dragons nearby swayed their heads back and forth, watching the show. They seemed accustomed to battles between Dragons, so they were curious about battles between humans.
Especially the battle between two females competing for one male, which made these Dragons envious, jealous, and hateful.
Hiccup said, utterly speechless, "You two play by yourselves!"
With that, Hiccup flipped over and sat directly on Night Fury's neck, saying, "Let's go!"
Night Fury lay directly on the ground, having no intention of leaving, seemingly wanting to see which of the two women would ultimately win!
Hiccup, somewhat speechless, said in Dragon Language, "Hurry up! To Crow Ridge!"
Night Fury walked to the edge of the cliff, looking back three times with each step, then flapped its wings and flew towards Crow Ridge.
"Hmph! Coward!" After Astrid scoffed, she immediately mounted Deadly Nadder and chased after Night Fury like a shadow.
Twins (Brother) quickly advised, "I admit Sir Hiccup is definitely the most suitable warrior for marriage on Berk Island, but Astrid is also very strong. The two of them are truly a good match!"
"Shut up! You stupid brother! I'm being bullied, and you don't even come to save me!" Ruffnut said, feeling very wronged, then left immediately.
But the direction she left in was not towards her home, but towards Crow Ridge.
Twins (Brother) said, utterly speechless, "What a foolish sister, still not giving up even like this!"
Fishlegs, the little chubby guy beside him, drooled enviously and said, "Love truly makes people blind!"
At this moment, Hiccup was riding Night Fury, flying over Crow Ridge, roughly estimating how much timber there was and how many warships could be built.
He then returned to the Blacksmith Shop, picked up an iron ore at random, and said, "Gobber! Watch closely, I'm about to smelt iron!"
Upon hearing this, Gobber's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "Really!? Is it that shiny iron?"
Hiccup corrected Gobber, saying, "That's stainless steel! Which means iron that doesn't rust!"
"Impossible! How can iron not rust!?" Gobber simply didn't believe it, because it had already surpassed the common sense in his mind, so he wouldn't believe it.
Hiccup directly said, "If you don't believe me, go look at Night Fury's tail fin, see if it's rusted!?"
At this time, Night Fury was secretly eating sea fish in the Blacksmith Shop, its small head directly stuffed into a wooden basket, eating heartily.
Gobber, on the other hand, looked enviously at Night Fury's tail fin, muttering to himself, "It really hasn't rusted!"
Then he looked down at his own rusty prosthetic limb and immediately said excitedly, "I must learn the smelting of this stainless steel! Teacher Hiccup, please teach me quickly!"
Hearing the title "Teacher," Hiccup suddenly felt a bit awkward. After all, he was Gobber's apprentice, and now their roles were reversed.
Hiccup slowed down every step of his actions, just so Gobber could see clearly, so that he could teach more people.
Gobber was indeed the best blacksmith on Berk Island; he learned it in just one attempt.
Looking at the iron gear in Hiccup's hand, Gobber asked curiously, "Is this a new weapon?"
Hiccup shook his head and said, "This is my new invention! You'll know when the time comes!"
Upon hearing the words "new invention," Gobber's heart immediately fluttered, as Hiccup's inventions over the years had truly left too deep an impression on everyone on Berk Island.
After the timber was delivered back, Hiccup directly threw the scraps of timber into the newly built machine, and then everyone gathered around, curiously watching Hiccup's new invention.
"What is this thing!?"
"Why would Hiccup Warrior put such a small Terror Dragon in a cage!?"
"Is Hiccup Warrior going to torture this tiny Terror Dragon?"
Hiccup waved his hand and said, "Everyone, please step back a bit!"
Then, Hiccup took a sea fish about the same size as the Terror Dragon and fed it, then said in Dragon Language, "Run!"