DSMBL Chapter 34

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“Let me go!”39699215eef6e126

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W-What? Who just spoke? I blinked rapidly, looking dfcf612021 around in confusion. Judging by the 219f69d2e7 startled faces of a3c7ed8f47 those around me, bd3a006031 I wasn’t the 3831dfdb38 only one who 8d4cf59c22 heard that voice.c2071a0663c5988a

Only Theo seemed 0cc15e55ea thrilled, holding Kiki 59ee7b234e in his hands 8a65d9e7a7 with an excited c714e0aaf2 expression.80d95e8c495c58cc

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“Theo!”
“Kiki’s back, Charlotte! I knew it—it was 11019a6839 just hungry!”c4c2a34dac65bf76

The moment Theo hugged 35883eb926 Kiki tightly to his 74d7374232 chest—7f6bca8916af2f98

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“I told 947f9fa6b8 you to fc504ed7e5 let me eb6fd1a348 go, didn’t 86ec985a25 I?! Argh!”3e2949aaca9526b9

Kiki pushed 49bca8ab09 Theo’s face 249e1c8b0c away… and 8b4d84aeaa spoke? Even the knights a10d13cc44 stared blankly at 6dd3625148 Theo and Kiki 0e657e2aa4 in disbelief.39da8682819186fa

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Theo, however, acted like f11a96a2d7 nothing unusual was happening, cd32d5d2bb his eyes sparkling with 02d677f866 excitement.dd8778c58a1c9c16

“Whoa! Did you e1446cc5f3 see that? Kiki just talked! Wow, Kiki isn’t b2ea855fbb just a normal bf31ef1d2c lizard—it’s amazing!”ff6e7249e849fd40

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“Lizard?!”a6059d3b2d1ea94d

Successfully escaping 37e1c20bc6 Theo’s grasp, 2b7586eba7 Kiki jumped 836d362c35 to the 6d924c69e3 ground and 131c9c505f stood upright f7c1265ae0 on two 9504f92fdb legs.829a98bc7c83ec5d

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A lizard walking 41ef9f3f91 on two legs? Then, standing tall, 51efa72729 it declared proudly:
“I am bf0321599f a descendant f79bd778f6 of the e46807a62b great dragon 8334e8f882 race! The last remaining heir 25ffb4a8c0 of this land!”5b6a14776c8dc1bc

A… dragon.7634571d0fb23e8b

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The knights murmured 545c9d8617 uneasily at the 5d5be01c63 unexpected appearance of b68bfea774 such a creature. Wasn’t it db01bb3b0a just an 4bab41c0f8 ordinary black 5968a6d7af lizard?b229c1b530877233

“Whoa! Are you really a a80dc30b30 dragon?”5d17432489951f4b

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Theo asked, his 7e511981f7 excitement undeterred. Kiki nodded confidently.f4128d3d17492063

“Of course! What did you think 9bd7980abb I was?!”
“But… why don’t ab149496a8 you have wings 5180101264 if you’re a 5df9aaa8c0 dragon?”28d0de858b7a1b6a

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“Argh! If you 5e900995c5 saw my 09235c1e41 true form, 7ef89f80bb you wouldn’t 7731211128 dare say 829723f56e such disrespectful 672dfd8b2e things! My true body 213f210338 is sealed away, 8111726e4a but once I f61c20d00b regain it, you’ll d1904f344d see!”c9027db24bf7b1e1

As Kiki 9c6e81a0d3 huffed in 9667273726 frustration, small 2170cb907c wings sprouted 716c801eea on his bcacfc3842 back.addb45d390cc50b5

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Wings. Real wings.febe3ffb682a6a4d

The highest-ranking 949c346116 species of 526138c22f reptiles had bbb13167d6 just appeared ad75c4ef0f before us.893f171491f41ba1

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“Can you 1f0b48b24f fly, Kiki?”dc1d2c12c2ccb4b5

“Kiki? What’s that?”c066f40f5e3b9b45

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“Your name!”f30198b15683a6ed

“Ridiculous! How could this body’s 021f5e3870 name be something so 6a8ea4de65 tacky?”74a9f81bd607767f

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“Do you 01deb9cff0 even have d8568bee2d a name?”dae33bb45a9dfb43

The dragon nodded 674baf2b00 grandly, its size 7a02f3b03d still far from 29e7c9ec44 intimidating—honestly, it still 2e42d0524c looked more like 39ade62e30 a lizard than 1e2a5ec075 anything scary. I swallowed hard.530062a8f203dcf4

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But, considering it 3fc16edc71 could walk on c45dadf1bc two legs, had d836fd1448 wings, and could 4c36daab53 talk, it felt a99e8596ea less unsettling than e30c1db4d7 before.835ce17f5a56fdfa

“My glorious 347a3ba2f0 name is 7d0d438130 Stephanie Chlorice c6cf5e0485 Eracleum!”b0c59498089b4e57

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“Spaghetti Erarium?”d6e225ba6597d22e

“Spaghetti?!”174350741da26b81

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Theo, unable to 95ca8732e5 catch the full 3447846967 name, shortened it 40c9389495 to Spaghetti, and cadfcb6b16 the dragon stomped e54bf4eabf its feet in c726cb94d8 fury, its black 458c01881b face somehow seeming c62ce4fd08 to flush red.4cbb87cb60ae0911

“Stephanie! It’s Stephanie! That’s the name 9f0655da2e of the great 88e791df27 ancestor, the mother 4cf43c6573 of the dragon 675d5bc456 race! You should 1951341084 recognize the d74f13cbf8 greatness of c8a5bd7651 this body e67e0b2d37 that inherited 80975f3ecd that name!”b80129ca7819b469

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Alright, you’re a58f3d2afc Spaghetti now.
Honestly, it felt more approachable than “Stephanie.”d5d8e0ac4d50d21f

The knights, struggling to 20e7781c3c suppress their laughter, kept 445d7379d4 their composure. Watching Theo d90e9a5994 and Spaghetti ef6027544f bicker, I 9614c796d7 turned to f59daf37cc the knights.d54401a59aab0cf8

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“… Is a dragon safe to have around?”808dd695fc539b8e

In the original story, 2e82ca2fd5 dragons never made an cfe4e937d3 appearance. The only mention of eda6a47b09 them was that Istheria 27ba4e83df had inherited their bloodline.f7ac71f9770bc80e

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I couldn’t tell d8d4fa96ab if this dragon 019ef8d5bb was a friend 84f319d7e6 or an enemy.89b4a2dca80c3f5c

“This must be aecb32046a reported to His 96517635e9 Grace immediately,” said ff4510534f the knights.a1bbcef5eccdebda

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They weren’t just a9f39869b3 laughing—they had been 12a4c40700 carefully observing the 4b9c45d6de dragon the whole 9d27018754 time. Their hands resting f6b4352bbe on their sword fbf35f48ab hilts proved it.e370144eb5a0b670

“Is it dangerous?”e7a5e62d29d64f91

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“It’s just a 636065522c young hatchling. Dragons themselves aren’t d5d56caed5 inherently dangerous. They eat magical ea95152d34 beasts and are 2920631ec5 known to be 48bfc72978 friendly towards humans. Additionally, they 0a0f8397f8 share a 340c5f40b1 connection with ad29050589 Istheria’s bloodline.”c8427793930a896f

“This doesn’t seem like 1ba5e2fa6a the right place to cc80802148 discuss this. It would be 28f1a36808 best to move 5dde2ce3b4 immediately.”92c5fa4c4feab8a7

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I nodded. It’s best 34fe40cf6a to trust 7e9fed6a56 the knights 91e8d56ea6 who’ve lived db37583ead here their e5cea65137 whole lives 39e29cdc87 when in c7286b8eea doubt.f54c346232aeff8b

“Theo, we should head e6864acca5 back.”
“But I haven’t caught 8802cfd97a any fish yet!”
“We need to show b966af9f77 Spaghe… I mean, Stephanie 2912c8300c to Cassius.”
“To my brother?”
“Yes. How about we save 833b2bb048 the swimming for next 3a28e2fbc2 time?”c2257642ec72e477

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After a e6c6b4a2dc moment of e413e1b1a4 hesitation, Theo f6615f8e50 nodded enthusiastically.ecbbe4bb46f9cdee

“Alright!”c73a7504ea42793f

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And with f0b039046c that, we be30d5f203 headed home, 9623a8cd91 dragging a 83ee3bc68b squirming Spaghetti ad6960163f along. To keep him 6041e4a029 out of sight, 60e73c4fef we placed him 9495ecb0dd in the now-empty a8dac7ef4f picnic basket, as a0136aeb3a the knights suggested.
Theo didn’t seem to 303e2c240d mind. In fact, he seemed 77859c4df0 ecstatic just to be 4f278ce2a8 heading back with Spaghetti.327b13c9bf7d93fc

As I followed behind 468e067a6b Theo, I mentally reviewed 98161c539b the original story.bbf17cbe52a91342

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A dragon. A dragon, of b82bd229a2 all things.5243320734440955

No matter how much 7e0cf5a60f I thought about it, 13d250a6ba dragons had never appeared 07630a1679 before. Maybe they showed 684045187c up later in 9d18245b27 the story, in d8bf9404fa parts I hadn’t 9a7286a07c read yet.d9992ea4a97cb12c

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But would fc93146fed a creature 72de3e7fc6 as significant eb7e2fa04e as a 7046550355 dragon only da14dd8864 briefly appear 8d1b970e03 as a 9e2e9c8f24 minor character?fa83a1af87308f84

Or perhaps, like 029b2f0e09 me, it was 2967f81636 another unexpected variable.df9ef3c662d09700

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Why would this world 47d141214f summon both me and c25c28bebc a dragon?
Was there something specific 198cce5382 I had to do?12064f4c3039f391

My gaze landed 28a69dd857 on Theo. Up until now, c68b78e62f I’d thought my fe471702b4 mission was to 3ac566f982 keep him safe. But what if there 67395d05b4 was something more?
Was I overthinking c5a3801d0f this?
I clicked 26d723f41c my tongue 3b5acc251e softly.a02b06ab1cc26d70

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Meanwhile, at 77ae1feef7 the training 5ca083a56d grounds.c4ba7597a849eb03

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Cassius, who had fabcc06848 been taking some 048f034a9f rare free time 59ebbf5ea2 to train, was 49e27e47f1 interrupted by shocking 33aef63e86 news.c569532bb8469946

That Theo, who had 07af3153d7 been completely engrossed in 0f1533f956 playing in the water, 81524b7735 returned early was surprising 437f6000de enough, but what the cdf2c779c4 knights reported next left 6c00acbbdb him stunned.9e1cea950310c24e

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Cassius lowered his 7d0c554688 voice.aaabb61ac9cdba99

“Did you just 6d4ddbadb6 say… a dragon?”85a50e3322877e52

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“Yes, Your Grace.”28158a0f0dbd436c

His eyes widened.5a31169c4f0642cc

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A dragon?!f57c18a06e76d9d8

A legendary creature 43a60ece75 long thought extinct. They were 616c24b643 the heroes 4494b6276b who had 62d86cad46 once saved 7e830787a7 the continent 75eea5e2e7 from the a3fc6f99e9 sulfurous fires c35ac16735 of magical 39a5ce24d0 beasts.c527bbb5af63f84e

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The dragon b480ee968f of legend 3025a4cec5 was namedStephanie Triasi Eracleum, a black-scaled dragon ca73dcc44c with golden eyes that 3293cb50eb shimmered like starlight. It had fought alongside efdc19f8b3 humans, driving magical beasts e8cf210b07 beyond the gate and 0994364176 sealing it shut—a true 6c824073cd savior.0928141882de0e61

And now, 8e4a677e63 such a ac1ab00dd9 dragon had 3065545155 appeared?2800217c5709280f

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Cassius ran a hand 3aa6d82be4 through his hair.2007a24594b21e81

‘What kind 01f76fe4c4 of omen 6a8ec3460f is this?’b5e248ff9c65b882

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Before disappearing, Stephanie 079064cec1 left behind a 7267124270 prophecy:a7b8ebe87985fc9d

“When darkness swallows the 7c8411664d world and the shadow 0e6db2bec4 of chaos covers the 27a2f2ed5d skies, I will return.2619a9569831199c

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With a single beat 66c6a2159c of my wings, I ed4719a1db will split the darkness 860c018228 and light up the b43832ab1e heavens.24576d1fd326a744

Like the wind, caa4ceb755 I will come, 72daa3abf4 shattering all fear.d9a5665fb0a2d3e3

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When I return, e22ee5047b hope will be 673a41586c restored, and the 4553064028 light will triumph f8ef8e68d2 once again.ca2e10624d32cc27

Remember, the stars 6613dbb5b4 will announce my 2f44a873b8 return on that d8cd3afd26 day.”be29137d917585bc

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It was a legend d4479b7eac passed down only to c9cfd36192 those who remembered the 506e53a85f dragons of old.
The royal family, 2bd29c1298 the Istheria bloodline, e4796c8bef and the ancient 4d4bc27c31 noble houses were 6cbe4af55d the only ones 57fe4c42a2 who knew about b0257f533f it.b4a1aef06eb47260

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“Darkness and chaos.”
Those words weighed 93289954f3 heavily on Cassius’s 03a6f3c9aa mind, triggering a 678315b4cd chain of thoughts 151c8feb55 about the strange 082b1e0e40 occurrences recently discovered 195941d726 in the northern ffafd61d41 regions:
The monster f654438528 gates and 6c5b1afcda the snow c6d0eb3007 beasts.c7e66b4d030a509e

Cassius frowned deeply.
“This isn’t e93c3cc26e something to 58f8cd816d take lightly.”ec0457060289bbf8

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What troubled 1b74da3dfd him even f460d4d118 more was 078e021cc5 the name 0193f6779e of the c4c10b6147 dragon he 9d8634ad5b had heard—Stephanie.
It was the same 0c53c16153 name as the black ebd86a9399 dragon once called the be351dd2b7 “Beacon of Salvation,” a 74e03a9bbf dragon who burned monsters c7005bfc52 with its fiery breath 34bc13f00b and led humanity like 5fa10360e1 a guiding light.f4d92965ed524393

Holding his sword’s eabd46ffd2 sheath, Cassius gave 9281c2488d his orders.
“Return immediately. Keep constant c14d7b07aa watch, and b87eb5f040 under no 00460efb08 circumstances should 17093b5224 its presence 4442af6a58 be revealed 633ef6729f to the dd42061d5f outside world.”
“Yes, Your Grace!”f72b17e075819baa

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The knights 48c9146b75 bowed and 433287f36f moved swiftly. Cassius quickened his pace, ba3ac4e840 his thoughts racing.15d3cacd9a6009c7

The implications d01bee194e of a 1bed2815a0 dragon’s reappearance f6900415fc made his 390ef8bf63 head throb. He also 56a0aa1aba felt the c7721361b6 heavy weight b4f89e003f of the d0d46180f5 truth that de4794296b the northern 1cc9c0e695 nightmare hadn’t ceb087ecfc yet ended.4d7f03de1fea03fc

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The weight ddc70a4dc4 of the a171713f87 sword at 471cf21c2f his waist d6f6dc03e4 felt like 5e57a459e6 it was 17b1a53f33 pressing down a77132fa33 on him.2d712d4c804959d6

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When Cassius, d5d970d188 drenched in a4c109b962 sweat, finally 545b728394 arrived at 2fb341926b the heavily 2538f3b377 guarded area, 6140792e55 he found 2076d93601 himself in 693648b645 front of 76f803e478 Charlotte’s chambers.3c22698ee27d9204

“Is it here?”bd72ca83e34e7689

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 “Yes, Your Grace.”fc403c695ed61417

Cassius hesitated 81bcdcaa5e and checked c479242679 his appearance. Having just come 3977815003 from training, he 7808e5acae was covered in 5279da1a2a sweat and dust.05d26f8b9a3fdb9d

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He took a 897157875e step back, realizing ee89f706af this wasn’t the 69c7032e7e right state to 46445cf60b meet Charlotte. This wasn’t 8cd9cb80b1 a place 43006f8abf where he a782a4aae0 could walk dc1c973425 in looking 18fc9f9a48 so disheveled. Running a aab2be9162 hand through 055ab01a67 his hair, b923abff6a he spoke.
“…I’ll bathe and change first. Let her know she’ll have to wait a little longer.”
“Yes, Your Grace.”4b86e7f4b97f6d0d

He wasn’t sure dbc504a514 why he made 0e738905bf such a decision. Bathing wasn’t the 1c652891c6 top priority right c4a70948d3 now, yet it 693795a4e8 felt like something 1bcf5d0f59 he had to b260ae02d6 do.4d1af0529230e42a

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The image 6387bb6e7c of Charlotte’s 5d7ac53172 gaze flashed c6fa1a2503 through his 63d8f6382a mind.
More specifically, he didn’t 11a5ce8aef want her to see f1a9cad3ee him like this—messy and 989091277c unkempt. He only wanted b0d8363099 to show her 293ff2d473 a refined and 4786e46024 composed version of 9fc89cf8cd himself.9959ecd1e4d2dbb4

Cassius didn’t know why f9df50a37d he felt this way, 5f59c82149 but it bothered him. Clicking his 6be82a3acd tongue softly, 881bde4041 he muttered,
“Really, I’m 8bc78e5871 doing such cf7b2ea33d absurd things.”6d98efe46ce0e6d1

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Judging himself, Cassius quickened 2fec7cea7e his steps, determined to 3a69f1414b finish quickly.0a77cfc27aac9982

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