DSMBL Chapter 34

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“Let me go!”3ff8096fb780f93e

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W-What? Who just spoke? I blinked 533da527b8 rapidly, looking b44b464216 around in e0853d7d04 confusion. Judging by 91bcd34e7f the startled 565622f3d9 faces of 57cd36cd93 those around 762ef43cdf me, I 2133e50252 wasn’t the e0fe2f7290 only one a3f09f3b2e who heard a6647e1860 that voice.6ecd4d82eb5132dc

Only Theo seemed thrilled, 5a12018b70 holding Kiki in his d1aa7b53fc hands with an excited 0d157b60f4 expression.317d914e7dd28b3e

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“Theo!”
“Kiki’s back, Charlotte! I knew it—it 9592b3e1cb was just hungry!”b2f2ea4370469950

The moment bce244d40e Theo hugged e1cee183ce Kiki tightly e1bdd308bc to his 5e8fd7ecca chest—3f4aa0e3c4ce14b8

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“I told you e75751ef0e to let me cd60640c5c go, didn’t I?! Argh!”fe5c6c56f017623c

Kiki pushed Theo’s face 045b6c5448 away… and spoke? Even the 9f43791be9 knights stared 0f4d5bf9aa blankly at 7482282972 Theo and 0c038d588b Kiki in cc57e275a0 disbelief.83630a82356a4bd7

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Theo, however, acted bd44fe5ed3 like nothing unusual c73cefe34f was happening, his 8c9b179218 eyes sparkling with 0ecbfbdc8b excitement.768616106dfab39e

“Whoa! Did you 74e0ff5982 see that? Kiki just talked! Wow, Kiki 3c6afcf41f isn’t just 0759a1e5e5 a normal feccb2f210 lizard—it’s amazing!”40f8969a4a91a728

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“Lizard?!”fbc779bd7383dd89

Successfully escaping Theo’s grasp, a53fc36e5a Kiki jumped to the 2473d6e41c ground and stood upright 5e55d2132b on two legs.0f3503b97621cd16

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A lizard walking ddf89bdefc on two legs? Then, standing tall, 9d3711a78d it declared proudly:
“I am a descendant dca6f5d2f2 of the great dragon 98062c5f58 race! The last 8fb86e18f0 remaining heir eb70c5ee7d of this 4723ec3b1f land!”2b95d0a09b4df554

A… dragon.8b95b9373a5429c9

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The knights 30a3836b83 murmured uneasily bc325acf23 at the e87d88c423 unexpected appearance f02bba9532 of such d8f3772755 a creature. Wasn’t it just an 8f909a0167 ordinary black lizard?0531bce088dee5ce

“Whoa! Are you really 798c3b59eb a dragon?”20bd805ea6540306

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Theo asked, 5836a9a48d his excitement f9516d628f undeterred. Kiki nodded confidently.a36cc619ef8465e3

“Of course! What did you think f023586df6 I was?!”
“But… why 438992d509 don’t you 24aa87681b have wings 64d72a0577 if you’re 28f5aa6c82 a dragon?”1e742b7e53f0061d

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“Argh! If you saw my 792f3cd9ff true form, you wouldn’t 2f8cbf09bb dare say such disrespectful 176dc86419 things! My true body 96af03731f is sealed away, a21ed3952d but once I 4294dc90b7 regain it, you’ll 745e1a4eb4 see!”40b747f371e62c47

As Kiki huffed 26c195d5c7 in frustration, small e076b9445a wings sprouted on 4450277f70 his back.bbf2cbddad8e7927

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Wings. Real wings.97b1fece3dbb91c0

The highest-ranking 006d9b3f68 species of 8998c801da reptiles had 7c31012c6f just appeared dbba6e4e47 before us.cde7b2deb77b0b0b

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“Can you fly, Kiki?”e6466da6bad83fa2

“Kiki? What’s that?”08c61d1ab6d6c00e

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“Your name!”92e17bbb1cacae13

“Ridiculous! How could this body’s 82e5352227 name be something so 1fd52ec10e tacky?”97bfea76dcb84b8b

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“Do you even 5ac2a25a9a have a name?”3142aa4ee95a133e

The dragon nodded 120bfa2fcd grandly, its size 6355d51cd1 still far from 38a5d8e006 intimidating—honestly, it still eafafdded3 looked more like 3123bb0086 a lizard than abcac1e601 anything scary. I swallowed hard.b68b5bc1ea0b4603

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But, considering it could aba0b371ee walk on two legs, c2cb5640d7 had wings, and could 9a17e72834 talk, it felt less 84c16f1439 unsettling than before.acae088cf24297ff

“My glorious 35bfeafd39 name is a6a35d4ec5 Stephanie Chlorice 4eb7c372d3 Eracleum!”3f88a4f530168482

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“Spaghetti Erarium?”64279397e97ae52a

“Spaghetti?!”7c734a3bcbeb1456

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Theo, unable 457159aa40 to catch e5558d32e1 the full 56b073bb6b name, shortened b3abc78a1c it to 752013f8b0 Spaghetti, and eafcd20930 the dragon 8f21b8e5d9 stomped its bd1b1b1d1e feet in f82b3b17e9 fury, its ec0a7fdbe3 black face da167a3b17 somehow seeming f3dfe416cd to flush a67668d5c1 red.331209739b6e717a

“Stephanie! It’s Stephanie! That’s the name of 6633dd0948 the great ancestor, the c3c1ef44e8 mother of the dragon 09e165e0aa race! You should recognize 778761d0aa the greatness of 4034aa5e8a this body that 110f3cf6c0 inherited that name!”b4f999f9368f3aa4

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Alright, you’re Spaghetti now.
Honestly, it felt more approachable than “Stephanie.”e1733633952fae51

The knights, struggling 16a5fbd76f to suppress their 409e12276a laughter, kept their 77e8d758b5 composure. Watching Theo and Spaghetti 5f52286d36 bicker, I turned to 237737ae22 the knights.62348aaa95c78fec

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“… Is a dragon safe to have around?”1c4633b4edf21e3a

In the original story, 85c61e9496 dragons never made an 657b9b515b appearance. The only 0defa2bdc0 mention of 5e07e59a3f them was 50c3b18681 that Istheria ac6ba09388 had inherited 5952a524e7 their bloodline.481d161c65aac7af

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I couldn’t tell if 9924728d98 this dragon was a 0bc6873163 friend or an enemy.6e2c18eaed818f91

“This must be 2339d5e26d reported to His 1db6b0ea16 Grace immediately,” said d3b9407036 the knights.0f8afae1c590b81b

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They weren’t just laughing—they 33cc1600dc had been carefully observing 7f37b3d354 the dragon the whole 4e96ce6b99 time. Their hands resting on 7f326f73c0 their sword hilts proved 3b8885386c it.9e2d9b48b028aa4c

“Is it dangerous?”2a23de497f59586a

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“It’s just a f2266f03da young hatchling. Dragons themselves aren’t 5d01d7da3f inherently dangerous. They eat magical 03a5a5a8df beasts and are c0bd8cc322 known to be 83c302971b friendly towards humans. Additionally, they f38a7bba31 share a 3b27f54f5c connection with d3d5e624f3 Istheria’s bloodline.”8c33f24168be05e5

“This doesn’t seem 12cae90e2d like the right 9aa9a7a481 place to discuss 7012cbe3ba this. It would be best 5953634df8 to move immediately.”8f7cb46372d047c0

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I nodded. It’s best bc4b8d85af to trust bff60c20ce the knights 97573bf195 who’ve lived 027560c6eb here their 02015e516f whole lives 222955feb2 when in a656779850 doubt.36ca6bbb41e8def1

“Theo, we should 84f5bb8d51 head back.”
“But I c55ffb96b5 haven’t caught da0955656a any fish 3e0f8fb01a yet!”
“We need to show de0b1137d8 Spaghe… I mean, Stephanie 0f924b1db7 to Cassius.”
“To my brother?”
“Yes. How about f6b3c14bb0 we save eb7c294191 the swimming 0eeb990437 for next 0418618639 time?”262040ed8c6fc45d

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After a moment of 33b29e128a hesitation, Theo nodded enthusiastically.8c348b2ce0b4af64

“Alright!”bb3e9aea1f4c168d

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And with 3009fb7b50 that, we b0ce3114e3 headed home, e5fb9edad6 dragging a 12714f91aa squirming Spaghetti ddac637fea along. To keep c541b7d1f2 him out 1298c8b074 of sight, 1b1ddc4abf we placed ec4f0a1879 him in 4ab063c451 the now-empty e8d04d24b2 picnic basket, 8812b99962 as the 3d61aecd40 knights suggested.
Theo didn’t a6841582a5 seem to 61a17101a7 mind. In fact, he seemed 225210dc8f ecstatic just to be d0c5145df7 heading back with Spaghetti.363f8105203db0a4

As I followed f2e860059c behind Theo, I 70229d9134 mentally reviewed the 0d887a1954 original story.652896d810c7e654

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A dragon. A dragon, of all ca392e8c2b things.cec21efb60e70f3f

No matter 8d35f2ca2f how much e23f1320c5 I thought f5a9c6ee74 about it, 94c93fc3d0 dragons had 64e0167555 never appeared fbbccf12fe before. Maybe they showed e0a1e8b49d up later in c2f8d36fa0 the story, in c56da16204 parts I hadn’t b6a54acf1f read yet.f475fd54df0481df

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But would a d5d3023531 creature as significant 2d29b7b806 as a dragon 61d991d5e2 only briefly appear a2e1f13552 as a minor d31e0d5152 character?853d0ad83cb9f5d3

Or perhaps, like me, 7d29ee6999 it was another unexpected 647534db01 variable.e37c2256005b6435

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Why would this 70da3dbee6 world summon both eea7e43396 me and a 3cc92b447b dragon?
Was there 74d563645b something specific db224ce61e I had 57d106197e to do?d922701d02fb342b

My gaze landed on d5d8ba275e Theo. Up until now, 808d5bda06 I’d thought my 944549955d mission was to fe259fab59 keep him safe. But what if there dc6b507b3f was something more?
Was I overthinking this?
I clicked my tongue 45e4cba868 softly.c244a31fa0dbdb75

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Cassius, who had 9a757c7c1b been taking some 0fff999937 rare free time 1936976b76 to train, was 833d1a201f interrupted by shocking fb949f27d1 news.3defb2884412e951

That Theo, cdb97da42a who had 9c3f6fb4a5 been completely 86e871cefc engrossed in 1ab4406595 playing in 0919b5c232 the water, 6112b70dd0 returned early a96b0f89bf was surprising 1731aa5aa9 enough, but dea93d0c53 what the 41c90ec2e9 knights reported 7b545765cd next left 5c4068b196 him stunned.0e54b7e264b5c5e7

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Cassius lowered his 99c84a9672 voice.4a74bdd654947fd9

“Did you just c686a18d1b say… a dragon?”1a8882497124cea9

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“Yes, Your Grace.”95418f2d563db747

His eyes widened.ac0057ee0129ab41

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A dragon?!7753e99e92d80577

A legendary creature 57e8e60c21 long thought extinct. They were the heroes cb282c12fc who had once saved be5ed85140 the continent from the e53baa5294 sulfurous fires of magical 2ea8febd8b beasts.caf9350def866132

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The dragon of ec9ab54785 legend was namedStephanie Triasi Eracleum, a 6a9309eb1c black-scaled dragon a04059f2e8 with golden fd0c2dcb25 eyes that 30850b8d98 shimmered like ac0120e035 starlight. It had fought alongside a84ecc3d72 humans, driving magical beasts e17b867a3f beyond the gate and 39b4f9a154 sealing it shut—a true 7137610236 savior.48f465d612c9b36b

And now, such a 3405fcd609 dragon had appeared?9344a73855504382

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Cassius ran 601ea73af2 a hand 5aa5a755d1 through his 3b168c145b hair.bfa182f1fb704e35

‘What kind of 2b58f5d40a omen is this?’b75ac68e3d6219fb

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Before disappearing, Stephanie 491548ad43 left behind a 2b82fae885 prophecy:59c0e8d653e08b8b

“When darkness c4d5403e8f swallows the bf14d141be world and 1fba73cf05 the shadow c870ba52bc of chaos 2ad63f22e4 covers the bf8b12e05e skies, I 8b57ccf4e5 will return.e27a41b98c9ece86

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With a ac44f20ac1 single beat 248a8b6d46 of my e7ee04a8ac wings, I 39381ce256 will split e661d59bc6 the darkness b271f56274 and light 78d98ecf84 up the 9a7dc8897b heavens.ab94789ba172a662

Like the wind, I 031ab63fab will come, shattering all b35d3febb8 fear.fd7d9d6303d92fea

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When I return, hope 22eca79d00 will be restored, and 643a3dfa06 the light will triumph 5d13ffe49a once again.3b99862db28b115b

Remember, the stars will 1d087f3784 announce my return on d493743063 that day.”b0f26cf31428e3a6

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It was a eb5f315ba2 legend passed down 46c91ea45b only to those 96352e9067 who remembered the 772b1b8309 dragons of old.
The royal 6258b39f6e family, the 1f0693d9cc Istheria bloodline, 89f01bb596 and the 70bbc2af4a ancient noble 737c06a408 houses were 9255cc3bf4 the only b8747b6b41 ones who 149e26ad3b knew about fc61efbb9f it.54a06ac2e5ed5c27

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“Darkness and chaos.”
Those words weighed 5bb0577ccd heavily on Cassius’s 3080b37ae3 mind, triggering a e7c97923d6 chain of thoughts b483c470aa about the strange bdd00dab3d occurrences recently discovered 18bf220a75 in the northern bd18f599da regions:
The monster gates and 72bb28c87f the snow beasts.c087183ab0b69c4b

Cassius frowned deeply.
“This isn’t something to 9a304fe1d7 take lightly.”7567ae62c7289358

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What troubled 25e5f62d44 him even 2bff20abac more was ec3ad06838 the name 760eb3c817 of the 70ccd4617e dragon he 6330617bb9 had heard—Stephanie.
It was eab00ddd70 the same 36213b3737 name as 0d281ef6cf the black 81a0aae68a dragon once 1761c7747b called the 8f0ebb0e6b “Beacon of 1996e49608 Salvation,” a 67f49e1aaa dragon who 66b5c4eb7b burned monsters 88821ebb1a with its 3b2d1d8948 fiery breath 1d2423576f and led b378ca093f humanity like 832d5b1606 a guiding e0137d5c46 light.35c10df1746cabd7

Holding his sword’s sheath, 61d3716c9a Cassius gave his orders.
“Return immediately. Keep constant watch, 49796cc006 and under no c76f9e2d68 circumstances should its 283c5da130 presence be revealed 949815e893 to the outside 8107feef61 world.”
“Yes, Your Grace!”23ddf645d647d5ba

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The knights bowed 9a01425486 and moved swiftly. Cassius quickened ac64e8d98b his pace, 9f9b4c8cc9 his thoughts 1f6cdb8d28 racing.a61cb1bdb4dd5981

The implications of 07bb6c180b a dragon’s reappearance e9a51d6fb0 made his head 54ea281d44 throb. He also felt d8b5b9979f the heavy weight a0a05aba29 of the truth 48f3c382d8 that the northern 2272a51850 nightmare hadn’t yet 17843ede39 ended.9723a6fcdc4f6056

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The weight a5f73c3d56 of the 3c60c470b5 sword at c258f2f21a his waist 1baca64150 felt like a0f425d0c8 it was 2964546a60 pressing down ab3ffaed2d on him.9a3863779061b6bd

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When Cassius, 627f98ddce drenched in 85d55e13a0 sweat, finally f176ad0410 arrived at fce87a9074 the heavily 4ee70fa171 guarded area, 81e205a394 he found 9626630e00 himself in 5edf361174 front of c16bc697fd Charlotte’s chambers.688a0aaa5f2a325f

“Is it here?”cc480e172f241cef

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 “Yes, Your Grace.”251d01c91a4732e8

Cassius hesitated and b6c2bc0b9b checked his appearance. Having just 4878afbcb7 come from d829da9b40 training, he 9157b1ef02 was covered a96a31f26f in sweat a4fc155d9b and dust.9753d4ef67efbea2

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He took a 021aecb9e0 step back, realizing 66fa13dbf3 this wasn’t the c8c0a1e8ff right state to 817de33047 meet Charlotte. This wasn’t a place d8c998cc93 where he could walk e204d0dfc7 in looking so disheveled. Running a 52bdb867f6 hand through 705228c2dd his hair, e7f9f7cbb4 he spoke.
“…I’ll bathe and change first. Let her know she’ll have to wait a little longer.”
“Yes, Your Grace.”576234b11692c773

He wasn’t sure why 345f786686 he made such a 1d5775102e decision. Bathing wasn’t the top 7592a73613 priority right now, yet 078038ef61 it felt like something 2a8b0b02fb he had to do.48a17d83ae061889

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The image of Charlotte’s 7adc95d34b gaze flashed through his d0f352ca9d mind.
More specifically, he 8d295b1dd9 didn’t want her f65f355a40 to see him 012f545507 like this—messy and 655f9c8c12 unkempt. He only 4d6900c7a2 wanted to 876e197bfc show her f0b3389b4b a refined 69bd14c43d and composed abf967cadd version of c1f6c58611 himself.e4f4b9e659acaf32

Cassius didn’t know why 734ed02641 he felt this way, c38008417a but it bothered him. Clicking his 07b11a1ea0 tongue softly, 5d3c16373f he muttered,
“Really, I’m doing such 2c3d31a893 absurd things.”aef863ecaa7be387

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Judging himself, f16f5a5477 Cassius quickened f8287149ed his steps, 6b60718712 determined to ecda95f3c2 finish quickly.c0cc6f89a8038490

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