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Benladann continued to eat pears.

Her size was big, she was a young giant woman after all, and her stomach was particularly big… and empty.

So she ate almost the entire pile without stopping.

"Nom, nom, nom… Oh… So sweet…" she muttered.

"For how long you have not eaten?" I asked.

She suddenly felt stiff, as if paralyzed.

She slowly began to glance at the ground, I noticed that her golden eyes seemed to have lost some light all out of a sudden…

Perhaps I should have not asked that? How would I have known?

"I don't know… perhaps years. The mold… kept me somehow alive. I don't know how it does it… I was just… drowning into the darkness for so long…" she muttered, her hands gripping tightly, as her shoulder started to tremble, I noticed that her eyes became unstable as she started to stare everywhere, her eyes couldn't stay focused.

What was happening?

Is this the response against some kind of traumatic experience? I suppose if what she is telling is real… I would probably have gone insane by then.

She's really strong for having gone through all of that...

I needed to do something…

I gently patted her shoulder with my tail.

"I see, well, it is good that you can eat again, make sure to fill your belly," I said, bringing her back from whatever she was thinking.

Benladann's focus came back to her eyes, as she was startled back to reality.

"Ah… Yes…" she said.

"…Are you… okay?" I asked.

Benladann glanced at the pear in her hands for some time.

"I have… a lot to think about… my mind is dizzy and… Hahh… I don't want to bother you anymore… Thank you for helping me… But you don't have to take care of me… I don't… want to bother you with my problems," she sighed.

I guess she is worried about what I might think about her thoughts or something.

Perhaps she might think that I will find her weird?

But I am the weird one here, look at me, I am a giant ass ice dragon talking through telepathy!

Well, whatever…

I suppose she's having a hard time opening to me, and I kind of get it, I wouldn't do the same in her situation.

And bothersome? I don't think she's bothersome at all. I am just… I don't…

Sigh…

"You're not bothersome. Don't worry. I am actually happy to… have found someone I can talk to. Being in here feels very lonely, even though I have a pet. Ah, did that sound weird? Sorry," I sighed.

Benladann opened her eyes wide as she heard me… Is there something wrong?

She slowly glanced back at me, her face was quite beautiful.

And she… smiled.

There was a smile…

So beautiful…

Something… I don't know what it was but…

Agh, no, it must be her Charm!

<Charm is ineffective in the user thanks to Immortal Body>

Eh? So that's just her natural beauty? Am I so weak?!

"Eh? What?" I asked.

"No… it's just… It makes me happy that… you think that. If you want to, I can keep you company then… It's not like… I even know where I am…" she said, approaching me once more.

Our size difference was still quite big, I was almost 5 meters after all, while she was around 3 and a few more centimeters.

I averted my gaze from her beautiful golden eyes, I felt instinctively embarrassed, but I suppose that in the stiff face of an ugly dragon like me, she can't really tell.

"I see… Well, that… makes me happy as well," I said.

Benladann began to caress my scales as she glanced at her reflection through them.

"Ah… I have grown so much… I used to be a little girl… I was really… so much with the mold…" she sighed.

"Well, you're still quite little to me," I said.

Benladann glanced at me as she began to chuckle a bit.

"Haha… You're right…"

Her laugh was cute…

And her smile even more.

I want to see her smile more…

Ugh, what are these thoughts?!

No! Stop!

Cold, calm down.

I am an Ice Dragon, I have to be cold.

Cool down.

Okay…

"Erm… You are not wondering how I can talk?" I asked.

Benladann glanced at me with a curious expression.

"The truth is, I didn't want to ask because… it might sound impolite. I don't know much about this world, so I didn't know if talking dragons were common or not…" she said.

Ah… So that's it.

"To be honest, I don't know either because I re-"

Wait, no.

Stop right there.

I can't reveal my secrets!

Even if I know she is a reincarnation, she doesn't know I know.

I can't just blatantly tell her right away…

I might… tell her someday, but not right away.

Let's keep some things for me for now…

"Hm? You're… what?" she asked.

"I am… I was just born some… da- Years ago! I have been living through this place for a while, I just one day ate a bunch of monsters and evolved, and now I can kind of speak this language…" I said.

Is this believable enough?

"You can speak English? I though… Sorry, maybe I assumed wrong… Or not?" she asked while rubbing her chin.

"What… did you thought?" I asked.

"Well… That I am speaking English is because it's from my original world… Ah! I should have told you that…" she sighed.

"Original world?"

So she just said it… alright then.

"Well… you see… I… This language we are speaking is not exactly the one spoken here. I think people here speak some kind of modified English language similar to ancient Norse, that we both talk the same type of English… I thought you were from another world as well… wouldn't that make sense seeing all the powers you have?" she asked.

Oh shit, so she just figured out, alright then.

"Norse? And that big tree… so that's Yggdrasil then?" I wondered out loud.

"Ah! If you know that you're surely from Earth too then!" she said happily, smiling as her golden eyes shined brightly.

I guess my secret is no secret anymore…

"…Yes," I sighed.

"So… we are both reincarnated…" she said.

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