I did not pay attention, but when I walked a little earlier, I crushed something.

I thought it was the floor, but it was actually... an eggshell. A huge eggshell. My eggshell?

“Kyle, are you still here?” Amelia asked.

“Yeah. I think about the situation. Give me a minute.”

Now that I think about it... From the beginning, I don’t talk with Amelia using my mouth... I talk to her through my thoughts... or my mind... or something like that. It's complicated to explain and it goes beyond the human conception.

Should I explain to Amelia that we now share the same body?

I think so. Anyway, she will be aware of it at some point.

I just hope she'll be fine with it... Well, I don’t really believe it. No sane person would be fine with the fact of suddenly becoming a dragon and having to share their body with someone else…

Myself, I seem to be calm, but I am completely panicked and feel overwhelmed by the situation.

Well... How to explain?

“Amelia, I know it's going to be hard to accept but... We... We share the same body. You must have noticed that we were a two-headed dragon? I control the main body and you the left head...”, I told her with difficulty.

...

“I see...” She finally answered.

That's all? No screaming? No crying?

“I understood! We must have died at the same time and reincarnated as a dragon!” She continued.

“Huh? On what basis do you say that?”.

“It's obviously because I have read a lot of novels with a reincarnation theme! The main character dies and finds himself in another world with a new body. Have you ever read any web novels? It’s very popular.” She answered.

“Hm... not really...”

Normally, I would have said that she is completely crazy. But the situation in which I find myself is even crazier.

“So? What do we do now? We are not going to stay in this cave forever, aren’t we?” Amelia asked.

I can’t understand how she was able to adapt to the situation so easily. Is she in denial or does she really believe that she is the heroine of a novel?

I was hoping to learn a little more about what happens to us before leaving the cave. I don’t know what's waiting for us outside...

System initialization in progress…

A screen suddenly appears before my eyes, then disappears almost immediately.

I did not imagine it, did I?

System initialized.

Active Skill acquired: Appraisal

Active Skill acquired: Fire breath

Active Skill acquired: Bite

Passive Skill acquired: Dragon's might

Title acquired: “Baby dragon”

1 attribute point available.

Another screen appears, filled with information about acquired skills.

I really don’t understand... Where do these messages come from? What are these skills?

“Amelia, do you see that screen too?”, I said

“I see it! It's like in a video game!”

“A video game?”

“Don’t tell me you've never played a video game of your life!” She said.

If only I had time to play video games... I worked hard all my childhood and adolescence to be able to take over the family business. Once I became the General Manager, my workload only increased.

If I had known that it would end up killing me... I would have done like all teenagers of my age and play video games...

I guess it's too late for regrets...

“Status!” Amelia suddenly said.

“Status? What do you mean... Oh!”

STATUS

Name: No name

Race: two-headed dragon

Path: none

Evolution: baby dragon

Rank: F

State: normal

1 attribute point available.

Level 1/10 – XP (0/40)

HP : 55/55 (0.5/s)

SPEED : 225

PHY MOD : 0%

MP : 50/50 (0.5/s)

PHY RES : 0.05%

MAG MOD : 0%

END : 55/55 (0.5/s)

MAG RES : 0.05%

ALIGNMENT : neutral

NOTE XP: Experience Points. HP: Health Points. MP: Mana Points. END: Endurance Points. SPEED: Movement Speed. PHY RES: Physical Resistance – decrease the physical damage taken by X%. MAG RES: Magical Resistance – decrease the magical damage taken by X%. PHY MOD: Physical modifier – increase the physical damage dealt by X%. MAG MOD: Magical modifier – increase the magical damage dealt by X%. ALIGNMENT: neutral, evil or good.

A new screen appears. With a note explaining the various parameters displayed.

I have never played a video game, so it’s not easy for me to understand these parameters.

“I told you, it's exactly like a video game! Let me try something else.” Said Amelia.

“Map!”

...

Nothing happens.

“Hmm... Mini-map! Landmark! Compass!”

...

Still nothing.

“No map? Too bad... Let's try this: Stats! ... Nothing... Attributes!” She continued.

ATTRIBUTES

1 point available.

VIT – Vitality

5

STR – Strength

5

INT – Intelligence

5

CON – Constitution

5

HST – Haste

5

“It works! Well done Amelia” I said.

I thought at first that the presence of Amelia would complicate my life, but without her I will never have discovered how this system works.

While Amelia keeps trying to trigger the appearance of a new screen with her list of words, I will take this opportunity to summarize our situation.

Let's start with the facts: we were dead but somehow resurrected in the body of a dragon...

Second fact: we are no longer on Earth.

I don’t know what this world looks like, and although I'm not a fantasy expert, I can speculate that if there are dragons here, there may be other kinds of monsters.

Are there humans here? I guess so...

But in this case will it be possible to communicate with them?

Oh, it's true that I'm a dragon now, even if I meet humans, they will either run away in fear or attack on sight... At least that's what I would do as a human if I saw a dragon approaching.

“... Techniques! ... Magics! … Skills!”

SKILLS

Active skills

[Appraisal ], [Fire breath ], [Bite ]

Passive skills

[Dragon’s might]

Title skills

“Baby dragon”

A new screen finally appears.

“Huff... I think I have tried everything! In short, three words work: status, attributes and skills.” Amelia said.