This new title will allow us to be much stronger!

“Cool! If only we had known before...” Said Amelia.

“Yes... Too bad that this dragon body was not provided with a manual.” I said.

“A manual? It's your turn to believe that you are in a video game now? Haha. By the way, Princess Avia seems to be impatient, maybe you should answer her.”

Oh, that's right, I forgot. I almost lost at my own game...

“Dermiak! You can call us Dermiak!” I said.

“Dermiak? What a strange name... Why did it take you so long to answer?” Said Princess Avia.

“It's not a strange name, it's a cool name! And it's my turn to ask a question! Hmm ... Why do you look so much like a human?” Said Amelia.

“A human? What do you mean? I look like my mother and my sisters... I have never seen a human. Do humans look like me?” Replied Princess Avia.

“Um... More or less. The upper part of their body is similar to yours but for the lower part they have legs instead.” Said Amelia.

“Legs? What is it?” Asked Princess Avia.

“Hold-on! You don’t know why you look like a human, in other words you can‘t answer our question. So, you lost!” I said.

“Huh? But it's not fair... I said that I looked like my mother...” She said.

“In that case, why does your mother look like a human?” I said.

“I... I... I don’t know...” She answered.

“Then you lost...”

“But… But…”

I scam her a bit, but I can’t stay here any longer, it's too dangerous.

“Remember, no negotiations. You promised.” I said.

“I... Very well. I will accompany you to the outside of our territory. Follow me!” She said.

She looks disappointed but not upset. I thought it would be harder to convince her.

Unless she leads me to a trap...

“In this maze there will surely be several patrols. How can you be sure that we will not be spotted?” I said.

“I'm going to use my skill [Commandment], thanks to this skill I can order the members of my species to stay at a distance. We just have to hope not to meet one of my sisters.” She answered.

I see... She doesn’t seem to lie. I will trust her, hoping not to regret it.

I follow Princess Avia through the maze, while staying on my guard.

“Kyle, why are you so vigilant with her? You saw that she has the intelligence of a child...” Asked Amelia.

“It’s better to be vigilant. We are in an enemy territory, I remind you.” I said.

“I... I know. But I don’t consider her an enemy. Rather, I feel sorry for her...”

“...”

I don’t know what to say. She is too naive.

Many people hide themselves behind a fake smile to backstab you when you trust them. This is especially true in the business world...

I’m not an emotionless person. However, I'm not someone who trust other easily, let alone now that I'm in an unfamiliar world.

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This maze is much bigger and more complex than I had imagined. We've been walking for over thirty minutes now...

Princess Avia talks to Amelia from time to time, but their discussions don’t interest me. I prefer to make sure there is no danger in the surroundings.

“We are reaching the limits of the territory of my race. Just keep going in that direction.” Said Princess Avia suddenly.

Indeed, in the direction she points, there are far fewer cobwebs than before.

“Dermiak I... I’d love to come with you to discover the world, but I can’t abandon my family... Can you promise me that we'll meet again someday?” Said Princess Avia.

She has tears in her eyes!

I'm not really good at tearful goodbyes...

“We promise!”, Amelia said, “We'll meet again soon and we'll play with you a lot longer!”

“Really? Thank you! I will wait for your return with impatience!” Replied Princess Avia.

This is how we leave the arnives’ territory for a new and unknown territory.

“You should not have made a promise to her. We may never see her again...” I said.

“Something tells me that we'll meet again one day!” Answered Amelia.

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I keep going through the trees for a long time. I am now sure that I have definitely left the territory of these damned spiders. Phew!

I suddenly see a river in the distance...

“A river! Let's go drink. All this conversation with Princess Avia made me thirsty!” Said Amelia.

“We didn’t use our mouths to talk to her…” I said.

“I... I know. But I'm still thirsty.”

I head for the river and drink with Amelia.

“By the way, why did you choose the name Dermiak? By coincidence, or does this name mean something to you?” I said.

“It was the name of one of my characters in a video game. A powerful dragon slayer! The name is cool, right?” She answered.

“Huh? You... You gave us the name of a dragon slayer... I guess our name does not really matter anyway. We are a beast not a human.”

“Don’t say that! Our name is important. Maybe one day there will be a legend about Dermiak, the invincible two-headed dragon!” She said.

“Yeah... If we live until then...” I said.

“Oh, don’t be pessimistic...”

“I'm not pessimistic, I'm realistic. We only have 2 hours and 33 minutes to complete the quest and we don’t know where the lykanoss’ territory is...”

“OoooooooooooWhoo!!”

Suddenly, I hear a howl in the distance...

“OoooooooooooWhoo!!”

I recognize that howl...

The lykanoss! We finally found them!