“And who might you be?”

“I’m Kaito.”

“You’re Kaito? I pictured someone a lot more terrifying, not some farm boy...”

… I look like a farm boy.

“Well... I’m sorry I can’t live up to your expectations.”

“That’s alright, not many can. Now come Sylvia, there people I wish for you too meet.”

“Sorry, but I’m going to stay here for a while.”

“With this commoner?”

“Kaito is my friend.”

“Hahaha! Someone like you be friends with this troglodyte that is far beneath you.”

Alright... Now, I’m starting to get a little offended.

“Now, listen here-”

“Shut it, commoner! I don’t know how you got here but it was purely by chance and if you had faced any real nobles up till now, I assure you that you would not be standing here in the presence of me and my fiance. Now come, Sylvia.”

Okay, fuck this guy, I’m just about through with this guy...

“Now, look who it is? It’s Kaito...”

I turn my head to see Kirin walking over in a white outfit. I hear the sound of hissing coming from Xander.

“Hey Kirin, you’ve been looking for me?”

“Of course, I knew you’d be here and since I know you could make this place fun, I thought I’d come looking for ya.”

Xander starts walking away.

“Where you going, Xander? I thought we would get to have more fun like we did when you visited my home last month?”

“No thanks, as soon as you walked up, I smelled something foul so I decided to leave, and Kaito if you go near Sylvia again, you’ll regret it.”

“Hey your name was Xander, right? I’ll be looking forward to meeting you in the arena.”

Xander walked off with his head held up just like an ass. I look down at my hand, Sylvia is still holding it. Sylvia follows my gaze and quickly lets go while blushing.

“Sorry about that.”

“No don’t worry about it. Anyway, what was with that guy? Is he really your fiance?”

“Kind of… You see, my family made a deal with his that if I lose in the tournament before he does, we have to marry but I won't lose, I refuse to marry that guy.”

“I see... Well then, that just gives me another reason to kick his ass when I face him.”

“Me too.”

“Yeah, how do you know him Xander?”

“He came to my families house around a month ago, trying to bribe me into quitting the tournament so I sent him out on his ass.”

“You beat Xander... Who exactly are you?”

“Oh sorry, I’m Kirin, one of the finalists.”

“Well, it’s a pleasure to meet you.”

“You too, lady Sylvia.”

Kirin and Sylvia seem to be getting along really well. One of the maids walks up to us.

“Master Kaito, there is someone who wishes to see you out the front of the mansion.”

“Did they say who they were?”

“No, only that it was important that they see you.”

“Alright, thanks… I’ll be back in a sec guys.”

I go to the front of the mansion but there is no one waiting for me. I feel something in my pocket that wasn’t their a second ago. I reach in and pull out a letter. It reads:

~Danger is coming disciple of death, head to the forest outside the city borders. I give you this warning as I am one of the brothers to death~

Alright, so this is a weird letter and what could it mean? All I know is that if I want to find out, I have to go to the forest outside the city borders.

I reach just outskirts of the city fast. I stand in a forest clearing waiting for something until.

“Arrgghhh!!!”

Dead bodies start flying out of the trees. The bodies are each covered in white robes except for the blood. Soon, the dead bodies stop and a person dressed in all black walks out. I can’t see the person’s face because of the hood their wearing.

The person holds up a mini chalkboard with the words.

[Do you know who I am?]

“If I had to guess, I would say the sage of assassination.”

The person dressed in black nods then they erases the words on the mini chalkboard and writes new words.

[Do you know who these people are?]

“If I had to guess, these are the people you warned me about with that note.”

Again, the sage of assassination nods. He goes to turn around and leave.

“Wait! I have a question you told me to come here, knowing those assassins would follow, letting you kill them.”

He nods again.

“Alright then, now explain why they are after me? The note didn’t explain it properly.”

He wipes his chalkboard then starts scribbling down something. He turn the board around.

[The lady who originally owned the hydra heart stole it from a dangerous group of people but because she kept it hidden they could not find it but you can not hide it so they are now tracing it to you.]

“How can I stop them?”

[The device they are using to track you is with their commander who is close to the city. I would advice you to go there and kill him.]

“Can I ask you to help me in this matter?”

[I’m busy.]

“You weren't to busy to kill these assassins”

[I was just passing by and helped you on a whim, nothing else.]

“Fine then, where is this commander?”

He throws something to me I catch it. It's a compass.

[This will lead you to the device.]

“Thanks!”

There is no one there. So looks like I’m going to get to test out all my new skills before the tournament, lucky me.

Now have a world press it only has the edited chapters od DC on it with some one shots and a new fiction solely on the world press.

How I Became A Pet Dragon