Dante - A Dragon Isekai [DROPPED]

Deal

The black darkness that engulfed my vision led to an vast abyss of nothingness, and the only things that could be seen were the light emitted by the symbols. Which soon faded, except for one.

It was glowing in a blue color, and hoping back and forth between my front and my back, and suddenly, it stopped at the... floor? I don't know if I can call it floor or not. Then, the blue light concentrated on a circle, and a neon blue figure emerged from the darkness.

The figure took the form of a dragon, completly made out of a blue liquid, that behaved like a gas, and its eyes were glowing in a even brighter white light. The dragon coughed a little and then stared at me. "So, you're Dante, huh?"

"Y-yeah, and you are?" I asked, hesitantly. He just stared at me like I didn't even asked something, completly ignoring me. Then, he blinked five times and shook his head.

"Oh, oh sorry." He said, his voice was soft but at the same time, it sounded autotuned for some reason. "I'm the thing that you swore you would punch if I had a physical form, unfortanetly, even if you try, you wouldn't hurt me." He walked towards me and then started touching my paws, my tail, my horns. I didn't feel any bad intentions towards it, rather, it felt natural. "So yes, I'm mana if you didn't get it."

"Well, it's not so nice to meet you, but why am I here?" I asked. "Actually, where are we?"

"We're on the abyss." He said, casually. "Knowledge will talk to you later, so he can answer these questions of yours. I'm here to make a deal with you."

"A deal?" I asked, and he smiled.

"You see, every magic individual can hold up to two deals, one with me, Mana, and the other ones where you can choose or they choose you. These deals are an contract between two entities, the dogma and the magical creature. I'm the most free dogma, so I can make a deal with anyone and everyone makes a deal with me, why? Because if not, you cannot use mana. And mana is very valuable you know? It's the most basic form of magic, and the one where you can use the most out of all dogmas!" He explained to me, while wagging its tail.

"I see, so you're a dragon as well?" I asked, and he denied with his head.

"I only took this form so you can be more... comfortable? I mean, you've never seen any other species except that one stalker, so a dragon is the only option." He said. "Anyways, will you make a deal with me or not?"

"Well, what do you want from me then? I mean, your end is pretty valuable for me I guess." I said, and he sat down, and sighed.

"Will you be my friend?" He asked.

"Just... that?" I asked, still not trusting him.

"Yeah, If I'm your friend, you cannot say mean things about me, and besides, if I make a deal with you, its another way of me to manifest into the real world,  sure I'll not be in control of my actions, but still." He said, and then offered his paw, which I took and we shook hands.