THHAAWMF

Chapter 30

He had to get back to human form quickly before others saw him.

He said that it is useless to take medicine and that I should not go to Tyriel. Then what should I do? I tapped the paper as if to say to write it down with such and such meaning.

Reynos just looked up at me with his big red eyes flashing and did not move.

"Say whatever you want. Anything I can do for you, I will do."

So I hurried him again, and he finally walked out of his clothes and stood there on the paper. Then, with a firm grip on the flag pen similar to the length of his own torso, he began to write slowly.

Reynos, who had apparently completed his opening sentence, looked back at me with red cheeks. I was momentarily puzzled by the sentence that was written in a flattened mess on a blank sheet of paper.

[Can I kiss you?]

Kiss... Reynos?

Not knowing how to react, I tittered only with my mouth.

Then Reynos coughed embarrassingly, turned away, and tucked the paper with his foot.

Is it because of what May said, or do you need a kiss to lift the curse?

"Will the kiss make you come back to normal?"

In an instant, Reynos' face showed signs of concern.

It was because of what May said. I refused flatly.

"No."

-Ppiik...

"How can I get you back to normal? Oh, should I send a message to the palace?"

Reynos, whose wings and tail were drooping, turned away from me. Scribbling, sentences began to be written on paper.

[Don't worry, I'll prevent the engagement petition from happening... Don't let the royal family know. Only my lady knows that I maintain reason when I am an evil dragon.]

"His Majesty, too?"

[Yes, it's only in the history books.]

He meant a figure that loses its reason and destroys everything, as it did in the original story.

We were told that the present emperor, and even the unprecedented and first emperor, could not avoid that law.

How, however, does Reynos maintain his reason? And why is he so small?

"Why are you different from history books?"

Reynos, who looked back at me, grinned. Then he scribbled down with a quill pen.

[Secret.]

"Then just tell me this. Can you lose your reason and run wild, as in the history book?"

[No. If it wasn't a ruby moon, I could change my appearance at will. It was possible even while the ruby moon was open, as long as I had the right medicine...]

Reynos glanced at the glass bottle just before it broke and looked up at me.

[I appreciate the consideration, but that was not something that could be opened by my lady. I made sure that only I could open it to prevent abuse.]

"Aha."

I can't open it even if I use a dragon.

Cracked or not, it should stay still. It's like the saying that if you stay still, you'll go in the middle of the road is what they use in situations like this.