〔Shindora pov〕
It took nearly an hour to close the wounds. Right after I finish I can't hear anything anymore, my vision is getting very blurry, my balance is off and an immense tiredness crushes me.
[Leading Wolf]: "You are, dago?"
[Shīndora]: «Why » "I'm so" «c ns d ?»
In succession of all this, my telepathy starts to fail and then I fall into a deep darkness.
〔Atsuki pov〕
[Wolf leader]: Atsuki! Come fast!
I run from the middle of the pack and approach the boss.
[Atsuki]: Yes boss?
[Leading Wolf]: Hurry! That dragon is not well, help him! Take him to a den!
Hearing this nonsense makes me stunned and remember the last time I saw this dragon, which left me with an extreme headache.
[Atsuki]: No, boss... You must not be serious! I will not carry that mind-destroying dragon! He left me with a headache for an entire moon!
[Wolf Leader]: It's an order, Atsuki! I didn't give you that name for nothing!
[Atsuki]: ...
[Leading Wolf]: He's our visitor!
[Atsuki]: Yes, sir.
So I put this damn dragon's little body on top of me and carry it to a burrow, drop it there and walk away.
[Leading Wolf]: Where are you going?
[Atsuki]: I already did as you said and put him in a burrow.
[Leading Wolf]: No. I sent you to help him, so take care of him until he gets better.
[Atsuki]: But, sir...
[Leading Wolf]: No objections! It's an order!
[Atsuki]: Yes, sir.
[Leading Wolf]: Veri, please take me to my den.
[Veri]: Yes, sir!
The chief is taken to his lair by Veri, I return apprehensively to the lair where the dragon is unconscious, there I lie down in the corner and keep an eye on him, a few hours pass and he begins to moan.
[Shindora]: Niiiiiiinnnnnnk...
〔Shindora pov〕
My vision covered in darkness begins to fill with light and I see myself in a small cave with a wolf approaching.
≥⟦telepathy⟧
[Shindora]: «Hello...»
[???]: "Not again! Get out of my head, you cursed dragon!"
[Shindora]: «Calm down... Why are you... so angry...?»
[???]: "You won't give me a headache again! Get out or I'll bite you off your scales!"
[Shindora]: «Now... I remember... You are... that wolf I used... telepathy many times...»
[???]: "Thanks for reminding me!"
[Shīndora]: «I'm sorry for earlier... This is my only means of communication...»
[???]: "I don't call! I'd rather just hear groans anyway!"
[Shīndora]: «I won't do that anymore, I promise...»
He looks away, seemingly thoughtful, and then back at me.
[???]: "With a condition"
[Shindora]: «Anything»
[???]: "Whenever you're here, you'll have to hunt in my place"
[Shindora]: «That's fine with me, and by the way, do you have a name?»
[Atsuki]: "Yes, it's Atsuki"
[Shindora]: «Nice to meet you, Atsuki»
[Atsuki]: "I knew it!"
[Shindora]: «Sorry! I still have some static, I meant to!"
[Atsuki]: "I got you!"
[Shindora]: «Wow. You... were very convincing..."
[Atsuki]: "True. But if you do that to me again, I'll do what I said I'd do!"
[Shindora]: «I can leave it»
[Atsuki]: "Can you walk?"
[Shindora]: «I don't even get up, I don't feel anything»
Contradicting myself, my belly rumbles with all the ferocity possible.
[Shindora]: «I withdraw what I thought»
In reaction to my sentence, Atsuki starts laughing.
{AUGH} {AUGH} {AUGH}
{AUGH} {AUGH} {AUGH}
[Atsuki]: "I'll get meat for you to eat"
[Shindora]: «Don't even bother with it»
[Atsuki]: "What do you mean? Are you not hungry?"
[Shīndora]: «I am, but I don't eat meat»
His reaction surprises me, he's the first "person" I tell besides Heleos. He is so shocked that he looks around.
[Atsuki]: "Okay... if there's anyone else participating in this prank..."
[Shīndora]: «Sorry to disappoint your expectations, it's true»
[Atsuki]: "It can only be a joke, dragons eat meat, whether from live or dead animals"
[Shindora]: «No, I'm a herbivore»
[Atsuki]: ...
[Shindora]: ...
[Atsuki]: "This game is no longer fun, I'm going to get the meat"
Atsuki comes out of the hole and after a few minutes he comes back with a big piece of meat.
[Atsuki]: "I heard that dragons eat a lot"
[Shindora]: «I don't eat meat»
[Atsuki]: "Eat"
I look anxiously at him then at the meat and open my mouth slowly approaching, bite and take a piece to swallow, but I can't and the meat stays in my throat and then I vomited it out.
[Shīndora]: «I said I don't eat that, I'm a herbivore, my body doesn't accept it because of that»
[Atsuki]: "Unbelievable."
[Shīndora]: «Can you bring fruit for me this time? Please?"
[Atsuki]: "Okay, but I hope I'm not kidding"
[Shindora]: «I guarantee not»
He comes out of the burrow and I take the opportunity to take a look around, but there's not much, just rocks and leaves everywhere. After a while Atsuki comes back with a piece of fruit, he places it near my mouth and I start to eat.
[Atsuki]: "Wow. No joke, do you want me to go get more?"
[Shindora]: «No, thank you. I'm already satisfied»
[Atsuki]: "Already?"
[Shindora]: «Yes. Good food fills up with less, this one is very fresh and delicious»
[Atsuki]: "Alright... rest, Shīndora"
Satisfied, I close my eyes and instantly fall asleep.
YOU ARE READING
Beyond of the Scale
FantasíaLucas Cenzin, a business worker in Brazil, reincarnates as a dragon after dying in a plane crash on his first trip. A grand journey through an unknown world to cross an indestructible barrier of superstitions embedded by your own kind. Towards the a...
