Tensura: Clear Skies [HIATUS]

Chapter 4: A dragon

"Can you hear me, little ones?"

'Ha, at this point, what did I ever do wrong in my past life?' I thought with a dry smile as I stared at the being in front of me.

"Can you hear me?"

'Sheesh, why does my life always seem to throw me into heart attack-inducing scenarios?! FIRST, I died, which is the most normal thing among them, to be honest. SECOND, I became a fox. THIRD, monsters seem to have a knack for trying to kill me. AND NOW, I'm facing an ENORMOUS DRAGON. Great. Just great.'

'Hey, Kiyori, whose voice was that?' Oops! I forgot! Saturo can't see anything right now. So while I'm here trembling, thinking if I'm about to die—again—at any moment, this guy is completely clueless! 'Tsk. Lucky guy.' I silently complained as I stared at Saturo's gelatinous body.

"Hey, I know you two can hear me!!"

Ah, we seem to have angered Mr. Dragon.

I was about to answer Mr. Dragon when suddenly someone (?) interrupted me.

'Oh, shut up, baldy!!'

And there it is, my friend has a death wish. Well, it was nice knowing you, folks.

"Heh, you dared to call me baldy, huh?" Mr. Dragon responded, his tone seemingly nice but definitely menacing.

'Why? Why is my friend so foolish? T_T'

'Saturo, you might want to turn around.'

'Hm, why would I need to turn around, Ki... yo... ri?' Though he said that, Saturo still complied and turned, only to feel the magic presence of the being he had just insulted. 'What an enormous amount of magicules!'

'Haa, it's giving me "It was at this moment that he knew, he messed up" vibes.'

'Eh?' Think positive, body! At least you're not completely speechless like I am!!

'EHHHHHHHHH??!!'

"GUAHAHAHAHAHAHA" YOU'RE ENJOYING THIS AREN'T YOU?! MR. DRAGON!

"So, what did you call me again?" Mr. Dragon said, squinting at Saturo.

'AH, I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY! I DIDN'T CALL YOU ANYTHING! FORGET THAT I CALLED YOU ANYTHING! YOU SEE, I CAN'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW SINCE I DON'T HAVE ANY SENSE OF SIGHT NOR A MOUTH, SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS TALKING TO! I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU COULD READ MY THOUGHTS! I'M REALLY, REALLY SORRY!!' Saturo quickly apologized to Mr. Dragon and turned to me with a look that screamed "why didn't you tell me anything?!" I simply smirked at him and ignored his glances as I faced Mr. Dragon.

"I also apologize on behalf of my friend, Mr. Dragon. What he said is true. He doesn't have any sense of sight and didn't know that you could read his thoughts, so he didn't realize he insulted you." HEH. Rejoice! At least I'm a good friend! Saturo seemed to hear that as he glanced (?) at me with a sweatdrop.

"GUAHAHAHAHAHAHA. It amuses me that you can say such a thing after seeing me, but it seems not to be the case. Alright, slime. Do you wish to see?"

'Of course I do! Who wouldn't want that, right?!'

"GUAHAHAHAHAHAHA, very well. I will grant you sight! However, there are conditions. What do you think? Are you up for it?"

.........

'What sort of conditions?' After a few seconds, Saturo broke the silence.