The portal to Apricon.

07

2 hours have passed where I decided to stop looking at Ragna.

Every time he saw her he threw strange things, both alive and dead, into a small bubbling cauldron.

I prayed that he wouldn't give me anything to drink from whatever he was doing.

"My mother!" He told me that the world of humans was green and beautiful.

Neron kept me company while Krohonan went out to get the last ingredients that Ragna had asked him for, but he didn't seem interested in our talk.

"Well, it's not as beautiful as you imagine.

Not compared to Apricon and its zero pollution.

"A lot of explorers wrote about us, right?" I nodded. Mom said they were very funny and naïve. They were amazed even by how we breathed.

The longing and illusion in her voice was comfortable, sweet and enigmatic. Ragna smiled every time he looked at me, as if studying my human physiognomy.

"No offense, but the human mind isn't that smart to create extraordinary beings, let alone believe in anything unless you've seen it.

"And what happened?" I wanted to know more. What made them leave my world?

Ragna's smile faded as he stirred the liquid.

"You wanted more. They began to attack each other, and after the weak rebelled their greed expanded to see us as slaves, they mistreated us and exploited us, as if... they no longer saw us as equals.

"The fairies had seen much suffering and convinced the hippocampi to create a portal far away that would keep us safe. But when you knew we were leaving, the massacre began. Only a few survived and many other creatures were forgotten.

"That's horrible..." "We're horrible." I am very sorry.

Ragna nodded a little, with a slight smile.

"I understand that you should not pay for the crimes of your people, however..."

—Were there many species that became extinct?

—521 species were recorded around the world, and after the battle others were the only ones left. Imagine: seeing all your beings die and live in complete solitude. It is a fate that will come soon, the final extinction will happen sooner rather than later.

"Will there be another extinction?"

"The kingdom of Apricon, like many others, they do not want to accept it. But there are fewer and fewer thoroughbreds left, see me and Krohonan.

"But there are many fairies," I commented.

Ragna stopped stirring the cauldron to look at me confused, even Nero stopped what he was doing to pay attention to me.

"And what does that have to do with us?"

"Krohonan wasn't a fairy?"

For a moment, Nero wanted to resist the laughter, I said he wanted to, not that he had done it. His laughter echoed throughout the cabin, overshadowing Ragna's giggle.

"Do you really think Krohonan looks like a fairy?!" cried the fox.

"That's what he told me.

Nero burst out laughing and Ragna continued with my potion.

"She may aspire to one's elegance and charisma, but no, Krohonan is not a fairy. It is a Basilisk that is the only one left.

Now I'm more blank.

"And that's it...?"

"The worst evolution of a dragon, all reptiles come from dragons, but Krohona's species was proclaimed to be the worst and deadliest. Many do not even dare to approach through the middle.