The Dragon of Dreams

Mid Evening - Late Spring : Kingdom of Kaelallan

A couple minutes after we landed, Father finally finished gathering himself and we started making our way out of the forest.

As we walked, Ilios was glued to my side. A part of me expected him to wander around to explore the new area like a dog from Earth would, but it was just me continuing to forget what kind of creature he was.

I glanced down at Ilios with a curious look before he looked back at me with a smile. -I sometimes forget how smart he is..-

As we continued out of the forest, we eventually came up to an empty road leading to town.

As we walked onto the road though, an arrow came flying from somewhere behind us.

*Woooosh*

With a slight tilt of my head, the arrow zipped past me. -We haven't even gotten to the city, how is there already trouble..- I glanced up at Father as if to ask what to do.

Noticing my gaze, he glanced back and let out a sigh. "Haah.. they're probably bandits, just use some magic to dispose of them."

Glancing back through the darkness, I saw a small group of 3 guys crouched in the bushes and sensed 2 more behind them with my aura.

-Well they're close enough together I guess..- I planned to try something new with my ammonium nitrate breath.

With a casual movement, I faced my palm towards the group and formed and compressed the same amount of ammonium nitrate that would fit in my (currently human sized) breath gland.

*BANG*

A blinding flash filled the area as a thin beam left my hand before expanding and vaporizing the bushes and bandits. [1]

-Maybe that was a bit much..- Although the test was successful, it was extremely overkill for the bandits.

The entire area of forest in front of where I released the focus of the blast was burnt to dust or unrecognizably blown apart.

-In any case though.. I don't sense anyone anymore..- There was a short moment of silence as I slowly realized that the detail of my aura was abnormally high.

-OH WHOOPS!- As it turned out, I hadn't been controlling my aura at all. -Glad I caught that before we went into the city..-

Quickly redirecting all of my aura up into the air, I left only a thin cloud around me so I could sense my general surroundings. -I need to make sure to remember to layer my aura when I'm indoors too..-

“Well..” I turned back to Father. “Let's get back on the road shall we?” With the bandits no longer in the mortal world, we could finally get back on the road.

Thankfully, beyond that point it was smooth sailing. We even ended up getting to the gate with a couple hours remaining until sunrise, when we would go and meet with the royal family.

"Identification please." A tall and burly man donning silver armor was looking down at us with a frown on his face.

Father reached into his pocket and pulled out a card of some kind, showing it to the guard.

"Okay you may pass, what about the kid and dog?" He gave Ilios and I a condescending look that made me want to vaporize him.

“Haah..” I quickly took a deep breath to relax my nerves.

But before I could say anything, Father spoke up. "He is my son and that's his pet." Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out and tossed the guard a silver coin. “I'm guessing the policies haven't changed?”

The knight gave a greedy smile as he flicked up and caught the coin. “Actually, the policy has changed to 2 si-”

Before he could finish, a larger, older man set his hand on the knight's shoulder. “It is still the same, sir, it seems my student here remembered incorrectly. Would you like change?” He wore a warm and pure smile as he spoke.

“Haha, no thanks. Please have a good day, sir.” Fathers mood quickly brightened.

"You too, just remember to go to the guild and get an ID for him."

"Of course." Father gave the knights a polite smile as we walked through the gate.

As we walking through the gate, I glanced back towards the guards with a look of curiosity. "What was the silver for, Father?"

"That was money for temporary entry. It's usually 100 copper but I don't carry anything less than silvers, so.."

-I guess a silver isn't really anything to us..- I still couldn't get over how much money Mother and Father had.

As I turned back around, I was greeted with a main street lined with light artifacts and beautiful buildings that lead all the way to the palace. It was all quite beautiful and reminded me of earth, but before I could bathe in old memories, Father set his hand on my shoulder.

"Well, we have a few hours to kill so feel free to explore some, I'm going to go to the bar to check on someone. Just be sure to go by the guild to get an ID before sunrise."

"Okay, just don't drink too much." I said it in a half joking manner.

"Haha, I'm not going to drink, it's to talk to the bar owner. He's been a good friend of mine since he was young so I'm going to check up on him."

-Oh, whoops.- I felt a bit bad since I jumped to conclusions. "Well, I'm gonna go to the guild first, do you know where it is?"

He pointed up the street. "You see that building with the star on it? (a compass star) That's the guild. Just be careful with the adventurers, they aren't dangerous to you but they can be stupid sometimes." He wore a playful smile as he lightly patted me on the back.

"Sure thing. Well, be safe! Ill see you in the morning." I gave father a smile and a light wave before heading up the street.

The streets had quite a few people still walking around. The majority seemed to be human, but there were some elves, avians, and demihumans among them. -There was even a dwarf by the gate.-

The liveliness of the city was quite refreshing and it was quite clean, but there was at least one major problem.

-Ugh.. everyone is staring at me..- Everyone around me, especially demihumans and elves were staring holes into Ilios and I.

-It must be the ancient fenrir part of my aura..- I quickly tried to think of a way to fix it but after a while I decided I just needed to get used to it.

Thankfully though, it didn't take long to get to the guild building.

As I walked onto the porch, I sucked in my aura and formed it into a thin layer only a few centimeters thick and sat Ilios down. "Ilios, you stay right here for me okay? I'll be quick."

I ended up sitting there and petting him for a bit before eventually taking a deep breath and walking into the guild.

- Ellen ~

It was late at night and I was incredibly tired, but at the same time, I was limitlessly happy. -Today is a good day.-

The adventurer I was contracted to was being promoted to Nation Rank. That meant I was due for another promotion and even a hefty pay raise. In other words, my life was set beyond this point. -And Michael is the one to thank for it.- I wore a wide smile as I thought happy thoughts. -I wonder if he has a woman..-

*Creaak*

My thoughts were interrupted by seeing a new face walk into the guild.

It was a young boy, only around 12 or 13, but he was beautiful to the point that I didn't think was possible.

He was moderately tall for his age with a strong build, black hair and purple eyes, but above all, he carried an air of strength and majesty that made me feel the need to kneel.

It was at that moment that a single word popped into my head. -God..-