Ryuu

If I growl once, people step back. If I growl twice, people attack.

I feel… sluggish. Yes. Very sleepy. I was running out of magic to use. Tokiya has limited magic and I only have enough courage to kiss him from time to time. It was embarrising.

Koumei cannot help me with my pains anymore. I guess, this immortal body also has their limits. I have learned a lot in this troublesome form. I learned to be accepted and to tolerate human beings. Syura was right. I needed a second chance.

Every single day since I remembered, I thanked Syura for my second life as well as curse them with my entire being. Being in a body that I rejected was painful. The scars burn and I just want to destroy everything sometimes. I remember the way people see me. They hate me. That was when I wanted to just destroy them and myself in the process. I do not like being the only dragon.

Soujiro… was kind. He maybe likes me. In a good day, I might even like him back. I do not know how much he meant to me in my childhood until the pain recedes and I was dragged to apologize.

I feel like my seal was breaking fast. Or am I breaking fast alongside it ? I close my eyes and endure the searing pain. As I remember better days.

In a big field far away from the kingdom. I spread my wings (hands) and I knew I cannot fly. Yet I tried and yelled in anger and frustration. Then I saw a rabbit, I ate, I was happy.

I think I almost ate the farmer I was living with. That was another story.

But in the end I was glad. Out of all the adventures I have been, I am most content with this one. No people tied me up nor stab me with forks. No arrows through my skin. No magic that burned my face.

I hate to admit that I was loved.

I hate to admit that even this flesh prison gave me comfort.

I am glad that Koumei have the seal. That even when my mind was gone one day, the dragon will be asleep within me.

I closed my eyes as I saw a familiar green glow.

"Ryuura, or whatever your real name was. Your role is not over."

What?

He was a shadow in the dark night. I cannot see his face, but I knew him. I knew his gaze and his burning eyes. I thought you were dead.

That was the seal.

"By the name of the last king of the western kingdom, Tokiya Noivirre Naugt. I release the bonds placed by Syura!"

What idiot.