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{ Seriousness }

'... Let's just get this over with.'

Kayblis thought, walking up to the dragons.

Unlike the time earlier, it did not

He frowned, rubbing his chin with two of his fingers.

"Well then, let's talk to each other like recent acquaintances, okay?"

Kayblis said, crossing his arms.

Both parties thought of a way to put the conversation forward, until Sifrit decided to speak.

"What do you think of World Peace?"

He asked, making Kayblis look at him with a frown.

What? Is there something wrong with World Peace? It was what the current Dragon King dreamt of, to unite the world under one banner. It might seem impossible, but the Dragon King firmly believed that it was 100% possible.

"It's stupid. Very stupid."

That answer alone flabbergasted the two dragons and left them speechless.

"Look, people dream about achieving world peace, but they do not know the consequences about trying to achieve something like that."

He shook his head, then glared at their way.

"I'm not some savior and I do not want to meddle with the businesses of others. Your problems are yours, unless I or my town become involved for some reason. I have no intention for world peace, and I am not some goody two shoes, not some hero, and definitely not a good guy."

He continued, then crossed his arms.

"But, if you were to go back after this, tell your king this: 'evil hides under a coward's mask'. And please, try your hard to not involve us, the Lis race are still too weak for things like that, after all, even if I am the strongest one out of them all, there would be a time where they should not depend on me too much and have to solve problems by themselves."

Kayblis finished, and allowed them to contemplate whatever he said.

"I understand, Kayblis. I'll try my best to leave you and this town alone."

Sifrit looked as if he nodded, and Ellen tried to tolerate

"I don't understand. Why do you dislike the notion of world peace so much?!"

Ellen shouted, thinking that the Dragon King is in the right and World Peace can be achieved. He tried to charge in and approach Kayblis, before stopping and trying to calm himself down.

"Tell me, who is the Dragon King to

you?"

"A childish, stubborn, wise yet foolish idiotic red lizard who talks in stupid riddles sometimes."

Kayblis was nonchalantly being honest, using his memory many years ago, and no matter how much Ellen denies it, the last part that Kayblis said was completely true.

So, who was he and how did he know so much about Dragon King Maggihwa?

Ellen retreated, and Sifrit was surprised.

In the end, they both left, and Kayblis only sighed.

"... I triggered a flag, right?"

He asked to himself, before turning around and walking back to Eikoln Town.

He had a huge workload in the town right now, you know.

Then, Ram approached him in a calm manner, which surprised him much because she's always full of energy every single day. She's grown from being 130 cm to being 153 cm after 10 years, has longer hair, and had already relatively contradicted Kayblis' theory. Maybe it was because he talked to her what his preferences were and was never a lolicon.

"Will we see them again, Kayblis?"

Ram asked, crossing her arms below her chest.

"Maybe, maybe not. It's a matter of time before Eikoln Town and all of us might be caught in an inescapable trouble or stuck between a war."

Kayblis rubbed his chin, before nodding with a grin on his face, as if the dragons didn't matter to him.

"Ah, that's right."

"What is it?"

"Den and Suu were about to be bonded together as husband and wife tomorrow, and due to new traditions (that I made), I'm still the one blessing them."

For Kayblis, this was natural. Challenges and troubles would come for him one was or another.

Someday, he might die heroically to save millions of lives. Maybe that was what he thought he would do at a certain day.

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(A/n: This is an AU. Also, after the next chapter, things will go at a slightly chaotic path.)