SWNOVELXO Chapter 327: Dragon talk
We ended up having a surprisingly relaxing meal, all things considered, and although I wouldn't say I had gotten over everything by any means, I was at least ready for the next step.
"Are you sure about this?"
I looked down at my body, wrapped in so many heavy chains that I couldn't even see my clothes as Mo locked them together. "Too late." She said calmly, standing up and pulling Mo back.
"If I really want to get over what happened… Realistically this will probably help more than anything else…"
"Ok, well… Come back safe…"
I closed my eyes, ready to start, but my nervousness stopped me for a second. "And uh… Please don't let me do anything weird…"
"Right," Isy muttered nervously.
Mo crossed her arms. "No promises. If you feel the need to rip someone's clothes off target Isy."
"WHY ME?"
I sighed, closing my eyes again and focusing internally until my consciousness was swallowed up by my soul and I found myself once again in the giant field, only this time the flowers were all white instead of pink, although there were still just as many of them. 'Ok…' I turned and after quickly looking around I jumped down into the lava pool and made my way to the cavern. 'Just like before, it's gone. Now from here, if my theory is right, I'll be able to force both of us into the same plane.' I walked to the center platform in the middle of the lava and sat down. Manipulating my soul until it leaped out and surrounded my body. 'Why… do I suddenly feel so hot…' I slowly compressed my soul and felt my body trying to rip itself in two as I went completely limp, continuing until it effectively squished the dragon back inside.
I heard a powerful roar and when I opened my eyes saw the dragon in front of me. It was tiny, my size, instead of the giant one I remembered. With a weak whimper, it fell on the ground as well, joining me. "H-hey there…" I mumbled before heavily swallowing and steadying my voice, propping myself up on my arms and leaning toward him. "I think we need to have a little chat…"
It whimpered again, flopping closer to me like a fish out of water. 'Is it actually ready to hear me out?'
It let out a puff of smoke with a heavy breath.
"Ok… So. Do you–"
My mouth stopped moving as my whole body became engulfed in flames from its fire breath. "Really…" I groaned as my clothes turned black, and then to ash. 'I really like this outfit though… I don't want to have to wear armor inside my own soul…' Letting out a sigh I sat up, holding my head as my hair fell in front of my face. "Why do you have to be so mean… I just want to talk…" I whined, sitting up and struggling to breath, still recovering from our souls clashing.
It let out another puff of air, sshaking its head as it stood up as well, flopping on the ground again and facing towards me as it lay on its belly like a puppy ready to play… Only without any of the related charm.
"Right, so do you—"
Its eyes went wide, locking onto my chest, and lava started to rise again in the room. 'What the heck… It's not… Going to try and eat my heart is it? Like for revenge?' I groaned, forcing myself to focus through my headache to repair the damage to my clothes. 'Oh yeah. In its past life, this dragon was a father, then it was reborn as an infant with no memories and a fraction of a soul. Then its growth accelerated… So then now it's like a teenager? It's… Father… It's a guy…
Even through the heat, I felt a sharp chill crawl over me. 'Dad… Why couldn't you have hunted down a girl dragon…' I sighed, lowering my head back into one of my hands. 'Does this mean I just got myself excited with my own body… Is that what the lava rising means? Uhg… This feels so gross… It's like there are bugs under my skin… Well, lizards… And just one…'
Pushing my hair back I sat up straight again and looked into its eyes. Without moving it stared back. 'If it's a teenager then it should be able to talk right?' "Can you speak human?"
It growled, snorting and turning around, smacking me with its tail. I didn't want to fall into the lava though so I just held on, climbing onto it like I was mounting a horse. "Why are you so cold to me? If you don't speak human, can you understand it? Maybe you can teach me dragon?"
It didn't respond, and with its small size I was slipping on its tail so I started climbing up to get farther away from the edge, but as I got farther up it suddenly stiffened and slammed me down into the rock.
"O-ok… Stay away from the tail… Got it…" I coughed, feeling as though my chest had caved in. 'Wait, did I just understand you?'
It roared and snarled, stepping away and turning around to face me again. "We are of the same soul, of course you can understand me, no matter what language I speak."
My neck suddenly jerked as I shuddered, hearing his voice echo through the cave as if it imitated from the ground itself. "Then why haven't you ever talked to me before?"
"Because I hate you."
"That's… Well… That's Understandable…" I slowly looked down.
"Don't look away from me!"
I widened my eyes and snapped them back to him. "S-sorry!"
It growled loudly. "You apologize to those weaker than you and let those weaker than you get away with insulting you… It pisses me off!"
'Wait, but in this instance that means he's saying he's weaker?'
"Of course, I'm weaker, if I wasn't I would have killed you and taken over this disgusting human body of yours."
"Disgusting… Was that really necessary… I take a shower every day… When I'm not sulking… I can't be that much more gross than you… Should I be doing more? If you want me to I could take two showers a day instead, but that feels kind of redundant."
He growled again and turned away, more lava flowing into the chamber.
'Did I make him mad again? Maybe that's what the lava means. I guess it doesn't really matter…'
"Unfortunately you cannot fix yourself. You are neither a dragon nor a high-leveled sorcerer. Despite me trying to make you both…"
"Oh yeah… Thanks for that…" 'he doesn't really talk like how I thought a dragon would talk.' Finally catching my breath and feeling the pain subside I began to slowly relax as I crossed my legs underneath me.
He growled again. "I also hate you for this, you don't get angry enough, you have no rage. A dragon's rage should be all-powerful, all-encompassing, and yet you barely feel any, and when you do you feel something else stronger…"
'Isn't not getting angry a good thing? It's bad for your heart right?' "So… You want me to get angry more? What else?"
He growled. "YOU CARE TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WANT!"
"Ok… So I should be less considerate because it pisses you off, any other requests?" I grinned at the irony. 'A moment ago you said we were the same soul… So isn't caring about you also caring about me anyway?'
He snorted and lay down, staring deeply into my eyes for a long while. "I hate you."
"You said that already…"
We continued staring at each other a while longer. "We aren't getting anywhere like this… Can't you work with me? Maybe I could let you out for a day once a month or… Let you decide certain things like what I eat or what I wear… I don't know, something."
He growled. "I really hate you…"
I growled back.
He growled louder, standing up and bellowing until the cavern echoed.
"Impressive…"
He let out another snort and laid back down.
'This really isn't going anywhere…'