Kim stepped inside a dimly lit room, there was barely any light. The only light source there is was a single candle and nothing more.
Kim doved in deeper into the room, he felt his foot stepping on something fuzzy,
"A carpet.. this must mean I'm probably in the center of the room." thinking to himself.
Seeing as the candles were the only thing he could see, he casts his eyes upward.
"Hey dragon! Are you here? Fay told us that you reside here."
The eerie silence back with Kim's voice echoing across the dim lit room creep him out a little, then he heard a growl.
"Who comes there?" The voice is raspy, it was deep and fierce, it could sends chill into someone's spine.
Unsure how to introduce himself, he just tell the voice his name.
"Kim, huh..? What a unique name, never in my thousands of years have I ever heard of such name. So, what have you come here for?"
Kim stilled tense on the voice being deep, he asks the voice.
"I heard that dragons can see through the past and future, is it true?"
The voice didn't respond, rather there was a delay before it speak, but it brought it's face closer to the candle and there lies a giant dragon staring at Kim with it's ferocious eyes.
"… that is quite an exaggerated statement. But for human, that's may be the case."
Kim stunned, asked him what he meant by that.
"Human's history is predictable, almost predetermined in a way. It always repeats, first there the pilgrim, then come the colonists, then come slavery, then revolution, wars, temporary peace, then another war that almost wiped out all of humanity, then so on until it repeats,"
Kim kept his eyes on the dragon's sunflower eyes, it was beautiful he thought but also creepy.
"So depending on what question you are going to ask me, i can only answers with my experience but if it anything about humanity then its simple, it's the reason why they are the most hated race."
Kim still creep out was intrigued, he wanted to asks more but he knows that he can't get sidetracked so, taking a deep breath, he opens his mouth.
—-
Vas Allen have his finger wrapped around the wooden table, as he sips on a green herbal tea.
"So the reason why that elder grembling could talk was because of a God, but there are more than one I've encounter…" sipping on the tea once more he place it down.
"And the sins, even a dragon at your age doesn't know much about them, weird."
The soothing voice laughs, in front of Vas Allen was a green colossal dragon, her eyes' lashes somewhat long and her aqua eyes resting on Vas Allen's face.
"You're funny, Vas, do you have anymore question?"
Vas Allen stood up, clearing his throats. He looked around before speaking.
"When will the demon king be back?"
The dragon surprised that Vas Allen had asks her that.
"What do you mean?"
Vas Allen looked around once more.
"Something is off, the sins how were they so secretive until now? Why didn't they join in on the war?" Sitting back down again.
"And they are called the seven awakening… something off about that name, anyways you have lived for thousands of years, so you must know that the demon king will return."
The dragon didn't know what to say, all she could do was stare up and down at Vas Allen. She back away slowly to her bed, it look fuzzy and warm, it look like a cozy nest in a way.
"And here I thought everyone believe that the demon king was defeated," she sighed.
"I don't know when the demon king will be back but I do know that once the sins finish making their move, where they collect all the thing they need, he will return."
"Has it happen before..?"
The dragon taken aback by Vas Allen's question, she looked up at the starry ceiling.
"Yes it happens before, twice actually and I know that look already. I don't know if the Gods will join in this time, if the demon king returns, this time will not be like the cosmic war but rather a war between humans and demons."
Vas Allen sat quietly, thinking to himself. He let out an exasperated sighed before roughing up his glossy black hair.
"I see… well as long as I'm here, I believe it should be fine."
The dragon look at Vas Allen with surprise, surprised by his godly confidence then she let out a smile.
"Looking at you, I for some reason cannot doubt you."
—-
The old dragon laugh, his laughter resembling a medieval king.
"Kim, you are funny but I felt like I heard that story before."
"I mean, it's not my story but rather an old guy I met."
The dragon bare its teeth, not to show fear but rather in a reminiscent way.
"I see, no wonder it sound so familiar."
"What do you mean?"
The dragon lock eyes with Kim, in a serious manner, his tone shifted.
"You're not from this world are you?"
Kim's eyes widen as he looks in awe, the simple shocked expression fades away before the corner of his mouth slightly curls.
"I'm not… how did you know?"
"Because I have met someone like that. Who's life have brought to this place, he told me that he came from a empty cover book."
Kim catches the dragon's word.
"That strange man, he wasn't telling a story, he was telling a reality. I wonder who the guy in that alleyway was." He thought, shifting his attention back at the dragon. The dragon continues.
"He was a grateful man, good leaderships. He was respected throughout the lands and was deemed a hero, he trained many countries's soldiers in honing their skill."
Kim sat down on the ground, his attention fully focused on the dragon.
"That's, awesome. To think I met someone great like that and almost have beef with him, no wonder why he say something along the lines of 'nyan~'."
The dragons laugh.
"Yep, that's the kind of person he is. A goofy character really."
Kim then looked down at the cozy, fuzzy carpet.
"But when you say that he 'was' deemed a hero, what do you mean?"
The dragon stunned by Kim's question.
"What do you mean? He died during the war."
Kim stood up, his left arm swaying to his side.
"That's.. not possible, I've met him. He was old, alive and I think is well."
The dragon stays there quietly, he stares at Kim with naught but expression of sorrow in remembrance of a fallen friend.
"I don't know what to say, the person who I'm talking about died during that war. Maybe we're not talking about the same person."
"That is not possible, unless we have met two different people that acts the same then it's unlikely, he even told us that he trains many people before. That's no coincidence, and he dead? Then who was that I've met?"
The dragon stood still, then he started to move closer to Kim. His face emerge out of the dark and there was a dark dragon, his piercing teeth dazzled as his red amber eyes lit up, then he breathed out a bit of fire from his breath to lit up the room.
"…I don't know what to tell you, after his wife dies of an unknown disease, he was devastated, he promised her that after the war, they are going to live in a cabin home, where it's peaceful, where nobody can enter freely."
Kim shocked expression as he breathe out heavily. His eyes shaking, and his body twitching a little.
"There was two grave… one for his wife and the other one for.."
"He have no kids, at least, he didn't bear any yet."
Upon hearing these words, his mind fixated on one conclusion.
The other grave was probably for him, he have been buried there but…
"Illusion magic…" Kim mutters out.
"Oh? You know of his magic? It quiets rare for someone to actually know it since he often uses it to tricks and manipulate people, to the point where they don't know what's real or fake."
"Then that mean, the person, the old guy I met was just an illusion, but he felt so real, his words were deep and full of wisdom, he knew emotions and he told us some parts of his memory.."
The dragon didn't shed a tear upon hearing this, his friend fabricated himself even after death to stay in this world.
"And Kim, when you talked to him, did he seem happy, was he full of glee and joy?"
Kim thinks for a while before responding.
"It was a bit of both, he was happy when he met us but at the same time, his vibes felt like it was lonely…"
"I.. see. I guess even with illusion, you can't trick who you want to be."
Kim looked up and asks what the dragon meant but he brush it off.
"Thank you Kim, for making me reminisce a good time. Now, I know you still have one more question that needed to be answer."
Kim was surprised at how fast the dragon brush it off, it almost like he didn't care but a simple feeling in the air dismissed it.
"I want to know how to get out of this world, where I can take my friend alongside me."