"Human, don't come any closer!"
Looking at the human walking towards it, the giant dragon focused its eyes.
Its current state prevented it from moving at all.
The sword in its back currently restricted all its abilities.
If this human were to approach now, it would have no ability to resist whatsoever.
"Consider yourself lucky to have met me. I'll save your life!"
It's always better to have one more friend than one more enemy.
Killing this dragon here didn't seem to have any benefits for him.
The rewards for the two options were actually quite similar.
He had long coveted the gacha tickets.
These could draw items from all the myriad worlds.
There were Bloodline Gacha Tickets, Item Gacha Tickets, Weapon Gacha Tickets, and Ability Gacha Tickets.
"Congratulations, host, for completing the mission! You have received rewards: Beginner Fighter Puppet +3, Weapon Gacha Ticket +1, Dragon Race Favorability +50. Items have been stored in the system space!"
After pulling the sword from the giant dragon's body, the wound healed rapidly at a visible speed.
"This... how is this possible..."
A hint of disbelief flashed in the giant dragon's eyes.
It knew about the sword in its back.
Ordinary humans couldn't pull it out.
It had already prepared for death.
Yet, this human was actually able to pull it out.
"Thank you..."
The giant dragon quickly thanked Mizusaki Yuma, who was about to leave.
For some reason, humans seemed to have changed a little in her eyes.
Looking at the person in front of her, he seemed much more pleasing to the eye.
"No need to thank me. If you really want to thank me, you can repay me in the future!"
Mizusaki Yuma waved his hand and then left directly.
Verbal gratitude was worthless.
Something more substantial would be better.
But the dragon just watched him leave, without any intention of stopping him.
"Sure enough, I had expected too much!"
Mizusaki Yuma thought to himself, originally expecting the giant dragon to give him at least half of its treasured possessions, if not all of them.
It seemed that a favorability of fifty didn't amount to much after all.
After Mizusaki Yuma left, the giant dragon, who was still pondering how to repay him, looked around.
The person who was just there had suddenly disappeared!
However, it remembered that person's scent, and tomorrow she would go there on time to repay the favor!
"It's decided, I'll set off tomorrow!"
With this thought, the giant dragon transformed into the image of a girl, looking towards the direction Mizusaki Yuma had left... "Time to go home and draw from the gacha!"
Looking at his gacha tickets, Mizusaki Yuma wished he could fly straight home immediately.
First, bathe and change, then pray to the gods.
For his first draw, he surely wouldn't get something ordinary, right?
He bought some daily necessities and food at the convenience store.
Walking to the elevator door downstairs in his building, he didn't know why, but Mizusaki Yuma felt as if he was being watched by a chilling presence.
This made him shiver involuntarily.
What made him even more curious was the girl beside him.
It seemed like this aura was emanating from her.
"Who is this person?!"
Mizusaki Yuma looked at the person's appearance and attire in front of him.
He recognized her instantly.
Isn't this Kasumigaoka Utaha, one of the female characters from the novel "How to Raise a Passerby Heroine" from his previous life?
He was even holding her currently published book, "love metronome."
"Does it look good?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha waved the phone in her hand.
On the phone screen, there was clearly a police emergency number.
Apparently, she had mistaken Mizusaki Yuma for one of those hot-blooded teenagers.
Being overly hot-blooded isn't a good thing... but he really was the most handsome guy she had ever seen.
"It's okay. If it's out of ten, I'd give you a two!"
"Two points?"
Mizusaki Yuma's words piqued Kasumigaoka Utaha's interest.
She had already shown him the emergency call number.
Yet he still dared to talk to her like that.
Besides, she really wanted to know why she only got two points.
Whether it was her figure or her looks,
She had extreme confidence; otherwise, she wouldn't have been known as the 'Takane no Hana' (Highland Flower) of Toyosaki.
No matter what, it absolutely couldn't be just two points!
Is he playing hard to get?
A flash of understanding crossed Kasumigaoka Utaha's mind.
Perhaps this man wanted to attract her in this way.
By first belittling her, then drawing her attention.
Although his tactic was a bit more sophisticated than those of the boys at school,
But!
What a pity!
She had still seen right through him.
"Because it's not mine, I only give it two points!"
"Uh..."
Kasumigaoka Utaha herself hadn't expected that.
That could actually be a reason.
But thinking about it, it didn't seem wrong at all.
"Are you coming or not?"
Mizusaki Yuma looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was still standing outside.
If she stayed outside, he would just close the door and go up.
Even though she was pretty, he wasn't going to be her simp.
"En..."
Although being in the same elevator as this seemingly somewhat dangerous young man might be a bit risky,
But at the moment, she couldn't worry about that much.
She had felt a bit cold outside the elevator earlier.
But it was still summer, and there was no air conditioning here.
Why did she feel a bit cold?
Besides, with two people in the elevator, even if one of them seemed like a restless teenager,
As long as she held her phone and remained alert to him, there definitely wouldn't be any problems.
There were surveillance cameras in the elevator.
On the contrary, some rumors she had heard at school recently,
Also made Kasumigaoka Utaha feel that even being with this man didn't seem like such a bad choice.
"Why aren't you pressing the button?"
"I also live on the eighth floor!"
Of course he wouldn't press it.
Kasumigaoka Utaha had directly pressed the eighth floor as soon as she entered.
Mizusaki Yuma also lived on the eighth floor.
Why would he press anything else?
Should he press the seventh floor and then walk up one flight?
He must have a screw loose if he thought that.
"You also live on the eighth floor?"
Such a coincidence?
Her grip on her phone unconsciously tightened.
Her finger was already on the dial button.
As soon as Mizusaki Yuma made any suspicious move, Kasumigaoka Utaha would immediately call the police, then kick him hard and run away.