It was a disaster.

Mom was in shock but I kept my dragon look.

We had taken refuge at the police station, asking for asylum and protection.

An angry crowd with sticks, torches and pitchforks soon arrived in front of the police station.

A counter-crowd also arrived to defend the dragon.

They had not unofficially forgotten that it was the dragon that had protected the city.

It was class clash, the peasants uncultured in front of the civilized world.They were ready to stone us or to ride us!

But we had done nothing! Nothing at all!

Mom cried and I consoled her.The policemen brought Mom some coffee and croissants and I was content with a little water in a tine, a kind of large basin made of galvanized sheet metal.

The policemen were still afraid of my teeth and my gigantic claws. Mars approached and asked what had happened.

"Actually nothing, except that my stepfather had pushed mommy and wanted to grab my egg and I blew and pushed it on the floor to defend my little one and mommy.

Then he left. His sister asked for an explanation and when they saw me they ran away and her husband ran at me with the car and the children in it."

I just blocked the car gently so I wouldn't hurt my cousins."

Mars, looking down....Yes... you were right to come here. I congratulate you, Poisse, for your restraint and self-control. It is now up to us to remind this crowd that there are laws in this country.

And that women also have rights, including the dragon.

The soldiers / gendarmes, overwhelmed by so much stupidity and fanaticism, remembered that they or their relatives owed the dragon their lives "unofficially".

They took out truncheons and dispersed the crowd with a few blows, calling the crowd to order.

Then Mars came out onto the square.

"The world is watching you and will judge you. By acting like wild beasts, you are making fools of yourselves and showing the foolishness of your beliefs. The dragon and his mother show the world that they are far more civilized and cultured than you. If it were up to me, I would lock you all up and force you to go back to school. And you Brahmins are a disgrace. You defile our religion with your beliefs. You know nothing, you are ignorant".

The Brahmin frightened by the snake, accompanied by Surish, hailed the governor.

"You don't know what demon is hiding under that monster. He will unleash the wrath of the gods here and release his infernal troops. War and famine, that's what will happen to us."

But in another crowd: "The dragon is the guest of our goddess Kadru who brings peace and fertility. You shame us. Poisse is sweet and kind...You don't know it but many love her. "

The two crowds, the wicked one, in inferiority, repelled each other and the rioters were dispersed with kicks and slaps. Only Shaikh remained in front of Mars, accompanied by Brahma and Surish, the children remaining at home.

"I want to talk to my wife!"

Mars: "Hoo, laa, Mr. Surish...Rosette will talk to you if she feels like it. They are here under my protection. You should've thought of that before!"

Surish: "But it's the Devil! He possesses her! He's going to eat her!"

But Rosette appeared behind the governor. She went down the stairs and, at the height of her husband, he wanted to grab her wrist to bring her back by force but he received a masterly right which sent him 3 meters further.

"You are possessed, a woman does not have this strength!"

Rosette: "By dint of eating grass, you shouldn't be surprised to waltz like a blade of grass!"

Surish, still on the floor: "Your daughter is the devil! "

Rosette: "I think you're more in love with the Brahmin than I am. You only have to go and sleep with him. The fluorescent paint on the nose and the beard suits you very well. As for your slimming diet, that's your problem. But do you hear me? You will never lay a hand on me or Sylvia again! Never again. And you know what, your family, you know where you can put your hands? Neither one of you is better than the other. Too bad I sold my house, but I'm telling you, you're gonna give me the money back right now!"

Surish: "Is that how you feel? Then stay with your monster. I'm getting divorced and I won't disgrace my family one more minute. The house, think of it as your dowry payment."

With these harsh and cruel words, Rosetta saw the true face of her husband, a Hindu fanatic...She was sacrificed in the name of his gods.

She bent over in tears and had to be supported by Mars. She hurried to find the dragon in the courtyard, her only remaining family.

"Sylvia, we have nothing left... how are we going to do it? "

Me: "What about the money from the house?"

"He offered it to the Brahmins to 'bless' our family and you see where it got us."

Me: "I'm sorry mom. I didn't know that I would destroy your couple. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but I never wanted this!"

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Rosette: "I know, my darling...I know, it's not your fault, but at least I saw his true face, his engineer's facade. I should be the one to thank you..."

"Listen, mom, he's not going to get away with this!You've lost your situation in France, we have no more money and they're going to set fire to our business. Let me do it... I have some little powers and we'll be able to get out of this!

I'm back in human form and I'm back in my inventory.Then I went to the bathroom, a dark room and, through the maze, I appeared in the basement of the house. From there, I heard plotting against me, planning the murder of mom and calling exorcists to seal me and or deliver me to the stake as a witch who had made a pact with the devil.

I invoked the spell "Type 1 Monsters" and the house was overrun with snakes that were a little poisonous but scary and very large.

They had started to take our things out of the cupboards and then take them out into the garden and to set them on fire.

Everybody out, I had the house engulfed in darkness. A black sphere surrounded the house, then extended to the garden and also encompassed the garages and facilities.It weighed heavy on me, but the whole house had been swallowed up in the labyrinth. Only a large spherical hole remained. Even the foundations had disappeared.

They shouted and begged.

Even their car had disappeared.

It was good to see them screaming in despair.

Perhaps it would bring them back to their senses?

I came out of the bathroom and went back to Mom.

"There, everything is all right. In an hour they'll be here to implore you."

"Darling, what have you done?"

"I have, how can I put it... I took the house... She's not here anymore. Well, it's in my inventory... kind of like in my pocket. They give us back our things intact and the money from our villa in Lyon otherwise...We go back to France, we buy a piece of land... and I put the house back in place, in Lyon...If you want, you can sell it or resell it to them..."

Mom had her hands and arms stretched out on my shoulders and looked at me.

"I really know how much you love me. I'm proud of you. Human or dragon, you'll always be my darling."

Dany arrived in a hurry, despite the police restricting access, they knew he could get through. After the arcades in the shade, he rushed to the inner courtyard, lined with large pots with tropical plants to brighten the place. He kissed me and greeted my mom.

"What happened? Why all the fuss?"

Rosette: "My in-laws have... They went after Sylvia like it was a crime to get pregnant and she told the truth and they took it badly. They were ungrateful fanatics. Even though Sylvia saved them, they threatened her with torches and pitchforks and we took refuge here, at the police station, finally at the barracks..."

Dany was very angry but he froze..."You... Where are you going to stay?"

Rosette : "It's sad to say but we're going to go back to grandma's house, in Lyon... My husband took everything from me, house, accounts, savings and he wanted to burn all our stuff."

Dany looked at me, he was going to cry..... he didn't want me to leave, he wanted me to stay here with him."

And you, Sylvia? Are you going back to your mommy?"

The shock surprised me. Besides, I had used up all my mana to carry the house. My body didn't know if I should change back or go back to sleep.

I fainted.

Mommy: "Sylvia! Sylvia!"

I wandered, unconscious in the darkness and I was floating.

Slowly, time having no meaning anymore, I approached the obelisk frozen like that for eternity.

Suddenly, an oppression.

A silence within the silence.

The wind and its noises stopped.

A lead screed went down and the darkness became even darker.

And, imperceptibly, a creaking sound was heard. Weak at first, then as if in waves.

And "CRACK" of dust rose at the base of the octahedron.

It began, with the sound of stones sliding one on top of the other, like large millstones, to turn.

Quickly, faster and faster to reach its normal speed of rotation.

But the black light wasn't there yet. Just a noise that made

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

(Serious, as serious as possible)I was not alone in the labyrinth. I was exhausted and vulnerable.

Slowly, my dragon body returned to normal but I was unable to stand upright, overwhelmed by my own weight. I had enough strength to raise my neck and, fortunately I was in the upper hallway, I could see very far. What was not normal was the octahedron.

There was not just one but 6 covering the horizon, infinitely.

I was afraid and I felt that my life was going to end today. Not a certainty but an impression.

From infinity, I could see someone walking on the main road, between the octahedron and the place where I was lying.

A man with a blue suitcase in his hand.

Sinister... very sinister in his gait.

He had a square haircut and his facial features were as if he had been hacked with an axe. A white shirt and a blue tie.

The sixty-something well struck.These footsteps... I recognize them... No... it's not possible. Light and heavy at the same time.It was Othar!

Suddenly, I started moaning like a dog. Terrorized...I wanted to flee but I had no strength, I was paralyzed.

When I reached my height, he stopped. He readjusted his tie and put his document holder on the ground, opened it, took a sheet of paper and closed his attaché.

"It's been a long time... a very long time... isn't it POISSE?"

He hadn't looked me in the eyes yet, but he saw me trembling with terror. At his sight, and seeing that he was still there, the POISSE self groaned in horror and cruelty at Othar. Especially his morbid calmness, his deathly calm. I had in front of me an avatar of death, of negative energy, an undead prince whose evil was so dense that the very notion no longer made any sense.

"You've changed a lot since the last time we saw each other. I feel like I don't have the same dragoness in front of me anymore, don't I? Poisse?"

"I'm I'm I'm I'm not POISSE!, I'm Sylvia, human! Alive and I have a family!"

Othar: "Oh, how touching. I think I'm going to cry...."

I was shaking, not daring to say anything... I was waiting for punishment or whips, but his language and his words were much worse.

"My dear Poisse, Sylvia, if you want me to call you that, I came in peace. I congratulate you for your evolution. You are a dragon now, you are no longer that stupid snake I knew.

Reincarnation must have given you what you lacked... a bit of brains."

I was trembling, waiting for the blow that didn't come.

"I sincerely apologize for lying to you and executing you."

I instinctively backed away and he kept the same distance. I was afraid, I was dying of fear.

"My dear Poisse, you have evolved but you still have a lot to learn. But Don't worry! I didn't come as an enemy, just like Marc.

I suppose you know where they are?

"I-I-I-I-I-I-I. In the future? 10,000 years?"

Othar: "Well well well well... you have done your homework and you have surrounded yourself with competent people..."

"What do you want, master? What do you want??"

Othar resumed his serious and dark look."I am no longer your master... you are free."

"But... who are you? I keep dreaming about you..."

He put his hand on his chin and looked at the horizon, the rotating octahedrons...

"Excellent question... No one dared to ask. I have so many names, I come from so many universes. I am here and everywhere at the same time. I am now, the past and the future. I am also your shadow...But to simplify... They call me the grey man. Because I am here and not here at the same time.

Others call me the G-man, G for Grey, The Black Pharaoh or Nyarlathotep. I was still going backwards.

"You're going to fall. Oh!"

And I fell into the void, taken by surprise. I flapped my wings, but I didn't go up. I fell like a stone and everything accelerated. Othar was standing in front of me, walking on the image of my fall, as if he was unaffected. And I realized that the fall was a product of my imagination. We were falling, but I felt like the ground between him and me.

"You know what I mean? You're learning. We are not here but we are here!. It's a dimension. Like time and like space....But... I'm here to help you. I will be your first believer, your first believer. Look the infinite is connected. The kingdoms of the different Tiamat are connected and the great game is about to begin."

But... But... But... But... But... But... But... But..."

"Shhh, Poisse, you'll have to get used to making less noise and being more discreet... Ah, time's almost up. Do you even know where you are?"

I'm thinking... "In the courtyard? Am I dreaming?"

"Well, then don't disappoint me! You will find answers to your questions in this grey area of the labyrinth, at the limit of your darkness and that of "Blanche".

It's best that you discover them by yourself."

"Wait... The game is the Big Hunt?"

Othar smiles. "You will find your answers."

"Are we in the astral or the aether?"

"Well, Poisse, good deduction. In the astral, it is your mind that travels and in the ether, it is with your body but it is just as dangerous one as the other. Well, it's time... See you next time!"

And suddenly I find myself in the arms of mom who was rocking me. I couldn't wake up."MOTHER!! I'm Scared!!!! OTHAR! OTHAR! he's here! "

Rosette asked Danny with her eyes but he didn't know. But I was exhausted and terrified. I couldn't keep my human form any longer and I relaxed. I slept all day and all night in the courtyard, unable to move. I had to hurry to regain my strength. I had a bad feeling. I was afraid of the darkness, well, no, but of what might be hiding there.

Neither Mom nor anyone else understood that a colossal creature like me was trembling with fear.

I really had shivers and little moans came out of my throat.

Dany tried to reassure me.Soon after, Philip and his parents arrived with Rudy and Jasmine.

They made a hug to mommy

"Poor Rosette, how did it happen?"

After brief explanations, David said to mom. Look, we have a small apartment on the marina. You can stay there until your situation stabilizes.

Then Mars intervened: "I tend to trust your child, Mrs. Rosette, I'm still surprised that your daughter is a dragon...".

Rosette: "Yes, it happened. There are some things in fate that you can't control. But I did give birth to sylvia, if that's what you mean. Poisse is Sylvia, my daughter, my blood."

Mars: "It defies logic, but I'm going to help you both. It's the least I can do. If you're looking for work."