"Hinata! Is It your day off today? Why are you slacking around here?"

Euclius asked as he stares at me while playing with Frieda. I don't know why he's asking me that but yeah, he's right. I'm now on my day off, well, It's Saturday after all. I wouldn't be able to play with Frieda If that isn't the case.

"Yeah, but even If I'm on my day off, I still need to play with Frieda, you see?"

Speaking of Frieda, she's now playing Tekken with me. She just learned how to use the console, of course, I'm the one teaching him.

"I defeated Hinata again! Amazing!"

"Yeah, Frieda, you're amazing!"

Am I pretending to get clapped? Yes, yes I am. I still don't know where Frieda came from, who her parents are, and all the necessary information but I think you shouldn't rush stuff.

"Hinata, how long do you intend on taking care of her?"

Euclius asked me that question while here I am, doing some combos with Yoshimitsu as my character. What's with the sudden serious question anyway?

"I don't know. Maybe until the moment, she reaches high school or maybe the moment she's getting married to some other guy, who knows?"

I honestly don't know. I took her out for just a simple reason. Because that lonely face of hers made me remind of myself. I don't know how that flimsy reason could carry out until the end so I don't know.

"I see, then once you're finished playing with her. Let's talk somewhere, I think I know where she came from now."

"What?!"

At those words of his, I instinctively stopped what I'm doing and looked at his eyes straight. I also noticed Frieda flinching a little. If what Euclius just said is true, I might be able to know her true origins.

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"All right, let's talk after this"

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"So what did you find? This better be worth It?"

The two of us, Euclius and I, are now staring at each other across the table. Meanwhile, Frieda is in her room, probably playing or sleeping or both.

"You see, that girl, Frieda was probably from my country."

"What?!"

Wait, what?! They're in the same country?! Just what kind of country does Euclius have and why does the Neburisha army have her as a prisoner?

"Remember the dragon we fought last time?"

"Yeah, It's at Chapter 6..."

"Chapter what?"

"Nevermind, continue"

I nearly broke the fourth wall that time, that's close. Anyway, I signaled Euclius to continue what he's saying. He looked at me weirdly but nonetheless, continued his statement.

"It seems that girl is the one who summoned her."

"What?!"

Frieda is the one who summoned her?! Why? Wait, why am I having a bad feeling? My heart feels heavy It's like I already have a gist of what Euclius is going to say, and It's not a good thing.

"If Frieda really is the one who summoned that dragon then my theory is... she's a dragon tamer that Neburisha abducted to increase their forces."

I see now... So that's why she's so spent and darkened when I saw her. She's probably being forced to tame large dragons that could spend her mana so much. I hate this, It's making me puke.

"They probably sent the dragon to this world just for trial-"

"I don't care about that."

Euclius seems to be startled by my sudden words. But he instinctively stopped what he's saying and just stared at me. I don't care If they sent the dragon to attack us or defend us. The fact that they used a little girl for their bullshit, no matter the reason, is making me want to kill them...

But there's still a question to be answered.

"Euclius, what kind of country did you have?"

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At my question, Euclius just stared me emptily. He doesn't say anything nor does anything. He just stares at me. After a minute of staring contest, he finally uttered a word

"Well, I guess, I'll just tell you..."

All of sudden, the atmosphere went lighter, the winds flows according to his direction and the sunlight made him shone even more, but...

"Why are you trying to look cool?"

"Huh?"

No matter how you look at It this motherfucker is trying to look cool. He even pushed the electric fan for the wind to go to his left! He also lifted the mirror to make the sun shine on him! Booooo, pick a tone!

"What do you mean I'm just trying to look cool?! Everyone is already dying to know my backstory, you know?!"

"No one cares about your fucking backstory! The only foreshadowing you had is the fact you can't kill dragons!"

"You don't have to put It that way..."

Yep, I won at the argument. He's now sulking at the corner, murmuring some kind of curses. He's probably cursing the author, the readers, or me, either of the three.

"All right, all right, tell your backstory just info dump It."

"All right! Now we're talking!"

Like a rabbit hopping back at life, he immediately approached me and slammed the desk at that, he doesn't need to do that but okay, sure whatever.

"Anyway, once upon at a time..."

"Don't you dare use that opening!"

"Okay? How about 'At a distant land'?

"Fine, make It quick"

With that, Euclius starts to tell me the reason the place where he came from, Dragon Chain... The place where dragons and humans both exists

END OF CHAPTER 20