I stare at the human in front of me.

Well, not really a 'full' human but rather just a pair of human's legs.

"I thought I asked it to be 'alive'?!" I shout at my wolf who is gleefully showing his face to me like he is waiting for a compliment. Although he looks cute at the moment, thinking about his usual attitude to me, this side of him is way too creepy. I want my impudent wolf back!

"And he IS alive." Like reading my mind, he growls as his face returns to its usual self then drops the human in his mouth onto the ground. A strand of drool connects the wolf's mouth with the short haired (I'll assume he is male) human whose entire body is soaked in disgusting wolf's saliva.

Is that human really delicious? I'd feel bad for forcing him to give up something he likes so I might let him eat it when I'm done questioning it about this world's tourist spots. There are probably a lot of human in this world, one dies wouldn't be a problem... right? Anyway, I'm a dragon now so I might be okay with that.

["You can have him, I'm full."] He telepathically grumbles in my mind as he crawls back into his lair under the tree. Oh, I was probably thinking too loudly again. I will try to fix it later, not like it's a big problem.

"Eat and sleep. You are going to get fat..."

["What is 'fat'?"]

"It's what happen when you eat too much food." I blurt out. Hmm, I remember hearing this somewhere...

["..."] I bet my Tail that I can hear his silent reply in my mind.

"Wait, never mind, I'm not getting on that." I peek a view on the wolf's status and see his MP is at half. That would explain the exp I got earlier. Remembering how much MP he used last night, I guess that he had to fight something even stronger than the knights. I will let him rest then... Hmm, was this human that strong or he came in a big group?

I just sit there for who-knows-how-long, playing around with the game-like UI. There is a Servant Setup window. However, that impudent wolf's level is way too high in comparison to mine so nearly all of the options in the panel for him is locked. I only need one option though: When will I be allowed to slide the needle on the Obedience Meter to "Absolute"? Currently it's at "Free Will". I find it weird that the 'meter' is on the upper half of a magic-circle-like background decoration. This weird layout seems familiar... Oh I see, it's the same as the Contract which one of those knight wrote for me. I will just assume that the contract's contents is a Servant panel written on magic-paper. Recalling the that tiny parchment, although it's way too small for me to read it properly, the letters I could make out the shapes are still foreign to me. Hmm... so Experience has nothing to do with knowledge. I will file a complain to the admin about how unrealistic this world is... Oh wait...

Every now and then, I glance at the human. I know he is sleeping and not dead because his chest raises and lower periodically under the light clothes he is wearing. It's good that he is breathing properly. I didn't bother wiping the sticky wolf split on his body and clothes, it's disgusting and I'm sure he wouldn't mind that after knowing himself is still alive; though he might not be happy with his brown hair is ruined by wolf's spit.

How long has he been sleeping? I stand up on two hint legs then on tiptoe and look toward the west, my eye level is higher than the surrounding tree. My wolf woke up at noon but now the sun not visible anymore, his time-table is so messed up...

The forest is dense so it gets dark early. I know if I fly above the tree's canopy I will see the sun is far from reaching the horizon. There goes another useless day in this forest...

"Urghh..."

I look toward the direction of the sound. The man is waking up.. and I'm sure he will run away at the sight of a 12m tall dragon. In the bad-case scenario: he decides to fight back, I'm not sure if I could handle him... Ah, screw that.

Before the man is fully aware of what around him, I decide to step on him. No, not with my hint leg, he might be squished. With my draconic body, I could stand on all four with my front limb's fingers.. um, claws digging on the ground around the human, forming a makeshift prison while trying not to touch the disgusting saliva on body. His head peeks out from the space between my claws so I can easily question him... Hmm, have I seen this scene somewhere before?

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"..." The human opens his eyes wide and stares at me. I expected a scream, but he just stares at me so I guess I will have to speak first.

"Hello little human..." I try to break a smile and use my most friendly tone... But when I imagine it from the human perspective, I'm a black dragon standing in the dark, baring my fangs and growling at him. Ah, he will think I'm going to eat him, won't he? I don't intend to follow man-eating route in this world, though I will if they are delicious...

"Have you finish your prayer?" The human uses his hands to grab my two claw-fingers on the two side of his head, using some force to widen the space.

"Ouch! It hurts!" I pull my claws back as I shift to standing on two legs. At least the 'damage' wasn't enough to affect my HP but it was enough to show how strong the human is, cable of hurting a huge dragon who (pitifully) has 4 Def with his bare-hands.

As his 'prison' is gone, he does an athletic movement: jumping to a standing position then a defensing posture. I didn't see his weapon so I assumed he is a farmer or something.. but looking at his posture, he must be a bare-hand fighter! That darn wolf, bringing me something so dangerous.. Oh, I just remembered that others can see my level. The man probably concludes that it'd be an easy fight.

["Hey! Are you awake? Help! The human you brought is too strong for me to handle!"] I think 'loudly' to get the wolf's attention but he doesn't answer at all. This is bad.

"Your level is strangely low for a huge dragon and a monster in this forest."

"I've been sleeping for 12000 years!" That's a pretty legit reason in my opinion.

"Who are you kidding with? The world is celebrating 12000 years this month. Even the Gods aren't that old."

Should I prove it? The Dragon of Origin is important to this world, right? Though I don't want to go around flaunting my status, I'm a humble dragon. If it's too dangerous then I can just fly away. I'm sure my wolf will handle him later. I stretch my wings and preparing to take off. Human can't fly, can they?

["I'm running away, you sleepy wolf!"] I try to warn him so he can avoid a surprise attack. There is still no answer... He won't be in any danger if I run, right?

I suddenly remember how tired he was after bringing back the human. His MP was over-halved. This human is probably around the same level as him so receiving sneak-attack might be fatal...

Ah, he is my servant, so.. I will sacrifice my humbleness for you!

How to prove my identity now? Talking or letting him touch me is out of the question. None would believe a random dragon in the forest while 'touching' might be dangerous to me.. Hmm, I have an idea!

Like a street magician, I stretch my left arm forward to show my black-scaled arm. He doesn't understand what I am doing and raises his alertness. At least he doesn't attack yet, that's good. After that I slowly reach the other arm up to pluck some leaves from the huge tree's canopy above my head.

"What are you trying to do? Magic?" Yes. And also no...

"Just wait and see." Proving is easy. I carefully place a row of leaves on my stretching arm. The scales in contact with the leaves turn green while the other scales are still black.

"I can't see a thing. It's too dark. Is that what a dragon does before dying?" Did he speak in sarcastic tone? He should speak louder when talking to a huge dragon.

The sun is hidden; the sky is at the darker shade of orange and the huge tree of the wolf's lair blocks most of the light. So monsters might still attack me in the dark because they wouldn't know I'm the Dragon of Origin? Anyway, I need a light source.

"Do you have something that gives light?" I ask without expecting an answer.

"If I can cast Holy magic, I would have joined the Holy Knights."

Holy Magic, huh? Ah, here there goes nothing...