“I’m so bored…” Maya murmured, rolling on her bed. Like on Earth, the schools in this world had breaks as well. It was way too early for the summer break and its subsequent beach episode, but we did get spring break. There were four major breaks in each year, one at the end of each season. Each break lasted two weeks. For break, I decided to return home to my village, while Maya went to her parents west in the mountains.

I thought we wouldn’t see each other for the entire vacation, but three days later, I found my dragon friend lazing around in my home.

“Come on, let’s go and do something…” Maya tugged on my sleeves.

“Go and help Emori if you’re so bored,” I answered. Emori, the princess herself, came to our village for vacation with me. She already knew about my parents from the time we came here together, and now she worked in the fields helping my dad.

“Besides, what are you doing here? Why aren’t you with your parents?”

“That village is so boring. There’s nothing to do there.”

I visited Maya’s village a couple of times, and as a human, it was a hard place to be in. Most of the things there were huge, dragon size. I struggled to do anything. Even the drinks I ordered at the bar (non-alcohol, to be clear) were massive. It would take two regular adult human beings to drink a small size drink.

Maya shouldn’t have a problem with that, though. She could change into her dragon form at any moment.

“Don’t your parents miss you?”

Maya sat up straight. “We dragons have long lives, remember? Me leaving the village is like yesterday to them.”

“Oh, right. You have a point.”

I heard a knock from the door and walked toward it. “Coming.”

Opening it, I found Emori standing behind it, her clothes and hands dirty. “I’m back,” she said with a smile. I let her in.

“Want to take a bath?”

“Yes, please.”

“Alright, I’ll prepare it.” I headed toward the back of the house, where our bath was. I filled it with water, then used my fire magic to heat it up. Once it was hot enough, I returned to the living room. “Bath’s ready.”

“Okay.” Emori walked toward the bath, with Maya bringing a change of clothes behind her.

“Do humans really need this?” she asked. I turned my head away.

“For the thousandth time, yes.”

Maya’s steps disappeared into the distance, and I plopped myself back on the chair. Our house had undergone quite a renovation after I went to the capital. With the ridiculous amount of money I got, all thanks to the grinding we did, we could afford to fix out our home. It wasn’t the size of a mansion yet, but at least my parents didn’t have to worry about leaks every time it rained.

“Fortis, can you get the laundry?” Mom called all of a sudden. I stood up and looked out the window. Despite summer on the horizon, the clouds for the day looked dark.

“Okay!” I rushed outside, taking all the laundry before it rained.

* ••

“So… this is your room…?” Emori’s eyes wandered around as I brought her into my room.

“Didn’t you already come here before?” When I brought her here, I teleported us right into this room. Granted, after that, my parents discovered her and she didn’t get to return to it.

“Fortis’ room is boring,” Maya commented.

“You didn’t even have anything inside your room.”

Back then, we didn’t have much money. Even after Maya moved in, our economy didn’t change by much. I was still grateful for us having our own rooms, but that meant our room didn’t have much space in it. I still decorate my room with some things. I couldn’t get a poster of my favorite anime character in this world, but I could hang a wooden training sword.

I wonder if they’ve made No Life No Game season two yet.

The thought of me never being able to experience my favorite anime filled me with sadness, but there was nothing I could do about it. I didn’t want to return, either.

“I have stuff in the village.”

“But you don’t live in the village.”

“My room there is much larger compared to here. I could throw more stuff in there.”

“Again, you don’t live in that village.”

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“A dragon village…” the word seemed to have caught Emori’s attention. “I often forgot that you came from a different village, Maya.

“Want to visit? It’s a two-hour flight away.”

“We can’t teleport?” Emori looked toward me. I covered my head in shame.

“I struggle to memorize it. It’s way too big.”

The Teleportation spell required me to memorize a certain part of the location to be able to teleport. I didn’t have to remember everything, but at the same time, I couldn’t just choose a random rock and memorize that. I struggled to fathom the sheer size of the village. Everything was much, much bigger there. As a result, I had problems with using Teleportation.

It would probably take a couple more visits before I could use Teleportation there. I could use it for the trip home, though.

“You want to visit? We can teleport back by nightfall.”

“That sounds exciting.”

“Alright then.” Maya headed into her room, changing into a simple cape that covered her body. We went out, and she transformed into a dragon. I told Mom about our trip, and we headed off for the dragon village.

* ••

“Woah…” Emori exclaimed in wonder as we approached the mountains. The dragon village was massive, occupying the entire mountainside, even going all the way to its peaks. Emori slowed down and made a soft landing on the streets. We got off after.

The dragons turned toward us, murmurs began, all in dragon language, so we didn’t understand any of it. Maya guided us to her parents’ home, which was located a bit higher from where we landed.

“This is so different…” Emori murmured as she walked by my side. I could understand her surprise. Not only were the buildings larger, they were simpler as well. Most of the buildings were made out of rocks and stone, without much color or decorations on them. Stacks of gold became the only color in the town’s shade of gray. They reflected the light of the sun, sparkling in their glory.

“I don’t understand why humans like decorating their places,” Maya said as we walked. “Solicea said that my room is boring.”

“Didn’t you just complain about my room being boring?”

“It is, isn’t it?”

Maya’s room in the dormitories was like this as well. It remained in its original state, with no new decorations or the like.

Well, I wasn’t one to talk. My room didn’t have much, either. But I would blame it on the fact that I hadn’t found anything I liked in this world. If anime and games exist here, then my room would be filled to the brim with posters, figures, and stuff. A whole lot of stuff.

“What do you want to do here? There aren't a lot of things to do here.” Maya asked.

“I think I’ll enjoy just looking around.” Emori turned left and right.

We stood on the mountains. The village had magnificent views, I’ll give it that.

“Maybe we should have brought things for a picnic.” When we visited this village, we always came to talk with Maya’s parents, so I didn’t have the chance to enjoy the views all that much.

“That’s a good idea, actually.” Emori agreed with me.

“Then, let’s get to my parents’ house, they should have some stuff we could grab. The two of us nodded and followed after her.

* ••

“Picnic? I know a good spot,” Father said. I had settled with calling Emori’s parents Father and Mother. It sounded like I was calling my father-in-law and mother-in-law, but dragons couldn’t have romantic interests in humans.

Truly unfortunate.

“We have some meat from our hunt as well,” Mother added.

“How about we accompany you there?” Father suggested. Maya looked toward me and Emori.

“That’s fine,” I answered. They did a lot to help me in the past, I wouldn’t reject them for no reason.

“Alright, then. Let me grab the food.”

After they were done, we departed higher into the mountain. I and Emori rode on Maya like before.

“It’s cold…” Emori rubbed her hands. As we rose in altitude, the temperature dropped as well.

“We’ll be there in a moment.” Father reassured us.

“Ah, there it is!”

We made a landing on one of the peaks. It was a rather small flat surface, too small for three dragons and two humans. We got off Maya. I turned around, facing away from the dragons.

“Turn around, Emori.”

“Huh? Okay.” Despite looking confused, Emori did as I said.

“We have the same bodies anyway, why are you so worried?” I heard Maya’s voice.

“You won’t get it.”

“It’s weird, you know?” Maya said in exasperation.

I was the one troubled by this, you know?

Emori seemed to understand what was going on behind us as well.

“We’re done.”

I and Emori turned around. Maya and her family were all in their human forms, wearing a piece of cloth over their bodies.

“Alright, let’s get to lighting up the fire.” Father took the wood he brought with him and set them down on the floor. Using magic, Mother lit them up, creating a little campfire.

I took the meat we brought with us and began grilling over the open flame.

“Fish!” Maya’s eyes sparkled as she saw a salmon among the lines of beef.

“Do you all like fish?” Emori asked.

“I like beef, but my husband here likes chicken.”

“Or pork, I also like pork.”

There were chicken and pork among the lines of meat as well.

“But the problem with chicken is they’re too small to eat in your dragon form. You’ll get hungrier quicker.” Father looked disturbed by this fact. “I only eat chicken when I’m in my human form. Well, I can’t deny that the way humans cook chicken is quite delicious.”

“He would occasionally go to a human village just to find chicken.” Mother giggled.

“I like all kinds of meat.” I added. “Although I like fish the least.”

My problem with fish lies with its bones. Those damn tiny bones are so annoying to get rid of. The dragons and Maya’s human bodies both have stronger digestive systems. They could eat bones without trouble.

Other than that little annoyment, I have no problem with fish. Fish is delicious.

“How about you, Emori? What do you like?” I asked.

“Umm…”

We waited for her answer.

“I think… I like goat meat.”

“Ah, I see.” Father looked down on all the meat he brought. “Unfortunately, we didn't bring any goats with us.”

“Ah, it's alright!” Emori shook her hands. “I don't mind eating other kinds of meat. I'm happy you're willing to invite me here.”

“A friend of our children is a friend of ours,” Mother reassured her. “So don't worry, we're happy to have you here.”

“Aren't there goats around here?” Maya stood up and peeked out the mountainside.

“The mountainside is too steep for them,” Father said. “They couldn't climb up here.”

I thought all the jokes about goats came from the fact that they can climb anything. I guess that isn't true. Not like I know a lot about them, either.

“Anyway, food is ready.” Mother took the grilled meat and began handing them around. “Enjoy.”

“Thank you.”

We began eating together, conversing as we watched the sun go down.