Volcanion Of The Blazing Inferno

No matter what happened, what Kikori had to do did not change.

It did not change, but… once his thoughts settled down, Kikori arrived at “a certain possibility.”

If the dragon was willing to speak with Kikori, then perhaps something could be done about that possibility as well.

That was exactly why Kikori addressed the dragon.

“Then, setting my own case aside…”

“Oh? Yours is the matter at hand, is it not? I would think it the most important.”

“Urk… no, honestly, no matter what I am, it does not really change anything…”

“Are you sure about that?”

The dragon gazed down at Kikori… and naturally, Kikori met the dragon’s eyes.

Now that his fear had faded, he could clearly see that the dragon’s eyes held a deep intelligence.

He had to listen to what this dragon had to say.

There was something hidden there that made him feel that way.

“What you ‘are’ is more important than you think. The fact that you are able to converse with me at all is because you are ‘a being shifted toward our side.’ Is that not so?”

“…It is. But that—”

“Then what of the fairy trembling behind you? If you were nothing more than an ordinary human, would it have been there at your side?”

“…I do not think so.”

He could not refute a single word.

The reason Orphe was getting along with Kikori, and the reason the dragon was speaking with Kikori,

was none other than the fact that Kikori possessed Dragon Crown.

Without that, Kikori would have been nothing but a pile of ash.

“Always keep an accurate grasp of your own place. Anyone who cannot do that will without fail bring misery upon those around him.”

“Misery…”

“If that does not convince you, I shall give you a simple example.”

As it spoke, the dragon turned its gaze behind Kikori.

“That fairy. Did nothing happen as a result of bringing it into a ‘human’ community?”

“It did. It caused an uproar.”

Yes, bringing the fairy along had caused such a commotion that even the Defense Count had become involved.

He had been called a fairy user, and strange people had started crawling out of the woodwork.

“That is exactly what I mean. In the matter of the fairy, it ended at that because you, a ‘human,’ were the one at the center of it. But what happens when you yourself become the outsider within the community?”

“You are saying that will happen?”

“I am not. The reasons one becomes an outsider are not limited to physical or biological causes.”

“…”

He understood full well that this was sincere advice.

And because he understood that, Kikori bowed his head deeply to the dragon.

“Thank you. I will carve those words into my heart. And… I am Kikori. The fairies have also given me the name Dragonewt.”

“I see. I am Volcanion of the Blazing Inferno. Now then, Kikori. What was it you were about to ask me earlier?”