Chapter 5

Lily's POV

Finally, I agreed to an agreement to stay with Draka for the next three days. I hope he doesn't break his promise to explain to me the real cause of my father's death. But does a dragon have a cunning nature and will betray him? I think definitely yes, but we'll wait for later. Because maybe my suspicions about him are not correct, so we will wait for the next three days.

"Okay, I'm willing." The loud tone of voice was half challenging.

"Okay then, I will put you somewhere where no humans will ever touch you. Are you ready?"

I was nervous and nervous because I was afraid that I would have to be placed in a place where humans had never been there.

"How? Why are you silent?"

"Sure... I'm ready." I tried to be brave.

"Okay, follow me and climb on my back so we can reach that place quickly."

Even though I felt hesitant, I started to climb onto Draka's back. I never knew where Draka would take me. Obviously, I hope that he takes me to a less scary place. So I'm not so afraid if I'm in that place for the next three days.

Draka lowered his body and almost landed on the ground. Even though in fact his body could only straddle and was unable to step on the ground. I half-stepped my legs and started climbing onto his back. I hope it doesn't make me fall when I start to move and fly.

Once I was among these giant black scales I felt like I was riding on a shiny flying saucer. Even though these scales smelled a little fishy, I endured them and pretended not to smell this unpleasant smell. Even though I felt a little nauseous when I smelled the fishy aroma coming from these giant scales. I only saw the appearance of large scales this time.

"Uoooo."

"Uoooo."

Several times I held back the urge to vomit because the smell of the scales was really strong.

"What's wrong with you Mae?" Draka asked me from the front without looking at me.

"N… no… I'm fine." I deliberately didn't come clean about the fishy-smelling scales. Because I'm afraid it will trigger Draka's great anger. Who wouldn't be angry if they felt insulted? Of course, anyone will be angry when insulted. So I avoided saying bad things about the Draka I now met. I don't want to invite disaster tonight.

If I told him the truth I could suddenly be thrown from above his body and he would go into a rage whipping his tail at my body. Or it could be that its rather sharp horns will block me and suddenly my head will explode. Or like before, he emits a bright red light from his eyes that makes my body hot. I really don't want all those bad possibilities to happen. I don't want to die now. I still want to find out the truth about what happened in the mystery of my father's death.

But it's strange, why do I suddenly believe that Draka will reveal everything about my father, including the cause of his death? Am I crazy for agreeing to an alliance with a giant dragon snake? Is this just a dream? But not! This is real because when I was leaving I didn't want to fall asleep. I came to the edge of the forest consciously with a lamp in my hand. I wasn't hallucinating when Draka suddenly approached me. I've eaten my fill and am not hungry.

Although of course I definitely haven't had enough sleep because I've been busy for the past two days with my father's death. Because I have to contact the hospital and the police. So I certainly didn't get enough sleep. So am I hallucinating? Or delusions from the effects of my taking antibiotics for sedation? Because after my father left, I became restless and uncertain. Not to mention I have to live alone at home without any friends because I am now alone without a mother and without a father, let alone siblings. I also don't know where my father's brothers are. Whether I still have a large family, of course, I never know about that.

For this reason, because I am now alone, I have convinced myself to thoroughly investigate this case myself. I went to the edge of the forest alone and there was no one I could ask for help apart from my friends. But I don't want to bother them and involve them in my family's problems. I am a fairly independent person even though I have lots of friends everywhere.

Never mind about that for a moment. When I think about that, I feel very unfortunate. Now I can only follow Draka's flying direction. I don't know where this giant dragon snake will take me. Obviously, I will sue him in the next three days. After that, I will disappear from Draka's life and start living again among humans. But it depends on the content of Draka's answer. If the answer is proven that there are shrimp behind the rock then I will return to searching for the truth in the human world.

But if my father's death really had something to do with Draka and was a payment for him then I... I don't know. I don't know what I would do if my father and I were not separated from this mythological creature. Maybe my fate will end tragically like in a fairy tale. Or I will experience more valuable experiences in the future with non-human creatures. Wait, why can I enter a realm where there are no humans? Am I dead just like my father? No! No! No! There's no way that could happen because I still feel like my body and spirit are still united and one and can then tread on the ground.

Our journey took so long, that I almost don't know where this is. Because this is my first time passing and walking along this street. But I just surrender to the journey that will take me to the next life experience. I started to trust Draka, he wouldn't cheat on me. It can be seen from his behavior that he is not the least bit suspicious. It doesn't seem like he's an evil creature. I hope so and it's true.

"Aaarrrrrggghh... Mae, why are you silent, come on and talk!"

Draka's voice suddenly startled me and broke my thoughts. I stopped thinking and immediately focused on Draka's question, which I thought was really trivial.

"What should I talk about?"

"Whatever, you have lots of stories, don't you?"

"Em... No! I don't have any stories. My life is too flat and cold."

I think my life is cold, as cold as tonight.