Am really a Dragon!

I Still Live

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2️⃣ That was the first time Man had felt so helpless against any other species than Man. As if a foreboding of what is to come.'

____ GYRFALCON POV ____

I fell face-first on the surface of a hard Stone Pavement and gasp out loud. "f**k! I swear am going to pay back this humiliation a hundredfold, damn you human!

Right, wherein the f*****g hell am I?"

The houses at both sides of me looked empty and somewhat desolate. I looked cautiously around me as I wriggle to the darkest corner of the street, my arms bleeding profusely.

I still feel slight shivers thinking that I almost died!

' I can't believe they didn't even hear me out, All those ungrateful bastards, I swear am going to cut

"Eyo, mister. Why are you here? Could it be that the dragons finally defeated us? I knew it! What those Dukes and Earls do in their mansion is to either sleep with countless beauties or spend their money lavishly on leather armor and costly garments... Always trying to feel Wealthy."

I twirled at this voice and found an aged human who looked older than 50 — in his mid or late sixties, beckoning to me in the darkest part further away. I listened to his ' righteous ' speech silently and found myself liking this guy. Maybe, no... It was definitely because he somehow sided with me, I mean the dragon's side.

"The battle is over now, may I ask you are?"

"Huh, Aish. I forgot, because of Queen Clover's wedding selection, many outsiders are coming to try their luck here. You must be one of them right? my name is Guido, of house Fors.

"What, The Queen wants to wed again? is she not afraid of the scorn and reproach the world would shower her? Or does she wants to pressure people with both her Title and Power? Scum!"

I immediately raised my hands to my mouth after I realize my mistake, what I had just spoken was bordering on treason, humans loved finding faults in everything.

' curse me and my mouth'

"What are you afraid of? What you speak is the sole truth, That Ass can never find love while in that arrogant and haughty look on her even more cold face."

"Then why-"

"The Queen I am talking of isn't her, but the new Queen, her daughter, Queen Clover. Do you think if it was the previous Queen anyone could have been happy and free like this, Aish! Let me tell you a story"

Another round of sob tales, and I just listen quietly.

We made it to a run-down restaurant with only three extra people.

It turns out he had been in the previous Queen's marriage selection but was rudely thrown out of the castle as a failure, being made a fool of by his peers and even the younger generations.

It all started as a boring story of a young handsome but poor boy [ Him ] falling in love with the most beautiful girl [ Old queen ], by then he hadn't become a Viscount and had been opportune to stay close to the Castle. He would watch the then Princess water her garden while beautifully joking with her maids, every pout and smile of her brought bliss-

"Guido, don't you think recalling so much would only bring you anguish and uncover your hidden scars? I think it'll be best for both of us if you rushed through your childhood memories."

"True, right... Thank you for reminding me, I was almost lost in my thoughts. so"

Because he, unfortunately, fell short and knew he couldn't meet her standards, he braved through blood-boiling battles and countered storms for 10 years to gain a rank high enough to sit in her presence. He had then returned to participate in her marriage selection then, but who would have thought that he wouldn't make it past the very first test and would be forced away even after all his entreaty and cries.

"It must have been hard in you," I say while trying my best to feel saddened, "But what exactly is this marriage Selection - I mean, what are the steps involved."

"Right. Follow me, let's find a better place to discuss, I believe it'll be great trading knowledge between like a minded person like you."

Between the next hour or so, We talked at great length about the happenings in the castle, and the east, which I had to formulate using a case study from my home realm.

I also took peeks at the places we passed and even where we were currently sitting, a warm cottage that serves as a mini-sized restaurant s***h Diner.

"So Guido does that mean you are interested in participating in this Selection too? I remember you said the new Queen shouldn't be up to 24, Can you cope, can she cope?" I ask in a daze, this man was really...

"What of it? You talk like this because you have yet to see the Queen upfront. With large cute eyes and a meek puppy look, she has won the hearts of all men and even women. Don't think too much, when you see her you're going to understand."

I rub my nose in resignation, Although the age difference in my Realm and this one were vastly different, it still shouldn't stop me from placing A and B where they belong.

Back in the Dragon Realm, marriages happen between different ages, for instance, me marrying a woman of 500 when am still in my 100s or some other person marrying a woman with an age gap of over 650 years, because of our looks, it would still be hard to notice the age difference as even 4000-year-olds could be the same with a 40-year-old human.

"So, ehm mister, you still haven't told me about what exactly happened in the battle, how did the human masters win? you only gleamed through, still leaving me unsatisfied."

'Bastard! Watch your language. why in the freaking hell would I satisfy you? '

"Unfortunately though, it seems like our time is up" Those words leaving my mouth had put me in action already as I shot out and grabbed his throat.