Chapter 340
Dragons are greedy beings.
Living lives close to eternity, they pile every manner of treasure inside their lairs: something they found beautiful one day, food they ate while imitating humans, rare minerals famous throughout the world, and more.
It was perhaps only natural that such a dragon would covet George, but…
“If you went to the trouble of kidnapping me, you should shower me with love, Dragon.”
“You demand much for a mere insignificant creature. You would be wise to close that noisy mouth before I burn you alive.”
“But my beauty can only be maintained if I receive an abundance of love…?”
“I could have you stuffed without going to all that trouble.”
“I am most beautiful when I’m alive, breathing, and chattering without pause. I never imagined that a noble dragon, called the pinnacle of nature, would be a miser satisfied with a mere corpse. Ah, how sad…”
“……”
The dragon had underestimated George terribly.
At a young age, armed with nothing but his own body, George had defeated a Garden in a contest of wills. There was no possibility that someone like him would fear a dragon. He skillfully set about coaxing and manipulating it.
And even in the midst of that, the dragon felt greed.
“It is certainly true that only one thing like you exists in this world.”
“Wouldn’t this planet’s fate be rather precarious if there were two of me?”
“It is a great relief that you are aware of…