In the room deep in the weapons workshop, Emil used the key Lidia gave him to open the basement lid.

He and Sion came to Lilith again.

The dark basement was illuminated by firelight, but Lilith's body was still not fully exposed.

Lilith opened her eyes, and the faint firelight reflected in her pupils. She seemed to have just woken up from a deep sleep.

Since she had nothing to do since last night, she could only pass the time by sleeping.

Emil saw that she could only stay in this place for so many years, and couldn't help but feel deep sympathy for her.

Apart from helping Mosswood forge, Lilith has nothing else to do. Life is inevitably boring. Although she does not have to worry about survival, the price is the loss of freedom.

"Lilith, I've always wanted to ask you a question, are you really willing to stay in a place like this?" Emil asked casually.

He didn't want to tell her the news of Mosswood's death for the time being, not because he was afraid that she would be sad, but because she was going to change her master next, and he couldn't just let her go with them. That would be too insincere, and even more so.

Besides, she still needs her consent to sign the contract.

So before that, it is necessary to have a good relationship with Lilith.

Thain probably understood Emil's intention, so even if the situation was urgent, he had no intention of urging it.

Lilith blinked, a little surprised, because she thought Emil was here to deliver food, and she didn't expect to ask such a question so coldly.

"...It's not bad." Lilith said vaguely.

"Uh, what do you mean okay? Don't you feel lonely or aggrieved? As a giant dragon that can soar in the sky, you can only stay in this narrow basement."

"Well, I haven't thought about this." Lilith tilted her head, and then said, "By the way, have you brought me food?"

"..."

Emil and Sion were both stunned. They thought Lilith would be resentful of Mosswood or regret signing a contract with humans, but the result was that she didn't seem to care about these things at all.

Should she be called innocent? Or should she pretend not to care despite being in pain?

Emil didn't know. He knew that there was no point in continuing to ask, so he planned to get to the point directly.

However, at this time, Lilith seemed to think for a while and said softly.

"You may not be able to imagine that a dragon would actually like to stay in a dark corner. In human minds, dragons naturally yearn for the sky, and then soar into the sky with their powerful wings, but maybe I am an anomaly.

Because...I can't fly."

"……What?"

Emil suspected that he had heard wrongly. The dragon with huge wings in front of him could not fly. Isn't this a lie?

"How is that possible? Don't you have such big wings?" Sion also felt strange.

"Haha, it's true that you can't understand it, but that's the fact. Because of this, I was abandoned by the tribe. Of course, I can also understand their decision. If others know, I am the daughter of the great Dragon King.

, but it can’t fly, it will definitely embarrass the entire dragon clan.”

"Dragon, Dragon King? You mean your father is the Dragon King?"

The two of them were shocked when they heard this. They originally thought that Lilith was just an ordinary dragon, but they didn't expect that they had won the grand prize. This dragon turned out to be the princess of the dragon tribe.

"Yeah, this title sounds resounding, right? But such a title made me fall into the tragic fate of being abandoned by the tribe. If I was just an ordinary dragon, maybe I wouldn't be like this. After that, I

I fell into the hands of humans and became their slave. Unfortunately, they also discovered that I couldn’t fly in the end, so they drove me away. Later, I don’t know who spread the rumor that eating dragon meat can prolong life, so next

As you can imagine, I was caught by a group of people again, and they were even planning to sell me to a slaughterhouse."

"Huh? What's going on here?" Sion couldn't help complaining.

"Haha, it's very strange, isn't it? At the beginning, when I knew that I was a dragon princess, I felt confident that I was an extremely noble existence. I always thought highly of myself, but in the end I was found to have the flaw of being unable to fly.

, my status suddenly fell to the bottom. Then I met humans. At that time, I thought that I should be useful to humans, and they would definitely value me. But I didn’t expect that my only use was to be sent away.

Go to the slaughterhouse and be slaughtered like those animals. In short, this has been the case for the more than five hundred years I have lived. Sometimes I am confident, and sometimes I am disappointed. Most of the time I am full of longing for the future, but in the end what I get seems to be forever.

I was disappointed until one day I met Moss Wood."

"So that's it." Emil couldn't help but sigh.

"Then you became very interested in forging, so Mr. Mosswood asked you for help, right?" Thain guessed.

"Yes, but at the beginning, he felt that dragon's breath could improve the efficiency of forging, so he asked me to ask for it. You should understand after understanding my experience. I have been seeking recognition from others all my life, and now someone finally needs it.

Of course I was overjoyed, and then decided to sign a contract with him. It didn’t matter what he did to me, I just hoped he wouldn’t abandon me.”

"..."

Emil thought to himself that this dragon was too pitiful. It was a race that made all creatures on the continent fearful, but because of its inability to fly, it turned into a dragon with low self-esteem that was in desperate need of recognition from others.

Now, he hesitated to tell her the truth. Since what she feared most was to be abandoned by Mosswood, now that her master had passed away, would she feel abandoned again?

"Listen, Lilith," Sion suddenly spoke, "Now that we know each other, it means we are already friends, right? Then I hereby promise that we will never abandon you, right?

, Emil?”

Emil smiled happily and said.

"Of course, we are partners who forged swords together."

"...Really? Thank you very much."

Although Lilith could not show her expression, Emil and the others could still feel the joy.

"So, I have something to tell you."

At this time, Emil finally decided to tell the truth and no longer worried about whether she could bear it.

"Oh? Is it the news about something happening in Mosswood?" Lilith said lightly.

"Ah this..." Emil was stunned for a moment.

Sean also felt strange and asked quickly.

"That's not right, Lilith, you've been staying here all this time, how could you know about this?"

"Well, it's like this. Last night I suddenly found that my body became a lot lighter. This was a strange feeling that I had never experienced before, so I had a hunch that something must have happened to Mosswood."

"……I see."

"Then your hunch was so accurate," Sain couldn't help but admire, "Indeed, Mosswood passed away just last night."

"Yeah?"

After receiving the confirmation, Lilith's tone turned out to be very calm, which made Emil a little suspicious of what she just said about her fear of being abandoned.

"Haha, you must be thinking that I am a heartless dragon." Lilith smiled and said.

"Isn't it? If you really have feelings for Mosswood, you should feel sad at this time." Emil said bluntly.

"Of course not. Just because I regard him as my master, I won't be sad about his death, because it was his own choice and it was to save the town, right? Of course, if he died unexpectedly,

, then I will feel sad.”

"..."

When Emil heard this, he was suddenly enlightened.

Indeed, Mosswood's sacrifice was meaningful. It was also his last wish. After he fulfilled his wish, they should be happy for him.

If he is unable to realize his wish until he dies because he doesn't want him to die, that would be truly cruel and selfish.

Sien standing aside also nodded in agreement, but at the same time he was extremely surprised that this dragon, who seemed to have the personality of a little girl, actually had such a profound understanding of this matter.

"Then, is it time for you to give me something to eat?" Lilith said suddenly.

"Uh, okay."

Emil didn't expect that she was always thinking about food, but he was indeed prepared. After all, if he wanted to ask Lilith for help, he couldn't just show nothing.

He motioned to Sion to place the twenty portions of food he had brought in front of Lilith.

"Wow, isn't this too rich?" Lilith said excitedly immediately.

Then, regardless of appearance, she stuck out her long tongue and rolled all the food into her mouth.

The two of them were frightened by this way of eating, and they both thought that if Lilith wanted to eat them, she would probably swallow them in one bite like this.

"Haha, don't worry, I won't eat people." Lilith seemed to understand their concerns and said with a smile.

"...Yes, right? Human beings don't taste good after all." Sain said guiltily.

"Well, I'm full. Now that I've roughly told you about my past, which one of you two wants to sign a contract with me next?" Lilith said seriously after burping.

"Ah this."

"That's weird, Lilith, you don't have the ability to read minds, do you? How come you can guess everything?"

"I can't read minds," Lilith shook her head and then said, "By the way, what do you think of me? Do you really think I am a child who doesn't understand anything? Although I am indeed a child in the Dragon Clan.

Yes, but I am a giant dragon that has lived for more than five hundred years, how could I not understand anything?"

"Haha, okay, we underestimated you." Sion scratched his head.

"However, I have to remind you that this contract can only be signed with one person, so have you really decided?"

"This..." Emil was speechless. They really hadn't discussed it yet.
To be continued...