Chapter 53: Echoes of the [Redacted], a Date, and an Exam (2)

I am, fundamentally, a Reincarnator. A case of someone living an ordinary life who coincidentally became aware of their past life.

I was an office worker who found joy in reading web novels, but I am also a resident who has lived in this world.

Thus, I still held a sense of respect. I harbored my own admiration and awe for that proud dragon, a being straight out of myths, the great dragon who founded and protected this Empire.

A perception ingrained since childhood. It's certainly not an easy thing to change.

It's certainly not easy, but the Progenitor Dragon managed it.

A patheticness beyond measure. A regrettable nature that far surpassed the common sense of an ordinary person.

Is the Progenitor Dragon's meddling *also* the most extreme? I thought, and then I pointed out the disgraceful behavior this lizard had displayed.

“So, you're saying you were so surprised by my suddenly grabbing your hand that you didn't even realize what was happening?”

It was for a reason that I assumed Sion had understood the situation. Taking complete Mana Control is practically the same as holding someone's life in your hands.

It was unthinkable that someone like the Progenitor Dragon wouldn't have noticed it; that was the judgment ingrained in my mind...