/// Kiyotaka Ayanokoji ///
"Still hell bent on not coming out... huh?" I spoke gently, slightly caressing the smooth surface of the egg Sylvia had entrusted me with.
The unborn life inside it- Sylvia's child, was still unready or rather unwilling to come out.
Dragons. One of the most heavily debated creatures in my old world.
The legendary myths of dragons have always depicted the creatures to have a massive serpent-like body along with the capability to fly. Though most dragons are imagined having four legs, they have two legs or no legs in some myths. In the folklore of medieval Europe, dragons breathe fire, fly, and are generally perceived as malevolent creatures. In eastern cultures, the notion of dragons is contradictory, as they are wingless and accompanied by the weather, specifically flood and rainfall, and they are considered as auspicious beings.
The word "Dragon", itself was derived from a Greek word "Drakon", translating not to dragon but a huge serpent. In another words, the word dragon literally means an over-grown lizard but with wings.
Their anatomy in itself was questionable. Like the question "How can dragons fly?" It was a logical question, considering their mass which no matter what happens can't be supported by the wing structure we know.
The fact that no one had ever found a dragon skeleton made this question even difficult. After many years of research and using only the historical records as reference it was decided that these fantasy and mythological animals have the anatomy to support them. First, dragons have wings made of bone rods. Some assumptions state that the dragon wings are not real wings.
The bony trunk protruding from the chest only acts as a support for the gliding membrane. Then how can dragons fly? To fly, the dragon's bones need to be hollowed out and then reinforced with internal balancing ropes.
Dragon wings would be thin membranes with light scales or have feathers. The dragon's strong muscles will support it to flap its wings. Now that we know all these facts, should that be enough to make us believe that dragons can really fly?
In the end, even after all the research it just became a matter of faith with no concrete evidence to support anything. But, in this world dragons existed. Sylvia and this egg were the living proof of it.
Well, not Sylvia since she's dead.
(A/n OUCH!)
No matter what's the origin, dragons were always depicted as extremely strong creatures, capable of wiping civilizations in the mere blink of an eye. I had never seen the extent of Sylvia's real power. Her comprehension of mana was impressive, but it proves a simple point.
The dragons have an extremely narrow-minded way of comprehension and gaining insight into magic or what they refer as mana arts. The sheer lack of innovation in their knowledge was troubling. In other words, if they weren't blessed with the innate talents such as the superior physique, they wouldn't have fared any better than normal humans.
From what Sylvia told me, she made it sound like there were only dragons in this world. Logically speaking, it's impossible. How can a world have such an unbalanced system?
If there exist only dragons, how are they are not ruling over this continent?
If dragons are the only deities in this world, why was she so scared of the one coming after her?
How can she be killed, and other dragons never showed up to save her?
It was clear she didn't tell me everything but blaming her was just me being hypocritical. After all, I did the same with her.
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