The Dragon of Dreams

Early Afternoon - Early Summer : Bahamut Estate

"Well, Young Lord and Young Miss, shall I show you to your rooms?"

Looking towards Krystallo, I made sure she was ready before nodding.

"Then please follow me."

As they started walking away, I changed back to my humanoid form and hopped on Ilios. -I really need to strengthen the floors in here so I can walk around normally..-

Although I didn't find my humanoid form nearly as uncomfortable since my last dragon sleep, it definitely wasn't totally comfortable.

Noticing me change forms, Galen glanced back at me with a curious look. "Do you prefer your humanoid form?"

"No, it's just if I walk around in my dragon form, I'll shatter the floors."

"You should be alright, young lord. The floors are meant to handle the weight of large elders!" He held his head up high with confidence as he boasted about the home's resilience.

-Well.. maybe it was a coincidence that it shattered in the main hall..- I lightly hopped off Ilios and changed to my dragon form.

*Crunch* Nearly instantly, the floor shattered and sank down several centimeters.

Galen looked at the ground beneath my feet in shock.

"See.. I'm a bit heavier than I seem." Worried that I'd accidentally destroy the house, I quickly changed back to my humanoid form.

With me changing forms, Galen quickly snapped out of his shock. "I will have some people come by to strengthen it. In the meantime, shall we continue?"

"Sure.." -It'll be easier for me if they just get someone else to strengthen it anyways..- I was originally planning to strengthen the floors in my free time but with the space rune incident, I was left with far more important things on my plate.

We continued down the hall for a bit till we came across two huge doors on either side of the hall.

"Young Lord, your room is this one on our left, and Young Miss, your room is here on the right. If either of you need anything, some maids will be coming by shortly."

"Sweet, thanks."

Seeing we understood, Galen immediately started heading back down the hall.

"I don't like him.." Krystallo watched him as he walked down the hall.

"Haah.. I'm sure it's just because we don't know him yet... Well, Ima head into my room, just knock if you need something."

"Okay!" She looked over at me with a childish smile.

-Well.. lets see what it's like inside..-

Hopping off Ilios I walked up to the huge door.

When I was getting ready to push it open, I noticed there was a human sized door for the maids. -How convenient..-

Opening up the door, I let Ilios in first before following right behind him.

Inside, the room was absolutely massive.

At the center of the room, there was a large, circular stone platform, presumably where I would be sleeping but.. -After what I experienced in Kaelallan, just stone doesn't cut it..-

I quickly made my way onto the platform and took my time to strengthen everything in the room.

Once I finished that, I changed to my dragon form and started trying to mimic the cushion from Kaelallan.

After a bit of trial and error, I finally found something that was similar and laid the cushion onto the stone platform.

Getting it centered properly, I sunk the center of the platform down some so the cushion would be held in place and hopped onto it to make a few final changes.

"Haah.." -This is bliss..-

I laid there, nearly falling asleep from the incredible wave of comfort that washed over me.

"Haah.." -Right.. I need figure that out before I sleep..-

I slowly got back up, it was time I addressed a far more pressing matter.

Not procrastinating any more, I pulled out some more space mana and read it like aura again.

-Haah.. so I wasn't imagining things..-

Looking through my space mana revealed a massive crystalline structure that had no end.

It looked as if an extremely tight 3d grid was just built through everything.

-Now what if I..- Out of curiosity, I used space magic to push away the grid-like mana from a specific spot.

To my surprise, as I pushed away more and more, the crystalline grid I pushed away started to form a familiar crystalline sphere.

Almost immediately, a familiar black sphere appeared, getting bigger and bigger until immediately contracting and reverting to the grid when I released it.

-So that's how the space rune worked..-

On a basic level, the space rune stretched this crystalline grid out so the sphere would encompass everyone, then released its influence which made the sphere contract and squeeze the people in it into that.. realm.

-How weird..-

After figuring out the uttermost basics of how it worked, I wanted to lay down and nap, but there was one last thing I needed to check before that.

-So.. I could create matter in that realm.. I wonder if I can do that here..-

Following the same process as in that realm, I quickly managed to create a small block of aluminum. -Okay.. now lets see if it disappears when I stop holding it together..-

Pulling my aura and mana away, I expected the cube to just disintegrate like before but it didn't.

-Did that liquid-like space mana break it down?-

Although I was curious as to why it didn't disappear, I was too excited that it worked and tired to really care.

Having the ability to create matter opened the door to quite literally infinite possibilities! -But thats for a different day..-

My drowsiness from laying on the cushion started to catch up with me, so I went to lay down again.

As I closed my eyes, I thought to myself. -I need to give those things names too.. that realm and the grid..-

Luckily not long after I started thinking about it, two fitting names surfaced in my mind. -Ill call that realm the 'Void'.. and I'll call this grid the 'Fabric of Space'..-

Feeling satisfied with the names, I finally allowed myself to slowly drift to sleep with a satisfied smile on my face.

- Antonia ~

"Uggh.." I slowly opened my eyes when I noticed I was looking at a white ceiling. -Huh? What.. happ..-

"Please stay laying down Antonia.." A familiar voice rang out from next to me.

"Sister?" It was Anfisa, my sister who was a doctor that worked in the estate with me.

"Yeah, yeah. Calm down and don't think too hard.. you got beat up really badly.."

I felt a cold air wrap around my body. It was something I'd usually find uncomfortable but it helped numb the pain I was in. "What.. happened?"

"Haah.. Do you remember Zachari Ragnarok?"

"Y..yeah.. that young girl I trained all those years ago?"

"Yeah, her. Well she is the one who put you in this state."

"To think she.. beat me in a f..fight.."

"Actually, it wasn't a fight. You just called her son a slave and she hit you so hard you nearly died."

My entire body tensed as I heard her words. Pain coursed through my body but I didn't care, the fear that filled me numbed it.

"Please calm down.. the Ragnaroks have already made it clear that the damage sustained to your body is enough punishment. Thankfully the son you called a slave convinced them it was just a simple misunderstanding so she eased up the penalty."

Although what my sister spoke about was good news, I felt awful. "Im.. sorry.." If things had happened normally, not only I but also my sister would have been executed.

"Haah.. just relax, you'll be fine. I'm sure the memories of the incident will come back to you after some rest. Once you feel better you can go apologize to them yourself."

As I pushed through the pain to turn my head, I looked up at my sister who was using magic on me. "T..thank you.."