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After Sakura was done with preparing, She set off. 

Surprisingly, Riding a dragon wasn't that easy. The high wind combined with slippery scales meant that she was in for a time of her life.

Thankfully, Red created a Wind barrier later that saved Sakura from holding on to The scales like her life depended on it.

The rest of the journey went smoothly as Sakura just lay on the dragon's back and played games.

"Game Over!" 

"Dang it! This is so frustrating!"

She looked to the side quietly and saw the scenery for a while.

'I wonder what kind of people I will meet.'

'Meh, we will find out once we are there.' Sakura shrugged.

"Say, miss. What is the thing that keeps making those sounds?" Suddenly Red intercepted Sakura's thoughts.

"Hm? You mean the video game console?"

"If it's the white thing in your hands then yes."

"Oh, yes. It's called a game console. You can play games in it." Sakura replied nonchalantly. 

"Games? Like chess?"

"Yes, something like that. Do you want one?" Sakura thought maybe the game console could be like her travel payment or something like that. After all, no matter the situation, she was essentially forcing Red to come with her.

"If you are willing to," Red said. he wasn't really hell-bent on the thing. He was just a little curious.

Sakura shook her head. She just asked Astra to bring a console and some video games according to the dragon's taste.

However, what Astra brought out made Sakura furrow her brows.

"Lover conqueror one?" 

"Waifu collector simulator?" 

"Prince of love ?"

She read the three titles that Astra bought out with awe. Including the console, it costs a total of three ep.

'Are you sure he will like this? Weren't boys supposed to love action titles?'

"..."

Sakura was speechless. Of the three games, two were of the otome genre, and one idle RPG.

Sakura shook her head in disappointment.

'Anyway, just give me a manual that the dragon understands.'

Sakura then just put everything in a box.

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It was noon. The rain on the top of the mountain range had subsided a little bit. Walter who was out had gathered a pretty good amount of resources. He caught a few insects and found some rare herbs. The herbs would fetch some good prices from the merchants. He made his way back home in a delightful mood.

The forest path was somewhat muddy and the slippery grips were not helping it. He used his spear to perch the muddy ground and get a good grip.

"Just a little bit and I will be resting at home with a warm fire." 

He said in his mind. 

*GROOOOM!!!

Suddenly, the ground shook with great intensity. Hearing the great noise Walter's face darkened. 

He felt something coming from up the hills. He instantly knew what it was.

"Shit!"

As soon as he looked up he saw large amounts of mud and water crashing down toward him, breaking everything in its path.

Even the giant trees and boulders were being swept away by it.

Walter obviously didn't stand still and started running in the hope of getting out of the way of the landslide.

Lands slides were extremely dangerous. Especially, if there wasn't anyone to immediately rescue him. 

*Rustle

*Huff *Huff

He panted as he ran like a madman. 

He was slicing the small weeds that got in his way. He was getting hopeful since he could see the mud and water start to distance.

However, when he took the next step he suddenly realized,

"Huh?"

There was no ground below his feet. 

*Arggghhhhhhh!

*Thump

He felt the hard surface as he hit the rocky ground below. 

*Argh!

Walter grimaced in pain as he felt his bones shatter like toothpicks.

He tried to get up immediately but failed.

*Argh!

The pain made him give up on the thought of getting up. 

"Damn it!" he muttered weakly.

Looking at the dark and gloomy cave and the small waterway not far from him, he could clearly imagine what kind of place this was.

This was an underground waterway. This kind of water system was spread across the entire mountain range. 

What's frightening is that these waterways were like a maze. If one got lost then that was it. Not to mention the monsters that lurk in these mazes are just as dangerous.

Walter weakly raised his head and looked at the hole that he fell through. It was almost thirty meters or so high. 

With his battered body, he could just give up on the thought of getting out from there.

'So, this is where I die, huh?' At this moment he decided to just give up. There was no way he could get out of this alive, useless someone miraculously found him. 

And considering that he doesn't have any family there was no way anyone would come looking for him. 

At this realization, his world suddenly became a little tranquil. 

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"We're here," Red said as he landed on the forestry terrain.

"This place is…?" Sakura left and right and everything she found was a dense canopy of trees

"This is the human country borders. If you go northeast or northwest there are human towns not that far away." Red said while waging his tail left and right. This seemed to be a habit of his.

"And also I can't go into the human territory with my dragon form since that could potentially cause war," Red added.

"It's okay. I understand." Sakura knew that she was practically forcing the poor lizard to come.

"Here take this." Sakura gave him the box that she prepared for him.

"What is this?" 

"You wanted a game console, remember? The manuals are inside with the console." Sakura said as she handed over the box.

"Okay." Red tilted his head while he took the box. He wasn't sure what this game console was, so he was a little curious about the box.

 "Okay, then you can go now. Please, remember to come by next year as well. " Sakura said while waving her hand.

Red just nodded and flew away. 

"Well, that was that." 

Sakura said as she walked into the forest canopy. 

"Anyway, Astra? Which way are the nearest humans?" 

"Huh?"

Before Sakura could realize anything, She fell through a hole.

*AAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhh!!!