Future Knight

Chapter 28

“This is ridiculous. How could you not know what a dragon is?”

Kang Chan’s tension reached its peak as he watched the gradually shaking figure.

This time, it was a situation where he might be the one to attack first.

Just as the tension was heightening, Zikyon suddenly clapped his hands, causing Kang Chan to flinch unknowingly.

Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!

‘What’s this? Why is he suddenly clapping and acting up?’

While continuously clapping, he shouted,

“Bravo.”

The word “Bravo,” passed down from ancient times among the dragon race, was an expression used to signify great joy.

Even in his thousands of years of life, he could count on one hand the number of times he had shouted “Bravo.”

Now, “Bravo” continuously burst out of his mouth, and Kang Chan, who had been unnecessarily tense due to his unpredictable behavior, felt a wave of shame.

‘Is he trying to mess with me?’

Kang Chan no longer wanted to deal with this strange intruder, whose actions grew increasingly bizarre and whose identity remained unknown.

No matter what he was.

However, Zikyon was genuinely delighted.

To think there was someone in the world who didn’t know about dragons.

Frankly, his pride was a bit hurt, but the novelty of meeting someone who didn’t know about dragons, something everyone knew, more than compensated for it.

Having become an ancient dragon entering twilight years, he found everything in the world becoming tiresome.

Magic that could make anything possible, accumulating gold and silver treasures, all had become boring.

Even entertainment had grown stale.

The countless repetitive lives he had led no longer provided any amusement.

Recently, one of the things he found interesting was science, not magic.

By crafting devices like windmills or water wheels that operated on scientific principles rather than omnipotent magic, he rediscovered the joy of creating something with his own hands and regained vitality in life.

During a nap, a peculiar object fell into his territory. Zikyon, upon discovering it, was intrigued and thus infiltrated the Red Mars.

Inside, he found not just one but two unexpected treasures.

Two dazzling toys that would rejuvenate his life.

He encountered wondrous objects operated by scientific principles, unseen and unheard of, and met an interesting human who didn’t know about dragons.

With this human, unlike the previous amusements where he had to conceal himself and live a false life, he might be able to enjoy entertainment as his true self.

Several times, he had tried to mingle with the forest races, the elves, as his true self to escape the ennui of his millennia-long life.

However, none of them had the courage or guts to accept a dragon as a true friend.

They always had to tremble in fear.

Before a dragon, a greedy, cunning, and unimaginably powerful species that could change at any moment.

A tiger might be able to befriend a rabbit, but a rabbit could never treat a tiger as a friend.

But the human before him was different from them.

He had no fear of dragons at all.

If he became friends with him, he could enjoy his entertainment as his true self for the first time and easily learn the secrets of the mysterious objects he handled.

‘Ah, when was the last time I felt my heart race like this?’

Just the thought made his heart race.

However, as the green-haired young man with a flushed face stared intently at him, Kang Chan felt an indescribable repulsion.

‘What’s this? Why is that bastard staring at me like that? Could it be that bastard too?’

A strong sense of unease lingered in Kang Chan’s mind.

The memory he didn’t want to remember came rushing back.

Though he didn’t want to talk about it, Kang Chan was particularly popular among men during his days on the Red Mars.

There was only one woman on the Red Mars, but it was also because Kang Chan’s face was quite delicate.

There weren’t many Asians in the Federal Army, so someone like Kang Chan, with his fair skin and jet-black hair and eyes, had a mysterious allure.

Furthermore, there were even those who found it intriguing that he, due to his germophobia, had to shower alone.

However, there were no bold men who dared to make advances or try to approach him.

This was because they feared that his high-frequency blade, with his ghostly skills, might cut that part off in one swift stroke.

But while there were no direct advances, his mailbox was always filled with love letters from anonymous addresses, sent by gay admirers.

And during operations, he had to endure the disgusting gazes of gays who would glance at him furtively.

The green-haired young man’s eyes in front of him were no different from those gazes back then.

Those dreamy eyes, as if lost in their own delusions…

Kang Chan could no longer tolerate his gaze.

“Why are you staring at me like that?”

When Kang Chan raised his voice and questioned, Zikyon, who had been lost in his own fantasy, returned to reality.

“Oh! I’m sorry. I was just lost in thought for a moment.”

“If you’re done with your business, please leave.”

“What? That, that is…”

“Do you have any other business with me?”

‘Even knowing I’m a dragon, he’s acting so arrogantly. As expected.’

Zikyon, as if making up his mind, nodded and extended his hand to him.

Kang Chan felt a strong sense of unease once again at his sudden gesture.

This was because Arteon and some other wizards always extended their hands forward when using magic.

However, what came out of his mouth wasn’t a magic spell.

But it was enough to surprise Kang Chan.

“Would you like to be friends with me, G. Zikyon?”

Kang Chan was momentarily speechless at his unexpected words.

If he were an ordinary human, as greedy and covetous as a dragon, he would have said okay immediately.

Becoming friends with a dragon was more valuable than becoming the king of a country.

But the person standing in front of him was a human who didn’t even know what a dragon was.

Zikyon was very curious about how this human would respond.

However, Kang Chan was not as friendly as he had hoped.

“Are you kidding me right now?”

Zikyon, shocked by the venomous human’s words, spoke in a disappointed tone.

“Why? Do you not want to?”

“What’s the reason for saying something like that after suddenly showing up?”

“I didn’t expect to meet you here like this either.”

“Do you really think I’d agree to be friends with someone who just shows up out of nowhere and asks to be friends?”

Zikyon’s face changed to a sorrowful expression at Kang Chan’s hostile words.

“Of course, I understand that my behavior seems strange. I know you’re bewildered right now and probably very suspicious of me. But I really want to be friends with you.”

“What’s the reason for that?”

Zikyon, an ancient dragon who had lived for over 8,000 years, fell into deep contemplation to provide a reason to this mere human.

This one word was the biggest hurdle in making him his friend.

Being intelligent and experienced, he instantly thought of thousands of sweet-talking reasons.