The Lizard King (2)

...A Perfect Place...

"Alright, 'Sir Lumen Grason', why have you graced me with your presence." I spat through gritted teeth, "That's way better, learn to respect others," he started, yes, 'he'. "I am a dragonoid, as you may have already perceived. I am simply borrowing your wealth to complete my portal to teleport me back to Stetson." he explained, I listened silently, kind of interested, "And how'd you get here?" I questioned. "Good immersion, human," he acknowledged, "My country was attacked by the savages: the Winterson's." he elaborated, "That's quite an anticlimactic name, 'Winterson'?" I commented.

"They are the savages of Stetson, or, well... One of the many barbarians." Lumen dictated, I looked confused, so he sighed and explained further, "The Wintersons, occupying a few countries that surround Mayfield, attacked Mayfield and threw me out of the kingdom. Looking for revenge, I went far and wide to search for the great mage 'Bradbury'. But unfortunately, I got scammed. The mage told me that the portal he opened will lead me to my castle and I can attack them from there, but that portal..." "Led you here?" I interjected, he nodded with a huff, then Lumen told me how the portal needed to go back to Stetson, no matter from where, is always built of melted bronze and silver with his fiery breath. I nodded along to his explanation, though I zoned out halfway.

After living with the little dragon for 3 days, I got to know a lot about him: his personal details, the Wintersons, Mayfield and Stetson, let me bore you too. Lumen described the Wintersons as rogues with no morals; long ago, the Grasons and Wintersons lived together with harmony, about 800 years or so ago. But the Wintersons ruined it all by claiming the majority and forcing the Grasons and other religious citizens of Mayfield, which was previously 2 times bigger than Russia, to forget their faith and worship Thyme, which would make the devotee a Winterson.

You see, every dragon starts off with no last name, when they start to worship a God, they acquire their last names. For example, devotees of the divine being named Thyme are given the surname 'Wintersons', while those who worship the divine being named Lindsay are called 'Grasons'. So in short, instead of preaching, the Wintersons began to bribe, blackmail and force people to join the Wintersons.

And, sadly, those who resisted it, were killed. Millions were killed, in fact, in Stetson, this mass murder was ranked the 3rd worst mass murders in history, of Stetson of course. "By the mercy of Goddess Lindsay, the Grasons finally fought back!" Lumen exclaimed with glee, he vividly elaborated how the warriors led every Winterson out of Mayfield, but still maintained the person's dignity and didn't do the brutal actions the Wintersons did with Grasons and other'sons'. He was glad the leaders of Mayfield at that time took such an action, because they were sure, if it happened then, it would happen again.

And voilà, it has happened; Mayfield enjoyed the peace that the following 800 years offered. Terrorist attacks couldn't happen because only, and only, Wintersons weren't allowed to enter in Mayfield, the ones who took upon the faith of the Wintersons when born in Mayfield were not restricted, though.

Now, let's talk about Mayfield; Mayfield has only 3 physical features: mountains, valleys and meadows. Mayfield covers an area of 18.10 million square kilometers, which makes Mayfield still bigger than Russia, but only a bit. Mayfield has 42 states, its capital is Saylor, which is the 9th largest state in the world of Stetson; take Mexico for a rough estimate. The land is very prosperous, and because of this, tourists visit a lot, making the country even richer.

Usually mages, priests and healers are found in great numbers in Mayfield. And again, this is Stetson we are talking about, so the civilized race isn't the human race, it is the dragonoid race, although humans do exist in Stetson. Lumen told me about himself too, he is 29 years old and married to a beautiful woman, who is the queen of Mayfield, and he even has 2 children, one is 3 years old, and the other is 9 years old.

Within the blink of an eye, it was now the start of November. Lumen and I helped each other out, I gave him my silver and bronze artifacts, he helped me around the house, no problem. Come to think of it now, I haven't described the little dragon.

His voice was quite appealing, but of course, also nagging; his eyes were average size with chestnut irises, he could control his size, so his actual size was around 8 feet but to fit in my dishwasher, he adjusted himself. It was the 16th of November, I remember it like it was yesterday, he melted enough bronze and silver to go back to Stetson, he told me something about his breath being different, so it ignited the melted metals and made a portal in the middle. The portal looked like a galaxy, a mini one, trapped within the boundary of bronze and silver.

I could hear voices from the inside, or well, the other side. "Hello?" Someone asked, "Is this a portal?" another voice chimed in, then a stern, more aged voice came in between. "Scram, you fools, of course it is a portal, what does it look like!" Lumen's face brightened at the voice, "That's the Chief Commander..." he whispered excitedly, but I couldn't care less about the chief-who-and-whatnot, I brought my hand forward to touch the portal.

My hand almost touched it when Lumen burned with his breath again, I yelped and retracted my hand, just like the first time we met, "If you touch it, you will be teleported at once." he warned. As much as I hate the economy of The States, even more of New York, this apartment was still my house, and I haven't even traveled my own real, what to speak of Stetson?

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