Chapter 64.4
And there they were, Bash and Zell, with puzzled faces.
Outside the cave, the sky was blue. Apart from the occasional sound of the wind, everything was calm. The dragon was visible in the distance for a while but soon disappeared into the horizon. There were no signs of its return.
“What does all this mean?” It was Bash who spoke those words. He didn’t ask Zell; he just couldn’t help but say it about the strange event that had just occurred.
“Oh, well… right. Huh? Let’s see. I think I’ve heard a legend that says dragons can transform into humans. When the dragon realized it couldn’t win against you, Mister, it quickly disguised itself and deceived you into thinking it was a human, and then it managed to escape.”
This was almost the same as what Bash had thought.
“Why didn’t it kill me?”
“The dragon understood your words. It was listening to what you were saying, Mister, and I think it got interested in the word ‘honor’ towards the end. Even the last word sounded like ‘honor’. It sounded like it were saying something like, ‘I will protect your honor.’ So, as the person who cornered it was a first-rate warrior, the dragon respected your honor and let you live… wait? Would a dragon do that? Really!?”
“I see. So, dragons are creatures that value honor too.”
The dragon boredly listened to Bash’s story from beginning to end. But it wasn’t that it wasn’t listening.