an overgrown winged lizard. The thin
leather wings on the skeletal carcasses looked lifeless and hung
like rags on stakes, torn in places, cracked
and crumpled in places. The creature’s face was still more like
a dragon’s, its nostrils steaming, and its eyes glittering with fire,
silver runes with strange markings were woven into the mane
,and they tinkled melodiously as they clashed together. The creature
sighed heavily, let out a large stream of
steam from its mouth, and shook itself, saying —
«That’s it, Keijigen, you can’t even shake hands with an old
friend!
«
The man in the black suit said in a tired
voice.
«Keiji, you can greet me
normally, I’m having a hard time breathing, I need more time.»
I didn’t come for a minute. Give me permission, «the dragon
lizard croaked.
Keijigen ran a hand over his disgruntled face and
beard, closed his eyes for a moment, then took a deep breath
and said, «I’m not sure.:
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– Arfimaino Arbaham, fiery guardian of the ninth
Wall and the sealed gate of the ninth Vale, imperishable
protector of the abyss of despair and hopelessness, knight of the black
cauldron of the 12th rank, I welcome you to this land.
Immediately after that, the dragon lizard
let out a sigh of relief and looked down at its paws. The scales
stopped glowing, and the entire body gradually took on a silvery-
bluish hue. His nostrils stopped steaming, and
a half-smile appeared on his face.
– Well, that’s better. It’s good for you, go back and forth
as you want, and we have such a burden on us…
But before he could finish, Sobesednik interrupted
him:
«I wouldn’t have done this if it wasn’t for the request from below,
which I can’t ignore. What’s wrong, why are you
here? I don’t have to go back yet, «Keijigen
put his hand to his face, mimicking a facepalm. —
After all, this is a blatant violation, what the fuck are you doing there
?he raised his voice. – Why the fuck did you get out on your own,
Arfimaino?
Then both of them started shouting.
«I wouldn’t if it wasn’t about you, you idiot,
and it wasn’t really important,» the lizardman croaked, shaking
his paws in the air, and his eyes glinted with a golden light.
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