[center][h2]Esther von Degraff[/h2][/center]
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Esther listened attentively as the girl explained further about the monster. Apparently, she had gotten it wrong. The monster itself was called a Dissonance, while the horrible scream it let out from before was the Banshee, or the Banshee's Scream to be exact. And then, she talked further about some Goddess and Song Knights. Hmm, Song Knights? That sounded familiar... Have she heard about them before? And she called that Dissonance "cannon fodder"? She couldn't believe that! That was the hardest fight they had so far!

Ires interrupted her explanation however, telling how they were just myths.

In the end, the group followed the odd girl to an abandoned temple. Just like she had promised, there were other cadets there. It seemed she indeed had treated them.

And then, she declared that she was a dragon.

"Eeeeh?" Esther reacted with surprise. A-a dragon? A-aren't dragons supposed to be this big and scary lizards that breathe fire?

Before she could respond to Ires' justifiable skepticism to her declaration, one of the cadets the girl had saved interrupted their conversation as he thanked his savior. His name was Chen, and he seemed to be quite the polite person, thanking the dragon girl by giving her a bouquet of flowers. He also was quite the magician as well, doing his tricks smoothly like a professional. Esther wondered if he used his vessel's power to do it.

Zarin then chimed in, saying to Diana to transform if she wanted to prove her words to them all. Esther could certainly see the logic, but it would be really scary to see a dragon up close. She would make sure she gave some distance away from her she was going to do that.

Crispin then spoke of his own skepticism, saying how Diana didn't act like how a dragon would. "Yes, yes, I agree!" Esther chimed in once Crispin finished his words. "You're not scary enough to be a dragon!" she said to Diana.

After Leblanc spoke her mind, Diana finally calmed the group down and said that she would do it. She would transform into a dragon. But not here, since the space inside the temple wasn't big enough. Just how big is she?

Once outside, to Esther's shame and surprise, Diana began undressing herself. "W-wait, what are you doing?" she said to her while blushing. Then Esther realized she would tear through her clothes if she were to transform with them on. That would be bad as she would be forced to stay naked when she transformed back.

When Diana finished transforming, Esther looked at her new form with both terror and awe. She watched the massive golden dragon with her legs shaking.

"S-so big!" Esther said. "T-this is the first time I've ever seen a dragon!"

Esther both felt like she wanted to stay and look at the majestic sight in front of her and ran away as far as she could from the dragon. Even though it was clearly still Diana, judging by its voice, it was still a dragon, and it felt like it could just leap towards her and ate her whole.