As I walk into the arena, I hear chatter among everyone, them seemingly paying me no mind.
"The God Shattering Star versus The Green Terror! This fight is going to be awesome!"
"Agreed, I wish I had the guts to talk to either of them."
"Come on guys! We gotta get our food and seats before the fight starts!"
I walk over to a guy sitting at a table, doing what seems like paperwork. As I approach, he glances up and his eyes go wide as he sees me, seemingly shocked by my appearance. I stop in front of him as he stares at me for a moment. I don't waste my time as I look at him with a serious face, one I have rarely worn, "Where is Zralin Estis?"
He looks at me for a moment, clearly stunned, before shaking his head and quickly responding. "Sorry, unless your family and it's an emerge-"
"Please, I haven't seen him for 7 years."
The Dragonborn looks me up and down before asking, "What are you anyway, and don't say a Dragonborn or I'll throw you out of here myself."
"A tabaxi."
"A what?"
"I'm a 6 ft talking cat, now can you please tell him that my cat houses were a success, he will know what I mean and I guarantee he will come bolting out." I am getting irritated as time is being wasted.
He shakes his head, "I am sorry, not even we are allowed to interact with them before the match. They might have prematch rituals that cannot be interrupted."
I suddenly hear Erika's voice behind me, "Let him in on order of the royal's assassin." I suddenly see his face pale as he sees the white Dragonborn. He nods quickly and points at a set of stairs beside him.
"Follow these stairs and you will find him in the first room you see."
I nod and dash down the stairs with unnatural speed, even for an assassin. As I take a few turns, I take a right and am met with a golden Dragonborn wearing plated armor, a symbol of two dragons side by side, bowing their heads to eachother.
He looks over at the door with a righteous smile before he suddenly freezes, his grin grows wider as his eyes moisten. He takes one step, then two, before sprinting towards me and bringing me into a tight hug, nearly squeezing the life out of me.
"It's been a long time brother...how have you been." I pat him on the back while I struggle to squeeze out the words, "Please let go.....your chocking....me."
I quickly stuff the 10 gold coins I just grabbed off of him into my pocket, not giving him a chance to notice.
He quickly realizes and lets go, looking me over before saying, "You haven't changed much."
As I breathe in the air, more thankful that it exists now before I look him over too. "And neither have you. So where's my gift? I haven't seen you for 7 years."
Zralin lets out a loud laugh as he continues to wear his trademark smile, "You indeed haven't changed one bit." And he flicks something towards me as it spins in the air with a slight sound of cutting wind. I catch it in my hand and open it to see a platinum coin, it's pearl like color shining in the light. I put it in my money pouch without a second glance as I hear Zralin continue.
"So how has the rest of the party been?"
I smile as I hear about them, "Palla ascended to godhood, Lodern is still doing his experiments of planes travel, that witch maid is still hopping between planes. And my cat houses were a success." I say with a smile.
He laughs a little as he asks, "And Tiamat and Bahamut?"
"They eventually had to go back to the upper planes after they made peace with eachother, but they still argue from time to time, they are siblings after all." Thats when I hear a high pitched voice. "Tiamat and Bahamut? Who are they?"
I turn around and see the Erika walk in. Zralin opens his maws as he greets her, "Hello there! And do you plan on introducing me to this fine lady?"
I wave her over as I say, "This is Erika, my girlfriend."
Zralin bows toward her slightly, "It's nice to meet you Erika, I am Zralin Estis."
She nods towards him with a quiet, "Hello."
I look back and smile as I ask, "So how's business been? Abusing your demi god abilities?"
He laughs again as he walks over and pats me on the back, "I thought I needed to make a living somehow and I thought that I should utilize my skills...." I visibly see him get giddy, like a little kid with a new game. "....Plus, after entering this world, I could suddenly turn into a full dragon!"
I hear a voice behind me, "Demi-god?! Impossible!"
I see Erika with a shocked face as she looks at Zralin. He scratches the back of his head as he looks over at her, "Yeah, I am technically a demi-god."
I am still struck in awe as I am still processing what I just heard, "Now wait a moment, he just said that he gained the ability to transform into a dragon, how is this possible? Can you do that?" I ask as I point at Erika. Zralin grabs my shoulder and calms me down, "It's ok, I can explain."
He walks me over to a bench and sits me down as we begin to explain, "Any Dragonborn that enters this world transforms into a shadow dragon, me and Ciri gained this ability when we were transported here. By the way, I need to introduce my kid to his godfather."