CHAPTER 17: RED HAIRED DEVIL

We made our way closer towards the person in the room until finally the appearance became more noticeable. A girl with straightened red hair that extended past her shoulders, two horns on her head, and tattered clothing was finally up close.

A girl like this just chained up down here is definitely strange but it feels like it would be dumb for me to interact with her. The thought of freeing someone like this could be suicidal too.

"What are we doing about her?" Ghost questions while slowly gripping her sword.

That’s definitely a good question since I don’t want to just kill her but at the same time she could pose a threat. What would the right option be in a scenario like this?

Suddenly the girls eyes began to open, revealing dark red eyes to match her hair. "...Who are you...? Some perv..?" She asks softly with a bit of disgust in her voice.

"No, why are you chained here?" I respond while keeping calm.

Keeping my cool will allow me to get my information without causing a panic, even with this damn feeling pulsing throughout my body.

I’m slowly adjusting to it... Just a weird feeling to have constantly. The feeling of my insides burning.

"I don’t remember. It’s been a long time, I know that much." She answers with sadness in her voice.

She definitely gives off quite the appearance so I don’t know if she’s chained because she’s evil or if she’s been falsely accused of something.

"So in short we don’t even know if you’re an enemy or not." Ghost speaks up with a bit of caution in her voice.

"I wouldn’t harm you guys if you freed me." She says without any hesitation.

Liar.

She couldn’t be lying... Or maybe she could since she is in a desperate situation. Do I really want to risk this for some random girl that could be an absolute monster?

My vision was starting to distort once again as I looked at her, a familiar feeling from when this first happened. It wasn’t painful but it was definitely enough to throw me off.

"You don’t seem to know what’s happening to you either." She continues while looking directly at me.

"It doesn’t matter." I reply with more of a serious tone.

I rub my eyes briefly before focusing back on the girl.

"It does. You are becoming something strong so it might help to know what’s going on." She insists.

To know what’s happening to me would probably be a big help so maybe I should consider helping her. She could be helpful when it comes down to finding my purpose too.

Ahhhh. I didn’t think such a decision would be such a pain in the ass but I’m going to have to do it.

"Do you at least remember your name?" I ask while taking on more of a relaxed tone.

"Lilly." She answers.

Lilly huh, so now that would be two people accompanying me. I don’t see it being a permanent thing since I really don’t want a big group to begin with.

I break the chains with ease and Lilly falls onto the floor. A small grin was on her face but she didn’t seem to have a malicious aura to her.

At least that’s the best I can read from her, something about this sight is helpful with that for some reason. Ghost has this strange blue aura to her while Lilly has a mix of green and blue.

I don’t know what that means just yet so I’ll have to play it by each encounter I have with people so I can understand it better.

"So are you going to tell us what’s happening to him?" Ghost asks with a bit of concern in her voice.

That was one of the main reasons I freed her since she might have a clue about what’s happening to me.

"By the look of it, you are awakening or... Becoming a dragon. The ranking for such a thing is quite high too." Lilly answers while observing me.

"You understand the rankings of this world, yet you don’t remember why you were chained here?" I question with a bit of confusion.

That doesn’t really make a lot of sense to me since she’s not able to remember her reason for being trapped. Knowing the ranks of this world would make no sense since she doesn’t even remember the past.

"It’s not hard to understand. They had it a long time ago too." Lilly responds with a bit of an annoyed tone.

"So what would something like this at its full power be equivalent to then?" I ask with curiosity in my voice.

"SSS. You could potentially become an SSS ranking dragon based on what I’m seeing already." She answers with a serious expression on her face.

It’s good to know that she isn’t joking around with this because I was already having a hard time the moment she mentioned the rank. That’s such an incredibly rare rank to hear about in the world that I don’t even know if it’s true.

What if she is just trying to make me feel good about freeing her or something?

I scratch my head and look back towards the door to see it’s still open.

"Alright, alright. Let’s get out of here, we need to get you some better clothes for now." I say before turning around.

"Aye aye Captain." Lilly replies with her serious tone disappearing completely.

We made our way back out of the room and down the long corridor once again until we reached the room from before. I took the chance to grab something from the monster I killed before.

Best to take something with me if I decide to go to any guild since it could make me some Silvite in the process.

"I can imagine that it was you who killed it. Will other humans really be okay seeing someone like you?" Lilly asks with a curious tone.

A human with a dragon like appearance forming.