Imprisoned Dragon

"Damn, I am in trouble," she said, about to turn around when its growling became more loud, sending shivers up her spine.

"You, how long have you been wandering around in my cave?" it asked sternly as she turned to face him.

"I- I don't know," she stammered, and the dragon sighed.

"You have been in here for more than a day, you are noisy," it said in a loud tone, causing her to jump.

"I'm so sorry; I'll leave right now," she said.

"Wait, you're different; how did you get into this cave?" it inquired, and she looked at it with interest.

"A door," she replied.

"The iron door?" it inquired, and she nodded.

"I see, it's been centuries since that door appeared," It said.

"Huh? Centuries?" She mumbled and the dragon lowered its head.

"Yes, it's how long I have been here, are you afraid of me?" It asked.

"Sort of," she replied, and it laughed loudly enough that the cave shook and Nessa held onto the all beside her.

"Is it worth fearing that dragon in its current state, Miss Notice?" She inquired.

[Analyzing seal]

[Completed]

"Nope, it cannot be broken by him, it's a he," The system replied and Nessa sighed as she slowly got closer to the dragon.

"Um... How come no one else could find the door?" Nessa asked.

"Because none of them are strong enough or worthy of opening that door, I suppose I should be happy to see you, but I guess you believe I am an evil dragon that needs to be destroyed as well, don't look down on me," He yelled, and she flinched in fear.

"I won't even think about looking down on you," She said, her eyes widening as he stared at her, and the cave began to glow along with the crystals.

"The energy I've been sensing is yours, and it's calming," She said.

"Of course, it is," He replied.

"I took things created by your energy, or more accurately, your life force; is there anything I can do to repay you?" She inquired.

"Wait a minute, your life force, are you dying?" She asked and it chuckled.

"Wh- What's so funny?" She yelled and it burst out laughing as she smiled nervously.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you don't even know who I am or what I did to be imprisoned here, yet you are concerned, you are one strange being," He said, and she pouted.

"Whatever, I am leaving, I am going to break that door down if I have to," She replied.

"Wait," he said, and she came to a halt, then turned to face him as he turned away pouting and his scales were glowing a bit.

'A dragon is pouting; this is getting weirder by the minute,' she thought.

"What do you want?" she inquired.

"Tell me where you're from. You are obviously not from here, nor are you a monster; you are simply powerful, an otherworlder." She smiled slightly as he responded.

"Otherworlder, yeah, I think I understand what you mean; I came from a more modern world, Japan, and it's nice there except I didn't have much of a life; why were you imprisoned here?" She inquired.

"You can say I got into a fight and was blamed for killing a ton of people, but I don't really care because I know I didn't mean to kill anyone, I was sealed here by someone as strong as me and believe that I don't belong in the world, that I am a monster worse than the others."

"As a result, my name spread throughout the world, instilling fear, but this land you are in is my home; I was sealed here around two hundred and thirty years ago, and my being sealed here brings protection, to certain monsters, but now things are falling apart," He said and she lowered her head.

"I'm sorry, being here alone for so long, no one deserves that punishment," she said as he looked at her with puppy eyes and she pouted, feeling strange but sorry for the dragon.

"I understand what you're going through; would you like to be my friend? I don't care what you have done in the past "She said and the dragon left staring at her.

"Are you serious? You want me to be your friend? Are you certain? Being friends with me will not be beneficial to you, but you should be grateful that you had the opportunity to meet me," He stated.

"What's with the smug expression? In a moment, I will withdraw my offer." She threatened, and the dragon reached out to touch her, but the chains around him shocked him, and her eyes widened as the chains squeezed him and he roared in pain as they released small bolts of lightning.

"Hey," She called out.

"Don't worry, it's happened before, it's just to make sure I stay put," He replied.

"That's torture," She remarked.

"I am a monster, and things are a little different for monsters, despite the fact that some of them have human friends or go shopping peacefully in a place with humans, but if we do something wrong," He said, and she gnashed her teeth.

"How am I going to get out of here?" She inquired.

"You saw the door because you were probably destined to meet me, kill, I don't know but... Maybe with enough pressure, force, you will be able to open it or even I was with you, if it sensed my presence, the door is mixed with my magic, it will open for me," He replied, and she grinned.

"Miss notice, scan the seal and tell me how to break it," she instructed.

"Got it," said the system.

[Seal is being scanned.]

[Completed scan.]

[The possibility of breaking the seal is fifty percent, but there is a big risk.]

"What risk?" Nessa questioned.

"His body will sustain serious damage, weakening him; he will take a long time to heal, and you will be unable to carry him around," Nessa sighed upon hearing the system's answer.