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"Disguising as my student, but what's the use of this? Are you just mocking me?"
Hafeez looked at the blond-haired, blue-eyed youth in front of him, who appeared somewhat frail, with an extremely unpleasant expression.
"I've said it before, by changing form, I can experience a wholly different life; I want to experience the life of a boy named Owen."
"On what grounds?" Hafeez's face twisted with anger, sadness, and a sense of powerlessness over his own weakness.
"Do I look like one of your companions to you, judging merely by appearances?"
Muria, wearing the guise of the young Owen, asked the other fledgling dragon slayers with a gentle smile.
"What's the use of appearances alone? We all witnessed your transformation process; do you think any of us would be fooled by you?" The ancient dragon, sporting a provocative smile, was angrily shouted at by a young man who had unknowingly played the role of betrayer he mentioned.