The Capital [1]

"A cave filled with beast cores, huh?" Nox mumbled to himself as he looked at Fluffington and Solora, who had just finished reporting their findings while trailing Zara.

The baby blue python had described the beautiful blue-haired girl as an extreme savage who devoured dozens of beast cores in one go.

In her words: [All my life, I thought Brother Thirteen was a big eater, but that girl... she's a monster! Yes, I know she's a monster, but she's the monster's monster!] Solora hissed, visibly trembling as she remembered the fierceness in Zara's face.

For a moment, she had thought the dragonoid would lunge at her, rip out her beast cores, and devour them.

"Monster's monster..." That didn't make much sense, but Nox recognized what she meant. He crouched low and gently petted the baby python, visibly calming her nerves. Solora slithered onto Nox's arms and coiled herself around his neck like a fashionable necklace.