"Mm, wait, some memories are starting to surface..."
The Dragon Maiden's somewhat bewildered expression began to change as she started accepting the fragmented memories in her bloodline.
There was no helping it, though. Xolotl had been dead for far, far too long, so long that her memories had all but crumbled and scattered.
"So I have already died?"
"Were you the ones who resurrected me?"
After accepting some fragmented memories, the Dragon Maiden's expression took on a majestic air somewhat familiar to Kukulkan, though her current appearance was perhaps better described as beautiful and dashing than majestic?
"Of course! If it weren't for us, those bones of yours would still be soaking in the lava underground!"
Stellaron Essence felt no reverence whatsoever toward Xolotl. After all, ever since she was born, when had she ever faced anything but top-tier opponents?
"Ahem, Stelle..."
Himeko reminded Stellaron Essence to mind her manners, but Xolotl took no offense at Stellaron Essence's attitude.
"It matters not. I shall forever remember your kindness in granting me new life."
"It is just that my current form is truly..."
Xolotl lowered her head and extended her hands to try to examine herself, only for two great mountains to block her view, leaving her struggling to keep her composure.
Back then, she had been the imposing Dragon King who presided over the Ancient Sacred Mountain and commanded the Fire Dragon Clan, the Sovereign of the Primordial Dragons whom His Majesty Nibelung trusted most, and the strongest fighter among them.
Yet now...
"Ah, so be it."
"Through these ancient memories, I have come to understand that the world is no longer ruled by Dragonkind, but is instead the world of you humans."
"My enormous size would indeed be ill-suited to the world today. As for you, you must be