In Fafnir's eyes, that was exactly how things stood.
The original plan had been for Red Hare to fly by stepping on flames, just as the King of Conquerors' Thunderous Hooves of the Bull remained airborne atop bolts of lightning. But some readers complained that Red Hare was not that powerful and could not count as an A+-rank Noble Phantasm. Considering that Lü Bu himself was rather ordinary in the Type-Moon world, fine, Red Hare would not be made quite so overpowered...
Flag Duel
"Calm down, Fafnir. You are the strongest evil dragon—how could you possibly lose to nothing more than an ordinary human Master?"
Jeanne d'Arc (Alter) instinctively pulled on the reins, stopping the black (dwarf) dragon (scholar) that was trying to turn around and flee again. Losing face once was one thing; it could not possibly happen again and again.
"I'm not, I'm not, I didn't, I didn't."
Hearing the Dragon Witch praise it so highly, Fafnir felt no joy whatsoever. Instead, it wanted to shake its head repeatedly in denial. Leaving aside whether it truly deserved the title of strongest evil dragon, that Dragon King who forged the stars could already be called the "endpoint" of every attribute belonging to "dragons"—and at the same time, the "starting point."
"..."
Yet this time, the phantom of the Star Dragon King did not appear before Fafnir.
Lianye had not used the Dragon King's power. He had merely brought human—or rather, Heroic Spirit—strength to its utmost limit, using sheer brute force to imitate power nearly on the level of a giant dragon.
Was what I sensed last time an illusion? Or was it merely a coincidence...?
The dwarf's cowardly, hesitant nature made Fafnir hesitate for 707. Though it feared the might of the Star Forger Dragon King, it likewise