[I haven't written in my diary for a while. Time to sum up what's happened lately—
The publication of The Guide, an assassin's attempt on my life, and the dungeon expedition.
But apart from the publication, everything else can ultimately be bundled into a single incident, one complicated enough to deserve a novel of its own—
That Time I Got a Dragon Egg and Was Forced into Dragon Gold City's Political Struggles.
So let's start with The Guide...]
"Wait! So what's the truth about Dragon Gold City!? Don't pique someone's curiosity and then clam up, you bastard!"
It was the same familiar flavor. One glance was all Geya needed to lose herself in the diary.
But after a brief spell of frustration, she felt some of the oppressive weight lodged in her chest dissipate:
"He probably doesn't know how much trouble he's caused the academy, does he?
Still, he's got plenty of trouble himself.
An assassination attempt? Just how big a mess did he get himself into?"
[...Once upon a time, I genuinely had no idea what gave Mel, that Old Boar, the confidence to negotiate a deal with me.
Now I understand. He's an idiot pig who wove a lie to deceive himself, then suckled on that 'pacifier of lies' for comfort and believed every word.
I don't know whether my insults woke him up, but I certainly enjoyed dishing them out.
Tang Qi's Twilight Forest Guide was successfully published, and judging by what Catherine told me when I returned from the dungeon, sales have been pretty good.
It's earned me a little fame within Dragon Gold City—
Because so many people want to see just how many racial jokes I wrote in The Guide.
I heard the dwarves in Dragon Gold City went berserk, formed groups of their