The Wizard Log of a Kobold

Luger was feeling glum.

He had noticed he was shedding a little lately.

But that wasn't important.

The doors to a supernatural world were opening before him.

He would become a powerful wizard, then cover himself in scales, just like that annoying, terrifying twenty-eight-clawed burrowing dragon.

In his idle moments, he often dreamed of no longer having a dog's head and face, of becoming a clean-cut human again.

He also often imagined slender, twisted horns-the kind belonging to greater demons-sprouting from his nearly bald forehead.

But that would hardly be any easier than growing scales.

Legendary dragons and powerful demons naturally acquired a human form upon reaching adulthood. Yes, it was an enormous detour, all so he could become human again and say goodbye to this stinking kobold body that did nothing but shed.

At least, that was what he thought in the beginning.