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So, very slowly my life was getting organized and when I went back to school, I was going to become an Assistant. Of course, the Leopold Order had attended my graduation and I was also congratulated by them.

They also appointed me a member of their order.

I had accomplished by myself, without magical powers, a human achievement.

I was paid an assistant's salary and against all odds, Kardon also joined the order.

I had an "office" in a hall and I was doing blood and virus tests. We came across a disturbing property of one of my venoms.

It was possible that someone I would inject this venom into would turn into a pseudo dragon. Some kind of werewolf dragon. The quantity had to be large to inject and therefore contamination would be slow.

We could see the cells twisting and changing completely.

"Professor Kardon? Come and see! "

I called him under the microscope and said to myself, "I'm glad you've reached this level. You're going to be an excellent scientist!"

But you still have a lot to learn.

I received funds to do a scientific expedition in new guinea. But not enough for the transport of the material...

Me: "But I can carry the equipment and to house, a sheet and trees, that's enough for me. Yes, a pin for the bbq, a grid and a pot. and a ladle. That's all I need as luggage and I carry it in a backpack. But since it's light, I can be a carrier..."

I really wanted to travel and explore the world.

Kardon looked at his calculator: "Yes, if we take a sea container with Emilie in it and she goes fishing to feed herself. We'll give her something to drink...a few extras. That should do it."

But he turned around: we should inform the hunters of your poison, right?

"I'm afraid... Professor!"

"No, no, you're safe... You've never hurt anyone and you have lots of friends! You even have a fan club and an international support group. And then you're my assistant and we'll submit your work to the scientific community and we'll take you seriously. And if you publish your studies, you will also raise funds for your work."

On this the hunters saw me at my place of work, at Quai van Beneden, at the institute. They met us and one of them was an amateur pilot and sometimes worked in the control tower of the heliport. I knew him by my comings and goings, but not as a hunter, or rather as a member of the order.

Bruno: "Hello Professor Kardon, Miss Corentin Emilie. Your report has been forwarded to the Order and I have come as a representative. Such a news would put you on the number one list of elimination, but since you have already been found innocent, we will not go back on the decision, but given your report, you have been wise and intelligent enough to inform us.

We had doubts and since you were still a child we didn't want to traumatize you any more since you are still human in our eyes.

Since combat and war are not your priorities, it is a pity not to have an individual of your strength in our ranks. But will I be able to know why? You are good at fighting, though."

Me: "I am drunk with violence and maybe one day I should kill my brother, sister or mother but it's too hard... I think I can contribute to the well-being of my fellow human beings in other ways.

I am lucky not to get old and a scientific path with a lot of experience could be a plus for humanity"

Bruno: "If in the meantime you're still on the human side."

"Maybe I'll also be the last dragon hunter..."

Bruno: "You have a point! You are not a bloodthirsty brute but a sensitive and intelligent being."

"You flatter me!"

Kardon: "TAA TAAA TAAA TAAAAAAA TAAAAAAAAAA! we're getting away from the subject! Do you have the vials?"

Bruno: "Yes, here they are!"

Kardon: "Bruno, come and see, we're going to get my assistant to work:

Emilie, these are very difficult samples to obtain. People died to get them! It's human blood contaminated with your mother's blood. They will be transformed in the coming days and will become dragons hungry for human flesh.

Your poison contaminates human blood to dragonize it, but what about your poison on already contaminated blood? Will he get over it?"

A sample of my venom was placed and I synthesized it but nothing happened and then I tasted the contaminated blood and separate tastes appeared.

Bruno became mad but I signaled to him to calm down, tasting the different flavours and my venom was transformed, synthesized into 2 different molecules.

Then I put one of the venoms with it and the blood turned into normal blood and I put the transformed dragon blood in contact with the other venom and it turned back into dragon blood with my genetic signature. The molecule was isolated and placed in a biological reactor. Bruno didn't understand anything and after a few hours of manipulations and adjustments, he got angry:

"Will someone explain to me what's going on here? I see the professor getting excited with our samples, liquids passing everywhere and miss who tastes human blood like a snack!"

Kardon took out a smoking blue vial: "Here's your antidote!"

Emilie extracted human blood from the contaminant venom using her venom synthesizer, a kaleidoscopic organ that allows all kinds of venoms to be analyzed, separated and synthesized. It is a very complex dragon queen organ that would, in theory, bring the world to its knees under its yoke!

With the antidote, infected people can return to normal.

Here is another excerpt: "For those for whom it is too late, they can become dragons again "Free without the need for drugs or human flesh. They will be freed from the yoke of Rudia or the other Queens. This will save countless lives and fighters of the order. It's a Grail"

Here's the formula and the reactant!"

Bruno had crying eyes!

"We'll be able to save my friend!"

At a monthly meeting of the Order, I was invited and pricked with a silver sword from St John's Day to check that I was still myself, a little test but it was still humiliating.

After that I was appointed an officer in the order and I had the opportunity to have pupils.

What I had just done was, without knowing it, something serious. I actually reacted like a human scientist: I acted in good faith, to help my fellow man without taking into account military or strategic implications.

Rudia didn't know it, but I had ruined her plans for conquest and sooner or later she would make me pay for my betrayal.

The order took care of the papers so that I could travel quietly to study on giant creatures that we thought were extinct. A species of Varanus Gigantéus supposed to be found in Australia but extinct for 10,000 years.

However, there are reports that such lizards have attacked cows and exceeded the width of roads by several metres, with one road being 7 metres wide.

This would be difficult in the thick jungle and also dangerous for humans, facing such predators.

So I was the right person! Finally the right dragon.

We boarded a container ship that was supposed to take us there and set up a sea container for me as a cabin and a smaller one for equipment and food. Kardon and 2 other assistants would come in support and stay in the passenger cabin of the cargo ship.

Meals, schedules and amenities being shared with the crew.

We left from the port of Antwerp and, the day before, I kissed my family in the countryside and my friends and those of the university gave me a little evening to say goodbye. Phil and I broke up, but we were still friends. I promised to continue to play with him sometimes but I was very, very busy.

My new function and charge was terrible:

Check the equipment, that it is working properly, the maintenance plan to be followed, tools and spare parts, small electronic equipment and batteries to be finished and solar chargers and a mini plastic turbine to recharge the batteries. subscriptions and satellite links.

Then finally, on the day of departure!

I had also taken a small fishing net, but everything got tangled up in the scales and claws that I went crazy with and with a blow of rage, it went to ashes when I spat on it.

PTOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM when the engines started and we left the canal to reach the open sea and reach the Channel.

The fresh air, the adventure and the world belonged to me! Yahouuuu

Then I flew off the cargo deck and did my tour of the boat, the sea all around! the wind! the spray and that moving waves that I could feel with my paws while staying in the air. The wind was so perfect that I was able to do some on the spot by dipping my legs in the water. Hey! Wait for me! and I rushed to the cargo ship that kept moving.

In fact, there was NOTHING to do on the boat and I, who was waiting for me at a cruise!

We met the other ships and from time to time, a foghorn blow would come out of my torpor.

Kardon read old detective novels on a deckchair and I reread my notes and scientific information on the living environment of reptiles, how to keep them alive, their habits, humidity and temperatures. Also the local weather and the brightness, then having exhausted my reading to saturation I got tired of it and went fishing. It's been a long time since I've used magic, actually more since mother left.

I remembered my little scale and activated it and my grimoire came into my paws.

I looked at it and with amazement, everything had been classified and re-explained at a much deeper, more scientific level and my knowledge of venoms and organigrams had been added.

I was looking at what I knew but in fact I didn't know NOTHING, barely 1% of what was in it.