Trusting people is never easy.

"Let’s make one thing clear first. It seems we share the same goal—to cut off its head. Am I right?"

"This is the third time I’ve met a dragon hunter like you. But I can’t say it’s ever been pleasant. Once, I even took in a child who claimed to have lost everything to the Black Dragon. You know what happened?"

"Either they turned out to be its pawn all along, or they were sincere but ended up as its puppet anyway. It’s one or the other."

"The latter. One day, they transformed into a monster and tried to kill me. It looked like they had completely lost control of their body. Their eyes were filled with despair."

Especially when facing an absolute being that delights in toying with people’s fates. It’s like fighting a man with a hypnosis app.

The victim doesn’t even realize they’ve been hypnotized. That’s the most critical part.