Bably approaches a garbage container, the source of that disgusting smell that attracted him morbidly.

He stares there for a long time, raising an eyebrow from time to time, wagging his tail restlessly.

He felt unsafe, something that said he would find him there was probably the most horrible thing he had ever seen.

However, with a shrug, he opens the lid of one and looks inside.

As you might expect, there is junk of all kinds, however, something long with a long platinum tone color catches his attention.

With the tips of one of his claws, he carefully grabs the anomalous content, once raised to the height of his head, he sees that... It is a head... With pointed ears, a face with light skin and closed eyes.

What disturbs Bably the most about this head is that some kind of black smoke comes out of its neck constantly, no drop of blood or anything similar, just that.

Suddenly, the head begins to make faces, this stresses Bably a lot, causing him to shrink a little and raise the tip of his tail a little, being attentive to every movement that the head, apparently alive, makes.

Once the head finishes making faces and blinks a couple of times, adapting to the luminosity of the place, it looks at Bably, showing the color of its eyes, which are crimson, surprised, opening its eyes wide.

“A dragon!?” She asks surprised.

Bably raises both eyebrows slightly, stepping back a little, even more disturbed to see that the head is talking to him.

“O-oh, excuse me ma'am, I didn't want to offend you, I just didn't expect to see your kind over here” The head mentions with some embarrassment.

“…In any case it would be sir, not ma'am” Bably corrects her, trying not to look at her perplexed.

The head frowns, looking strangely at Bably for a few seconds.

“Wait... Are you a male, a male dragon?” She narrows her eyes, looking more closely at the life dragon.

“… No… I'm a lizard…” Bably looks at his wings “with wings…” the braxis looks askance at himself quickly “… A very big one”

The head puts on a neutral expression while raising an eyebrow. Although her expression quickly changes when she looks at his face in more detail.

“Wait, I know you!” Says the head with a touch of joy.

Now Bably is the one raising his eyebrow.

“Sorry, we haven't bumped into each other before”

“I mean, it's true, we don't know each other in person, but you are on many social networks, and you are the controversy of the mamono world, more specifically in the places where dragons live, other types of reptiles and those that have some kind of connection with them!”

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Reader, in your world do you have any kind of privacy? It seems that even an image is published with you shitting or fucking someone.

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I don't want to know that last one, don't answer.

“Do your worlds know the concept of privacy?”

“Of course we do!”The head answers, feeling somewhat offended by the question.

“Well, they don't seem like it with everything you're saying.

“Hey! Just because we have access to a lot of information doesn't mean that... Whaa!”

Bably places the head of that strange alien on top of his own, glances at her sideways for a moment, adjusting her to stabilize it, then turns around and continues walking, exiting the alley he came through and resuming his path towards home.

“Hey! What are you doing?”

“Walking towards my house”

“And you're going to leave me up here?”

“Do you prefer the garbage container?”

The head remains silent, while pouting, being partially watched by Bably.

“That's what I thought” Bably answers without further ado, directing his gaze forward.

As he walks towards his house, the few people passing by look strangely and amusedly at Bably and the living head above him.

Sometimes the head turns a little red due to embarrassment when she sees someone out there looking at her.

“So” Bably comments, capturing the head's attention “How did you end up there?”

“Uhh…” The head looks towards the sky with a lost look, trying to remember what happened “I think it was during a drunk, we drank a lot and... I don't remember more”

“Uhu... And your companions didn't bother to come, or did they leave you lying around?”

“That was two months ago or so” Answers the head, making a face that tries to express indifference, as if she were a shrug of the shoulders.

Bably blinks a couple of times, surprised by the detail, and can't help but glance at her out of the corner of his eye.

“So you've been there, in that container, for a little over 2 months... In that state?” Bably asks, unable to help but slow down his walk as he looks up to see her.

“Uhmm... Apparently?” The head answers unsurely.

“…I'm intrigued by how you ended up there” Bably resumes his walk.

“We're on the same page”

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The rest of the walk was silent, with the life dragon's attention on his destination and surroundings, and his head looking with an expression that changed between bored or interested.

When they get to the house, the head finally speaks again, in a slightly surprised tone.

“Nice impression of your house”

“Uhh… thank you…” Bably felt strange at the comment, and doesn't know how to respond exactly.

The dragon enters the house and closes the door behind him, while going to the kitchen, of course, the head inspects the environment of the place.

“Quite welcoming, although humble”

"Was that some kind of hint?" Bably raises an eyebrow as he opens the cabinet where he keeps the large quantity of sweet cakes he bought some time ago.

“O-oh, don't get me wrong, I just expected a finer place with a lot of luxury things, you know, like every dragon usually is”

“Maybe on your planet, alien, here we dragons of life do not need such complex and unnecessary things" Bably answers while rolling his eyes, taking out what he would eat from the cupboard, followed by going to the kitchen to grab his teapot black.

While the braxis prepares tea through the flames of its body, the head processes what Bably said, first frowning, then raising one eyebrow while looking at the ceiling, then exchanging with the other eyebrow, to finally open the eyes even more, looking straight ahead while inflating both cheeks with the impression.

“Wait, are you a life dragon!?” The head asks while looking at him with great surprise.

“Or braxis, however you like to address me the most” Bably answers while shrugging his shoulders.

She nods her head... Sorry, habit, she nods slowly while smiling a little.

“How crazy... But anyway, returning to the previous topic, how is that complex and unnecessary?” The head asks while raising her eyebrow, looking at him.

“It's simple, talking head…”

“Don't call me that!” She interrupts, pouting “I have a name”

“Which doesn't interest me”

“Well, I'm not interested in yours!”

“… Good for me”

“… Mhph” She closes her eyes in annoyance for a moment “Anyway, resume what you were going to say”

“Yes, as I mentioned, we Braxis don't need such complex things, just a minimally cozy place for us and our babies, and nothing more”

“Uhu… And what about the ambition or greed to have more?”

Bably shrugs as he sits at the table, cup of tea in hand and sugary pancakes.

“Do we dragons even need that?”

The head stares at the braxis with a neutral expression while raising an eyebrow.

“Your variant is quite strange, I have to say”

“And the dragons on your planet, in addition to being the rare ones here, are aberrant and unpleasant... And I'm surprised that it has more than one breed of dragon”

“Oh? And which ones did you find?” Asks the head while she raises both eyebrows, looking with interest at Bably.

“The first is an old woman with black scales with a murky appearance, I get the feeling that it is something related to shadows”

“Mhh… I guess you mean a malef dragon”

“Malef…” Bably remains thoughtful at the name of the variant for a while “... Then a jabberwock and a ryu”

“Oh! Have you studied a little about our dragons?”

“Of course not, they mentioned it themselves” Bably answers while frowning in annoyance.

“Oh... well, although you should at least study us a little, you know, so as not to confuse the mamono”

“All mamono are the same alien shit, so I don't care”

“… Hey! Just because we are from another world doesn't mean you have the right to address us like that” She replies, frowning angrily.

“Even with you being the invaders?” asks Bably, who, although he doesn't look at her, raises an eyebrow as he begins to eat.

“… Our intentions are pure!”

“Are you seriously going to use that 'the ends justify the means' argument?”

“Humans... the maiíb are not better than us; They massacre each other even for a bit of land or ideologies. We, at least, if diplomacy doesn't work, we take down the enemy with a minimum chance of mortality" says the Head with some pride.

“And with nymphomania involved, how could they not?” Bably mentions, annoyed and rolling his eyes.

“I don't understand why you are so prudish about that topic” says the Head, surprised and arching an eyebrow.

“And why this need to sanctify something that can severely affect your psyche and upset you and those around you with clearly negative consequences if you act excessively?” Bably asks, shaking his head.

“Those are the wishes and teachings of Lord Mamono” says the Head while making a face of indifference.

Bably shakes his head again as he sighs, these creatures have no salvation. At least not with the technology that his world possesses.

Bably finishes his snack, taking a last sip from his cup and eating the few sugary pancakes he brought, followed by getting up to wash the cup in the sink.

“By the way” Bably comments, capturing the Head's attention “How do you manage to survive, being just a mere head?”

“With human essence, like all mamono”

“...I mean how do you get the essence” Bably mentions while he finishes washing the cup and goes to one of the armchairs.

“Or, well, we mamono have products that replenish the essence for single individuals, although they are unpleasant” Answers the Head, making a face of displeasure.

“I see” Bably nods his head slowly, as he sits on the couch, with a claw on his chin.

“By the way…”

Before the Head could say more, something hits the door, making both of them turn their gazes there.

Without much delay, Bably gets up and goes to the door, followed by opening it, seeing that it is not something or someone his size, he looks down, finding a maiíb.

"Oh, Mr. Lubuki, good afternoon" Bably greets with a slight nod of his head.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Bably" Lubuki greets, while smiling at him.

Lubuki, Moríca's husband, is a man with a somewhat robust build with medium-long brown hair, tied in a ponytail, with creamy yellow eyes, and with dark-skinned skin bordering on dark. He wears a brown mailman's uniform, with a grayish logo on both his cap and his clothing.

Bably can see that Lubuki has a basket on his back, equipped as if it were a backpack, which is full of cards and packets, and in his hands, there are 2 cards and a grayish platinum packet, making Bably raise his eyebrow curiosity.

“And that?” Bably asks while pointing to what Lubuki has in his hand.

"They are for you, from certain important people" Lubuki replies with a smile as he is about to hand over the contents… until he sees the head on top of Bably. "… Who is she?"

Both Bably and the Head glance at each other for a moment, observing each other sideways before turning their attention to Lubuki.

"I am-" The Head was about to respond, but Bably is quicker to answer.

"She’s my pet; her name is Eliz," Bably says, pointing at her.

"Hey, there’s no way I’m and will be your pet, and my name is Barbara, not Eliz!" she retorts angrily.

“Well, the name fits you barbarically well" Bably says, looking at her out of the corner of his eye momentarily.

The head named Barbara, now baptized Eliz, begins to babble things that I'm not even going to narrate with my ass sweating, while Bably ignores her, making Lubuki laugh a little in silence, finding it impossible to hold back her laughter at such a scene.

“Anyway, who are they?” Bably asks, while looking at the content with disdain.

“I don't know, the branch just gave it to me and that's it” Lubuki comments, while shrugging his shoulders.

Bably sighs as she grabs the things carefully, nodding her head at Lubuki in gratitude.

He inspects the contents carefully, seeing nothing abnormal in sight, so he sniffs it.

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Oh shit, no no, no sir.

-”I'm sorry Lubiki, but I think…” Bably says, directing his gaze towards the postman... However, he was no longer there.

Bably turns her head to one side, watching as Lubuki's almost visible silhouette fades into the distance at a high and constant speed. So he sighs in defeat and walks into the house, closing the door behind him.

Bably goes to sit on his couch, while he leaves things on the little table there.

As he sits down, he hears Eliz sigh in defeat, finally finishing speaking when she sees that Bably was completely ignoring her.

“What is that?” Eliz asks curiously.

“Something that will probably upset me” Bably responds with a grimace.

Bably hesitantly grabs the package carefully and patiently unwraps it, trying not to tear it.

While doing so, Eliz looks impressed as someone like Bably has good pressure and enviable calmness to develop something almost smaller than his claws.

At the end, he sees that the wrapping covered a small white box, with a drawing of a large telephone, and that of a dragon with green scales smiling while raising the thumb of her claw upwards, making Bably raise an eyebrow.

“Oh! a cell phone from Dragonia, and the latest model!” Eliz comments, surprised.

Bably made a face of displeasure upon hearing the name of that kingdom, so he leaves it in its place for the moment, and grabs the letter that comes next to it.

When he opens the envelope, he sees that there is a paper one and a plastic one, he verifies that the plastic one is, apparently, instructions on how to use and configure the cell phone, so he leaves it on top of the box and opens the paper one, to read its content.

'Dear Bably:

I will not go into formal greetings, as I am sure that your keen sense of smell will detect my presence without problems.

I had promised you a more up-to-date phone that meets your needs, but due to certain inconveniences, I have not been able to fulfill it until now and almost forgot about it. However, I hope you enjoy virtual reality and everything it offers. Although it may seem trivial, it is like entering another world!

I hope you enjoy it a lot.

Fondly,

Daris Jorgen'

Bably grimaces as he throws the letter on the table, shaking his head, visibly discouraged.

“Wait... Daris Jorgon!?” Daris exclaims, impressed.

“What?” Bably asks, irritated.

“Oh, nothing important, just that that jabberwock is one of the highest class dragons in Dragonia, I would even say that she is within the circle of the most influential nobles of their aristocracy”

Bably is quiet for a moment, processing what was said.

Practically kicked out of his home by what appears to be something close to a commander or general.

What trouble he would be in if she got too spoiled with him.

With a resigned sigh, he grabs the other letter and opens it, seeing that it is just a piece of paper, so he begins to read the other content.

‘Dear Braxis or Dragon of Life Bably:

By this letter, from Ar Naz Gelm, now known as Troy Valley, you are requested to be present at our base within a maximum of three weeks.

Should you be unable to attend in person or oppose the summons, an elite escort will be assigned to accompany you to the base. Please be assured that we already have detailed information on your location and other relevant aspects.

You are kindly requested not to leave the city of Xa' Nim, as the escort will be dispatched immediately otherwise.

Sincerely, Commander Hermes Álex Thompson. 
Of the Queen Catalina's Forces, the 143rd daughter of the current Lord Mamono Lilith’

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Damn it.

Bably throws the letter and rests his chin on his paw, with his elbow propped on his knee.

This is really bad, like really, really bad. Not only do they apparently have hidden spies among his treasure, but they also have an escort prepared to accompany him and gently indicate that he’s not going anywhere.

And to spice up the drama of this problem, their mating season was approaching, and their defenses against aphrodisiacs were getting lower and lower, so it wouldn't be impossible to even start going crazy early.

And if they take him there, he has that fear that they will VERY probably take him to their world, everything here is a damn domino that just needs a little push... Bah, more like a blow strong enough for the snowball to form.

Bably sighs in frustration, if something doesn't kill him these days, it seems that a war even more devastating and bloody than the Divine Purge will start because of him, it would be a humiliation for him to be the target they point out.

“Do you want me to explain how to use the cell phone?” Eliz asks, who, apparently, feels Bably's tension.

“...It will be the best” Bably states without opposing, using it as a perfect excuse to clear his head.

Bably grabs the box and opens it, he can see that in addition to the phone sized to fit his claw, there is also a protective screen and a back cover for the device.

Without further ado, he begins to grab the item and Eliz begins to explain it to him in detail and step by step.

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Do you know reader? I can fix this shit.