Chapter 428 - My name is not Ray... (2/2)

”Come in,” Ray said.

Opening the door, Ray was now fully clothed in something more relaxing. It was a short-sleeve shirt and shorts. A thin cloth material meant for sleeping. His arms were fully showing and Slyvia couldn't help but look at them and as she did, she noticed they were completely bare. Normal skin, no scales, nothing.

However, she was sure she hadn't made a mistake. She wouldn't be so fooled as she knew Ray was able to alter his entire appearance. Just altering his arms would be easy work for someone like him.

Ray too, wasn't oblivious to the constant stairs that Slyvia was giving him as she continued to look at his arms. He had let his guard down for a single second, and for the first time, he had been caught.

'Should I tell her the truth?' Ray thought. ”She has always been supportive.'

The last person who had seen Ray's real body was Gary, and he had a more than accepting approach to Ray's form, but he hadn't even told him the complete truth. Deep down in his heart, Ray didn't know why, but he just couldn't bring himself to tell anyone of his past.

'Was he was ashamed of it? What did he care about what people thought of him? Or when did he start to care about what people thought about him?' These mixed feelings were beginning to frustrate him, and he felt like he needed to make a decision.

”Ray, those scales on your arms, and the fins as well as the scales on your face. I didn't imagine it, did I?” Slyvia asked. ”It's okay if you don't want to tell me. I agreed to help you and follow you no matter what, but please. I want to know everything about you.” As she said this, she lifted her hand and brought it closer to Ray's, stroking him on his forearm seeing if she could feel anything, but nothing was felt.

Then a few seconds later, she pulled her hand away after realizing what she was doing.

”The truth is… I also went through the beasting process like the others. I just didn't want to tell anyone. I and Lenny did it in secret in preparations for this tournament.”

It was a logical explanation, and Slyvia decided to head to her bed without saying anything. Ray didn't know why, but she seemed a little annoyed. She covered herself in the bedsheets and turned off the lamp by her side.

Ray was complexity confused by the actions that had just occurred, and everything had happened so fast like a storm.

”Ray, we have known each other for so long.” She said. ”It's fine if you don't want to tell me, but what I didn't expect was for you to lie to my face like that. Goodnight.”

The two of them sat in darkness and Ray was still confused about what he had just done. He didn't really understand humans that much and women just seemed to be a little more confusing to him.

However, what he did know was Slyvia's words had stung and hit him hard. So he decided to eventually sit on the edge of her bed.

”Your right,” Ray said. ”If you want the truth, then I will tell you the truth. My real name is not Ray. It's Sen. You may have heard about me before, but I am the great red dragon that used to cause fear and destruction on this land.”

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