Having passed through the portal and stepped onto the lakeside grass, the Blue Dragon Kristo looked around, the familiar scenery awakening his senses, as he walked towards the figure sitting by the lake.
The other party was dressed in a form-fitting gown, like a doll swaddled in cloth strips, squatting beside the lake and snatching shiny pebbles out of a black lump to toss into the water.
"You knew I'd come looking for you..."
The humanoid Blue Dragon displayed slight displeasure, still remembering how he had left with a flourish, telling the Dream Game Administrators to contact him in case of trouble. As one of the server's main designers, his proud self had declared he would never make a mistake and had brusquely dismissed them.
Lyle smacked his lips as he watched the metallic shards sink beneath the water and then float up, supported by the Naslan family's alchemical creation, the Mercury Snake, which dissolved the shards on its surface.
