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There are dragons in this world.

[ Captain Obvious's voice is heard before the feed even finishes turning on. Zeref himself has always been rather camera shy, so he's not actually in the feed; instead, it's being broadcast from the library, again. There's a few books open, on the table, all of them about dragons. ]

There's no shortage of information here about them, but I can't find anything about Dragon Slayers. At least, not about the type of mage. [ A bit about people who have killed dragons with swords or bows and the like - a ridiculous idea in the context of his world - but nothing about people who literally eat certain elements and use that power to kill dragons. ]

I don't suppose any of you have encountered one?

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No. Just normal Earth.

[He could reasonably guess as to why the camera shy magician asked him that; the title of 'Saint' held weight in his world. It was most likely a term someone from Earth-Land would acknowledge. If someone mentioned the word "Esper" or "Academy City", he would have asked them if they were from his world as well.]

Saints exist in your world as well?

The Ten Wizard Saints are considered some of the most powerful mages in the world. Well... the most powerful legal mages in the world.

That's nothing like the Saints of my world. In fact, the very idea of a legal magician is utterly nonexistent. "Being stupidly powerful" might be the only similarities between our two world's Saints.

[Even so, it's still one hell of a coincidence.]

Saints in my world are people born with similar characteristics to the Son of God. This allows them to draw out far more power than a normal human and skyrocket all their abilities to superhuman levels. They're the complete subversion of a squishy wizard.

I see. [ No mages are legal? 'Son of God?' Definitely not Earth-Land. ]

What do you mean by 'squishy?'

Magicians are typically stereotyped as being physically weak and frail. The idea is that they sacrificed all the time they could have been exercising in exchange for the knowledge needed to rain destruction on their foes. In my experience, the only truth to the stereotype is that some of them are unaccustomed to any physical combat.

That is not often the case in my world. While some certainly fit that description, it is not uncommon for mages to be physically capable as well. Some even have magic that designed to be used in conjunction with physical strength.

What category do you fall under? So far, you've been displaying many stereotypical magician traits. Like the fact this entire conversation has been on Video and you have yet to show your face.

I don't enjoy labeling myself. Plenty of other humans have already done that in my own world, "Black Wizard" being the most famous of them.

I can see why. "Black Wizard" sounds vaguely ominous. Is there a reason the people of your world stuck that title to you?

[ A long pause. ]

Many reasons.

It's fine. You don't have to say anything.

[Long pauses are never a good sign. He could easily tell that he accidentally stumbled upon a sensitive topic. The man clearly didn't feel comfortable indulging any details and there was no reason to pursue the issue further.]

So... why are you researching dragons?

[This was an obvious attempt to steer the conversation somewhere else.]

Curiosity, mostly. [ A sigh of relief. Good thing this guy wasn't the persistent type. ] I wanted to compare them to dragons from my own world.

Do you need any help researching? I've got plenty of time to spare and nothing to do.

No, but thank you.

[ A curt response. He just doesn't want to risk anyone dying because of his magic. ]

Alright.

[He didn't find his answer all that surprising. The guy seemed like the solitary type.]

My name's Kamijou Touma. If you ever need any help, just let me know.

I will. Thank you.

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