A Dragon Idol's Reincarnation Tale

AbyssRaven: Hello, everybody. Our 2nd anniversary is here! On the 9th of January, the first-ever Dragon Idol chapter was released on Royal Road. Chapter 0, or in other words, the prologue. Or, in other-other words, the moment Hestia’s soul was transferred to Peolynca. As I’ve already mentioned before, we will be having a small Q/A session with the Aurora for today.

Hestia: It’s non-canon!

AR: … Yes, that should have been obvious. You don’t need to say it out loud, Hestia.

H: I mean, you made us keep to the script pretty strictly on the Christmas special. A word budget of 2k words. And most of it was wasted on telling us the special wasn’t canon. I just wanted to make sure our readers know about it, you know.

AR: … I have the feeling you just want to tease me about it. In any case, this Q/A session doesn’t have a word count budget, so answer the questions as much as you want Hestia.

H: Cool. Can we begin?

AR: Of course, in a few seconds. Everybody in the readership, as you already know, all these questions are directed to the members of the five Auroras. I saw some of you pose questions directed to the gods! Do you guys really think I can just uproot them and bring them over here?! They are busy! … In any case, let us begin the show!

Saori: Thankfully, all our names have a different first letter. It should be easy to differentiate us all.

AR: True. Well, without further ado, let us begin!

Question: What are their three sizes?

AR: Are you seriously asking that?! Who is that directed to?! To everybody? Even Grimnir? This question forces me to think of their three sizes and that is enough for me to get burned by the girls before you get sent to Nirvana!

H: Huh? I have no problem saying them. They are—

S: Next question!

Question: To Hestia — What would you think if you had the option of evolving into an Eastern Dragon/ Loong?

H: Hmm, honestly, I don’t know how to feel about it. I’m so used to my current body. However, if I had that chance back then, I probably would still go with a western version dragon body. The wings, my sixth set of limbs, have been very useful.

Question: To Hestia or the students — Have you tried using the auto-translation of the [Otherworldly Visitor] title to translate Earth songs to make them understandable to the locals? What were the results?

H: Well, I don’t have that title, sadly. [Otherworldly Reincarnator] doesn’t give any special bonus. That’s why I’ve been writing my own songs or doing Common tongue covers of them. Renai Circulation was sung in Japanese, after all. Nobody understood the lyrics, though. Hiehie.

Tatsuya/Coffee Boy: Hey, why am I here?!

H: Answer the question before we put you back into the void.

T: … W-Well, we haven’t actually tried singing them. Kyouya has done some humming, but that was about it. Singing wasn’t really a concern for us, outside of personal R&R.

Question: To Hestia — What are you going to do if, by the time you return to Earth for a visit, one or both of your parents have died during the time you’ve been on Peolynca?

H: Jeez, that is a really, really difficult question, no? Uhm, well, personally, I don’t want to think of that sort of scenario since it’s just demoralizing. But… if it were to happen, I guess I would grieve for them. Seriously. I already have a feeling I’ve been a bad daughter from my memory recovery, but this would just be… Urgh. If only one were gone, I would do my best to comfort the other in any way possible. I really want to make it up to them for everything. If both… well, then I would have nothing left attaching me to that world. Well, I guess I do have relatives, but… Haaaaaa, yeah.

Question: To Hestia — What do you think about martial art dance?

H: I have no idea what that is supposed to be. But, I guess something like capoeira counts? Well, do remember that I’m mostly a mage with a dragon fighting style. I only recently learned the spear from Yorshka and I still need more training with it. I really have no idea if dancing can be used effectively in a battle.

Question: To Saori — If you could choose another monster/animal race, which would you want to be? (No human or humanoid, of course)

S: Dragon, without a question. I have no particular wish to be part of any specific dragon clan, but one above S rank would be great. Probably not one of the empresses or emperor, though.

H: Wait, you don’t want to be related to me?!

S: … What fantasies, Hestia. No, the real reason is that I do not wish to have anything to do with the political side of things. Also, having battle frenzy sounds a bit unnerving.

H: But, Kargryx barely does anything politically based, from what we’ve learned so far.

S: ‘So Far.’

Question: To Hestia — What is your favorite thing since arriving in Peolynca?

H: The fact my idol career finally began. Well, also meeting Saori, Tasianna, Ellaine, and Grimnir. That is also a great thing. Creating Aurora is a really fond memory for me.

Question: To Tasianna — What do you miss most about the Fairy Kingdom?

Tasianna: Hmm, well, the carefree nature of it. We aren’t a kingdom, we are just a small village. The days are less stressful and there is also a festival or celebration going on. However, currently, I don’t long to go back there. My only reason to be there is gone. Now, I am simply overjoyed to be with everybody else in Aurora, especially Lady Hestia.

Question: To Ellaine — After this quest is done what are your hopes for your future in Greenveil?

Ellaine: To become a full-fledged knight, honestly. I’ve always wanted to stand next to father and brother as a knight, and that dream still is ongoing. Taming a griffon would be great, also. Hmm, but if we’re talking about House Helvas, then I probably can’t do much without hurting my brother's role as the next Arcanuess. I would like our house’s rank to rise to that of a Marquess, though. However, if I were to be named a Marchioness, either I have to become the head or create a branch house. Both options aren’t too good, in my opinion.

Question: To Grimnir — What invention you've heard of from the summoned people are you most interested in trying to bring to Peolnyca?

Grimnir: The internet. Mechanical flying constructs like an airplane. Ahhh, the heart of a craftsman inside me sings with joy at everything I’ve heard. I do not know if I can create even a fraction of what these lads and lasses have told me in my lifetime, but I sure as hell want to try it.

Question: To Saori — What is your greatest hope for your students to take away from their time here if they do manage to return home someday?

S: Honestly, that all of them make it back to Earth alive is already all I can wish for. Hopefully, sane and mentally healthy. Tamae and her party have changed somewhat from their experience here, sadly. Optimistically, if they could use their experience in Peolynca to help them continue their success on Earth, that would be nice.

Question: To Hestia — Which of the 4 languages do you find the most impactful for composing? Most of the lyrics end up on the site in English, but what language are they really being sung in?

H: The songs are composed in Common tongue since I also perform them in Common for everybody to understand me. Honestly, I haven’t been using English or Korean for a long time now, outside of my thinking process. Japanese, I speak to the students and Saori, so I’m still pretty fluent with that. So, I think I’m best in Japanese and Common, right now. Since the author has to write the story, he can’t just post the Common translation of everything. None of you would understand it. That’s why everything is coming out in English!

Question: To Saori — Your favorite person or period/era in history?

S: Ancient Rome, in the time of Gaius Julius Caesar. The Warring Era of the Three Kingdoms. Cao Cao is quite an interesting man. I think most would have thought I would choose something Japanese, but I was always more interested in the world’s history, compared to my home country’s. My favorite historical personage would be Niccolo Machiavelli, purely due to how he portrayed his ideal way to rule as a monarch or control a state as a senator.

Question: To Hestia — What is your favorite Dragon ability?

H: Scale-dust. I love them.

Question: To Tasianna — Is there a difference between Maid dresses of your world and Saori´s and which differences do you like / dislike?

T: Well, the dresses I used in the fairy village were more modest. Even the ones Svena, Josine, and the other Helvas servants wear are extremely modest. I personally do not feel that embarrassed wearing my current one, as I don’t know why I should. There is nothing shameful or to be bashful about. It’s a beautiful dress made with splendid skill.

Question: To Ellaine — If you would be transmigrated to Saori´s and Hestia's original World, what would you like to do or become after their stories?

E: Explore this internet thing, and fly in these large aerial beasts called ‘airplanes.’ Also, the technological advancement and how they can live without manatech and magic.

Question: To Grimnir — What Skill do you want to buy the most but will never do because it is too expensive or impractical?

G: If you ask me, the skill shop is too much of a shortcut. Skills should be gained through sweat and blood. Aside from the resistance skills, I haven’t bought anything noteworthy from it. My skill shop actually allows me to buy [Earth Magic], but I know I wouldn’t be able to use it at all. Which is a damn shame! [Fire Magic] would help a ton to keep the fire going. Reason why I like the lass inside my smithy, helping out.

Question: To Danterno — Do you think it was a good idea to merge Heatias skill and would you still do it again?

AR: Well, as I said, I can’t just—

Danterno: The results speak for themselves. Now, if only that girl would go around spreading that gift to my other followers, that would help me a ton!

AR: … Go away.

Question: To Aurena — When do you plan on allowing Hestia to see her previous family? Will she have to complete everything with the church Quest first? Even though that will take years.

AR: Like I said—

Aurena: Yes. A deal is a deal. Opening up dimensional portals isn’t an easy feat if you have to safely transfer a mortal through it to another dimension. She needs to become stronger to make the process easier on me.

AR: Why do I care?

Question: To Melloxtressa — How do you feel about the fact that your daughter is reincarnated?

AR: Oi, seriously? She’s coming to Hestia right at this moment. Some patience, please. See, she can’t even come to this Q/A session right now since she’s busy. Let’s wait……… See?

AR: And that was it. All the questions I could muster from the comments section and discord. Thank you guys very much for all of them. It was a joy to answer them all. Once again, I have to thank you guys for all the support over these two years. We aren’t the largest novel on Royal Road, but I’m still glad I’ve managed to see 2k people enjoying this story enough to become followers. I hoped you guys liked the 2nd Anniversary special. It isn’t much, really. Honestly, considering how I’ve gotten used to writing, I should be churning more chapters out, but this is the pace I like the most. Sorry about that, guys. Still, I hope you can keep up with the story for another year, despite the pacing and how I sometimes make bad writing mistakes.

H: Yeah, thank you all for all your support! The length of each chapter is quite long, and instead of separating them into individual chapters to release every day, we do it like this for this novel. Thank you guys for still supporting us.