A STORY, A LEGENDWhen the adventurer's fingertips touched the door knocker, the stone cottage suddenly blazed with warmth -golden radiance seeped throughthe crack, mingled with the mist of dragon's breath that drifted over the tabletop.Pushing the door open, the adventurer saw a crimson-scaled dragon coiled atop a mound of jewels, a gilded ancient coin pinned under the tip of its tail. The intruder, dagger clenched in hand, froze where he stood. The dragon's eyes snapped open; within their golden-flame glow, there was no trace of malice. Instead, it lazily flicked the coin toward his feet with a claw.This was the "Secret Realm of Kindness" that the dragon had hidden a thousand years ago. Every soul who found the stone cottage would witness this quiet secret of taking and giving: the adventurer stole a dose of courage, and the dragon offered a gift of trust that no one else dared to claim.
