always have secret passages and you are in luck, because I am great at finding secret passages!"


"Uh, well, then I'm saved, it's good that I have you with me," said Kari, relieved.


Chiaki immediately set to work to find a secret passage and after a short time he found it! He found a crack that led into the lock. He proudly announced to Kari that he knew exactly how this walk would go. Kari looked skeptical, but preferred to look away because she didn't want Chiaki to see that.Chiaki tapped the wall and a small crack opened. Kari asked: "Should I climb through there?"


"Of course", Chiaki grinned: "I thought you want to help the king! If so, then you have to go down the hall."


Kari grumbled something about: "Well, where is the passage going?"


Chiaki explained: "It's very easy! If you follow the tunnel, you will end up in the basement of the castle! From there you have to make your own way, from then on the path is different in every castle."


"Very reassuring!" muttered Kari.


Chiaki added: "But you have to go through it alone, I have no desire to be assassinated, besides, you are Jeanne d'Arc and not me."


"I'm aware!" said Kari.


She squeezed through the crack and got inside the castle.


Chiaki called out to her: "Take care of Jeanne!"


Kari winked back and disappeared into the darkness.


Chiaki went back to the horses, stroked them and whispered: "I hope that Jeanne makes it!"

Kari sauntered down the hallways, a little scared, muttering, "I can do it. Oh, what a stupid idea to go over here! I must be crazy!"


Well, I can do it, "she says to herself, encouraging herself.


After a few more meters she saw a turnoff with horror. "Oh, damn it, Chiaki said that I can go straight through the corridor into the basement. Why is there a junction here? Or is the basement already here?"


Kari brooded, but then decided to go straight ahead. A little later, Kari saw a light at the end of the path and was terribly excited because it could be the cellar that begins there. Kari crept up to the light and looked cautiously around the corner. She saw barrels and smoked ham dangling from the ceiling. She concluded that this was the basement. She entered it carefully through a small crack that was behind a barrel. She looked around and looked for an exit, also found a corridor that led away from the cellar.She peered into the new corridor and then went carefully inside. After every step she paused to listen because she couldn't risk being seen. Guardian, that was what she was most afraid of, because she knew that guardians always sneak through the corridors and that she could be spotted. After a few more unnoticed steps, she found another junction. This time she couldn't go straight on, she had to choose left or right. After pondering for a moment, she took the D-Beamer out of her pocket and held it up. If she held him near the right path, he would start beeping. So she went ahead with the D-Beamer stretched out. Fortunately, she still didn't meet anyone. After 10 minutes of wandering in the gloom, she heard footsteps approaching her. Panic spread through her, although sooner or later she had justified something like that, but was shocked. Kari looked around in panic, but luckily discovered a little hiding place, she slipped inside.Seconds later a guard came around the corner and walked past her. Kari visibly sighed and slipped out of her hiding place as soon as the air was clear.


She walked on, always careful not to make too much noise. Gradually Kari got bored because nothing, absolutely nothing, happened. She wondered when she would meet the demon until she ran into something. She fell and looked up. It was a wall, Kari ran into a wall. Kari muttered angrily: "Oh damn, what was that?"


She looked closely at the wall and saw that it was a door. Kari grabbed the handle and carefully pulled the door open. She peeked in and saw that she had landed in an armory. She looked around in amazement. Her D-Beamer beeped again, from which Kari concluded that the demon must be here somewhere. Carefully she held the D-Beamer in all directions and checked where it began to beep. A sword that was on a pedestal in the middle of the room beeped like crazy.Slowly Kari walked towards the sword and suddenly the sword began to wobble. Startled, Kari backed away. The sword straightened and hopped toward Kari. It trembled, then a demon appeared, emerging from the sword. He straightened up in front of the horrified Kari and the sword clattered to the ground. The demon looked gruesome, slightly dark purple black with glowing red eyes. He jumped up to Kari, Kari panicked, but quickly dodged. She held a protective hand over her face and wondered why the demon gave way. She looked at him puzzled and noticed that she still had the D-Beamer in her hand. Kari smiled and walked towards the demon with an outstretched hand. He moved on until he reached the wall. Kari grinned and held the D-Beamer in front of his nose. The D-Beamer lit up and sucked in the demon. He gave a horrific scream. When Kari stood there, wet with sweat, with the device in which the demon was now stuck, she couldn't believe it.Suddenly it occurred to her that the Vie had made a lot of noise and she thought that the whole castle will soon be in the cellar. So she found the fastest way out. But before she had even reached the corridor, something beeped and everything blurred before her eyes. She much, much and felt someone shake her.


She opened her eyes and saw her brother Connan, who shouted: "Hey, Kari, if you still want to go to school, then you have to hurry up."


Kari got up and a thought swirled through her head: It was all just a dream.






Chapter 2 The Dragon Maiden




Kari dressed slowly and went into the kitchens for breakfast. She ate something, took her school bag and went to school. At the door, Kari saw her brother Connan, who asked her: “Don't you want to take your lunch with you?” She smiled, took it from him and said: “It's good that I have you, otherwise I would forget everything here."Kari went out into the street and made her way to school. She arrived 10 minutes later. Kari had 5 minutes until she had to go to her class. But Kari knew that if she didn't go now, she would be back dream and be late. So she got up and stood in front of her classroom. Her friend Sonoku came with the key in her outstretched hand. Sonoku opened the door with a grin and asked: "Hey Kari, you won't come today late? It's something completely new! "


Kari replied: "I don't feel like having to detention every day!"


They sat down and a few minutes later the classroom was full of chatting students. The teacher came in. "Good morning Ms. Minatsuki," the students shouted in unison. "Good morning," replied the teacher as she did every morning. "Today we're doing math, who can read the homework please?"


6 students answered and Ms. Minatsuki said, "Okay, Takeshi, will you come to the front, please?"Takeshi went to the board and did the math.


During the lesson they did even more exercises, Kari found that pretty boring, but had to pay attention.


"Because you all did so well, there is no homework today."


The bell rang at break and everyone went out. Kari was standing in the school yard and overheard a few other students talking about a new computer game. They told of a dragon as the final boss. Kari made a picture of such a dragon. But her thoughts were interrupted because the bell rang again. She went back to class with a dragon still buzzing through her head.


2 school hours later they had a substitute hour and then school ended. In the substitute hour, Kari painted a dragon. The teacher looked at Kari's dragon and asked: "Do you like dragons?"


Kari nodded and the teacher said: "When I was a little girl I also loved dragons."

Kari listened, because now she had an idea. She painted a little girl next to the dragon and named her zampoo.


This time, when school was over, she ran home quickly.


She wanted to do her homework right away to keep painting.


She had an essay in Japanese and got to work. When she was almost finished, she fell asleep over her essay. She looked around, absolutely not knowing where she was.


Everything was black around her, Kari didn't even see her hand in front of her eyes. She sat down first to think about what to do next. Suddenly, absorbed in her thoughts, she heard a strange growl. She turned around and saw a bright spot that, luckily, was far away. The light looked like a sticky flame and then disappeared again. She waited with bated breath to see if more was going to happen. But nothing more happened. Kari relaxed again.


Sat with her back against the wall, thinking what to do next.She brooded and brooded, but you did


"And who is that", Kari asked curiously.


Zampoo turned around and shouted into the darkness: "Come here, please, Ryu-chan! Please don't be frightened!", She said to Kari familiarly.


Kari waited and almost had a heart attack because she saw a kite running towards her.


Kari slowly backed up to the wall. Zampoo noticed this and said: "Don't worry, it won't hurt any flies. You don't have to be afraid."


Ryu-chan stopped and eyed Kari, who was about to start screaming.


Zampoo went up to the dragon and stroked his head, and beckoned Kari over. Kari walked slowly and fearfully towards the dragon. Zampoo said: "Come on, it won't hurt you. Give it a stroke."


Kari carefully ran a hand over the dragon's neck. Ryu-chan closed his eyes relaxed and grumbled contentedly. Gradually Kari grew braver and scratched the dragon's ears.Zampoo testified happily and asked: "Well, Kari, should we fly a