I was just your average burnout. Now I’m a kobold in a dungeon where everything wants to eat me—and frankly, I get it. I look delicious.

Reincarnated as the weakest possible monster in the worst possible place, I start with nothing but panic, backward knees, and a skill called Civilization Mimicry—which is sealed. Because of course it is.

But survival isn't the story.

This is the story of what comes after.

Of finding meaning in the scraps. Of building law from ashes. Of kindling memory in a place designed to erase.

Because even if the world sees kobolds as nothing, I’ve seen what we used to be.

And I’m going to bring it back.

Firelight by firelight. Burial by burial. One fragile tradition at a time.

Because if the world wants kobolds to be nothing?

Then I’ll teach it what nothing becomes when it learns to dream.

"We would be honored if the Sovereign of Ashring remained here as a long-term observer," the half-elf leader said, voice as smooth as enchanted bark oil.


Somewhere in the background, I heard the distant sound of a trap resetting itself. Spiritually. That was my last plan triggering and dying.


I blinked. I had come here expecting to drop off some awkward diplomatic phrases, maybe borrow some fire tricks, and sneak back home before anyone made me hold hands in a ritual. Instead, I was now looking at a politely glowing flame-basket and a small team of leaf-draped architects designing our residence. Not a tent. A residence.


[New Status: Extended Co-Dwelling Initiated] 


[Location Added: Semi-Autonomous Flame-Aligned Guest Zone] 


Chapter 60 - I Thought We Were Visiting, Not Moving In