Dragon Traveler Story Explained: Fafnir, The Crazy Princess, And The Isekai Setup​

Dragon Traveler’s story is a rom‑com isekai where you, the player, end up inhabiting the infamous dragon Fafnir and get dragged into a chaotic “princess vs deadbeat dragon” road trip that decides the fate of the world. The crazy princess is both your would‑be dragonslayer and your main partner, and the game plays the whole setup as a self‑aware harem isekai parody.​

The isekai setup: how you become Fafnir

Dragon Traveler pitches itself as a “Love x Comedy x Isekai” bishoujo idle RPG and leans hard into the self‑insert angle.​​

• The Steam page explains that you, the player, literally become the notorious dragon Fafnir, the “legendary but deadbeat” dragon at the center of the story, surrounded by gorgeous girls who are “way too into you.”​​
• Marketing posts describe it as an isekai love adventure where you stumble into another world, wind up in the body of Fafnir, and suddenly find yourself the target of princesses, witches, and other waifus who either want to slay you, tame you, or date you.​​

Early gameplay walkthroughs show that the story is delivered in bite‑sized 3–5 minute cutscenes, each framed like an anime episode with Fafnir narrating or reacting to the absurd situations he’s dumped into.​​

Fafnir: legendary dragon, total deadbeat

Fafnir in Dragon Traveler is less “ancient world‑ender” and more “burnt‑out NEET dragon.”

• Official descriptions repeatedly call him a “deadbeat dragon”; the Google Play blurb literally opens with “A crazy princess kicks down the dragon’s lair door, but guess what? Turns out the mighty monster’s a total deadbeat!”​
• The Steam page frames him as a rom‑com protagonist: you are Fafnir, infamous but lazy, and your legend completely fails to live up to the terrified expectations of the kingdom… which is exactly why the story leans into roast comedy and slapstick instead of grimdark dragon lore.​

Despite the joke, gameplay footage shows Fafnir taking on a guardian role: he gets dragged into defending a fairy guide, protecting the princess’s party, and fighting off threats that escalate as the story continues.​

The “crazy princess” and the rom‑com road trip

The main heroine is the so‑called “crazy princess,” a tsundere royal who is supposed to slay the dragon but ends up stuck traveling with him instead.

• Multiple official blurbs say the story begins when “a crazy princess kicks down the dragon’s lair door”, expecting an epic showdown, only to discover that the mighty Fafnir is lazy, broke, and not at all what she imagined.​​
• Facebook promos describe the story as “Princess vs. Deadbeat Dragon: A love‑hate rom‑com road trip”, with the tag line “Hope or Despair? Only you decide the world’s fate in Dragon Traveler!”—implying that your choices and how you interact with the princess influence both the romance side and the overall destiny of the world.​

Early chapter gameplay shows her leading a small party, constantly bickering with Fafnir, and vowing to “save the kingdom” while simultaneously being exasperated by his laziness and embarrassed by his flirtations or failures.​

Waifus, romance, and how the harem fits the plot

Dragon Traveler is marketed as a bishoujo idle RPG with a harem angle, but the story uses that to drive both comedy and character arcs.

• The Steam description and mobile storefronts emphasize that you are surrounded by a passionate harem of waifus—mages, knights, fox girls, and more—who join your party over time.​
• The Google Play page notes that each 3–5 minute chapter is “just long enough for the princess and dragon to roast each other silly while thirsty hot waifus chase you down,” playing up the rivalry between the princess and the rest of the cast.​
• Systems like the “Heartthrob” affection feature let you tap/interact with heroines to unlock romance scenes; trailers joke that “touch her head, she turns red, but push your luck and you’re in for a royal beatdown,” positioning the romance as slapstick, tsundere‑heavy comedy rather than straight fanservice.​

As you raise affection, you unlock extra story episodes and side events that flesh out each heroine’s backstory and their relationship with Fafnir and the princess.​

World stakes: hope, despair, and your choices

Under the rom‑com surface, there is an overarching “save or doom the world” plot.

• Official Facebook clips frame the central question as “Hope or Despair? Only you decide the world’s fate in Dragon Traveler!”, showing the princess and Fafnir standing before a ruined battlefield and implying that your decisions and team composition influence whether the kingdom is saved.​
• Gameplay intros show scenes of a fairy guide being rescued, ominous forces threatening kingdoms, and characters vowing to protect their siblings or homelands, suggesting that Fafnir and the princess’s road trip gradually expands into a full‑blown campaign against a larger evil.​

In practice, the story is structured as short, episodic arcs where each new waifu joins during a localized crisis (haunted forest, besieged town, cursed artifacts), and each resolution nudges the overall “hope vs despair” arc forward while deepening the dynamics between Fafnir, the princess, and the rest of the cast.​​

Taken together, Dragon Traveler’s narrative formula is: isekai self‑insert as the lazy dragon Fafnir + a chaos‑gremlin princess who’s supposed to kill you but ends up stuck with you + a rotating cast of thirsty waifus + a surprisingly real “save or doom the world” through your choices, all delivered in fast, joke‑dense chapters designed to keep you hitting “Next Episode” between AFK farming sessions