97. Even dragons fall sometimes
“Are you satisfied with pretending to be a horcos?”
Insinuately ask Doha, who is flying side by side.
As I was flying over the sea covered with red sunset, I remembered what happened in the plaza a while ago.
After Horkos left, the people of the village were overcome with anxiety.
It’s only natural to be happy that the storm is gone, but the dragon, who seemed to be the guardian spirit for a moment, has left.
Doha suddenly jumped out in front of such people, proudly proclaiming that he was Horcos, and vowed to protect Kagera Island forever.
Of course, there were some people who didn’t believe it, but with Doha’s surprise transformation show, they were very satisfied with the dragon scales she shed, and it quickly turned into a festive mood.
“I even shed my dragon scales. Do they grow back?”
“Of course. Once you fall into it and it’s empty, all the dragons in this world are baldhead dragons, right?”
A bare-headed dragon might be a bit disgusting.
“Still, he is a guardian deity and has received many things, right?”
Doha showed me the big box he was holding in his arms.
“It’s definitely a scam.”
“What is it like? Let’s help each other.”
To Doha, who succeeded in pretending to be Horcos, people generously opened the warehouse that had been locked up, and Doha got tired of eating the food and packed it up.
“How can I beat you?”
People were relieved by the return of Doha, which borrowed the name of Horcos, and Doha also achieved a certain purpose.
Anyway, the reason we flew all the way here was to find special products to use at the fall banquet.
“So. You didn’t become a real guardian, did you?”
He embroidered his dragon child under the temple, received the sealing ceremony, and even left the precious dragon scales as a symbol of his oath.
With that level of sincerity, I wonder if he could have become a guardian deity in place of the real Horcos.
“I’m sure it’s half right. I swore to protect it anyway, so I’ll keep it.”
“Isn’t that a real oath?”
“I swore to myself, so it’s a real oath.”
What is it? What do you mean? Really confusing.
Doha didn’t answer anymore and flew forward with a smile.
***
“It’s autumn.”
It’s been about two weeks since I went to Kagera Island.
I look at the falling leaves outside the window with my legs raised on the counter.
“It’s quiet.”
Last week when the autumn banquet was held at the academy, it was very crowded. As soon as it was over, sales in the commercial district became quiet like ghosts, and sales plummeted like ghosts.
Thanks to that, my tension is on the verge of falling, drawing an amazing downward line.
In particular, it is because of Doha, which has disappeared again for the past few days, that is putting strength on the downward trend…
The dinner party ended in great success thanks to the woman who safely delivered her specialties from Kagera Island.
It must have been hectic enough to attend the banquet, but it was because Doha, who made time every night to visit me, told stories that were half whining and half boastful.
Then, starting this week after the dinner party, she never showed up.
“Where did you go again…”
However, it is difficult to hold on to anyone and ask about their current status as the students’ exam periods overlap.
It would be nice if someone showed up and told me something at a time like this…
The moment I yawned, took my eyes off the window, and turned my gaze into the store. I found a woman’s head floating right in front of the counter.
“Aagh!!!”
Quadang!
Ah, my head…
As I fell backwards, I hit her head hard on the floor, and tears welled up.
“Mister, what are you thinking? You can’t even see the customers.”
A female student on top of the counter looks down at me and scolds her.
I don’t think it’s my fault. It’s not a ghost, it comes without a rumor, and if that’s the case, even if Grandpa Horcos comes, I’ll be surprised.
“Ugh. I’m sorry. I was more surprised than that.”
However, if I showed my sincerity to the kids, it would only cost me a lot, so I got up from the seat, moderately agreeing with her words.
I straightened up the chair that had fallen backwards and made eye contact with a female student holding a chocolate sora bun in her hand.
“Huh? You…”
I’m familiar with a female student with straight short hair and a look that’s as straight as her hair style. Where did you see it?
“Wow. I’m sorry. Really. Did you forget already?”
I’m not joking, as if really upset, a female student walks down the counter with her cheeks puffed out.
“That. I’m sorry. I’ve been very forgetful lately.”
“Ehh… I became… To enjoy some kind of wealth and glory.”
Short hair put gold on the counter to see if he knew the price of Choco Sora Bread.
“Doha said he wanted to eat bread, so I came here to run an errand~ He didn’t even know my face~”
“Doha errands?”
Wait a minute. A friend close enough to have Doha run errands… Splanze?
“Goodbye~”
Straight hair that turns around. What was it? What was your name? The only people Doha knows are Splanze and them?
Come to think of it, I think we ran into each other at the academy when we were preparing for the fall banquet…
“Bea… Beatrice! Isn’t that Beatrice?”
“You managed to think of it.”
“Oh, I knew that. It’s a joke. It’s a joke.”
Beatrice narrowed her eyes. As I continued to laugh awkwardly, he breathed a resigned breath and returned to the counter.
I hurried over to get a cup of coffee so that Beatrice wouldn’t feel any worse.
“Oh. Looks like hot water?”
“That’s right. There are a lot of things that Doha left behind.”
I left a lot of things behind, but I can assure you that the most useful thing is that heat stone or something.
It’s a flat stone, but if you put a kettle on it and pour a little mana into it, it quickly heats up. It’s a similar principle to induction.
“Anyway, Doha sent me to run an errand?”
“Yes.”
Beatrice drank the coffee I offered her, and her face became much more relaxed, perhaps feeling a little relieved.
“I’m sure he’s not the type to throw things at others.”
“That’s right. Doha is not that kind of friend.”
Beatrice puts an accent on the word friend. Are you proud to be a friend of Doha?
“But helping a sick friend is also a best friend’s duty.”
“That’s right.”
Hororok.
I can hear the sound of Beatrice drinking coffee quietly. For a moment. Sick friend?
“Sick? Doha?”
If Beatrice, who is said to have been on an errand in Doha, is helping a sick friend… Given the context, isn’t it unconditionally Doha?
“Yes. It hurts. Doha. He said he caught a cold.”
“What… What? A cold?!”
Horororok.
I jumped up at the unbelievable explosive remark, but Beatrice just calmly drank her coffee.
***
‘You can go to the Office of Academic Affairs and say that you have come to apply for a visit to the Doha Prius~’
“Surely I said so.”
I was able to pass through the school gate without difficulty. When I approached the entrance and explained the purpose of my visit to the guards, they gave me a disposable name tag indicating that I was an outside visitor and let them pass.
I’m not sure why it’s so easy to pass through in the first place.
By the way Doha caught a cold? Do dragons catch cold too?
I haven’t met him yet, but I can already see Doha’s anger at the dragon tribe’s disgrace.
I’ve never studied history in depth, but at least I’ve never heard of a dragon gnawing at a cold.
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No, that’s right. The strongest creature that spews flames from its mouth and covers the sun with its wings over tens of meters was defeated by mere cold.
“Does it hurt a lot?”
I don’t think the cold is so bad that you can’t even go outside. Wouldn’t it be right to just be embarrassing and pay the bills? I’d rather have that.
It’s much worse than being sick. Anyway, I’m just worrying for nothing. If you are sick, did you even call me saying that you are sick?
“It reminds me of chocolate sora bread, but I don’t, right?”
It’s too embarrassing even if it’s outrageous. It’s to the point where I doubt if I’m even aware that I’m a boyfriend.
“What am I?
I was grumbling to myself, and then I suddenly burst into tears and screamed.
“What is that? I’m afraid of that person.”
“Isn’t that guy from the stationery shop?”
Unwillingly, he dragged the aggro away, lowered his face, and walked quickly to the school office.
There were also guards guarding the entrance in front of the Academic Office, but when they spotted an outsider walking toward the Academic Office, they raised their hand to stop me.
“Excuse me. What is the purpose of your visit?”
“I came here for a student visit…”
Don’t you feel uncomfortable when you meet the police for no reason? Likewise, I’ve done nothing wrong, but since I’m facing a soldier, I get strangely wrinkled.
The guards looked at me with sharp eyes and nodded to a colleague next to me, as if he had noticed the name tag on my chest.
“Go inside and the office is on the left.”
“Thank you.”
The guards who get out of the way. After bowing to them, I enter the Academic Office building.
“It’s modern.”
The atmosphere of the Office of Academic Affairs had a refined and clean design that made it feel somewhat desolate.
As for how it feels, I have to say that I can feel the emotions I felt when I entered the large main building just after entering university.
“Go in… Left.”
Fortunately, it wasn’t a complex structure that would confuse the way. Various visual materials were also placed in each element to consider whether there were many first-time visitors.
[Academic Office]
“Doing this makes me feel like a parent.”
It looks like you came to visit your sick child.
I took a deep breath, exhaled, and carefully knocked on the door of the Office of Education.
Because it is such a quiet space, knocking sounds are reflected off the hallway walls and are heard louder than the original sound.
“Come in.”
A rather weak voice leaked through the crack in the door from the inside.
“Excuse me.”
As you hold the doorknob and turn it, you can feel the refreshing fruity scent. I don’t know if it’s for the visitors or the personal taste of the workers, but it’s a scent I like.
The inside of the Academic Office is as organized as the outside. A total of 5 employees. Two of them could not be seen to see if they were away, and they looked more like a bank teller than an office.
“What business did you come for?”
A male employee with a tired face approaches me.
Maybe it’s because you’ve already had many guests besides me during the day.
“That… I’m going to ask for a visit…”
Since the man has a face that is about to die, his words are muffled because he feels sorry for nothing.
The male employee looked at me with a sullen face and pointed to one of the empty windows.
“Please go over there and register.”
“Yes, yes.”
I moved to window 2, leaving the male employee behind, and sat in front of a female employee who looked exhausted similarly to the male employee.
“Do you have a driver’s license?”
“Yes.”
“What is the name of the student?”
The female employee took one look at me as she rummaged through the drawers.
“Doha Prius, too.”
“Doha Prius… Doha Prius… Eh? What?”
A female employee who moved mechanically with a dazed face opened her eyes as if she had woken up from a dream and asked back.
“I would like to apply for a visit to the Doha Prius students.”
“Uh. Yes? Do, Doha Prius visit. No no Doha Prius… Student? Visit?”
Have you not woken up yet?
A female employee talking gibberish. And when a female employee makes a fuss, the surrounding employees gather like zombies.
“What’s wrong, Michelle?”
“That. Doha Prius student came to visit…”
Even though it was a jumbled mix of honorifics, the staff did not point out the female staff’s mistakes.
Doha When she heard the name Prius, she just looked at me with her eyes wide open.
“Oh, can’t I?”
When I ask back, as I was taken aback by the staff’s reaction, the staff just stared blankly at each other without giving a definite answer.
What is it? What are the reactions like? Is there an unwritten rule that you shouldn’t call Doha by name?
“Oh, that’s not bad, but…”
“So, are there other problems?”
“No. There was an official notice that there might be a request for a visit to the Doha Prius student soon…”
Ah, was it your problem?
As much as I am comfortable in Doha, these people must be uncomfortable. Not to mention requesting a visit to the Dragon Princess. Maybe they don’t know what to do.
People who come to see Doha have at least the status of a great sage or a warrior, so they won’t even apply for a formal visit.
“First of all, I’ll try to contact the upper management and let you know. Could you wait a moment?”
“Yes. Thank you.”
Whew. Still, I’m not saying it’s not okay.
Originally, in situations like this, you would be barred from the door, asking who you dared to meet.
While I am sitting on the sofa, the school staff move in a hurry. I’m a little sorry that I caused a big ripple in a quiet workplace.
Several times, the staff went in and out of the school office with their documents. The words that came out of their mouths during that time.
They were the manager, manager, and office manager, but it seemed like the reports kept going up.
“Heo Eok… Heo Eok… School, principal’s permit… Heo Eok…”
“I’m sorry.”
In the end, it seems that the report went up to the headmaster, the highest position in the academy.
The employee, who had rotting eyes, was more disciplined than ever before, and he handed me a small document.
[Visit permit. Hyman Alberto, Principal of Belfia Academy]
A permit with the principal’s seal stamped on it.
“Wagon… The carriage is waiting, so you can take it to the dormitory.”
“Yes.”
Didn’t the hospitality suddenly become hospitable?
They were the staff of the Office of Academic Affairs who even took over the wagon, and the staff with the most dignified impression got on the coachman’s seat.
“I am the Dean of Academic Affairs, Wolfman School. I will accompany you on your way safely.”
“Ah… Yes. Thank you.”
Isn’t the Dean of Academic Affairs a pretty high-ranking person? Why would someone like that drive the wagon I’m in?
“Go carefully!”
As the wagon was about to leave, all the staff from the Office of Education and the Royal Guard rushed out to see me off.
“…Really what?”