Unknowingly, I choked my breath when I heard a magical word that irritated my ears.
The content of the quest that you have to subdue a dragon that has been raging around this area recently.
It looks like it’s just catching monsters that are difficult to hunt, but…
There was something else that freaked me out.
That’s the dragon’s external features that are immediately provided and can be identified in the information.
An unusually large size than a normal dragon, dark skin like pitch black, and a hard and hard shell like a rock that has overcome various environments…
As soon as I heard it, the image of an old dragon I knew all too well flashed through my mind.
“Erina, wait a minute?”
I tilt my head with a puzzled face when I see my mood showing a look of bewilderment even for no good reason.
“To sum up, it has a larger body, skin, and terrifying durability than normal individuals—”
As soon as she didn’t speak, her eyes widened as if she noticed what kind of person I was thinking of.
And then her suspicious expression, she had a meaningful smile that she couldn’t predict what she was thinking.
“Isn’t that strange…?”
Just in case, I carefully ask her what she is thinking right now.
“Uhm~? Well~”
The playful tone of tone amplifies the anxiety he was holding, and makes him feel nervous and sweat.
“Of course, I’m not serious about it~ I was just thinking that I wanted to erase this dragon from the world as quickly as possible, even for one minute and one second?”
After all, because I said the opposite to the answer I wanted, I let out a deep sigh of regret.
“You’re brave, even if you catch a dragon, you don’t show any fear at all.”
Mirina, who had no knowledge of the situation, said things that made the situation worse without understanding my feelings.
Even though there was still a fire, it felt like oil was scorched and even fanned.
“It feels long, I hope this ordeal can be completed safely.”
Encouraging Erina with a warm and benevolent smile, she jumps out of her seat and wakes up energetically as if a strange switch has been turned on.
“Just leave it to me! I’ll definitely cut off that black dragon’s head with this hand!!”
Erina’s atmosphere, which is strangely full of vigor, is rather frightening.
She was smiling with overjoyed joy at what picture was being drawn in her head now.
I didn’t dare to predict it, but I could be sure that I had an idea that was so different from what I wanted.
“From what I’ve heard, he seems to be a pretty famous dragon on this street these days, and despite the clear sky without a single cloud, he appears with a huge shadow from somewhere.”
While saying those words, Mirina gave an additional explanation about the black dragon.
“It is said that dragons appearing in the middle of the crowd always appear in the middle of people, covering up the vast sky and providing shadowy darkness to match their gigantic gestures.”
Every time I heard more detailed information, I kept thinking of the old dragon I knew, and I became more anxious for nothing.
“However, surprisingly, there has been no news of any casualties, even though there has been property damage due to such a riot.”
The old dragons I know were also said to be dark-eating, corrupt and violent, but they did not intend to harm innocent people randomly.
“It’s not just this, of all the news I’ve heard, the guy that made my ears the most suspicious has one trait.”
He looks at him with serious eyes and tucks his chin to create a rather heavy atmosphere.
“The problem is that even if you make a riot every time and destroy the buildings, you can’t catch them at all. When the guards arrived at the scene, they said they were already gone.”
are you disappearing?
“What do you mean, can you elaborate a little bit more?”
Mirina’s answer to my question was not answered directly, but rather from questioning, so she usually caresses her chin with an ambiguous expression.
“Honestly, I don’t know the exact details… It sounds like an unknown entity, like a character in a fairy tale, so I can’t say for sure…”
However, in order to provide the maximum amount of information, he answers by raising what he knows as much as possible.
“It is said that each time a guard arrives, it disappears on the spot to see if the entity is competent, but it is a witness that it disappears as if it had teleported.”
Disappear suddenly as if teleporting…
The more I listened to the story, the more I hoped that the identity of the dragon, which fell into a mystery, was not the black dragon I knew.
“Well, first of all, this is all I know? As I said before, it’s not something I’ve witnessed, it’s just rumors, so don’t trust too much.”
As if she had nothing to say, she straightened her back and leaned back, and digs in comfortably as if she had entrusted herself to the sofa.
“Thank you. Mother, this alone is enough information to gather.”
It was Erina who answered that, and she bowed her head to her mother, who had given her many advices, and beckoned to me.
“Now let’s go search the dragon, Harold.”
With a bright smile, he opened the door and left.
It seemed like there was something more to say, but I couldn’t think of it right now, so I decided to follow Erina’s footsteps without saying a word.
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“It came out that we were going to catch it, but I don’t know how to meet you…”
In the end, we went through the ordeal of subjugating the dragon and headed to a nearby area where the dragon is often seen.
“That’s right, there were rumors that it was coming out of this area.”
As Erina said, she did run out, but she was repeatedly wandering around the same place, confused by the sight of her being rarely seen.
“Still, it seems to be true that they were sighted in this area.”
Then, looking around, he spit out a voice with a good sense of relaxation.
“Why are you so sure?”
I start explaining by pointing to the surrounding situation to Erina, who asks questions about my words.
“If you look at it, strangely, the atmosphere of this town is unmistakable, doesn’t it?”
Erina looked around and her mouth was round in wonder.
At present, the atmosphere around us has been totally subdued.
Obviously, it was because people were secretive, but in general, they didn’t talk much, and they all had faces full of anxiety.
One more drink, and even though it was broad daylight when the sun was rising in the middle of the sky, looking at the guards stationed in this area right now, it was proving that this street is not safe recently.
In the middle of the market, which should be the most noisy, there was an unknown silence and a strange stillness caused by it, which made me feel even more alien.
“Isn’t this place with a strange atmosphere flowing with the guards scattered across the river due to the cause of the dragon we were looking for?”
“Five…!!”
At that moment, Erina realized what I was thinking and looked up at me with her eyes twinkling.
“Herald is insightful? How did you know?!”
I didn’t do anything very big, but I was very excited to say it was too much, and I scratched the back of my neck at Erina’s words, which raised me up.
“Well, even with this analogy, we can’t see the dragon, our target.”
However, even if I reasoned with a flair, the dragon himself did not appear, so there was nothing I could do about it.
“By the way, Harold, is the black dragon we have to kill the woman you and I know~?”
Then, ironically, he smiles again with a suspicious smile and puts a sense of playfulness in his voice.
Although the last conversation with Mirina was a little slow, there was still one strong candidate who the black dragon was.
The dark-eating dragon that I knew…
The thought that it might be Mir complicates my feelings from before.
What to do if the opponent is a real Mir…
She was the only remaining old dragon and the strongest among all existing dragons.
This may not be the biggest reason, but no matter how much Erina there was, it was absolutely refusal to confront Mir.
I still get chills when I think of the first time I met her.
I can subdue her with the magic I use, but the problem is that I can only ‘overpower’ her.
In the first battle, he was able to tie him up by using the proper gaze dispersion of the subjugation party, and at that time, he poured out all his magical energy and managed to neutralize it.
Having consumed all of my magic, I was no longer able to fight, but Mir transformed into a human form and appeared to me, and even the condition was intact.
There were no wounds or a tired-looking atmosphere, and he was in a state of being able to fight even more if he was completely alive.
It’s all because Mir made a sudden confession there, but if I had heard that he was angry with the person who harmed him and wanted to kill me, I would have died sooner.
In short, it means that I cannot defeat Mir, and only now Erina has awakened to the point where even the gods can stand against her.
So, if the dragon we’re looking for is really Mir, I’d rather have an amicable conversation rather than a fight…
“It’s me, I don’t know… But if the dragon we know is right, let’s communicate first-“
“What are you talking about?! The content of the ordeal is ‘subjugation’? Of course, it has to be done, isn’t it?”
Erina seemed unwilling to cooperate…
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A white temple that always gives you a new feeling whenever you visit.
If we were to embody paradise on earth, would we be referring to a place like this?
I’ve seen it a lot in the game, and this is the second time I’ve actually come here, but the unique magnificence of this temple was beyond my reach.
“Come here, you will be my servant, what need do you need me to come to you?
In the end, no matter how much I researched, there was a clear limit to the number of heads and I could no longer control the time, so I came to Morione’s temple.
She is the goddess of fate, and she was able to foresee the future to some extent based on it, so we decided to ask for help to find out who our goal is and where we can meet.
“Goddess Morione, we are looking for a black dragon to subdue, but we can’t find a clue.”
When I said that, I nodded with a smile that was somewhat unpleasant depending on the situation, as if I knew from the beginning what I was going to ask.
“It’s my belief not to talk about fate, but if you think it’s an investment for the future, I’ll gladly wake you up.”
“I promise you that my fallen knight will give you the answer you want.”
Seeing that they still call me ‘the fallen knight’ and ‘the seed of the future’, it seems that I still haven’t given up on my regrets.
Even looking back now, it is a level of prophecy that cannot be understood.
A story that in the near future, I will be abandoned by the goddess I currently serve, fall down, and be taken away by Morione.
There was really no convincing words to be found, but when someone who looks forward to fate said something like that, the forgotten end comes back to life.
While he was somewhat distracted by various thoughts, a calm voice resounded through the temple on the high altar, like a tower, as if he had guessed the prophecy.
“Now, the prophecy has been completed, do you need help with the ordeal you are currently carrying out? And the content is probably the subjugation of the black dragon running wild in the royal capital.”
After all, because she is the goddess of fate, she brings out details that she does not even say from her mouth.
“Now, if you head south to the base of our temple, you’ll see the dragon, and…”
I don’t want to know at all… No, I even tell the truth that I want to deny reality.
“If I could give you some advice on the name, I’ll just tell you that the two letters start with ‘mi’.”
ah….
After all, is Mir at the center of these events…?
I take a deep breath inside, lamenting, and my head gets complicated because I don’t know what to do next.
“Yes! Thank you! Shall we go quickly?!”
Strangely, it was Erina who reacted first to this word, and although the source is unknown, she grabbed my wrist and forcibly headed out of the temple with excitement as if she knew something.
“Today is the day to make a decision.”
The atmosphere of Erina, who giggled and grinned wickedly, was terrifying, and I was worried about whether the second ordeal would pass.
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After I left the temple of Morione, I almost wanted to be attracted to Erina, so I headed towards the south side of the temple…
“Ahhhh!!”
Indeed, a single black dragon was running rampant in the middle of a crowd of people.
It seems like a long time ago, but the familiar black dragon roars and gives fear to people.
“Aww!”
“Save people!!”
Everyone panicked at the sudden appearance of the dragon, and a chaos unfolded, and the violent movement of the black dragon flew to the wreckage of broken buildings, which seemed to show what chaos was.
“Hey!”
When they found the dragon, Erina, who shouted with a lively voice, drew her sword and ran towards the dragon without asking or questioning.
I’m not a fighter, and personally I couldn’t understand why I was so nervous because I couldn’t fight so much.
“Mir?! Can you hear me?”
It’s a noisy situation so that even one person’s voice will soon disappear, but I gathered all the power I could and called out to her, who was running wild.”
“Kiek-?!”
It was so loud that I couldn’t even hear my voice, but how I reacted was so huge that it seemed like it would cover the sky and a head suitable for it began to turn towards me.
and….
pop!
Black smoke rises with a sound like a cheap sound effect.
“what?!”
Erina, who had successfully leaped to Mir, showed a sign of excitement and split the air.
aaaah!
Soon, a strong wind began to blow around the place where Mir was, and at some point the smoke that was filling the street disappeared.
“Mir?”
I closed my eyes in the wind blowing with the smoke, the cool feeling disappeared and I opened my eyes again.
The dragon disappeared without a trace.
Is this the shape of the dragon suddenly disappearing, as Mirina said?
“brother!”
As I was thinking like that, I started to hear a young voice from somewhere.
Where are you talking?
It wouldn’t be an auditory hallucination unless I was crazy… I heard a childish voice, but where?
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No matter how much I looked around, I couldn’t find the owner of the voice, and everyone evacuated in the first place, so there were no people.“Where are you looking?!”
However, Disa’s voice was heard once, but this time there was also a slight displeasure.
I can hear it from nearby…
“I’m here!”
This time, I realized exactly where the words came from.
The sound is obviously coming from…
under…?
“B.. you..!!”
With her head lowered a little, a little girl came into view.
“I finally saw you! Nice to meet you, oppa!”
Red eyes and short hair that goes well with it
There was a presence that looked very similar to the girl I knew, yet was foreign.
“Mir…?”
I wondered if I had misunderstood the person, grabbing my trembling voice and barely squeezing it out…
“Wow! That’s not it!”
The girl puffs up her cheeks like a crooked child, then puts her hands on her sides and bends her back.
And soon after he finished expressing his emotions, he pulled out the wind from his cheeks, stabbed me with his finger, and shouted in an atmosphere full of dissatisfaction.
“My name is Mi! Lou! Remember it carefully! My name is Miru!”
‘ he said and patted my stomach with a small fist like a stubborn child would do.
It resembles Mir I know to the point of being mistaken for the same person, but a small child introduces himself to me.
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No, really, who are you…?