291 – 279.7 Days of Dragon-8
I had no intention of making a big deal out of it.
The lord who had instigated the murder of the village chief’s family was captured, interrogated, and punished severely.
If I had to, I was going to capture him and throw him to the village chief.
If she has killed so many people, she must know how to kill them painfully.
So, I even made a plan during the flight.
I decided to infiltrate the backyard of the lord’s mansion and take out the lord, but it was meaningless.
When we arrived, the city had already been taken over by someone else.
People were sitting with their heads covered in both hands, and in front of them, dwarves armed with sledgehammers were smoking cigarettes.
Although they were not fully armed, they were well-equipped and could not be stopped by the knights of a single city.
Things were going strangely.
“…… “I don’t have to endure it this time, right?”
“I’m sorry, but please hold on.”
“You want me to get caught up in something that at first glance seems very bothersome?”
“I understand your feelings, but isn’t Mr. Freeze a benevolent light dragon?”
“I want to be kind to myself first…….”
“Don’t think so negatively, but rather think of it as an opportunity.”
“How can that situation become an opportunity?”
“Don’t the dwarves have a decent leader? Let’s confront him and ask him directly what his purpose is. “If we agree, won’t we have a reliable ally?”
Even during the time when Bern lived, the treatment of different races was not considered to be very good.
But what if it was a time in the past when there was war due to a war with demons?
It was probably a time when discrimination against people of different races was severe.
I thought it might be because this city did not respect dwarves or treated them as slaves.
“Is it okay? Aren’t the dwarfs’ eyes unusual?”
“If you can wait until the dwarves calm down, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to watch.”
“I’m going down!”
Breeze folded his gliding wings and fell toward the ground.
Just before his body touched the ground, he defy gravity with a single flap of his wings and landed narrowly.
Just like Rene in the early days, Breeze, who was enjoying a thrilling flight, turned my stomach.
“Nuhhh… !”
“I’m sorry.”
Immediately after landing, I had to put my hands on the ground and endure the regurgitation of gastric juice.
Breese apologized and patted me on the back, but it took time for my upset stomach to return to its original state.
“Wow, it’s a dragon!”
“If it’s a dragon around here…… Gwangryong?”
“Why did Gwangryong come here?”
“They even brought humans with them!”
The surroundings suddenly became cluttered with stories about us.
In addition to the dwarves, even the kneeling humans were paying attention to us.
However, due to the fact that I am a human, the dwarves began to become very wary.
It was an easy situation to mistake for a human coming down on a dragon, a savior who came to save the city from crisis.
“Uh, what should I do? Should we strike first?”
“Wait. Dragons are beings that can cause disaster. “Humans don’t know, but there’s nothing good about offending a dragon.”
“Okay… ! “I guess I’ll have no choice but to watch until His Majesty comes.”
Even though the landing was the worst, Breeze’s majesty still remained, making many dwarves nervous.
It seemed as if their king had been called here without any special visit, so I decided to wait calmly.
“Are you okay?”
“I feel like I can live a little now.”
“I’m sorry. “I should have kept in mind that you were fragile.”
“hahahaha…….”
I didn’t say anything wrong, but strangely, it left a scratch in my heart.
Wouldn’t it be possible to build a decent body if you stayed in Breeze’s nest for a few months without acting out your courage and continued training?
I tried to find a way to quickly return to the future, but it may have been an arrogant idea.
“A dragon appeared in the middle of the square? “What is the damage situation?”
“Fortunately, no one was hurt. “Based on reports of no signs of hostility, we believe they may be willing to talk to us.”
“Tsk! I never thought something like this would happen on the day of the final performance. “It doesn’t feel very good.”
A dwarf wearing stylish goggles on his head was walking from a distance.
Dwarves, like elves, are long-lived, and I still remember his face.
Volmond, the king of the dwarves, who took the treasure of chaos without knowing it was there and suffered disaster.
He stood in front of us with a more youthful face than when we first met.
“It’s a combination of a dragon and a human, as if trying to subdue the demon lord.”
“Are you the king of the dwarves?”
“Ah, first of all, let me speak comfortably at the risk of being rude. “I’m not used to honorifics.”
“It doesn’t matter if you speak comfortably.”
“I gratefully accept Gwangryong’s consideration. So, for what reason did you come here with the humans?”
Breeze glances at me from the corner of his eye. It was as if he was asking what he was talking about.
I jumped up from my seat and stood next to Breeze.
A human who willingly gave up his place next to the dragon. It was an action I hoped would prevent the dwarf from treating me poorly.
Bolmond was laughing as if he understood my intention.
“Are you saying you’re the dragon’s agent?”
“Wait! “Words and actions that ignore Geon-wu will not go down well, so be careful!”
“Be careful. “Rather than that, I’d like you to answer the question I asked earlier, human friend?”
“I came because I had some business to do with the lord of this city. Then I saw that the dwarves were occupying the city, so I became curious and came to visit.”
“…… “Are you an acquaintance of the lord?”
“No. “My lord and I don’t even know each other.”
As the possibility of blocking them decreased, the power around Volmond’s eyes relaxed slightly.
The other dwarves also sighed and relaxed a little. On the other hand, the faces of the residents held hostage turned pale.
Seeing the conflicting reactions of the two camps made me feel playful and itchy.
‘The most enjoyable thing for me, as a third party, is to go back and forth between the two camps and be shaken by hope and despair…….’
However, as he was only relying on the power of the light dragon named Breeze, it was a good idea to face Volmond.
There was a time for quarrels, so I planned to have a serious conversation now.
“What business do you have for visiting the lord?”
“If there is something coming before it, shouldn’t there also be something going? “Let’s take turns giving information.”
“He was a guy who was good at bargaining. Was he a merchant?”
“No. “I’ve never been in business, but I don’t think I have any talent.”
“You can’t know about smelting without hitting the hammer.”
Bolmond took out a large cigarette from his pocket and put it to his mouth.
The dwarf who was assisting him created embers with a flint and lit a cigarette.
“Well, anyway, it’s okay. “What are you curious about?”
“What were you doing here?”
“You can’t even see it? “I am rebelling against the lord of this city.”
“Why?”
“I guess it was my turn to ask a question now?”
“Why don’t you just tell me this much instead of being second-guessing me?”
“Kkkkk! hahahahaha!”
After complaining, Bolmond put his cigarette between his fingers and started laughing heartily.
He always preferred to speak directly rather than turning around.
Prah was always like that, so the relationship between father and daughter was clear, both in name and reality.
I don’t know if it’s okay to call the relationship between the producer and the product a father-daughter relationship.
“I thought he was a guy who only knew how to rely on dragons, but he turned out to be a tougher guy than he looked.”
“So are you going to answer?”
“Yes, I can provide at least some service. The reason we rebelled is simple. “It was because the way the dwarves were treated was worse than that of beggars.”
“Isn’t that what the treatment is like?”
“I guess I was greedy because I couldn’t see the end of the question.”
“I’m sorry, I’m the kind of person who can’t stand being curious.”
“Tsk! The lord collected excessive taxes on dwarven weapons and armor. “At first, I still had a decent income, but now the cost has risen to the point where I can’t even pay it.”
Bolmond clicked his tongue but answered my question.
Even though he was harsh, he was a very affectionate king of the dwarves.
“That’s too much.”
“It’s not just that. To us dwarves, alcohol is like the dew of dawn to elves, but the lord monopolized high-quality alcohol and only provided cheap alcohol to us. “Other humans chew us down every day, calling us dwarf sh*tbags, and make unreasonable demands to make mithril weapons out of insignificant pieces of iron.”
“Oh…….”
“There’s more, are you going to listen to it all?”
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“I think I’ve heard enough about that.”
“Is that so?”
Bolmond put a second cigarette in his mouth, dismissing the lord and other humans as people who lack common sense.
He exhaled thick smoke and smiled bitterly.
“You were still a person who could communicate.”
“Your Majesty, wouldn’t it be better to at least tell him that story?”
“What story?”
“This is our grave site.”
“Do you think anything will change if I tell that guy?”
“Ha, what do you do…” !”
“What are you talking about?”
I had a premonition that this might be an important story, so I suddenly joined the dwarves’ conversation.
But Volmond frowned and said nothing.
His subordinate dwarf, who saw this, opened his mouth on behalf of the king.
“We dwarves have a long tradition. It is a tradition to make a treasured sword and bury it in the ground to commemorate a dwarf who has passed away. However, since humans became aware of the tradition, the number of grave robbers has increased dramatically. “We go to cemeteries to sell the treasured swords we made at high prices.”
“The problem is that the lord of this village stands by and secretly tolerates it. “At least there’s an unwritten rule that you don’t mess with the dead, but they’re so rotten!”
“Umm… ? “Isn’t it a tradition for dwarves to make weapons from the remains of their dead when they die?”
The words I uttered because they were different from the traditions I knew.
With that one word, the surroundings suddenly became quiet.
I felt strange about this and looked around to see the dwarves with their eyes wide open and their mouths wide open.
The same goes for Volmond, who even dropped the cigarette he was holding in his mouth.
“Oh my…….”
I again forgot that this place was in the past.
Belatedly, I covered my mouth with my hand, but it was already too late.
This was because the words that came out of Volmond’s mouth accurately pointed out my mistake.
“Is it heavenly?”
f*cked.