Chapter 105: 105
The Dragon’s Reasons
The dragon shivered from the cold as I questioned it .
“You are a great dragon . But what were you doing here?”
“This place was originally a shrine for dragons . ”
“I didn’t know that . ”
“Well, it was disguised through dragon magic, so that is no surprise . ”
“So, what happened to the shrine?”
“For some reason, the concealment spell was broken . And it was then overrun by goblins . I just came here to take it back . ”
“I see . ”
So the reason the dragon had breathed its flames without warning, was because it wanted to kill the goblins .
It didn’t know that there were human Adventurers inside .
Dragons were powerful and frightening monsters . However, they were not dark ones .
Whether or not they were enemies of humanity was not a clear thing .
Some of them fought humans and some of them helped humans .
The dragon sighed deeply .
“But I didn’t realize that goblins could be so strong…”
“Wait, you’re not saying you think we are goblins?”
That would be quite rude indeed .
“Are you not? I thought you were goblins, since you came out of the temple…”
“Not at all . We are humans . ”
“I am sorry . You all look the same to me . ”
“Goblins aren’t even part of the human race . ”
This dragon was very stupid . It needed to study a lot more .
“I-I see…”
“It would be like if we said you were the same as a lizard . ”
The dragon heard this and laughed .
“Gahahaha! But you are going too far with that one . Surely dragons and lizards are nothing alike?”
“Goblins and humans are also nothing alike . ”
“But you walk on two legs and have two arms . ”
“And lizards have scales and fangs . ”
“But goblins and humans have similar placements of nose, eyes and mouths…”
“Well, the placements are quite similar for lizards and dragons as well . ”
“Still, we are completely different . ”
“And so are goblins and humans . ”
“…I suppose you are right . I am sorry . ”
While very ignorant, the dragon was at least honest .
And now that I think of it, I never paid much attention to the facial structure of lizards and dragons .
What if a good painter rendered pictures of a dragon and a lizard’s face at the same size? How many humans would be able to tell which was the dragon?
Thinking of it like that, maybe the dragon’s confusion was justified .
“We are human Adventurers who have come here to hunt the goblins . ”
“Ah, then I have acted very badly towards you . ”
“I thought we were going to die . You must be more careful . ”
Shia listened to us and then added,
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“We would have all been dead if it had not been for Mister Locke . ”
“There would have been no way for us to avoid the fiery breath in there…”
“It was horrible . ”
Serulis and Nia continued .
I patted Nia on the head .
“Nia . Don’t worry, it’s incredibly rare to go goblin hunting and end up being attacked by a dragon . ”
“I understand . ”
She had incredibly bad luck to encounter a dragon on her first mission .
Or maybe she was incredibly lucky .
At the very least, she was lucky that I was here during her first encounter with a dragon .
“Even though you are not goblins, you humans seem to be very strong . ”
“Mister Locke is special . So you must be careful the next time you start breathing your fire . ”
“I am sorry . ”
The dragon bowed humbly to Shia .
And so I asked the dragon,
“These ruins… I mean, shrine . So you just came here to take it back from the goblins?”
“Yes . That is correct . ”
“Is there something important here?”
“It has historical and cultural value, it does . ”
“What about magical value?”
“Not that kind . ”
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“I see . We humans tend to cherish things with historical or cultural value as well, so I understand you . ”
“Gahaha . So you do understand!”
The dragon seemed very happy at this .
“And yet there are even some dragons who do not understand . But you people are not only strong, but you have an understanding for culture and history!”
“We do . That being said, not all humans are like that…”
“Gahahaha! That is just like us dragons then . ”
“Perhaps . ”
“Then it is my good fortune to have met humans like you . My name is Kathe . Tell me your names . ”
“Locke . ”
“I am Shia . ”
“Serulis . ”
“I’m Nia . ”
“Groof-groof . ”
Grulf stood behind me and barked .
His tail was still between his legs . He was really scared .
“This is Grulf . ”
“Is that so . ”
“Kathe . Do you want to conceal this ruin?”
“Yes . I was planning on doing it after cleansing it of goblins . ”
“Well, since I’m here . I’ll do it for you . ”
And so I cast some light concealment magic .
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The spell made it so that goblins and humans would not be able to see it, but dragons would .
“Thank you, Locke . This is good magic . Better than my own . ”
“Don’t mention it . However, you should stay away from the royal capital . Humans can be cowardly, so they might send an army to come and hunt you down . ”
“Hmm . I will be careful… However, many ruins have been attacked recently…”
“There are other dragon ruins near the capital?”
“Yes . ”
“And how many of these ruins were attacked?”
“This ruin is the first out of the ruins that are close by . ”
That was a relief .
Still, there was a possibility that they would be attacked in the future .
And it would be very troublesome if a great dragon came down every time .
“If you ever have to hunt goblins near the city, tell me and I will do it for you . ”
“Would you really?”
“Yes . It might cause an uproar if you should do it yourself . However, we will need a way to communicate . You can use a signal fire . ”
“A signal fire?”
“We have to decide on a color too . How about red?”
“I do not mind . But does it have to be a signal fire?”
“No, just as long as you can contact me . ”
“I see . I will think of a way then . So I can contact you beforehand . ”
After that, Kathe thanked us repeatedly before flying away .