Chapter 112: 112
Kathe the Great Dragon
Nia and Grulf looked surprised when they heard the roar .
“Groof-groof!”
“It’s so loud . ”
“Indeed . I feel like we’d be able to hear it in the city . ”
In any case, we had better run .
“Let’s go . ”
“Understood!”
“Groof!”
“Cluck!”
Lord Gerberga on the other hand, was not surprised . He look unconcerned as he held onto my shoulder .
“Are you alright, Lord Gerberga? Do you want to come back inside the breastplate?”
“Cluck . ”
I think he was saying he was fine .
And so I started to run even faster . Nia was lagging behind .
It was no wonder, since she was eight years old .
“Grulf, could you carry her?”
“Groof!”
It seemed like he could .
And so I grabbed Nia by the collar and put her onto Grulf’s back .
Grulf was still young but he was almost as big as a horse .
“So-sorry . I couldn’t keep up . ”
“Don’t worry about it . Are you alright, Grulf?”
“Groof!”
Grulf ran as fast as he could .
And so I ran beside him at the same pace .
“GYAAAAAAAAAAOOO!! IIIII WWWIIIILLL BEEEEE WAAAIIITTING OOON THEEE WEEESSTT HILLL!!”
Kathe screamed .
I had told Kathe to use any means available to contact me .
But this would draw too much attention . It was horrible .
“We have to get there in a hurry . Who knows what will happen if other Adventurers or knights get there first . ”
Luckily, the western hills were quite close to where we were .
“Grulf, we have to run even faster . ”
“Grrr!”
I began to run and Grulf did his best to keep up .
But Grulf looked like he wasn’t able to run as fast with Nia on his back .
And so I grabbed Nia’s collar and carried her instead .
“Sorry . We’re in a hurry . ”
“Ye-yes!”
Nia’s tail swayed in the wind .
It was just as Grulf was getting tired from our accelerated speed, that Kathe came into view .
“Gahaha! Locke, you were quick . ”
“We just happened to be in the area . ”
“Is that so!”
Kathe was in a good mood .
I looked at our surroundings . There were no knights or Adventurers yet .
“Kathe . We can talk later . We have to hide . ”
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“Hm? But why?”
“You know why . A great dragon was screaming so loud that everyone in the capital must have heard it . They might even send an army . ”
“Hmph . ”
“Stop that . We have to leave now . ”
“Alright, I understand . Now, get on my back . ”
“Thank you . ”
And so I got onto Kathe’s back while still carrying Nia .
And then I put her down .
“Thank you . ”
“Sorry that it was so sudden . Lord Gerberga . You’ll have to come inside, now that we’ll be flying . ”
“Cluck . ”
And Lord Gerberga came off of my shoulder and into the breastplate .
By then, Grulf had also caught up with us .
“Grulf, get up here . ”
“Grrr . ”
Grulf sat down . I understood why .
“Grulf . You want to wait here? I think you should come with us . You might be attacked by vampires if you stay . ”
“Groof!”
Grulf howled loudly .
He was probably trying to muster up the courage . And then he jumped onto Kathe’s back .
“Are you all on now?”
“Yes . You can move . ”
“Leave it to me . ”
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And with that, Kathe flew up into the sky .
Nia squeezed my hand tightly .
“So-sorry . I’m just a little scared . ”
“It’s fine . You can hold my hand as much as you want . ”
“Thank you . ”
Nia smiled .
But her tail was not moving, so it was likely a forced smile .
Grulf was also very scared .
He didn’t bark like he usually did, but whimpered like a puppy .
Not only were we high in the sky, but we were riding on a fearsome monster’s back .
He shivered and pressed up against me .
“Don’t worry . ”
I petted him with my free hand .
Kathe looked very pleased and said,
“Gahahaha . I have never flown with humans on my back before . ”
“I see . That’s nice . So, did the goblins take over some ruins again?”
“Yes . Exactly . ”
Apparently, Kathe had went around casting concealment magic on ancient dragon ruins after discovering them .
“They already have concealment magic cast on them from long ago . But time tends to weaken them . ”
“So you are going around and strengthening them?”
“Yes, exactly . It’s dragon magic, after all . Goblins wouldn’t able to get in unless it had weakened considerably . ”
“That may be true, but there’s a possibility that someone is going around and deactivating them too . ”
“GAHAHAHA! That person must be very bored indeed!”
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If there was someone bored enough to go around casting concealment spells .
Then there very well could be someone who goes around deactivating them .
However, I’m sure Kathe would only say that it was done for the honorable purpose of preserving important cultural assets .
It was not the same as someone who went about deactivating them for fun .
Kathe sounded a little sad now .
“Even dragon magic becomes weak after thousands of years . ”
“You can’t help the passing of time . ”
“Gahaha! It is especially convincing coming from someone who can’t live long . ”
Kathe said merrily .
And so I asked Kathe,
“So, this time it was your own spell that was broken?”
“Yes . But it was my first time casting concealment magic… So perhaps I did something wrong . ”
“That’s unusual . Dragon’s are supposed to be good with magic . But even monkeys fall from trees sometimes . ”
“I am very ashamed of myself . And so I would like you to see it later…”
“I don’t mind . ”
“Because the concealment spell you cast before was amazing!”
Apparently, Kathe had cast intruder detection magic as well as concealment magic .
And the intruder detection magic had caught something . It was probably goblins .
“And so I decided to call you, Locke . ”
“Uh…huh…”
Kathe didn’t do this maliciously . In fact, the dragon looked obliviously smug .
But we would have to have a good discussion about methods of contacting me later on .