Chapter 128: 128
Kathe’s Business
Kathe’s face was smug as she happily slapped her tail on the ground repeatedly .
It was actually kind of loud .
“Kathe . How about you calm that tail down for now . ”
“Oh, sorry . ”
She said, swinging the thing around her and catching it in front with her arms .
It wasn’t a beast tail, but a dragon tail .
It was long and thick and covered in scales .
“Well, we can’t talk out here . Come inside . ”
“Oh, do you mean it?”
“We’re drawing too much attention out here . ”
And so we all entered the mansion .
“Ohhh . So this is your house . ”
“Yes . But you can’t slam your tail around in this room either . It will break the floor . ”
“I know that . ”
Kathe was looking around, clearly curious about everything in sight .
I led her to the living room . There was also a drawing room, but we weren’t ready to receive guests at the moment .
Serulis and Shia were there .
“Oh? Are you a guest of Mister Locke?”
“…No . I think that is Kathe? It sure smells like her . ”
Serulis didn’t realize it, but Shia was quick .
“Shia and Nia are so quick! How impressive . ”
“We beastkin have a good sense of smell . ”
“Gahaha! How wonderful!”
Kathe laughed boisterously .
“Still, Locke here did not realize it was me! I am truly sad . ”
“Well, most humans depend on what they can see . You can’t change this much and expect people to know . ”
“Hmmm . How inconvenient . ”
And so I called Milka over and introduced her to Kathe again .
It was the first time that Luchila, Milka, Philly and Tama would be seeing Kathe .
Once that was all finished, Milka said,
“So you really were an acquaintance of Mister Locke!”
“Yes, I am . ”
“Well, I’m very sorry then!”
I patted Milka on the head .
“No, you were right, Milka . You did a good job . ”
“Really?”
“Lord Geberga lives in this house . We can’t let strangers inside . ”
“Alright . Then I will continue as before!”
“Good . ”
Lord Gerberga and Philly lived in the mansion now .
And there was a secret passage and alchemy machine .
You never know who might try any get in .
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Serulis and Shia were here today, but there would be many days when it was just Milka .
So it’s better that she didn’t open the gate .
Philly watched this and then added,
“But, Milka . I do not think it is good to talk like that as a member and apprentice of a nobleman’s household . ”
“You think so? I had a feeling that might be the case . But this is the only way that I can talk . ”
“Then leave it to me . I shall teach you every from tomorrow on . ”
“Really? Thank you, teacher!”
The way Milka talked to her teacher was also a little lacking .
“Yes, it should be very satisfying teaching you . ”
Philly said with determination .
After that, Nia and Luchila brought some tea and snacks .
They had probably decided that it was their job as apprentices .
“Oh! Thank you!”
Kathe said as she threw the snacks into her mouth .
I was surprised she could eat so much after devouring 30,000 rucks worth of food and drink .
“Kathe . I have so many questions I want to ask you…”
“Hmm?”
Most great dragons were not able to turn human in shape .
What was Kathe? I wanted to know .
But the thing I needed to know the most, was why she was here .
We had promised to meet during the day tomorrow, and yet she seemed to have come here in a hurry .
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“Did something happen?”
“That is right . ”
Kathe explained .
After we had left, she had gone around to the other ruins and cast her magic on them .
“Ah, that is very good . ”
“Yes . It is because you told me that magic barriers were not enough, and they had to be disguised visually as well . ”
There had originally been such magic to trick the eye on these dragon ruins .
That’s why human Adventurers had not discovered them . But that was no longer the case .
I wasn’t sure if there was much point in redoing it with the same magic again .
Still, it was good that Kathe was going around and checking on all of them .
Because she would notice if anything was wrong .
Besides, the intruder detection magic she was casting now was very useful .
“Did the dark ones invade one of the caves again?”
“Oh, it is much worse than that…”
“Worse? Worse than invading the ruins…”
What would the ruins-obsessed Kathe consider worse?
It must be huge .
But then again, she wasn’t so agitated that she could not waste time stealing food from restaurants .
Her priorities were a little messed up .
“Hmm . I had visited all the ruins around the capital before returning to my own palace… But it was filled with the worst sorts . ”
I hadn’t known she lived in a palace, but these enemies definitely piqued my interest more .
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“What do you mean? Were they vampires?”
“Yes . A group led by a High Lord . And there were many dark ones there as well . ”
“Dark ones? Not goblins?”
“There were goblins as well . But goblins are nothing to me . ”
“I guess . ”
“The problem is that there were also many Evil Dragons and magic machines . ”
“Evil Dragons?”
“A dragon of the dark ones . I say dragon, but they have nothing to do with us, alright?”
“Really?”
I asked, and Kathe nodded .
“It is most annoying that they look so much like us . However, they were made by a different god . They are the dregs that the god of the dark ones dropped into this world . ”
“I see…”
“It is no wonder you did not know about this, Locke . I myself have never seen them before . ”
Apparently, Evil Dragons were very rare .
“So, what about these magic machines?”
“As you would think, they are automated machines that use magic to operate . Not only are they strong, but they have no souls . And so they are not truly dark ones . ”
“But if they are not dark ones…”
“Yes . They should not be affected by the barrier around the city . ”
It seemed that something very dangerous was about to happen .