Chapter 157
After that, we left the building with the magic circle and headed for the palace .
There were many dragons outside . About fifty from what I could see .
They were large and blue in color .
“Gr-groof!”
Grulf looked startled and tried to hide behind me .
“I guess they are in dragon form most of the time?”
Kathe shook her head .
“In the first place, the only dragons that are able to take human shape, are the royal family . ”
“I see . ”
“There are different kinds of dragons then . ”
Kathe nodded .
I looked at the dragons . They were all lined up .
Perhaps they were nervous having Princess Leea right in front of them .
“Your Highness!”
The dragon in the lead shouted .
He was an especially large dragon .
“What is it?”
Leea asked with a tilt of the head .
“Is that human the Great Philosopher, Our Saviour, Grand High Sorcerer, and Grand Duke Ruck Locke Franzen?”
The dragon asked, indicating towards Eric .
“No . This is King Eric . ”
“…Oh, I see . Please forgive me . ”
The great dragon said as he bowed to Eric .
“It is a great honor to meet such a famous Hero King . I am Morris . The Grand Chamberlain . ”
“I am Eric Mendilibar . It is nice to meet you . ”
“I cannot thank you enough for lending your help in the protection of the Water Dragons . ”
Grand Chamberlain Morris said politely .
However, it looked like the dragons in the back were a little disappointed .
It might have been because they thought that Eric looked weak .
Though, I was sure their opinion would change if they saw him in action .
“Your Highness!!”
A dragon that stood behind Morris raised its voice .
“You! You are in front of Princess Leea, the Hero King and the Wind Dragon Ruler . Stand back . ”
Grand Chamberlain Morris said admonishingly .
“…Yes . Forgive me . ”
The dragon said sadly .
“What is it?”
Leea said in a gentle voice .
The dragon’s tail swayed when it heard her voice .
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“Yes . Your Highness . Is the Great Philosopher, Our Saviour, Grand High Sorcerer, and Grand Duke Ruck Locke Franzen not here today?”
“Mister Ruck is right here . ”
Leea said with a smile as she introduced me .
“OHHHH!!”
The water dragons stirred .
“Great Philosopher, Our Saviour, Grand High Sorcerer and Grand Duke Ruck Locke Franzen . I am Morris, Princess Leea’s Grand Chamberlain . It is an honor to make your acquaintance . ”
Morris introduced himself again .
He offered me his right index finger and I shook it .
“The honor is all mine . ”
Then the other dragons pushed Morris away and came forward .
“Great Philosopher, Our Saviour, Grand High Sorcerer, and Grand Duke Ruck Locke Franzen! It’s an honor to meet you . ”
“Great Philosopher, Our Saviour, Grand High Sorcerer, and Grand Duke Ruck Locke Franzen, thank you for helping to protect our settlement!”
“Great Philosopher…”
“Umm!”
I interrupted them .
They tilted their heads to the side at the same time . It was kind of cute .
“It will take a long time if you use the full title, so just call me Ruck or Locke . ”
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Grand Chamberlain Morris, who had been pushed to the way back said,
“Su-surely not! You are the Great Philosopher and…”
He was about to start the whole thing again .
“No, really . It is way too long . And what if you needed to call me while we were fighting?”
“Ah, that is true . ”
“He is very smart . ”
“Yes, what foresight . I am deeply impressed . ”
For some reason, the water dragons were impressed by that .
Their tails were swaying enthusiastically now .
“Uh, um! Lord Ruck! Can I shake your hand?”
“Not fair! I want to shake his hand too . ”
“You must all wait in line then . ”
Said Kathe as she began to organize them .
And so the water dragons lined up in front of me .
“Lord Ruck, it’s an honor to meet you!”
They said as I shook their hands .
“I understand that you want to talk longer, but the next dragon is waiting . Hurry up and move along after you have shaken his hand . ”
Kathe urged them along .
As I was doing this, Dorgo introduced Goran to the others .
He also introduced the others to the dragons who had finished shaking my hand .
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I guess it would save some time .
And it wasn’t only Eric who the water dragons knew about . Goran was quite famous as well .
“…It’s so cute . ”
“Is it a spirit beast wolf?”
“Groof . ”
As for Grulf, he was being surrounded by water dragons .
He must have been intimidated by their size, because his tail was fixed between his legs .
“…How cute . ”
“Wolf . Would you like to eat some of this?”
“Groof-groof!”
By the time I was finished shaking hands with all of the dragons, Grulf seemed to have become friends with them .
He had been fed some snacks and was now wagging his tail happily as they petted him .
“Is there anyone else who wants to shake hands?”
“Thank you!”
Kathe asked and the water dragons all bowed .
A whole hour had passed since I started to shake hands with the dragons .
“No, no . I look forward to working with you . ”
And with that, we followed Leea into the water dragon palace .