Chapter 168
As I inspected the magic tool, Goran watched from behind me .
“Locke . Is that the magic tool that can break through the barrier?”
“It might be . ”
“Do you know how it works?”
“To be honest, I don’t . I’ll have to ask Philly about it later . ”
Eric was also looking at what was in my hands now .
“The materials is the Fool’s Stone, isn’t it?”
“It looks like it…”
So the dark ones and the Most High King had succeeded in making them after all .
When I was done inspecting the ashes, I then looked at the barrier .
I wanted to look carefully and find out if it had broken in any places .
Once I was sure that it was fine, we all moved back to the water dragon palace .
This was so we could discuss future plans with Leea and Grand Chamberlain Morris .
“Groof . ”
Grulf followed me closely the whole time .
He looked a little tired .
“Grulf . You did very well today . ”
“Groof . ”
I sat down in the drawing-room and petted him .
“It is quite late now . I hope you will stay with us tonight . ”
Grand Chamberlain Morris said .
While there was a teleportation circle, the water dragon palace was very big .
It would take a while just to walk to the building that housed the circles .
Besides, there could be another attack .
“I think you should stay too!”
Leea said as she grabbed my arm .
“Yes . I think I will . ”
“Hehehe . ”
Leea looked happy .
“Groo… . ”
Grulf opened his mouth wide and yawned .
“We are now doing everything we can to search the area . You should get some rest, Mister Ruck . ”
“Shia and the others have already returned . ”
“I see . ”
They had gone back while I was inspecting the barrier .
They had been woken up in the middle of the night while they were sleeping .
So they must be tired . I was tired .
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And so Grulf and I headed to the room that was prepared for us .
The room was very large . There were several dim lights .
I could see just fine, but it wasn’t too bright to sleep .
There was also a row of beds now . They had been added since the last time we visited .
“Mister Morris prepared some beds for us . ”
“Groof . ”
It had been decided that everyone would be using it, and so changes had been made .
Even those who had returned to the mansion tonight would use it someday .
“Locke . Good work today . ”
“Yeah, you too . Eric and Goran . Are you going to stay here too?”
“Well, it’s too much trouble returning to the palace now . ”
“Still easier than me . At least you can use the secret passage, Eric . ”
They could have also slept in my mansion .
In any case, it wasn’t much of a difference whether they slept here or there .
It was a huge room, but Eric and Goran chose beds that were next to each other .
Which also happened to be close to mine .
“Groof-groof!”
Grulf jumped onto my bed and rubbed his back against the blankets .
He was the size of a horse, but the bed was big enough so that it didn’t matter too much .
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“Grulf . Move over a bit . ”
“Groof!”
I pushed him a little and then got into the bed .
Then Grulf put his jaw on my stomach .
“You fought very well today, Grulf . ”
“Groof!”
His tail was wagging .
“Oh, Grulf did well?”
Goran asked . And so I talked about what he had done in the fight .
It was also in order to tell them about how the vampires fought .
“When you are fighting the evil dragons, the vampires will turn into mist so they can appear right behind you . ”
“That would be hard to deal with . ”
“But it is then that Grulf would tear into their throats . ”
“Ohh, that’s brilliant . ”
“Not only that, but they can’t turn back into mist when Grulf is biting them . ”
“Really? I suppose it is similar to how the beastkin wolf are strong against vampire attacks . ”
I talked about Grulf’s accomplishments in the fight as I petted him .
“Still, it is really terrible that they have teamed up with these evil dragons . ”
“It is not too bad for us, but the others will find them difficult to fight . ”
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As we talked like this, Dorgo and Kathe came .
For some reason, Leea and a man we didn’t know was also there .
He looked about the same age as us .
“What is it?”
“We thought we would sleep here too . ”
“It’s too much trouble going back to your mansion, Locke!”
Dorgo and Kathe said .
“And who is this?”
“I am Morris . ”
Grand Chamberlain Morris could also turn into a human .
“If you can turn into a human, does that mean you are part of the royal family?”
“I am the younger brother of the former queen, Leea’s mother . So I am her uncle . ”
“I see . ”
Kathe and Leea got into the same bed .
“I’m going to stay with you, sister Kathe . ”
“We are friends, after all!”
They both looked happy . That was good .
Dorgo also got into a bed . Morris took the bed next to his .
Apparently, he was going to sleep here too .