Published at 25th of January 2021 11:25:09 AM
“TRANSLATOR: Anargya”
“EDITOR: Ghost Ape”
At least, it is impossible for the Rēvendia that Ariante knows to be a Demon King’s army member .
A stray dog would be more useful as an executive than that guy .
Despite that, there is a person in the Demon King’s army who claimed to be the Evil Dragon’s kin?
「Oi Doradora . Have you ever met that kin? 」
「I only heard rumors about him . I heard the gist of it, but I don’t know the details . 」
「Is that so… 」
Ariante thought about two possibilities .
The first one, the rumor itself is a lie . It is a lie that Rēvendia himself is an executive, so the existence of a kin is a lie too .
The second one, it’s just a crazy person that thinks like Rēko . If the Evil Dragon managed to talk some sense into them, they might become a friend to humanity, but Ariante’s personal thoughts are that such uncontrollable weapons should not be allowed to grow any further .
「…I hope it’s just a bunch of crap . 」
「What a timid thing to say, human warrior . No matter what you say, it is just one of his kin . From my point of view, as someone trying to defeat the Evil Dragon, it doesn’t matter how many kin he has… 」
「You have just been smashed and renamed by one of his kin . Your point of view is not that high . 」
This Doradora… he managed to rewrite his memory quite conveniently . Where does this unfamiliar self-confidence come from?
Raiotto, with shackles on his fists, strikes the ground with regret .
「Damn it . It means that Rēko is just a disposable piece for that Evil Dragon… If we don’t quickly help her, Rēko will be forced into a reckless battle… 」
Ariante also secretly held a feeling of pity, but toward the Evil Dragon ever having to fight a reckless battle .
「Master! Please just tell me how to fight quickly rather than just basic training like this! If we don’t help Rēko quickly, her life will be in danger! 」
「You’re right . Then go . If you manage to run around the city five times without falling to the ground, I will teach you the secret . 」
UOOO!, Raiotto ran as he shouted .
At the same time, I send a hand sign to a messenger from the parliament, instructing them to interfere on the fourth lap . He smiles fearlessly and leaves .
「That girl, so she is also one of the victims of the Evil Dragon’s soul eating . Now that I think about it, the name Doradora might contain her soul’s message that means “Help me” … 」
「Oi, which part of that name has a meaning of help me in it? Calm down . That name is merely to make fun of you . Don’t raise your self-esteem too positively . 」
Leaving the two idiots, Ariante returned to the dojo .
Passing through the wooden floored dojo, she went to the study room that is further back than her own room . A wide variety of books are displayed, from the literature that the Great Mage left behind long ago up through the latest magic theory .
However, what she is here for is the communication device on the desk .
A piece of metal that is magically self-resonated and processed, then split apart and placed into a number of earpieces—the owners of it can easily contact each other from a distance . It is really convenient because there’s no need to activate communication magic one by one . When the other party calls, the metal portion of the device will emit sound .
「This is Ariante from Peryudōna . Is this the one in charge of the Granard Adventurer Guild? 」
『—yes . 』
A quick and calm response came . Most guilds have an emergency contact officer for communication .
「I heard that Rēvendia came to your country . Is there more information about that? 」
『The guild here just acts in assistance to the army . Most of the information is kept there, so there’s nothing to be said . 』
「…Is that so . Then, any information that is not directly related to the Evil Dragon is enough . Just give me any information you have . 」
『In that case, a strange incident happened at the garrison where the Evil Dragon was located just before . 』
「What? 」
『There is a gold mine near Granard’s border, but it disappeared a few weeks ago . No explosion nor landslides happened, the existence of the mountain itself disappeared— 』
Ariante spread a map with the other hand while communicating .
The gold mountain is probably the place that the army was trying to recapture from the demons for a long time .
The gold mountain is very close to Seren, where Rēvendia departed from . There is a high possibility that they are involved in this matter .
「Is the spirit that’s in the middle of transport involved with the gold mountain? 」
『My apologies . We can’t be sure to that point, but it may be irrelevant . 』
A whole mountain disappeared .
—As I thought, is that kin girl that Doradora said wields “Power to manipulate space” involved, and is currently engaged in a secret plan?
「I also heard that the general’s daughter’s whereabouts are unknown . 」
『Yes . The Evil Dragon was being quiet at the garrison, so she accompanied him as an attendant . 』
「Is her parent worried? 」
『…Yes? We do not know exactly, but the parent is probably worried because the guild received a search request . 』
If so, anything in that kin girl’s line of thought will fade away .
If Rēvendia is with them, he will probably say “Your parents are probably worried, so quickly go back home,” something like that . He probably could say it in any serious scene without reading the air .
「So, the search for the Evil Dragon is in progress? 」
『About that, the search team is searching for them every day along with the army . It seems that on the second day of the search, traces of battle were found in the plains, but no magic power is sensed . After that, all they found is just something unrelated . 』
「Did they find a dagger with a jewel attached to it? Or maybe, a master alchemist’s secret medicine? 」
『Unfortunately, none of that was found . All they found was honestly just garbage . Just a rusty sword and torn leather armor…ah, that’s right . Ariante-san, is there any information about the Evil Dragon’s kin that she’s carrying a stuffed animal? 』
「A stuffed animal? No, I don’t think there’s such a thing . Or rather, that girl doesn’t have the personality to carry a stuffed animal . 」
『Is that so . Then it’s irrelevant . A strange stuffed animal was found rolling a little away from the traces of battle, so it was suspected to have some relation with them… 』
「It’s irrelevant . That stuffed animal probably just fell from a merchant’s carriage . 」
After that, because it seemed that there was no other useful information, Ariante stopped the communication .
There’s a limited amount of information one can get in a distant place like Peryudōna . On the other hand—
「Come Doradora! I have a job for you! 」
When I came out of the dojo and shouted to the sky, Doradora, who was in the middle of fighting with the adventurers again, came down in front of me .
「What do you want, female knight . 」
「Okay . I want to know Rēvendia’s movement . Carry me to the neighboring country . 」
「What a cheap order . 」
「Hey! That’s sly! If you want to investigate that Evil Dragon you better take me with you! 」
Surrounded by Doradora’s pursuers and the other adventurers is Raiotto, shouting while being dragged around with a rope .
He was probably caught before he reached the city lap quota . “The Loser” is written in black on his forehead .
「This won’t do . This guy is at least useful as a vehicle, but you are still not at the level of being useful . During my absence, train him to the extent where he doesn’t die . 」
「They only see me as a sandbag when they are training me! Hey, wait! 」
Ariante ignores him and rides on Doradora’s back . As the silver dragon spread his wings, Peryudōna quickly fades away from her sight .
「Female knight . This time’s job, is it related to the Evil Dragon after all? 」
Don’t know, Ariante replied,
「The danger that the Evil Dragon is in because of the Demon King Army’s strategy… it may be better to focus on that first for the time being . 」
As she secretly revealed her real concern .
「Dammit, they left without me in the end……」
Raiotto’s mood is at its lowest after being beaten by the adventurers throughout the day .
Although they call it training, he is either running or getting beaten without even being taught to handle weapons .
Other than that, the opportunity to save Rēko—the search for the Evil Dragon, was taken from him .
I wonder what I should do with this feeling of dissatisfaction .
「You are the same as me, huh . 」
「Hihin」
Raiotto talks to a horse while cleaning the stables .
Ariante’s favorite horse, who is in a bad mood because his role in this mission was taken by Doradora .