Chapter 138.2
But just as I was thinking that, he told me that most people figure out where their affinities lie fairly quickly .
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“Most monster tamers only need to find what major category they specialize in, such as mammal-type, reptile-type, or bird-type, then from there, we can start to narrow it down to the special categories . What takes time is finding exactly which monster under that bigger category a monster tamer specializes at . That or if you need some kind of special condition . You should know too about the people of the duke’s family . ” [Taylor]
“If I recall correctly… Reinhart-san needs monster beasts with four legs . The madam can only tame wolf-type monster beasts . And Reinbach-sama needs monsters with scales . I think that was it . ” [Ryouma]
“Exactly . Elize had an affinity for the mammal-type, but she specialized with wolf-type monster beasts . So long as she contracted monsters of that lineage, she can contract pretty much anything . On top of that, she can also tame more monsters than other people when it comes to wolves .
Reinhart could tame any monster that has four legs regardless of their lineage . The one exception are bird-types . ” [Taylor]
When he said that, I remembered about that time when we tamed rimel birds .
At that time, he refused to even approach the rimel bird of the ojousama…
“What about Reinbach-sama?” [Ryouma]
“He is… special . It was as if the good points were taken from Reinhart and Elize and put together . As long as the monster has scales, Reinbach-sama can tame anything, be it a lizard man or a dragon . He can also tame a lot of them . And just like his son, there’s no lineage he can’t form a contract with . Well, there are things he’s not good at too, but they’re not enough to be considered a defect . ” [Taylor]
I’ve heard that Reinbach-sama could tame dragons, but I guess he really is an amazing person .
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“You didn’t know? I’m pretty sure his tale has already been written of in books and has spread throughout the country . ” [Taylor]
“Really!?” [Ryouma]
“Looks like you really didn’t know…” [Taylor]
“I have heard of things, such as about his military exploits in the past or about how the madam also says he’s extraordinary, but that’s all . ” [Ryouma]
“The most famous story would probably be that . It’s true that he’s exceptional . You can’t use him as a standard . ” [Taylor]
What does he mean?
“in this world, there are things known as divine beasts that have received the divine protection of the gods . They’re special monsters . They received their divine protection along with their duty of protecting certain territories . Since then they have been protecting these places as their own turf . Their power is far beyond that of humans and even those monsters that we consider to be S Rank . ” [Taylor]
“…Since you’re bringing this up now, could it be?” [Ryouma]
“Exactly . Reinbach-sama has formed a contract with a divine beast . ” [Taylor]
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So that really was the case…
“It’s a story when he was still young and affiliated with the army . …In one of the borders of this country is a place known as the Flame Dragon Mountains . ” [Taylor]
Branch Head Taylor looked into the distance as he started telling the story .
“To this day, the volcanoes of the Flame Dragon Mountains remain active . It is an environment extremely harsh for humans . At the center of these mountains is the territory of a divine beast, also home to many powerful monsters . But while these powerful monsters exist in this place, there are also many magic gems, magic stones and various ores here . It is a treasure trove of resources to humans . In the past, a neighboring country once sent soldiers for those resources . ” [Taylor]
As a result, the soldiers incurred the wrath of the divine beast and were trampled in the blink of an eye .
But if that were all, then the story would have ended with the country having gotten their just deserts .
“Borders are things that humans decided for themselves . To the divine beast, both the neighboring country and our country that was connected to the mountains were enemies . As such, the dragons under the divine beast started rampaging in the area near the border . Because of that an army was sent to protect the country . One of the men leading a platoon at the time was Reinbach . ” [Taylor]
“And that’s when Reinbach formed a contract?” [Ryouma]
“Exactly . There was no other way . They would have had to sacrifice countless soldiers in order to kill just one dragon, much less 10 dragons . Had they fought, their destruction would have been guaranteed .
But that might actually have turned things for the better . Since in order to avoid the battle, as a last resort, they attempted to use the monster taming ability to form a contract with the monsters and try to negotiate with them . Given Reinbach’s lineage and his high compatibility with the monsters, he was appointed as the person in charge of the taming . No one actually thought he would succeed . ” [Taylor]
“So they were able to negotiate with the divine beast . ” [Ryouma]
“Yes, fortunately the divine beast was intelligent enough for negotiations . There was a fairy-tale about them being able to talk, but Reinbach was the only one to actually go and confirm it for himself . After negotiating with the divine beast, Reinbach came back and said that the divine beast gave a condition – well, it was more like an order – to ‘do something about the humans attacking’ . ” [Taylor]
As soon as the people in charge got word of that, they changed their target from the dragons to the neighboring country .
Everyone agreed that it was much better to pick a fight with the soldiers of the neighboring country than some dragons they had no chance of defeating .
Morale of our soldiers ran high, and because they had chosen to negotiate with the dragons instead, they hadn’t received much casualties .
Meanwhile, because the neighboring country had taken an aggressive stance earlier, their strength was greatly reduced and their morale plummeted .
The result was clear as day . The battle lasted less than three days before the soldiers of the enemy country were forced to retreat from the Flame Dragon Mountains .
“Since then a lot of things happened politically between the two countries, but the end result is that we were able to safely avoid a war with the divine beast and the dragons under him . Moreover, Reinbach was permitted to keep his contract with the divine beast and was also allowed to form a contract with his dragons under the condition that his territory would not be tampered with . Permission was also granted to mine resources from places other than the divine beast’s territory . ” [Taylor]
“That must have caused a huge commotion . ” [Ryouma]
“It wasn’t just a huge commotion . ” [Taylor]
The branch head laughed in astonishment .
“Although it was only in the places permitted by the divine beast, just being able to receive permission to mine resources from the Flame Dragon Mountains was a huge achievement . On top of that, by forming a contract with several dragons, he was also able to acquire great power . ” [Taylor]
And because of this course of events, Reinbach-sama gained influence everywhere . Politically and militarily too . With both social standing and achievements in his hands, it was hard for any organization to handle him .
And in the end, he left the army .
“They feared that any faction he joined would quickly destroy the power balance and cause needless chaos . It was also then that his elder brother was met with misfortune . So in order to focus his efforts in managing the Jamil Territory in place of his older brother, he decided to leave the politics and military behind . ” [Taylor]
“He had a tough life, huh… It’s something I can’t imagine . ” [Ryouma]
I truly do think that from the bottom of my heart .
But there is one thing that I do understand… Reinbach-sama is an even bigger cheat than I am .