Chapter 54.2
Even though Nymia is also a combat dragon, she’s timid . She might have been so terrified of fighting that she ran away from home .
“That isn’t it, nyan . It was because mother is scary, nyan~”
Furu furu, Nymia quivers in Asher-san’s grip .
“What’s that you say? How is your mother scary?”
Asher-san glares at Nymia .
No wonder, that level of intensity must be too much for a kid .
“Keep from sticking your head into the affairs of a dragon tribe family, humanoid . Go too far and you’ll get eaten . ”
Asher-san moves closer to me and threatens me with a roar .
Priscillchan is so surprised, she crouches down and begins to cry . It doesn’t matter how much she covers her ears, there’s no blocking a roar from that close .
Even though I was only shocked by that roar, Priscillchan is just a small child . Is there really any need to scare her like this?
I hug Priscillchan and rub her back . She hugs me back and, “Wan wan,” begins to wail .
“What’s the point of scaring a little kid? Is this something mothers of the ancient dragon tribe do? Isn’t that just pathetic?”
I glare at Asher-san as I speak those words .
“Nununu, a humanoid is preaching to me?”
Asher-san thrusts her face at me .
“This has nothing to do with humans or dragons . Mothers are supposed to protect children . Scaring them is absolutely wrong . ”
Even Nymia, her actual daughter, is crying from fear . It doesn’t matter if she claims to be a combat dragon or not . Intimidating and scaring others for the sake of having your way in a conversation is no good .
“Kakaka, Asher . As Ernea says, thy should behave a bit more motherly . ”
Right, not that there’s any need to voice that out loud .
I really wish Old Sleigstar and Asher-san wouldn’t read my mind at their own convenience . Even this thought is being made under the premise that it will be read .
“Fuun, if a human male like you were to tread a single step into my domain of protection, I’d kill you without hesitation . ”
“How regretful that this place is under this one’s protection . Regardless of how much thy desires it, needless killing will not be tolerated here . ”
Majesty brims from Old Sleigstar’s words as he talks down to Asher-san from a much higher position .
Regardless, Ashler-san remains in place to glare at me for a moment longer . She then draws her neck back as though giving up on the issue .
“Fuun, there’s nothing to be gained from disputing with humanoids in such a place as this . I came searching for my daughter and found her . I am returning . ”
Funn, Asher-san removes her gaze from me as she turns away .
“No, nyan . I don’t want to return, nyan~”
Nymia struggles from within Asher-san’s hold . She really doesn’t want to go back home . She’s so frantic about breaking free, tears are flowing from her eyes . Unfortunately, Asher-san’s grip is tight . Nymia can’t get out of it .
I wonder if Nymia is unable to grow larger and return to her gigantic form .
Nymia’s is much too small for her desperate struggle to be noticed within Asher-san’s enormous hand .
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“No, nyo! Don’t take Nymia!”
Priscillchan, perhaps hearing Asher-san, cries out as she slips underneath Asher-san’s legs . Then, while pleading, she pulls on Asher-san’s long hair with all her might .
Dangerous . With that thought in mind, I rush over to Priscillchan . Should Asher-san feel like it, she could easily crush Priscillchan underfoot .
I try to pull Priscillchan away, but she refuses to let go .
“Be good and don’t take Nymia!”
Priscillchan’s like a kid demanding for her toy . She’s desperate to get Nymia back . No, now isn’t the time to be making demands!
Priscillchan pleads over and over . She’s fussing harder than the time she threw a tantrum in the vice-capital for Mistral to buy her a toy .
This is because Priscillchan and Nymia have a strong bond with one another . Priscillchan wouldn’t be able to stand Nymia no longer being here .
“I also ask this . Please don’t take Nymia away . ”
I am Priscillchan’s friend . If it’s for something she desires, I’ll do my best for her .
I too grab Asher-san’s fur and make a request .
“For the ancient dragon tribe who live for close to a thousand years, a child of about one hundred years is like an infant . Please allow her to play for a little longer . ”
Kids learn various things by playing . I don’t know if the same applies to dragons but being with Priscillchan now might be beneficial for Nymia’s future .
“Enough, quit hindering me! There’s nothing to learn from being with humans . Release me or be crushed . ”
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Asher-san threatens us, but it has no effect . Neither of us listen to anything she says .
“Nymia too wants to be together with Priscilla, nyan . And with onii-chan, nyan . And to be brushed by Mist-onee-chan and Ruiseine-onee-chan, nyan~”
Nymia too desperately appeals to her .
“This disobedient daughter . Is running away not enough for you? Now you claim you want to stay together with humans?”
“I want to stay, nyan . I love them, nyan . I don’t want to leave, nyan~”
Following along with Priscillchan, Nymia cries out, “NiaaAniaAh!”
“Nna!? What sort of combat dragon is this? Crying out so shamefully!”
Asher-san is appalled by Nymia’s weeping .
“Don’t take!”
“Please, I beg you, don’t separate Priscillchan and Nymia . ”
“I don’t want to go back, nyan~”
Asher-san’s expression twists with bafflement at our frantic petitions . Even though her instinctual reaction is to quickly crush us under foot and leave, killing has been forbidden by Old Sleigstar . She’s probably troubled over being unable to force a solution .
“Fumu, Asher . ”
Old Sleigstar, who has been watching over the situation, lowers his head and returns to his usual relaxed posture .
“When thy was a youngling, thy often shrieked thine’s duties and absconded to this forest . ”
“I did that in search of a worthy rival . My wandering was for the purpose of gaining strength . ”
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“Hou, a worthy rival, thy says . Then, wouldn’t the ideal prey have been found by facing the rotted dragon king?”
“Gununu, that’s…”
Old Sleigstar looks over us with a warm gaze before then turning to Asher-san .
“The daughter of a lass who ran away from home will run away from home . Myself would say thy are truly mother and daughter . ”
“Except I wasn’t running away . ”
“From how myself views it, such is the case the moment thy separates from thine’s place of protection, regardless of any justifications . ”
Old Sleigstar’s words, as someone who has watched over Dragon Forest for two thousand years, carry a heavy weight . Asher-san can’t refute them .
“There was a time a friendship thy developed with a beast of the forest ended after it passed of old age . ”
“When did this tale happen?”
“At that time, thine’s eyes were swollen with grief . Parting with your friend was a bitter experience . ”
“Those days were long ago . I no longer remember them . ”
“Right now, by separated Nymia and Priscilla, thine’s own daughter will be made to wallow in the same sorrow . Does thou wish to impart the same bitter separation thy felt onto an infant?”
“That…”
Asher-san hesitates over what to say .
“Allow your child to play just as thyself did as a child . ”
If an elder familiar with your childhood says that, saying anything back isn’t really possible . Asher-san is dissatisfied, but unable to do anything about it, she releases Nymia .
Nymia flies straight towards Priscillchan . The two then cry from delight as they embrace each other .
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