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Beast Tamer Who Got Kicked Out From the Hero’s Party Chapter 203

CHAPTER 203: PUTTING YOUR PRIDE ON THE LINE

「Are you okay?　Can you stand up?」

「Y-Yeah……」

Tanya held out her hand to the girl and gently made her stand up.

Fortunately, the girl did not seem injured anywhere.

It seems that she was just startled by the Dragon’s strong attack and fell down to the ground.

「Can you get away from here on your own?　Are you okay?」

「Y-Yeah, but…… What about you, Onee-chan……?」

「I’m going to be fine. No need to worry about me.」

Tanya laughed softly and smiled at the child, as if to reassure her that she would be okay here.

Seemingly reassured by that smile, the child turned around and after looking back a few times she ran away from the scene.

「Now then……」

After making sure that the child had retreated to a safe zone, Tanya glared at the Dragon.

Its body was one size larger than Tanya’s in her Dragon form.

The Dragon Tribe are an ever-growing entity, growing longer and larger almost every single day, and their average lifespan was about two hundred years old.

This dragon was probably about one hundred years old.

And Tanya could definitely feel the power it has gained by aging for so long.

By the way, its scales were red, so it was the Red Dragon, the same type as Tanya.

「Hey, you there!」

Tania pointed her finger at the Dragon in an accusatory way.

「What the hell is the meaning of this!? Going after a little kid like that!?　I wonder where the so-called Pride of the Dragon Tribe has gone, huh!?」

「This very act was for the sake of me protecting that pride.」

「Say what now? I don’t know what that means, but could it be…… Are you actually the one who stole my identity and was committing all sorts of crimes recently?」

「…………」

The Dragon didn’t answer.

It just gave Tanya a nasty glare.

「Hey, answer me! Say something! Or are you simply going to ignore me here!?」

「…… I’ve got nothing to say to a foolish wench that allied herself with humans.」

「Honestly, I don’t really get what is going here, but…… Hey, wait a moment! That voice, I feel like I have heard it somewhere before…… Ah! Are you perhaps Gothus!?」

「Hoo…… Could it be that you remember me?」

「Well, yeah, but…… It took me a while to actually remember that it was you, because I have managed to completely forget about you. Gothus and Alzus, two misanthropes who hate humans more than anything else in this world. You were the ones who would always believe in the supremacy of the Dragon Tribe above everyone else, and you would look down on humans as nothing more but insignificant insects. Why are the two of you here?」

「It’s because you seem to have forgotten your pride as a member of the Dragon Tribe, and you have allied yourself with humans. That is why we came here to punish you for your transgressions.」

With those words, Tanya understood, to a certain extent, what Gothus and the others were up to here.

「Ah…… I see. So that’s what it is, huh? You are the one who has been doing whatever you want around here by parading around while stealing my identity, right?」

「Yes, that is correct.」

「The reason for this was to warn me about being too close to people, right? As if you were saying: “Don’t get involved with people any more than you do now, we the Dragon Tribe do not get along with people”. Is that it?」

「I see that you have got this all figured out, haven’t you?」

「Of course. Because that’s what you guys were always on about when I was still in the village. And you were always so loud and obnoxious about it, it was impossible to NOT hear your tyrades all the time.」

Tanya seemed to remember the old days back in the village, and that memory spoiled her mood to the foulest one possible.

She actually knew the Dragon that was in front of her, Gothus…… As well as his partner, Alzus. She knew both of them from way back then.

They had lived together in the village of the Red Dragons.

However, as Tanya already mentioned, both Gothus and Alzus were known for their extreme hatred towards humans.

In addition to that, they never doubted that the Dragon Tribe was the strongest out of all of the Ultimate Species, and they tended to shun all the other races without exception.

And now, by some strange twist of fate, Tanya met Gothus in such a situation……

Moreover, to think that he would steal her identity in order to commit horrible crimes against the humans of Horizon……

As the same type of Dragon Tribe as Gothus, Tanya was utterly disgusted and ashamed.

Tanya also couldn’t help it but let out a deep sigh.

「So…… What is it that you are hoping to achieve by spreading destruction in this city?」

「Alzus made a mistake. He was captured by humans as a result.」

「Hmm, I see. Well, it seems that Rein and the others did a good job.」

Tanya said with a smirk on her face.

「Tanya. I can no longer care about punishing you alone.」

「So then, why don’t you just go back to the village and behave?」

「I can’t do that. Because of you, the humans of this city have forgotten their fear of the Dragon Tribe. You have hurt the pride of our people by allowing humans to think that they are capable of becoming our allies, to be on the same footing as us. Therefore, I must show them our strength and pride, to instill the fear of the Dragon Tribe in their hearts. That is the power and pride of the Dragon Tribe!」

Tanya seemed to be completely taken aback.

So in short………

Tania’s friendship with the humans of this city made the humans feel closer to the Dragon Tribe.

However, from a Dragon Tribe’s perspective, for Dragons such as Gothus, it was nothing more than an act that hurt their pride.

Their pride would not allow them to be befriended by beings lower than themselves.

If they were to compare it to anything, it would be like a child trying to be friends with an adult.

Therefore, Gothus decided to show off his power to the humans of Horizon.

He decided to bare his fangs at the humans in the display of raw strength.

By doing so, he would show the humans that the Dragon Tribe was different from humans and instill fear in their hearts once more.

However, from Tanya’s point of view, it was beyond ridiculous.

It was true that the Dragon Tribe was called the strongest amongst the Ultimate Species, and they had the power to back that claim up.

But who decided that they were superior to humans?

There was no such thing as one being better than the other.

「Geez, what a freaking headache this is……」

Tanya felt like she wanted to hold her head with both of her hands as her compatriot’s self-serving beliefs were shown to her without reservations.

At the same time, she almost rolled over and writhed on the spot.

The thoughts that Gothus spoke of were similar to that of her old self.

Maybe not nearly as extreme as that of Gothus, but……

The reason was that Tanya, before she left the village, was thinking similarly to those two.

That the Dragon Tribe was the strongest of them all, and that humans couldn’t even compare to them.

But that way of Tanya’s thinking changed when she met Rein.

She came to realize that people were indeed strong.

And it was not only about the raw physical strength, but the power of heart as well.

What is being strong if you are all on your own with it?
Power without a heart was just an empty word, and nothing more.

Tanya had been taught that by spending time together with Rein.

「Hey, how about you stop with that boring stuff already?」

Even though it was like that, those two were still Tanya’s brethren.

So Tanya was hoping that she would be able to persuade them into backing down.

「I don’t think this kind of thing is going to bring back the pride you speak of. It just looks like you’re taking your anger out on me, angry that I’m not doing things the way that you want me to do them.」

「You’re too young to understand the pride of the Dragon Tribe!」

「I think I’m more aware of reality than you are…… I mean, are you seriously trying to pick a fight with a human beings, by rioting in the middle of a city like this?　They will take you down like the rabid animal you are, you know? And they will do it faster than you even realize.」

」Don’t make me laugh. There is no way that humans would ever be able to take me down.」

「Ugh……」

Gothus was being serious here.

The possibility of losing to a human being was not even considered by him for a single moment.

「I guess that talking things out here is pointless, huh?」

Tanya let out a deep sigh.

Why is it that Dragons are always so hard-headed about things?

It’s as if they don’t want to listen to words of better judgment.

They were just pushing their own point of view on others and didn’t pay any attention to the people around them.

Is this what being the “old geezer” was supposed to be all about?

Tanya had that kind of impression here.

「Well, if that’s the way you want this to go, then I guess I will have no other choice but to subdue you by force.」

Tanya held her fists in the air.

「Gothus. What you’re trying to do here is outrageous and silly. You need to understand that.」

「I don’t expect some small child to try to understand the pride of the Dragon Tribe.」

「Well, if I can’t reach you with my words, I guess I will let my fists do all of the talking.」

「A little girl who won’t even live to be twenty years old is hoping to take me down in a contest of strength?」

「That’s what I said just now. Are you deaf?」

「Alright, then. I will play along for now.」

Gothus spread his wings, opened his mouth, and let out a sharp roar.

That signaled the start of the battle, and the two Dragons collided with one another.