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Chapter 150

「Mother and the others should be talking with Dran by now」

Led by rabbit-people into the antechamber, Liu Yu opened her mouth and spoke without thinking.

The antechamber was a large and spacious room, big enough for Liu Yu and the others to all fit inside it, even if they had been in their dragon forms.

The walls and ceiling were engraved with scenes of other planets that were once ruled by the Celestial Beings, and of the evolution of battles that led to their domination, but it didn’t really catch the interest of the people entering the room, including Liu Yu.

「Princess Liu Yu, you have met with Lord Dragon many times, after all」

With a calm voice that was pleasant to the ears, the one talking to Liu Yu, though partly talking to herself as well, was Conquester’s daughter, the white dragon Albion. The difference in age between Albion and Liu Yu was large enough for them to look like mother and child.

In fact, Albion has a child who is the same age as Liu Yu, so she looks at Liu Yu with the gentle eyes of a mother.

And at the same time, what Albion said was of great interest to everyone else left in the room.

「Miss Albion, yes, I was blessed with the opportunity to be friends with him, before I even knew he was actually Dragon, the Ancient Celestial Dragon. Since then, I have been getting along well with Dran」

When Albion called her out, Liu Yu answered with an embarrassed blush on her face.

It was because when Albion called her name, Liu Yu realized she had been lost in her thoughts about her mother and Dran.

In the antechamber, Kourin’s sons Kouga and Kousou were there, as well as Fuka’s trusted retainers Zephaltos and Hijin. Engulzard’s cousin Endofia, and Gorberum’s son Gordeth were there too.

Among them, the next one to question Liu Yu was Kouga, who despite having a similar face to his father, had a much calmer temperament.

Liu Yu was well acquainted with Kouga because Kouga’s father, Kourin, was close friends with her late father.

「Dran, huh? If I remember correctly, that’s the name Dragon took on when he became human. Liu Yu, is the reason why you call him Dran because that’s what he wants to be called?」

「Yes. I first met him at a lake near the Mores Mountains. At the time, I had left the Dragon Palace on an errand for my mother, and I spotted the figure of a white dragon. That’s how I met him.

When I asked him for his name, he told me it was Dran. Then when I found out he was actually Dragon, he asked that I still call him Dran as usual. It’s just that my mother Ryoukichi, she immediately noticed who he was when they first met」

「It is said that Lady Ryoukichi met Dragon when she was a young child, and now that she has moved to the Dragon World, she has become acquainted with many True Dragons as well. In that case, it isn’t surprising that she would notice with just a single glance.

Anyway, I wonder what kind of conversation they must be having right now? When news arrived of Dragon’s reincarnation on this planet, the palace literally shook」

When Kouga smiled bitterly as he recalled that incident, everyone except Liu Yu shared his sentiment.

Even the lowest ranking True Celestial-Dragons and Dragon-Gods in the Dragon World hold strength and spiritual power that is inaccessible to Kouga and the others. If it’s an Ancient Celestial Dragon, then that’s an existence so far out of reach, it might as well be a character from a fairy tale.

How could they possibly believe that Dragon had reincarnated as a human, and that he was actually here, in the same world as them? While they were still in shock about it, this day had finally arrived, and even now they still wondered if they were just dreaming. It’s just that far from reality.

「When we made it to the door, I couldn’t sense anything, but that just made me even more restless. I’m jealous that you can remain calm, Liu Yu」

「No, I’ve just gotten used to it. And also, Dran really has been good to me.

He may be an Ancient Celestial Dragon, deserving of endless respect and offerings of worship, but he is not someone that we need to fear or be anxious about.

Please interact with Dran as if he is nothing more than our equal.

However, it is also true that he is not aware of what kind of existence he is now. This discrepancy in his perception will cause us to panic a little, though」

Liu Yu’s words were absolutely, truly correct.

There isn’t a single piece of falsehood in Dran’s wish to get along with his brethren on this earth. When it comes to how others see him, Dran thinks he understands it well enough, but he still doesn’t understand it completely.

This time, by meeting with the Three Dragon-God Emperors and the Three Celestial-Dragon Emperors in person, Liu Yu couldn’t help but hope that Dran would finally truly understand how the people of the Dragon World, including himself, are perceived by the Dragonkin on earth.