Chapter 484: Destruction
With a burlap sack full of dragon fangs, manastone and stuff, I headed to a wide-open area.
Unfortunately for us, this dragon couldn’t fit into the castle’s plaza, so he ended up wrecking the surrounding garden that Charles had worked so hard on with his tail.
No, it’s not my fault. By the time I came down from the tower, the dragon was already there waiting for me. When I said “wide-open area,” I meant, like, an uninhabited island nearby, but it seems we had a misunderstanding.
When in flight, the dragon seemed weightless despite his massive size thanks to the wind spirits supporting him, but the moment he landed, all that weight came crashing down.
The stone pavement in the plaza cracked, it actually cracked!! The security ‘afun’ tiles kept moaning and groaning underneath the dragon ー it’s total chaos. Uh, wind spirits, can you guys please keep on working?
「Tsk… If I only I had a Spirit Sword, I mighta been able to slow it down somehow…!」
That former swordmaster stood in front of the dragon, wielding a patrol spear with the palace guards behind him.
I don’t remember his name, and I’m pretty sure the other guys are not even palace guards—just some old security guards.
「Whoa, whoa!! It’s huge! No way I can take it down, but maybe I can snag a scale and make a run for it…. Wonder how much that’d fetch… 」
Marlou.
「What is it that you seek from us…?! 」
Soleil was trying her best to communicate with the dragon, standing behind the guards with Kiel and Faramia protecting her.
『If you are afraid, if you’re afraid, then you could’ve just stayed out of my way. You’re a nuisance. 』
The dragon hissed out complaints.
By now, a crowd of Changelings and regular humans had gathered around.
「MiLord… 」
Auro suddenly appeared behind me.
Seriously, stop sneaking up on me, will you. It’s making me jump.
「Yeah. Don’t worry ‘bout this dragon. Sorry for wrecking everything. 」
Technically speaking, everything here had been built with my money, but still, people worked hard to put it all together.
Oh, I wish they’d just replace those ‘afun’ moaning security tiles after this, though.
『This place is too small. Let’s move to a bigger uninhabited island in the west. 』
『Fine. Fine. 』
The dragon agreed and took off ー his tail smacked into the castle wall midflight, breaking a huge chunk from it. Ugh.
「…Sorry. I’ll leave the cleaning up and repairs to you. 」
Auro will definitely follow after me ー maybe even hitch a ride on the dragon, so I left a word with him before heading back into the tower.
I shut the door and【Teleport】.
Our new meeting place was a white rocky island dotted with a few scraggly, twisting trees. It was about the same size as my island, with plenty of flat ground but no soil.
No sight of the dragon anywhere. Just how far did he go?!
『Hey, could you call back the dragon that was just here? 』
There’s no helping it, so I opened the burlap sack, fanning its opening toward the west while asking the spirits for help.
The spirits bowed as if saying, “Got it!” and they zipped off. A dragon’s sense of range is quite something, huh? Ah, no, maybe this island didn’t count as big enough.
Ah, he’s back.
『Sorry for not being clear earlier. 』
『Dragons and humans don’t perceive things the same way. We don’t perceive things the same way, so it can’t be helped. 』
The dragon landed, causing chunks of rock to break off and tumble into the sea.
『First off, let me explain. These are black dragon fangs, a fragment of its shell, and a manastone. 』
I said, laying out the items.
『Mm, yes. That’s the aura I’m sensing. That’s the aura. 』
『And there was an orange dragon that resemble you, and they fought and ended up in the draw. By the way, here it is. 』
I pulled out the body of the orange dragon. The bite marks on its neck were clear—so I hope it’s obvious that it wasn’t something I did. Ah, but I probably looked like a grave robber for hauling off its body.
『Ohh!! My child… My child…! 』
The dragon shrieked, his voice trembling as he clung to the lifeless orange dragon… and then he chomped into it.
Eh?
Blood gushed everywhere ー my 【Storage】keeps things fresh, so it’s still warm. It’d be a waste to just throw it like that, so I collected the blood back into 【Storage】. Hauron’s going to want this for sure.
『Ohh. The blood is warm, and so is the dragon jewel. With this, he will be reborn, he will be reborn. 』
The dragon raised his ー her, apparently he’s a she ー head, swallowing something.
『You have my thanks, human! My child will be reborn. He will be reborn because of you, it’s because of you, you know. 』
『Eh, uh, yeah, I put him in 【Storage】right away, so that’s it. 』
By the way, dragon, your gaping maw is super bloody.
The orange dragon’s chest and neck were hollowed out now, but the big dragon didn’t seem to care anymore.
『Uh, erm, is this all fine now? 』
『That’s just a body, a thing. Just a thing. Do with it as you like. I’m sure humans find it valuable, don’t you? 』
『Yup. 』
Alright then, I guess I’ll take it.
Ah, better drain the blood first before putting it in 【Storage 】. I dried it like how I did to the giant trees from Dougu.
『So, it’s all fine as long as you have the dragon’s jewel? 』
『That’s right. Our essence, our souls, reside in the dragon’s jewel. As long as it stays warm, our consciousness remains intact. Once I lay an egg, he will have a new body, with a new body he will grow again. A broken body is useless. 』
『I see. 』
So, for dragons, bodies are replaceable, and it’s thanks to【Storage】that he’ll be fine. I see, so bodies are replaceable, huh. So, without a dragon’s jewel, it’s just like an unfertilized egg? Or is that wrong?
Either way, it seems dragon meat gets the green light as food and can be eaten.
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