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Chapter 30- A Villager At The Magic Academy part 3 – second part

30 minutes later.

In the garden of Lute’s mansion, the Dragon King and the Red Dragon were having tea time.

As Lute himself told him to focus on Toryumon when he left, it wasn’t possible for them to just disband like that.

「Four years…huh. He appeared and disappeared like a storm. Dragon King-sama.」

「He’s a drifter… he has gone past just a wanderer… even he left the world he used to live in, so it’s can’t be helped.」

「Haha. No doubt.」

At that point, Red Dragon, who had turned into a middle-aged man, tightened his expression and asked.

「By the way, are you really going to hand over the position of the next generation Dragon King to Lute?」

After thinking for a while, the Dragon King put his mouth on the herbal tea.

「Half of the reason is to create a place for him… maybe? Well, it means he will come back once in a while as a tea drinking friends.」

「And what do you mean by that?」

「…If I appoint someone as the next Dragon King, whether they will take up the position or decline firmly, either way… at an appropriate time, you’ll have to go back here and deal with it, right?」

「So that’s it.」

「But… the other half… is because I’m convinced that he actually has the quality for it. After all, he beat me in the Strongest Dragon Tribe Tournament.」

「The tournament that was two years ago, huh… But, Dragon King-sama… wasn’t being serious, right? Even from the third person party’s view, everyone knows that Dragon King-sama was going easy, so no one thinks that the next Dragon King will be Lute. No one believe that you are serious about that, you know?」

Without being hesitant, The Dragon King consented.

「Un. That’s right.」

「However」, The Dragon King continued.

「ーI am against a 14-year-old though.」

The middle aged Red Dragon gasped at the Dragon King’s serious expression.

「…Then, if it is right now… what will happen?」

The Dragon King shrugged his shoulders before saying,

「Well, what do you think? At the very least, though…」

「At the very least?」

「ーーHe is only 16 years old right now. From now on… there are infinite possibilities.」

Hearing those words, the middle-aged Red Dragon’s expression turn exasperated, and said,

「Come to think of it, Toryumon… it’s the test gat that was set tup on the border with the lower world isn’t it?」

「Yeah, it’s made of orichalcum… a gate that is tightly closed. By the way, it’s one of its kind. A relic from the time when the Ancient Dragon Tribe completely surrounded the village with walls…」

「If it’s now, the walls that should have surrounded the gate have decayed and no longer exist. Howeverーthe orichalcum gate never decayed, and now it just stands by the side of the highway…」

The Dragon King laughed happily.

「Same as the information I gave to Lute, it’s a test gate for humans who want to leave this village. To open that tightly closed gate, it must be destroyed. And… if the gate could be opened, that person would be qualified to leave this village on their own volition in the truest sense of the word… And, the challenger is not bound by the outcome of the challenge. If you still want to leave, you can leave, and reflect on your powerlessness. But if you want to stay, you can stay.」

「Dragon King?」

「Hm?」

「…Is it possible for Dragon King-sama to smash that orichalcum gate?」

「Hm… that’s a difficult question. Well, at any rate, that is the legacy of the successive dragon kings.」

「The legacy?」

The Dragon King laughed with genuine joy.

「There are about 30 people who have left this village. Of those thirty, about twenty of them are called heroes? Well, all of them were inspired by the Toryumon and took on the challenge.」

「But… no one has succeeded…?」

「Well, it’s a nonsense story. As the Dragon Tribe, I don’t want people who we have accepted to leave. We are hungry for strong people, and we are lonely. It’s heartbreaking to be separated from someone that I’ve accepted.」

「Yeah, I know what you feel.」

「If you fail the Toryumon test and honestly return to the village, that’s fine. But if you failed and still leave, he or she will… feel indebted to this village.」

「Indebted…is it?」

「It’s not like they went out after going through the formalities… and because of that, the Dragon Village will remain deep in their hearts forever… and if that’s the case,」

「And if that’s the case…?」

「They will never forget this village. And there will be a high possibility that they will return someday.」

「I see.」

「Well, if it’s Lute… that orichalcum gate, it might be possible for him to break the gate but…」

At that moment, a flash of light ran through the entire Dragon Village.

An explosive roar can be heard. And a shockwave followed.

Whirlwind resembling a sandstorm blew around, and the Dragon King is at a loss for words.

There is a hollow ground about 2 kilometers ahead of him.

It was above the Toryumon gateーabout 200 meters high.

ーCountless amount of Orichalcum fragmentsーwas launched into the sky over a wide are. No, it’s like they are dancing.

Illuminated by the cheerful spring light, the ancient magic metal sparkles in rainbow colors.

It’s like fireworks shining in the daytime sky.

「That’s brilliant. Far from just opening it, it seems that he blew the gate itself away.」

「Yeah, It’s an oversizedーmidday fireworks.」

The Red Dragon and the Dragon King looked at each other and their mouths lifted to a grin.

「That flash from earlierーit’s the skill: Villager’s Anger, right? And there is also a sign of Tosen Law and the Evil Forbidden Arts. It’s seems like he had no choice but to do his best.」

「Even if he did put all his strength into it… the fact that he can destroy and pulverize orichalcum with his bare hands is unbelievable to me.」

「Haha… Un… Looks like you really picked up an outrageous child prodigy.」

「Say, he is the strongest villager in the world.」

「The strongest villager in the world… huh. UnーFor introducing me to Lute Mclane… I’d like to say thank you.」

「ーI didn’t do anything. Everything… is done by Lute alone.」

Then,

The Dragon King and Red Dragon continued to wave their hands in the direction where the orichalcum fragments drifted and sparkled in rainbow colors for a while.a while.