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Volume 8 Chapter 191

Wives’ Bustle (4/9)

A white dragon carrying Yoko and Ryuuka on its back was flying at extremely high speed in the sky.
This dragon was the original form of the White Dragon, Hakua.
When leaving Haruto’s mansion, Seira and Elmia also rode on Hakua’s back.
They were dropped off at the Holy City Sanctum, and now, the remaining three were flying towards Ryuuka’s hometown, the village where the dragonewts lived.
During the journey—
「Here should be fine. Hakua, thanks for the ride」
Suddenly, Yoko jumped off Hakua’s back.
Below was the sea, with no land in sight as far as the eye could see.
「Yoko-san!? Hakua-sama! Yoko-san—」
Misunderstanding that Yoko had fallen from Hakua’s back, Ryuuka hurriedly called out to Hakua.
「Ryuuka, no need to worry. That’s the Nine-Tailed Fox in its complete form. It’s pointless to worry about something stronger than me」
「Eh?」
While Ryuuka was in disbelief, Yoko’s body, falling through the air, suddenly transformed.
She turned into a giant fox covered in beautiful white fur with nine tails.
In the next moment, Ryuuka couldn’t believe her eyes.
「W-Wait…… She’s running on the surface of the sea?」
Yoko, in the form of the Nine-Tailed Fox, was dashing over the sea in the opposite direction of Hakua’s flight.
The dragonewt village, the destination for Ryuuka and Hakua, and Yoko’s destination, the island country in the Far East, were located in completely opposite directions from the Holy City.
Although Yoko could have transformed into the Nine-Tailed Fox when leaving Haruto’s mansion or the Holy City, doing so could risk being seen by humans during high-speed movement.
So, until she reached the rarely seen open sea, Yoko rode on Hakua’s back.
Yoko could use magic to divert others’ consciousness and inhibit recognition, but she couldn’t eliminate the shockwaves generated during high-speed movement.
Those shockwaves had enough power to easily blow away humans.
Furthermore, her body was too large, and the distance at which Yoko’s consciousness-inhibiting magic could reach was limited, so there was a possibility of being seen by humans.
The Nine-Tailed Fox was called a 『Calamity Class』, and in this world, it was a dangerous existence beyond even dragons—a Demon King-class entity.
If its existence were known, a subjugation army might be formed, pushing into Glendale.
By the way, if a subjugation army were to come, it would be to defeat the Nine-Tailed Fox before it reached its complete form.
Even if a subjugation army were to arrive now, there would be no means to defeat Yoko, who had already reached her complete form.
To defeat a Nine-Tailed Fox in its complete form, one would need someone who could defeat a Demon King—a person of the Hero class from another world.
Heading in the opposite direction of Hakua flying at high speed, Yoko ran over the sea.
In the blink of an eye, Yoko’s figure disappeared from view.
「Um…… is Yoko-san stronger than you, Hakua-sama?」
Ryuuka, a dragonewt born from the union of a dragon and a human, spoke up.
While dragons and dragonewts were generally considered equals, Hakua was an upper-tier existence among dragons, so Ryuuka treated Hakua with great respect.
「If it’s an incomplete Nine-Tailed Fox, it can be managed, but that…… is impossible. That thing is a disaster. A daemon with equal or surpassing power given by the Evil God—a 『Demon King』」
「Above a Demon King!?」
「Well, calling it a Demon King doesn’t mean they’re all the same strength. But honestly, I don’t understand why something like that can be with humans」
「I-Is that so?」
Ryuuka realized that there was a Demon King in her family, and that wasn’t the only thing.
「Wait… …could it be that Haruto-san, who has a contract with Yoko-san, is—」
「Ah, yeah. A monster. I would never defy him no matter what happens」
When Haruto and the others came to the dungeon managed by Hakua, seeing the magical knights created by his magic, Hakua decided to surrender without a fight.
If she went all out, she might be able to defeat about ten of them. However, Haruto created about a hundred of those magical knights with his magic.
「Ryuuka. For the prosperity of the dragonewts and Dragons, you must never defy Haruto」
「U-Understood」
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They finally arrived at the village where the dragonewts lived.
The entire village was in a frenzy as the higher dragon, Hakua, flew in in dragon form.
When Hakua transformed into a human and tried to enter the village with Luca, the inhabitants prostrated near the entrance of the village.
「Welcome, White Dragon-sama. I am the village chief, Kukurka」
A bewitching beauty at the forefront of the dragonewts greeted Hakua.
「I’m Hakua. I have some business and would like to enter the Dragon Shrine」
「Hakua-sama, I apologize deeply. Currently, the Dragon Priestess is absent—uh, Ryuuka?」
The Dragon Shrine is a place where the Dragon God is enshrined, even if you’re a dragon, you can’t enter the dragon shrine without a dragon priestess.
Trying to explain this, Kukurka noticed that her daughter, Ryuuka, was behind Hakua.