Chapter 198 – Remnants Of The Evil Dragon  

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“TRANSLATOR: Anargya”

“EDITOR: GhostApe”


I woke up with a terrible shock.

When I opened my eyes, it seemed like I had fallen onto the ground. I’m lying at almost the center of Peryudōna, buried in rubble.

Since “The Evil Dragon is Attacking Peryudōna from the Skies”, it seemed like he couldn’t continue to fly and fell when my consciousness returned.

The large amount of magic power that resided in my body is leaking like smoke. Seems like I could withstand the fall because there was some inside me left, but I will soon return to a normal lizard.

「Heave ho… He-y! Everyone? It’s okay already! I’m back to the usual me!」

「Evil Dragon-sama!」

Rēko came to my side first and foremost. As soon as I made a voice, she instantly appeared in front of me, kneeling.

「You did a really good job, Rēko. You did your best when I was away.」

「No. If I managed to buy time, I always believed that Evil Dragon-sama would definitely come to help. Even so… to break him from the inside, that method is out of my imagination.」

「So you interpret it that way.」

I only regained control of my body,  but for Rēko, it seems that I have eroded the enemy from the inside. I’m actually a little scared of that way of fighting.

「Now, the enemy is already dying. Evil Dragon-sama, would you like to deal the last blow?」

「Eh?」

Dying?

What does that mean? When I regained control of my body, I should have defeated that “Evil Dragon”.

Thinking so, I look at the sky――And there is a distorted creature.

The dragon’s… mere shadow of its former selves, should I say.

Its wings that are spreading in the sky are tattered with worms eating it, and its body is bare bones like a decaying corpse. There is a pitch black cavity where its eyes should be, and there are cracks running on both of its horns which makes them look like they’re going to break.

On the forehead of the dragon, something like a human’s upper body is sticking out.

「Fake kin-san.」

He is hanging his head, and isn’t moving at all.

Instead, the distorted dragon emits a roar that tears through the sky. Along with that roar, the decaying body collapses in on itself.

「It seems that he separated and ran away just before he was eaten by Evil Dragon-sama. But he can no longer even maintain himself. Even if we just left him alone, he will die soon.」

Separating and running away, or maybe it’s the result of being expelled from my heart.

The magic power of Rēvendia, the Evil Dragon, was gathered around me. Now that it’s gone, that dragon is like an unplugged bathtub.

「Lizard-san? Are you okay?」

「Rēvendiaaa! I’m glad that you are safe!」

With the Saintess and Sousou taking the lead, everyone soon gathered together. I’m relieved to see that no one seems to be injured too much.

It was Yoro-san who took the most damage, but since he is originally very sturdy already, there doesn’t seem to be a need to worry too much about him. While being supported by a stranger wearing a crown, 「Yaa, even if you are a Demon King, aren’t you surprisingly reasonable?」「Indeed」he even started chatting.

「Did you win, Rēvendia.」

「…yes.」

「 If that is so…then it’s fine. It would be troublesome if it started a vain struggle and continued to rampage around, but it doesn’t seem to be the case.」

The dragon floating overhead is no longer hostile nor harmful. It continued to destroy itself, barking sadly, as if it was just waiting for its own death.

「…hey, Ariante. Will you get angry if I say that I want to help fake kin-san?」

Ariante looked at me and sighed.

「I could hear a little bit of the fake kin’s exchange with you. And I thought that you would say that anyway.」

「Then you too-」

「But I’m against it. Right now, it is disappearing without any resistance. There is no proof that it won’t go wild with the remaining magic power if we make any extra efforts.」

「Yeah… but, it’s okay. That person can’t really hurt me. For now please keep everyone evacuated far away.」

I squeezed out the remaining faint magic power and spread the black wings on my back.

The weight of one person can immediately be felt on my back.

「Giving mercy to even the enemy is just like Evil Dragon-sama. Please let me serve you here too.」

It’s Rēko. 

That dragon is a remnant of the Evil Dragon that was assimilated with me. Rēko’s magic power will probably be nullified.

Nevertheless.

「That’s right. If you come with me, I’ll feel reassured.」

「What are you saying? I feel much more reassured.」

With this child, nothing is impossible.

It has always been like this, and it will continue to be. So if she stays with me, I will be able to do anything.

Ariante pinched her eyebrows in annoyance.

「It seems to be useless to try and stop you.」

「Sorry. Also, I’m sorry but can I bring another person?」

「Is there still something?」

「Is it possible to borrow Raiotto? I couldn’t see him for a while, where is he?」

「Ahh, he’s here.」

When I look closely, the rag-like object that Ariante was dragging was actually Raiotto. There is a huge bump on his head and he is showing the whites of his eyes.

「What happened?」

「I started to suffer because of an annoying feeling, so in the meantime, I hit him to refresh my head.」

「That is an extremely iron fist way of counseling.」

「”If you want to apologize, then get beaten to get even” is the educational policy of our city. I would have hit you by mistake, so I hit him instead.」

“Poi”, Ariante threw Raiotto to the ground.

He regained his consciousness from the impact.

「Huh… Rēvendia…?」

「Yeah, did you wake up?」

「Sorry. I always thought of you as an evil dragon…」

「Evil Dragon-sama. What kind of use will Raiotto be? It seemed like the fake kin is obsessed with this guy, so you want to use him as a decoy?」

The air froze.

Rēko is holding her fist with an excited face, lining up dangerous words.

「Hey, Rēvendia. You really didn’t do anything to this girl…?」

「That’s right. This girl was like this from the beginning.」

「Ah, yeah. Come to think of it, she did have this kind of tendency from the beginning…」

「I can’t deny that her personality is boosted since she came to my place though.」

We shared the hardship with each other and nodded.

There, Ariante joined the talk.

「So, what are you going to do, Rēvendia? Do you have any concrete strategy, to bring that back to sanity?」

「Well, strategy, huh.」

I scratch my cheek with my front leg.

「I wish I could remember the old days, even a little.」


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