Chapter 195 – VS Evil Dragon Rēvendia ③
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“TRANSLATOR: Anargya”
“EDITOR: GhostApe”
I feel bad, but we don’t have time to wait around. Let’s make him unconscious and throw him in the Saintess’s water for refuge.
Ariante decided that in a second.
「It will be annoying if he notices your voice. Keep quiet for a bit, Rēvendia.」
She whispers to her communication device and hides the sword she is using before rushing to Raiotto.
However, there was a disturbing voice from the sky before dropping her knife on his nape.
『Oya. Did the descendants of the fool still remain?』
With a voice of ridicule, the Evil Dragon slowly swung up his claws on his front legs.
Rēko tries to block his movement with continuous attacks, but she cannot sneak through the scales of automatic defenses.
『Scatter like your ancestors’s lies. 【Dragon King’s Claws】.』
A slash that split space itself.
A huge and powerful attack dyes the area of Ariante and the others in pure white. The claws of destruction that mute the surrounding sound swallowed the space with silence.
――It’s over.
The moment she was about to give up, Ariante’s field of vision changed.
The spectacle of being covered in light from the slash changed into the top of a castle wall overlooking the city below.
One moment later, the light of the slash plowed straight to the city.
The place where they were just before was transformed into a crack of the ground with an invisible bottom.
「Heya. That was dangerous, wasn’t it you guys. Are any of you injured?」
Ariante looks back at the source of the voice.
Grabbing Raiotto by his neck was a strange man wearing a crown――no, a young woman with a youthful appearance.
「…who?」
「Hahaha, I’m an ally, an ally. However, it is hopeless for foreign people to actually recognize my name. Umu, I should change this with crown authority…」
「Thank you for being an ally, but can you give me something concrete on who you are?」
「Ahh. My name is Vanessa, the current king of the Asuga Kingdom, you know. I’m not very good at fighting, but I’m proud to say that I am better at running away than anyone else. I came here in hopes that I can help out with evacuation.」
Ariante’s facial expression turned stiff. Raiotto doesn’t seem to understand the situation, as his eyes are turning white from almost losing his life.
「…King?」
「Umu. I have an excellent younger sister, and she sensed an incident happening in this city. Apparently, the legendary Evil Dragon Rēvendia has emerged. And that’s why, I was waiting around.」
「Why is a king going alone to help at another country?」
「I have a reliable sister who can take over the country safely even if something happens. And by the way, if Peryudōna is in a crisis, a good mage would definitely come and my country can give them a warm welcome――」
Ariante who listened to the words that follow decided that she is a weirdo.
Still, she has to thank her for this situation.
「How did you manage to avoid that earlier?」
「Ahh, it’s my【Escape】 magic. It can take you to a safe place when there’s danger.」
「Just right. I’ll leave this guy to you. After that, if there are other people in the city who can’t move, please take them with you.」
「Oi, wait, teacher! I’m still here」
「Shut up!」
When Ariante dropped a fist on Raiotto, he screamed in agony before dropping on the spot.
But when she was about to push him to the king who called herself Vanessa right then,
『King of a foreign country. I can’t say that I’m impressed with the extra work you caused. If you continue with that, your country will be the next one to perish.』
「Mu, that would be troubling.」
『If you don’t want it to happen, stay still.』
King Vanessa raises her hand as soon as he comes.
Ariante felt something a little uncomfortable there.
「Oi, Fake kin.」
『I want you to call me the Evil Dragon Rēvendia.』
「Just now, you threatened to destroy a country in order to stop Raiotto from evacuating. But when the Saintess was evacuating a lot of the city, you didn’t threaten her at all. Why are you so obsessed with Raiotto?」
After a short silence,
『I understand, if you say so, let’s have it that the town of Seiren will be destroyed equally.』
「Heyyy――――――――!!!!!!」
There is a big scream.
Of course, it was the Saintess who was screaming in protest.
「Ariante! Why are you stepping on a landmine! My town is near! The harvest is near! Ah, that’s right! I’ll give you some vegetables, so please forgive me Evil Dragon! There’s a lot of cabbage!」
『When this is over, I’ll roast your field right away.』
「I don’t want it, I don’t want the field roasted! Please don’t let amateurs touch the field!」
A screaming Saintess.
And Ariante ignored it,
「Don’t divert the story by making the Saintess into soup stock. What is the reason that you want to kill Raiotto so much?」
『…Does it need more explanation?』
With a dark and low tone.
『It was the boy’s ancestors who created a false monster called the Evil Dragon Rēvendia for the sake of glory. To call himself a hero. To satisfy his own desire. I’m just trying to reward you as the incarnation of that lie.』
「…What does that mean?」
In the immediate vicinity of Ariante, Raiotto, who had been unconscious, stood up.
『Even when you ask what that means, there is nothing to say, you know. Did you really think that you are the descendant of a hero? Did you think the Rēvendia you met looks like an outrageous monster?』
Raiotto seems to be bewildered.
Once trapped in Sousou’s barrier, Rēvendia and Raiotto once fought together in order to escape.
At that time, he must have felt that he doesn’t seem “like an Evil Dragon” from Rēvendia’s words and actions.
『What the lizard told you on that first night is true. Rēko’s power is completely irrelevant to him, and you just have a grudge against an innocent. The real Evil Dragon Rēvendia, is me, who is right here.』
「That guy, is just a lizard…」
『Yes. Your clan has enshrined a harmless beast as an Evil Dragon and pretended to be a bogus priest.』
Raiotto is clearly upset from his eyes.
In addition to being accurately pointed out, the current situation above all, denies the conventional delusion that “Rēko is fighting the Evil Dragon”.
Even the words of an enemy is persuasive enough to slip through the turmoil.
The end of the Evil Dragon’s mouth turns up as if reflecting the fake kin’s expression.
『――Um, is a bit okay?』
Suddenly, there is a voice without a sense of tension.
The communication device that was hung on Ariante’s neck uttered Rēvendia’s voice, the lizard one.
「You should be quiet.」
『Sorry. I thought about it myself, but… I think it’s different.』
「What is?」
Ariante asked back. Raiotto also turned to the lizard’s familiar voice.
And Rēvendia, in his usual tone said.
『Maybe Raiotto’s ancestors were trying to protect me.』
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