The 5000-year-old Herbivorous Dragon-Chapter 91: The Evil Dragon’s Kin

At least, it is impossible for the Rēvendia that Ariante knows to be a Demon King’s army member.

A stray dog would be more useful as an executive than that guy.

Despite that, there is a person in the Demon King’s army who claimed to be the Evil Dragon’s kin?

「Oi Doradora. Have you ever met that kin? 」

「I only heard rumors about him. I heard the gist of it, but I don’t know the details. 」

「Is that so… 」

Ariante thought about two possibilities.

The first one, the rumor itself is a lie. It is a lie that Rēvendia himself is an executive, so the existence of a kin is a lie too.

The second one, it’s just a crazy person that thinks like Rēko. If the Evil Dragon managed to talk some sense into them, they might become a friend to humanity, but Ariante’s personal thoughts are that such uncontrollable weapons should not be allowed to grow any further.

「…I hope it’s just a bunch of crap. 」

「What a timid thing to say, human warrior. No matter what you say, it is just one of his kin. From my point of view, as someone trying to defeat the Evil Dragon, it doesn’t matter how many kin he has… 」

「You have just been smashed and renamed by one of his kin. Your point of view is not that high. 」

This Doradora… he managed to rewrite his memory quite conveniently. Where does this unfamiliar self-confidence come from?

Raiotto, with shackles on his fists, strikes the ground with regret.

「Damn it. It means that Rēko is just a disposable piece for that Evil Dragon… If we don’t quickly help her, Rēko will be forced into a reckless battle… 」

Ariante also secretly held a feeling of pity, but toward the Evil Dragon ever having to fight a reckless battle.

「Master! Please just tell me how to fight quickly rather than just basic training like this! If we don’t help Rēko quickly, her life will be in danger! 」

「You’re right. Then go. If you manage to run around the city five times without falling to the ground, I will teach you the secret. 」

UOOO!, Raiotto ran as he shouted.

At the same time, I send a hand sign to a messenger from the parliament, instructing them to interfere on the fourth lap. He smiles fearlessly and leaves.

「That girl, so she is also one of the victims of the Evil Dragon’s soul eating. Now that I think about it, the name Doradora might contain her soul’s message that means “Help me” … 」

「Oi, which part of that name has a meaning of help me in it? Calm down. That name is merely to make fun of you. Don’t raise your self-esteem too positively.」

Leaving the two idiots, Ariante returned to the dojo.

Passing through the wooden floored dojo, she went to the study room that is further back than her own room. A wide variety of books are displayed, from the literature that the Great Mage left behind long ago up through the latest magic theory.

However, what she is here for is the communication device on the desk.

A piece of metal that is magically self-resonated and processed, then split apart and placed into a number of earpieces—the owners of it can easily contact each other from a distance. It is really convenient because there’s no need to activate communication magic one by one. When the other party calls, the metal portion of the device will emit sound.

「This is Ariante from Peryudōna. Is this the one in charge of the Granard Adventurer Guild? 」

『—yes. 』

A quick and calm response came. Most guilds have an emergency contact officer for communication.

「I heard that Rēvendia came to your country. Is there more information about that? 」

『The guild here just acts in assistance to the army. Most of the information is kept there, so there’s nothing to be said. 』

「…Is that so. Then, any information that is not directly related to the Evil Dragon is enough. Just give me any information you have. 」

『In that case, a strange incident happened at the garrison where the Evil Dragon was located just before. 』

「What? 」

『There is a gold mine near Granard’s border, but it disappeared a few weeks ago. No explosion nor landslides happened, the existence of the mountain itself disappeared— 』

Ariante spread a map with the other hand while communicating.

The gold mountain is probably the place that the army was trying to recapture from the demons for a long time.

The gold mountain is very close to Seren, where Rēvendia departed from. There is a high possibility that they are involved in this matter.

「Is the spirit that’s in the middle of transport involved with the gold mountain? 」

『My apologies. We can’t be sure to that point, but it may be irrelevant. 』

A whole mountain disappeared.

—As I thought, is that kin girl that Doradora said wields “Power to manipulate space” involved, and is currently engaged in a secret plan?

「I also heard that the general’s daughter’s whereabouts are unknown. 」

『Yes. The Evil Dragon was being quiet at the garrison, so she accompanied him as an attendant. 』

「Is her parent worried? 」

『…Yes? We do not know exactly, but the parent is probably worried because the guild received a search request. 』

If so, anything in that kin girl’s line of thought will fade away.

If Rēvendia is with them, he will probably say “Your parents are probably worried, so quickly go back home,” something like that. He probably could say it in any serious scene without reading the air.

「So, the search for the Evil Dragon is in progress? 」

『About that, the search team is searching for them every day along with the army. It seems that on the second day of the search, traces of battle were found in the plains, but no magic power is sensed. After that, all they found is just something unrelated. 』

「Did they find a dagger with a jewel attached to it? Or maybe, a master alchemist’s secret medicine? 」

『Unfortunately, none of that was found. All they found was honestly just garbage. Just a rusty sword and torn leather armor…ah, that’s right. Ariante-san, is there any information about the Evil Dragon’s kin that she’s carrying a stuffed animal? 』

「A stuffed animal? No, I don’t think there’s such a thing. Or rather, that girl doesn’t have the personality to carry a stuffed animal. 」 𝗳𝔯𝙚e𝒘e𝚋𝘯𝚘ν𝙚l.𝑐o𝙢

『Is that so. Then it’s irrelevant. A strange stuffed animal was found rolling a little away from the traces of battle, so it was suspected to have some relation with them… 』

「It’s irrelevant. That stuffed animal probably just fell from a merchant’s carriage.」

After that, because it seemed that there was no other useful information, Ariante stopped the communication.

There’s a limited amount of information one can get in a distant place like Peryudōna. On the other hand—

「Come Doradora! I have a job for you! 」

When I came out of the dojo and shouted to the sky, Doradora, who was in the middle of fighting with the adventurers again, came down in front of me.

「What do you want, female knight. 」

「Okay. I want to know Rēvendia’s movement. Carry me to the neighboring country.」

「What a cheap order. 」

「Hey! That’s sly! If you want to investigate that Evil Dragon you better take me with you! 」

Surrounded by Doradora’s pursuers and the other adventurers is Raiotto, shouting while being dragged around with a rope.

He was probably caught before he reached the city lap quota. “The Loser” is written in black on his forehead.

「This won’t do. This guy is at least useful as a vehicle, but you are still not at the level of being useful. During my absence, train him to the extent where he doesn’t die. 」

「They only see me as a sandbag when they are training me! Hey, wait! 」

Ariante ignores him and rides on Doradora’s back. As the silver dragon spread his wings, Peryudōna quickly fades away from her sight.

「Female knight. This time’s job, is it related to the Evil Dragon after all? 」

Don’t know, Ariante replied,

「The danger that the Evil Dragon is in because of the Demon King Army’s strategy… it may be better to focus on that first for the time being. 」

As she secretly revealed her real concern.

「Dammit, they left without me in the end……」

Raiotto’s mood is at its lowest after being beaten by the adventurers throughout the day.

Although they call it training, he is either running or getting beaten without even being taught to handle weapons.

Other than that, the opportunity to save Rēko—the search for the Evil Dragon, was taken from him.

I wonder what I should do with this feeling of dissatisfaction. ƒr𝙚𝙚𝘸e𝚋𝐧૦ѵ𝒆𝒍.𝒄𝒐m

「You are the same as me, huh. 」

「Hihin」

Raiotto talks to a horse while cleaning the stables.

Ariante’s favorite horse, who is in a bad mood because his role in this mission was taken by Doradora.