17-017-Mori Dragon Pete

St. King's history? The year green moon? [Sun]

In one place, there was a kind-hearted, slightly tomboyish princess, who had disguised herself as a city girl as usual.　

Disguising herself as a street girl as usual, the princess sneaked out of the small window in the castle's kitchen and headed east to avoid the guards' detection.

The princess arrived at the forest further east, through the shopping and residential areas, and then raced to her own secret place.

'To-cha-ck!

The princess opened her arms and laughed happily as she looked at the view that filled her vision.

It was a heavenly paradise, a field of beautiful flowers, especially during the green month, the season of fresh green, when the flowers were in full bloom.

But, to my surprise, there were other guests ahead of me today!

Who are you?

What?

The princess was surprised when she was suddenly approached!

On the contrary, she was shaking with fear and cried out in a rut.

Seeing the princess crying, the boy ahead of me was surprised and astonished.

He hurriedly flew to the princess's side.

Don't cry," he said. I won't do anything to frighten you.

Seeing the lack of hostility in his awkwardness and panic, the princess calmed down and looked up into the air and spoke to him.

'Would you like to have a bite of me?

"We're herbivores, we don't eat meat.

You don't want to scratch yourself with those claws?

"It's for cracking the hard nuts.

Finally reassured by his words, the princess stubbed away the tears in her eyes and then rushed closer to him.

'I'm sorry I spooked you,'

''No, it's not surprising. Because...

Though he was smaller than the princess, his body was covered with hard scales, sharp horns on his head, and wings on his back.

Yes, he was what he was when he came face to face with the princess...

"I'm Pete, the forest dragon. Nice to meet you.

And the princess became friends with a little dragon who lived in the forest.

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"128 years of St. King's life, the 26th of the Blue Moon, the same night.

We were running towards a cave in the eastern forest.

Although there is no proof that Princess Pricia is imprisoned there, in the world I once saw, the princess was saved in that cave after a deadly battle with a dragon, so we have no other clue but to go there anyway.

''Look at that!''

Elena pointed to a single horse tied to a rope wrapped around the trunk of a tree.

''That horse, probably the one the kidnapper who kidnapped the princess was riding.

'Yeah. Elena, you can tell them apart in such a dark place!

Looking at the surprised Satsuki, Elena replied with a wry smile.

''What I'm looking at is your horse's ability value (status). The information that came into my sight for a moment just before I found Princess Pricia, and that girl was very similar to her.''

Wow.

Come to think of it, when I examined the necklace that Elena gave me as a gift at the Sacred Fountain, I had easily spotted the special effect 'Holy Attribute Skill Grant' that even my appraisal skills couldn't identify.

Perhaps Elena's is an ability like a higher version of Sifu's appraisal skill.

''Do you know who's in the cave?''

In response to my question, Elena held out her hands towards the cave, but shook her head in disappointment.

''It's a bit too far away to tell........ We might have to go inside to get in.''

Saying that, Elena trots over and approaches the horse.

''What, wait, are you okay?''

He was a little surprised to notice Elena approaching him, but when he noticed the lack of hostility, he stared at Elena without squealing.

''Oma-san, you look quite tired. Please get some rest........heel''

The light was sucked into the horse's legs as the area around Elena's hand glowed green.

Perhaps relieved to be gently soothed by Elena, the horse sat there and put its ears down.

''It's kind of amazing...''

When you're literally being hustled around like a carriage horse and thrown outside, and they're being so nice to you, you're going to miss them.

We left Ma, who was staring at Elena with angelic compassion, and we proceeded to the end of the dimly lit cave.

There were minimal torches set up on the walls, and it was bright enough that we could somehow move around without the light of a lantern.

........That means that this cave is still being used by someone at this moment.

''Is it about time you checked to see if there are any people in the back?

"Yes.

And when Elena held her hands out in front of her, that's when...!

The princess is still sleeping, isn't she?

Yes, that's a good thing.

A voice from the back of the room made us duck for cover in a hurry.

'Where's the dragon kid from the example?'

Yes, I've already captured it and put it in this basket. In a short while, the parent dragon will follow its magic and come to you. This little dragon has already been mortally wounded by poisoned arrows.

It's all part of the plan. But don't let anything happen to the princess. Put a seven-layered protective barrier around her to shield her from the flames of the dragons.

"Gyoi.

Although I'm not sure what he's talking about, for now, it's safe to assume that Princess Pricia is at the back of the cave.

However, I can't help but feel that it's somewhat unnatural for the kidnappers to be interacting with each other.

What in the world do they want?

And just when I was wondering about that...

[Risk assessment]

vigilance

"...and...?

Suddenly, Thief's passive skill "Crisis Detection" was activated and my heart jumped.

This skill is a useful skill that can detect a monster's surprise attack (back attack) in advance, but the fact that it reacted means that some kind of threat is approaching.

Goooooooooooo.

Onii-chan, do you hear something?

Satsuki tilts her head with a quizzical look on her face.

Goooooooooooo!

Huh!

Even if you don't have any crisis-sensing skills, the tremendous killing spirit that comes from behind you sends a chill through your body!

And I guessed what was coming from the conversation I had just heard from the back of the room.

'Both of you, get down on the spot now!

I held them both in my arms and fell face down on the spot.

--Immediately after that, a "something" passed right above us at a tremendous speed.

A huge body several times the size of a human being, hard scales that glisten as they reflect the light of the torch, horns as sharp as blades, wings as huge as a large tree....

I know what that thing is.

Then, just a few seconds later, I hear a man's cry from the back of the room: "A dragon has appeared!

'A dragon has appeared!