Chapter 159: I can’t stand frustration! (3)

Chapter 159: I can’t stand frustration! (3)

“”A seal...?””

Closing his eyes at their questions, Deidros racked his brain for a plausible explanation.

“That’s right. Since it was said that it was obtained from the Labyrinth created by the Sage, I wonder if it was a dragon that was defeated by a hero party in the past...It wouldn’t be too strange if they were the ones who vanquished the dragon. How they were able to seal it in the orb is beyond me, but perhaps the Sage had a way of doing it.”

“So what is its condition now, and will it do any harm to Ms. Yuri? Because the orb hasn’t been talking to me.”

Deidros waves a hand in response to Zetto’s concern.

“It only spoke to Yuri because it was connected to her. It’s quite a complicated story, but in simple terms, it’s a mental connection... I don’t know why, but the bond is quite strong, and it seems that Yuri and this Red Dragon are compatible. Zetto, I’m not sure why it couldn’t connect with you, but... In any case, no harm will come to Yuri. Not yet.”

“So I can use it as a normal orb?”

“A normal orb...”

Deidros murmured, echoing Yuri’s question.

He felt guilty at the look of innocence in her eyes but Deidros continued, trying to avoid Yuri’s gaze as she looked at him shyly.

“...It seems that it is still possible to increase the power of magic, but it may be possible to harness the power of this Red Dragon if we can find out its true name, though that will not be easy.”

“...”

At Deidros’ mention of the true name, Zetto’s mouth drops open.

Deidros would not know that Zetto knows the dragon’s true name, which will never be easy to discover, and his own.

“Do you mind if I try to communicate with this dragon for a moment, just to see if I can get it to cooperate.”

“Then do me a favor, if I can harness the power of the dragon, I’ll become stronger, right?”

At Deidros’ suggestion, the sphere’s owner, Yuri, nodded faintly.

“You could become stronger, yes. However, if you do, the bond will be stronger than this, and you will be exposed to the power of the Red Dragon, which may affect you... are you okay with that?”

“How will I be affected...?”

“Well, it’s a Red Dragon so it’s just that you might become a little angrier than usual, and if it’s a little more severe, you might become overwhelmed with rage and have trouble thinking straight...”

“...I suppose I should take that into account, I’m not the only one who pushes herself to become stronger.”

As Yuri replied, she looked at Zetto next to her.

“In that case, I’ll leave you to talk for a while.”

“Uh, but...Orb has been talking a lot less since earlier, is that okay? I mean, he’s usually a big talker and really loud...”

Picking up the orb and standing up from his seat, Deidros frowned at the glass as if it were an oddity.

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No wonder it was quiet.

With that thought, Deidros retreated to a quiet room in the mansion.

Closing and locking the door behind him, Deidros tossed the sphere onto a table in the center of the room then immediately placed his hand over the sphere.

Ugh...shut that mouth...! I was just curious...]

“...What?”

[That is...what pleasure would be added if this, this tool, became a part of me...]

What a shocking thing to say.

Even though it was said that it was difficult for a dragon to find its mate, it was supposed to be a ‘tool’ designed for that purpose... but this was too much, even for a dragon.

Just to share sensations, she had transferred her soul.

No, does that even make sense?

“...”

Deidros, who had no idea what to expect despite the explanation, shook his head in disbelief.

“...I’ll pretend there was no cooperation from the beginning, and I’ll destroy it right here and now.”

[No way...! I’m too young to die like this...! I haven’t even mated yet!]

Dragons don’t naturally have a strong sexual appetite, so this obsession with mating seemed odd, but at this point, it would be impossible for her to mate forever.

It was then that Deidros realized the purpose of the sensory connections in the orb structure.

“There’s no other way since you’ve already decided that a beast with a head full of lust like yours is a dragon. I can’t be so rude.”

Deidros tightens his grip and was about to crush the orb when it cried out in frustration.

[Wait...! I’ll tell you my true name...I’ll tell you my true name...]

“...True name?”

[I don’t know about you, insolent one, but my master craves power for a reason! She would be disappointed if you destroyed me in such a situation...]

“...Hmph.”

Deidros snorted.

‘She was just playing around, but she really meant it when she said she would tell me her true name...’

As far as dragons were concerned, a ‘true name’ was never something that could be given away easily.

A command or contract with a true name carries a great deal of power and can be easily manipulated by the person to whom it is given.

As such, dragons would reveal their true names when they served someone, or to a lifelong companion, as something akin to an oath.

Even the long-lived Deidros had only given his true name once.

To reveal such an important piece of information to a human he’d only just met was incomprehensible to common dragon sense.

[Hmph. You can’t break it, can you? Besides, it’s not yours. I’ve heard that Gold Dragons are very careful with things they don’t own.]

“...”

Deidros thought as he looked at the orb that had been laughing a despicable laugh.

‘It seems that this stupid bitch has long since lost any sense of pride or self-respect as a dragon.’