Chapter 120 - The Lord Evil Dragon is good at swimming

Chapter 120 - The Lord Evil Dragon is good at swimming

How long has it been since I’ve seen the ocean?

I fear that it may have been several hundred years but it could even be over a thousand years.

At the very least, since I had settled near Rēko’s village, I had not gone even once.

「The ocean huh? It would be my first time seeing it but I’m looking forward to it. After all, Lord Evil Dragon and the sea have a deep connection that can’t be severed.」

「I only have an impression of “seaweed is pretty tasty” for the sea though…」

A long time ago when I still lived near the sea,I picked up seaweed and treated it as a little snack. The seaweed had a slippery texture when compared to the grass on land and the flavor became a habit.

「Yes, the fruits of the ocean are exceedingly delicious and in the shadow of that deliciousness is the Lord Evil Dragon’s past hidden within the great ocean.」

「Lately, I don’t hate the way you forcefully escalate the conversation from just talking about seaweed.」

I’ve already gotten used to Rēko’s merciless game of connecting things to bigger things.

As I narrowed my eyes in escapism, from beyond the wasteland, we could gradually see the blue of the ocean.

「As the source of all life and with an abundance of flavours and nutrition… as to the salt water’s true identity, it is said that it is all tears shed by the Lord Evil Dragon.」

「Who from where in the world said such a thing.」

「A wise man once said so.」

The self-proclaimed wise man should probably be Rēko herself. I can even bet on it.

If there really was someone who was so learned about me then they could say for certain that if the current situation continues, my mental state won’t last long and someone should quickly draw up countermeasures.

I beg you to please have such a person appear in front of me.

「On the day that this world was created- The Lord Evil Dragon prayed for this desolate primordial world to birth new life with his flowing tears, which continued for 3 days and 3 nights. The fact that sea water is salty is definitive proof that it is the Lord Evil Dragons tears.」

「That’s like the story of how the sea turtle cried while giving birth to its eggs.」

「And so it was said that if humanity ever walked down the wrong path, the Lord Evil Dragon will bring down heavenly punishment by drinking all the sea water dry.」

Punishment for humanity… or rather it would be better to say that it would be even more punishment for me.

Drinking the seas dry is none other than torture. As I drink sea water, my tears will flow in rivers again.

As we were bantering like that, the wasteland we were traveling upon came to a stop at a cliff.

As we looked down from atop the cliff, we saw the wild waves crashing forward and retreating back— and sitting by the breaking waves was the harbour town.

「Now then, Rēko, can you take out the wings? If we directly descended into the town, it’ll bring attention to us so we can first go down to a beach further away and then walk to it.」

「As you wish.」

This time I made sure to say “slowly” so there should be no problems.

From my back, I felt wings grow forth and then we lightly floated down from the cliff.

「Woah, as expected, the sand is soft.」

As there was hardly any distance, we made it to the beach quickly. It’s been a long time since I felt the softness of sand and my balance was slightly tilted.

「Looking from close up, it’s pretty wide as I thought… So this is the sea huh.」

「Ah, that’s right. It’s your first time going to the beach, do you want to play around for a bit?」

As I was talking, I had already jogged to the water’s edge. The reason why I did so was because I saw seaweed.

「To play, is it?」

「Right right, just in case, we brought your change of clothes in the luggage. You can go swim or do whatever you want.」

「In that case, I will do as you say.」

I wonder why but Rēko unsheathed her dagger.

Then she abruptly swung her dagger with tremendous force, enough to split the sea enough to see the bottom.

「—I see. It’s true that this place is suited to test out techniques. Although it is limited in what techniques you can practice in offence, if there’s this much water, then there won’t be problems even if you fire off a strong shot.」

The sea water returned to its original form with rippling waves while making sounds like *zazaza*.

As I was standing there frozen, Rēko shot something like a beam from her mouth into the sea.

At once the water evaporated and rose above the sea to form mist.

「Using this chance, there’s a mountain of techniques that I want to test out. Next, I will freeze the surface of the sea…」

「You can’t do that Rēko. After you finish everything, this area of the sea will be a dead sea. You’ll cause a lot of trouble for other people. Also, isn’t this place close to the harbour? What will you do if you accidentally hit a ship?」

「Please put your heart at ease.」

Rēko’s eyes sparkled with brilliance.

「With these eyes of clairvoyance, I have already confirmed that there is not a single ship near enough to be affected.」

「Eh? Is that so?」

Today is a clear and sunny day. It wasn’t a day with terrible weather enough to stop anyone from setting off to the sea.

Even so, there aren’t any ships- I thought that being next to a harbour, their traffic would be busy but unexpectedly there is none.

However, from what Sheina said, this harbour is the only route that leads to the Olivia Theocracy.

I heard that it wasn’t a country that was active with trade but it’s still the window to another country. It would be impossible to see all businesses closed.

「There must be some sort of reason for the cancellation of ships… Rēko, for now, we should head towards the harbour.」

「Understood.」

With great effort, I’ve finally found a goal. I didn’t want to be caught up with too many interferences.

「If the reason is that sea monsters showed up in their sea routes then if we show ourselves, everything will easily be solved.」

「That’s right. I hope that’s the case.」

I could forcefully try to accept this reason to maintain my mental health.

Also, rather than going into a complicated situation with complicated reasons, it would be easier if a strong monster appeared. In that case, all it would take was one hit from Rēko.

When we arrived at the harbour, we quickly made our way to the docks.

As we passed by the town’s roads, it was quite dull and without much activity but upon reaching the docks, there was no presence of people at all.

There were only the merchant ships moored there moving up and down from the waves.

The guidance center also had the sign of “Closed” hung up.

「What are you doing here girl? Even if you waited there, the ships won’t leave.」

It was at the time that a middle aged man with a fishing rod walked by. He seemed to be a resident of this town.

「Ah, you came at the right time, can we ask a few questions?」

「Uwoh? A talking dragon, this is rare…」

「Back down. Do not lightly look with your inquisitive eyes. This one is the one who holds supremacy over heaven and earth— mugu」

I covered Rēkos mouth with my front legs from behind and continued my words with the man.

「Ehh, we are heading towards the Olivia Theocracy so are the ships not leaving today? When does the next ship depart?」

「Ahh, as I thought you were customers. Though it’s a pity… No, in fact we’re also in a pinch right now. In fact, we’re also running a passenger boat but we don’t know when we’ll be departing.」

「You don’t know?」

The man replied with “Ou”

「The folks from the Theocracy suddenly increased the severity of their checks upon entering their harbour. Especially the passenger ships are almost impossible to pass through the checks. Sh*t, even though we need to do business here…」

It seemed like this problem was a huge problem on the level of life and death. The man’s face distorted in regret while he held his head.

「Fuh, such checks are not worth mentioning. All we have to do is forcefully break through…」

「You see, Rēko. I want to check quite a few things from that country so if you cause any trouble, we wouldn’t even have to time to check those things out.」

The man laughed wryly at Rēkos out of control words.

「It’s fine to have some good spunk there but no matter what you say, the ships won’t be leaving. Well, until the ships leave, you can stay in this town and use quite a bit of your money. If not, then this towns prosperity will eventually dry up.」

Saying that, the man waved with big motions and left.

At the same time, a sense of danger was birthed in my chest.

Although we received a bit of money from Sheina, it wasn’t enough to last for a long time. If we stayed in an inn for a long time, we would probably run out of money in no time at all.

As a final resort we could offer up one of my treasures- a piece of valuable stone. If possible I don’t want to use it and return it someday.

「Lord Evil Dragon. If boats are no good then how about we fly over?」

「You see, about that. Sheina said that we should “never cross over by flight.”」

Although Sheina didn’t know too much of the details, the Theocracy has some sort of defensive counter measures for people who try to fly in.

She probably made that choice in case we accidentally triggered those methods.

「In that case— There is only one method left. Excuse me.」

Then, Rēko suddenly lifted me up with both hands.

「Wah, what are you doing so suddenly?」

「Out only remaining option is by going through the sea, however the ships won’t leave, then it can’t be helped.」

With a *tan* sound.

Rēko dived in from the docks and into the sea while holding onto me.

「Ohwah!?」

Although it wasn’t that high, I screamed at the sudden movement.

We sunk down as the water splashed out due to us diving in, but the next moment we started to float again. The truth is, I had confidence in my swimming skills.

I’m glad that the luggage on my back is waterproof.

「Fuuh, what are you doing so suddenly…」

When I had just spoken those words, I was enlightened on what Rēko wanted to do.

Rēko had already mounted onto my back and swelled her magic power while in a good mood.

「It’s exactly right, with this, we can play in the water while moving to our destination. Now then Lord Evil Dragon, after we came all the way to the sea, let’s play to our hearts content.」

「Re-Rēko, wait. This is not good. This has already breached the limits of what can be considered as playing.」

My protests couldn’t reach her.

Or perhaps inside of Rēkos heart, she also wanted to enjoy her play at the beach.

-And the results were.

「Ngyaaaaaaaaahhhh-!!!!」

Rēko used her magic power to blow raging waves to use as propulsion, I was torpedoed into the great sea at a furious speed.