Chapter 149 - Entirely Groundless

Chapter 149 - Entirely Groundless

I intended to be gentle, but Ria was still hanging down her face with a stern look.

「I’m sorry Dragon-san… I wonder if I am bad as a Shrine Maiden…?」

「No, that is not the case. It’s just problematic that you are too good as a Shrine Maiden.」

「Eh? Really?」

A complete turnaround. She is suddenly happy now. Her transition of emotion is insane.

「Well, the god of this country is taking a nap right now, so another god came out. Anyway, I think it’s better to just stop right now.」

「What kind of Kami-sama came out?」

I cannot say it was an Evil God of the underworld, that sounds dangerous.

The second one that came out was a somewhat dangerous sounding man, I can’t stand to tell this innocent girl of their existence.

「…Yea, yeah. It was an animal god. A cute goat god.」

「Fuh. As expected of Evil Dragon-sama, for you, that person is nothing more than a cute goat…」

「I think I will actually appreciate your input in this situation.」

To think that Rēko will actually complement my excuse with her own interpretation.

「Hee—! I want to talk with it!」

「Err, I’m sorry to say, but when the Kami-sama is out, you would be unconscious.」

Mixed with impatience, I followed up with a monotone voice.

I’m fortunate that she does not have the memory from when she is possessed. Depending on this, I can deceive her as much as I want.

Then, Ria started to hold her head while groaning 「Uun…」

「Is something wrong?」

「No. I’m just wondering if I can remember the time when I am possessed by Kami-sama.」

「Eh.」

This is upsetting.

This can’t happen. If she remembers that she was possessed by an Evil God, she might think that she is a bad girl and left some trauma in her heart. Apart from the fact that the god did end its sentence with “Mee…”.

「I-isn’t it better if you stopped? You don’t have to force yourself to remember you know?」

「It’s okay, I feel like I can remember something if I try a little bit more…」

「Surely you’ll remember how I grabbed it and it went ‘Mee Mee’ while begging for mercy. Ah, to think that an Evil God will do something shameful like that.」

The direction of Rēko’s story and mine has already gone off the tracks. But I cleared my throat loudly to try and block it from reaching Ria’s ears.

Just then,

「Ah! I remembered a little!」

Ria shouted while clapping her hands. She has an astonished expression with her eyes wide open.

I can’t believe this happened. It can’t be helped if she actually remembered it, I’ll just be an elder and try my best to take good care of her heart.

「Uh, I’m sorry that I lied to you. But don’t worry, Rēko disciplined that goat so it won’t possess you anymore.」

「It’s amazing, Dragon-san! You have been chosen to be the next Kami-sama of this country!」

Nn?

What Ria said with her eyes shining is something entirely different than what I had expected.

「Eh? Did you remember the Main God of this country possessing you?」

「Un! I remembered he said that he will give Kami-sama’s position to Dragon-san!」

「Is that so… Thank goodness. I’m relieved then.」

It’s good that the traumatic memories are not remembered and nothing bad happened. All she did remember is just me being appointed as the god—

「Hah! Wait, wait a sec Ria! Forget that right now!」

I realized at once and shook Ria’s shoulder in a hurry.

It may be just moderate content for Ria, but it was a fatal part of the conversation for me.

「Why? But it is a really important thing?」

「I declined, you see. I am just a poor and tiny lizard. I am not really fit for the role of a god.」

「But didn’t you accept it?」

「So you only remembered the part that is convenient, huh…」

Let me think.

Maybe Kami-sama intentionally left only a part of the conversation that is convenient for him as a memory for Ria.

To try to cut off my escape of declining the seat of god, huh.

I sighed and shook my head.

「One should leave that kind of position to a more qualified person. And that is not the case for me. There is actually a lot of things that make me not qualified, and all the people in the capital are misunderstanding me to be the Evil Dragon Rēvendia right now, a big fuss is happening.」

At this point, I whispered to Rēko that 「I will not reveal my true identity.」Rēko’s growth can be seen on how she nods, albeit reluctantly and with a dissatisfied face.

「Evil Dragon Rēvendia?」

「That’s right. You know about it, right?」

「Unn… Feels like I heard it somewhere before.」

I feel like my eyes went round there.

On this journey so far, there is no one who does not know “Evil Dragon Rēvendia”. Someone that is widely feared by children and the elderly.

Now I think about it, when I first met Ria, I explained how I was called 「Evil Dragon-sama」by Rēko with「It is a nickname because of my blue eyes and black scales.」, and it does feel like Ria doesn’t really understand my explanation.

Certainly, you will be like that if you don’t know the existence and the characteristics of Evil Dragon Rēvendia from the beginning.

「You, you don’t really know about it?」

「Uun, I heard a little. It is a big dragon that appeared in ancient myths, right?」

「Ah, yeah yeah. That’s the one.」

So she knew who it was. When I was having a complicated feeling, she casually, without any tone or beat, said.

「But, it is just a fictional dragon in a story, isn’t it?」