While a storm of delight swept over the battlefield in north Sutherland, I forced my languid body up and returned to my comrades.
"Yo, o child of disorder."
"Hm?"
Suddenly, a voice reverberated within my head. I scanned my surroundings but didn't see anything other than the burnt lands via the fiery flames a short while ago.
"I thank you for releasing my soul."
I tried focusing my vision and saw a blue speck floating just in front of me.
Release, huh. That means---.
"So you're that undead blue dragon?"
"Yeah, that's me. It's pitiful, but I was defeated by that flame monster and turned into an undead."
"I see. My condolences."
Most things hit by that attack would have probably been burned to a crisp without offering any resistance. He was just unlucky.
"No. That body was reaching its limit, so it was about time it was destroyed."
"Oh, That's quite the subjective statement."
An ancient dragon. I'm really interested in how they function.
"That's also wrong. We are not very attached to life or death. In fact, as long as we have our soul, we could create another body given a couple dozen years."
"So you're eternally immortal. That's sounds too good to be true."
"That's not quite right either. If we're turned into an undead and our soul bound, the strong our soul is, the worse it gets. This incident has drilled that into me."
"I see. So, if you have no business, then I'm going to go back. I'm quite tired, you see."
I was seriously on my last legs. I had casted the grand spells,【Crimson Meteors】and【Birdcage】after all---I was out of gas, so to speak. I wanted to refrain from any useless banter. If he wanted to go to heaven then just go.
"Then let me ask you one thing."
"Look here......"
She kept her usual smile, but a vein bulged on her forehead.
"Hm. That's what people in society call those who regularly enter another's room without their permission. Forgive me."
"The cat's already out of the bag!"
"You could say that."
I had just recently heard her clear voice, and there was her blue hair to boot. I had noticed mid-sentence."
"What an inconsiderate guy," she huffed.
"So? How did you get that body?"
"Trade secret."
"Hey!!"
I was already at my worst condition, and I wanted at least a smooth conversation.
"I mean, you'll definitely get angry if I tell you."
She crossed her arms and fidgeted, averting her eyes away.
I have a terrible feeling about this.
"What did you do?"
"Well, it's water under the bridge, so it's fine, right. And I swear I'm not the sort that'll trouble you. (Although I'm not sure about now)"
No trouble, huh. If so, then it's a trivial matter.
Besides, this headache made me not want to think too hard. Let's go back to sleep.
I shut my eyes once again and began drifting off to sleep.
"I am Sylphid. You can call me Sylphi. I think we'll be together for a while, so nice to meet you."
How unlucky.