Chapter 98: Presenting Evidence

Chapter 98: Presenting Evidence

Mid Evening - Late Spring : Bahamut

- Osto Ragnarok ~

*Vwowowowoom* I felt my stomach churn as I was finally released from the space rune. "Ugh..." -Shouldn’t I have outgrown rune sickness by now? I'm not even that far from becoming an elder...- [1]

"To think you’d be so old yet still get rune sick." The humanoid halfie I had tied up on the ground next to me spoke up to try and get on my nice side.

But it just soured my already mixed mood. "Don't act friendly with me..." *Vwoom* Not wanting to make a scene, I just shut him up with my aura and wrapped my claws around his fleshy humanoid body. -Obnoxious bast*rd...- "I recommend you start thinking of what you’re going to say. Because the elders won’t give you much time to think..." Dulling my nails so they wouldn’t cut through him, I tightened my grip on him and leapt into the air. *Fwoosh*

The next couple minutes passed in a flash as I flew to the Elder Hall in complete silence, but I wasn’t complaining. -The silence is quite relaxing...-

But as I finally started to get close, I had to shift gears. "Hmm..." Looking down over the area around the Elder Hall, I saw dragons in various forms rushing around the courtyard and doing all kinds of tasks. -They're really busy today...-

Finally arriving, I gently landed and glanced at a younger blue dragon near the entrance to the Hall, holding a stack of leather books. *Fwoosh-fwoosh* *Thump* -He looks new...- "Are the elders busy?"Discover new chapters at novelhall.com

The boy gave me a suspicious look at first but didn’t make it too obvious. "Y..yes, they’re in a meeting currently."

"Ah." -It's probably a general meeting...- Not wanting to waste any more time, I walked over to the door and went to push it open with my wings. *creaaak*

But I was stopped before I could walk through. "Sir, the elders are in a meeting." The one to stop me was a dragon, slightly larger than me, donning thin metal armor. "You cannot enter right n-"

Pulling out my ID with my aura, I wasted no time showing him the Ragnarok insignia.

He clammed up immediately as he backed away. "Ah, I-I apologize for not recognizing you, Sir Ragnarok. You may enter." *creeaakk*

The moment the nearly 70-meter-tall door finished opening, I walked through and made my way down the long hallway.

*thud-thud-thud-thud* After walking past the countless statues and memorials, I finally came up to another 70-meter-tall door and let out a deep breath before pushing it open with my wings. "Hooh..."

*creeeakk-VWOOOM* A wave of mixed auras slammed into me like a wall as I walked through the doors and came into the center of a colosseum-like room. -They still haven’t renovated the inside, huh...-

*tap-Thump-flash* Tossing the halfie forward into the center of the room and letting him transform, I lowered my head momentarily. "Osto Ragnarok greets the Elder Hall."

Up on the raised platform around the sand-covered floor were eight massive dragons, ranging from 43 to over 60 meters tall, staring down at me with mixed expressions. -Where are the other four?- [2]

As expected, we managed to get all of the evidence we needed to act aggressively against the Tower and several humanoid nations almost immediately, but the elders wouldn’t let their ever-building curiosity go unsatisfied.

"So you said you weren't the only halfie in the assault team, right? Who was the strongest?"

"Th-the strongest was our leader. He was an ancient half-breed that went by Pello."

Everyone's eyes widened immediately. "And how was he killed?"

"Th-th-that m-monster..." He started shaking as he started stuttering and becoming hard to understand.

I then used the following silence to pull myself away. "Since you all seem to be busy dealing with your curiosities, I will take my leave. Before I go, I would like to request the elders to mobilize military force on the Tower as quickly as possible."

"Hm? Are you trying to hide something? Why are you in such a rush?" Eugene showed a smug smile as if he thought I was cornered.

"I simply wish to return to my son as quickly as possible. I do not wish to waste more time than necessary." I glanced around to make sure my reasoning was received by the elders before standing up.

But I was only interrupted. "You left Vasilias alone in Kaelallan again?!" Asimi was obviously unhappy.

"You know I don’t have a choice with that. Anyways, I must return quickly in case the Tower tries to make another move while he is alone."

"Hm..." Eugene’s annoying look quickly turned serious again when I mentioned the Tower moving. "In that case, we will finish up for now. If anyone has any objections, just keep your hand down, I plan on using my executive decision for this." [4]

The hall turned silent as everyone waited to see if someone would try and overturn it, but no one stood up.

-Then that’s that.- Assuming my part of the work was finished, I finally turned for the door. "Since it seems we are finished here, I will take my leave. If you all wish to continue interrogating, you may do as you wish. I don’t want custody of such a ragged thing anyways..." [5]

*Creaaak* As the door swung open, I could still feel a few suspicious gazes on my back, but at the very least, it was less noticeable than earlier. -They may doubt me because I'm hiding a name, but it’s not like they can do anything to figure it out...-

Although Asimi likely already knew Vasilias was the one who killed the ancient halfie, I was confident she wouldn’t share that information.

But that also raised a certain problem.

*Bang* The slam of the door closing behind me echoed down the hall as I let out a sigh. "Haah..." -How in the world am I going to introduce Vasilias to them...-