CH 88

A cold chill runs from my waist to my head.

“Ryleigh-kun. . . I’m going to make dinner.”

I stared at Ryleigh-kun, who was standing next to me, while feeling goosebumps rising on my skin.

Yes. There is something I can do now.

. . . [Summon Kitchen].

Eating it makes you stronger and more energetic.

I’m sure my strength will be useful.

I want to make food and bring it to everyone in the knight order. . . Hurst-san.

“. . .-, Shina-san, you know about the dangers of the current situation, don’t you?”

“Yes.”

I nodded firmly at Ryleigh-kun who was frowning worriedly.

It was dangerous when the bird-shaped magic beasts appeared in the royal palace, and when the boar-shaped magic beasts appeared at the hot spring.

But not now.

The chill that hasn’t subsided since a while ago proves it.

Nevertheless. . .

“. . . Shina-san. Before you go to the kitchen, I have something I want to tell you.”

Ryleigh-kun lowered his eyes once. . .

He looked up at me with young leaf-colored eyes.

“I didn’t tell Shina-san, but when Shina-san went to the Northern Knights, I got an order from above.”

“Order?”

Yeah. . .The conditions for Shina-san to go to the Northern Knights. . . I could have asked my brother to cancel it, but I thought that with those conditions, I could protect Shina-san’s safety. . . I thought it would necessary when the barrier is broken.”

“. . .just like now.”

“. . . It would be best if nothing happened. But if the barrier really disappears. . . then the Northern Knights will be come the most dangerous place in the world. . .”

As Ryleigh-kun said.

The Northern Knights are a group of knights who fight magic beasts. It’s the front line.

When the barrier breaks, this place becomes the most dangerous place.

That’s why Hurst-san said he would return to the north. To be able to use Hurst-san’s power on the front lines. . . so that everyone can be protected from the magic beasts.

“Of course Vol-san and I will definitely protect you. But. . . I thought that Shina-san might need a way to get out of here.”

“Am I leaving here?”

“Yeah. . .Vol-san won’t leave here. He’ll fight until the end. . .But Shina-san can always go somewhere safe.”

I bite my lip tightly at Ryleigh-kun’s story.

Then, Zezgard-san, who had only been listening until now, stood up and turned his gaze to me.

“It’s me.”

Golden eyes staring at me. . .

“I was the condition for you to go to the Northern Knights.”

“. . .Zezgard-san.”

“Yeah. If the barrier breaks and this place becomes dangerous, I’ll take you and fly with Gyabussh. . .I’ve been told to bring you to the royal palace. It’s you’re escape route.”

He threw out the words.

“That pervert said. I’m a collar. . . so you don’t die because you have a strange skill. . . a collar to bring you back to the royal palace so you don’t go anywhere.”

“Collar. . .”

A certain scene revives at the word.

That was when I was still in the royal palace. When I made roast chicken with all the guards.

Thruster-san said at the time:

“You’ll have some collars, but basically you can do whatever you want,” he said.

That collar is. . . Zezgard-san.

“It was so. . .”

“I’m sorry I didn’t talk to you until now.”

Ryleigh-kun’s young eyes clouded over and he apologized for being silent.

I shook my head and replied.

“No. Everyone thought about various things. Thank you.”

I’m sure it was difficult to say.

The easiest thing would have been to not talk and just curl up and put me on Gyabussh.

But Ryleigh-kun explained it properly.

“This connected everything.”

In the first place, it’s hard to imagine Thruster-san letting Ryleigh-kun stay here without taking any measures.

He says that he will return me to the royal palace, but in nine cases out of ten, he must have expected Ryleigh-kun to follow me by returning with me.

“Zezgard-san, thank you very much for everything. . . I’m sure you didn’t like it very much.”

. . . . .To be told that you were a collar.

It makes me want to curse that you had no choice but to follow me.

Even though Hurst-san sometimes remonstrated with Zezgard-san’s attitude, he didn’t drive him away or point his sword at him.

Surely, even though he understood Zezgard-san’s feelings, he still thought it was necessary.

“I shouldn’t have told you what I said when we first met. . . Even the guy who put the collar on wasn’t because he liked it.”

I muttered that it was bad.

“. . . and it’s not like I hate being with you. . .You’re easy to talk to. . .”

“Ma-kun. . .”

“Hey!”

“Fufun rush. . .”

“You! Are you having fun!?”

I gave a thumbs up to the golden eyes that were glaring at me.

Then, Zezgard-san laughed, saying, ‘It can’t be helped.’

“. . . My frustration and everything else won’t work on you.”

Zezgard-san approached from the window.

And. . .

“. . . You won’t run away.”

He gently placed his hand on my shoulder.

“Right?”

When I raised my face as if lured by that feeling, Zezgard-san smiles.

I’ve never seen a smile like that. . .

“You’re going to laugh and make delicious meals and run until the end.”

“That’s right. I have to make food, eat it, and get points.”

Those golden eyes were glittering.

So I smiled and replied.

“Also, Zezgard-san is not a collar.”

Yes. That doesn’t suit him at all.

“It’s feathers. . . Gyabush, the fastest dragon in the world, and the dragon knight who rides him.”

Speaking in a way that Zezgard-san likes. . .

“. . .It’s the Wings of Freedom.”

You can fly anywhere.

There’s no way someone like that is a collar.

“. . . That’s kind of cool.”

At my words, Zezgard-san was blank for a moment.

I nodded firmly.

“Okay. . . Shina!”

Suddenly my name was called.

Those golden eyes were sparkling. . .

“You can call me Onii-chan.”

“Eh.”

“From today onwards, I will treat you as my little sister.”

“Sister.”

No, what?

Eh?

Can I to be your sister from today?

“Ah, no, I guess the brothers are in time.”

It’s enough with everyone’s brother.

I shift my gaze to Ryleigh-kun who is next to me.

There was Ryleigh-kun laughing, ‘I understand.’

“Shina-san, you stole the ‘first time’ again.”

Bad words.

“. . . I want to protect Shina-san. I don’t think it’s necessary to go back to the royal palace, but I think it would be nice if Shina-san could go to a safe place. But. . .”

“Ryleigh-kun. I want to go to everyone. Please lend me your strength.”

“. . . . Yes.”

Ryleigh-kun smiles like he’s troubled. . .

And nodded and said ‘leave it to me!’

“With my flame, I sill bring Shina-san to the place where everyone is.”

“Please.”

I can’t control my raised skin from a while ago.

Even so, when the three of us nodded to each other, courage welled up in our hearts. . .

“Then I will do what I can. I can do it against beasts.”

“Ah, Gyabussh will be trapped in the barrier.”

“Oh.”

A barrier is something that confines magic beasts.

He said that Gyabussh’s ecology is different from animals, so it seems that the barrier also works on him.

In that case. . .

“I have a request for the world’s fastest dragon and his partner.”

“What! Say anything!”

Zezgard-san’s golden eyes shined at my words.

I look into those eyes. . .

I remember his golden brown hair.

That person who was always laughing HA.

“. . . There’s someone I want you to bring.”

It’s a long way from the Northern Knights, but Gyabussh’s speed should get you there.

“He’s trained with Hurst-san, and he’s good at avoiding. . . He knows my power. . . an he’s someone I can rely on.”

. . . I’m sure he’ll help me out.

They already knew that Shina wouldn’t leave when everyone was in danger. And now Shina has another sibling. I’m going to laugh myself to death if she tries to get Hurst-san to be her brother now.

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