CH 434

“Well, I guess we’re going home for the night!”

“Yeah. We can use the transfer magic circle anytime we want. You can use it whenever you want, even if we’re not here.”

“I will, thank you …… But you never know what’s going to happen when you’re fighting with that damn doctor. It’s a bit of a bummer, even if it is for the sake of defeating the Gospel’s Descent.”

“I know what you mean, Ryuuze. I understand where you’re coming from, but I’ll stop him if he tries anything.”

We came back to the town of Gust early, and were talking about what had just happened in our garden. As you can see, Ryuuze, Luciel and Luciela aren’t optimistic enough to take it right away. 

If it comes to a battle, I think I’ll keep Ryuuze and Rëtzel apart.

“I’ll leave it to Lars. I don’t have a problem with you using him if it’s the one who saved my life.”

“If there’s anything I can do to help, just let me know, okay? If Ash and the others are going to fight too, I’ll go with them.”

“Thank you both. But Luciela aside, Luciel, you don’t have to push yourself too hard.”

“I’ll do my best to make up for it, Luciel-chan!”

When the Kudelica raises her fist and says so, Luciel smiles. There are knights here, so there is no need to cross a dangerous bridge. 

“Then, I’ll see you later, Lars.”

Makina opened her mouth and left the house, leaving brother and Nora behind. Come to think of it, It’s been a very long time since I’ve been away from Makina. The only time I’ve been away from Makina was when I went ahead and fought Aiatsubus at Sandiola.

While I was thinking about this, a medium-sized Sarge came down.

<You’re back. Are Aina and the others in your place?>

“I asked her to stay at my house with Verna-sensei. Fath-san and Verna-sensei are the best bodyguards I’ve ever had.”

<You’re right. Are Makina and the others not here too?.>

When Sarge asks me a question while becoming smaller, my brother answers it for me. 

“They all went home once, they might be worried about their family, so we split up. By the way, where have you been, Sarge?”

<Oh, that’s right, there is something I have to tell you all! Get your father.>

“? I’ll go get him.”

Nora nodded her head and went back to the house, and soon returned with Dad and Mom. She ran up to me and put her hand on my head and patted it.

“Nfufu, aren’t you a little sunburned? I haven’t seen you in a while, but you’ve gotten stronger.”

“Wait, Mom, what’s up all of a sudden!?”

“Well, I wanted to reward you when you came home before, but I thought you’d be embarrassed if Makina-chan was here, so I held back. Lars will always be my child, even when he’s older.”

“Muuu ……”

It seems like my mom wanted to spoil me …… I’m glad she did, but now that I’m an adult, I’m embarrassed, as she expected ……

“Hahaha, even I’m always happy to see you back safe and sound, you know? So, Sarge, I heard you wanted to talk to me about something?”

Dad laughed and put his hand on my shoulder, then turned to Sarge, who was resting on top of my head. He nodded his head and continued to talk.

<I was scouting from a very high position and found a large force approaching, although it will still take more than ten days to get here. The border with the Berias Kingdom has been crossed.>

“……!? I knew they were coming. How many ……?”

<Five thousand at a glance. That’s a lot of people to take down a single town, so they might be serious about killing all the inhabitants.>

He calmly told us what he was thinking, and we fell silent. Fortunately, we still have some time to come here.

“You want me and Sarge to go defeat some of them? Maybe we can use the Dragonic Blaze to strike first.”

<I don’t mind, but honestly, there are too many of them. I don’t know if it’s going to work, because I’ve already confirmed that there are the people who have repelled me? We should fight with the knights of the royal capital as much as possible, and look to help the Luitzar Kingdom.>

“I was hoping we could half-destroy it.”

“I also think it’s not a bad move, but we have to think about it just in case. They have someone in Tigre-sensei’s class too. “

I thought that we can’t help it after hearing my brothers words, and I shrug my shoulders and shake my head. 

I’m sure they’ll be camping out there, so I think it’s a good idea to target them from the air and take them by surprise …… but as I was thinking about this, Sarge remembered something and opened his mouth. 

<By the way, there were two people riding horses when I’m on the way back. It seems that they are heading for this town, but they might get caught up in a fight if they continue.>

“Oh, that’s not good …… But they’re not enemies, are they ……?”

“I can’t tell until we talk to them. Hmm, Dedite, Lars. Why don’t you two take Sarge and go talk to that two people? It’s suspicious, and if they’re enemies, we can’t afford to lose the initiative. If they are just adventurers, tell them to go to Luitzar. If they insist on coming here, I’ll leave the decision up to you.”

Dad told us with a serious face, and my brother and I looked at each other and quickly replied.

“All right. If Lars and Sarge are with me, I don’t think there will be any danger, so we’ll both go.”

“Since my brother is better at negotiating, I agree. Sarge, how long will it take you to get there?

<Fifteen minutes should be enough, it’s called exercise before breakfast.>

“We’ve already had breakfast, though!”

<M-Muu …… What ……>

“Alright, I’ll make Sarge’s breakfast, so get going! Be careful.”

<I’ll look forward to it.>

As soon as Sarge grew to a huge size and put me and my brother on his back, he quickly gained altitude and flew to their destination. We flew at the same speed as ever, and soon found the two people Sarge had seen.

“Is it them? …… They’re really in a great hurry to get their horse running like that.”

“Yep. The horses are so pitiful like that, Sarge, take us down.”

<Understood.>

If we get down at this spot, which is a meadow with a good view, I’m sure they’ll notice Sarge right away. 

“……!! A-A dragon! S-Stop!!”

Sure enough, the person in the lead stops his horse, and the person following behind also comes to a sudden halt. Judging from the way the horse’s legs were trembling they must have been pushing them pretty hard.

“What does a dragon want with us ……! Could it be that they’re–“

The woman’s voice sounded abhorrent, but her voice was laced with impatience.

We got off Sarge’s back, thinking that they might have some circumstances, and raised our hands to talk to them. 

“Excuse me! This dragon is a friend of ours! We live in the Gust territory of the Reflexion Kingdom.”

“G-Gust territory ……! T-Thank god! We need to talk to you!”

The person behind her seemed to be a man, and he was shouting for joy from under his helmet, trying to run up to us. But the woman standing in front of him stood and said.

“You can’t! They may not really be …… They might be one of them.”

“But Lime, if that’s the case, I’m sure they’ll attack us right away with their dragon.”

“……”

The woman who was called Lime held her tongue at the man’s words. It sounded like something complicated, so I thought I’d tell them my name and talked to them.

“My name is Lars Irving. The son of the Lord of Gust, and this is my brother Dedite. The dragon is called Sarge. Where do you plan on going in such a hurry? If you’re planning to come to the town of Gust, you’d better go somewhere else, because there’s a mysterious group of people called the Gospel’s Descent coming to the town of Gust.”

“…… !!!”

When I explained our situation, they looked at us with wide open eyes and then looked at each other. Then, after some thought, the woman stepped forward, put her hand on her chest, and said something shocking.

“So you are the son of a lord. I apologize. I would like to ask you a favor after telling you that I do not yet fully trust you. We are the soldiers who were with the Gospel’s Descent. We escaped for some reason and were on our way to the town of Gust to tell them of the crisis.”

“What did you say ……?”

“If you can, please take me to your town! Please!”

I frowned at the man’s desperation and crossed my arms. In any case, it is not unusual for these two to be in a hurry to plan something, and we took them back to the town of Gust.