Chapter 90
Chapter 90 - Ending the Adventure
「Nya, nyanyanya」
「Is it delicious, Yuuko-nee?」
「Nyaーーー!!」
Zinray asked while stroking Yuuko-nee's body, and Yuuko-nee was in a good mood as she replied while eating the dragon's meat . Black Rock Dragon Giove was a far superior kind of monster, so his meat became the greatest feast for Yuuko-nee; from eating it her wounds recovered, her tail was bifurcated, and Yuuko-nee also acquired the flame attribute . And Zinray, whose life was saved by Yuuko-nee, acquired the cat attribute . Another cat lover was born here .
To the side Mefirus was also eating the dragon's meat .
『This is raw meat . Is this from beast instincts? Nunu, why does it have a nostalgic taste . 』
Although he said that it seemed his beak didn't stop . While Louise stroked Mefirus' back she said「slowly, ojii-chan . 」
Then Kazane and Yumika and the rest dismantled Giove and put it in the Mysterious Warehouse .
「Selling it would be okay, but making Dragon Burial Soil for Muscle Clay would also be good . 」
It was a Tatsuyoshi-kun mass-production plan .
「Even so, I never thought the Childstone would take to Sieg . 」
Sieg here was Prince Sieg . The Heroic Spirit was already gone because the time limit had passed .
「Certainly . 」
Yumika also laughed「ahahahaha . 」
「I'm sorry」
Sieg was truly sorry as he apologized .
「Ara, there's no need for that . 」「No no, I'm not blaming you . 」
Tiara and Yumika said while shaking their heads .
After the battle with the Black Rock Dragon its Childstone was extracted, and for some reason it responded to Sieg . 「I wasn't able to play a very active role」Sieg thought, but according to Mefirus a Childstone . . . rather summoned beings in general strongly tended to become subordinates of royalty .
『The Ruby Griffon is a good example . Royalty are people but are also a governing symbol of a country . They are a personification of the masses' collective will . Naturally, their souls rank highly . Or maybe there is a desire after being reincarnated to live as a guardian beast loved by everybody . 』
After Mefirus' remark Kazane said「I see」and nodded . From the battle with Giove her level rose by two and she learned the skill『Dragonization . 』She activated the skill .
『Oh, this is amazing . 』
Kazane transformed into a 5 meter dragon with beautiful blue scales and roared Guoooooo .
Zinray said「a newcomer」and set up with intent to kill, which made Kazane a little scared, but Yumika persuaded him to stop .
(Mm, does this mean my own body was not transformed into a dragon?)
Kazane moved around with the dragon body to ascertain its performance . She thought「oh no」since she expected that she would be naked if she returned to normal and was wondering what to do, but this body was a magical body with Kazane as its core . The situation was similar to when Tiara became the core of the Ruby Griffon .
「It's amazing . 」
「Uwaーーーー」
Right now Tiara and Sieg were riding her and she was swimming through the sky . This was because flight was done by the dragons' distinctive wind element magic . The wings themselves seemed to be used for attitude control .
Her breath attack was ice element . Based on herself there was no reason for it to be that element so Kazane didn't know why it was that way, but she thought that the change in attribute when she transformed into a dragon wasn't bad, considering her own spells were flame-focused . She was in a sinful mood as she broke into a smile . Also, since her form was a dragon it was a truly evil smile, so Tiara and Sieg on top of her were considerably nervous when they saw it .
Although this dragon form consumed about half of her Magic Power for the initial transformation it didn't require much Magic Power to maintain, so it seemed possible to stay transformed for a long time if she didn't fight or use her breath . With that her investigation was concluded, and Kazane dispelled the Dragonization and returned to normal .
The dragon form turned into light and vanished, and Kazane's body descended to the ground .
「Mu, you can turn back properly . 」
「That's natural . 」
Kazane smiled when she replied to Zinray's words .
「So we've defeated the dragon, but what's next, Leader?」
Louise asked . The material removal from the dragon's remains had already been completed . They had finished what they had to do here . Then, Kazane looked over her companions
「Well, shall we go home?」
She said . Everyone nodded and started preparations for the return .
◎ Rock Hold Cave Entrance
「You encountered a Monster House?」
The administrator said in surprise when he heard the story from Kazane's returning party .
「Yeah . I seriously thought I would die . 」
「You did well to return alive . You were also able to run away without losing anyone . 」
The officer saw with a surprised face, but with a sullen face Zinray corrected him .
「No, we couldn't run away, so we annihilated it . 」
「Ah, annihilation … is it?」
「Yeah . I seriously thought I would die . 」
「Is that so . 」
The officer replied again with a speechless face .
And the administrator continued to be at a loss for words when Kazane and the others vented about the next truth . Of course, it was the subjugation of the Black Rock Dragon Giove .
The administrator made an especially「no way」face, but Sieg had the Childstone and Kazane also showed him the dragon materials, so this time he collapsed . However, he immediately recovered and started contacting all quarters with furious speed .
And the first to arrive from the people the administrator called out to was a material custodian . It was a man who was dispatched by the adventurer's guild to immediately secure and preserve the material once the dragon was subjugated, but it seemed they never thought his turn would come so early .
They also never considered that Kazane and the others had returned with all the materials and were doubly surprised . A Mysterious Warehouse was not the sort of thing an ordinary adventurer would have .
From the exchange with the material custodian Kazane decided to keep the dragon bones and some other materials and sell the rest at a suitable price . She also requested that they handle the processing of the Dragon Burial Soil . She furthermore bartered with some dragon meat to make arrangements for them to handle the delivery of certain items to the workshop in Winlard .
That night a celebratory festival for the dragon subjugation was held in the marketplace in front of Rock Hold Cave . It seemed there was a custom from long ago of celebrating when a Childstone holder with a high degree of difficulty was killed, so Zinray and Louise took it as a matter of course, but Kazane and Yumika couldn't hide their surprise when the festivities suddenly occurred .
「I never thought you would defeat it with one battle . Honestly, I was surprised . 」
Zinray was greeted by Zack, who he had met in the 31st layer .
「Fumu . We were lucky, I didn't think the encounter would go as well as it did . I also didn't think I would do such a thing at my age . 」
「I mean, I didn't notice in the dungeon, but you've obviously rejuvenated . What the heck did you do?」
It seemed it was clear to those who knew him . Zinray said it was a secret with a smile . Right now this old man was in a very good mood .
「Kazane-san, good day . Congratulations on this occasion!」
「「「「Congratulations!」」」」
They were the adventurers who had tried to steal the cottage .
They were making a courtesy call after they had heard rumors about the Ogre Killing Princess they had learned to fear . And . . .
「Prince Sieg, congratulations on this occasion . 」
「「「「Congratulations!」」」」
「Yes . Thank you . 」
Sieg was there as Prince Sieg Waiti Shubaina of the Minshiana Kingdom .
「Yeah yeah . Sieg, more smiles, smile . 」
「Ye, yes . That's right . 」
This occurrence was a consequence of Sieg's position becoming publicly clear . Kazane already got in touch with Yuuko-nee by email and got acceptance . . . rather, it was emphasized that she was to actively do so . The achievement『the Prince of Minshiana subjugated a dragon』and the corresponding prestige was being attached to Sieg, which was also necessary for Minshiana's national interests .
With Sieg's social status revealed Kazane and the other companions treated him the same way, but the different sense of distance from the other adventurers, guild staff, and merchants made him feel a little lonely . Well, if Sieg thought about it for a moment he would recognize that the sense of distance from the surroundings was the same when he was part of Kazane's group, so the current feeling of isolation was all in his head .
And it was also conveyed by Kazane and the others that they were able to defeat the dragon because of the power of Minshiana's treasured『White Sword . 』This was also Yuuko-nee's wish .
From the start the aim of Yuuko-nee's request was『Sieg's achievement』and『the revival of the influence of the White Sword』which had been buried in darkness by lack of wielders over several generations . Yuuko-nee also anticipated that Kazane and the others would not be able to defeat the dragon without the Heroic Spirit Sieg, so since Kazane probably wouldn't want the existence of the Heroic Spirit Sieg to become public knowledge she suggested substituting the White Sword as the reason . Even if Sieg did not participate in the dragon extermination Kazane could use the White Sword instead, and Sieg being a member of the dragon expedition was also true . If there was an explanation that hid the existence of the Heroic Spirit Sieg, however it played out would make Yuuko-nee's wish come true . Dirty Yuuko-nee, while it was dirty of Yuuko-nee, since the way Kazane accomplished things made it all true it seemed everything turned out all right in the end . However, all the adventurers that knew the true ability of Kazane and the others did not think that it was only due to the power of the White Sword . Or more precisely, they still thought she had kicked it to death… . . and while that was true, everybody was overestimating her in the way it happened and leaving out the many ways she was assisted .
With all of that it was like he was hogging the entire achievement, so Sieg had an apologetic expression . However, Kazane and the others understood that it was not done by their own power, but that the achievement mostly belonged to the Heroic Spirit Sieg . Therefore the explanation that another great power did the work was correct, so they didn't particularly mind the current state of affairs .
So Sieg had an apologetic expression, but after everyone asked him to summon the Childstone dragon for the first time the gloomy feeling was completely blown away .
Sieg summoned a standard-sized dragon of around 5 meters, and its pure white appearance was truly reminiscent of Minshiana's treasured sword . Its element was wind, a white dragon with gentle eyes that very much resembled Sieg's .
Incidentally, the appearance of the white dragon dancing in the sky with Kazane, who had become a blue dragon with『Dragonization,』was a whimsical sight that was handed down among minstrels for a long time to come . The detail that Kazane was extremely drunk and acting recklessly and was only stopped by receiving a blow from the white dragon was not written down for later history . It was unnecessary .
And that white dragon received the name『Karza』from Kazane . [TL: I wasn't sure how to make this clear with his name since double aa is kinda weird, but it's カーザ which is just the first two syllables of Kazane's name with the first one drawn out . Kazane's naming sense comes up again so I wanted to make it clear here . ]
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