We Live in Dragon’s Peak - Chapter 30

Chapter 30

“Nmmtto, then Mistral will be ‘it’ now!”


“Yeah, yeah . ”
“Nyaa~”
“Oh my, all of you have to run away seriously, alright?”
“That sounds a little extreme…”

It’s the day after I meet Priscilla-chan and Nymia . As usual, I come visit the moss-covered plaza . That’s when I come across a tremendous scene .

Priscilla-chan, and Nymia, and also Mistral along with two other men I have never seen before . They are currently playing a fierce game of tag .

One man has dark green hair and looks quite delicate . He has a tall figure and his clothes sway with the wind . His hair is also long, giving him an aristocratic look .

The other has short brown hair, a moustache, and a beard all which give him a fierce look . His bulging muscles shown through his clothes . Yet even though he has such a dreadful physique, he has a gentle smile across his face, easing the atmosphere around him into a gentle one .

Who are these two men?

When I’m thinking that, Mistral who had become the next ‘it’, suddenly chases after the fierce, moustache man with a speed my eye almost can’t catch . She gets closer to him, but then he vanishes and reappears at another location .

Mistral then aims for the nearby Priscilla-chan . She again takes off with a rapid speed, Priscilla-chan escapes with air jump . Mistral, however, predicts where will Priscilla-chan appear and narrows the distance . Even so, Priscilla-chan escapes with several jumps .

The delicate man runs away by riding the wind .

Mistral, chasing everyone around the moss-covered plaza, uses her ultra high speed as she pleases .

Nymia who isn’t able to run away become the next ‘it’ .

“Uhhh…”

I stand still while watching the extradimensional game of tag unveiling before me .

But then, who are those two men?
Watching Mistral chase after them makes me feel quite jealous, you know .

“Oh, Ernea, you’ve already come . ”

Sniff sniff, so you didn’t realized my presence until now, eh? I’m sad .

“Nmmtto, onii-chan, good afternoon!”
“Nyan~”
“Please excuse us . ”
“Hm . ”

They pause their game of tag and approach me .

“Etto, who are these two men?”

Since they are here in the moss-covered plaza, then Old Sleigstar should have given them his approval, right? They have round ears like me, so they are not Long Eared Tribe members . At first, I thought they were Priscilla-chan’s acquaintance, but now…

“Ohhh, please excuse us . I am the wind spirit who works under Priscilla-sama . ”


The delicate man gives an elegant bow and introduce himself as wind spirit .

“And I am the earth spirit . ”
The fierce moustache man also answers me with a smile .

“S-So you’re spirits . Nice to meet you, I’m Ernea . ”

The wind and earth spirits bow politely to me and I bow back to them .

I see, so they are Priscilla-chan’s spirits . That’s right, the Long Eared Tribe’ granny said that Priscilla-chan also has spirits of her own, huh? Still, I’m surprised that she has two spirits with human appearances .

Priscilla hugs me as a greeting . While holding her in my arms, I go towards Old Sleigstar .

“You sure are loved, eh?”
Mistral starts to make fun of me .

Maybe… she is still holding yesterday’s grudge?

“G-Grandpa, good afternoon . ”
“Fuuun .  This one is glad that you are healthy as always . ”

Old Sleigstar looks sleepy, how unusual . I wonder if an uproar occurred last night .

“You’re right . This one and Mistral didn’t receive enough sleep . ”
“Priscilla is too energetic . ”

Mistral makes a wry smile .
Ah, she returns back to the usual Mistral . I’m glad, really glad .

“Nmmtto, it’s fun!”
“Nyaa~”

Priscilla-chan grins while Nymia hangs from her head . They are really cute…

The wind spirit and earth spirit don’t seem like they will approach Old Sleigstar and watched us from a distance .

“Priscilla-chan’s spirits also have human-appearance, huh? Amazing!”

She squeals in delight while in my arms at my praise . That sudden, dangerous, movement almost makes me drop her .

“Ernea, that’s not what is amazing . ”

Mistral gives a troubled sigh .

“They have opposing attributes while also having adult human appearances . ”
“Is that amazing? I don’t really understand since I’m not very knowledgeable about spirits, though . ”

A long-haired gentleman is a wind spirit, and a short-haired bearded man is an earth spirit . Their attributes are certainly opposites, but I don’t really understand why that’s so amazing .

“Funn .  Then before meditation, this one shall teach . First, about attributes . ”

It’s Old Sleigstar’s lesson . He tells me about a lot of things, most of them are topics I know nothing about .

“If you contract with a spirit of a certain attribute, spirits of the opposite attribute won’t like it and will refuse to make a contract with you . ”
“Nmmtto, wind and earth are friends!”

Hmm, in other words, Pricia established a friendship with two opposing spirits and made contacts with them . Well, if the contractor is cute like Priscilla-chan, I would happily accept the contract .

“Next is the appearance . ”

The elder granny already told me about spirit’s appearances . Spirits who take human-appearance have the highest rank .

The wind spirit and earth spirit are also great spirits, right?

“Funn, you missed some information . Spirits take form through the power of their contractor . Therefore, the power needed to maintain human child appearances and human adult appearances are different . Adult forms require a great amount of spirit power . “
“That’s right, Ernea . Two spirits maintaining adult form simultaneously for such a long time means that the contractor’s spirit power is already at a different league . ”

“Uwahhh, so it’s that amazing, huh?”

I never knew spirits depended on the power of their contractors, nor that they need a lot of spirit power to sustain their forms . Those two have been playing tag since before I arrived and are still watching us from a distance . Even with just this, Priscilla-chan has continued to release her spirit power .

As expected from the next leader of the Long Eared Tribe .

“Priscilla-chan is really amazing!”
“Nmmtto, but I’m already at my limit…”

At Priscilla-chan’s words, the wind spirit fades into the air while the earth spirit turns into dirt and crumbles away .

“She’s practicing like Ernea . It was an exercise to improve her power and ability to utilize her spirit power . ”
“Is that so? I thought it a Long Eared Tribe’s game of tag . ”

A game of tag where I definitely can’t join in .

“I’m already tired . ”

Mistral gives me a wry smile .  
Mistral can’t teleport instantly, but she is still super fast . I wonder if it’s because she is from the dragon tribe or because she is the dragon princess .

“Then, since the problem is already resolved, practice yesterday’s share too . ”

Old Sleigstar prompts me and I sit in the meditation form . I sit cross-legged with the tree spirit, wooden sword on my thigh . That’s when Priscilla-chan starts to nap on my knees . Nymia, you too?

Mistral smiles while looking at us and heads into the old forest .

“Where are you going?”
“Fufufu, I’m off to collect the firewood you need and pick some delicious food . ”

Mistral then disappears into the forest .

Ah, since she was accompanying Priscilla-chan until now, she didn’t have the opportunity to gather them . As always, thank you very much .

I enter my meditation while feeling heartfelt gratefulness towards Mistral .

As soon as I close my eyes, I feel the vitality of the spirit tree on my lap . Next are Priscilla-chan and Nymia along with their peaceful, warm, sleeping breathes .

As I sink further into my meditation, I begin to feel the flow of dragon vein . I scoop up from the dragon vein, knead, and sublimate it into dragon spirit within my body . I then slowly pour it into the tree spirit . With that, the tree spirit transmits its joy towards me .

I feel something soft, different from wind, blow into my ears . Granny told me that the tree spirit was possessing me, but I wonder if this is a sign from the spirit-san . While thinking so, I continue my meditation .

The moss-covered plaza has become lively .

Priscilla-chan and Nymia go with Mistral to visit the Long Eared Tribe in the mornings . I met them at the afternoon, and as we practice together, make a clamors racket . Then, when it’s time for me to go back, everyone sees me off as Old Sleigstar teleports me home .

Mistral is a pretty woman, plus Priscilla-chan and Nymia are very cute .

I am passing my days happily .

Until one day, after summer has ended . It’s already autumn .

“Ernea-kun, do you still remember your promise with me?”
Ruiseine talks to me, while looking as if she is pouting a little .

Ah . Ahhhhhhh… .
I forgot again…

“I-I’m sorry, Ruiseine . ”

Ahhh, why am I always forgetting it? Ruiseine didn’t ask me about it anymore and with the moss-covered plaza always being so lively, I totally forgot . Either way, this is totally my fault, right? I couldn’t keep my promises after all .

“I’m really sorry . ”

“Oh my, no, no . If you look that downhearted, I will feel troubled . ” Ruiseine gives me a smile . “I trust that one day Ernea will tell me properly, so don’t worry about it . ”

“Un, believe me, I’ll definitely tell you . ”“Yes, I believe you… is what I want to say, but…”

Suddenly, Ruiseine’s face come closer to mine, surprising me .

Wahhh, she’s too close .

For some reason, Ruiseine is very aggressive these days .

Ever since our adventure in the ruin, Ruiseine, who gets along great with Kiri and Inea, has become friendlier to me while her friends are friendly with the hero, Ristia .

But, these days she becomes too proactive . Well, since Ruiseine is a beautiful girl, I’m happy that I can get along better with her, but…
I already have Mistral . I don’t understand why Ruiseine has become friendlier to me .

“Y-You won’t forgive me?”

I become flustered, in various ways .
Ruiseine sighs from her nose .

My male classmates often complain, wondering how a simpleton kid like me can get along with Ruiseine .

The girls are watching us with interest, it feels so weird .  
I thought that a Miko-san would have a pure presence, but surprisingly, Ruiseine is aggressive . Well, Kiri and Inea are in love with Ristia, so they are not banned from falling in love .

“…”

Ruiseine moves closer to my face and focuses her eyes on me .

I-Is she actually angry? What should I do, I wonder if Ruiseine is scary when she gets mad…

“Ernea-kun . ”
“Y-Yes…”
“As a punishment, you will do service work for me . ”
“EHHHHH!?”

I am shocked by Ruiseine’s unexpected remark .

When she said service work, what kind of job will she give me? Is it cleaning the temple? Or is it a charitable activity? I’ve never done either of them before, so I wonder what Ruiseine wants me to do .

Ruiseine only smiles upon seeing my twisted expression .

M-Maybe, the service work waiting for me is more horrible than what I expected? For some reason, Ruiseine’s smile is scary .

“Ernea-kun . ”
“Y-Yes!”

My voice flips inside out because of my nervousness .

“Ernea-kun will be my errand boy . ”
“E-Errand boy?”
“Yes, be my errand boy until we reached the vice capital .

W-What are you saying?

Me, who hasn’t left the capital city once in his whole life, suddenly has to go far away? This is getting bad .

“Come with me to the vice capital . ”

Ruiseine notifies me with a big smile on her face .