The Dragon King is staring at me from above, laughing. Then something started falling on my face.
"What the hell is this?"
I looked and saw a silver, metallic, metallic-looking thing. It was slippery and very soft to the touch.
"Aaah! Oh, my God! What a thing!!!!"
The Dragon King is screaming. I saw him looking at his arm and trembling.
"The scales on my... arm..."
Apparently, it was the scales of the Dragon King that fell on my face. It seems that the black sword had caused a wound when it hit me.
"How could a human hurt my body? I won't allow it!
Light emanates from the Dragon King's body. And there was the Dragon King in his original dragon form. And his body is bright red. He slowly descends to the ground with a thunderous roar. Unlike the previous scene, he is quite deadly and intimidating. This looks really bad.
I cast a divine ward against the Dragon King. It's a ward with a hardness that no dragon can break. I shrink it and try to compress the divine dragon to crush it.
Pow! It sounded like a small balloon bursting. When I look, I see that the divine wards on the Dragon King have been shattered. Moreover, it had not disappeared and was still floating around the Dragon King.
"Gwaaaaah!"
As the Dragon King turned his head in a wide circle, pieces of the wards that had been floating around him flew toward us. Reflexively, I covered my face with my arms, but all of us were unharmed because of the wards that were already in place. However, the ground around us was gouged here and there by the debris from the warding.
"They're breaking the divine wards.... He's quite a pain in the ass, isn't he? He changes his color every now and then. Now we're going to have to go toe-to-toe! I'll beat you to a pulp!
I approach the Dragon King with my black sword in my hand. He saw me and started breathing heavily.
"He's spitting breath!
I concentrate all my magic power to form a ward around the area. Then..,
"Be still."
I heard a calm, childlike voice. I suddenly turned toward the voice, and there stood the white-robed Lord Shenlong.
"Calm down."
Before I knew it, he had moved to stand next to me and gently touched my left leg while speaking in a calm voice. At that moment, my body goes rigid. The dragon was already in a state just before he breathed out his breath, and a silver light was gathering around his mouth.
"Ah... Breath... Breath..."
The dragon was approaching the dragon with a staccato pace while I made a wheezing sound. Then he slowly points his index finger toward the sky.
"Silence!"
At that moment, the dragon stops moving. The area around its mouth also loses light.
"Goa... goa... goa... this... presence..."
"Calm down, both of you."
Immediately after hearing his voice, they feel light and are able to move. The dragon seems to be the same way, moving its head slowly from side to side as it watches us.
"Stupid people! If you spit your breath in a place like this, this area will be burned to the ground..."
"No way... no way... Shenlong-sama? Why did you...?"
I summoned it!
Soleil comes running to our side.
"I'm sorry, Master. I summoned Master Shenlong unintentionally.
"No, good Soleil. But I'm sorry, Master Shenlong. I didn't mean to call you here.
"Don't worry about it. It took me a long time to take this form too. I forgive you.
The dragon walks up to Shenlong-sama, who is talking peacefully, making a shuffling sound with its footsteps. Then it puts its chin on the ground. It seems to be in a pose of prostration.
"Master Shenlong.... It's an honor to meet you.
"Oh. It's been a long time.
I'm sorry for my mistake. I have no excuse.
"Hmm? What are you talking about?
I mean... I'm sorry I let one of the Shinjos escape and left him there...
That's the first I've heard of it. I only came out at the call of my contracting master.
"Sh...Shinryu-sama made a contract... Master...? That... that... that Siljus...?"
Soleil looks apologetic and bows her head.
"So, the one who was fighting you was my master's master..."
"What? Lord of the Lords, Lord of the Lords of Shenlong-sama?
"Oh. I'll give you something very tasty to eat. Hey, Lord, let's make them eat the last one again."
Master Shenlong turns to me and smiles.
"Yes, always a pleasure!"
I stood erect and replied. This dragon is such a scaredy-cat. It was obvious that no matter how hard I tried, I could not win.
He thought it was rude for the dragon to do nothing while Shenlong-sama was humanized, so he humanized himself too. Gon and Ferris can also be humanized, but they are basically naked right after humanization, but these two were clothed for some reason. I was told later that they can make clothes with their magical power. Soleil told me that this is a skill that can only be acquired by refining magical power over thousands of years. I tried it myself, but I couldn't do it at all.
Then I was able to hear the reason why this dragon had come to restore the faerie now, through the intercession of Master Shenlong.
This dragon, the Dragon King, is said to be over 300,000 years old. He is able to directly see the form of the divine Dragon-sama, and also to hear his words. It is the role of this dragon to deliver the "oracle", and furthermore, those who can hear the voice of this dragon are called "Shinjo" as they call them.
Shinryu-sama is a spirit that specializes in manipulating the weather and the earth, especially water, and can tell of natural disasters from the movement of the earth centered on the flow of water, the direction of the wind, and the flow of clouds. Shinryu-sama would tell this dragon about natural disasters that he had detected in advance, and he would then pass the information on through Shinjo to the dragons who lived near the place where the natural disasters were to occur.
In order to hear the voice of the dragon called the Dragon King, Ferris and the others could not hear it with their "telepathy" skill, but needed a higher level of "thought transcription" skill. Since this requires a huge amount of magical power, dragons with the gift of "Shinjo" are told to train themselves to increase their magical power. I have experienced this, and it is really painful. I have experienced this myself, and it is really hard. until you pass out, wake up, and do it again. I have been in this situation before, but it is really painful. If you ask me to do it now, it is so hard that I want to refuse it with all my might.
By the way, it is said that the skill of "thought transcription" can convey not only words but also vivid images. The images sent to me are the same as those of M! Therefore, the dragons called "Shinjo" are required to send as many M! Therefore, it is essential for the dragon called "Shinjo" to have as large a M! It is no wonder that Fairy's M! That was the reason why Fairy's M!
"Hmmm, well, don't worry about that Shinjo, he is with the Lord of the Lords.
"But, Master Shenlong. I think I am the only one who can give you such words. My transcription of your thoughts can only be heard by Shinjo and the others within the boundaries of the Dragon Clan. Therefore, Shinjo who is with this man must be returned to the Faerie Tribe at once.
"Oh, then don't worry. My word is through the Lord.
"Oh, with all due respect, Master Shenlong. If this Silurus were to receive the words of Shenlong-sama, his body would collapse..."
"Hm? If I take on this form and tell them, there will be no problem.
"Oh, no... how dreadful..."
The dragon's originally pale blue scales have turned even bluer, and he is afraid. It seems outrageous that the divine dragon should appear in human form, but if I think about it, there is a possibility that he could appear out of nowhere while Soleil and I are having an erotic encounter. That's something I'd like to avoid if possible...
"Good! These people will feed you good food. Good, good, good.
Despite our concern, Shenryu-sama is smiling. He looks childishly cute despite his gray hair.
The dragon king knew that Faeri had escaped. However, he is Shinjo of the Faerie tribe, the weakest of the dragon clans. He thought that a dragon tribe that could not even protect Shinjo was not a dragon tribe, so he did not punish the faerie dragons or take any particular action against them.
However, a few months ago, this Dragon King felt the presence of Lord Shengyu. He had been nervously waiting for the oracle's words, but no oracle came down to him. He expected that the oracle would probably come in the near future, but he would lose the trust of Kaminryu-sama if he was found out at that time that there was no Shinjo of the faerie tribe. I thought I would retrieve the faerie before that happened, so I searched for her with all my might and found her owner, me.
At first, the Dragon King was planning to attack a mansion in the capital. However, he gave up the idea because of the strong wards, the presence of Krulkan Ferris, Geneha and other harpies, and finally, the presence of Peris, the Belial. It was obvious that even the Dragon King would have a hard time against such a force, and if I were to take him out in the meantime, it would all be for naught.
So the Dragon King was looking for an opportunity to eliminate me first, as I am the one who has this ward up.
"What's that? For a Dragon King, you are surprisingly small-minded.
Who do you think you are talking to?
The Dragon King's scales turn red and he is furious.
"Who are you talking to? Is this the one who will be my Lord and Master?"
"Kuh... hahaha."
The Dragon King bows his head to me in frustration.
"No, don't mind me. But, does the oracle of Shenryu-sama come out that often?"
The Dragon King turns his head to the side and opens his mouth.
"The last time I received an oracle was several years ago. The oracle before that was... 17 years ago.
"What oracle from a few years ago...?"
"Oh. I've sensed the presence of an evil monster in the kingdom of Juka. They were too much for even me to handle, so I forbade all dragons to leave their territory.
"Indeed, the evil spirit at that time was tremendous," he said.
They talk about that time fondly. And Soleil is joining in the conversation, saying, "That's right, isn't it? As I looked at the three of them, I silently clasped my hands together in my heart and apologized.