6. Finding the Dragon (3)
“Don’t be too troubled.”
“I’m in trouble too? “I’m accepting it specifically for the sake of peace for the rest of my life, so shouldn’t I be compensated accordingly?”
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“If you don’t like it, refuse it. I think it would be best if they did it themselves in the first place. “ Even though we have signed a non-aggression pact or something with humans,
we are responding to an obvious criminal act.”
“okay. “I’ll believe it.”
“What do you mean by believing in demons?” Deus snorted and Yulgeum sighed briefly.
“You might be right.”
“what?”
“This world… is somehow strange.”
After Yulgeum returned, Deus returned to the store.
Business seemed to be going fairly well.
That’s right, it was a weapon made by short charcoal workers at the direct order of Dragon
. There was no doubt about the quality. Even now, an arms dealer from another city was returning with a beaming face and a cart full of weapons.
“Is it selling well?”
“The supply is limited.”
“Good. “Yulgeum said he would send me 3,000 gold pieces, so sell it well.” Alex smiled brightly.
“All right.”
Looking at Alex smiling, Deus recalled the story of Yulgeum a little while ago.
A demon peacock who slaughtered 100 dragons in one battle!
“Did your conversation with Yulgeum go well?”
“Did it go right or go wrong?”
“Seeing as they paid the commission, it looks like they found the right thing.”
“that’s right.”
“As expected… Then the culprit is the Hollyspruce family. However, since it was the dragon that attacked Joe Riggs in the first place,
“That’s kind of the story.”
“But what is that lukewarm expression?”
“Do you see it?”
“yes.”
“Do you know much about dragons?”
“If you ask me that again, it’s hard to readily answer that I know.”
“Assuming you know, then what on earth are hardliners?”
“That’s literally it. They are a faction that opposes a peace treaty with humans. “These are people whose resentment has deepened due to the long war with humans, and they cannot accept a state of peace.”
“Shall I try to make that peace treaty?”
“Didn’t you hear me clearly?”
“Between humans.”
“Absolutely not.”
“You will become a hardliner too.”
“Seven Dukes of the Demon World…
“Six Dukes.”
“…every duke will be against it.”
“Then why not cut it all off?”
“Do you plan to fight the war alone?”
“It’s called peace.”
“Peace can only be achieved through strength!”
“I don’t want to listen to you because you speak strangely correct words. Anyway , what do these hardliners want?
“You can’t really start a war against humans when the Dragon God is against it.”
“It’s a kind of political protest.”
“When it comes to politics, do the hardliner dragons ultimately want to go to war with humans?”
“well. “I don’t even know that far.”
Alex bent his back slightly, then stood up and frowned.
“I’m sure your next task won’t be the extermination of hardliners or something like that?”
“They like to exterminate anyone they think is a demon,
so they really like that.”
“Do you see the look I like right now?”
“I always keep it close to the surface consciousness, so it just pops out. “Carnage, destruction, annihilation.”
“Then do you like disgusting words like peace and love?”
This time, Deus was desperate for an answer.
“Okay, anyway, we have to find out why the dragons are running rampant.”
“Is that what you requested? “Then why don’t you just say that?”
Alex grumbled.
“You still haven’t told us why you suddenly quit being the Demon Lord and came back to earth… How long are you going to maintain secrecy?”
“No, there was no such thing as secrecy.
At that time, in the middle of the conversation between the two, Zeke showed up.
“Alex. Adeus is there too. “A guest has arrived.”
“customer? “Who is it?”
“That is… a saint from the Holyoke family.”
Holyoke. It was literally a sacred oak tree.
“A warrior family?”
Deus tilted his head.
Since there was no reason to bite the visiting customer, he continued speaking immediately.
“Take her to the main house.”
“Yes, Deus.”
The customer Zeke brought was a girl in her late teens.
She seemed to be about three or four years older than Zeke, and she had a proud look with her nose set high.
I handed the luggage bag to Zeke as if he were a porter.
She came into the main house and spoke to Zeke.
“It looks like you got a master, not a colleague. “Well, there’s no way you’ll be able to get a decent colleague with your skills.”
As she looked back into the living room, her eyes met Deus’s.
He looked away as if passing by without any significant change in expression.
“I was also surprised to think that you had gained a companion and started working as a warrior in earnest
. Looking at the situation, it doesn’t seem like that is the case. “I haven’t even graduated from college yet, but I heard that you have already entered the workforce.”
“is it so? “Where did you hear that?”
“My father visited the capital not long ago. There, he had an exchange meeting with the Holy Cedar family. “I heard what you said back then.”
Deus was sitting on the sofa listening to Zeke and the girl’s story.
I started to wonder what the relationship between the two was.
At that time, Zeke looked at Deus and said.
“This is Saint Lexia of the Holyoke family.”
“It’s Lexia.”
“Yes, Lexia.”
Alex, who was standing behind the sofa, opened his mouth.
“Zeek is the leader of our party. Since you have to be equal to any warrior, I think it would be better to leave you out.”
Alex was an adult. Lexia frowned
at the subtly pressuring words with a relaxed smile .
“What is a hero…
“He is a warrior who has been officially approved by the Hero Management Department.”
“Yes, it’s a piece-rate job, right?”
“Whether it is F-level or out-of-class, a hero is a hero. All warriors are equal, and their power comes only from the oracle. Have you forgotten that this is the first sentence of the Champions’ Charter?”
“I have no reason to listen to you!”
“This is such a presumptuous move. “I’m sorry, saint.”
Alex bowed his head politely.
Although Lexia had a disapproving look on her face, she nodded and accepted the apology.
Zeke told her.
“As I said before, Deus and Alex are worthy colleagues for me.”
Zeke then looked at Deus and continued speaking.
“Master Deus. Ms. Lexia is a warrior of the Holyoke family and is skilled enough to be ranked A-level. “I know him because we went to the same warrior school as him when we were young.”
“Even though your rank is low, you are Pure,
so you have the right to talk to me.” Purebloods meant those who inherited last names starting with Holly.
The remaining half-bloods were actually the warrior’s groomsmen and were eligible to enter the warrior school, but they never officially became warriors.
“Thank you, miss.”
“So, the Holyoke family is the warriors here at Joryx Castle?”
“Yes, Deus.”
“The rank is roughly A level.”
“This is a family that participated in the war as a G-class hero during the last war.”
G-Class was a group of singular abbreviations for Giant Slayers and were warriors who could take on giants.
“The Holly Beach family was in the F class back then.”
Zeke smiled at Lexia’s words.
“I did.”
“It’s still amazing that I inherited Holly’s last name. “I would have lived comfortably if I sold it for a high price.”
Deus burst out laughing when he heard that he was selling the name of a hero.
Lexia said looking at him.
“Once you fall to the rank of minor, it is difficult to move up to a higher rank, so you give up being a warrior. Don’t laugh at them. “It’s a path I choose because there are good reasons for it.”
“What I laugh at is not the warrior, but humanity. Well, that aside, what is the business? Mr. Holly of the Oak family.”
“Holyoke!”
“therefore.”
“I heard from the information I got from the Holy Cedar family that you guys are looking for blue scales that can be used as weapons? “My family also happens
to have a few copies.”
“Ah, if that’s the case…
Deus was about to say, ‘That’s enough,’ but then changed his mind.
It wouldn’t be a bad idea to save it up first.
“now?”
“I decided not to buy cheap ones.”
“What do you think of our Holyoke family?”
When she nodded to Zeke, he put the bag he was holding on the sofa table.
As she sat down, Lexia
opened her bag. Inside were two scales the size of the palm of one’s hand, neatly wrapped in silk cloth.
“It’s a dragon’s scale.”
“Yeah, I guess so. But since there are so many fakes, we have to be sure.”
“What makes you talk about the Holyoke family like that?”
“I don’t really see it as anything, but I’m not stupid enough to trust humans. butler!”
“Yes, my lord.”
“Check it.”
“I will do as you say.”
Alex put on white gloves and examined the scales of a blue dragon brought from the Holy Oak family.
He magnified the surface of the scales with the eyepiece. There were scale-like patterns all over the inside.
“It’s a pretty fractal scale.”
“You mean it’s good?”
“It must be a dragon. “It looks a bit old, though.”
Lexia said, puffing out her chest.
“It’s a scale obtained 14 centuries ago by the Holyoke family and three nearby families joining forces to
kill a demon dragon. “Our family, which had the most merit, obtained three dragon horns and made three spears.”
“I don’t think it will remain until now anyway.”
“I lost everything in the battle with the devil. “What a proud end!”
“is it? Anyway, if it’s a dragon scale, I’ll buy it. “You may have heard this already, but it costs 100 gold per sheet.”
“As I said before, these scales say,
“So, you just keep the story. Because I have no intention of living up to the story. The scales alone cost 100 gold. “I won’t give you anything more than that.”
Lexia sighed briefly.
“They said he was a businessman, but he really seems like that. Okay then, I’ll sell it.”
She was sitting on the sofa dealing with Zeke until she finished appraising the gems and trading the scales.
“If you have more time, how about you go to college?”
“I only graduated from elementary school, so what kind of
university am I going to go to?”
“I’ll be honest. “I don’t think you are a contractor.”
“yes?”
“I saw it.”
“What?”
“A blue dragon that attacked Zoryx Castle not long ago. A masked man holding a mop bag or something against it.”
Zeke flinched.
Following Deus’ orders, he simply stood holding a stick.
“There’s no way you wouldn’t recognize me if you were wearing a mask,
right? He is a warrior born and raised in a village. The purebloods living inside Zoryx Castle are Holyoke and Holybeach. “There are only two doors.”
“You saw it wrong. “I failed most of the time in elementary school.”
“That’s because of the theory class. “Because your family was poor and you didn’t have time to study.”
Zeke did not deny her words.
Academic and physical abilities.
Of the two, my father focused his efforts on the latter.
This was largely due to not having enough time to learn the theory leisurely.
That method cost a lot of money.
In the end, Zeke’s learning ended with only teaching a few things, such as body-contact sword techniques, shield techniques, and horseback riding.
I figured that if I learned those few things, I wouldn’t starve to death somewhere.
“Try again.”
“I have to take care of my younger siblings. I will raise them well and make our Holly Bich family a family of A-level or higher warriors.”
