Chapter 71 - Worry (EP) (1/2)

What was that really?

I looked at Kunepei-kun who was sleeping across from me in the train, and Nana-chan, who was sleeping in the baby sling.

Aoi-chan was sitting next to me and leaned against my shoulder and was quietly asleep.

Jaja-chan who was in her baby sling was also sleeping.

Her figure of holding her thumb in her mouth was very cute.

It was one hour after we left the ranch.

I was tired for some reason.

After the twins fell asleep, Kunpei-kun and Aoi-chan were asleep before one knew it.

This was my chance to enjoy Kunpei-kun’s sleeping face.

Let’s leave it a secret from him that my smartphone’s storage capacity has greatly decreased.

In the seat behind me, Koji-kun and Ichika-chan were still childishly quarreling.

It seems that Shouhei-kun admonished them occasionally while checking the data of the digital camera that he brought.

He really is praiseworthy.

Thanks to Sugadaira-kun’s sleeping face, it was a very enjoyable ride home.

Be that as it may, I had a little free time, so I researched various things about dragons on my smartphone.

Since Aoi was on my right shoulder, it was a little difficult to move and it was a little cramped because of the baby stroller, but it’s okay.

Since I met Aoi and the twins, I have been researching a lot about dragons.

I just scanned through the site I’m looking at right now last week, but I’m re-reading it from a slightly different point of view as there’s new information I need to look for.

“Dragons enslaves other creatures.”

It’s a story that I haven’t heard much about.

A dragon is a transcendental creature, and there weren’t many accounts of them in stories, myths, and legends.

In this world, one of the most common dragon anecdotes is where they play a villain.

Dragons that attack a country.

Dragons that take away the souls of the dead from the cycle of reincarnation.

Dragons that hoard treasures and attacks travellers that get lost within their territory.

In famous plays, they are buried by heroes as wicked dragons, and many of them are drawn as humans.

They are depicted as the end goal within the story, that is to say, the last boss.

There were also some dragons that tried to destroy the world, and some dragons that defied supreme deities.

On the other hand, as for the anecdotes from the other world, they were not seen as the villains.

There were many anecdotes about the value of their bodies.

“Dragon eggs bring immortality and immense power.”

“Dragon scales create the finest swords and spears.”

“There is nothing that can’t be cut with its fangs and claws.”

“Their blood has the power to instantly cure any injury.”

“The finest jewels that shine red rests in dragons nests.”

There are a lot of beastmen and demons tribes that have such stories.

Next was the fate of countries and organizations that turned dragons into enemies.

Though I think as the one reading it, it’s just stories of people suffering the consequences of their own actions.

Stories of a country aiming for the dragon’s treasure, breaking into the nest with an army, and suffering a painful counterattack and losing. Stories about foolish demons who seek immortality and longevity having their magic reflected.

I believe that they won’t do anything as long as you leave them alone.

However, from such anecdotes and lore, one could take a considerable amount away about their ecology.

Thanks to the fact that Aoi-chan, a genuine dragon was beside me, I could clearly differentiate between exaggeration and the truth.

Actual dragons have nothing to do with immortality.

They have a long life but die when they turn old.

Their skin is considerably stronger than ours, but they can still get injured and bleed.

Their fangs and claws are certainly sharp, but Aoi says that there are limits to what can be cut.

Their injuries recover surprisingly fast, but it was not instant, and as long as you hear the story of the dragon named Alyssa, lost organs cannot be recovered.

The truth is scaled down from the legends, but it was certainly remarkable.

What does it mean when her daughter, Nana, who is still a baby, can do something that even her parent Aoi can’t do?

There has never been a dragon that manipulates “birds” appearing in any legends.