Vol 4 Chapter 2 (1/2)
Chapter 2 – The Deep Dragon
“So, these guys kno to deal with it”
Orphen crossed his ar with their
hands tied Next to the to make camp, but
due to an unexpected event everything was a mess Cleo stood behind him, she said
profoundly:
“This is really cruel——”
She was referring to the attackers ere hung up Orphen responded, never looking
back
“There’s no need to take pity on them when they attacked us eapons Besides, you
were the first person who started hacking at the, weren’t you?”
“I did not hack……Ia sword so fast”
Cleo remembered the previous event, it sent a chill down her spine Orphen reluctantly said:
“Relax, everything’s fine now”
Then, Cleo relaxed her shoulders She had replaced her soiled pants, putting on a new shi+rt
and pair of jeans The shi+rt was a deep tan colour, it was Majic’s, she orried about
splattered blood, so she looked back and forth several times
“After all, they had a bunch of short sticks and knives, it was hard enough”
“Co you could have easily taken them all out”
Orphen said, trying to relax the upset Cleo
“You don’t get it, Orphen You aren’t the one who can’t use ic, I mean look at the
dae you caused”
She pointed into the forest There was a large number of trees which were uprooted,
scorched earth was visible for several meters in numerous directions Orphen deliberately
didn’t look at it, he said:
“I was trying to protect you”
“That sounds like a hypocritical lie to me”
Cleo was angry now, she put some distance between her and Orphen Then, she
approached the sword on the ground——it was covered in blood, she turned around and
said:
“Don’t you think you should clean the blood off the sword?”
Orphen replied:
“People are responsible for their own things”
“But……I’ood with blood”
“You used the sword so obviously there’s blood on it, it’s not a big deal”
“Well girls aren’t used to this sort of thing, Orphen”
“Then please don’t use a sword next time”
He was getting fed up with her whining
“Older people can’t always forgive the , deal with it”
“That’s so my father would have said”
“Stopthat mouth of yours……”
Orphen said with his eyes half open He looked at the five individuals that were hung up
They were all passing out——they had been strung up for too long
Cleo still didn’t touch the sword, there was nothing else to do but continue talking
“Your dad……did he say so like that before he died?”
“You only die once, h he actually said that after
getting the doctors diagnosis”
Cleo threw hian to move towards the blood stained sword
It was very wonderful, he was very happy He was so co to
last forever
Safety! ——No cold! ——No heat! ——No hunger! ——No loan shark! ——Thinking about
those things, to live a life without the good things was unbearable
So……he cried for so
“This isn’t thein the world……it isn’t……”
When he thought of this, it made him infinitely sad Dortin wiped the crystal ashtray with a
soft cloth, he had a sudden chill, then wrapped his collar around him
His type of “people” are about one hundred and thirty centimetres tall——they live only on
the southern part of the island called Mas
thelasses, and was seventeen
years old Because of his physical stature, one wouldn’t be able to tell his age
Dortin looked around the room, it was neat and tidy, it was a reception room He didn’t know
why this place was geographically isolated, but the roos looked very ordinary
Dortin sighed, he had finished rubbing the ashtray and put it back on the table
“Brother…you never clean anything when you are finished”
“What did you say?”
His brother turned and looked at him
“Dortin, letto you”
“Okay”
Dortin impatiently responded
“I ae in such inferior work?”
He held up on finger, then pushed it against Dortin’s head
“Brother……think about it more calmly”
“Calmly?”
Out of all the people in the world——to claim that Vulcan could be calm would be to debate
whether the world was flat or round
“Try and act like you can get ain and I’ll drown you in soy sauce!”
Vulcan shouted as he clenched his fist Dortin’s eyes began to swell, he went back to
cleaning the place——but the ashtray had seemly disappeared
“Strange……”
Dortin looked around, obviously puzzled
(What is it this time……?)
He gave up looking and began to clean the cigar box, rubbing it gently It was then that he
noticed a youngnext to him
“Hey”
Thea wrinkled shi+rt, his coat had a badge
on it and lookedby his waist, it was nothing like the one
Vulcan had
“Ah, hello, Sarua”
Vulcan suddenly spoke in a respectful tone
ThewasHe looked
at Dortin, he couldn’t see the ashtray He ignored it for now, then said:
“Your inforht some sorcerer kid”
“Ah, I see”
After listening to his brother’s answer, Dortin thought about Majic
(Poor guy, I hope they don’t hurt him)
Vulcan looked at Dortin, he eyes narrowed in on him like a snake ensnares his prey, with a
flattering voice he said:
“What about the black sorcerer? You know, the one with the dragon pendant from the Tower
of Fang……”
“Other people are responsible for his capture Although I haven’t received a report yet, there
should be no problem Five men were sent, all of them able bodied He should receive quite
the surprise”
Sarua shrugged, he then put a hand on his chin and send on to say:
“Since the information you provided proved to be true, the boss wants to reward you, but
you’ll have to wait until after dinner——he wants that sorcerer kid to suffer first”
He smiled
“You do know that we and the boss hate sorcerers?”
“No——I didn’t know”
Dortin answered, Vulcan was bewildered He didn’t expect Dortin to be listening to their
conversation
Sarua laughed
“It’s got to do with the ters, you don’t need to
know any ood, and you’ll stay here and clean in the
meantime”
Sarua then left the reception roo after the
sound of his footsteps were gone——Dortin slowly said:
“Only five people were sent, I don’t think that’ll be enough to take out the loan shark”
“…………”
Vulcan ignored him
“I don’t care…if anything goes wrong you’ll get the blame anyway It’s divine retribution”
“Ah, do you think they’ll accept an apology?”
Vulcan said with a shaky voice Dortin coldly replied
“Probably not……and if they do what I think they’ll do to that sorcerer kid then what do you
think they’ll do to us?”
“Ah”
Vulcan becaroan, a chill went up
his back, he reluctantly said:
“We……e-escape, but how?”
“This village is in the middle of the forest, we can’t escape We don’t know the way out!”
Dortin sighed, he looked at the walls of the reception roos on the wall
was a es
The vast warrior towns of “the forest of Fenrir” There is a red dot in the centre, these are the
“great heart” villages
“This is the place, this is where Majic was taken”
It is a dark night——
Orphen said, his face hidden in the grass Cleo was clutching his shoulders from behind, she
earing a dress and a long sleeved jacket Although it looked very warm, it was better
than wearing a shi+rt in the forest
She is standing behind hi into the forest
“You , you did light a fire
underneath them”
“Got any other snarky remarks?”
Orphen asked Cleo replied in a silly voice:
“No Though, even if worst comes to worst, even if the world is your enemy, I will always be
by your side”
“You mean you’ll be by my side for your pocket money”
Ignoring Cleo’s protests, Orphen closed his eyes and listened to his surroundings In
addition to Cleo’s breathing, the forest was silent——of course it was impossible for a forest
to be totally silent, especially at night Insects……beasts and footsteps The sound of
e, as well as the sound of water
Now——according to Orphen’s feelings——it was only a few hours away
Orphen opened his eyes The stars lit up his field of vision——the tall forest stretched
onward Although there was possibly souards nearby, he estimated that there was
probably so thee
Orphen took the tiood look There was houses, no horses whatsoever, only a
pigsty and a small animal hut The houses seemed pretty simple, most of them were
probably warehouses or se there
was a big house, it see house acted as a
church, it had a large steeple on top——the symbol of Kimurakku Church
“The Dragon……!”
Orphen whispered
The syiant wolf, it stood there solemnly in front of
hiht, norht itself
“This is trouble”
Orphen said, behind him Cleo asked:
“Why?”
Orphen pointed at the wolf statue on top of the steeple
“That is a statue of the deep dragon……that tells us that they have a strong faith in it”
“Dragon faith? I re about that before”
Cleo pondered for ahis hand on Cleo’s head, then he said:
“I see that you don’t understand……these people, they see sorcerers as some type of devils
and hunt them dohenever they see them”
Cleo thought for er
“So you uys back there were of this faith? You know, calling you the devil
isn’t that far from the truth”
“That’s not what I’ what they’ll——”
He thought about Cleo for a ht either of them they would probably be
tortured or worse——death
This opened up a wound in Orphen’s heart He ht not have much time to rescue Majic
Besides, it may already be too late
(damn it)
“Hopefully they’ll think he’s just so to teach him a
lesion when he gets back”
“Last time you made him do a thousand squats, he was miserable and you made him cry”
“He was crying while doing the squats, you fed hi”
“I did no such thing”
Cleo said, then she asked:
“But, Orphen……why do on Faith hate sorcerers?”
“…………”
Overlooking the village, Orphen silently watched children play In a low voice he said:
“That’s just how things are, and didn’t you hear what I said before?”
“Ah……in ancient tiht?”
“Yeah……”
In ancient tion Race, thousands of years
ago, during the reign of the kingdoic”
on the continent of the giants Six races rose up and stole this power from the Gods They
are the world’s on race,
the Mist Dragon race, the Red Dragon race, the Wheeled Dragon race, and lastly, the War
Dragon race
“To escape the wrath of the Gods, the six races fled to this continent……Kiesaruhima
However, people were sent by the Gods to deliver their punishic A
great battle ensued, and afterwards the Dragon Race chose this place as their habitat Then
our human ancestors arrived on the continent, which dates back three hundred years
ago……”
“Huht? I think you mentioned that before”
“Yes, the huon race inbred with one another and thus we have the ic
users we call sorcerers today”
He gestured towards the statue
“Those of the Dragon Faith believe this to be disrespectful behaviour In fact, in the past,
sorcerers were hunted in Alenhatan This is only one example of the hatred towards us,
re Doll too”
“So it’s not about the usage of on
Race?”
“I guess you could say that, but there’sreasons for their actions”
“Maybe their jealous”
Cleo said This made Orphen smile, then it disappeared quickly
“Froon Race”
Cleo pouted
“I still don’t understand why the Dragon Faith hate sorcerers”
“Who cares anyway, even I’m not sure”
Upon hearing this, Cleo slumped her shoulders
It was currently night——in this summer forest, the temperature was very hot An intense
wave ofall the leaves in its wake