Chapter 161 I Asked the Wrong Person! (1/2)

The 15th day of the Tree month. I was riding on Bell’s back as we dash through the streets of the royal capital.

[Bell, slow down a bit.]

[Gao!]

The reason why I’m traveling while riding behind Bell is simple. Bell is much faster than a carriage.

The place I’m currently heading to is quite a distance from Lilia-san’s mansion, and it would normally take quite a bit of time to arrive there even with a carriage, but I guess it’s as expected from Bell, as the place I’m heading to is already in sight.

A vast garden that could already be called a ranch, and a rather large building standing in it…… In the entrance, there’s a signboard that says “Flying Dragon Services”.

The reason I visited her today is to meet the baby dragon that was quite attached to me before. It’s already quite late to visit her because I was quite busy with Megiddo-san’s incident, Alice’s incident, and the other things I’ve been busy with.

As I stepped off Bell at the entrance, I was greeted by someone familiar…… It’s the driver that I met when I went to the Sacred Tree Festival.

[Welcome, Miyama-san…… That’s…… quite the terrific entrance you have there.]

[Ah… haha…… I’m sorry, he may be a big guy, but he’s a docile boy.]

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[……To have a Behemoth as a means for transportation, I guess that’s to be expected from Miyama-san huh…… Shouldn’t Miyama-san be a Flying Dragon Pilot after all? You can aim for the world’s best pilot, you know?]

[I- I will consider it.]

While looking at Bell with a startled expression on her face, Driver-san, who was usually around the monsters stood in the entrance. She doesn’t seem shaken at all, and just lightly tosses a few words of scouting to me.

As I was chatting with Driver-san about other trivial matters, I heard the sound of flapping wings.

[Kyuuk~~!!!]

[Ahh, it’s the baby…… wait, stop right there!? You’re too fast!? Slow down, will—– Bfueeehhh!?]

The little dragon that was attached to me before was flying towards our direction, and I smiled for a moment when I saw its cute little flap of wings but…… when the baby dragon saw me, it increased its speed and rushed towards me with frightening speed.

I tried to flusteredly stop it, but the baby dragon didn’t slow down at all…… She flies straight at me and sticks to my face, and the impact sends me flying back.

[Kyuukuii! Kyuukuii!]

[……I thought my neck was about to snap there.]

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The baby dragon seemed to be in high spirits and was happily clinging to my face, but after a few moments, she noticed Bell and turned her gaze towards him.

[Kyuii?]

[Garuu?]

[Kyuu…… Kyuuk……]

It doesn’t seem like she’s scared of Bell, but it feels like she has a shocked expression on her face, as the baby dragon looks at me and Bell in turn.

[Kyuukkuaahh!!! Kyuu! Kyuuuaahhh!!!]

[Eh? Ouch, hey, it hurts!?]

And for some reason, she somehow looked angry this time, as she began smacking my face with her wings.

What the heck is with this situation…… My Sympathy Magic can’t clearly read someone and make me understand what they’re saying as words, but it can help me somehow understand the baby dragon’s emotions.

If I had to describe it in words, it’s like she’s angry at me while saying “Cheater~~”…… Why?

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[She’s probably feeling jealous because of the Behemoth. This child likes you “as the opposite gender” after all.]

[Ouch…… Eeeehhh!? I- Is that so?]

As if she could guess my doubts, Driver-san muttered, and I asked her back while trying to escape the baby dragon’s wing attacks.

[Yes, you remember when this child play-bitten Miyama-san’s neck twice before we parted ways?]

[S- Speaking of which, I also don’t know why she did that……]

[That’s the “courtship action” of the dragonkin, you know?]

[Wha!?]

I remembered being play-bitten twice on the neck by the baby dragon when we were parting ways before but…… Eh? That’s how they court others!? W- Why!?

[The reverse scales on the neck of the dragonkin are the part that they least want others to touch. Play-biting that reverse scale once, if a dragonkin accepts their second play-bite without avoiding the one courting…… Then, the courtship is established.]

[……Seriously?]

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[You’re asking if I’m being serious? Yes, I’m serious. I was also quite surprised too.]

I’ve been told that the act of play-biting the neck twice is the courtship action of the dragonkin.

Apparently, it’s like the baby dragon confessed to me, and I unknowingly responded by telling her I like her too…… That’s quite a great surprise out of nowhere.

And while I was receiving an explanation from Driver-san, the baby dragon had turned towards Bell and was squealing with excitement.

[Kyuu! Kyuukuii! Kyuuiikuukyuuiii!]

[Gao, garuaa.]

[Kyuii!? Kyuuk! Kyuaahhh!]

[Gao, garuaaguaa?]

[Kyuukuaaahhh!!!]

Unnn, it feels like they’re talking about something…… And to be honest, I’d like to think that the conversation I just read with my Sympathy Magic and felt from their movements was just my imagination.

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Unnn, it’s all just in my head, right? I mean, what they’re talking about was……