Chapter 117 - Dragon-san Triumphs (2/2)
「Um, yeah, I know one or two of them.」
「By any chance, do they have a white-colored fur?」
I shook my head, since neither Mikoto nor Senjiro had a white fur. Isha-san then let out a sigh of relief.
「Is something the matter?」
「No, it’s nothing, just me thinking to myself.」
Isha-san shakes her head and continues.
「Since it is you, Obsidian Dragon, it shouldn’t be a problem, sorry for startling you.」
「If you say so.」
Hearing me say that, Isha-san reluctantly spoke up.
「It’s something that happened a little while ago. His Majesty told me that he had a strange dream. He said that he thought it was something important, but he couldn’t remember the details. He only remembered a beast with a white fur.」
「…… Umm. Are those the exact words of the king?」
「Please rest assured. The current king tends to dream about things like black-scaled dragons and white fur beast-girls all the time.」
Isha-san’s words were really intriguing, especially those about the current king’s fascination with Obsidian Dragon.
That king, he’s still going at it, huh?
Isha-san looked at my reaction with amusement, but soon enough her expression tightened.
「That being said, I could feel the remnants of magical power on the king. This morning, too. It’s unthinkable that someone would be able to slip past all of the guards into the king’s chambers, but maybe those dreams are not simple dreams after all.」
「Fumu, that’s interesting. It seems like a spell with an irregular activation period.」
Looking to the side, I could still see Nectar reading through the documents.
As he was turning over the pages, I cast a simple spell on him..
As usual, I cast a spell that prevented him from eavesdropping.
「Yes, of course, Master. We were just passing by. The spell was just fine and resolved without any problems. Still, it is something rather impressive.」
「There’s something I would like to see for myself…… Could you give me some paper?」
「Sure, here you go. Still, this is a really embarrassing turn of events. There was no harm being done to His Majesty, but the fact that there was someone right beside him in the middle of the night is quite alarming. But it’s better than being assaulted or assassinated.」
The thought of them being deceived made me smile instinctively.
It’s been ages since I intruded into the castle, and it seems that since then they managed to work out some decent defense network. At least that’s how it was supposed to be, right?
However, feeling Isha-san’s gaze on me made me slightly uncomfortable, so the only thing I could do was nod.
「Right. Thanks for letting me know. I’ll ask them about a girl like that. But please don’t get your hopes up about this.」
Although that problem didn’t concern us in the slightest, it would be a problem if it caused a diplomatic scandal and rendered our journey East impossible.
「Thank you so much.」
Isha-san bowed down slightly, and then Nectar raised his face after writing something on a piece of paper.
「For now, from what I saw I would like you to concentrate your efforts around this area, as well have every bit of information you may have on it. And the translation of the ancient language here is wrong, so leave me the original, if you’d be so kind.」
Isha received the paper without hesitation, and after looking through its contents she gazed at Nectar in astonishment.
「You’ve managed to cover all of that in such a short amount of time?」
「That information is like a mountain of treasures, and it would be a shame to leave them alone. You focused solely on magic, but in ancient times magic was a part of everyday life, so if we don’t view it in a much broader scale, we will never find anything new.」
As he said that, Isha-san naturally began to creep closer to Nectar.
「…… I knew I could count on you, master. Your proficiency in the ancient language is second to none!」
Seeing her eyes sparkle, Nectar put his hands to his temple, as though he was trying to fight off the incoming headache.
Yeah, that was one of the fields that Nectar was absolutely the best.
Then Isha reached for the small bell that was resting on the plate on the table and rang it.
I could feel that the bell was magical and that it sound could reach pretty far, farther than any normal bell could.
「I was going to send you a summary, but please, take as many materials as you can with you.」
「Yeah, that would be a huge help. Want me to translate them while I’m at it?」
Nectar meant it as a joke, but in turn the look of gratitude in Isha-san’s eyes was simply too much to ignore.
I was happy that my husband was held in such a high regard, and I wanted to jump on some of it.
「Want me to do the translation as well? Some of those words can be really tricky and difficult to decipher.」
Isha-san’s gaze was fixed on me.
This time, her reaction was completely different from when Nectar volunteered to do so.
「You don’t want me to?」
「Eh? No, no, no! I would be incredibly grateful, but asking you to do something like that feels simply preposterous, don’t you think?」
「I was the one who asked if there was anything I can do to help, so if there is something, isn’t it only natural that I want to help?」
「But still……」
While Isha-san looked to be at a loss, Nectar added.
「That would be a huge help. If we split the job it will end that much quicker. Now this is getting interesting.」
「Yes, I was thinking the exact same thing…… and fun isn’t something that you hog all to yourself.」
Isha-san looked as though she wanted to say something, but was too embarrassed to ask.
「I understand. If you’d be so kind, Obsidian Dragon.」
「Ah, I always thought that it was kind of a mouthful, so you don’t really need to call me that. Please, just call me Lava.」
「I understand. Then I would like you to call me by my first name as well.」
I smiled wryly hearing Isha-san’s proposition, and in that moment the butler opened the door and came inside.
Just as I was to collect more documents from him, I received a message from Vaas-senpai.
“Report, Mikoto’s sister wants to visit the Academy.”