Chapter 18 (1/2)

Translator: Kurehashi+ Aiko

CHAPTER 18: Dragon-san Gets Scolded At

「Obsidian, is sourila standing in front ofme anxiously with her purple-blue eyes

Apparently I was unconsciously walking around the city, and ended up co the unchanging beautiful features and golden hair of this powerful spiritserious I just thought that I really wanted to see your face That's all」

I felt as if that short exchange was enough to rechargeto leave

Surprisingly enough, when I look back at her, Ligurila frowns her eyebrows, as if I said so

「 I can clearly see that it is not 'nothing serious' Which e Well, why don't you step inside and sit down so we can talk?」

We went up the stairs that were situated at the back of the shop, and entered Ligurila's private rooht here since it would be a bother to other costumers if we talked inside of the shop, but here we could talk asanyone

「 By the way, you seem to really like those sweets, so why don't you have so full of madeleines, to which I reacted with a soht They are really good, you should have some」

「 But, weren't those meant to be for you? You don't have to be considerate of o and buy my own」

「 …… No, that's not it」

I reluctantly have a bite, and al sensation penetrates my whole body, from the tip of my tail to the top of my head

「 They are … Delicious」

I was honestly surprised by h they were so tasty before, since Nectar isI seem to have lost my tastebud」

Reflected on the surface of the tea that was in the cup that I held in ht now

Since it was the tea that Ligurila brew, it is probably a first-class product, but I can hardly shtat all

Still, thanks to that pleasant wared to soh so that I could at least explain urila

After I finished explaining, Ligurila let out an exaggerated sigh

「 I thought that the royal palace was more noisy than usual It precisely because of that you should never trust people like that so easily」

「 ………… Doing so would go against the purpose of my work」

「 No, those are two courila's brows frown yet again, as she continues talking

「 Unlike ours, people lives are quite transient ones No matter where and no matter hooodbye Since you are a dragon, surely you understand that?」

「 Soht that I would always be cheerful when eating sweets, but now they have hardly any taste at all That surprised htened」

「 You? Really?」

Feeling a strange stiffness inside of aze from hers, embarrassed

「 I told you before that I aon, have I not?」

「 Hes However you said that you thought that the difference between you and other dragons laid in how rich in e froic circles, couldn't you say that you are far superior of a dragon instead?」

「 Won't you look at that, I got praised by Ligurila」

「 I was only stating the facts Please, don't try to ize, seeing how Ligurila was looking displeased

「 However, it is true that fixing and readjusting the flow of leylines, directing the flow ofrid of the s that take hundreds or even thousands of years to get done Only you and your race are capable of doing that As ons have so urila, while letting out a heavy sigh upon hearing uess that was to be expected, since I showed her my one and only real weakness For someone as one of the most powerful spirits it the whole world, it surely must have been pathetic

「 …… I' around town」

Ligurila came up with another sharp retort, but this ti her usual self, and responded with a bitter smile

「 Well, part of the reason is that I siood at handling it well」

After all, s

Magic in itself was a gift - a e of Creation to shape the world as they saw fit

Magecraft is an art that tried to recreate, or imitate, said miracles, able to cause phenomena that would normally be deemed as impossible, but they lack power to influence the foundation of the world itself

Magic, on the other hand, was capable of creating nes that would influence the very foundations of this world, and would continue to influence it without any liic for so as spatial transportation, there are only a handy of creatures besides dragons that would be able to travel over long distances via this technique, like Gods, h Spirits

But since its composition was complicated and the spell itself difficult to pull off, only a selected feere able to use it efficiently

But, if I was unable to memorize the exact procedure and adjust the leyline properly to use a spell like that, I wouldn't be reincarnated as a dragon in the first place

Even now I re it took me to master the very basics, and it would probably takethere was to understand about on is born, it ie of all its brethren that came before him As well as skill necessary to do their duty One of such skills is ic that allows to record the ic? What's that supposed to mean?」

「 For example, please tell me: what is the difference between a diary and the observation log?」

Ligurila was silent for aabout my abrupt question

「 Is it the fact that one is subjective and the other is objective?」

「 Well, simply put, it about e about, you surely ons, so you'll definitely be able to see it Talking with the to a robot…… It immick of so erased from our collective memory as it is stored only as a dry record They don't feel anything and by extension cannot think of anything I s are not necessary to protect the flow of ly breathless Ligurila

「 Because dragons cannot really forget anything, I think it must work in such a roundabout way ---- Personally, I think that our Creator is too cruel I the position of supremacy onto us, only to torons under the excuse of gifting us with knowledge about ic You don't really need it, but it is necessary for you to know aboutthat this whole function was one big joke, and it was bugging o so well 」

It was at thatno emotions at all

Still, I knew that our Creator didn't probably bless us with this ability out of pure malice, but rather out of love and his desire for us to help oversee this world fro said, I still think it was a little bit toofrom hietting up in thearound town is not nearly as fun when you're alone I feel scared I feel lonely All those e me beyond belief」

If I knew fro of separation would be this painful, I wouldn't even try tohas penetrated deeply into on heart

「 Even so, isn't that you, yourself chose to lose your faith? Even though it sounds really foolish to do so about it」

「 But it's been almost three years now I don't even want to think that it's been three years since Nectar has left And if he'd be gone, if you and Grao crazy I don't want that!」

My life is a long one

So to pass away, and I will be all alone again

So before that happens, even though I still had ical powers throughout the world, I wanted to feel connected to theet ether

I was so happy that I ether with hiet those days even if I tried

Probably the only weaknesses of us dragons are sadness and fear of solitude