Chapter 26 (1/2)

Chapter 26

CHAPTER 26 – THE TRUE AIM

Translator: Luk2048

“I’m glad I found you . The children will surely be happy . ”

Looking down upon the lying on the ground unconscious silver dragon, Rēko dusted off her hands . “Senior, look what you’ve done…” The three-headed elephant was lamenting next to the dragon .

“Now then, let’s strike while the iron is hot . I’ve to make you into a children’s toy right away . ”

Just like that, she started pulling the heavy dragon by his tail, dragging him to the town . Then, one of the dazedly staring soldiers came running over in a hurry . A knight in his prime smiled stiffly, saying,

“Y-Young lady? What do you intend to do with that dragon?”

“The town’s children were looking for him . Looks like they want to play and feed him . ”

“Erm yeah . That has to be some mistake, I think . ”

“That’s not true . There aren’t that many dragons . This one has to be Doradora, I’m sure of it . ”

“No, no, it’d be dangerous for them to play with a dragon . Besides, there aren’t that many children either . ”

“There were 5 or 6 of them . ”

“Oh, Lady Saintess…”

The soldier covered his eyes and turned towards the heavens . When Rēko let out a sigh, thinking he finally agreed, there was someone else running after her . It was the three-headed elephant .

“Kin girl, wait a minute . ”

“You still here? Since I found Doradora, I’m busy over here . If you got no intention to attack the town, you can make yourself scarce . Go back to your forest . ”

“That’s not it . I’m sure senior can’t be that Doradora .

It’s not even mistaking a person, but a dragon . [1] Unless one’s extremely strong, if a demon tries to enter the town the Saintess’ barrier will prevent it . Senior isn’t an exception . If someone tries to enter forcefully, his body will be torn into pieces . ”

Rēko stopped her feet for only an instant, but she got a new idea and resumed walking forward .

“In that case, even if it’s just a torn head, I just have to deliver it . It’s enough for a game, where you need to feed it . ”

“That has to be really horrible for the upbringing . If you made the children play such a crazy game, their parents would break down crying . ”

“T-That’s right! Please, don’t make them do something like that…!”

While the knight in his prime turned his ardent gaze towards the three-headed elephant, both of them nodded many times over . For some reason, it seemed like a strange sense of connection was about to be born between a demon and a human .

“Besides, what I want to say, is that senior isn’t able to enter this town, so there’s no way he met the children before . That’s why, isn’t the Doradora children talked about someone else?”

Rēko leaked an “Ah” and let go of her grip . It was a blind spot . Certainly, if he was Doradora, yet at the same time couldn’t enter the town, the fact he was fed yesterday would be a contradiction .

However――

“Is the Saintess’ barrier really that strong?”

Rēko narrowed her eyes and asked . According to Rēko’s experience, the resistance was akin to tearing through a thin paper . If it was that much, were the other demons to hold out a

a little, they should be able to get through .

“Nah, there might be absolutely no effect for you and the Evil Dragon Boss, but it’s a menace to us . If you don’t believe me, you can try throwing senior towards the waterway at the town’s boundary . He’ll bounce off of it for sure . ”

“Okay, I’ll try it . ”

The soldier only put his hands together, offering a prayer to the Saintess . Arriving at the town’s boundary, Rēko lightly tossed the silver dragon in the waterway’s direction .

If the three-headed elephant’s words were correct, he shouldn’t be able to cross above the waterway, and instead should be flicked outside the town .

―― However, as if it was the most natural thing to happen, the silver dragon’s body entered the waterway raising a large splash of water and started going under .