Chapter 39 (1/2)

Chapter 39

Chapter 39 – A genuine Evil Dragon

Translator: Luk2048

Editor: Ghost Ape

“Rēvendia! Separate yourself from the kin girl right now!”

Ariante, who had returned on her horse without bringing anyone, shouted rus.h.i.+ng over to me . I was already falling asleep, so I rubbed my eyes and groaned out “What’s the rush?”

“Good, it looks like he hasn’t seized her yet . Anyway, separate yourself right now . It’s possible that the previous spirit demon is still lurking in your body . I’ve called experts as reinforcements from the town, and until they’ve verified the spirit’s presence, I want to isolate you inside the barrier . ”

“If that’s the case it’s fine . He attacked Rēko just a while ago and died… Poor thing…”

Sighing in relief, Ariante’s expression loosened up .

“So that’s how it turned out . Your kin really is something else . ”

“Although I’m glad she’s safe… it’d be better if he just listened to me . ”

“That’s asking too much . Demons are fundamentally different from normal animals, since the main principle governing their conduct is bringing harm to humans . They just can’t be reasoned with . ”

I looked at Lady Saintess single-mindedly building a tower out of mud .

“What about her?”

“She’s a rare case . She was born as a demon, but had obtained people’s faith by chance and switched over to being a deity . In the first place, there’s no clear distinction between demons, spirits and G.o.ds . We tend to brand the ones helping humans G.o.ds, the ones bringing harm demons, and neither of those as spirits . ”

In short, the distinction seemed to be like one of poison and medicine .

“The ones born naturally with an ama.s.sed animosity towards humans are demons . Still, it’s not like the chance of turning out like her after being revered through a long period of time is non-existent . ”

“Then what about him?”

I pointed my claw at the silver dragon that was still lying unconscious . The three-headed elephant too, despite not being here, was forced by Rēko to mend his ways . What happened to the rule of them having to harm humans as demons? Ariante continued earnestly,

“The answer is even more simple . Demons have the instinct to obey the more powerful of their kind . Even for an advanced demon possessing intelligence, going against it is hard . ”

“Rēko is included in the demon hierarchy?”

Moreover, reigning near the top .

“She’s the Evil Dragon’s kin after all . She probably belongs to the demon category . ”

The basis of that argument was weird . To begin with, how could a kin exist despite there not being an evil dragon?

I looked at Rēko’s sleeping face . Even though she looked like a common child, she was immensely more troublesome than one .

“It’s strange . ”

Suddenly, Ariante stood up . Lady Saintess also had demolished the mud tower and started acc.u.mulating demon repelling water in both of her hands .

“Eh, what’s wrong you two?”

“The flow of clouds has sped up . Besides, an enormous magic power is approaching . Rēvendia, if you’re a wild animal, don’t you have even a little intuition?”

“Well, I can grasp someone’s general strength if the target is before my eyes, but I’m not able to sense rough hints like that . ”

“Okay, stand back . ”

After being branded as useless I steadily retreated between the tall gra.s.ses . The sky, dyed red by the setting sun, very quickly started losing its glow . Covering the skies was an eerie, purple-coloured lump of clouds . Drifting heavily but not shedding a single drop of rain was just all the more queer .

“I get it . It’s a very big demon . ”

Lady Saintess faced the enemy with a menacing, tense edge, like a hissing cat . Ariante had already prepared her sword and was adjusting her breathing . Before long, the purple cloud started descending to the ground . With such movements one couldn’t possibly mistake it for a common cloud . Before I knew it, the music accompanying the festival had ceased . Most likely the townspeople had noticed the peculiarity and evacuated indoors .

It’s coming .

The cloud came down threatening to crush everything in its path . As it approached ever closer the line of sight of the two combatants on either side of me slowly crossed and then――

『s.h.i.+t… d.a.m.n you! You wicked child, do you intend to swallow even my main body?! You guys! Don’t just stand there, stop her!』

The purple cloud started talking . The two girls were facing me now―― or rather, faced Rēko on my back . She was still asleep, but if one looked closely the purple cloud was certainly flowing right into her .

“I can’t believe she’s even absorbing his main form…”

Ariante sheathed her sword and with her finger lightly poked the sleeping Rēko’s cheek .

『What is she…! Just how can this child’s darkness be so oddly enormous…! Moreover, her darkness is so exquisitely abstract for no particular reason…!』

“I’m also curious . I’ve wondered why for a long time . ”

『Stop playing dumb, you good-for-nothing lizard! There has to be… Something! Like her past, which enabled her to have so much darkness!』

“Yeah…”

I nodded very, very deeply . I was filled with remorse and an enormous amount of sympathy in my heart . However, such thoughts didn’t continue for long .

“Wait b.a.s.t.a.r.d . Just now, what did you call the Evil Dragon Lord?”