Chapter 45 (1/2)

Chapter 45

Translator: Luk2048

Editor: Ghost Ape

“Rēko… I’m a little tired… Let me sleep a while…”

After we turned the embodiment of the berserk magic power dragon into dust, Rēko’s excitement didn’t settle down easily . Sitting astride me and revelling in the victory while we were continuously swivelling in the air, she kept on matching my screams with her roars . Rēko probably didn’t think I was screaming . She might have mistaken that I felt like singing happily in a choir . Because of that, I had to perpetually experience the terror of the skies .

As soon as the long flight came to an end, my knees immediately gave way and I pleaded for sleep in a caterpillar-like posture . With a quiet thup, Rēko hopped off my back and ran up to my face .

“Please accept my apologies . I caused you trouble without thinking, making the Evil Dragon Lord devote the words of encouragement for the likes of me . Please rest to your heart’s content . ”

“No, I’m not tired because of lecturing you… Yeah… I guess it doesn’t matter… Good night…”

I acutely felt like the fire of my soul was about to burn out . I was extremely drowsy . When I closed my eyes, a soothing, s.h.i.+ning waterfall filled landscape of dreamland beckoned me to――

“Hooray――! You did it! You really did turn Lady Rēko back!”

Foomp, Lady Saintess threw herself and clung to my face . Her face was gleaming with joy, but behind her back Rēko’s eyes were s.h.i.+ning dazzling blue .

“Water demon, the audacity when the Evil Dragon Lord is trying to rest! I will have to kill you after all . ”

“Kiss me? Ehehe, Lady Rēko, even if you returned to normal, that’s a bit too much . Ah right, maybe now we can play together at the festival?”[1]

Heck, this wasn’t the time for me to explore the gently misting rainbow waterfalls of dreamland . The vast expanse of alternate reality occupied by Lady Saintess’ mind was much more serious . If it continued on like this, those dazzling misty waterfalls would be fountains of blood instead . However, no voice of reason came out of my lips – the fatigue enveloping my body had absolutely no consideration for my fervent efforts .

Only Lady Saintess’ screams and Rēko’s shouts echoed in the plains for a little while .  Screw it;thinking so, I laid flat on the ground .  It should be fine . She looks like she’s fooling around with a friend .

“Rēvendia, resting is fine, but don’t sleep . You look like you really might die if you fall asleep like this . ”

“… Nn . I appreciate it . ”

While Rēko and Lady Saintess were playing tag, Ariante walked in front of me . After clearing her throat in a stiff manner, she lightly touched my arm with a clenched fist .

“Not bad . Unexpectedly, your efforts were fitting of calling you an Evil Dragon Lord . ”

“Do you really think so from the bottom of your heart?”

“No, not really . ”

“That’s what I thought . ”

“Your screaming was similar to a dying lizard . ”

“Not similar, but exactly like one . ”

Ariante folded her arms and laughed . I responded with a hoa.r.s.e laugh of my own .

“Still, it looks like you got a little bit better at babysitting . That girl seems to be even more attached to you than before . ”

“You grasped even that?”

“I don’t know the concrete details, but compared to before the volume of her magic power has increased . Probably because her faith in you has deepened, the amount of strength she’s able to control has grown too . Incidentally, in my estimation it’s by roughly more than three times . ”

For a while silence descended between us . When I hung my head down in embarra.s.sment, Ariante held the bridge of her nose and murmured,