Chapter 73 (2/2)

Pat pat pat, when my shoulders were chopped finely, a sound of satisfaction mixed with a hint of drowsiness inevitably leaked from my throat . For some reason the gaze of Sheina holding the books turned puzzled, fixedly staring at my slacken face .

“Hnn? Something happened?”

“Ah no, it’s nothing really . I’m leaving them outside the room . ”

For some inexplicable reason these past few days Sheina’s state was odd . I felt like her att.i.tude became restless ever since that demonstration of all my darkness with Lady Saintess . Most likely I must’ve scared her . Once I rest a bit more we’ll leave, so please don’t worry too much .

“However Evil Dragon Lord, are those doc.u.ments really necessary? Since it was written by human hands, apparently a number of forgeries is present among them . I can recite all of Lord’s 5000 year long life myself if you only so desire . ”

“It’s okay Rēko . It’s important to be aware of how am I perceived by humans, you know?”

Above all I think even those forgeries would be more realistic than Rēko’s delusions . It seemed like there were various theories pa.s.sed down by humans on how “Evil Dragon Rēvendia” ought to be, so I wanted to pick out one that was written in the most moderate style as the official version . And I wanted to stick to its setting from now on .

“Incidentally Evil Dragon Lord, I’ve already looked over all of those volumes so please use me freely as a catalogue subst.i.tute . I’ll make sure to select the most suitable book . ”

“Eh? Really? Well then, among all of them how’s the one written in the most amicable style about me?”

“Let me see…”

Rēko became quiet for a while as though searching through her memory .

“First off all Evil Dragon Lord―― I can say that Lord being born from the darkness of the Netherworld and bringing about the annihilation of the former civilization is the minimum common preceding paragraph among all of the volumes . ”

“Isn’t that too heavy to be considered a minimum? Besides finding something moderate from there would be next to impossible, wouldn’t it?”

“Naturally there were books without that account too . However, that part should be the minimum requirement for them to be of any use in Evil Dragon Lord’s research . I excluded those vulgar works which wouldn’t even take that into account from consideration . Personally I found three books which can be thought to tread close to truth that I can recommend . These are:『Legend of the Supreme Evil Dragon』,『Regarding the True Colors of the Netherworld’s Emperor Dragon』and『Kin’s Holograph • Record of the Evil Dragon Lord’s Demon King Annihilation (still being written)』”

“Please stop putting your own filter on it and just search through everything . Also what’s with that last one, the holograph? Clearly it’s you trying to write a new chapter in history, isn’t it?”

“This is the most recommended biography . It’s peerless in regards to accuracy . ”

Swish, Rēko took out from her pocket a bundle of papers bound with a string . There was something written in tightly packed small characters . No, no more .

“I’m begging you here, please put all of the books as the eligible pick and search one more time . What’s the book where I’m written about the most peaceful like?”

“… One of those books . I must say that I had to go through a lot of hards.h.i.+p to resist the urge of burning them all up . ”

Rēko frowned clearly displeased . Then she slowly unsheathed the dagger on her hip . It was the so called jewelled dagger she received from Raiotto .

“There’s a book where this dagger makes an appearance . Based on the contents it’s from that village’s priest family―― In other words, I believe it might be written down by Raiotto’s ancestor . ”

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