Chapter 19.2 (1/2)

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「You have such good children, don’t you………」

Diehart’s praising the children.

「Now, I don’t mind if everyone returns and continues with their job. It’s busy, after all」

Diehart is walking toward the fort.

「I’ll guide you inside the fort, your excellency」

「No, it’s okay. I think I’ll be back after inspecting a bit…」

After saying so, Diehart went into the fort alone.

◆Dark Knight Kuroki

After a brief inspection of the fort, I ride on Glorious.

「It seems I’m an annoyance, huh….」

I unintentionally mutter so.

「That’s not true. It’s thanks to Diehart-sama that those guys have survived！！」

The members of fort of demon race were obviously troubled against me. Nut became angry due to that.

According to Nut, I was summoned in order to save them. Practically, I saved them and took out the hero.

Even though I was summoned without my consent, I’m not the type of person who feels happy for doing something cruel.

Unexpectedly, I think that I’m enjoying this world in my own manner like Reiji.

I heard many things that maligned him on my way to Holy Republic Lenaria. Things like he was quite a selfish person or that he was always doing things with brute force.

Well, it’s mainly because I care about the people’s impression about me. I won’t be able to feel calm even if a stranger’s hostile toward me.

That was why I continued to show appropriate manners toward the demon race.

But, it seems I was being an annoyance since they’re not welcoming me.

To be honest, I think the only ones who would warmly welcome me in this world are just Nut and Modes. Naturally, I would have been angry if the ringleader who summoned me was a cruel individual.

But, it’s not so bad when they’re only being hostile toward me. However, there were people gazing at me with killing intent.

It feels like I can’t be honest with them.

「It’s okay, thank you for your worry, Nut」

I convey my gratitude to him since he got angry for my sake.

「Rather than that, where are we going now?」

I pat the neck of Glorious.

There’s nothing better than doing something else when something unpleasant happens. Currently riding on a dragon, I point my sword toward the vast expanse in front.

The one who gave this name was me. Though the meaning of that name is exactly opposite to my fame, it was still a good name.

It seems subduing a dragon is a hard thing, but it was unexpectedly easy for me.

We are flying on top of the Akeron mountain range.

Previously, I had flew on top of this mountain range on a wyvern when I travelled from that fort to the nearby human city. Flying like this with my own dragon feels even more satisfying than riding on someone else’s wyvern.

Though the Nargol’s sky isn’t that pretty due to the existence of magical power-filled clouds covering it, that itself made me feel happy.

But, I’ll try to fly toward a slightly different place right now.

After crossing the Akeron mountain range, I’m flying toward the nearby plot of land where the humans are residing.

According to Nut, the Akeron mountain range below us is the boundary separating human world and Nargol.

But, it seems that the expanse of the Akeron mountain range starting and ending points are still a mystery.

That was the source of dispute with the holy knights of Elios.

That Akeron mountain range is the greatest home for the goblins of this world, and there are a variety of goblin kingdom in this mountain range.

That’s why I can see many goblins as I fly on top of the Akeron mountain range.

Though it seems that the majority of these goblin kingdoms follow Modes, it seems the one on human side is not so, and there’s even the possibility of them showing hostility toward them.

It seems they won’t go as far as attacking a dragon, but let’s raise the altitude a bit higher just to make sure.

It was when I was thinking so.

I saw an impossible thing halfway up the mountain.

「Nut！！Those are humans, right？ 」

There were figures of human beings in the middle of Akeron mountain range.

And then, those human-like figure were being assaulted by the goblins.

「Glorious！！」

I unintentionally lower Glorious toward that place.

The goblins scatter at once while screaming loudly when they see the figure of a dragon.

I’m looking at the human crowd. There were around twenty of them. There are no adult males amongst them, they are comprised mostly of women and children.

The humans show dread on their faces because of the dragon’s howl.

「What’s your name！！？」

I ask as such to the humans while continuing to maintain my position on Glorious.

But, the humans aren’t replying as they are still terrified due to the dragon that appeared out of nowhere.

It’s starting to get on my nerves.

What’s with these people, don’t they know that they’ll be attacked once they enter the territory of the goblins?

Maybe it was unnecessary for me to save them, it’s just like the event at the fort a while ago.

But, seeing that I already saved their life, I should hear their situation.

After going down from Glorious back, I take off my helmet.

They’re starting to raise a ruckus.

「Hu-… Man？」

「The dark knight is… Human？ 」

The faces of the humans who saw my face were softened a bit.

「My name is dark knight Diehart！ ！ Is there someone amongst you who can tell me about your situation！！」

The humans become noisy once they hear Diehart’s name.

A while later, a woman comes out.

She’s young, maybe around the first-half of her twenties. Upon a closer look, her dress is the best amongst these people.

「Uhm… M-My… My name is Regena, the princess of Algore kingdom. These people are my blood relatives….」

The woman is replying so with a stuttering voice.