19 Under the sky of Nargol (2/2)

Dihardt thanked the child.

'Also, I'm sure everyone will be busy, so you can go back to your posts.

Dihardt starts walking through the fort.

'Sir, I will show you the fort.

'No thanks. I'm going to take a little tour and then I'll leave. ......

Saying that, Dihardt walked alone to look at the fort.

◆Dark Knight Kroki.

We took a quick tour of the fort and left the fort in Glorious.

'Sounds like you were annoyed: ......

I muttered to myself.

It's not possible. Thanks to Mr. Dihardt, those guys are alive!

Nat let out an exasperated cry in the inner pocket of his armor.

The demons in the fort were clearly annoyed with him. Nat was angry about that.

Nat was right, he should have been summoned to help them. I'm sure he actually defeated the heroes and saved them.

It honestly doesn't feel good to be called out without permission, but to be treated as evil.

I'm not sure if it's a good idea to be enjoying this world as much as Rage does.

There were a lot of bad things said about him in the days leading up to the St. Renaria Republic. He seemed to be doing pretty much everything on his own, leaving everything to his power.

But I don't think I could ever live like that.

I still worry about what other people think of me. I can't live without a care in the face of hostility from others.

That's why I thought I did my best to be polite to the demon tribe I mentioned earlier.

However, they never welcomed me and only annoyed me.

To be honest, the only people who welcome you in this world are Modes and Nat. But if the person who called you out to me was treated with ill-will, as expected, I would be upset.

There may be others who would welcome you, but I don't know, so I can't think about it.

However, there were people who were clearly trying to kill me, if only to be a nuisance to me.

I honestly don't think I can do this.

'No problem, thanks Nat.'

I thank him for being angry for me.

'But more importantly, where shall we fly?'

Nodding Glorious' neck.

When you're having a bad day, you have to do something else. In a previous world it was swinging a sword, now it's flying a dragon.

I named it after myself. It's a word that is far from me, but I also think a name is a good idea.

I've heard it's hard to follow a dragon, but it was surprisingly easy to follow.

I'm going to be flying over the rooftops of the Acheron Mountains.

I flew over this mountain once when I was given a ride by a flying dragon from that fort to near people's land. It felt better to fly by myself than to ride on someone else's back.

The sky in Nargol wasn't very pretty, covered with magical clouds, but it was a good feeling.

Today, however, I want to fly a little different sky.

Flying over the high Acheron Mountains to near inhabited lands.

According to Nat, the Acheron Mountains that we are flying over now are like a boundary line that separates the world of Nargol from the world of humans.

However, it seems that the boundary between the Acheron Mountains and the rest of the world is not clear.

Because of this, it was said that there was a dispute with the holy knights of Elyos over the boundary.

The Acheron Mountains are the largest habitat of goblins in the world, and are said to be home to many goblin kingdoms.

For this reason, you can see many goblins in the mountains when you fly through them.

The kingdoms of these goblins, but Nargol's side of the kingdom seems to follow Modes, while the human side of the kingdom does not seem to follow Modes, there was also the possibility of being taken hostile action.

As expected, it seems that they will not attack the dragon, but it would be better to fly a little higher just in case.

That was when I was thinking.

The one thing that was impossible to see on the mountainside was.

'Nat!　Isn't that a person?

There were human-like creatures on the hillside of the Acheron Mountains.

And those human-like creatures were being attacked by goblins.

'Glorious!

I let Glorious down on the spot without a second thought.

When the goblins see the dragon, they flee at once, screaming and shouting.

I look at the humans. There were about twenty men and women there. Most of them seemed to be women or children and no adult men.

The faces of the humans all had a look of fear on them, probably due to the dragon's roar.

''Who are you people!

From the back of Glorious, I called out to the humans.

But the humans are too frightened by the sudden appearance of the dragon to answer.

It's just a little annoying.

What is it with these people? You know you will be attacked if you enter the goblin's dwelling.

I couldn't help myself, but maybe it was just an afterthought. Just like what happened at the fort earlier.

However, since I've helped him, I'll at least listen to the situation.

I get off Glorious' back and take off my helmet.

I hear a throbbing voice from the humans.

''Humans......?''

”The Dark Knight is ...... human?

The humans' faces seemed to soften a little when they saw their own faces.

''My name is Dark Knight Dihardt!　Is there anyone who can tell me what's going on!

The humans buzz when they hear Dihardt's name.

After a while, a woman comes out.

He's still young, maybe early 20 years old. If you look closely, you can see that she is the best dressed of this group.

''Um, ...... I am ...... Princess Regena of the Kingdom of Argoa. Those here are my bloodline .......

The woman replies falteringly.

'...... princess?　Why is that princess here?

It didn't make sense. Aren't princesses and royalty supposed to be in the country's castles?

Why are they in this place?

If you ask Nat, he doesn't know about the Kingdom of Argoa. Nat only knows about the big human kingdoms, and if that's the case, then the Kingdom of Algore doesn't seem to be that big of a country.

...... We have come to this land in exile.

Ligeena is intimidated, but she tells him what's going on.

It seems that the Kingdom of Argoa is located near Nargol.

It seems that the Argoa Kingdom elects a king from the powerful clans that live there.

I've been told that the Ligena clan has been monopolizing the throne for the past few decades, but I'm not happy about that. However, other clans, unhappy with the situation, revolted. It is said that the Regena clan was defeated and exiled from the country.

”Exiled or ......

I don't think it's more of an exile, but an execution.

The people who started the rebellion feared that the Ligena clan would come to take revenge by regaining power in other lands. So they drove Regena and the others towards Nargol, apparently. Of course, they were anticipating that they would become food for the goblins. It's a pretty cruel method of execution.

Lizena says with tears in her eyes, it seems that the goblins attacked the clan of about 100 men at first and this is all that is left. Apparently the adult men were the first to sacrifice themselves to protect the women and children from the goblins, including her father, the king, and her brother, who was a prince. That's why only women and children are here.

'Please. We need your help: ......

Regena pleads with herself. According to Ligeena, the Kingdom of Argoa is not on good terms with its neighbors, and there is no country that would welcome Ligeena, who was royalty in that country. Therefore, Regena and her friends have nowhere to go. Regena and the others were exiles.

I look at the sky and sigh.

If it were an easy story, I would help them, but it's not. Even if I led them away from the goblin habitat to where the humans were, an exile would not be able to enter any country. If they couldn't get inside the city walls, they would just fall prey to other demons.

You may be able to manage it if you take them to a large country where an outer city can be established, but you can't take all of Regina and the others to that point, let alone by yourself.

''Please ....... I'll do anything for you ......!

Ligeena pleads. It must have been so bad before she came here. Her voice was faint.

The others would bow to her.

I knew I was in trouble.

What should I do ....... It would be easier if I just abandoned him and ran away.

If we leave them here, the goblins will take care of them.

If that happens, there should be no consequences.

Suddenly, I wonder what Rage would do there.

I look at Ligeena. She's probably one of the most beautiful women in the world.

Rage would definitely help her. And then he would force someone somewhere to take care of them. Using the privilege of bravery, no one would disobey, and so I would only take the delicious part. In case something goes wrong later on, he won't be responsible for it.

I look at Ligeena.

It bothers me a little. I think that Rage wouldn't be troubled, and then I decide.

Dark Knight Kroki.

'Sir! What does this mean!

Inside the fort, Llanfeld shouts a protest.

'They say the fort is short of members, so I've brought my slaves with me, Lord Lanfeld.

I say to myself, referring to Regena and her friends.

Eventually, I took the regenas to a nearby defense post and magically moved them to the fort.

Of course, this was to make them work in the fort.

It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for when you're in the marketplace.

''You have children, too!

Lanfeld seemed to imply that he would be of no use.

'Gee, the fort seems to be so understaffed that we need the help of children?

In return, he implicitly mentions the children of Lanfeld.

There are complaints from the demon tribe in the fort.

The demon tribe looks down on humans as lowly creatures. They asked me to let those humans work in the fort, they have every right to be dissatisfied.

But I ignore that voice myself.

'No need to thank me, Lord Lanfeld. 'You can use my slaves as you wish. You can use them for everything from washing dishes to cleaning. But at least give them a place to sleep and some food.

He says sullenly.

He seems to be saying this with the fort in mind, but the truth is that he's forced Lanfeld and the others to take care of the girls.

You can hear the demons muttering to each other not to do what they want.

They seem to be saying it so that I can't hear them, but I could hear myself in my superhuman form.

I'm sure there will be problems later.

I look at Ligeena and the others. They seemed anxious, though they were explaining things in passing.

There was a possibility that the demons would kill him without his knowledge. However, he didn't know what more he could do.

I can't take care of them until the end. I want them to think that I'm just better off not being goblin food.

''My lord!

Llanfeld is still protesting.

I'm sorry, Sir Runfeld. I'm sorry, but I have to return to the Demon King's Castle now, if you want to talk to me, I'll come to you later. In the meantime, I'll leave you and your slaves in charge of them, Sir Runfeld!

I say a little harder to keep him from saying more in protest.

It seems that Lanfeld is unable to say anything more about his own attitude.

''Then I will return to the Demon King's Castle.''

As I say this, I ignore the disgruntled Lanfeld and ride Glorious.

Glorious roars and soars into the sky.

The men in the fort scream in fear.

As soon as Glorious flies, the fort shrinks in size.

Up in the sky, on Glorious' back, I think.

After all, I'm just like Rage, acting as I please. And it's irresponsible.

There will be more hostility from the demons.

I'm not sure what will happen to Regina and the others after this.

But if I hadn't helped them, I would have regretted it. What you've done shouldn't bother Rage like this.

So I won't think about this anymore.

Instead, let's think about the creation of the goddess that we will do tomorrow. That should be more fun.

Skip Glorious, but even his own mind felt as dark as Nargol's sky.