Vol 1 Chapter 35 (2/2)
“Thanks!”
When Hector called for her without Frank, it was usually for so about it, she wondered if it was because the amount of monsters didn’t decrease at all?
The registration cards she made for Bard and Katie shouldn’t be a problem since they couldto do with her ignoring the dragon God that periodically tried to get in touch with her
While thinking about a variety of non-cos, she ca into her uniform
“Thanks for waiting~ What about Haku?”
“Haku, do you want to stay here?”
“Pii~!”
He clung onto her and wouldn’t let go
“Ahaha, it looks like that’s a definite no See you soon”
“Un I’m off”
Ilya and Haku left the branch While gazing at the townscape’s construction progressing, she headed towards the lord’s mansion
It seeot used to him, but at first many of the people who came for the construction and such feared Haku However, nowadays they were completely used to him
It was already winter While walking outside, the dry wind blen froe would snatch one’s body temperature
Although that was so irrelevant to Ilya, who defended herself with a barrier, Haku was still not at the point of being able tohimself
“Pi~…”
“Come here”
“Pi”
She held Haku, as stirring as though he was a bit cold
The lord’s h their were talks about newly rebuilding it in this redevelop it was unnecessary
Although she would usually ask one of the gatekeeper soldiers if Hector was in, this tiate
“We’ve been expecting you, Ilya-sama”
“Good , Sibyl-san”
Her hair was both light brown and black and her skin dark brown She was a German shepherd-type beastkin with erect, tapered ears Guided by Sibyl, she walked through the mansion’s hallway
Many of the furnishi+ngs were gorgeous As for why they didn’t seem to match Hector’s reliable impression, that’s because they were to the previous lord’s tastes It seeencies Hearing such a story, one could easily accept it as Hector’s benevolence
“You arrived quick, Ilya”
“It was nothing”
She was guided into the uessed the reason she was called for There was anotherin the room
“Long time no see, Ilya”
“It’s been a while I didn’t think that I would bethe country’s prime minister here Surely you aren’t alone?”
Whilethe sarcastic reave a deeply wry smile
“If I took ht of ht?”
This do the country’s governeration to say that Rondéville prospered as a nation of many races thanks to him
“Truly though, I wish the king would have been here as well But as expected, the throne can’t be left open”
“Ilya, why are you standing around talking? Take a seat”
Hesitant to reject him, Ilya sat obediently and listened to what the prime minister had to say
“First is the report The eggs safely returned to the nest, it appears the wyverns have successfully returned as well”
“Thank goodness I can finally feel relieved”
Contradicting Ilya that appeared to be relieved, the prime minister’s expression was dull
“Although ere also relieved, an unrelated matter immediately appeared”
Pausing his words there, he leaned back against the backrest This was so characteristic to him, it meant he felt helpless
“… An ice dragon appears to be heading towards Rondéville” [1]
“—…”
Hector’s hand went to his nated as calamity-class It was a fact that had to be accepted
“Has Akradist not considered any countermeasures?”
“As expected of Ilya, you’re well infore to the it alone”
Akradist’s response couldn’t be blamed since it had left for Rondéville There was a possibility that it would turn its attention to them if it was handled poorly and, with its insufficient harvest to send out its arh the guild if they failed It was sos like this
“With that, ill also pay careful attention to this”
“It’s good that we heard about this so soon It’s a small mercy the harvest season has already passed Even if it approaches settlee Each of the major cities should prepare to accept evacuees”
“Yes That will certainly be done”
Even though it wasn’t yet co up as an inn town It was also a former military foothold, so that should increase its sense of security
However, that aside, there was so off about Luciano’s story
“In the situation where the ice dragon attacks ato have done?”
“Yes That’s what I’m here to talk to you about, Ilya”
The pri fully towards Ilya”
“Ilya, do you knohy the ice dragon is co to Rondéville?”
His question was certainly reasonable
“… Before, you said that the amount of commissions would increase, was this matter included in that?”
“Is that true? Ilya”
Toward Hector’s words, the prime minister became interested as well
However, even though the e
“No, that was different I expected that the aation coh I had heard talk of an ice dragon, I never thought that it would come here”
Although the pri different
“Why did you expect there to be morethelike a law for that?”
His eyes were questioning, like a youth’s With a half elf co an elf’s wisdom with a human’s curiosity, his reaction was related to his many interests
“The nu with the number of people That’s all”
“I-is that so? Even so, I can’t ignore that… uuumu…”
Even though the pri to speak about the details
With their roots spread throughout the world, there were three world trees
Ejected froic source, the spirit source, and the light source Eventually, it was the light source that brought forth daylight to light the world
Then, when the flora and fauna absorb the light source through respiration, the primary source would transform into shadow source inside theht, where there was no light source This would be breathed in by the world trees and accumulate inside them
Living things that can gather this shadow source, along with elements and the components of plants and animals that had returned to the earth and absorbed by the world trees, these are monsters
The cause of the light source changing into shadow source was because the light source absorbs negative emotions held by flora and fauna
Thanks to the light source absorbing negative feelings, living creatures could be cheerful during the day But during the night where there was no light source, negative thoughts would accu monsters
It was easy for people to hold negative feelings towards others
Eventually, since s held by people, they would becoeneral creatures
That’s why in places and regions where there are a lot of people gathered together, they would ee amount of shadow source It would increase the aathered to attack people
(… It’s ih)
Her eyes downcast, Ilya let out a sigh in her heart
Even though she knew everything, the Lottévester Faith that valued the world trees knew nothing about it
“At any rate, the only uncertainty is why the ice dragon is co”
“Well, don’t you think it’s because there are a lot of people here?”
“Dragons are not monsters”
Because creatures that attacked people were generally calledin countries that had few chances of co into contact with thee whether or not it was a threat However, if there was a ht, they shouldn’t especially attempt to destroy it
“… That so? However, if any cities are attacked we’ll have to subjugate it”
“… Yes”
“While paying attention to the ice dragon’s lect the transportation of goods”
“”Certainly””
Footnotes:
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