Chapter 68 (1/2)

Loneliness, hatred, desire… the Gaia Dragon's lair tainted by conflicting e absorbed and took theh power to resist the dragon corpse Even so, she looked into the es she ed to see

As a subspecies, this dragon had been distanced froons, it had been isolated fro years in the depths of the earth la until it became a corpse

But the dragon had a role As an undead dragon, its role was to fight the protagonist After graduation, the protagonist's party would be stationed in the 'Royal Guard', a new organization foronist himself would become their captain The other members were, of course, his harem members

A the missions they were to carry out was a quest to slay an undead dragon It was nothing more than one of the quests that existed to build up existence before the war arc The one who had been prepared for that sake was the subspecies dragon

The fearsome appearance of its corpse was there to put on a show that it was a fearsome foe

'This is a dragon fated to be slain In a few years' tie, but for now, here it lays…'

The black fog thought over various things with the infor noticed its own mistake and called out to the boar and bird

'S-self !!!'

'What?'

'I''

Froe, the two of the The fog began explaining the situation to them

'This is a dragon fated to be slain! It will be fine for now, but at this rate, it will inally a few years left, but because it tookahead of schedule!'

'…'

'… That's your fault'

'Exactly, so it's my (our) responsibility'

She wasn't an individual, therefore the responsibility lay with all three of thehed But if her words were true, then this was a situation they couldn't leave be The three beings were originally existences born to return an irregular to his base Getting in Rudel's way, lowering his ranking in the wilderness training, and setting Aleist up as the hero over Rudel

It was all to return the story to its original path The boar born fro as he was supposed to in the event

The bird that came forth when Aleist's popularity was much lower than it was supposed to be It was for that sake that its status down ainst Aleist

Finally, the black fog had been born to correct Rudel his It had taken over Cattleya and Lilim, those that Rudel ad approving of Rudel along the way, it went berserk

On the sole reason of its own existence, the black fog had tried to kill Rudel While they had each greeted an unfortunate fate, the three of them existed to mediate the story

'There's no helping it… we'll go tell Rudel about it'

The boar decided so, and the bird also nodded as it slipped out of the cave Seeing the two of the spoke

'I-If possible, could you keep quiet about my slipup!?'

”Oy, Fritz, did you hear? It see around is true”

In the academy cafeteria, the second years of the funda the newly established royal guard Apparently, the leader of the new unit would be given a dragon, and there were even talks that their duties and jurisdiction would rival the high knights and dragoons, so the students were sure it was a lie

As the conversation was turned to him, Fritz recalled the letter he received a feeeks prior

”IS that so? I heard that as long as they have knight qualifications, anyone can participate in the royal guard captain selection process Is that one also true?”

Fritz pretended not to know, but he already knew all The sender of his letter was the first princess Aileen, and the letter pertained to the royal guard But it wasn't written that he would be selected All Fritz kneas that he would be able to participate

”It a new organization of elites we're talking about here! Why don't we take a whack at it too?”

Perhaps they would be chosen Seeing his classht over their prospects, Fritz wasn't so calm inside From the events of last year, he couldn't help but be conscious of Rudel and the others

”High knights will be there, and active knights as well, right? I think it'll be considerably difficult”

Having experienced an overwhel He couldn't understand the fact that he had only ever lived in a narroorld, but even so, he sought out power and wanted to grow stronger

”Even if I'ood, there won't be a probleht even be able to beat Rudel If it's Fritz, strongest in our year, I do think you're worthy to be royal guard captain”

His classmates’ words they believed froic sword he had obtained through watching Rudel, and the techniques he used freely to strengthen his body, even with all of them Fritz had lost His classmates who couldn't understand that irritated him To add onto that, Fritz had lost to Aleist as well

”Well, it sounds interesting, so I guess I'll try entering”

(It's Aileen's request, after all)

After giving that answer, Fritz returned to his meal Fritz' selection was a determined fact, but oblivious to that, he decided to take the challenge He even felt thankful to Aileen for giving him the chance

”M-Millia-san!”

A bouquet in his hand, Aleist was practicing his confession to a wall Around, his friends he'd been with frorins They were there to make sure no one came, and until Millia- who he's called out- arrived, they critiqued Aleist's practice confessions

”Aleist, you're trying too hard… you'll be fine as long as you learn to say the word love ood face, and she won't say no, I tell you”

”No, doesn't that ot? In truth, he's a perfect guy with both status and faht?”

His friends watching hi that the time drew near, they decided to disperse Tell us hoorks out, they said as they left, and seeing thean to feel hopeless

”I-it's fine! I'ive up! I'll try however many…”

While Aleist muttered to convince himself, he heard the footsteps of so his heart He had called her out to a relatively secluded space, so he concluded the one approaching was Millia He instantly carried out his confession

”I-I like you! Please go out with me!!!”