Chapter 38 (1/2)

A Banquet was Held

“A toast to Yuji and his slimes. And also the dragon skull!”

“Cheers!”

The voices boomed in the alehouse.

After the safety of the surrounding area had been confirmed, a party was held to celebrate the successful hunting of the monsters after the outbreak.

“I would never have thought he’d kill all of them…”

“I thought he must be going crazy when he claimed he was going to recreate the fire of a dragon…but he really did it…”

“Well, it’s only because he had the skull.”

I was quite nervous while talking to the Adventurers.

I had ended up using magic twice, and so I hoped they didn’t think it was strange.

“By the way. That dragon fire. It seemed to fade once before suddenly becoming stronger…is that how dragon fire works?”

…It was just as I was getting restless that the very subject came up.

However, the Adventurers readily believed that it was due to the nature of dragon fire.

It was in fact because I used ‘Hellfire of Death’ twice…but this misunderstanding was convenient.

But getting into the specifics of what dragon it was would be like digging my own grave, so I would have to avoid that…

“Probably? I just picked this skull up in the mountains. I didn’t see the dragon breathe fire while it was alive.”

“Ah, of course, you didn’t. That would mean you killed a dragon and took its skull. It’s no wonder you don’t know anything about the dragon!”

It seemed to be working.

Of course, I really had killed the dragon and taken its skull.

‘It’s delicious!’

‘This stuff is good too!’

On the other hand, the slimes seemed to be really enjoying themselves.