Chapter 43 – Red-colored Giant Dragon (1/2)

CHAPTER 43: RED-COLORED GIANT DRAGON

Night, in the bedroom.

The door opened when I was sleeping alone, and a girl entered.

It was footsteps that I was familiar. When I opened my eyes, there was Helen as I expected.

Helen who was wearing thin layers of clothes stopped in front of the bed, and looked at me intently.

「Kakeru-sama」

「n, what is it」

「I came to have your mercy」

Mercyーーshe means she wanted to be loved, huh.

「I also want to have a child like Hikari-sama. I want to have Kakeru-sama’s child」

「My child?」

「Yes, a very lovely child like Hikari-sama」

Helen nodded clearly.

「Please」

Helen was begging.

It might be the first time that I saw Helen this serious.

「I got it」

There’s no reason to refuse, the way she asked for it was cute.

That’s why, the whole night, I loved Helen thoroughly.

It was already morning, Helen who was exhausted on the top of the bed said.

「If……the child with Kakeru-sama was born safely」

「Safely?」

「Together……can we live together here as parents」

An instant, I was surprised, and laughed after.

Helen who was asking for something that natural was very cute.

That’s why, although the night has ended, I loved her more.

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Morning, after finishing the daily work, I was walking around the town of Roizen carelessly.

It was a walk around here and there randomly.

Suddenly, I saw that there’s a commotion in the town’s entrance.

Thinking what it was, I approached, and I saw a tattered soldier who had a lot of wounds.

The townspeople were looking at that like a crowd.

The town’s soldier came, and raised the wounded soldier’s body.

「What is it, what happened」

「Re……Red Dragon appeared」

「What?!」

The soldier raised his voice. The noise of the townspeople had increased.

Disturbed, frightened, and when I look closely there were some people who ran away in panic.

Those people were shouting while running「Red Dragon appeared」, and spreads the fear further.

「Hurry up……and run……」

Leaving that as his last words, the soldier died.

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Lanmari Merchant Company, Delfina’s mansion.

I decided to ask her what I didn’t understand for the meantime and warped there, and told her happened earlier as it was.

Delfina’s face colors changed. Silent, but she made a grave face.

「Please wait for a while」

She said that and let me wait, Delfina called her subordinate. She whispered to the man who entered.

The subordinate changed his face colors, and jumped out of the room.

It was like this since earlier. The townspeople, Delfina, and even the subordinate she whispered to.

Everybody, they were reacting the the term 「Red Dragon」.

「What the heck is a Red Dragon」

「It is a dragon……a kind of dragon that has its days numbered」

She means, about to die? Then, why are everybody that frightened?

Guessing my question, Delfina started to explain in a silent tone.

「The ones that are called dragons, all have tremendous powers, they are living beings that have high intelligence. In both, they have far more than humans have」

Is that clear? Delfina made a face of that.

If it was dragons, then surely that would probably be true, I nodded in return.

「Proud, they are acting with the pride that they have as a dragon. From the time they were born, until they die」

「……and?」

「There are few ends for those dragons. The stronger, the higher the intelligence the dragons have, at the time that their life was about to end, their power……and their body size itself, explosively increases. You can think of it as the candle’s last sparkle」

「They get stronger」

「Yes. And this is the important part, dragons that become like that have their intelligence and reason disappear」

「Mu!」

I somehow found how it was.

「Their powers devour their intelligence, and become something that only spreads out violence. From the color that is emitted from its body at when they became like that, they are called Red Dragons」

「The dragons that are already strong, are running wildly with ten times the power huh. 「Well, that figures out why everyone is scared」

「Dragons that have that kind of possibility have high intelligence basically, and they also have a huge pride, so they would either have their end in some place no one would know, or take care of themselves. Because they are thinking that, they did not want to see their pathetic appearance, and they do not want to show it to anyone else」

「I see」

「But rarely, there are ones who clings to their life」

「Those dragons become epitomes of destructionーーRed Dragons, it was like that huh」

「It is as how you have said」

I figured out most of the story.

「I made someone to run and check it earlier. Soon, I think that we would know the current situation」

「Current situation?」

「It is impossible that wouldn’t be any casualties when a Red Dragon appears. That is proven by histoーー」

When Delfina was only starting to say that, her subordinate earlier ran inside.

Throwing away even the leeway of knocking, he came back only to report immediately.

「Delfina-sama!」

「Un」

「Rodos is……」

「Rodos?」

I asked Delfina.

「It is a commercial city that has approximately ten million in population desu wa」

It’s quite a huge city huh. I mean, isn’t that the largest one since I came to this world?

「What is it with Rodos」

「It was devastated」

「Devastated?」

I mumbled. Delfina’s subordinate said.

「It was devastated, and the city itself was mostly in ruins」

「What happened to the residents?」

「They knew the information that the Red Dragon attacked a different town beforehand, so almost every resident has escaped. But, their town is……」

「An abandoned town and Red Dragon. That would probably take 10 years to restore」

Delfina said. The casualties were that huge huh.

「What about the subjugation?」

「Helen-denka and General Gigis leading a few thousands of soldiers, are on their way. And just in case, they have sent rescue request to the adventurer guild and the Undying Saint Melissa」

「As expected of Helen-denka, her decision is quick」

That’s too much for one dragon.

At this time, I was thinking of it like that.

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「Helen-denka!」

One soldier jumps into the tent.