The next morning, I wake up.

Then Luna Maria is making breakfast, as she declared last night.

She made a nice chicken egg and bacon stir-fry, as if she had it beforehand.

The bread was hard bread for a long journey. It was quite a hearty and tasty soup left over from last night, but when she finished eating, she started to change her clothes without paying attention to me.

I turn my back to her in a hurry.

"Hey! Don't just take off your clothes!

Okay. Next time I'll ask permission to take it off.

"No, I'm not, but you have to look at the guy's eyes.

With a big look on her face she asks, "Is there anything wrong with my skin?

I have no guilt in my skin. I have no reason to be ashamed to be seen. I have no reason to be ashamed to be seen.

"I have!

and make him promise to refrain from doing so in the future.

I understand.

But I wonder how far she understands.

She has been blind since she was a child and seems to be insensitive to the gaze of others.

She also seems to have lived with a group of maidens, which adds to this.

In a way, he might be as open-minded as Mother Milia.

I'm sure you're not the only one who thinks that, but you don't say it, so you pack your bags and head for the dragon's hole.

The dragon's hole is very close by. The dragon's hole is located on the northern slope of Table Mountain, but it wasn't too difficult to get close to it.

The problem is getting in there, right?

"Is it in?

"Yes.

There is a hole in the slope, although it would be easy to get in with a rope.

No, it will be easy to get in, but what kind of guys are inside?

"Isn't there a dragon?

"Basically, yes, but the dragons here change their homes very quickly.

Why is that?

"Maybe there's not enough food for the big guys to live on.

I see," nods the priestess, stating her prediction.

"So it's dangerous not to know what kind of dragon lives there?

"Yes, Vandal taught me that in the Book of Eastern Warfare there is a saying. If you know your enemy and know yourself, you'll never be in danger of a hundred battles. But you have to know your enemy.

"I don't think we'll have time to pore over it,

Look up at the sun. We have to be back by noon.

Yeah, let's not dwell on it. Let's just go inside.

And at the same time I'm going to go in.

I drop the rope and go down first, but being a gentleman, I don't look up.

Luna Maria comes down after me and says, "yeah, yeah, yeah," but as soon as she gets down, I'm in the hole.

The dragon's hole is bigger than I thought. With a hole this big, even an old dragon could have a home, I thought.

Cautiously, we entered the cave, but fortunately we didn't run into any demons along the way.

You're in luck.

As Lunamaria said, I disagree.

The absence of the demons leads me to suspect that the owner of this hole is in danger.

But even more fortunate is that we didn't see anything when we came to the third level. Not even the dragon, the owner of this hole, is there.

Will they be out for dinner?

Maybe.

It's lucky. Because our goal is herbal.

Lunamaria says so, and arrives at the third level.
At the edge of it you will find a white glowing flower.

There it is!　That's Seirangrass!

Then quickly approach it and pluck it.
The roots of the Orchid plant are shallow and easy to pluck.
This is mission accomplished.

As you let out a sigh of relief, you notice that the wind current has changed.

...... something is coming!

At that moment, with a roar, a blue-skinned dragon arrived.

It's a blue dragon!

Runamaria screams.

Blue dragon is another name for sky dragons, a generic term for dragons that roam the skies.

They vary in size, but this one was a good size. It was about the same size as the red dragon I killed the other day.

The same size means they're just as powerful. I stood in front of the Lunamaría and chanted a spell, creating a barrier.

My decision was well-rewarded. As I create the barrier, the dragon lets out a powerful breath of flame.

The flowers and plants around it turn to ash.

That is what we would have become if we hadn't created a barrier.

Thank you, Master Will, you're alive.

Save those words until you beat him or get away with it.



That's true. But Mr. Will beat the Red Dragon with ease the other day. I don't think he'll lose.

"I don't want to be expected to be a warrior every time

But not to fight is not an option.

I don't want to take my life, but I do want to strike a blow that will get me out of this nest.

Reaching for the dagger at my waist, I draw it and approach the dragon.

It's not often that I get to take on a behemoth like a dragon, but I usually run into the bosom of people many times stronger than the dragon.

Nothing is as scary as jumping into the bosom of Ronin.

With this in mind, I jumped into the bosom of the dragon and slashed the dragon's scales with my brass dagger.

It's as if it were a dagger that could cut through paper.

I'm sure it's made of mithril. And as I slash at it, the dragon fights back angrily.

It swings its massive tail and tries to kill me, but I gallantly dodge the blow and fill the holy sword with magic and slash.

The sword flash goes straight for the tail, but the tail takes a decent bite from the flash.

Then the tail is cut off from the dragon's body. I've succeeded in destroying the part!

The tail is released from the dragon's body and undulates. It was just like a lizard's tail.

The only difference between them and the lizards was that being cut off was painful.

The blue dragon lets out a pain-filled roar.

I catch it with my whole body and scream with the spirit of a breakthrough.

Blue Dragon!　Get out of this hole!　Get off this mountain!　Do it and it won't take a life!

I don't know if my words were understood, but the dragon must have realized the folly of fighting me.

It turns its back to me and flies into the doorway.
Then it disappears into the sky.

...... Did we win?

As the dragon disappears, I grumble, but it is Lunamaria's words that assure me of victory.

She jumps on the spot and approaches me. She hugs me tightly.

"That's the man, Will. After the red dragon, I killed the blue dragon. The dragon slayer.

I just chased him away.

She shakes her head as she tells only the truth from her cleavage.

Her humility is also great. Now, brave man, let's go back to the abode of the gods with these herbs and ask them to bless your departure.

Lunamaria seems to be impatient to travel as fast as possible.

Indeed, if we take it slow, it will be past noon, so we quickly pull out, but on the way back, we get caught up in something more troublesome than dragons.

It's a trap set by the goddess Milia.