"Shannon, what's going on, are you in such a hurry?"

"Mr. Locke!　There's a lot of black smoke coming from the village of Anesa. Something's wrong!



Did they attack too soon?

I don't know. ......



Grizz, I'm going back to Anesa. Shannon is in the box!　Ivan, you stay here with Grizz.

"No!　No! I want to go with you!　I want to help my grandma!　If I stay here alone, I'll regret it for the rest of my life."



　The ground shakes. It was the biggest tremor I had ever felt in this region.

　I honestly feel like I can handle Suiju country alone, but this time I have dragons. I can take him with me, but I am not sure if I can even protect ...... Ivan.



"I can seal the dragon!　I won't let them slow me down!"

"Okay. Okay. Let's go. But it's a dragon. I can't guarantee your life by going.

That's true even if we stay here in the village.



Okay. I'm going to Grizz.

You're leaving me here alone again.



I'll take Grizz with me if you want to go.　If you want to stay, take care of the seeds.

"d*mn it!　I'd love to go, but I have the most important mission of my life: to buy snow tea seeds. Too bad.



You're right.

I'll leave this to you!　I'll be waiting for your return, so make sure you come back alive!



I'll show you the power of one of the greatest forces in the country.

　Grizz smiled, patted me on the back so hard it hurt, and gave me a thumbs-up.



"Really, you son of a b*tc*, go to ......."

"Okay, Ivan, let's go."



　As Ivan and I walked out of the lodge, we could see black smoke coming from the village of Anesa. It wasn't the kind of smoke that comes from cooking.



"Lucky!"

--Aye, to the village of Anesa.



"Oh, come here, Ivan!

　He picks Ivan up and puts him on Lucky's back.



"It's so soft!"

　Ivan's eyes were shining, even though we were about to go to a very difficult place.

　Ivan sat down in front of me and clung to Lucky with all his might. He looked so happy that I thought he might fall asleep.



　I held Ivan up so he wouldn't fall off, and in three strides Lucky was up to top speed and running toward the village of Anesa.



　They passed some villagers along the way, but if they had not been watching closely, they would have thought it was just a gust of wind.



　We took a different route than the first one, cutting through the forest where Mr. Gargoyle had gone.

　The cave is a bit narrow for Lucky.

　The smoke got louder and louder as Lucky ran faster and faster avoiding the trees.



　I call out into the box garden.

"Everybody get ready to evacuate the village and put out the fire as soon as we get there.

　I don't hear a reply from inside the box yard, but I'm sure they're all ready to go.



----Locked. We have to hurry.

"You got it."

　Lucky said shortly, and we sped up and were in the village in no time at all.

　But by the time we got there, the houses in the village were ablaze and full of people looking for help.

　It seems we were attacked before we could escape.



"Come outside, all of you!"

　The orange-antes rode out on their wyverns. A large tub of water is hung under the wyvern's body, and the water is poured over the burning house.



　This time, Orange Ant E is riding on the wyvern.

　It seems that he and Mr. Gargoyle are no longer paired.



　This time, Mr. Gargoyle is more resistant to flames, so it is better to have him do a different job this time. This fire is not going to go out easily. On the contrary, if it spreads to the forest, it will be a disaster.



　Patra, who had somehow learned to use water magic, extinguished the fire from the air in every direction, while Mellow shot water magic into the house from the ground.



"Shannon!　Shannon! Please distribute the recovery medicine to all of them. Get Mr. Gargoyle out of the house as much as you can!　If there are any Suiju nationals along the way, capture them all!"

Yes, sir.




I'll take care of it!

"I'll take care of it!"



　Shannon and Mr. Gargoyle are joined by a girl I don't know, who takes a recovery potion from me and drinks it herself. Who is this girl?　I think I've seen her somewhere before, but I can't remember.



　She said, "Phew!" and scrubbed around her mouth, then gave me a thumbs-up with a big smile on her face. I awkwardly gave her a thumbs-up, too, and a lot of water started pouring out of the box garden on my arm.



What the hell is this? Stop the water!"

　I tried to stop it, but in spite of my words, huge amounts of water kept flowing through the village.

　The water was putting out the fires as if it were alive.

　How could it be that I had no control over it at all?



　The explosive water quickly extinguished the flames in the village, and the water stopped coming out of the box garden.



"Mr. Locke, is this new magic?"

"No, I don't know.

"Mr. Locke, you can't control this much water with half a mind, can you?

"That's what I think. I think so too. We need to find the cause of this fire and rescue the village from the fire first.



　Is it some kind of special effect in the box garden?

　But that's never happened before. What could be the cause?

　And the girl?　The little child was already gone.

　If she was swept away by the water, we're in trouble.

　I don't know what the power is now, and I have many questions, but I don't have time to investigate the cause. I have to move to help people!



"d*mn!　You're at it again! You keep interrupting me over and over again. I was having fun playing with fire. What have you done?"



　There was the man with the cane and the men who had attacked us yesterday with bows and arrows.

　There were more men there than yesterday, as if they had reinforcements.

　Had the attack been hastened?



"Are those the adventurers you were talking about?　It seems that he's not a simple man, but we'll have to make him regret selling out the Suiju nation.

"Indeed. That kind of magic shouldn't scare us off."



　There were a few more men with wands than yesterday.

　All of them had wands with large magic stones on them and were dressed in luxurious robes. The last man who said he would never be scared had a clear increase in his knees.

　Does he need to go to the bathroom?



"All of you, Patras," he said, "prioritize finding and recovering the villagers who have been swept away. Gargoyle, Shannon, Mellow, take care of them.

I'll take care of them.　Where's Mr. Locke?



I'm going to Margret's.

I'm going to Margret's. I'm coming with you.



　Ivan is still in Lucky's grasp, and he hugs him tightly, not wanting to leave him.

　I think Ivan's face is smiling, but I think that's just my imagination. I'm sure he doesn't just want to be held by Fluffy.



"Are you idiots?　We won't let you through that easily!"

Mr. Locke, we'll hold them off here. You go on ahead.

Mr. Locke, we'll hold them off, you go on ahead.

　Shannon and Mellow are getting very worked up.



"I've got a couple of pretty girls to take care of you," he said.

I'm going to go for the older one over there.

"Who's the older one?"

　No one said it was Mellow, but Mellow reacted to the word.

　If he were anywhere near her, he'd be in trouble.



--Rock, what are you going to do? ----

"We're going in hard!"

--Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!　



　When Lucky exploded his magic on the spot, everyone there fell into a state of panic, casting magic for no reason or just falling down, foaming at the mouth.



　Only one of them still managed to stay conscious, but the wet ground seemed to keep him a little sane, but his will to fight was already gone, and his face was in a terrible state.



"Mr. Locke, ...... is it our turn to ......?　What am I supposed to do about my feelings towards the guy who called me old?"

"Okay, Lucky, let's go."

--Wow.

"Mr. Lucky, please don't pretend to be a dog!"



　I hear Shannon's voice behind my back as I hurry to the cave where the dragon sleeps.

　There are many questions, but the dragon is the one that needs to be dealt with first.

　As we enter the cave, we hear a voice talking to us from the back of the cave.






Come on, unseal the dragon!

　Margret's being threatened.

　We must hurry!