123 - - a curse on a dragon






 In no time at all we reached the top of the mountain overlooking Suiju country.

 Here the damage would not spread to the village.



 The dragon came flying down, flapping its big wings and holding its head, and suddenly shot a flaming bullet at us.



"Lucky!"

--Aiyo--.



 Lucky moved to avoid them, but rather than aiming at us, the dragons shot at the mountains, rice paddies, fields, and other territory in Suiju Country.



 A violent flash and blast hit us, and a mountain disappeared before our eyes. It was not a metaphor, but a real mountain disappeared.



"Lucky ......"

--Ah, it's going to take a lot of work to fight it.



"But I have to fight it. I have to seal it."

 Emil says so,...... but then there's the question of whether we need to fight in the first place.

 I have the feeling that we are not being taken seriously.



"Okay, let's talk first. Mr. Dragon, if you can have a conversation, why don't you discuss it with us?"

 I thought it would be impossible, but the dragon responds to my voice.



----What the hell, you son of a b*tc*? You've been hanging around here all this time. We don't have time for you. We're going to crush you.



 I guess they don't care about us after all.

I'm sorry. Why are you acting up?



------ Some guy put some kind of weird magic inside me the other day. Seriously, I was just sleeping comfortably, but waking up from sleep is the most annoying part. I'll kill you for your troubles, you lowlife!



 Ahh... thanks to the ability of the holy beast, I can communicate with them, but they might not be the type of people who can communicate.

 But still, what kind of weird magic?



"Lucky, you know what they say about someone putting strange magic in dragons?"

----"Oh, he's cursed by the same primordial demon that Shannon is cursed by.



"Seriously? --------Yeah, the same primordial demon curse as Shannon's is being put on him.

------No, it's not as bad as that one. I mean, they probably put something just as strong as that one, but it seems to be muffled by the dragon's magic. Well, it's enough to harass them.



 The dragon has shot another fireball toward the countryside of Suiju.

 It seems to have gone out of its way to avoid the city.



 Is there such a dragon? Is it a coincidence?

 Unlike before, this time the flames spread and ran across the surface of the ground at the moment of impact.



"Mr. Dragon, maybe we can get rid of that weird magic..."

----"Can a lowly creature like you do it? You clipped my wings just now. What are you going to do to me if my beautiful wings get scratched? How are you going to settle this first? Should I kill you after all? ----



"I'll heal your wounds, and I'll break the curse if you'll just go away, and we'll call it even.



------ Oh, what a pain in the ass. I'm most irritable when I wake up from sleep. Oh, then do it quickly. If you can't do it, I'll kill you.



 The dragon lay down slowly and gave a big, sleepy sigh.

 As I step closer to the snow, I am again amazed at the size and power of the dragon.

 One of its scales was larger than the palm of my hand.



"Lucky, can you help me like you did with Shannon?"

----"You want me to bite your head off? I don't have a choice.



"Oh, no. I'm drooling so hard. I'm fine."

----"Okay.



"I'm gonna touch it a little."

 I touch the dragon, and Lucky places a paw on my head, and the instructions for controlling magic flow from there.



 The dragon's magic is much more powerful than I thought it would be. It would have been difficult for me to control it on my own. I was a bit puzzled by the difference in the way people use magic when they explore the magic in dragons.



 But Lucky guided me well. The amount of magic in the dragon is much larger than in Shannon's case, but once you get used to it, it is quite easy to control.



 As we probed, we could feel the writhing magic, which was even more powerful than Shannon's. It must have taken a lot of power to bind the dragon.



 But the dragon's resistance was stronger than Shannon's and we were able to remove it more easily than we had been able to with Shannon.



"It's all right now."

--Oh, yes. I feel better. I'm just a little nervous after waking up from sleep and the magic is making it hard for me to think straight. I'll forgive you for clipping my wings.

"I'm glad you can talk. But I think I can help you with your wings, too, so take this.



 I gave the dragon the restorative, and his face cleared up, as if he had been uncomfortable. His wings healed without a scar.



--But still, how dare those bastards plant those weird things on people's bodies?

"Who the hell did this to you?"



------They've run away from that country ...... No, they've run away! I've always had a bad feeling about them! I'd destroy them for spite, but I don't need to do that anymore. I'll have to find a quiet place to sleep again.



"So you were trying to manipulate them from within the land of Suiju. ...... But then again, for a dragon, I'm surprised you can talk to them so well."



------ Oh, that's because you're a holy beast user, isn't it? ----

 The dragon mentioned the name of the holy beast master as if it were a matter of course.