"Do you know Domorte?"



"I've heard of him. There's a strange dragon who is good-natured and gives his scales to anyone who gets in trouble and then leaves. He was always peeling off his scales and getting covered in blood, so he was named Benizakura, a pretty name at least, because of his bloody appearance. I heard that one day there were no more sightings of him, but that's how it happened.



　He was a very nice guy for a dragon.



　I don't know how much of what I just heard I can believe.



----What nonsense!　He was doing it so that they wouldn't know he was a dragon!　How did they find out?



　Red Sakura's scales turn even redder. It seems that he has a very shameful past.

　It's quite different from the impression he gave me when he first threatened me.　

　Everyone in the room greeted him with a wry smile.



"At any rate, it's nice to meet you, Benizakura.

--Ah, it's nice to meet you too. First of all, we have to unseal the gargoyle.



"Unsealing Mr. Gargoyle?"

　Mr.gargoyle's expression turns dark.



"I'm fine as I am. I have a feeling that something bad will happen if we unseal him.

--You sure?　You used to be as powerful as me and Mr. Lucky. You really don't have any memories of when you were a demon king? ----



"I've been doing nothing but cleaning the castle ever since the last Demon Lord died, and when I woke up I was told that I'd made it out of whatever I could find."

----Ah, if the rumors are true, he must have been sealed from memory and magic because he was too powerful. The previous demon king must have known that he was a former demon king.



"What kind of person was I before?"



--Yes. ----Yes. To put it simply, I'm not very good at anything. I'm easily fooled. I'm used to being taken advantage of. Not like a demon. But he was the nicest guy I ever met. I've never seen anyone hotter, kinder, more compassionate than you. But you did run off the rails for a while and got a funny name. ......----



"Yes,...... there's something black swirling underneath me,...... and I've been worrying about it ever since Mr. Locke told me I was sealed up, like I wouldn't be me if I was unsealed. I don't know."



------It's okay. You are no ordinary gargoyle, if I do say so myself. You are the only demon king who tried to make this world happy. And even if you were to break the seal and go on a rampage, I and Mr. Lucky have the power to kill you with plenty of time to spare.



"Thank you. How can I break the seal?

"Let's try it once with me and Lucky, shall we?"



Are you sure?

If you want, Mr. Gargoyle, of course.

Thank you very much.



　Mr. Gargoyle looks at me and Lucky with an expression of hope mixed with anxiety.

"But first, let's go take care of the village. But first we have to take care of the village. Red Cherry Blossom, I want you to circle the sky around here a few times and then go inside the box garden. I want to impress upon the Suiju nation that the dragon has flown away somewhere."



--Okay. I'll be on my way.

"Everyone else, go into the box yard, Lucky go with me to the village, and Mr. Gargoyle, I'm sorry, but you'll have to carry Margret back to the box yard. I'm afraid it's a bit too much for Lucky to carry Margret."



--Yes, sir.

"Yes, sir."



　Then it was back to the village to deal with the mess.

　We had to deal with a problem that crossed national borders.