I flew with Hinata to her village.
　It is a village of about two hundred people.

　There are four shadow dragons in the square in the center of the village, and the inhabitants were gathered around them.

''Oh, hey!　He's here.
It's Master Liushin!

　A voice rises from the residents who noticed me in the sky above.

　I landed some distance away from the shadow dragons.

　As I landed and lowered Hinata down, the inhabitants came in front of me.


''Thank you so much for saving our village.

　The human race that looked like the head of the village kneeled in front of me, and all of the people who had gathered to follow suit kneeled down and bowed their heads.

　I'm in the form of a black dragon, but the residents don't seem to be too afraid of me.

　I wonder if they are used to the appearance of a dragon, since this village has always had an evil dragon's attendants?


'Lord, we have defeated the entire Evil Dragon family. They were in a bit of a rage when we arrived, but no one has died in the village.

Well, you've done well. Thanks.

What a shame.

　As he said that, the leader of the shadow dragon disappeared into my shadow.

　When the shadow dragon and my shadow touched, the thought flowed into me.

　He seemed to explain to the inhabitants that I had defeated the evil dragon and saved the village.


"Right, so, about the sacrifice...

Hmm?

　Sacrifice?
　You defeated the evil dragon, why do you need a sacrifice?

We, for our part, have no intention of, well, we can't refuse to give you Hinata.

　What?

　Hinata as a sacrifice?
　What the f*ck?

What's that supposed to mean?
Holy shit!

　Oh, my God!

　The village chief said that he was going to sacrifice Hinata, so I couldn't help but feel the killing spirit leaking out.

　The village chief's body, which had received the black dragon's killing intent, was trembling uncommonly.

　I feel a little sorry for him.

　........But it can't be helped, right?

　There's no way I'm going to allow you to sacrifice Hinata who I saved from the evil dragon.


''Master Liuxin!　Please calm your anger!

　The old men around the village chief bowed their heads with great vigor.

''Oh, I'm sorry. A little bit of killing spirit leaked out. I'm not that angry, but........

Didn't you like the girl who was sacrificed?

　It's not okay!
　I only just saved her a few minutes ago!

　And I'm not going to let you sacrifice such a lovely Hinata!


　Hmm?

　Huh?

　Hey, wait.

Hey.

'Yes, yes. How can I help you?

Sacrificing Hinata... sacrificing her to who?

What?
Yeah, well, of course, that's because...
Our sacrifice to Master Liushin, sir.

..........

　Oh, I get it.
　I was so wrong about that.

　...Eh?

　Hey, why is that happening?


"The Lord took a liking to this girl, and I have negotiated with the villagers to give her to me as a reward for my help to their village.

　I could feel the shadow dragon's thoughts.
　Apparently, they did something selfish.

　By the way, you did cross()negotiate, right?
　Wait, are you sure this isn't some kind of threat?

"The evil dragon that ruled this village was defeated by my master, Lord Liuxin. You are more powerful than the evil dragon, and you wish to sacrifice your daughter to him, so I have explained to you.

　Ooohhhhh!
　What the f*ck are you doing?

　I swear that's not a negotiation!

　You know.
　I'm a total badass!

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm not asking for a sacrifice or anything. I mean, I'm not a demon, so...

　I'm not a demon, I don't eat people.

No sacrifice required?　Are you going to destroy my village because it's not enough for you to kill yourself?

　No, I'm not going to destroy it!
　I hope you're not jumping to conclusions.

Hi, hi!
No. We're going to end up-
You're scaring me, T-Can.
Be quiet! You'll upset Master Lysin!
Please, please help my daughter.

　Fear was propagating through the entire village at an incredible rate.

　Oh no.........
　It wasn't supposed to be like this.

　Like Hurt who saved Alheim (the Elven Kingdom)...I can't go so far as to say that I wanted to save Hinata's village, but I just wanted to save her village and thank everyone for their support.

　I don't want to rule the village with fear.

''Ryushin-sama, I will be your property. Therefore, will you please forgive everyone in the village?

　Hinata also got down on her knees in front of me.

　No, no, no, no, Chiggau!

　All I want is to have a fun date with Hinata.
　I don't want her to be mine or anything!

　What am I supposed to do?
　What the hell am I supposed to do right now?

　In a situation like this...


　Ha!
　Yeah, right!

　It's the Hurt.
　Just do as he does.


I don't need a sacrifice. But I'll protect your village. But I'll ask you to do something for me in return.

　This village has been ruled by an evil dragon for a long time.

　Even if I left this village by saying that I didn't need the sacrifice, the inhabitants would still spend their time scared by my shadow.

　So instead of ruling them, I've decided to protect them.

　In exchange for that...

I'll come here once a month and I want to eat. I would like to have Hinata by my side if possible. I'm sure my consort has told you that I like her a lot.

　It's d*mn embarrassing.
　But I said it!

　Wasn't that a little too Hurt-like?

　I think it's great that he's done this embarrassing thing so many times.


'Yeah, is that all you need to know?

Yeah. From now on, the village will be under my protection. Hinata, about the food.......are you okay?

Well, yes. Well, I mean, if you don't mind me saying so...

　Hinata is cute when she's embarrassed.

　Her willingness to sacrifice herself for the sake of the inhabitants is also very healthy and makes me want to protect her.


　I have a new thing to look forward to.

　I want to go on a date with Hinata outside the village one of these days.