At dawn, I, Safate, Erdena, a cat person (Cat People) Unya Elf, and the three of us went to the place where the flesh of the dead beast that caused the depa fever had been corroded in large quantities.
　Because there was something that didn't seem to be right.

　The place had already finished incinerating the carrion, and all the ashes had been buried in the ground, and although it was slightly raised, there was hardly any trace of carrion there.

''Umm........I knew it.......''
　Looking around, I crossed my arms and pondered.

　This place is in the forest at the foot of the mountain, and I don't think it's a place where there's plenty of food for the beasts to rush to.
　How could such a large number of corpses of beasts be found in such a place, and also in a rotten state?
...It's not possible that the people in the village threw it away or something?
''According to the people in the village yesterday, the meat from those beasts would be edible, so throwing it away is unthinkable, and in the first place, everyone should have noticed it before it went bad like that...''
　Although this position was in the shadow of the hill from the village, the villagers must have been aware of it by the stench of it before it corroded so badly that the Depa fungus could grow.
　We returned to the village, and since we couldn't find an answer to our question, we returned to the village.

　When I returned to the church, I was relieved to see that all the people I had given the drug to yesterday were recovering well.
I can't thank you all enough!
　
　
　In this village at the foot of Mount Gorn, where I came to see how things were going, I had to help people in a way I hadn't expected, but it was still nice to be appreciated.

　I received more food than I could carry as a token of my gratitude from the families of the people I had treated, and I borrowed a cart from the village to return home.
　
　We left the village and a short distance down the road.
　Unja suddenly began to pay attention to her surroundings.
　Frowning, I was mainly concerned about the rear, but when I looked closely, I saw a figure that seemed to be glancing at us from behind a tree behind us.
Hmmm..... I'm not sure if they have any hostile intentions. Please be careful.
　Unja readied herself in a position to bring out her knife at any time and slowly approached the figure.

　Then the figure appeared so easily that it was anticlimactic.

　Although it seems to be a subhuman
''I don't know what it is ... it's an atmosphere I've never experienced before either...''
　Erdena, who is often involved with the sub-human, nods her head.
　Anya, after exchanging a few words with the sub-human, brings him to me.
　According to Unja, the subhuman's sister was badly injured nearby and she was looking for the right moment to call out to him for help.
'She heard that Bocchan and Lady Erdena had performed a therapeutic act in the village and came after her, Nya said.
　Although I didn't have any medicine already, I could use healing magic, so I decided to go with her anyway.

　Her name was Ela, and she usually lived with her sister at the farther end of the forest.
　Ela looked quite young, probably around 10 years old.

　A few days ago, she happened to come to the village to sell food and was attacked by a beast.

　Ela led me to a cave not far from where they had just come to check on him this morning, where they had processed the carrion that had caused the Depa fungus.
　In the back of it, just as Ela had said, lay a sub-human girl with wounds all over her body.
　Some of the wounds were quite deep and it was obvious that her life was in danger.
　
　Immediately, Erdena and I began to cast healing spells around the deep wounds.
　Although there was some degree of recovery, the situation was still unpredictable.
　I thought about going back to the village once, but I also agreed with Eldena that we should take him home, even if it would be a little overwhelming, since there were neither sufficient medicines nor facilities in the village to treat him.
　However, it would certainly take at least a day to carry him home on a wagon.
'There's no point in worrying about it, shouldn't we be in a hurry anyway!
　The only way to do it now is what Black, the Ogre People, says........
　That's what I thought, and then Aela.
Well if you and your sister and one other person, I can handle it...
　And then she looks at us.
　I'll figure it out, even though I have no idea what that means.
　Certainly, if Ella's sister, who is badly injured, and I can get back home together, we can start the healing process. When I tell her that, she says.
The truth is ... not in public ... but ...
　As he said this, he began to change his appearance before our eyes.

　Some races of sub-humans are indeed capable of transforming their own appearance into that of animals of their own race.
　Although we had never actually seen them in person, we knew about them from knowledge...

　The one that appeared in front of us was a dragon.

　However, even though it was a dragon, it was quite small.
　Probably, it seemed to me that it was still immature as a dragon, just as Ela was still very young as a human being.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this as well.
　Then she took her wounded sister in her own arms and gave a small bow to Erdena and the others she would be leaving behind before taking off into the sky.

　Then, almost without a pause, Ela landed near the house at my command and returned her form to that of a human form.
　With the help of Black's attendants who were waiting at the house, I carried Ela's sister into the house and immediately began to treat her with the herbs and potions I had left in reserve.
　The effects of the treatment soon began to show, and by evening, Ela's sister woke up.

　Ela's sister said her name was Aura.
　She thanked me for the treatment, but inexplicably she was very cautious and kept staring at me as if she were snarling at me.

　Ela and perhaps this aura is also a dragon person (dragon people) who can change into a dragon.

　However, I felt like I understood the cause of that carrion, too.
　Dragons are indeed strong, but dragons that haven't yet matured are good suckers for large carnivores, who are slower to move and easier to finish off.
　They are also the perfect prey for the race to earn the title of dragon slayer, and are generally easy targets for them.
　The two were probably attacked by a large beast in the forest, and the older sister fought back by transforming into a dragon to save her sister and using a corrosive poison to fight it off.

　Immature dragons are not yet able to breathe fire.
　Instead, I've heard that it can emit a poison from its fangs that corrodes the flesh of its enemies.
　That was probably why the beast's flesh was left in a large amount and in a heavily corroded state in that place close to the village.

　The fact that the two of them ran for their lives, and as a result, the lives of the villagers were in danger, is an unbearable feeling.

　That night
　With Aura and Aela in front of me, I told them both my guess.

　The two of them were at first exasperated and choked on their words, but then
　I will.
'Even if this is true, I have no intention of harming you or spreading the word that you're dragons, I promise.
　When I told them so, they finally admitted that I was right.

　They were surprised that the carrion they had created had caused a plague in the village, but were more relieved than they were when I told them that all the patients had been treated.
　After this, the two men softened their wariness of me, and this time they began to thank me repeatedly, and this was a situation that would get them in trouble.

　The next day, Una Erdena, Erdena and Kuro hurried the wagon home.
　After all, Erdena was
What happens if Safate is eaten by the dragon?
　He was so out of it that the three of them came back without a wink of sleep.
　As soon as they got back, Erdena hugged her, but she regained her normalcy.
"...wow, what a shameful thing to do with me...
　And then he turned bright red and distanced himself from me.

　For now, I explained to the three of them what happened, and then introduced them to Aura and Aela.
　Aura and Aela thanked the three of them profusely and were very grateful.
　
　By the evening of that day.
You're right, I don't have time for this. I'll be back in a few minutes, so stay strong!
　Black's group left the village.
　It was a shame that they had to leave, but I was strangely happy to see them as it was almost decided that we would meet again and again.

　Since it would still take a month for Aura's injuries to heal completely, she was going to live in the house until then.
　I cleared out a room on the first floor that had been used as a storage room and set up a room for Aura and Aela to live in.
　
　I am very glad that I studied pharmacy and medicine as well as general magic when I was a student.
　It's a good thing that I was able to save the people of the village and save Aura because of this study.

　My father ... or rather, my ex-father used to tell me that I should only take rich patients and make a chunk of money and help the Greed family prosper... It's annoying to think back.

　Within a week, Aura was able to stand and walk.
　She walked with him to about a field near the house, and he began to help her harvest vegetables and help Wunya with her cooking with Ela.
　The two of them especially liked the view from the rooftop observation deck, and they often enjoyed the view from there.

　After a while, one day at dinner.
　Aura asked us to do a favor for her.
　The two of them used to live with their mother, the three of them, deep in the mountains, but their mother died suddenly of illness not long ago, so they had to live alone.
''At first we were going to live in a village at the foot of Mount Gorun, but if you guys don't mind, could we have it here?''
　Then Aura bows her head.
　Ela bows her head as well beside her.
　I tell them both to raise their heads.
For me, I'm rather happy to have more friends, but what about Erdena and Unja?
　When I said.
I don't think that's a problem.
If you like, my dear, we're not dependent on Anya.
　And he agreed to join us willingly.

　Thus, we have a new friend to join us.

　If the two of them were to be found out to be dragon-people, they would still be immature and would likely have many problems, so I decided to have them both wear a magic stone ring filled with disguised magic.
　As long as they wear these, they can emit a hint of lizard people, so unless you're a person with a very high level of magic power, you won't be noticed that the two of them are dragon people.
　In addition, the beasts will have no way of recognizing them either.


''Well Mr. Aura what are you trying to say?''
'Oh, my God!　Mr. Eldena!　How long have you been there!
We are completely alert and alert.
Eldena?　What are you talking about?
...this one here...and it's so insensitive...
I'm rooting for my sister!
Meownya is on your side.
　As I looked at everyone who started to say this and that, I was completely baffled, but... for the time being, can we just call it a congeniality?