He said he missed being a dragon and not getting any attention at all, and he missed all the other demons playing with the kids.

...hmmm.

"So I can do something like this to get attention," he said, "and I'm just going to spit fire.

... hmm ...

The fire spread to my house and then it just burned up.



What do you want to say?

..............I'm sorry.

　Puppy gets down on his knees in front of me.
　Even though he was getting down on his knees, he was standing three times as tall as I was, or five times as long as I was. Although his neck is slumped to the ground, his body is higher than my eyesight.
　But as the children looked at Puppy and I, they whispered, "Wow," "The dragon is getting down on his knees," and "Brother, that's great!

We just got a new house.

I'm sorry, Master Noah. If I hadn't insisted on guiding you to the village...

'No, it's not Alisa's fault. It's all Puppy's fault.

....

　Puppy was swooning as hard as he could. It was hard to believe that he was a dragon who had been alive for a thousand years, who was acquainted with the Demon King Lil Cara, at all. Didn't he grow up to be of a mental age?

　I look at my former servant's house, which has been burned to the ground.
　There was no sign of the smoked venison that I had left inside the house. Fortunately, the wood I had gathered with the Puppies was safe, and neither the children nor Lute had been harmed.

'What are we going to do, husband?'

There's nothing to be done about it and I'm just gonna hit Pappy later.

I'm going to get hit...

I wouldn't mind pulling out my fangs.

...or at least a healing wound, please.

　He was an honest puppy. Well, this time it's all his fault.
　The problem from now on, for now, is where I live. I don't want to see it reduced to ashes after we got the house.

''Noah-dono if you don't mind, would you like me to design it from scratch?

Mr. Lute, are you sure you want to do this?

'Yes. Rather than using the original house as it was, wouldn't it be better for Lord Noah to build a more usable house?　I thought it would be better to design it from the ground up in a way that would allow the demons to properly live inside.

'Uh ... sure,'

I'm sure I'll have to ask you demons to help me with some heavy lifting, like felling wood and working at heights, but still, if you don't mind...

　Sure, designing my own home might not be a bad idea.
　To begin with, my house doesn't allow for Milo or Puppy to fit in it, so I was going to build something next to it. Maybe we could make it big enough for the demons to fit in from the start and provide each of them with a space to relax.
　If you include the unused farmland, it's a fairly large space. In the first place, no demons will attack, so you can remove the fence to avoid them. And then the space is infinite.

Then, Lute. It's not a good idea.

Yes, leave it to me. For now, let's make the door large enough for all the demons to enter. As for the size....

I'm going to take out the fence at the back of the house to avoid the monsters. It doesn't look like they'll be able to attack if I'm around.

'Yes, sir. Well I'm going to try to design it pretty wide and I'll show you the plans again.

Please.

　We can leave the design to Lute and leave the work to the demons. I'm sure Milo and Chappie have plenty of strength, so they could do some carpentry work. We can leave the rest of the details to Gilanka.
　Puppy can do most of the lumbering and Bau can do most of the work for me.

'Then, Noah-dono, you can stay at my house until the house is finished.

Well that's nice of you, but are you sure?

Yeah. I live alone anyway. I've got a place to sleep.

No, it's not...

　Is it right to let a man stay at his own home so cheerfully?
　No, I don't have any ulterior motives. You know, in general, in general. You need to be very cautious.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.

''What, Noah-dono. Are you concerned about such things?''

Because, you know, I'm a guy.

'In the first place, I have given my body and soul to Lord Noah. I don't want you to ask me that question now.

So that's not what I'm talking about...

　I'm glad to hear that, Alisa.
　But, you see, that's not the case. I know it's a naive opinion, but I think that's something you should wait until you're in a proper relationship with someone. No, it's not that I don't like Arisa.
　....it's just... I'm starting to feel like I'm the only one soaring on my own.

I'm sure you'll be fine with that. Of course, you'll have to tell me in advance if you do. I have a lot of preparations to make, you know.

f*ck!　Get ready...!

'Oh, would you like to hear what I have in store for you?'

No, no, no.

　I'm totally teasing you about this already.
　Well, in the olden days and the newer days, men have never been able to get over a girl. My parents' dad was also a butt of my mom's. I don't know of any other cases.
　Alisa shrugged her shoulders and smiled again, a dainty smile on her face.

'Lord Noah. Do you know what kind of person is an attractive opposite s*x in elves?

...attractive opposites?

'Oh. Honestly, we elves hardly ever change our faces. Of course, it varies from person to person but at a distance, you can even mistake your parents' faces for theirs.

'Uh....'

　Sure, they all look the same for the most part, don't they? It's just that if Mr. Lute were a little older, he might become an elder.
　Even the girl who is Mr. Lute's grandson has a very similar face to Alisa's. In fact, it's enough to convince me that they're all brothers, including Alisa.
　A man who is attractive to such an elfーー.

I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this. A strong man will marry a strong woman, and there they will have children and raise them into strong warriors.

Strength...?

Yes. The Dragon Master Noah, who governs the dragons and leads the demons, must be very strong, right?

Well....

　Sure, I don't think it's weak. Maybe.
　Even in the ruins of Rilkara, I was able to defeat the demons with a single blow for the most part. Now that Milo and the others are here, I'm leaving the fighting and such to them.
　Still, I don't think I'm a former level 92 hero.

I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about this. Even if this village were to take on all of them, they would not be able to defeat Noah-dono alone.

Ummm... yeah.

'It's just that ... as an elf, I'm a very attractive opposite s*x. So much so that I want to accomplish that child,

...What?

　Oh, my God.
　Am I being casually told that I'm in love with you?
　As I chewed out what Alisa had told me, heat began to run down my cheeks.

'Oh, master, your face is all red. I'm not sure if that's the right way to describe your husband.

Hmm, that's right. That's my master. Strong males always have the same kind of power, big boy.

Gosh, gosh, you're so cool, yeah.

'That's my master!　The ladies are melodramatic!

Yes, you have me. "Yes, I have a lady or two in my service. I have a taste for heroics!　Hahaha!

You guys shut up!

　I gave a shout-out to the demons in the back who were squealing like that.
　Also, I punched Puppy.