Now of course this isn't the end of it, is it?

　I glare at the dragon.
　With a warding nullifying breath, you can't even produce a tenth of the seriousness.
　And even if I thought about it a thousand years ago, it's too simple.

I'm sure your soul hasn't changed since a thousand years ago. When the master looks at me, my body naturally shrinks.

　The dragon said and shook his body with a buzz.

''Of course, this is not the end of the ordeal. 'Of course, this isn't the end of the ordeal for you, Master, you know what's going to happen now, don't you?'
Yeah, I think I have a pretty good idea.

　I lifted the corners of my mouth in a grin and continued.

'Now I have to fight you for real, don't I?

　The dragon cocks and shakes his head.

'That's right.'
''It's a surprisingly easy ordeal. If you can only spit out the warding-disabling breaths I mentioned earlier, it won't be long before it's over.
What are you talking about? It's not just that one. And I'm the handiwork of a thousand-year-old master. I'm not willing to be thought of as a simpleton.

　The dragon may be right about this too.
　It would be too tedious an ordeal for me to go through just now.
　But - I don't remember much about the details, maybe it's a side effect of the reincarnation magic - but it's a dragon I made a thousand years ago.
　It won't be so trivial.

'Kurt are you serious about fighting a dragon?'
No amount of Kurt could take down a dragon twice...
'Kurt crushed the dragons in the Empire. I'm sure he'll win this time too...

　Lara and the other three seemed to be bouncing their chests, although they were saying so with their mouths.
　They must be convinced of my victory.
　They must be curious to see what kind of fight I'm going to have. They're eager to learn, and I'm sure they'll be eager to learn what they can learn from this.

　But ... there's one thing that's unfortunate.

You're going to be able to find out more about this. This time, unfortunately, there's nothing to teach the three of them.
"?

　The three of us get a pouty look on our faces.

　Without further explanation, I use my magic to float up to the dragon.

"Well, dragon. Let's get right to it.
''It's going to be fun for me to fight a master after all these years.

　Although it's hard to tell his expression because he's a dragon, a slight smile seemed to appear on his mouth.
　I deploy my magic formula.


　-- There's nothing to be taught.


　The reason I told the three of you that........


''It's too early for you to see, you know.


　He muttered and launched an Efreet Flare at the dragon.

　That was the signal for the fight.
　A huge explosion occurs around the dragon.
　However.

''Is that the master's true intentions?''

　The dragon looked pinned up and flapped its wings.

'No way.'

　I'm only about a fifth of the way out.
　The dragon doesn't take a moment to unleash a high-powered breath. I prevented it with my warding spell and easily ducked while gliding through the air.

　It's a pretty good speed.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world, and I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world. It would be extremely difficult to defeat them.
　Normally, it would be.

　But I took out the magic sword from the other dimension and hunted down the dragon while using magic at the same time.

''That's amazing.......Marise. Can you see Kurt and the others move?

　I could see Lara and the others talking on the ground.

'No, I don't see them at all,'
'Cynthia I don't know what Kurt is doing either...'

　Marise and Cynthia are stunned.

'Right. This isn't helpful at all.'

　Lara looked like she was in over her head and turned her palms to the sky.

　Oh well, it can't be helped.
　No matter how well you have mastered the mind's eye, the three of you won't be able to catch our movements with your eyes.

''Master!　That's fun!'
Yeah, you're right.

　I remember when I was reincarnated and fought Desmond in the school's entrance exam.
　Even back then, it was fun to meet a guy with a bone in his body for the first time in a long time.

''Well, Master. If you're a master, you already know the purpose of this ordeal, right?''
Mostly.

　In other words, this ordeal is meant to make me take it seriously.

　Defective magic power......................a method that is possible only with golden colored magic power.
　The more you master it, the more it grows, the more you take it seriously.......in other words, the more you move close to the limit, the more the quality of your magic power will increase.
　This is a fact that became commonplace a thousand years ago due to the magical revolution I brought about.

　But in this world, it's hard for me to take myself seriously.
　This battle will bring me back to my senses, and I will regain my power.

　But ... there's just one problem.


"I can't get serious with this level of detail, can I?


　I tighten my grip on the magic sword and give the dragon the final thwarting blow.
　The name of the magic is Divine Roi.
　This is the magic that buried Vonbasque, who had turned into a dragon, with a single blow.

''Goooooooooooooh!

　Dragon's Decapitation.
　The dragon that was flashed by the king's flash (Divine Roi) turned into a particle of light and disappeared without a trace.

''Is this how it is?''

　I put away my magic sword and landed on the ground.

　At the same time, Lara and the other three, as well as the Red Bird and the Blue Bird, approached me.

"Kurt!　Did you slay the dragon?
I had no idea what he was doing.
Explain...

　During this battle, I unleashed a thousand spells on the dragons, not a single one of which would have been visible to the three of them.

''We have defeated the dragons. But....

　If it's as I remember........

　As I was thinking this, a gentle light lit up in front of me.
　Then it gradually took shape and a small lizard-like object appeared.

'Master, that's great.'
Oh, my God, what is this?

　Lara looks at it and rolls her eyes.

'It's the dragon from earlier. I'm going to defeat it.......but it's only for the sake of the ordeal. You don't need to destroy the entire soul.''

　As I explained that, the smaller dragon sagged his shoulders.

''But ... it's a shame. I couldn't get the master to take it seriously. If this is the case, Master will lose his original strength...''
What are you talking about?

　I tried to reassure the dragon by telling him.


"I've regained my pre-incarnation powers.


Wha...?

　The dragon's eyes widened in astonishment.

　That's right.
　The fight just now, I wasn't able to really get into it but it was still a very meaningful fight.
　The magic power has increased. The quality of it had improved markedly.
　Mm, yes. That's the feeling, it's been a thousand years since I've had one, and it's quite nostalgic.

''But Master wasn't able to take it seriously. So why...!''
''It's not that you can't improve the quality of your magic power if you don't get serious. As far as I'm concerned.

　To begin with, even a thousand years ago, I was hardly capable of taking myself seriously.
　Still, I had to keep aiming for higher ground.
　I couldn't stop walking.
　As a result, I've developed this training method that allows you to improve the quality of your magic power without having to be serious about it.

　Nevertheless.

Without your help, this would not have been possible. If I had fought other zakos, I would indeed not have been able to regain my original power. Thank you.

　Work the dragon.

　I think I'm doing the obvious, but

...Kurt's talking about something else that I don't understand.
It's Kurt's way of ignoring all the assumptions.
"Well it's been a long time since we met Kurt but I'm still getting used to it...

　And Lara and the three of them looked stunned.

　Now, we're ready.
　All that's left to do now is to get out of here and take care of the evil god Bagnuba.