----Kouki Arakawa Viewpoint

　After capturing the Gulf City of Asti, we marched eastward across the territory of the Linkdoble Empire. We were awaiting the arrival of my mother and Macho 100 kilometers before the planned rendezvous point, the imperial capital Trieta.

''Claire-san, when will the Merkava and Ursna armies arrive?''

Merkava's troops are scheduled to arrive in five hours, and Ursna's army will join them in seven hours. Based on the rate of attrition of our troops to date, the Alliance is expected to capture Trieta with 120,000 troops.

　120,000 is mostly Noah's main focus!　Aside from the Merkava Kingdom Army, whose original numbers are small, why is Victoria's Ursna Army so low? 　
　As I was thinking about this, I was organizing the information Claire-san gave me with the terminal on my arm when Akator-san came into the room I was in with food in both hands.

'I borrowed the kitchen from the innkeeper and made lunch. I made it with ingredients we brought from the ship, so it's safe.

I'm sorry to bother you. I'll take it.

　We've disembarked from an iceberg carrier and marched ashore, unlike my mother and her family who deploy land-based battleships, we basically use the lodgings in occupied villages and towns as a simple command base. Of course we try to negotiate with the innkeeper every time we try to get him to let us use it by paying him properly, but for some reason he always refuses to let us use it, saying 'No charge'. It is really doubtful that we are refused because we are not behaving roughly, but rather behaving like a gentleman.

'It's delicious. 'You're a good cook, Akator-san, aren't you?'

Thank you.

　While I was enjoying the delicious meal made by Akator-san, Claire-san, who was operating the terminal, tells me the new information she seems to have received from the command center.

''Your Excellency, a group of dragon tribesmen who are fighting together with the Ursna army will be flying into this city as an advance party. Would you like to meet them?

'Yes!　I'd love to meet you.

　I have yet to see a decent dragon other than a Kong, so I'm excited. The flying dragon that Akator and his team rode on is also a dragon, but I heard that it is a creature similar to a bird called a sub-long. It's true that they don't seem to understand human language like Kong does, so I was disappointed, but according to Akator, the dragons are a race that understands human language, so I've always wanted to meet them.

'Do they fly into the city?'

'No, sir. We have information that Lady Marvelous and Lady Lyrin are flying in, and we are requesting that they land outside of the city to avoid any confusion.

　So it will fly to the grassland on the west side of the city? It will take some time to get there by car, I'd rather see them flying in the sky anyway, so let's move early.... I came to that conclusion and stuffed my lunch into my mouth at once.




''Your Excellency, the suit out on reconnaissance has seen a dragon coming towards us. I'm sure we'll be able to see it over here soon.

　At Claire's words, I looked at the sky with my eyes like plates. As I moved my head around, I noticed a huge creature flying in the eastern sky, and I'm pretty sure it's the dragon tribe that's coming towards me. Eventually, the dragon approached until it could be clearly seen, circled in the sky and then slowly landed in front of me.

'Grrrrrr.

　The roaring black dragon isn't intimidating and is pretty cool.... it's cool, but it's all ruined by the presence of Con sitting a bit above its head.

'Hey Con, what the hell are you doing?'

'Graaaaah!　How dare you talk to Master Kong, boy?

　For some reason, the black dragon snapped out of it while bellowing at my statement and took a step forward, and I saw that the power-suit squad of guards saw what was happening and took off their safeties with their guns at once to protect me. Wait, why is this situation like a one-off!　
　What did I say to you that was so bad?　As I was trying to figure out how to pull this off in a cold sweat, Kon on top of the dragon's head started pettling with his tail as if to say something to me.

'Kong, Kong,'

'Yes, huh!　This boy-this boy-is he the Lord of Kong?

CON!

　The black dragon is startled, but as if to ignore it, Kon flaps from the top of his head and uses his small wings to fly into my chest. ...................It flew!　It's flying now!

You can fly now?

　In response to my question, Kong made a blue ball of light appear at the tip of his tail and tossed the ball into the air. The blue ball floated wobbly in the air, but it immediately popped and words appeared.

The Marvelous Marvelous taught me how to fly and the White Dragon Lirin over there taught me how to use this magic!　And that's not all.'

　Con floats up to my face level with a flap from his arms and adjusts his usual 'con' sound, squinting his eyes and trying his best to keep up with his normal 'con'.

'Con, cocue.... Kocue, 'Koki'.

　Did you just call my name?　I was surprised and delighted to see him floating silently in the air, and when I gently hugged him and patted his head, he tilted his head and looked at me. When he realizes that I don't have a reaction, he desperately cries out, "Coiki, coiki, coiki," but I don't know what to say to him, so I can only pet him. The black dragon, Marvelous, who was looking at me like that, opened his mouth as if he was dumbfounded.

He said, "Boy, Master Kong is too young to speak human language. Still, he has practiced changing the pitch of his cry to somehow call the name of his master. You have some words to say to Master Kong.

　I looked around and saw that not only Marvelous-san was looking at me, but also Claire and the people in the escort suits were looking at me. Well, that's right, Con did his best, then I have to put it into words and tell this guy.

I'm sure he'll get it. Thank you.

CON!

　At my words, Con energetically waved his tail with a single swipe of his tail and then clung to my neck, which was his usual position - he clung to my neck.





'So Con's mother was originally a dragon in this world?'

"Ah, the magic power I sense from Master Kong is very similar to that of Master Lean. Otherwise, there is no way our entire clan would have obeyed a call from our superior race, Master Kong.

　After the commotion in the meadow, we returned to the inn after receiving Con's words of 'I want to eat a meal', and we listened to Marvelous-san, who had taken a humanoid form and was eating a meal just like Con.
　I was surprised to see that Marvelous-san and Lilin-san, who had thoughtfully taken humanoid form before entering the city, were truly beautiful and handsome in appearance... but now Con's identity was more important.

''But apparently Con was born in another world. Because of the lack of friends in that world, it was dormant and I happened to bring it back with me.

Yes, Master Kong told me that much directly. I'm not sure, but first, does the boy know anything about Master Kong's race?

　Speaking of Kong's race, it's the God Race Ancient Dragon. I only know about them from my biased knowledge of my previous life, but they must have been a legendary class of top-tier species that reigned supreme over all dragons, though it doesn't look like that at all. When I told him what I knew, Marvelous wiped his mouth with a napkin and continued his story.

You will find a lot of people who have been in the industry for a long time.

No, I don't know.

　A trait?　It seems that being smart is a trait, but the dragon tribe in general is supposed to have high intelligence and high magic power. I'm sure that Kon's special skill of alchemy is not the trait that Marvelous-san says it is. I took a sip of the coffee that Claire had brewed for me and waited for Marvelous's next words.

The first is the ability to cross dimensions. There's no need to explain this one the boys are also coming to this world from another world, the only difference is whether they use magic or Kagakugijutsu to make that move.
　Second, and this is important. Ancient dragons can relate to other species. And I've heard that Master Lean was very beautiful in his human form.

It's just that my point is...

"There is no doubt that this is exactly what the boy imagined, and the proof of this is that when I was a young boy, there was a rumor that circulated among the Dragon People. The rumor was that Master Lean had fathered a child with a 'human' man. When the elder dragons heard the rumor, they went to Master Lean to find out the truth, for if it was true, they wanted to protect the weak, half-human baby dragons from being born to their clan.
　But Master Lean thought that we would harm the baby dragon. Now, boy, if you were in that position what would you do if you were a boy?

　Of course they would run away to protect their children, if they could cross the dimensions, they could escape to another world like we are now and no other dragons would be able to follow them. Perhaps Conn's mother thought the same way and fled to the world where the Ackroyd Empire is located.

I'm sure you've come to the same conclusion as I have. As I said before, I can't be sure. But the most satisfying conclusion is to assume that Master Kong, who emits similar magic to Master Lean, is a child born to him in another world.

'Then why wasn't Con's mother there when this guy was born?　If you were able to get to the world where the Ackroyd Empire is located, then you've safely crossed the dimension, right?

　Mr. Marvelous put his hand to his chin and thought silently for a while before answering my question.

'Normally, when two dragons have children, it takes about eight hundred years for an egg to be born. After that, it will take another 200 years for the egg to hatch and it will take another 1,000 years for it to hatch. This is why the population of our species is decreasing - but that's not the point now.
　I'm just guessing, but when you have a weak human as a father, doesn't it take a while for them to grow up in an egg?　It's hard to say, since it's never been done before, but I can't rule out the possibility that it could take thousands of years.

　It's unlikely that the powerful Ancient Dragon would be defeated by the humans of that world, which means it's most likely that the mother couldn't see Conn hatch from an egg in her lifetime.
　For that matter, what kind of life did Lean and her husband, the man who crossed the dimension, spend afterwards?　It's a tragedy that happened because of a minor misunderstanding, but I'd like to believe that the two people who escaped to another world ended up happy for the rest of their lives.



----Marvelous Point of View----


You're sure that's a good idea?

　As we were resting in a room at the inn addressed to us after we had finished our meal, my wife Lyrin, who had been silent and hadn't said a word since we dropped Master Con off, spoke to me.

'What do you mean?'

That boy..., Kouki, is it? You must have noticed a small amount of "magic" in Kouki's body, right?　And that magic power is just like the magic power flowing through Master Kong, why didn't you tell me that?

　That's the thing, or maybe that was just because Master Kong was always nearby and his magic power was transferred. It's not that unusual, it's just the same principle as if you put an iron near a magnetic object, the iron will also have magnetic force. I have no idea why Liling would ask me such a serious question. Are you trying to say that the boy has something to do with Master Lean?

"Are you trying to tell me that the boy is Master Lean's blood?

No, you're not. I think it's the other way around - I think it's the father.

　That's not possible!　What a foolish thing to say, it is true that every being with a soul 'reincarnates' into another being after death. But it can be reincarnated into another world, or into a plant like a plant.
　Do you know how unlikely it is that you will be able to reincarnate as a human and meet Master Kong again?　Lyrin refutes my opinion without changing his expression.

''You're right, but not zero. 　If that one seriously consumes all the magic and life and uses such magic, he can at least twist the logic.

　Impossible!　Impossible!　It's not possible!　If you really made such a thing happen, it's not a tiny thing like magic, it's only a divine 'miracle'.

I'm sure you'll find it odd.　The fact that Master Lean was destroyed before Master Kong was born, the fact that Master Kong is unusually fond of Kouki, who is supposed to be human, and the fact that he talks to us about a girl named Alice as if she were his mother.
　Considering all of that, it's natural to think that those who love each other have met again across time and worlds.

''Then Lean-sama used himself as a catalyst to successfully use magic on a tremendous scale........ Hahahahaha!　I only caught a glimpse of Him when I was a child, but I never thought He would really be elevated to God for that reason alone.

　Rylin says something else, but I don't hear it. Not to rule the world, not to gain infinite power, but just to be able to clearly see the legendary dragon that has risen to the level of a god, for the sake of the humans he loves and his beloved child. I simply shut my eyes, trying to recall from my memory the image of the legendary dragon that had risen to the level of a god for the sake of the people I loved and my beloved child.