Hydra, the rotten venomous serpent, Granada.
　He is one of the divine beasts in the body of a dragon, one of the divine beasts that surpassed the reason of the world.

　When was Granada born and when did she reach the realm of the gods.......
　He doesn't remember it himself.

　It's because the memories of the distant past fade away a little by little, perhaps because he has lived too long.

　Although he is equal to God, and has gained enough power to rewrite the reason for the world to some extent, his vessel is inside the reason for the world.

　There is a limit to memory.

　If it's a divine beast like Romalia's griffon that has the will to remember in its own way, it can remember for about ten thousand years.......

　Granada basically had a personality that never looked back on the past.
　Remembering it was a pain in the ass in its own right.

　Hence, he actively forgot what he said he didn't care about.
　The limit of his memory was five hundred years at most.

　Therefore, what was certain to him was that he had already become a divine beast about five hundred years ago.
　However, he doesn't know if he was born a divine beast or if he overcame some sort of ordeal to become a divine beast.

　In the first place, what is the difference between himself and the other creatures, what is the divine spirit, what is the reason for the world?
　That is the limit of his memory.

　Maybe he knew about it five hundred and eleven years ago.
　Maybe he didn't know.
　At any rate, all he knew for sure was that he didn't know now.

　So far, you've learned that Granada is not a smart man.
　If anything, it is the stupid one.

　He has several times as many brains as a human, so he has a good ground mind itself....
　No matter how great your brain is, it's a waste of treasure if it's hollow inside.

　But Granada is a strong man.
　The miasma of corruption, which is a poisonous miasma of decomposition, makes it impossible for anyone to approach him.

　It was not necessary for him to have any wisdom at all.

　The mere mention of the miasma causes all the weak to tremble, look into his eyes and go mad, listen to his voice and be brainwashed, come in contact with the miasma and their bodies rot away, and breathe in and their souls are annihilated after the torment of hell.

　There is nothing that can kill Granada.
　And even if you can, you don't want to kill Granada.

　Such is the existence of Granada, who has never tried, never had to try, and has been able to live happily without it in her previous life as a dragon.

　Even if the other gods and fairies talked about him behind his back as an idiot and a fool, he didn't care.
　In the first place, Granada, who always ate and slept, would not be able to convey such backbiting to him, and it was doubtful that he understood the meaning of the word 'fool' in the first place.

　Idiot?　Horse and deer?
　Sounds delicious.

　Maybe it's on that level.

　Well, no matter what anyone says, he's certainly a very happy creature himself.

　Now, Granada's earliest memories are of sand.
　Granada was in the middle of the great desert (Sahara) of the southern continent about five hundred years ago.

　There, they ate the occasional flying dragon in the sky or ground crawling dragons, and when they were thirsty, they lived by drinking water from the oasis.
　Why he was in such a place, he himself had no recollection of it.

　...In fact, it was because his father and mother and his brothers had given him strict orders not to come out of the desert because he smelled bad, but, well, that is beyond his memory.

　The secret to happiness is to forget what's inconvenient.
　Well, Granada had been there for roughly two hundred years when she heard a strange voice.

　-Granada the Hydra, the rotten snake. I'm an elf. In fact, there's some of the best water and food in the north.


　Oh.....　
　Granada decided to try to go there.

　But it was a bit of a hassle to move.
　After thirty years of wanting to go there, but it was a hassle.......Granada moved north.

　To the north, lo and behold, an oasis made entirely of shorty water...the Teutis Sea.
　It was the first sea in Granada's memory.

　What lies ahead?
　Suddenly, I was unusually curious for Granada.

　And further north, we arrived at a green peninsula.
　It was the Adelunia Peninsula.

　But Granada could not land on the Adelunia peninsula.

　'What's that crooked nose smell ... is it you?　The source of this smell. Oh, no need to respond, die.

　A flying, golden creature appeared in the sky and stood over Granada.

　The hitherto calm, clear sky suddenly turned dark and black.
　A mass of wind, like a condensed storm, tore through Granada's wings.

　The raging sea now assaulted Granada as she fell.
　Again and again, the currents slammed into Granada's body, dragging her to the bottom of the sea and pummeling her like a punching bag.

　After hours of struggling with the sea, Granada managed to make it to land, but then lightning struck as if to chase her down.
　Countless lightning struck Granada like a whip.

　'Hmph, if you learn from this, stay out of my territory, you little brat.

　Over the course of almost three years, Granada was pushed back into the heart of the desert as the gryphons kicked it down to the ground.
　It was a big deal....
　Granada vowed never to leave the desert again........

　But Granada has a special talent for forgetting the inconvenient in favor of the inconvenient.
　There are no two words in his dictionary: regret and remorse.

　This is because he forgets.
　In a way, it was a useful brain.

　Now, it was about three hundred years later before he forgot about the Golden Devil, the Gryphon.

　Come to think of it, there was a rich land in the north.
　Granada, who remembered only the convenient things, headed north as soon as he forgot about the Gryphon.

　Then he landed on the Adelunian peninsula....
　It's done.

　Huh?
　Here Granada felt uncomfortable and turned her head in a rare way.

　Then she remembered the gryphon.

　-There are gryphons in the Central Woods, Granada. Why don't you at least go say hi? -

　A strange voice shakes Granada's eardrums lightly.
　What is this voice?

　

　You..........it's you.......well, I've put up wards to prevent the smell from reaching my territory, so that's good. I will not leave the forest. I have decided that I will not leave the forest. I'm not going to tell you what to do. It stinks.

　And so Granada took the Adelunian peninsula.

　At any rate, when Granada felt hungry, she ordered the many bipedal monkeys that were present to give her food.
　No intelligent creature could disobey Granada's words.

　Thus, for the first time in memory, Granada came into contact with humans.

　And she had a taste for livestock and crops that were different from wild animals, and to some extent breedable, and for wine.

　Granada was ecstatic.
　For Granada, who had only ever eaten bad-tasting lizards, human food was a tremendous treat.

　I couldn't help but overindulge and eat the human food as well.

　If you kill the seed rice or any livestock that haven't given birth to a child, you won't be able to eat them again.
　Convinced by a human who was about to starve to death like that, Granada had no choice but to put up with it.

　Granada's intelligence is high.
　They just don't think about it, but they are actually very smart.

　Hence, Granada knew that the more patience she had, the longer she would be happy later on.
　She is a child who can do it if she tries.

　But the fact is that she is hungry.
　So Granada decided to eat the human regularly.
　It wasn't very tasty, but there were plenty of them, so from Granada's point of view, they were just right for a snack.

　After about a thousand people ate it, Granada found that women tasted better than men.
　And before long, they started eating only women.

　And .....

　'The rotten snake, Granada Hydra. The avenger of my father and mother, of my brothers, of all my country!

　The next thing I knew, there was a human in front of me.
　It was a human female with beautiful, lavender-like hair.

　'What?'　You are.
　"...You don't know, do you? I'm nothing but blown-up dust to you. My hometown, my clan compatriots, are nothing more than blown-up dust to you.
　Yeah, I don't know. Die.

　Granada hurled the curse word at the female.
　Granada's words themselves were a curse, and there was no way to prevent the curse from traveling through the auditory nerves and directly raping the brain.

　It was supposed to be.

　'....why don't you kill yourself?

　Granada tilted her head all at the same time.
　He didn't think the female in front of him was powerful enough to prevent Granada's words.

　'Oh well, die!

　Granada spits its poisonous breath at the female.
　To Granada, poison breath is the strongest form of attack. There is no lower creature that could not be defeated by this.

　But.........

　...Warding.... That's as good as my divine Qi.

　Granada narrows her eyes and glares at the female in front of her... or rather, her enemy.
　It's not the bait that's in front of her now.　
　It's an enemy.

　Granada immediately sends a large amount of blood to the eight heads, causing them to turn their thoughts to full speed.
　It's different from the time of the griffon.
　The other party has a clear intent to kill you.

　You need to fight for real.

　''Who are you?''
　"....Julia. Julia Rosais. The last survivor of the Rosais clan, eaten and destroyed by you. And the world's first wizard.
　Hmm. Yeah. Then I'm going to kill you!

　The battle between Granada and Uriah has begun.
　The earth is ripped apart, the forests are blown apart, the sky is raging and the sea is evaporating.

　Granada's deadly poison clashed again and again with the curse Julia unleashed.
　The battle between one man and one pillar lasted three days and three nights....

　"Hmm, good job for a human. I'll give you credit for that, you and Julia.

　Granada looked down at a wounded Uriah.
　Her face was burned by the poison, and her face was no longer a beautiful work of art.

　Sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste, everything was gone.
　She had lost everything and was bleeding like a waterfall from every pore in her body.

　But Yulia smiles.
　With blood flowing from her burned out lips........

　'No, it's your end. I've already carved a magical formula into your body.
　Hmm?

　After being told, Granada realizes.
　That there is something unpleasant crawling around in her body.

　Feeling uncomfortable, Granada tries to let it out and...

　It's too late. Your time will stop.

　Carved into Granada, a magical formula is activated.
　And one of the laws of the world was rewritten.

　Although limited to the body of a single pillar of monster, Granada.....
　Time slowly slows and then stops.

　-Wow, that's great. Julia. It was everything I hoped it would be.

　The elf gave Julia some words of exertion.
　And.........

　Hmmm, right?　That's what it's going to take to get me.

　Then Julia died.
　Her body was originally full of wounds.
　On top of that, the use of magic was a major damage.

　The world did not forgive Julia for violating the taboo, magic.
　She had been poisoned by the poison of Granada and had no power left to defy the world.


　The Granada Hydra was later sealed by her allies and by her husband.
　Her body and soul were torn apart, her soul at the end of the southern continent.
　The body was sealed in the Adelunian peninsula.

　Thus peace came to the Adelian peninsula, and the Rosais clan was restored by the husband and son of Julia Rosais, and her friends and disciples.

　The foundations of the country of the future King Rosais were laid.

　And.........

　The time is the present day.
　Granada's soul was released by Marri Kurosaki, who sought out magic.

　Even if it was just her soul, Granada was a powerful force.
　The extent of breaking the seal that was unraveling, the seal that sealed the body, was a simple matter.

　Thus, Granada Hydra had succeeded in reviving itself.




　''It was a terrible experience...''

　Awakening from a sleep of nearly a thousand years, Granada Hydra whirled her neck.
　The joints of Granada's eight necks sounded as if they were musical instruments.

　And then a great lack of extension.

　Now, how long had I been sealed up?
　Granada suddenly had an idea.

　But he quickly stopped thinking about it.
　It didn't matter. What mattered was whether he was happy or not.

　What matters is whether you are happy or not.
　That's all I need to say is that I am happy.

　That's enough for me.
　If I had to say something else, I would say that I am hungry.

　And Granada's belly sounds like a musical instrument.
　I'm even hungrier when I'm aware of it...

　Granada felt unhappy.
　This is not good.

　I don't like being hungry.

　For starters, Granada decided to eat.

　She spread her four wings wide and let them flap.
　Her body continued to be rigid for a while, but she floated without a problem.

　Then, all at once, he flew up to the sky and looked around with his eight necks and tentacles that grew from his entire body.
　Then he found a large human settlement to the north.

　''.........Hmmm, the human nest has changed quite a bit.''

　In Granada's memory, most of the humans were crude nests, made of wood and grass.
　But the nests in Granada's eyes seemed to be made of stone.

　The nest is surrounded by a great wall, and the largest nest is larger than Granada's body.

　'It is infuriating that it is more gigantic than me,'

　Nevertheless, the meal was decided.
　Granada immediately went straight to the human nest ... the capital of King Carne's country.

　
　Granada's body hit the palace of King Carnu's country and it was easily destroyed.

　'Ow, what the hell is that?　What happened?

　A lone human rises from the pile of rubble, rubbing its head.
　It is clad in red fur, and on its head is a crown made of gold.

　It was the king of the kingdom of King Carnu, the man
　But it had nothing to do with Granada.

　Puck.

　Granada immediately swallowed King Carne whole.
　Thus, King Carnu died. He was 48 years old. It's a pity.

　Incidentally, all the royalty in King Carnu's country were buried alive because of Granada's ramming, and as a matter of fact, he was the last survivor of the royal family.

　As a matter of fact, Carne's kingdom was the last survivor of Granada.
　I am sorry to hear that.

　After that, Granada ate people one by one and raided the shops and scavenged for fruits, vegetables and meat.
　And she carefully swallowed up jewelry and other shiny objects.

　Granada was very fond of shiny things.

　'Speaking of which, what happened to my collection...'

　So the predation of Granada continued until Granada decided to go to the place where she had once stored her collection of bright objects to see if the collection was safe.

　The number of people in King Carnu's country who were devoured by Granada is five thousand.
　The number of people who died from inhaling the miasma was 10,000.
　The number of people who died in the chaos was 5,000.

　In total, twenty thousand people were slaughtered by Granada.
　But from Granada's point of view, it was no big deal.





　Now, after Granada confirmed that the collection was safe, we took a post-dinner sleep and flew in the sky.
　Because the capital of King Carnu's country had been razed to the ground and there was nothing to eat.

　Well, I couldn't eat a month's worth of food, even if I had something to eat.
　Still, Granada was diligent to the extent of looking for food for later happiness.

　Now, swallowingly, Granada was flying through the air when he spotted a large group of humans.
　Granada thinks.
　Shall I kill them all?

　But Granada shook his head and denied it.
　There was no point in that.

　It seemed better to scare her into bringing him a good meal.

　So Granada let out a curse-laden voice.

　'Humans, get me booze, fat sheep, and a human female to carry them. Are you ready?　They'll kill us all if we don't get it ready right away.'

　That should do it.
　Granada thought so, and returned to the capital of King Carnu's country, which he had recently destroyed.



　A few weeks later.
　Two females came to Granada.
　One was a gray-haired, gray-eyed female.
　The other one had golden hair and golden eyes.

　Both were soft and delicious.
　But to Granada, the human being comes second.

　The sheep and the wine are far better than the humans.

　'Mmm, I see you've brought it as promised.

　The two females had brought eight large jars and eight sheep.
　The sheep were rotund and fat and looked really good.
　Also, the big bottles must have a reasonable amount of liquor in them.

　Granada's heart leaped.

　Granada was about to shove one of the heads into the big bottle...

　"Lady Granada.
　'What the hell, human. I was just in the middle of something good. What's the point of this shit and I'll kill you?
　No it's just that alcohol is best consumed in one gulp at a time.

　The Grey Lady recommends Granada take a swig.
　Granada thinks.
　Liquor is a drink made by man. So it stands to reason that we know the best way to drink it.

　Well......
　Granada was shocked.

　She had been trying to taste and drink as much as she could, for as long as she could, but....
　I didn't know it was better to drink it all at once.

　Have I ever had a loss........

　Well, that's good to know. You'll forgive my rudeness.

　With that, Granada plunged eight heads into the bottle at the same time.
　Then he drank them all at once.

　And then.....


　Hmmm ... more women?　Yeah?　Are you a man now?

　The ground and the sky whirl around and the woman begins to split apart.
　And .........

　Sleepy...

　Granada felt intensely sleepy.
　It is the Granada way to go to bed as soon as you feel sleepy.

　........Well, we can eat the sheep and the woman later.
　Let's go to bed.

　Thus, Granada closed all her eyes.
　In sleep, he went to sleep forever.







　"You were so easily deceived. This guy.

　I release my female body and touch Granada's face with my twang.
　Granada, who is asleep in a guska, shows no signs of waking up.

　''It's thanks to Your Majesty's quick thinking, isn't it?
　'Hmmm, I think it's partly his stupidity and partly his carelessness.

　Well, there is a fool who does not understand that there is an idiot who does not understand that chugging is dangerous even for modern Japanese after being told so much about it.
　There is no wonder that Granada can not understand.

　It's a good idea to be able to get your hands on some of these things.

　-Now, hack it to death. If I cut off his head, he'll be dead.

　Don't rush. I'll do it now. Come on, Alice, let's do it.
　'Yes!　This is your first time working together!
　No cake throwing, no dragon throwing.

　I face Granada with a bitter smile on my face.
　I don't have a grudge against him, but... well, let's just say he's the avenger of King Karne.

　I've never even seen his face.

　I raise my Dragon Damascus Steel Sword.

　Zak!

　The sword dug in about a quarter of the way in and stopped.
　Hard!

　You're not awake, are you?

　-It's okay, just be quick with it.

　Don't rush.

　I nervously swung my sword down repeatedly to finally cut off Granada's head.
　When I looked next to her, I saw that Alice had also finally cut off her head.

　Now, six more swords........




　...It's over....
　...It's over.

　Me and Alice breathed our shoulders and patted our chests as we wiped the sweat from our faces.
　If I woke up in the middle of a slash down....
　Just thinking about it is terrifying.

　My heart is still beating and I can't stop beating.
　........I think I might have been hit by the Granada curse.

　I'll get Julia to break the curse later.

　Is that all right?

　-Not yet.

　Boom!　
　My heart leaps.

　Alice is blue in the face.

　-My heart is still beating. We need to destroy it to feel safe.

　Me and Alice looked at each other.

　'Let's do it, Alice,'
　Yes.

　Me and Alice fearfully climb up on Granada's body.
　.........I believe Hydra regenerates its head, right?

　They don't come back to life, do they?

　-If we destroy the heart and pull out the heart muscle, the dragon won't survive. If you do, it will lose its regenerative powers.

　........regenerate.
　Perhaps my face and Alice's will turn as white as tofu.

　-Easy. At least, I've had my head lopped off in eight places. You won't be able to work for three days.

　I know...

　Me and Alice look for the inverted scales of Granada.
　Because the dragon's heart is inside the inverted scale.

　So if you pierce the inverted scale with a spear, the dragon will die.
　But in Granada's case, though, it will have to 'dig' because of its large body.

　'There it is, Alice.

　I thrust my sword into the inverted scales and scrape them off.
　The inverted scales and the surrounding scales are still hard.

　It took me about an hour to peel off the inverted scales.
　And when I peel off the inverted scales, soft flesh is revealed.

　Alice and I took turns digging into it with our swords.
　Silently, bloodied and remembering the horror of Granada, we dug incessantly.

　And then.....

　Kakin!

　A large amount of fresh blood gushed out at the same time as it hit the hard object.
　Me and Alice look at each other.

　And then slowly cut and scrape through the flesh, pulling out the hard object.
　A sphere with a radius of about thirty centimeters appeared.

　There's no doubt about it.
　It's Granada's heart metal.

　In other words.....

　-Congratulations. The Granada's heart was permanently destroyed. And the heart has been drained of its metal. There will be no more Granada Recovery. Lives were lost.

　Well....
　You did it, huh?

　And me and Alice passed out.