Letter
“Lei, don’t you show that to Elise no matter what. She’ll rail on me non-stop!”
We changed location to the mansion’s conference room. Inside, there are Alexia, Ferris, Caro, Aerith, Helen, Sieg, Marin-san, Dorothea-san, General Melia, and me.
I’m having Priscilla look after the children and lead the Hero group’s people to the place they can stay.
“That’s Chichiue’s fault……no, nothing. So why did you come to the domain?”
I ask, and Sieg looks to Dorothea-san. Dorothea-san is the one who has some business with me huh.
“We saw that incident at the Empire as well. Furthermore, one of those Heroes. He, is being possessed by the Demon God, right?”
I wonder if she can tell because she’s a Seven Demon General? She asks me with a vibe like she was sure of it. I was thinking that I have to talk about it as well, so I nod.
“It’s exactly as you said. As I thought, is it something that you can tell?”
“Eeh. I possess the Demon God’s Blessing as well after all. How should I say, there’s this feeling that goes,『Hand your power over to me』, flowing into me”
……isn’t that quite dangerous? As I’m looking fixedly at Dorothea-san
“Fufu, I’ll be embarrassed if you look at me at that much”
, she said something like that. As I glare at her because I got slightly irritated, Dorothea-san shrugs her shoulder like she’s going, ‘my my’.
“It’s fine. What do you think the collar is for”
She says and taps on the boorish collar worn on her neck. I suppose if Dorothea-san lays her hands on the people around because of the Demon God, the collar’s restriction will give the wearer intense pain. Worse comes to worst, one to the extent that she’ll end up dying.
“Don’t make such a bitter look. This is my sin. The sin I committed 300 years ago. It’s something I ought to bear. That’s why it’s nothing for you to worry about. Leaving that aside, regarding what they’re going to do hereafter; they’ll probably come to undo the seals”
“Seals?”
Sieg reacts to Dorothea-san’s words.
“Eeh. There are items Goddess Astell sealed the Demon God with a very long time ago. They’re on this continent, and the Demon Generals are after the release of those seals”
‘We were after that 300 years ago as well, but we failed’, Dorothea-san says. I go along with that flow and talk to everybody about what I heard from Goddess Astell as well. Dorothea-san was surprised when I talk about the seals’ location though.
“To think that it’d turned into something so serious. Furthermore, for that seal to be in my hometown as well……”
“Are you serious. For that Demon’s Land to be a Sealing Ground. But if you really, really, think about it, isn’t it strange? I’ve indeed never heard of monsters showing up that much in other regions”
As Caro says, Sieg clutches his head. But I suppose that’s inevitable as well. He’d probably never thought that his own home and territory would be implicated in such a serious matter.
“Also, Helen. I had asked Light to convey the message”
“Ah, yes. It seems Hilde-san will prepare it for us. It seems Levine-san also reluctantly consented to it”
Alright. With this, there probably won’t be any time issue due to distance. All that’s left is to write the letters and get ready for that.
“General Melia. Prepare the soldiers as I had said in the middle of it”
“Understood”
Now then, I guess let’s start.
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Nanor Kingdom Royal Palace
“Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Trouble!”
As I’m running my eyes across the documents, the door opens vigorously. The one who then came in was the Prime Minister. What exactly is it?
“What is it, how noisy. If it is about the matter at the Empire, then I am currently thinking about what to do……”
Because of what happened at the Regalia Empire roughly three weeks ago, I’m now having a headache. Is it another demand?
“It is not the time for that! An an an, an Ancient Dragon, an Ancient Dragon turned up!”
“What did you say!?”
The Prime Minister interrupted the words I thought back on, but what came out from the Prime Minister’s mouth were unthinkable words. An, an Ancient Dragon turned up, you say!?
“Presently, it is awaiting obediently outside the Royal Capital. Apparently, there is something it wants to hand over to Your Majesty, but it seems it has been told to hand it over to the actual person”
“Is it an order from somebody?”
“It seems so”
Hmm. If it is under somebody’s order, what comes to mind would be that Dragon Ruler who was with Lei and the others. It should be Attribute Ruler. If it’s them, who are at the summit of Dragons, then they’ll probably be able to order even an Ancient Dragon.
“Got it. I shall go and meet it”
“Your Majesty!? That is……”
“I know that it is dangerous. But, the Ancient Dragon won’t disappear even if I keep on sitting here. It will just aggravate the citizens’ restlessness. It’s probably better to do as the Ancient Dragon said if that’s the case. Besides, in the end, it’ll be all over if the Ancient Dragon goes on a rampage. If that’s the case, it’s better to meet it while it is waiting for us”
“……got it. I will come along. Royal Guards Captain Gayn. Please get the preparations ready”
“……understood”
After that, Gayn immediately gathers the Royal Guards and prepares the royalty-use carriage. The Prime Minister and I get on it and head towards the gate.
In the vicinity of the gate, the citizens had gathered, trying to catch a glimpse of the Ancient Dragon. Good grief, for them to gather because they want to see a Dragon of the strongest species. What’s going on with the nerves of my country’s citizens.
Even as I’m thinking of something like that, the carriage proceeds all the way to the front of the Ancient Dragon. The Royal Guard Squad moves in a way that they surround the carriage, but they’re being overwhelmed by the Ancient Dragon before their eyes. I hear that even for Gayn, a High-Rank Dragon is the strongest he had encountered before. It appears an Ancient Dragon that’s above that is, different right from the presence it gives off.
I, too, alight from the carriage and go all the way to the front of the Ancient Dragon. Its size is about 10 meters. It has a small built compared to the Dragon Ruler I saw previously, but even so, it has an overwhelming presence. It’s to the extent that even I, a King, is overshadowed before the Ancient Dragon.
“I am the King of the Nanor Kingdom, Raymond・Nanor. I heard you have some business with me”
『You’re the King of this country huh. I’m the Light Dragon Raeglesia. By the orders of my Ruler, I was entrusted with something to hand over to you』
“Something to hand over to me?”
『Yes. This』
The Light Dragon Raeglesia places the bag it had held between its scales in front of me. Gayn picks that up and checks the content. Inside was just a single letter.
『I heard that that is a letter that the fiance of our princess, Eclat-sama, wrote. I would like you to read it and provide an answer. Until then, I’ll be sleeping at the mountain over there, so come and call me』
When the Light Dragon Raeglesia said that, it fluttered its wings and flew off. It flew all the way and descended at the closest mountain in an instant. That mountain takes about 30 minutes on the carriage from here…….
But, hearing the conversation just now, I knew who the letter is from. I only know one dragon called Eclat. It’s the baby dragon by Lei’s side. Lei had indeed said that that dragon is his fiancee. In that case, I suppose this letter is from Lei.
After that, I immediately return to the Royal Palace and open the letter, and over there was a letter jointly signed by Lei and Alexia. When I check the content, the details written were, about what happened at the Regalia Empire, about the Demon God’s seals, and that every country has to join forces like 300 years ago.
What’s the most surprising amongst that was, that they want us to assemble at the domain, because they want to establish a venue for the kings of every country to have a discussion for the sake of that.
