Chapter 715 – D&D (Disks and Dragons)

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The two people and their familiars were instantly transferred from the base of the Expulsion Church to Laila’s defense by the emergency activation of Arnia’s return device.

As soon as they arrived at the workshop, the things that were hanging on both Arnia’s shoulders lost the light from their eyes and body, and fell to the ground and broke apart.

At the same time, when the sound of something rushing was heard, Cleon and Lila appeared there, opening the door to the workshop.

＂Arnia! Aine! Thank goodness you came back safely!”

When Lila hurriedly runs over and checks the bodies of the two people standing on the magic circle, Arnia’s body doesn’t seem to have suffered much damage except for her hair becoming a little shorter, but Aine’s shoulder was cut once and the second time. When facing the raw quartz and the sum, the arm did not move properly, possibly due to the aftereffects of overusing the muscles of the body.

“Cleon, heal Aine. I will check the disks the two brought.”

“Okay. I’ll borrow a bed, Lila.”

Then, Cleon first places his hand on the blood-filled clothes that Aine was wearing.

Although she hesitated there for a moment, Aine nodded as if she was okay, and Cleon, seeing this, carefully removed her red-tinted black blanket.

When I moved my gaze to her arm, which was covered with a bandage on the inside, I could see that the sword wound caused by her quartz was slowly recovering with her half-demon’s own regenerative ability.

Perhaps, even though Quartz was acting like she was brainwashed, she knew about Aine’s regenerative abilities, so she was able to swing her sword without hesitation.

However, it was clear that it was a serious injury for a human, so Cleon immediately used her imprint ability to borrow Kuon’s recovery magic and used it on her arm.

Then, the wound on her arm healed to the point where it was clearly visible even by looking at it, and her skin was restored to the state where it appeared to be as flawless as it was before the injury.

“This is the power of magic. Certainly, it heals wounds faster than magic or medicine.”

Aine expressed her feelings about receiving her recovery magic for the first time, but she seemed to feel a little out of place.

＂… Are you okay?＂

When Cleon asks her a question carefully, Aine nods her head and answers while rubbing the side of her arm where the wound was.

“Yes. It’s okay. A wound of this magnitude…”

“It’s not that… It’s about quartz.”

＂…＂

At Cleon’s words, Aine closed her mouth for a moment.

Then, he lowers his head and answers Cleon with a still dark expression.

“Actually… I still feel it’s hard to accept. I still don’t know what plan he has… But if what he wanted was to see my resolve, I can understand, to a certain extent.”

In her earliest memories, it was Quartz who saved the three sisters from harming their parents when they were possessed by her ghost.

It is impossible for her to betray her, and no matter what happens, she believes that it is natural for her to live until now.

Believing in the words, “To ensure that there are no victims like them.”

Even now, I have not wavered in that belief.

Thinking that she had no choice but to strengthen her heart so that she could fight against the trials and tribulations that came her way, she lifted her head and looked at Cleon.

“… Anyway, thank you very much for your help, Cleon. Once again, I’m in debt.”

“Please don’t think of it as a debt. Because we also received help from Mr. Quartz.”

Before Cleon could say unfamiliar words like ‘Let’s join forces’, something that could be said of a protagonist somewhere, he turned his head towards Lila, who was struggling with the recording magic tool they had brought back.

She was holding it in her hand and making a groaning sound, and it seemed like she was looking inside herself with a magic spell in her eyes.

“What’s the matter? Do you think you know something?”

When Cleon asks that question, Lila shakes her head but still looks at the magic tool in her hand with a mysterious expression.

“No. This is something that requires more equipment to open. You cannot obtain the information contained within simply by holding it or looking at it with your eyes.”

Unfortunately, when she says that there are limits to what she can see with her naked eyes, Cleon tilts her head as if asking if she is okay.

“Isn’t it true that the necessary equipment is difficult to obtain?”

“Luckily, you can do anything with the equipment you have.”

These days, when I get something, I often need something else to get it, so Cleon was the first to tense up, but at Lila’s answer, she let out a sigh of relief.

“How long will it take for the analysis results to come out?”

And when Aine asks carefully, Laila nods her head and answers, ‘At the latest by this evening.’

“However, as Ms. Quartz said, she is planning to stick to her plan until the day of the Five Elements Festival. I don’t think I can move anything right now.”

“I know. However… I think I need to know what he is thinking and what plans he has made.”

When she says that, Cleon nods his head as if what she says is correct.

“Then, first, please rest for a while in this mansion. Lila, be the first to tell her when her analysis results come out. I think I need to go out for a bit.”

When Cleon says that and raises her body, Lila blinks her eyes and asks him a question.

“Oh, something happened?”

“It would be correct to say that it just happened. Since it’s related to the Expulsion Church, I’m going to talk to Diora about it.”

“Ah. Whatever it is, I still trust it.”

At Lila’s teasing words, Cleon shrugs her shoulders and leaves her room.

If you ask me if I trust it, I think it is to some extent.

If you ask her if it’s because she’s told some of her own painful past, it’s not.

Even more than that, it is because it is proven through skills and results.

If she hadn’t been there, she would have had to run away from Selena’s pursuit, and she wouldn’t have been able to respond properly to something like this.

In many ways, it was an honest feeling that it helped me.

As neighbors with a common enemy, it was easy to become allies, but it was still difficult to gain trust.

However, Diora solved it by showing her relationship with Amelia and showing her hostility towards the exiled church.

However, I think there is a darker side to her secret.

The thing about Babel – especially considering the things about her dragon powers that she has.

Cleon suddenly looks down at the dragon ring on his finger.

As it happened, the ring was completed with only one groove remaining, and the part prepared for Gaius, the earth element, was about half empty.

Come to think of it – What did Letios say would happen when all of these rings were filled…?

As he remembered the story, whether he had heard it or not, he headed outside his mansion.

001

＂… First of all, I came this far…＂

And then, Cleon arrived and stopped near the military base of the kingdom where Selena was staying.

I could see that the kingdom’s soldiers were taking turns standing guard on the road leading to the place where the tents were lined up.

No matter how much I talked to Selena and gained mutual understanding and developed a cooperative relationship, I feel that it would not be advisable to hastily show myself in front of them.

In that case, the way is to sneak in using the veil of darkness, which is a magic that turns one’s body invisible and hides-

Or, change her appearance with her polymorph and summon her, or is it one of her two?

But at that time.

When he thought that a lightning bolt had struck the dry sky, Cleon suddenly felt a sign of presence behind him and turned around.

Then, there, standing in the place where no one had been before, was a person who appeared as suddenly as a bolt of lightning.

“Letios. You were still in the Eastern Country.”

Thunder Dragon Letios.

She was the one who helped reunite Kanon and the Kanan sisters, one of her five original dragons.

“It’s been a long time since I met you, but I couldn’t even talk to you properly. I was waiting for you to be alone so as not to disturb your work.”

I wasn’t quite alone, so I waited a little bit.

As she added, her expression was poker-faced as always, but it seemed like there was a bit of disappointment mixed in.

Since he still seems to be quiet and avoids forming relationships with others, perhaps he was waiting for Cleon to be alone.

“Ah, I’m sorry… I had to explain it properly, including things related to Gaius.”

When Cleon apologized, Letius’ face showed a subtle but slightly sad look.

She seemed to forgive Kanan, but there was no doubt that she also lost someone like her sister.

The general information about what happened to Gaius was conveyed briefly to explain the relationship between Kanan and Gaius, but what exactly happened in the past and where her power went.

How she faced her death and what consequences it left behind.

There wasn’t enough time to explain everything in detail.

However, after hearing Cleon’s words, Letios shook his head once and answered him.

“Gaius, he chose his own form of death for the sake of those he protected. Among dragons, he must be rare to end his life like that. If there is someone to whom she entrusts her power, she will definitely have a role prepared for her. The power of the dragon is only entrusted to those who are entrusted with its destiny.”

That also applies to the dragon ring you have. She adds.

Although Cleon did not like the word fate very much.

“Anyway, Cleon. Would you like to go to the nest with me? Since we’ve been away for a long time, I’m a bit of an empath… No, a story like a husband and wife…”

Letios, blushing, tries to take Cleon to his nest.

The tail that grew behind her moved slowly and was about to wrap around Cleon’s leg.

Then, at that time.

＂Uh-hey☆ What are you doing in a place like this?☆＂

When Cleon and Letios turned to look at the familiar voice coming from behind, there was the red-haired Diora smiling and looking at them.

Then, she looked at Letios, who was wrapping her tail around Cleon’s leg, and spoke.

“Suddenly, a magical power so huge and powerful that it shook the heavens and earth appeared in the middle of the city and did something… If there had been wizards like the kingdom who monitored the magical power, I would have passed out from shock on the spot and not died.”

Was it the shock of the sudden appearance of magical power of a completely different dimension…

While Cleon was reacting as if he was thinking a little, as if he had a point, Letios and Diora looked at each other for a moment and said nothing.

In those two people’s eyes, they must have seen each other’s true identity.

“That’s right, the knight of the kingdom who helped Cleon in suppressing Kanan and Peter and is said to have the power of a dragon.”

“And you are Letios, the biological sister of the famous wind dragon, Luthios, and one of the five elemental dragons.”

As they looked at each other and lightly expressed their true identity, for some reason, I could feel something like an invisible tension between the two.

Is there any reason for them to dislike each other?

＂… They are both in a hostile relationship with the Expulsion Church and Adam, so there is no need to be so harsh…＂

When Cleon said that, the two looked at each other for a moment and did not talk at all, but the next moment, Diora wrapped her arm around Cleon’s arm and spoke.

＂Cleon, does it mean that you were here to see me☆? Oh, do you want to tell the story behind yesterday’s story?☆”

＂… Why is this happening all of a sudden… Not only that, but there was also progress today in matters related to the exiled church.＂

“Hey, you’re so eager. That’s to be expected. And the fact that you came straight to deliver it to me, ah, is proof that you are trusted by Cleon☆ Does this mean you are one step closer to Amelia?☆”

When she imagines approaching her Amelia, her Cleon pushes her away, feeling her goosebumps rise.

Then, this time, Letius cleared his throat and wrapped his tail even more firmly around one of Cleon’s legs.

“… Cleon, even though you can’t go to the nest, it’s better for you to spend more time with me.”

＂To Letios…＂

[These guys are annoying~]

When Galatea’s voice, hanging from her waist, resonates so that only Cleon can hear it, Cleon turns to look at the two as if he is troubled.

At that time, Cleon saw that the eyes of the people passing by were focused on them, especially Letios, and with a sigh, he took the two people by the hand and led them out of the place.

“We’re going to talk to both sides, so let’s move on for now. Letios stands out so much.”

＂That much…? I thought I was hiding my tail properly…”

＂…＂

So does that mean that the thing you were holding on to Cleon with your tail so confidently up until now was something you did unconsciously?

Feeling a bit of fear, Cleon led the two people and searched in his mind for a place where they could talk quietly –

Soon, I headed to ‘that store’, feeling a little rude as there would be no one there at this time.