Ankoku Kishi Monogatari ~Yuusha wo Taosu Tameni Maou ni Shoukansaremashita~ Chapter 20.2: The Land Where The Holy Dragon Lives

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The west side of the Rox kingdom rampart is currently in a half-destroyed state.

The cause is an extrely powerful offensive magic.

In the first place, this is the second ti the hero’s party is coming to this kingdom.

Since there was a fool who tried to ss with those girls when they ca to this kingdom before, the angry girl destroyed the rampart with magic.

I happened to hear that the hero’s party also caused a similar incident in the capital of Holy Republic Lenaria. It seems Rena temple always assigned a convoy whenever the hero’s party takes a stroll in the city.

That’s why, to prevent similar accidents like the last ti, our kingdom also decided to assign a convoy to the hero’s party. The one in charge of that is .

A big country like Holy republic Lenaria can assign any number of guards, but our the Rox kingdom knights number no more than 20. When considering about the need for maintenance of public order for the festival that will begin tomorrow and the usual defense of the highway, that number can’t be avoided. It won’t be bad if normal people were drafted to work around that area, but they’re not skilled enough. So, we had to recruit as many skilled individuals as possible.

Thus, we decided to recruit skilled freedom fighters as their convoy.

The criteria for selection is soone who won’t cause unpleasant feelings even when looking at the hero’s woman and isn’t hostile toward the hero.

Gallios is soone who I can trust after long years of association, and even if I only know Kuro for a while, he is skilled; moreover, he is calm, and I can’t see him as soone hostile toward the hero. The most important point is that I can’t see him as soone who will cause unpleasant feelings with his harmless appearance.

That’s why I want to employ their help no matter what.

「That’s why, please. Will you help with this job? 」

I bow to them.

「I’m not in the mood to do it….」

Gallios is saying so as he continued.

「In the first place, I don’t think that I’m suitable for the job if the other party is a noble」

Gallios has the sa attitude toward anyone. He spoke with the sa tone irrespective of whether it was toward or royalty of another country. Though the king of Rox didn’t mind about his attitude, it’s might be considered a rude action toward the other country.

If we were unlucky, we might anger the hero.

「No, no need to worry about such things since the one to accompany them is Almi… Is the princess. We’re going to escort them from a secret place so no suspicious persons will approach them」

I tell him about my plan.

「Princess, are you talking about Almina? 」

I nod to the question from Gallios. Almina, who will turn 17 this year, is the youngest princess of the Rox kingdom.

On hearing that the hero is soft toward girls and since it won’t cause any unpleasant feelings to the hero’s won if a woman was to accompany them, adding to her perfect manner, it was decided that the princess will accompany the hero.

「I see, both the future husband and wife will accompany the hero, huh」

Gallios said with a wide grin on his face.

「Please don’t tease with that, senpai」

It’s a fact that princess Almina is my childhood friend and also my fiancee.

「It’s a good thing for you and princess Almina. I’ll lend a hand if weren’t for accompanying the hero」

Gallios is laughing with “GAHAHA”. Then, he glanced at Kuro.

「What about you, Kuro? 」

To be honest, Kuro seed unwilling to do this job.

But, Kuro, who can use magic, will beco a great help in this case.

「Please help with this job, Kuro-dono! ! 」

I bow toward Kuro.

「Well, I think it’s okay as long as it is not directly accompanying the hero…」

Kuro unwillingly accepted my request.

Thus, I gained their cooperation.

And the matter regarding the hero’s also settled for now.

Sohow, I have a bad premonition about this sudden visit of the hero.

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◆ Dark Knight Kuroki.

I think that it’s quite strange.

I never thought that I, who summoned to beat the hero, will one day beco his escort.

I accepted Rember’s request because it seems that it’s an important matter for him and because I consider him as one of my friends outside Nargol.

From Rember’s story, it’s not like I’m going to et them directly, so I think it’s okay since it just involves escorting them from a relatively isolated place.

As for why I ca to the vicinity of the Rox kingdom, it’s to gather the ingredients to create a goddess.

I recalled the conversation I had with Modes before I co to this place.

「I need a dragon horn. Moreover, we can’t make a goddess unless the horn is from a dragon king」

Modes told that when I asked for my compensation.

Surely, it’s not like I will receive my compensation in an instant.

But, it seems that special ingredients are needed to create a goddess, and it seems that we can’t make a goddess unless we use those ingredients.

I was told that a dragon, hailed as the holy dragon king of silver, is living in the vicinities of this the Rox kingdom, and we definitely can make a goddess by using that dragon king’s horn. By the way, it seems that Mona is made by using the horn of the dragon king that was hailed as the demon dragon king of lustrous black. Maybe that’s the reason for Mona’s beautiful black-colored hair that’s different from Rena.

Nevertheless, the matter of acquiring the horn of a dragon king is a highly difficult subject, right?

When I researched about it, the dragons hailed as dragon kings are considered terribly strong. I don’t think that acquiring the dragon horn will be an easy matter for .

It is as if I’ve completely beco an errand child for Modes.

Or else, it’s maybe because he judged that it’ll be an easy matter for the powerful .

Moreover, I didn’t want to hurt a dragon just for my own desire.

It’ll make rember Glorious.

Thus, I rode on Glorious all the way till this the Rox kingdom. Though I heard that the people without permission will be chased around by the holy knights of Elios, those holy knights were already annihilated by .

To be honest, I’m reflecting on my actions that went overboard. That evening, I lost my temper, so I just crushed everyone who ca toward without thinking much about it. Before I noticed, it seems that I had already annihilated the holy knights. On hearing about their annihilation, I still wonder how much damage I caused to them. I can’t confirm it even now.

Well, since there are no holy knights, it’s an that I can ride on Glorious.

Compared to Nargol, the majority of the expanse of the skies of this world is beautiful with a perfectly clear blue sky like the one from my world.

In that matter, riding on the back of a dragon while flying under the blue sky was truly wonderful expression.

Though I can fly with flight magic, flying on the back of a dragon feels much better.

I definitely won’t be able to forgive anyone who wants to take the horn of Glorious, since he made feel the wonder of flying under the sky.

That’s why I couldn’t get excited with the matter of killing off the dragon king who’s similar to Glorious.

Moreover, the reason why I ca to this place is because I have nothing to do.

I thought it’s better to have sothing to do than nothing; thus, I traveled on Glorious all the way till here. By the way, Nut isn’t with right now.

I first arrived at a certain tower in the forest, since I can’t enter the city with Glorious in tow.

It seems it is an abandoned tower with no life. The hollow on top of the tower is the most suitable place to hide Glorious.

I ca to see the situation a while ago, but it seems that Glorious liked that place.

According to Ruugas, it seems that dragons will eat when it’s the ti to eat and eat nothing when it isn’t the ti. It seems that Glorious is currently not in eating mode.

I imrse myself till my shoulders while thinking about those things.

Currently, I’m inside the public hot spring in the Rox kingdom.

The other guests are also bathing along with .

Though I’m still reluctant about the matter of acquiring the horn, I’m extrely grateful for the existence of this hot spring. I think it’s worthwhile to co to this place just for this alone.

The hot spring established by the Rox kingdom wasn’t built in an elaborate manner; it just contained a rock bath.

There’s a liquid foam made from the oil of a certain plant, and they even have sauna-like rooms – complete with the equipnt. While imrsing myself in the hot spring, I recall about Japan.

Not even one month has passed since then, but I’m already feeling hosick.

I wonder if everyone is alright?

Can we go back safely?

My head is filled with nothing but such thoughts. It seems that I’ve soaked a bit too long in the hot spring.

「Ooi Kuro, going up already? 」

Gallios inquires about my action.

I look at Galios. He’s a hairy man. There are scars all over his body, and those scars are the testant of his way of life.

I t Gallios yesterday night.

I found Gallios with wounded legs when I was wandering in the forest for food. [TL: Poor Kuroki]

Unfortunately, the healing spell that I can use is the type of healing that can be used on no one but . That’s why I couldn’t heal Gallios. Thus, I carried Gallios on my back all the way to the Rox kingdom.

Nevertheless, it turned out that Gallios is quite a famous figure even in the Rox kingdom. Even the gatekeeper of the rampart simply let through when they saw Gallios on my back. It’s hard to believe that they kept refusing at the door until now.

In fact, this is the first ti I entered the rampart from the front gate.

However, the Rox kingdom provided more freedom for people to go in and out as long as they won’t commit cris.

It seems that there are a different ans to enter each country: there’s a country which will allow you to enter as long as you pay money, there’s also a country which won’t allow you to enter if you’re not their citizen or a citizen of their allies.

And speaking of money, different from my last journey, I’m bringing money for my use it in human society.

Thus, the problem of money that was present during the visit to Holy Republic Lenaria was solved in a jiffy.

That is not because I understood the thod to exchange available gems for money.

It’s good as long as I can make so money – the so-called private mint. [TL: Producing money on your own