Dragon-san Wants a Friend Chapter 32: Dragon-san Becomes a Little Girl ~Epilogue~

Chapter 32: Dragon-san Becos a Little Girl ~Epilogue~

Translator: Kurehashi Aiko

While working through the paperwork at Signos Magic Academy Principal’s Office, Seram, whose eyes got tired from all the work, raised his head and looked around the already dim room.

When he looked out the window, the usually blue sky already began to be dyed in a vivid shade of orange.

Seram smiled at his tired condition, and while rubbing his eyebrows with his wrinkled finger he carefully looked out the window, gazing at the orange-colored sky outside.

You could even hardly hear the lively voices of children playing in the yard, a clear sign of the late hour. Everyone either went ho already, or got back to the dormitories.

Every ti he saw that sunset, that girl’s image would co to his mind.

It was a long ti ago that Seram Slagart had realized that this girl was his first love.

Even after he realized that the girl’s identity was in fact his gentle Onee-san and who was also the Black Fla Dragon, the mories of the ti they spent together, albeit shorter than one day, were still as clear as day to him. They would never fade from his heart, and he cherished them dearly.

When he told that to his dear wife once, she only laughed as if amazed and said: ‘Both first loves and broken hearts are sothing special, indeed.’

When he noticed ‘her’ identity, lots of things suddenly started to make sense.

Not only the fact that his parents didn’t dismiss his stories about her as re fantasies, but also the fact that from ti to ti residents of the town would co and approach her, thanking her for the things she had done.

Those people must have also recognized her by the color of her hair.

Even when Chro got old enough to enroll in a military academy, she would always devote so of her ti to them, and so he always thought of her as ‘gentle Onee-san’ or simply ‘Dragon-san.’

Seram was not really all that surprised by this, taking into account the fact that anyti she ca to play with them, his parents would have that look of relief on their faces.

To be perfectly honest, he preferred to discover this on his own, rather than being told by soone else. Otherwise, he would probably felt deeply betrayed.

Understanding this also helped him to co to terms with many things.

He was also told that ‘she’ adopted this ‘Onee-san’ attitude because she didn’t like to see him or Chro sad.

A few years later Chro enrolled in the military academy so that he could beco a soldier, and then when he was old enough, Seram also entered the Magic Academy so that he could beco a proper magician.

It was for the first ti in his life that he was living in the dorm, away from his parents. There were hardships at first, but eventually he managed to make friends and things gradually started to turn out for the better.

At ho he was surrounded by magicians as well: his father was overseeing the affairs of all dostic magicians, his mother was a forr military magician herself and Nectar-san who was said to be a magical genius, one that is born every thousand years.

Thanks to that, he could answer even the hardest of questions in class. It was then that he realized just how blessed he was for growing up in such an environnt.

The only class Seram sotis struggled was the subject to adapt the ancient language into the modern tongue. But aside from that, where other boys and girls were struggling with the grammar and new words of ancient language, Seram was able to speak it fluently and manipulate the words freely thanks to all of the lessons that his ‘Onee-san’ gave him.

In fact, ‘Onee-san’ was such an adept speaker of the ancient language that even Nectar-san, the one who was called sage by the people, looked up to her in this regard. She was also the one who was teaching the local magicians about magic during the famous ‘Black Fla Dragon Open-Air Magic Seminar’. It was sothing she did to share her enormous knowledge and so that she could share it with her friends.

Thanks to that they had ti to conduct their own research and train the usage of new spells, or even seeking out part ti jobs from the Adventurer’s Guild.

It was sothing that Seram would never expect, not even knowing how much help he received from both ‘Onee-san’ and his parents, which was enough for him to finish the academy while making friends and enabling him to pick up a job at the royal castle as the court magician.

Every day at the castle was filled with excitent and new challenges, as he and other people conducted various research under Nectar Prominent, who was the head of the castle’s laboratory at the ti. All this ti he could feel that their gradual goal was slowly changing from ‘developing new magical tools’ to ‘teaching magic to everyone’.

That shift in priority was also an accomplishnt of Nectar-san, the Great Sage.

However, rather than discussing about ancient language and magic with his co-workers, he would often go back in his mories to his own ti at school, learning new things and playing football together with his friends. Those mories made Seram realize just how much pleasure teaching soone could give you.

So when he ca back to the academy with a goal of becoming the teacher there, he was quickly accepted thanks to the fact that the headmaster at the ti was none other than his father, Kyle.

Despite having to struggle quite a lot in his early days – there was no manual on how to prepare and conduct classes – his ti was passing in a rather fulfilling way, so much that at so point of ti he was chosen to beco the next headmaster of the academy, so that he could continue the work his father had been doing.

Now his father and mother have already passed away, he took a wife of his own and had children with her, and watched as his grandchildren went to school.

His wife and children held a special place in Seram’s heart.

There was not a day where he wouldn’t think about them.

His brother, Chro, also tried to follow in their father’s footsteps, only to realize that it was not what he wanted to do and ended up joining the military, where he climbed the ranks until he received the title of the general.

He thought it would be great if Chro’s family would also go to the academy, but for him it was enough that his children would be happy and grow up healthy and strong.

This academy was full of precious mories to him.

Recently, Seram realized that his health was not as good as it used to be, and so he was thinking that it may very well be ti for him to step down from his position and choose a new headmaster.

If his grandchildren choose to enroll in the academy, he wanted to wait until they graduate from it, but he also had to make preparations in case they chose to do otherwise.

While thinking like that, the communication device situated at the corner of his desk began to emit sound and light, letting him know that there was an incoming call.

This device was far better than telepathy, allowing for a conversation of the utmost quality, with no ti-lag to speak of, making it feel as though you were holding a real conversation with the other party face-to-face.

Originally it was thought to be able to connect to pretty much every other device as long as you knew their location or designated number, but since that even the test device was pretty expensive, for now it could only be installed in very limited places, like mansions of important people or important national facilities.

But in the end, Seram could talk through this device to anyone, even if the other party was not a magician or wasn’t able to read the magical waves.

He activated the device, and as soon as he did that he heard a glossy woman voice from the other side of the line.

“Oh my, took you so ti to pick up. Are you having your hands full with work, Mr. Academy Headmaster?”

[I could ask you the very sa question, Miss Head Magician.]

When he responded lightly to the girl he knew back from his school days, he heard her laughter coming from the other side.

“It seems like you’re doing just fine, Seram. Good to know. It’s a sha that the synchronization will be lost once you retire. Even though there is lots of children there, not many can fully appreciate such a ‘magical demon’ like myself.”

[Now, why is the first female Court Magician saying things like that? Isha. As the ‘Sage of Water Flowers’ your beauty and ability still stands at the top. That fact will never change.]

“…… This, this ability of yours to unconsciously throw complents like that really doesn’t change.”

The Court Magician, Isha Somnis laughed bitterly at her end, and Seram laughed as well, smiling bitterly as the sense of nostalgia took a hold of him.

[Yeah, but since my wife passed away, I can’t say I was able to focus on pretty much anything at all.]

“Oh my, oh my, so it was terminal after all.”

Isha was his underclassn, but thanks to his privilege as the Headmaster he allowed her to skip a few grades without having her to go through the normal classes like the rest of the student body.

Since she skipped a few grades despite being younger than the rest of the students, she brought a lot of antipathy towards herself at the Academy, and lots of noble children were looking down at her, but despite all that she still managed to hold her ground against those who didn’t like her.

One ti, when she ca to him for help, she even confined in him that she was one of the victims of the kidnapping case back in the day, the very sa that Nectar-san, his father and the ‘girl’ helped to resolve. Sharing a secret like that created a sort of link between them, a sense of comradery of sorts, bringing them close to each other.

Because of that they would often be mistaken as lovers, which would often serve as the cause of concern and fights with his wife. But even now, she manage to hold her ground, and they are still in good terms with each other.

[By the way, Isha. For you to use this device to contact , did sothing happen at the royal palace?]

It was the first real conversation he had with her in like a month or so, but since they were using the communication device, Seram rushed her to skip to the main point, so as to avoid the unnecessary consumption of magical power.

“Yes, it is sothing very important. Actually, I was visited by soone very nostalgic just earlier.”

Seram was quite shook, hearing sothing like that from Isha, who was normally so cool and composed.

“Aaah, ti sure flies by so fast. For sothing as wonderful as this to happen.”

[Isha, who ca to visit?]

“Ufufu, I thought I would tell you, but now I decided to not do that. You will find out eventually. Actually, I really wanted to co and see you, but oh well, I made a certain promise, so just this once I will have to pass. Just wait there and prepare so tea in advance. Oh, yeah, right, madeleines are the best sweets ever, wouldn’t you agree?”

[Isha, what are you……]

“See you, and have a good ti.”

Isha laughed like a little girl and ended the connection, leaving Seram stunned and wondering what was it that she was talking about.

Isha had an exceptional talent for digging out information, and amongst many of them, she was really sensitive to any bits and pieces concerning ‘her’.

He knew she was really good at what she does, but to know that ‘she’ would even co to visit her would an that she really did her howork quite thoroughly.

After all, ‘she’ was her absolute favorite.

No way, he thought, and at that exact ti he heard soone knocking onto his office’s door.

[Excuse , Headmaster. It is almost closing ti.]

He saw the figure of his secretary at the door, and couldn’t help but to smile in bitter disappointnt.

What on earth was he thinking?

[Aah, this might work.]

Seram turned towards his secretary, having co across what he thought to be a good idea.

[We do have so madeleines, correct?]

[Ah, yeas, that’s right, if you an those confectionaries from the store in town, we do have them here.]

[I would like to have a bite before heading ho.]

[As you wish.]

The secretary bowed her head and then left, leaving Seram alone in his office. Seram then stood up and walked to a kettle hanging on the wall in the corner of the room, wanting to boil so water.

Since it was sothing he rembered doing all the way back during his school years, it was one of those thing he would always do himself, instead of leaving it to his secretary.

And although he would normally consider this to be stupid, just now he wanted to get lost in the mories of the past while sipping on the delicious tea.

Applying so magic to the kettle, it immiediately began to boil the water, thanks to which in the anti he could prepare the leaves in the teapot.

[Oh my, are you in the middle of preparing tea?]

She spoke naturally, to which Seram stroked his hair.

There was no way he could ever forget that voice.

Seram took a couple of deep breaths, before he eventually turned around to face the source of the voice.

There, basked in the light, stood one of his most precious mories, but in a shape that would not stand out too much.

She looked quite adorable with blonde hair coupled with red and black strands here and there, and the facial features of a foreigner.

Even though he knew that this golden-haired beauty was but a temporary shape that gazed at him with that cheerful, familiar look, he just couldn’t help it but to rember those vivid mories from all that ti long ago.

[It’s been a while ––––…… ‘Nee-san’.]

While the nostalgic feelings kept on spreading throughout his chest, Seram responded in the sa way that he used to during those days long ti ago. The girl was watching him closely, but then she smiled like a little child caught in the middle of one of its many mischiefs.

[Haah, and here I was, hoping that you would be surprised, even by a little bit.]

[Really now, you were never all that good at hiding your identity, but I must say, it is quite nice to be able to see you in that form once more.]

He spoke sincerely from the bottom of his heart, then smiled at the girl.

As the water in the kettle boiled, Seram transported it over the teapot containing tea leaves and poured the water in, before it would boil too much.

[My secretary is going to bring so madeleines here in a second. Would you like so?]

As soon as she heard that, the girl’s face turned all bright.

[Uwah, that’s so awfully nice of you, little one! Does that an you knew I might co pay you a visit?]

[That, is a secret.]

Seram smiled mysteriously at the puzzled girl.

He lived so long and he finally managed to surprise her.

But , she soon shrugged her shoulders and her little fra beca disappointingly ambiguous, shifting and changing.

In the next mont, the one standing before him was the ‘Nee-san’ he knew so well from his childhood.

For him, it was the first ti he actually saw soone using transformation magic, and even though it was so difficult and complex to pull off he was surprised just how quickly and quietly she managed to accomplish it.

[You see, little one, I…… I gave birth to a child.]

When she told him that, Seram was surprised yet again.

[Oh, this is, umm, congratulations.]

[Thank you. But, truth to be told, it was a few years ago.]

Hearing Seram’s congratulations she laughed gently, and then continued.

[You see, there is a certain request I have for you.]

[And I’ll be more than happy to accept.]

That clearly shocked and surprised him, but nevertheless, Seram answered reflexively.

Hearing him accept right of the bat, his ‘Nee-san’ looked at him carefully, and then asked like she wanted to be sure about sothing.

[Are you sure you want to accept a request without hearing about it in more detail?]

[It’s fine. After all, it is my Nee-san’s request.]

[Yeah, but, I an…]

[I have always dread of being able to help you soday.]

She blinked for a few seconds, and then her eyes narrowed, as if just witnessed the growth of her own child.

[Geez, you’ve grown into such a fine man, Seram. Think you could lend a hand?]

[Sure.]

There was no need for Seram to ask, He already understood the reason why she didn’t co to anyone else with this matter but him. His heart was overjoyed, as if he went back to the ti of his youth in a single mont.

While thinking it was nice to be impressed even at this age, Seram escorted his Nee-san onto the sofa and presented her with a really late afternoon tea.

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THE END