Volu 2, Chapter 1: Dragon-san Is doing Alright
Translator: Kurehashi Aiko
I am a dragon.
I have a thin, beautiful body with a long neck and tail, covered from head to toe with shiny black scales.
I have long talons that plow through the earth with ease.
The reddish wings that grow on my back not only allow to fly through the sky, but I can also dive underwater and swim at very high velocity.
My eyes have a color of pure gold and my mouth is filled to the brim with sharp, pointy fangs.
I am your typical dragon-sama, the one who rules both the earth below and the skies above.
‘I’ used to be your typical run-of-the-mill college student back in my old world, but due to so circumstances I ended up dead and reincarnated as a dragon into this world right here.
I used to despise my new draconic form at first, and hated the responsibilities of attending to the magical leylines that run through this world that ca together with my new form. But then I learned that dragons – or the Ancient Dragon Tribe, as a matter of fact – are one of the strongest creatures in this world, and so with ti I ca to accept my new reality.
But the thing is, dragons are not very family-oriented creatures and tend to keep mostly to themselves, and so my new life started as that of a loner, with having little to no contact with any other living creature.
Even if dragons are standing atop the food chain here, it was simply hard for to accept having been reincarnated into one after my freshly started college life ended abruptly by sothing as stupid as slipping on a banana peel.
It would be no exaggeration to say that I got reincarnated as sothing equally anti-social as I was during my life.
The role of a dragon in this world is that of the guardian of all the magic. That one fact is indisputable.
Still, I didn’t wanted to give up on the idea of wanting to make friends! And my determination to make them could be compared to nothing short of force of the erupting volcano!
Even when Tree Spirit Gramps taught the language, it turned out I was still pretty much unable to communicate with anyone, not to ntion that thanks to my intimidating appearance people tend to run away from first thing they see –––––– No, even though it was really hard at first, I still managed to make so friends thanks to good fortune and lucky coincidences.
As well as to et so dear, irreplaceable people.
…… I wonder if there ever was sothing like that in the past, one of the strongest creatures in the entire world being moved to tears?
Overcoming my own weaknesses and strengthening the bonds with my friends, I continued to work on repairing and readjusting the leylines all over the place.
Now that I managed to overco the language barrier, I was ready for new encounters with new people.
For example right now……
「Good mor––––––……」
「UUUUUUWWWWWWAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!」
Friendly, approach……
「It’s the dragon! The dragon has coooooo!!」
「It’s over! This village is done for!!!」
「Hurry, the won and children still have a chance to get away safely!!」
Ahh ––– Well shoot, who would have known that there were Dwarves living in the vicinity of this particular mountain?
It looks like I am still unable to understand the languages of the Western part of the continent.
…… It is a real pain when so countries speak different language like that.
For the ti being I wasn’t going to run away, since I did not co here to fight.
「If we manage to defeat the beast, we can make so high quality magic tools out of it! Stand your ground and fight, the lot of you!」
「「OOOOOHHHHH!!!」」
Oooh, another group ca out, but this ti they were carrying weapons and their eyes were strangely bloodshot.
Hm, are they perhaps going hunting? Huh, what’s that now? Ehh, they are trying to hunt down!? Say what!?
「Have a taste of ––––」
「Guys, please! Just…… Just give so ti so that I can change into my human form, will you!!!」
As I was crying magical jewels I panic, things like stones and spears began to fly in my general direction.
Us dragons can live for a very long ti.
So, getting used to reactions like that, I steel my resolve and get ready to work hard today as well.
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Using the teleportation magic, I sohow managed to escape from the Dwarves domain and arrive back at our house.
I chose the hall as my arrival point, and when I transitioned there, upon my arrival I was greeted by Nectar wearing an apron.
「I’m ho.」
「Welco ho, Lava. Thanks for all of your hard work.」
This young man with fair hair and gentle facial expression that only the adjective ‘elegant’ would suit used to be human, but as a result of his training managed to turn himself into a demi-spirit.
And I know I might be boasting by saying this, but he is also my dear husband.
「How was your business trip?」
「…… Sohow, there was a Dwarven village in the vicinity, and I ended up being chased down by the little guys as they tried to salvage for materials.」
I squatted down on the spot and related that in an empty voice. Understanding how I must have felt, Nectar stroked my back lovingly.
「As a race, Dwarves are rather thick-skulled and prominent for making various kinds of magical tools. Thanks to that, wyverns and other dragonids are perceived by them as nothing short of a rare treasures. I’m sorry, if I was there with you, I could have done sothing.」
「Don’t be sorry, it may have been sudden, but it was also kind of fun. Besides, you have your pharmacy to take care of, not to ntion all of the household chores. Now that I say that outloud, I think I should’ve help you more around the house.」
I turn towards Nectar and say to him that I’m sorry.
Having Nectar in mind, we set out to make our very own house in a town called Hibernia, that was give or take one day away from the capital city. There, Nectar was taking care of the house while also running his very own drug store.
I tried to help him with his work whenever I can, but I know just how much work he has on his shoulders, and for that, I apologize deeply to him.
This ti I went there in my dragon form, but if I approached them in my human form, things would have played out differently for sure.
However, while feeling sorry for Nectar, sothing from his previous statent made think really hard.
「Nectar, do you happen to know the language of the Dwarves?」
「At first I only knew a few basic phrases, but I managed to pick it up when I was travelling there with Kyle in the past, learning how to make magical tools. Now it is even easier, thanks to all of the cultural exchanges done in between countries. Would you like to learn it?」
「Thank you so much, Nectar!」
「You’re welco.」
I’m quite ashad of the face that I made when I heard him say ‘together’.
Since he beca a demi-spirit, it is only natural that Nectar is going to live far longer than your average human being, but even after 100 years have passed, I am still going to look exactly the sa.
While thinking just happy I was to have soone like him to depend on, I borrowed Nectar’s hand and stood up. Just then, the door to the hall opened and a small figure was standing in them.
「Mommy, welco back!」
「I’m ho, Aru!」
I grasped the small child with fla coloured strands hair in my arms who ca running towards .
This child’s na is Aru. Our child from both Nectar and I, born about ten years ago.
I rock Aru in my arms, and when I look at the linen coloured hair and his smiling face full of happiness I just can’t stop thinking just how much Aru resembles Nectar. Coincidentally, Nectar would never stop saying just how much Aru resembles .
I think that there may be so similarities between us, like Aru’s golden irises, but aside from that this child is way cuter than I am.
After hugging for a while, Aru backs away from for a bit, looking in between Nectar and I for a while.
「Daddy, I know that you are happy that Mommy just got back, but you shouldn’t just leave the pan on fire like that. It’s dangerous!」
「I’m sorry, Aru.」
「I know that you are happy to see Mommy for the first ti in a month, but you must handle cooking with care, or else sothing bad might happen.」
「Okay, thank you.」
Nectar blushed in reaction to being scolded like that. I put my arms around his neck, and he put his hands on my waist.
Hmm, while we display our affection towards one another like that, Aru is looking closely at what we are doing.
But still, it was really nice to be held in Nectar’s arms like that.
I also gaze upon scolded Nectar and couldn’t help myself but laugh.
「Thank you, Nectar.」
「Umm, this is…… Thanks.」
「Hey, Mommy! Hurry up and co here! Today I helped to prepare dinner!」
「Oh, I see. I’m looking forward to it.」
Aru began to urge to co into the kitchen, all the while smiling happily and pulling onto my sleeve and casting Nectar excited glances.
We sit at the table in the kitchen, ready to eat what Nectar and Aru managed to fix together.
Being together as family at a ti like this, we could not only fully enjoy the delicious al, but also our hearts could enjoy the warmth and joy of being together like that.
Although it may be nothing more but a mockery of a human lifestyle, for us this house is sothing similar to a magician’s study, a place where you can always co back to and where all the ‘roads’ of your life are going to lead you back here eventually.
For us, Aru is also an example of just what it ans to be human.
「Mmn! It’s delicious!」
「Really!?」
「Umu, it really surprised . You’re amazing, Aru!」
It was a simple poultry with tomato sauce, but it was so good that it made open my eyes wide in amazent. That seed to make Aru extrely happy.
「Ehehe, when I was helping Daddy with herbs gathering, we saw a few wild birds so I managed to catch them!」
Ooh, so by ‘help’ you ant not cooking, but material procurent, is that it?
「Eeeh, he was onto it before I even realized. I was surprised as well, but thanks to that we didn’t have to go to the market and but the poultry ourselves.」
「…… That’s just wonderful!」
I was genuinely impressed by Nectar’s addition to the story, and so I gently stroked Aru’s hair, and saw a look of happiness.
The birds they procured – the Luk birds – are said to be ranked third on the list of the most dangerous bird species. They weren’t using any magic themselves, but were rather big. So big, in fact, that one such bird could easily feed five people or more.
Does this perhaps have sothing to do with Aru’s Draconic heritage?
To be precise, Aru is a half-spirit and half-dragon.
Basically Aru is mostly spirit, but thanks to having a dragon mother the child seed to have inherited so of the traits that are signature to dragonkind.
In the first place, I didn’t really think it would be possible for to be able to bear children, but when the child was actually born, it beca a sort of a precedence that caused quite the stir with every other dragon out there.
Well, as soon as the child was safely born, Aru’s existence was quickly accepted by the world itself, and what’s more, it looks like Aru was also able to access the dragon archives, a collective knowledge of every other dragon that ca in the past. Only real dragons and those allowed by them are able to do that. That’s what happened, the gist of it.
Aru may still be a child, but thanks to Draconic heritage Aru would have no problem beating monsters and demons alike. This child is still quite active and resembles myself in so aspects.
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