Volume 2 - CH 246

Chapter 6-3. Hiryu and Kiryuu (Flying Dragon and Mounted Dragon)

After getting the food for the Hiryu from Houen, Jigal led me to the hut where the mounted dragon was said to be.

I was told that Roze was managing it, but I didn’t know that. ……

“Isn’t the shed huge?”

“Well, it’s …… Roze-san after all.”

The building is a little too big to be called a shed.

Rather than being a very extravagant ……, it was built as if it was an ordinary house that had been converted into a shed.

It is hard to believe that this is a shed.

The location is next to the city walls.

It is a place where the wall is attached to the fortress wall.

Even from here, one can tell that the area is quite spacious.

What’s up with the S-rank adventurers’ finances?

Is it more than the amount of money I received from the prince?

But it’s not like Roze is doing this alone. ……

Hey, but she’s going to raise them, right?

So does that mean she’s doing it all by herself? ……

Well, there is no point in thinking about it.

For now, let’s go inside and take a look.

Where are they?

“The two of them are inside.”

“How can S-rank adventurers be so carefree when we’re in the middle of a reconstruction process?”

“No, they have nothing to do. …… You can’t take away the other adventurers’ jobs, you know?”

“Is that how it is?”

“Well, that’s the way it’s supposed to be.”

If high-rank adventurers took away all the jobs, there would be no work for low-rank adventurers.

High-ranked adventurers, who can do everything, are willing to give up their jobs to low-ranked adventurers who can only do a few things.

There may be some people who are not suited for the job, but that kind of consideration is definitely necessary.

This is why jobs are assigned according to rank.

It must be hard for the guilds to manage this …….

Well, that’s their job, isn’t it?

While thinking about this, Jigal and I walked into the building.

When we opened the door and walked in, the interior was just like any typical one you’d find anywhere.

There is a desk, a chair, a chest of drawers, and a cooking area.

Living here doesn’t seem like it would be hard at all.

“This way.”

Jigal said and put his hand on the door in the back to get out.

Apparently, you can get out through there.

The fortress wall continues to the back of the building.

When you go out through the door, you will see a grassy field surrounded by the fortress walls.

I wondered if such a large space was necessary, but it was said that some of the dragons were running on land, so I guessed that this much space was necessary.

Then, the mounted dragons in question were quickly spotted.

[Guru?]

[Thurururu……]

Frankly speaking, I thought they were pretty big.

There seem to be three of them in total, one flying dragon with wings and dark brown scales.

The other two are black, mounted dragons that do not have wings but have large claws and well-developed limbs.

They were quite thin, but they looked like they could carry a person and run with no problem.

Roughly what I had imagined.

But I think it would be a little too soon for Jigal to ride on this one. ……

He doesn’t look tall enough yet.

Yurie and Roze were next to the flying dragon with wings, and they seemed to be discussing something.

Jigal calls out to the two of them.

“Yurie-san! Roze-san!”

“Hm? Whoa!”

“Eh? Hey, is that you Ouren-san!”

What the heck with that [Whoa]!

So rude, really.

Well, I’m glad to see that they are still the same, that’s my honest feeling.

Having Yurie be so polite to me is just too weird, I think.

I feel like I haven’t seen them in a long time.

But they seem to be in good health.

“Hey, long time no see.”

“Long time no see, Ouren-san.”

“How have you been?”

“Nothing much. After taking care of Jigal, we had a lot of training and requests. And then a bunch of monsters came, so I took him to watch them.”

“Don’t you dare to harm him!”

Stop doing dangerous things!

Don’t you think you’re being too hard on him?

“I’m not, okay?”

“…… Really? Please be honest with me.”

“I’m already a C ranked you know.”

“Since when did you get the same rank as us?”

No way.

I don’t think it’s been that long since I left Jigal with those two.

I mean, Jigal was still in E rank when I left him with them.

Either Jigal is good at this …… or the two of them are Spartans ……

I wonder which one it is. ……

Well, he’s getting stronger, and that’s a good thing.

Isn’t that fast?

“How did you move up the ranks that fast?”

“Jigal-kun, since he can use magic, so ……. There’s a lot of credit for that, so the subjugation requests can be completed quickly.

“Ah, the solar sword, or whatever it’s called.”

“The better the weather, the stronger I’ll be!”

“Limited enhancements, huh? Great.”

I also have a limited enhancement, but to be honest, I don’t use it anymore.

I’m not even sure when they are activated anymore.

I used to be thankful for that, but now it makes a tiny difference.

It’s better than nothing, though, so I won’t throw it away.

Ah, by the way, I should give them meat.

Let’s take the roasted meat out.

“Heave ho.”

“Whoa! What the hell is that?”

“Centipede meat. I think these guys can eat a lot of meat. This is for the flying dragon.”

“Thank you very much. This way, they will be able to eat to their satisfaction.”

Roze brings the meat to the dragon.

The meat is levitated and carried by magic, so her hands are not dirty.

Seeing the meat brought in front of them, the two mounted dragons and one flying dragon began to eat the meat vigorously.

I thought I had brought a fairly large amount of meat, but they seemed to be devouring it all.

I should have brought more.

“So? Which one is Jigal’s on?”

“It’s Lacc (ラック=Rack, Rakku, Lakk). The one with the wings.”

Yurie stroked the body of the winged dragon called Lacc.

Lacc seemed to be very fond of Yurie and stopped eating meat and rubbed its cheeks against her body.

This way, it looks like he’s a docile fella, but …….

Maybe it doesn’t want him on his back or something like that.

I think it’s because he seems to have a difficult personality.

I don’t know if that’s the case or not.

“”……””

The mounted dragon without wings was staring at me.

I can sense that they are somewhat scared of me.

It took a piece of meat placed in front of me in its mouth and dragged it away.

I’m not going to take it, okay?

You know, I got it for you guys.

“After you eat, we’ll practice again. Okay?”

“Garuu.”

“”……Grueee……””

They’re really scared of me, I wonder why.