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Episode 12: Why the Fire Dragon was there

Monsters, not just dragons, can sustain life by absorbing the magic power around them. However, since you can get pleasure by eating, you may hunt for entertainment.

Ledrus basically lived his life sleeping in a nest in a volcano, but, as I recall, he jumped out of the volcano to hunt at a pace of once every few decades. It was just a hunt for fun, so I came back in a short time.

The first eyewitness testimony came at this time.

"I didn't know you had that habit."

"I haven't decided on the timing yet." It was completely whimsical, so I didn't have to tell you. "

Even if the child witnessed it, the next time the witness sees the figure of the fire dragon, it is old and faded from people's memories.

"I was going to exercise a little. But when I came back, the volcano was taken over by somebody."

Who is it?

"Yeah, I don't know who you are."

He looks just like a human being. A woman who looks like a human in a bright red dress, seducing her with long orange hair.

Like humans, she said because she wore a dress that exposed her skin even though she was in the center of the volcano, but instead of being burned, she had a cool expression without the appearance of sweating. It can be determined from the appearance that he is not a human being.

"There was this woman in my bed, and when she pointed back at me, the magma in the volcano flew towards me."

I didn't expect it, so I took a direct hit from Magma.

Dragon, it was also a Fire Attribute Dragon, so it was resistant. Even so, I was forced to flee because I had been attacked so many times.

"The wounds I had at that time were so terrible that I couldn't help it when I recovered."

At night, even though I sneaked into the volcano in the form of a dragon, the monster in the volcano also saw me as an intruder and was attacked. He used to recognize Ledras as the lord of the volcano, and no one attacked him. However, now he sees himself as an enemy, as if someone controlled him.

"You're definitely the new woman who's taken control of the volcano."

"I can't go back without doing something about it."

While acting as an adventurer, I checked their prowess by interacting with them.

In the end, no one had the power that Ledras expected, and while he waited, only time passed.

"So, we passed?"

"You went to the depths of the volcano in the first place, didn't you?"

Apparently they passed when they went to the back.

The purpose of Ledrus was to return to his nest, find out what had happened, and fight the woman who had taken her nest in full swing.

Who took the nest in the first place?

"I want to know that."

There is no doubt that he is not a normal person.

Whoever it is, we need to go to the volcano again and check it out.

Find someone you couldn't find yesterday.

If the purpose is clear, there may be new discoveries.

"I understand the situation. As a guild master, I'd like to know why you were in the volcano."

As for Alhand, I wanted to know why he was in the volcano.

This issue has been a topic of discussion on Maui for hundreds of years, and several theories have been advocated, but no definitive answer has been found.

"That bothers me, too." When did you first emigrate from the northern continent? "

Dragons inhabit the continent to the north. It is a barren land that is inappropriate for humans to live on, but because of its abundance of magical power, it has become a monster's residence.

It seems that Tsaris lived there before, but flew to our continent when he ran out.

”That's why... I got into a fight with Aniki”

"Hah!?"

The reason was trivial.

Ledras was going to support the leader as a fighter of the herd. One day, I fell in love with a female dragon. However, the partner Ledras had already fallen in love with, and Ledras, who had fallen in love with her, had challenged the female to a fight.

As a result, the defeated Ledras were expelled from the herd.

"It's getting hard on that continent, so I flew over here."

At that time, Ledras was drained of his health due to the injuries he had sustained in the duel, and he was looking for a place to rest his body. If I had enough health left to use Humanize , I might have been able to find it without suffering, but with a bigger body like a dragon, I had a limited place to rest.

It was at that time that I found the Mauria Volcano.

The same volcano as Ledras's best attributes seemed attractive to Ledras.

"It's not that hard to talk about. When I was sleeping in the depths of the volcano with the intention of resting for a while, it seemed to me that nearly two years had passed by and many humans had witnessed it."

However, Ledrus was in the depths of the volcano, and even if he worked hard, he could only reach to the middle level.

They were left unattended because they could not be harmed.

I couldn't see the volcano erupt since Ledras arrived. On Maui, adventurers helped observe the volcano and evacuate if there was a risk of eruption. Because of this, it was recognized by everyone as the residence of Ledrus.

No, it was more comfortable than I expected, so I got there.

"Well, in order to suppress the eruption..."

"It would be a complete misunderstanding."

I deny that anecdote has been passed down amongst the people of Maui.

The volcano erupts because the magma generated in the depths of the ground has accumulated close to the ground. There are many reasons why magma is generated, but it was suppressed by the presence of dragons, which means that Maui's volcanoes are generated under the influence of magic.

The dragon was the strongest of the monsters. I needed a lot of magic power at the same time as my strength, and just being there absorbed all the magic power around me. Therefore, there are only a limited number of places where people can live, and they rarely come out of places designated as habitats (territories).

"Ledras was simply nesting because he liked the Mauria Volcano. Because of this, the amount of magma was kept down, so there was no eruption."

That's all.

"I see. I don't remember doing anything special."

"Oh no..."

Nevertheless, we were able to fulfill the original request.

Investigate the missing Fire Dragon. Ledras is in front of me and I know why he's gone, so I don't need to investigate further.

"I'll ask you again! Find out what it is to be in a volcano!"

“How's it going?

Because you were stronger than the Fire Dragon, and you controlled the volcano a year ago, right?

It seems that no one else could have imagined such a presence.

"... well, it's a ship, and I don't mind hanging out with you till the end."

Thank you!