Mushoku Tensei – Old Dragon's Tale

After the meeting I rushed to the departure site of the dragon.

On our way is the spawning ground.

The contents and conclusions of the meeting… To inform Dora that I have undertaken the task of finding the bad crystal killer.

From the standpoint of Dora's representation, a subordinate was made.

Someone could have sent someone else.

But I wanted to go.

The spawning grounds were located in a small mountain, a short distance from Long Ming Mountain.

Even if it's small, it's higher than any mountain in this world right now.

Naturally, there is strict security there.

It's one of the most important places in the dragon kingdom.

In one of the private rooms, Lady Dora was there.

Its belly swelled tremendously, and anyone could see that it was almost on the moon.

And that she's at the top of her anger, too.

The private room given to her was more splendid than any other pregnant woman.

But every desk, table, and bed that was laid in it had been destroyed.

The rest of her nails were just like a storm.

The Dragons have the concept of male and female, but unlike the human race, there is no concept of husband and wife.

We're only temporarily together to have a child.

Nevertheless, once you bury a child, you often think of them as special.

Dear Dora and Crystal.

Unfortunately, I don't know much about Crystal... but I found out that she lost her lover and her comrade at the same time.

It is difficult to perceive the heart of it.

"La Place? Like what?"

"I have been entrusted with the search for the one who killed Master Crystal."

That said, Dora glanced at me with a slight glance.

"... if you find him, let me know first"

To that word, I wanted to say yes.

But I couldn't tell you.

She was so depleted by the effects of laying her eggs.

If I brought in a bad guy or something like that, I wouldn't have figured out what would happen to the eggs in my stomach.

Nobody wants that.

"Instead of Master Dora, I will kill you."

That's why I said so.

"Well... then bring your neck"

Master Dora didn't get angry because she must have trusted me.

She may be complacent, but if she had been someone else, she would surely have gone mad and insisted that she would go.

In fact, Master Dora was very angry.

As the same General Wu Long, and his opponent, you must have loved him.

"Must."

Thus I headed for the search for a bad crystal killer.

■

Now, when it comes to looking, the dragon world is wide.

Very wide.

Or if I have the ability to treat my men, that's not what I'm saying.

In the first place, my men back then were Dora's men.

The dragon gods gave me an executive role called "Tutoring the Dragon," the Tutors.

Naturally, there can't be, like, the know-how of a killer's search.

I couldn't use my men.

And not only did my men have no know-how, but so did I.

The first search was completely hand-picked.

Get on Saleyakt and find somewhere suspicious.

There are no landmarks.

Just look for him to be around here.

I wonder if that way of looking was similar to what I did when I was in the demon world, searching for warcraft that could serve as food.

Well, that must have been so inefficient from the side.

A few days later, at the departure site of Caius, I was called out by a certain person.

"Laplace!"

Looking back, it was Maxwell, one of General Wu Long, who was there.

I saluted him instantly and welcomed him.

"Dear Maxwell! Here we go."

"Looks like you're having a hard time navigating."

"Ha!"

That's what they said, and I squeezed my expression.

For a few days I realized I hadn't gotten any results at all.

As a matter of fact, we would have continued to do meaningless things instead of achieving results.

"Let me tell you, the way you look is cluttered. Then you won't find Mon."

To that word, I had to bow my head.

Because I didn't know how, even though I meant to know for myself.

"What, I'm not going to blame you. Take these guys on a mission."

Behind Maxwell were two inflexible dragon warriors.

My back length, as well as my width, is bigger than mine.

They were exactly two as if they embodied a Dragon warrior.

Maxwell looked even more so because he was small.

"Among the Dragon Squad, they're especially good at finding things. Gora, Scrava, say hello."

In those words, they saluted each other most so as to shrink their bodies.

"I'll catch your eye first, Master LaPlath"

"Use us as hands and feet to crush us."

Their eyes remember well.

Their eyes were burning in revenge.

You'll find out later, but they were from the Ganglong tribe.

Yes, a clan of crystals.

Maxwell pulled it out of Crystal's unit once.

"Are you sure?

I couldn't hide my surprise at Maxwell's offer.

At the time, I barely knew Maxwell.

When it came to General Wu Long, he was a heavenly man, and he couldn't find the strength to help me and others.

No, do you have any muscles?

"Oh, with those guys, just go find them"

When Maxwell said so, he turned his heel back and tried to leave the departure site.

If I'd known, I'd be on his back like that.

"Um...!

"What?

"Why did you tell me to leave it to me?

It was at a meeting.

Maxwell got on with Shillard's suggestion and told me to let him do it.

"I told you at the meeting."

"I think some of the Dragon Squad are more qualified than me..."

But if you think about it, it's a funny story.

No matter how up-and-coming I was at the time, Maxwell's assignment was to hunt demons.

Of course you're good at searching, but you're good at fighting.

He should have been stronger than me at the time.

To such a question, Maxwell answered with a hoot of laughter.

"... Our Dragon Squad uses a few of your raised dragons.

His temper is rough and he's all horses, but he's just brave and brave.

Quite a help, to be honest. Most of the dragons I've taught you are missing their fangs.

In view of that, I can assure you of your full work. "

Maxwell went on to say, "Besides,"

"It was Crystal who got hit this time. Dora's mate. Most importantly, it would be Dora who wants to rumble. You are Dora's most trusted subordinate. So if General Wu Long can't do it, you'll have to do it."

They Wu Long General have a long relationship with Dragon General Crystal.

For the sake of that adversary, it shouldn't be rash to lend a hand.

Unlike the world of men today, there was no such thing as a power struggle between the Five Dragons.

"Crystal's revenge, be sure to find it. We Five Dragons have been fighting together for tens of thousands of years. You can't forgive those who made you miss it."

"Ha!"

Although I snorted, my heart was a little complicated.

My jealous feelings were swirling.

Between the dragon generals and the dragon gods, the emotions I will never catch up with.

"If it's out of your control, let me know. I'll fly and I'll put you down."

"Ha!"

"I expect"

And I got two offerings.

It's Gora and Scrava.

■

I took the two of them and started looking for the bad crystal killer.

With the two more, efficiency went up gnarly.

Anyway, they had the know-how to look for someone in the broad dragon world.

Even when it comes to know-how, the way you look for something doesn't change so much from today's times.

First we go to the crime scene and do an investigation.

On the basis of the clues found there, sometimes with the testimony of witnesses, etc., we follow and hunt down the killer's footprints one by one.

Even so, it's not that easy to get there.

If you're going to find it by doing that, I'm sure Maxwell would have found it a long time ago.

Maxwell is a captain of a unit that searches for demons and destroys them, so that's what he's good at.

The two men who became my men were getting investigative material from Maxwell.

Besides, I knew what was left because I also participated in the test.

But to sum up their opinions, there's only one word that comes out.

I don't know, man.

We have to find a being that Maxwell couldn't find.

The hurdles were pretty high.

I split up with my two men to find traces and interview them.

It's not like I didn't trust Maxwell's investigation.

I just thought I might find something else by investigating it again.

Naturally, I can't find it.

You can't even find it.

There should be no noticeable choice, such as being able to kill crystals, but I can't find them.

Really, there was nothing like it just seemed as if it really went against the Gold Dragon.

So I changed my mind.

It's not the work of demons, it must be some kind of planned crime, you know.

You can't find anything because someone did it on purpose and erased their tracks.

Huh? That I'm not bragging about that?

You realize that?

Don't say that. For me, searching was my first experience.

Anyway, I decided to try and do it a little differently.

I decided to try to follow Crystal's trail, not his killer.

What was he doing until then and for what purpose did he go to the Gold Dragon's Nest?

What were you trying to do there?

Was there any reason for him to be targeted?

I did a thorough research on those things.

Then I found out one interesting thing.

He was studying metastases at the behest of Dragon God.

Metastasis is nothing more than the art of crossing the boundaries between the world and the world… i.e. moving to other worlds.

At that time, it was assumed that no ordinary human being could cross the world in any world.

Travel to other worlds requires enormous amounts of energy.

Only the gods have enormous energy.

The movement of the world was a privilege granted only to God.

Nevertheless, God in each world had had the study of metastases carried out under his authority.

Because in the world at the time, there was a divine hiding that abruptly disappeared people.

... hey, have we talked about this already?

Research had shown that the identity of divine concealment was "transferring" to other worlds.

Therefore, the gods had ordered them to go under their command and have them study metastases.

We need to find out what caused the accidental metastasis.

And it was Crystal who was tasked with that task in the dragon kingdom.

Most importantly, this was not generally known for some reason.

Publishing a hidden god that only happens rarely prevents people from worrying uselessly.

Perhaps you thought that publishing it might misuse your research.

Because, headed by Chaos, the Mad Dragons hated the Demons furiously.

If we know we have the means to attack, we could wage war on the Demons.

And when I thought about it, I pinned it.

Maybe Chaos killed Crystal.

Crystals that do research on metastases.

Chaos tries to attack the Demons with a metastasis, trying to get a metastasis from him.

But Crystal disagrees.

It's an argument, Chaos kills Crystal......

Such a story unfolded and I flew to Chaos.

■

Chaos' workshop was on the western edge.

Sometimes it's close to the volcanic zone, and I remember it was pretty hot compared to Caius.

In the workshop, weapons were made using quality materials that could be taken from dragons and quality ore that could be taken from mountains.

Spears on swords, armor on shields.

The Dragons fight with their own claws, but not necessarily with their bare hands.

Sometimes such weapons are used to challenge mighty enemies.

The thing called Chaos' arsenal was probably made assuming he would fight other races.

Yeah, the Demons, for example.

"LaPlath... you got something?

"We are currently investigating"

"Well...... well, you'll need some rest too. Slow down."

Chaos welcomed me with pleasure when I went with strong suspicion.

He said he was staring at me, a half-demonstrated half-long, at the meeting.

Instead of treating me evil, Chaos showed me every inch of the workshop.

"Dear Chaos, may I ask you a few questions?

In response, I started asking questions.

That may be called interrogation.

If you think about it now, your face will turn red wondering what disrespect you did to General Wu Long's opponent.

"What?

"Where and what did Master Chaos do when Master Crystal was killed?

"I was here. I was building a weapon to give to the Dragon God. Look, that's it. I named him Dragon God Knife. It is a sword that can withstand the mighty power of the Dragon God. The dragon god will not need it, but when his son is born, we will dedicate him."

"... I see"

"Is there anything else you'd like to hear?

Think of it, my behavior was clearly suspicious of Chaos.

Even so, Chaos didn't complain about a single one.

I didn't make one disgusting face.

If that's what it takes to investigate, he told me everything in advance, not to mention that he would spare no cooperation.

Perhaps some of them were classified.

And finally, here's what I said.

"LaPlath, you can say anything you need. At the meeting, I left it to my emotions. I said it like that, but I didn't doubt your loyalty to Dragon God. Forgive me."

Finally, Chaos said so and slapped me on the shoulder.

"Crystal's revenge must be taken. If it's not in your hands, tell me. I'll help you in confidence."

I was ashamed of myself.

You said you forgot the anger Chaos was showing at that meeting.

What I suspected was General Wu Long's pride and friendship itself.

"Not necessarily"

At the end of the day I said that and gave my most salute and left the spot.

■

Then I flew around.

South to the north, east to the west.

I followed Crystal's footsteps over the last few decades and looked for something from there that was likely to be a hint.

But I can't find it.

There was no discomfort whatsoever in Crystal's footprint.

Like the other Wu Long generals, he had earned the respect and acted in response.

An exemplary dragon clan.

Who the hell is going to kill him?

Is that even what you would say the demons from another world killed?

But even if you are a demon, it is extremely difficult to live in this dragon kingdom.

Even if you killed him and left immediately, without leaving a trace, it should be difficult.

He gave it to me on the way.

I never thought I'd get this much information.

I was in a hurry at the same time.

Once a year, I went back to Caius to report to Dragon God and Shirad, but it wasn't fragrant.

If I had any clue at all, I would have stayed calm, too.

But if the report goes on and on that there is nothing, there is also a rush.

I was left to the Dragon God.

I always replied to Dora.

How can you be calm when you can't do anything and just keep on stepping?

I searched around the dragon kingdom like crazy.

I also stepped into a rather dangerous place and looked for any clues.

Red Dragon Nest, Blue Dragon Nest, Black Dragon Nest, Gold Dragon Nest, Earth Dragon Nest.

I went everywhere and did my research.

All the dragons in the way killed them.

I rode Saleyakt and flew around the dragon kingdom with the two men.

You must have been impatient.

About ten years after the investigation began, no one in the dragon kingdom knew my name.

As an incompetent hybrid who is good at tuning dragons but can't live up to Dragon God's expectations.

It was a humiliating way to be remembered, but I accepted it.

Because you're right.

I cannot live up to the expectations of the Dragon God, nor can I clear the mindless of General Wu Long.

But I didn't care about my humiliation or anything.

I wanted to live up to the expectations of Dragon God and clear up General Wu Long's carelessness.

That's all it was.

I kept flying, searching and investigating without rest for days.

Days, days.

I think you've done your best, too, Saleyak.

But one day, I was finally jumped and decided to rest in one of the caves that was mountainous in the dragon kingdom.

That day, I was twirling into Saleyacht's tail and watching the fire.

I didn't make every swinging bonfire slight, I just watched.

I was tired.

Me, too, two of my men.

The feeling that we would not give up the word in our mouths, but that we would find nothing more, dominated us.

Even Wordless Saleyacht looked mentally tired.

That was the time.

Oh, I remember very well.

You can't even forget it.

There's no way I can forget that moment.

Exactly then.

It was when two of my men fell asleep and I was uttering as I was twisted by Saleyakt's tail.

That was the first time we met.

Oh, if I had the strength then.

If I could have gone back to that moment......

No, that still doesn't change in the end.

He was also quite careless at the time, but still cautious.

Even if I suddenly turned my fangs, he must have slipped through them.

But it's a shame.

He was in position to reach me...

Oh, it's a shame......

I'm sorry.

Looks like you're getting a little excited.

Let's calm down.

This is an old story, how much I remember, and the past remains the same.

Yeah, at the entrance to the cave, he showed up.

I can still remember his first voice.

"Hey."

So casual, he said so with one hand up,

"Looks like you're in trouble. Let me help you a little bit."

He smiled like a good person.