The 5000-year-old Herbivorous Dragon

My nails aren't that sharp against appearance, and my grip isn't very strong.

Too pitiful to be called the Evil Dragon, but suitable instead for holding a toddler's body.

As I thought, as soon as I held it, the wings of the raccoon disappeared, and the dragon scales that covered my hands and feet were also drawn.

"All right! Don't let go of me if I die like that!

That's what I yelled for. Alliante lifts her signal hand toward the Virgin. Then the same puddle that dragged me into the inn appeared at the landing site. Now it is big enough to be called a pond.

"Mr. Lizard! Absolutely persuade me! Otherwise, my kingdom won't be great!

"Leave it to me! I'm sure this kid will understand if you talk to him.

I hit my stomach at the surface of the water.

I had forgotten my passion, concentrating on sheltering the leiko in my hand from the impact of the fall.

My vision dazzles slightly. Still, I won't let go of Laeko. Sticking her face into the water with her breath stuffed and diving, the Virgin closed the entrance to the junction overhead.

Unlike before, I never drown like that. The water level immediately pulls away, and I and Laeko lie down to the bottom of a shallow, water-tight white space.

"Ureko. Do you understand me?

"... Yes. Dear Evil Dragon,"

When I spoke, Laeko responded with a still dazzling glance.

Good. Seems like you've regained your sanity enough to communicate.

When I tried to loosen my fingernails in relief.

The black scale tattoo ran again from the loose gap and tried to be carved into Laeko's body, rushing back to grip his hand.

"What the hell...?

"I apologize for exposing myself to the ugliness in front of you. All because of my immaturity."

Leiko said in a manner that seemed to be objectively somewhere.

"He says it's only a fraction of the power of the Evil Dragon - and it no longer comes true for me to control it. If you suppress this evil dragon, you will still be an evil demon."

Having said that, it is in fact the unconscious power of Leiko himself that he is now pressing for erosion.

Again and again, I have no such great power.

"That raco. Don't give up lightly. Maybe if you try your best, it'll be surprisingly easy to contain, huh? Don't let my temper hang out with you until you get it right."

"I care for you. It hurts. However, if the Lord's hand is annoyed by the lack of strength of the family, it is called the main fall. Evil Dragon is in a hurry to crusade against the Demon King. There's no good reason to spend extra time with unnecessary subordination."

"What's the matter, Lord? What's wrong with the usual futile positivity?"

Is it possibly depressing?

But I'm calm for that. It's not like it's creepy, it's oddly pale.

"Rest assured, Master Evil Dragon. I didn't become a throwaway bowl. Instead, this is what really helped the evil dragon."

"I don't have a very good feeling about this, but just say it"

Laeko smiled calmly in my hand.

- Come on in. It's time for you to enjoy me.

"Rejected"

Because I said no before I ran out, Leiko swelled his cheeks.

"I haven't said it all yet, Master Evil Dragon."

"If I say so much, I've already said enough. You know, Laeko. I told you many times, didn't I? I'm a herbivore, so your lord won't eat it."

"But the soul should be eaten. And now, thanks to my soul eating, I can be a family member."

"Well...... Yeah... there it is..."

For one thing, that remark was the beginning of my ordeal. It would have been simple if Laeko didn't have some weird talent.

While I lay face to face in the bitter past of the last few days, Laeko turns his tongue of defense.

"I am powerless as a family member of the Evil Dragon. But I've noticed it on this short journey. Apparently, I had a little bit of my own magic."

"Yeah, I know"

I don't like that anymore.

"That's the evil dragon. Have you noticed? Then the story is simple. If the evil dragon eats my soul, not only will I return the magic I received as a family member, but only a little, but I can have my power as the flesh of the evil dragon. If I can't help you as a family member, I'd like to at least help you as food."

"You know what, Leiko?"

I took the longest sigh of my life.

Still, Laeko goes on.

"This is the only way that immature I can be most helpful to the evil dragon. Please let me do my last work as a family member."

"I wonder why the Lord judges things so 'useful' or 'useless'"

With a little more tone, I turned my face to Laeko.

"That's what happened when you first came to me. No matter how much for the help of the Demon King crusade, don't you also enjoy the world after your Lord has made peace when he dies? Everything starts with who you are, so stop throwing your life like someone else's tool."

"Word be told, there is no one to grieve when I am gone. Then at least as a tool..."

"I think I have this."

I smashed Leiko's head with my nose tip so he could do a gen trick.

"... Dear Evil Dragon?

Laeko is a puzzling face. Naturally because he made a statement that was roughly unworthy of a lonely evil dragon.

I still can't make it clear to Laeko that I used to live there mediocre, being kept by humans a long time ago. Now if we don't still wear the skin of the evil dragon, this kid will run wild.

But you wouldn't mind just a little more than revealing the truth.

"For I have lived alone for a long time, and this is how the Lord came... what can I say?"

I said 'buddy' about Raco before. But when you think about it, companionship is the word you use when you call people in the same line, with the same purpose. I am not aiming to crusade the Demon King, nor am I strong enough to fight alongside Laeko.

So, probably not one of us.

"Yes, I feel like I have children or grandchildren. It's a sad decision to make when you're gone."

"Master Evil Dragon? Sad?"

"What surprises me. I can be happy or sad with the crowd. I am sad when your Lord dies. That's why I don't eat. So, if you understand, from now on, the Lord does not make your life crude either. Okay?"

Leiko tilted his neck slowly as he was neat.

"I mean, that tells me to be a dragon too and be like the grandson of the evil dragon...?

"Wow, every time. It's an edgy twist, my lord."

"Is it not? If you want, I'll do my best to grow horns and stuff."

"I wish I could grow horns if I worked hard."

They say the world is still full of things I don't know. More and more common sense is broken.

But it made me laugh.

"If you can make horns raw, you can pull them in reverse. No, it's not impossible to do anything. My lord is my prospective family."

"... ok"

Laeko touched my nails with both hands. And he gently opens my hand with strength.

"I'll try my best. I still want to be with the evil dragon."

"Yeah, yeah, that's what I meant. If it's dangerous, I'll stop it. Don't worry."

Leaving my hand, magic began to gush again from Leiko's body. But things are different now.

There is no change in Laeko's body, instead, black ripples spreading like ink on the water on the floor. They are releasing uncontrollable magic from the outside.

The black-dyed water eventually begins to twirl like a creature, picturing a giant dragon.

It's okay. I'm not scared.

This is also a monster created by the magic of Laeko. You can't hurt me, and if I advance, I can easily defeat you.

While static, the figure of the dragon becomes more and more vicious.

The nails are sharp, the fangs are long, and the tail has thorns. It even swells in size, making it look stronger than I actually am.

- Is this really okay?

There is anxiety in my heart.

Or how long will it keep getting bigger? Already more than double my size. I feel like if we keep going like this, we can only make some of it disappear. What if I start rambling and the junction breaks before I knock it all out?

There was the weight of jumping on my back, and on my tongue, which was sloppy and cold sweaty and regretted the cheap contract.

"It's refreshing. Again, there was no madness in the sight of the evil dragon. Exchange will do. Sometimes I just seem to have been expected, too."

Eh, even the hangover gelo stood with a refreshing look on his face like he threw up.

"Oh, yeah. I'm glad to hear that."

A black wing unfolded on my back trying to ask me what I was going to do after that.

Not on my own, of course. It is the work of Laeko.

My expression dies in an instant anticipating the future development.

"Then I need your help. Let's kick that one in the ass."

The magical connection was broken with the proclamation of Raco, and a completely independent black dragon began a rampage.

One act collapses the space of the junction, and the roar is so loud that it shook the world. The indisputable figure of the evil dragon was there,

"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

Laeko, with his dagger raised high, causes his wings to wave, causing me to fly mercilessly and unconsciously at high speeds.

It's not the ratio when Alliante throws me. Exactly living shell handling.

Of course, a direct hit to the chest of a giant dragon without a mistake. However, the speed does not slow down, and further acceleration continues with all the whips on the corpse. There are no brakes.

And as it was, it plunged through the ceiling of the junction.

Semi-crying Leavendia grew wings and jumped out of the junction.

It seemed like it was sticking out of my head into some huge rookie dragon, but as soon as I got out of the ground, there was fog.

The sight alone allowed me to guess the general history as a skilled adventurer.

"You're still pathetic..."

Alliante grinned and murmured,

"Oh, then I guess I'll never get away with it again"