Chapter 6

In the center of the room was a white pedestal. On top of it was a round, pearly stone. It was roughly the size of a small basketball and gleamed brightly as it reflected the light shining through the ceiling. Noah was already standing by the pedestal. Next to him, Goat was sitting on the floor, looking languid. Noah in return, noticed them and turned away, his face twisted in a grimace.

“Welcome, Goddess-sama!” Yuichiro received a slight wave from Goat. Goat stood up with a lumbering gesture as Yuichiro approached the center.

“Please stop calling me that, I get goosebumps.” Yuichiro said while rubbing his arms. Goat let out an eerie laugh, “Then, captain?”

“Captain?”

“From now on, all military command will be under you, so I think calling you a captain will be appropriate, no?”

Yuichiro’s face twisted as he heard these words spoken to him as if they were true. “Do you mean to say that the command of the army belongs to me?”

“Yes, I’m Noah-cousin sama’s from a low aristocratic family. I’ll be your second-in-command from now on. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Goddess-sama.”

Goat gave an exalted greeting and gently bowed his head. His face, however, retained a smug smirk. Temeraire muttered in dismay at his greeting, “I don’t know how you could call yourself weak. The house of Goat is Jeweld’s oldest and most prestigious noble family.”

“—That’s only while my father was still alive. Just the other day, he was burned to his bones in the church. Hahaha.” Goat laughed sarcastically on the contrary of his revelation on the state of his family.

Yuichiro’s mouth twitched in response to Goat’s response, and he asked, “What do you mean I’m the captain? I’ve never heard of myself as a captain before.”

“Oh… Have you heard anything about your other roles as a Goddess-sama from Temeraire?”

While rolling his eyes and staring at Yuichiro, Goat answered Yuichiro’s questions with his own. Yuichiro shifted his gaze to Temeraire, who shuddered slightly.

“I’ll explain now.” Temeraire spoke without feeling guilty. Yuichiro thought Temeraire had an unexpectedly surprising personality, despite his quiet appearance.

Temeraire placed up his hands on the round stone placed on the pedestal and then muttered, “Izrael.” It was a low whisper as if he was trying to evoke something. There was a deafening silence, with nothing particular happening.

“Hey, can you explain what’s happening?”

“Not until Izrael arrives.”

“Who exactly is this Izrael—” As soon as Yuichiro was about to ask, he felt something crawling up his neck. Something alive was stroking his neck. His back stiffened, and he turned around, asking, “Who is it?”

“Have you arrived, ‘Beloved Child’?” When Yuichiro turned around, he was confronted by an entity so close that his nose was almost touching it. Reptilian eyes peered intently into Yuichiro’s face. It had green scales on its body that glistened in the sunlight. Yuichiro’s hands moved quickly, knocking the snake-like entity off.

“That’s it!” Yuichiro directed his rage at it. Later, Yuichiro looked down at the entity, which was lying at his feet. It appeared to be a snake upon closer inspection. It was less than a meter long, with green scales covering its slender, undulating body. There were four sharp canines on its mouth, as well as a bright red tongue that forked in the middle.

However, this was no ordinary snake. A fiery red mane and two whiskers protruded from its head and its mouth respectively. Not to mention its short limbs.

“Dragon.”

Yuichiro unintentionally murmured. The entity belonged to the dragon, which was frequently depicted in oriental paintings in Yuichiro’s world. [Does this mean mythic creatures exist in this world?].

“What the hell you’re doing to ?!” Noah, who had been silent, broke the silence with his strained voice.

“It’s okay, I’m sorry I touched you out of the blue.”

The dragon’s voice unexpectedly came out in a broken tone. Yuichiro’s mouth dropped open as he heard him speak as if he were an old man from the Kansai region of Japan. He was stunned, but the dragon looked up at him with crescent eyes.

“What’s your name, boy?”

“…Yuichiro Ogami.”

“Yuichiro? I’m Izrael, the treasure pearl of this country and your guardian beast.”

“Guardian beast?”

“Yes, and I will protect you.”

“Protect me? How?” Yuichiro snorted, his gaze fixed on the small snake-like dragon. The dragon named Izrael then floated up into the air, bringing its nose closer to Yuichiro’s face.

“With love”.

“What?”

“Haha, it was a joke.” Izrael loosened his stern face and laughed as he looked at Yuichiro, who was taken aback. He then slithered naturally against Yuichiro’s neck. Yuichiro trembled as he felt lukewarm scales scrape across his neck.

“Ah, my beloved child, I’ve been waiting for you.”

“Are you sure Yuichiro-sama is the Goddess?” Temeraire, who had been silent, inquired Izrael.

Izrael replied with a piercing voice, “Of course he is! There can be no one but him!” With his short limbs, he slithered down Yuichiro’s clothes.

Yuichiro gazed down at Izrael and slightly opened his mouth, “Are you saying I’m really the Goddess?”

“Without a doubt!”

“I’m 37 years old man, or rather an old man.”

“Nevertheless, it’s you.”

Izrael then coiled his body around Yuichiro’s arms and added, “You will save this country, and be it’s mother! Mother of the nation!”

Yuichiro was baffled at Izrael’s statement. The part about saving the country was still within the scope of his understanding, but he was bewildered by the latter part of the statement, “mother of the nation??!”

Izrael unraveled from his arms and rolled on the floor, surprised by Yuichiro’s vexing voice. “Yes, Mother of this nation,” Izrael said, blinking his round eyes.

“W-wait, I’ll say this again, I’m 37 years, old man.”

“I know.”

“Then, the word ‘Mother’ makes no sense at all, does it?” The word ‘mother’ was simply inconceivable to Yuichiro’s thoughts. In fact, it was ridiculous.

“The Mother of the nation is the one who will give birth to the future king of this country. That’s what it means, Yuichiro.”

“Hey, don’t make me explain again and again. I’m a guy you know.” Yuichiro was getting frustrated with his inability getting across his opinion to Hoshu. Temeraire sighed and interrupted, “Yuichiro-sama, it doesn’t matter even if you’re a man,” as he noticed Yuichiro becoming increasingly irritated.

“—What?”

“In your world, it may be different. However, in this world, even men can conceive children.”

Temeraire’s words completely stunned Yuichiro. Temeraire then continued calmly, “The Goddess’s role is twofold. One is tasked with leading the army and bringing victory to the Rightful King, while the other is tasked with bringing a Goddess’s Son into the world.”

Yuichiro looked at Noah reflexively. Noah was biting his lower lip and staring at the floor, his face pale. At that moment, he understood why Noah did not want Yuichiro to be a goddess.

It was unfair to expect a young child to impregnate a man more than twice his age.

“Are you insane?” Yuichiro swore unconsciously.. “How can I possibly do that?”

“Can’t do it? Why not?” Izrael’s voice was filled with uncontrollable rage as if he didn’t understand what Yuichiro was saying.

Yuichiro reached out with one hand and grabbed Izrael’s neck, which was perched on his shoulder. Izrael grunted immediately. Yuichiro spat while staring into the crescent eyes.

Translator’s Notes

Chapter 6 is here! I know it seems weird, but I can’t shake off my thought of imagining Izrael as Mushu in Mulan film. Hahaha. Both their heights seem about the same though. Anyway, we all know this will come soon, but another shock for our MC here. Any guess how he’ll be able to get pregnant?