“…… So that’s why I fought the Demon King, was defeated, and was saved by Alex.”
“I see. That kind of thing happened, huh.”
Mio did not know that Shelly had fought the Demon King, so she explained that to her.
“Blue dragon …… I mean, I heard that Shelly recovered after drinking Alex’s stuff, but what about the white tiger and the others?”
“Even I don’t know. The land where Vermillion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise live are far away, after all.”
“Hmm …… Well, then, I can use my skills to call on them! Ask them directly!”
…… Hm? Mio is trying to use her skill again, but would it be okay?
As I recall, some of them don’t listen to Mio, right?
“Mio. I don’t think you should use that skill too easily.”
Shelly seemed to think the same thing and stopped Mio, but…
“It’s fine. I am full of power now mysteriously. I will definitely succeed.”
“I think it’s because you drank Alex’s stuff. Alex’s stuff contains a lot of magic power in it, and it is like a medicine that allows you to grow just by drinking it.”
“If that’s the case, then I’m even more sure of it. I have drank Alex’s stuff from above and below.”
“W-What did you say!? Even though I can’t fit it in my body because Alex’s thing too big for me, but inside Mio …… Kuh! I’m so jealous!”
The conversation turned into something incomprehensible.
“Mio. I understand that you want to make sure Shelly’s friends are safe, but someone as strong as Shelly and won’t listen to you might show up, right? As you can see, there’s a lot of houses around here, so I’d rather you don’t.”
“Ugh …… Alex doesn’t believe in my powers.”
“I don’t mean that. I just don’t want to be in a situation where something bad happens.”
Mio looks up at me with a face that looks as if she’s about to cry.
The only thing is, Mio is about the same age as Shelly, right?
I’m not sure how to feel about that kind of facial expression and gesture.
“…… Alright. But let’s not do that here. At least let’s go someplace where there’s nothing around.”
“There is a place. This is what we call the east area, which is a residential zone for the magic dolls, but if we go north of here, there is a training ground. There’s nothing around there, and if the worst-case happens, it’ll be fine.”
“I understand. We’ll move there.”
After some convincing, I took Mio and Shelly to the training area in the northeast area.
I told Nora, Fiine, and the others not to follow us, just in case, and we went with Mio, Shelly, and myself. Then, I told Ellie, Monica, Sakura, and Yudit …… which is the combat group to move to the northeast area.
“Shelly. If that just in case guy comes …… the point is, if that someone who doesn’t listen to Mio comes, can we handle it?”
“Ummm. I’ll hold him back while Ellie attack with magic and maybe we’ll win? …… something like that I’d say.”
“For you to hold him back is the best you can do, isn’t it pretty bad? Can’t you just send him back to where he came from?”
I was about to ask Mio about the skills she was about to use…
“Let’s get on with it! [Rokujin].”
She was already using the skill with the mysterious board.
As I was worried and watched if it was really okay, a huge shadow appeared in the air just as it did when Shelly was summoned.
The shadow looked much like Shelly’s blue dragon form, with a giant snake floating in the air.
But the big difference is that the serpent is surrounded by flames.
“Geh! This is bad! It’s a soaring serpent!”
“A soaring serpent? Could it be that guy you were talking about earlier, the one that doesn’t listen to Mio ……”
“Mm …… I was thinking who it was, but it’s the fox-eared brat! For you to call me …… you’ve become quite courageous now, aren’t you!”
A huge snake–a soaring serpent, engulfed in flames–emits a low voice and glares at Mio from above.
“Wait! Soaring serpent …… I did not mean to summon you. I’m sorry, but please obediently …….”
“Shut up! I’m in a bad mood right now! Die!”
He said, and spat out a breath of flame at Mio.