v6c222.1 - Intermission 75 - Tabitha, a guild official with a headache
“Tabitha, about that inspection to the Fourth Demon Territory talk that we had.”
“Yes, For the time being, I’m pretty much finished with the preparations and all I have to do is decide with Mr. Alex on what day to go there.”
“I’m sorry, but we’ll postpone that for now. We’ve got a problem.”
As usual, when I suddenly thought that the Guild Master came here, he said something out of the blue.
No, Mr. Alex, who came from our guild, created a country there, you know!?
And we have something more problematic that this!?
That’s why, after making various requests and making arrangements, I decided to have her go!
“Um, what’s the problem?”
“…Well, you do have the right to know. However, this is still under investigation by the Shiina Country on its own and it’s still not certain, but …… There was a report that a red dragon had been sighted in a town on the north side of the Shiina State, close to the Fourth Demon Territory.”
“A-A Red Dragon!? Isn’t that a disaster-class monster?”
“Ah! Its breath burns everything and the scales covering its body are harder than iron. If it were to come to town, it would certainly perish.”
“A-And it was near the Fourth Demon Territory!?”
“Rather, it is said that a large number of people have seen it flying over the Fourth Demon Territory. Fortunately, the distance was considerably large, but judging from the many eyewitnesses, it is not likely that they mistook it for a large bird.”
W-Wait a minute!
Speaking of the Demon Territory, it was only filled with demons and monsters who are weak in holy attributes, so Mr. Alex, who is a paladin, can protect Ellie and the others.
However, the Red Dragon is weak to water and ice, but I have never heard that it is weak in holy attributes, and if they encounter a disaster-class monster in the first place, Mr. Alex and others alone can not drive it away.
“O-Oh no! Mr. Alex, Ellie, Monica, and Fiine are ……”
“Calm down. As I said earlier, the Shiine State is still investigating it. Besides, how wide do you think the Fourth Demon Territory is? It’s probably a long way from the town where the eyewitness was, to the cabin where Alex and the others live.”
“Yes, but dragons fly in the sky, don’t they? So isn’t some distance not a problem to it?”
“I can understand if it’s a big town, but it’s unlikely that a dragon will find a tiny house in the sky and then attack it. In Shiina, the number of adventurers of the adventurer’s guild is so small that they won’t be able to kill a dragon, but instead, the vigilante forces of Shiina country should act on their behalf.”
”I-I see. I’ll tell Mr. Alex to watch out for dragons for now.”
“Yes, I’ll leave that to you. For now, once we’ve confirmed where the dragon went and that it’s safe, we’ll continue the inspection again. This is a problem that we can’t just leave in itself, after all.”
Oh no!
Anyway, I have to hurry and tell Mr. Alex!
I hurried to the room where the call magic magical device is, and called Mr. Alex.
“Mr. Alex! Mr. Alex! It’s an emergency! Mr. Alex!”
If he’s don’t respond to the call, it may be because he’s out of the cabin as usual, or they’re already …… No, it can’t be.
If the Red Dragon were to attack, the cabin would have been destroyed and nothing would have been left.
Since this magic device is not showing error, the house itself remains.
However, if they encountered the dragon outside …… Uhhh, I don’t want to think about it, but I can only imagine the worst-case scenario.
“…… A-Anyway, I have to call him! Mr. Alex! Please answer me!”
After a while of calling for him…
“…… Sorry, I’m late. Tabitha, what’s the matter?”
Finally, Mr. Alex responded.
“Thank goodness. You’re safe,”
“Eh? Of course, I’m safe, but …… Is something wrong?”
“Actually. There is information that a Red Dragon has been seen above the Fourth Demon Realm from the Shiina Country. I don’t think there are any disaster-class dragon in such a place, but I thought it would be better if you remain careful.”
“……”
Eh? Mr. Alex went silent after hearing about the Red Dragon.
I guess he’s confused to hear that a dragon is there.
No, there’s no reason he won’t be confused.
The Sage who can use the summon magic seems to be still busy, and it’s hard that we can’t save Mr. Alex and others right away, so I can only ask them to be careful.
…… It may only serve as peace of mind, but in case they encounter the dragon, an anti-aircraft weapon …… well, I won’t go that far and call it that, but I guess it’s better to send a bow and arrow or something.
As I was thinking of that, after a long silence, Mr. Alex starts talking again.
“Ahh, Tabitha. I’m sorry, but that Red Dragon is us.”
“…Mr. Alex. I don’t really follow you there.”
“No, about yesterday, a young girl of the dragon tribesmen came ……”
“Mr. Alex! Stop making fun of me! There’s no way a legendary race like the dragon tribesmen exist!”
What the hell! I was so worried, but there’s a dragon girl who can turn into a Red Dragon with them?
There’s no way that’s true!
“It’s true, though …… Anyway, I have a request, can you send Stella over here?”
“Ms. Stella? What the hell happened? Don’t tell me ……”
“Yeah. I have a child.”
“…… That’s why I told you over and over and over again to use birth control!”