v1c30 - Ms. Blue Dragon who is sulking like a little girl
When I woke up, I found a cute looking girl, not older than 10 years old, with her black hair tied up in two bunches.
I heard that the girl was the incarnation of the blue dragon, the divine beast that protects the world, and she had once fought with other divine beasts against the demon king and been defeated.
“I came back to this shrine because of my wounds.”
“Is this shrine like Ms. Blue Dragon’s home?”
“Yes. I don’t remember how many hundreds of years ago it was, but there was a human village here. Those humans built this shrine to worship me.”
“A village!? In a place like this!?”
“It was buried under the ground by the Four Heavenly Kings of the Earth, but it was originally a forest, you know? I am the divine beast that controls the power of the trees, after all.”
This place was originally a forest!?
This is a barren land where not a single tree grows now, though.
“Why is it a tree when you’re the Blue Dragon? Water or ice would be more appropriate.”
“You …… you have been calling me a blue dragon for a while now, but I am a green dragon, you know?”
“Even though you’re an azure dragon?”
“In the past, the word Ao used to stand for the color green …… but that doesn’t matter! Anyway, I am the master of the power of the trees!”
Don’t piss off Ms. blue dragon …… Ellie.
It was kind of cute the way she was getting all excited.
“Oh! I’ve heard of that before. They said that the big green snake is the divine beast that makes the forests.”
“Like I said, I am not a snake!”
“I didn’t say that! It’s just an Elvish legend.”
“Not a single dark-haired human who has ever lived here has ever called me a snake, though.”
Oh, Ms. Blue Dragon is sulking.
Anyway, Ellie and Lydia apologize’s and then followed up with me and Nina, who managed to get her back in a good mood so that we could talk again.
But, were there black-haired people living in this area?
There wasn’t a single black-haired person, at least not in Frey’s town.
By the way, according to Ms. Blue Dragon, the golem that was here and the wards to avoid monsters that are still in effect today were made by the people who lived in the village.
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She also told us that if we looked for a village near here, we would find one, but that there would be no people living there.
“That’s enough of my story …… By the way, how did you guys get to this place?”
“It’s a long story, but we came here to cultivate this barren land.”
“…… Hmm. So you guys live up here.”
“Yeah. You protected us from Bernhard’s last attack, didn’t you? We’d like to thank you in some way, so if you’d like to, why don’t you come to our house?”
Ms. Blue Dragon said she’s thankful of us, but so are we.
If she hadn’t protected us, we might have died.
“Thank you. But I will only take your feelings. Unfortunately, I have only just regained my strength, so I cannot leave this shrine. As my strength recovers, I will be able to move around a little more.”
“How can I regain my strength?”
“I am the divine beast that governs the trees. So I need to be exposed to sunlight and get offerings from the people …… which means food, both of which will be difficult in this place.”
Certainly, it is difficult to get sunlight in an underground cave.
For now, we need to make a big hole right above here.
“Nina. It’s hard to dig a hole up here, isn’t it?”
“Yes, it would be. It’s hard to reach in the first place, and even if we dig from the ground down, it would be difficult to find out the location of this place from above.”
“Then, how about using Ellie’s magic to blow the ceiling ……?”
I think it’s a good idea, but Ellie shook her head.
“Mr. Alex. I might be able to do something about that.”
“Oh, that’s Lydia for you!”
“But it will require a lot of magical power.”
“I’ll take care of the magic. I don’t know why, but I have so much physical and magical power that it’s overflowing from my body. I’ll share as much as I can.”
“Now, please come to my side …… and if you can, stick close to me.”
“…… like this?”
“Thank you. Then, let’s go, shall we? Please hold me tightly …… Ahem. Please support me so I don’t fall.”
Saying that, Lydia produced the usual stone wall.
…… At the feet of me and Lydia…
“[Stone Wall]”
“[Stone Wall]”
“[Stone Wall]”
The stone walls were added to one another, and as we gradually approached the ceiling of the cavern…
“[Hole in the Earth]”
A large hole is made in the ceiling directly above us.
Again, we went up with the stone wall, made a hole, and repeated ……
“Mr. Alex! There it is! We are above ground!”
At last, we reached under the blue sky.
“Oh, I see the cabin over there. It’s not that far away …… and there’s Shadow Wolf, too.”
After defeating the shadow wolf that approached us and having a certain amount of space covered by a stone wall, we now dug a wide and shallow hole.
Using the stone wall we climbed as a foothold, she made a hole about the size of a field, and light began to shine into Ms. Blue Dragon’s shrine.
So, in the opposite direction from when we climbed up, we had the stone wall disappear little by little, and when we returned safely to everyone…
“Thank you so much. Now, little by little, I will regain my strength.”
Ms. Blue Dragon bowed deeply.
Then, the Blue Dragon lightly held her hand over the surroundings.
“Wow!”
“Amazing!”
“Little Dragon is awesome!”
A small forest instantly formed around the shrine.