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Editor: Sky
“Darling~ Darling~ Wake up please~”
”Fuuuh~………”
With his wife shaking his body, Shiro’s father, the Dragon King, finally woke up.
He’s quite well-groomed, and would probably look like quite a handsome actor if he cleaned up a little better.
Unfortunately, he didn’t seem to be aware of his potential in that area. His shaggy white hair, facial stubble, along with the dirty, shabby clothes he was wearing, made him look like a homeless person living under a bridge.
You couldn’t see any trace of the majesty belonging to the ruler of all Dragons.
The dragon king, who had been fast asleep on the floor, sat up and staggered over to the throne before curling up on it again.
“… Give me five more days.”
You still want to sleep?!
It’s been five days already! You’ve been going back to sleep after waking for too long already!
“That’s a no no~ It’s already been five days since you last said that~”
It feels like they’ve been practicing that routine for a while.
You shouldn’t be sleeping on the throne in the first place.
”Hn. My dad’s speciality is that he can sleep anywhere for however long he likes. I respect that.”
The things Shiro respects are also a bit weird.
Come to think of it, Shiro likes to sleep too…..
She’s always either eating or sleeping. Is she a panda?
If that’s the case, this old guy might be weak to food too.
With that in mind, I took out a meat bun from my ‘Unlimited Inventory’ that I thought might be useful for a prank like this. The filling was made of Orc Lord meat that bursts with juice when you bite into it.
He started to stir and groan at the smell.
Shiro tried to steal a bite by stretching out her neck from the side, but I held her back with my palm on her forehead.
“It’s my meat bun, not yours.”
“Darn!”
The delicious smell wafted over toward the Dragon King and he suddenly jumped to his feet.
I tossed the meat bun over and the Dragon King immediately flew up to catch and devour the meat bun with his teeth.
“Soooo yummy?!”
With just a bite, the juices overflow from your mouth with a deliciousness unmatched by anything else. However, the flavour that rears its head immediately afterwards is a fierce heat from the large amount of extremely spicy chili peppers that were secretly hidden in the casing of the nikuman.
“Gahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!”
The Dragon King let out a monster-like scream.
“… That was a close call.”
Shiro sighed in relief. She nearly became the victim of a vicious, spicy meat bun.
“Gimme water, water, WATER!!”
“Sure, here’s some chilled water.”
I had treated the water with magic to cool it to a temperature close to freezing before letting it crash down onto him from above like a waterfall.
“Well, now you’re definitely awake.”
”Hmmm. I see. I completely understand.”
The Dragon King, who was finally using his throne as a throne, nodded his head kindly as I finished telling him what I had seen recently.
But he didn’t seem motivated to do anything about it, with his only action being to use his little finger to pick his nose while frowning.
Yuck! Did you really just roll your snot up into a ball and flick it at me?
‘Goodness~ It seems like a lot of trouble has cropped up~”
Shiro’s mother smiled blankly as if it was someone else’s problem.
“Then I’ll ask each village for reinforcements immediately. Hey, Tsurutsuruten! Tsurutsuruten! … What, are you not around?”
What do you mean by Tsurutsuruten? Is that someone’s name?”
“Dad, if you were the captain of the Kingsguard, you would have resigned and gone back to your hometown long ago.”
“Oh, is that so? Hmm, If it’s like that then… eh? Who am I supposed to order around now?”
“Beats me~? Speaking of which, I haven’t seen any people around lately~?”
I’d only seen Shiro’s sister and mother in this palace until I walked into this room.
《Volunteers provide all the manpower for tasks that need to be done in the palace. In other words, we can tell how many dragons are loyal to the Dragon King by how busy the palace is.》said Nabiko.
“There used to be more in the past though~?”
In other words, they all ran out of patience and left….
This is what their Dragon King looks like after all.
“Well, it can’t be helped if there’s no one here…”
“Ufufu, since it’s such a good opportunity~, why don’t we go on a leisurely tour of the villages to request reinforcements~?”
“Oh, that’s a neat idea, isn’t it?”
And this lack of a sense of crisis.
This couple is just no good…
Wouldn’t it be easier just to give up the throne to the Black Dragons?
That’s when it happened.
A single dragon suddenly burst into the audience chamber.
I don’t know if it was just because of urgency, but it remained in its dragon form.
”Dragon King, we’ve got trouble! Dragons from settlements with clear hostile intent are flying towards this settlement! They won’t even respond to warnings!”
“What, they’re here already?”
“Goodness, don’t be in such a rush~”
It seems like the Black Dragons have already begun their attack.
“We’ve formed a defense team and will intercept them immediately!”
“Well then. I’ll leave it to you. … Uh…”
“My name is Pikupiku, from the Imperial Guard!”
“Oh, that’s right, that’s right. Well then, I’ll leave the rest to you Pikupiku.”
Pikupiku, huh?
Well, leaving the name aside, was this dragon part of the Imperial Guard? Has he been here the whole time?
But the Dragon King completely forgot his name… Poor guy.
After Pikupiku left, the dragon king curled up on his throne.
“Perrone, wake me up when it’s over please.”
“Oka~y”
“You’re going back to sleep?!”
The battle was settled quickly.
The Black Dragons had the element of surprise when they suddenly invaded and left the Dragon King’s troops in the dust, both in terms of army size and motivation.
As a result, the line of defense was easily breached, leading to the invasion of the village and the subsequent surrender of the Dragon King’s troops.
It was so one-sided that little or no damage was done to both sides.
The Dragon King’s castle was then completely occupied by the Black Dragon faction and Gulenka, the leader of the Black Dragons, sat on the throne triumphantly.
“Hiiyahaaaaa! Now I’m the Dragon King! Up until now it’s been the White Dragons who’ve ruled, but now it’s the era of the Black Dragons!”
“Hiiyahaaaaa!”
“Hiiyahaaaaa!”
“Hiiyahaaaaa!”
… They’re quite noisy.
The former Dragon King and the other White Dragons, along with Perrone, the Rainbow Dragon, were bound and made to sit in front of Gulenka, who had taken the throne for herself.
Shiro, however, was hidden by me, under the effects of《Stealth • Extreme》.
Even in the face of her family being restrained, Shiro remained resolute.
…Or is calm more accurate?
Oh, hang on a minute. Her eyes don’t even seem to be open in the first place-
“Snore.”
She’s been asleep this whole time?!
”Hiiyahaaaaa! We’ll have to decide what to do with you guys now!” shouted Gulenka loudly.
“Severe punishment!”
”Execute the former Dragon King, execute him!”
“Yes, yes, yes! That incompetent person deserves to die!”
Not only were the Black Dragons’ calling for his execution, but the other Ultra Dragons who joined the rebellion later also called for a harsh punishment.
“Goodness, we’re in trouble aren’t we~”
Perrone laughed as if it were someone else’s problem while the former Dragon King and Shiro’s sister were fast asleep and snoring.
Gulenka angrily shouted, “It’s not the time to be sleeping!”, and the former Dragon King woke up with an “Eh?”
There’s a limit to living life at your own pace, man.
At this rate, you’re seriously going to get executed.
“Listen up Chomuchomu! I’m the new Dragon King, and I’m going to tell you how exactly I plan to deal with you!”
She sentenced him to…
“I sentence you… to become my prince consort!”
… Huh???
A prince consort is that, isn’t it?
『That’s right. The prince consort is the Queen’s husband.』
What kind of punishment is that?