Alice Tale in Phantasmagoria

Eclair's health also recovered, in the elves of the ash forest that he later made to be expelled.

We stopped for a break on the way back to the Principality of Wilmington.

"Is there a dragon clan in this village?

"Um, I live by the river through the woods"

"You know very well. And a dragon..."

It would be valuable.

Wouldn't a bad person push over or something?

"Well, I've lived there a long time. And I don't have any more power. You don't have to worry. You can't bother attacking a recluse who's only worth it. Especially in this country."

"Is that what it is"

Wilmington is a racial snake.

It's a fine country where clan lineage laid the foundations.

Besides, the village is so far from the city, so to speak, rural.

On the back passes the Great Forest, which leads to the ash forest, and a large river called the White Ash River, just around the corner.

It's more rural than the pioneering village of Linnal, and I think it would be helpful to call it a settlement.

Daily food seems to cover hunting in the woods, homemade fields, river fishing, etc. I can imagine a qualitative life where self-sufficiency is a principle.

We decided to rent an empty cabin for five pieces of silver.

The currency seemed precious and the food accommodated some with it.

I accidentally tried to pay extra, but that was stopped by Mr. Scion.

I somehow guessed the situation, so I honestly decided to take it as a goodwill.

"Think it's just fine. Anyway, I'm staying here today and I'll see you... you'll see the nostalgic dragon"

"I miss...?

Till prompted me to leave one mysterious word now, and Mr. Scion decided to take me with Eclair to visit the dragon man.

A short walk down the beast path of the Great Forest, which leads to the ash forest, led to the building of a house on the riverside where the forest opened, as taught.

It's a hexagonal building, like a wooden cottage.

Do you even prepare meals from the chimney? White smoke is rising.

Is the sun still high and I'm still making smoked or something rather than a quick dinner?

"Hello -"

Speaking in front of the door, the door opened silently without being particularly waited for.

A young girl just peered into her face as she asked from the gap.

"... who"

She had blue eyes and blue hair, an adorable child of her age who could still be said to be a toddler.

Yeah, it's dangerous when someone I don't know visits and suddenly opens the door, young lady.

"Um, I heard I live in a dragon... I just wanted to talk to you a little bit and I came to visit."

Crouch down, gaze, and smile at the young lady with her hands on the door.

Seeing me like that, the toddler opened her eyes to surprise.

"You..."

"Hmm?"

Fluffy footsteps through the door, approaching.

"The wizard who killed Achi..."

"Huh...?

Killed, did...?

Me?

What did she say?

Thinking that far, the dots connected by a line.

Blue hair, blue eyes, a young appearance not yet born and old - and a place where dragons are said to live.

"- You will meet a nostalgic dragon"

A nostalgic dragon?

I've known Till three times and met the dragon.

Ilia, no.

Sirius, no.

As struck by lightning, my memory came back to life.

"No way......"

Though I think so, I can't deny it.

"Um - Ice Dragon!!?

Summoned by Libra in Linnal, that blue dragon.

She was just staring at me when she found the enemy of her life...

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With a cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha

He calms his hips in a round chair like a stump and surrounds the main and circular table of this house.

Probably a dragon man, no, it's your grandfather.

Looks pretty old, as Till said.

Hair and beard already dyed in gray hair can't imagine the bright colors of the time.

The Ice Dragon child, who finished carrying the tea, sat down on Marutai next to his grandfather.

Is it merciful that you served my tea too...

The person who killed himself (wasn't actually dead?) and how does it feel to have tea with you?

"Um..."

Tzu.

It is the energy side of ice.

"Ho ho. I'll see what's going on. That's when Snow and Ice brought him here."

"Till, take this girl...?

"Uhm."

My grandfather, the dragon, who should be called a favorite, was stroking the head of the Ice Dragon child.

Speaking of which, Till often fluttered away at times.

I thought that was the kind of person you were, but could you have gotten this far...?

It may have been Till's duty to help this child.

That's what Libra did.

That's what I did.

"The Ice Dragon Child? I don't know what it is, but it's a tough kid."

Knowing the circumstances as if, Eclair approached her with interest, she crouched down and took the treat out of her pocket.

Cookies?

"Can I give you this?

"... what is this"

Moving her nose crackling, she was glowing her eyes as she perceived it was apparently food.

"Heh heh, this is a sweet treat when you say cookies. By the way, Eclair's handmade makes you smile when you eat it."

That being said, Eclair made me play cookies with you wanting to be in front of the Ice Dragon girl.

Send a gaze to Grandpa on the side and signal that it is not suspicious.

Grandpa nodded with a wrinkly smile.

"Will you?

"Well - if I could introduce myself, wouldn't I have to give it to you?

……

The Ice Dragon kid looked at me and looked a little unfaithful.

Ugh... I'll be back soon, but there's no excuse.

I know what's going on with me, Mr. Scion. All right, I was stroking my head.

"... Fleuretti"

The Ice Dragon kid with the red cheeks was named, as if he was ashamed of losing to the meat even though he was young.

Fleuretti...

"It's not a good name, it's like a demon clan. Look, I'll give it to you."

"Huh!

Fleuretti, who I gladly received, can I eat? And I was getting an understanding from my grandfather.

She seems very smart, honest and good.

Where the dragon's grandfather nodded deeply with an affectionate smile, Fleuretti, smiling like a flower, began eating cookies.

I have my cheeks swollen and cheeky like squirrels.

Lovely......

"That's how you should be laughing. Take care of Grandpa."

"Ugh!

Eclair looked at Grandpa and Kid Ice Dragon in a dazzling way somewhere.

"Ho, thanks. Okay, customers. Non is Gustav. I'm an old dragon with all my strength."

"Oh, uh! I'm Alice, Till's... uh, apprentice."

"It's Theon, this kid's sister. Say hello."

"It's Eclair."

Mr. Gustav cut me out at the end of my introduction.

Is the requirement that I came here something like I'm guessing?

You want to hear about the dragon contract?

Fleuretti tilted her neck.

They still don't know what that is.

Ilia also came without a contract until her current age, so I guess she doesn't necessarily need a contract.

"Let's start with the dragon breed. You know what?

"No."

Shake your head to the side.

"Even in a sip with a dragon, it is divided into various species. Ice dragons, ground dragons, fire dragons, wing dragons, and superior species, white dragons, and black dragons, who have intensely inherited blood from ancient times. And the dragon king's family, the ancient dragon."

"Dragon King's family..."

Ancient dragon?

Dragon King?

Ilia...

"Non is a ground dragon. This kid, as you know, is an ice dragon. Even so, I now live venerated as the patron saint of this village. It's really good for you, and in order to respond to that, we can do everything we can to get rid of the villages."

"You did, didn't you"

The inside of the elf was protected by the transfer formation and the junction, but there was nothing spilled like that in this village.

I wondered how demons and beasts were doing in despicable places, but I see the point went.

Do it. Symbiosis is happening in this village, even if you don't say up or down.

"Well, let's go around here and talk about the dragon contract."

My throat rang naturally.

I felt my gaze from Fleuretti, so when I turned my face, I was slightly distracted.

That's right...

"First of all, dragons basically reside, and never come out of the rear rear realm of the deep green forest where you humans say you are."

"Deep Green Forest! Is there something on the other side?

The Great Forest stretches even over the land north of Linnal. It is the dreams of the people of the village of Linnal who tread there, and of course of Mr Theon himself.

Oh, your sister's eyes sparkle.

"There are dragon dwellings, though. The shrine is wider than the Lord thinks. I don't even know what it is."

"Well, yeah... but thanks, I have more fun rejecting it"

"Ho ho, not a cheerful human"

Hmm, but I see dragons in this human world quite often... and I hear stories.

The human-type sightings, I'm sure, may be few.

Mr. Gustav nodded at my questioning face.

"A dragon out of the divine realm, including Non, will not have enough magic first, will lose consciousness, and will become just a beast at the end"

Just a dragon...... you mean it will be a dragon itself like that beast.

So most of the dragons you see here aren't human shaped, they're just dragons like unconscious beasts...

"Then is the divine domain full of magic? So weak in this world that dragons can normally take in magic."

I recall my concerns in the ash forest, which Ms Zion was terribly confirming.

Certainly because if you get an excessive supply of magic like the ash forest, people with no magic tolerance will halve their abilities.

You can't oversupply it.

That's what I'm trying to adventure, so there's no point in gathering pre-information.

"Bye. To be more than just a beast, Non and the others are constantly looking for vitality - magic. And the dragon contract is what we need to live with ourselves in this human world."

Do you mean to have a partner who will always supply you with magic?

I've taken in enough magic in this world, but is the dragon somehow fuel-efficient? Or would it be the efficiency of the way it's taken in?

Interesting, when it comes to that area.

Is it an ecological difference?

"Hmm? But does your grandfather and Fleuretti live without a contract?

"Ho ho, whatever the past is, Non is no longer old. You don't need so much magic. This forest is close to the ash forest, and although it is not about the shrine, there is no problem in living carefully. This child is young for the opposite reason. It's not like we still need so much magic. Not yet."

He showed a slightly worried face and Mr. Gustav stroked Fleuretti's head.

"Really... but the question has arisen again. Gentlemen, why and how are you coming to this world? Even though it is certain to be dangerous for dragons..."

I'm worried about this Ice Dragon kid.

If you ask me not to be hypocritical now, you're right, but if I can give it back, I want to give it back to my original address.

So I want to hear how you got here.

That information can also be a hint to go that way.

Mr. Theon also embarked on himself.

"There are different ways. Humans are the same, aren't they? Sometimes things that are curious about the outside world transcend the woods themselves and are suddenly summoned one day even if they don't want to. I don't know how any of them get there."

……

Fleuretti's eyes get rough.

I knew I was wrong that Libra had 'generated' the dragon on that occasion, but that was still a historical summons.

The young lady was summoned suddenly, fell into a lack of magic, and perhaps imprinted with the summoner's orders, attacking us and trying to march into the village.

I guess I won't dragonize because I'm calm now, but I guess I was suddenly drawn to the human world at that time to cloud my consciousness.

"Summoning or traveling of your own free will?"

"There's more. In prison."

- Infiltration.

Seen in Linnal, Ilia lost herself to the identity of a slave.

Ancient dragon - a dragon king's family girlfriend... an outcast?

I don't know why...

Anyway.

"... the dragon being used in combat is still a dragon being summoned and unconscious, right? Something terrible..."

Fleuretti stared at me, but I could only laugh powerlessly.

Perhaps most of them are usually species that can be summoned in dragons.

I'm sorry, but Mr. Beltran misjudged the value of Ilia as a slave.

No, I can also see that in the end it was an estimate that my life would soon be gone...

Elves and dragons, both rare but dragons cannot be summoned.

It's just that elves are far more magical than normal human beings, impossible to summon, etc.

In that sense, elves that are difficult to get on the table may have been more rare.

"I kind of understood the dragon and the human situation..."

Did Ilia hate me at first?

I don't want to hear it...

No matter what you think, you can't make a good impression on a human race who is bad at summoning or something.

No, well, I'm an elf.

"Ho ho, don't look dark, you elf girl. Lord, are we about to come to the Dragon Contract? I need you to help your people."

"Of course! Important, because you are my valued partner!

Momented and answered, Mr. Gustav nodded, frankly carving a wrinkle.

"I'm listening, he says that the person your Lord will sign with is the ancient dragon. I have never worshipped anyone before, but be careful... perhaps nothing in history has ever made a pact with the ancient dragon. That's about the story of the High Elf and the Divine Dragon that comes out of a legendary, ancient dream story. It's not the same as signing a contract with Nong et al. … It seems to be a contradiction, but I thought I could talk to you today. Son of an elf, the Lord is also a gentle young man with a future. Too soon to die."

Mr. Gustav smacked me in the head gently, just wondering if you'd let Fleuretti stare at me the whole time.

Fleuretti swelled her cheeks and turned that way.

"And if I can, I want to turn into this old man without power, and I want to ask him to do the same."

She seemed shocked by the words that followed.

Mr. Gustav was gently laughing at her shaking her head.

I see...... Till, I wonder if that's why he told me to go here.

"Fleuretti, why don't you come with me?

"... no, you, I hate"

"Oh well... haha, you're in trouble"

Do you have a hand in coming here to see how things are going on a regular basis while you live like this...

I don't want to be forced, and Mr. Gustav says this, but I wonder if I can pull it off.

"... Damn, this is Letty!!

Don't they?

Fleuretti, again Letty, was making her eyes black and white with a loud voice like Eclair scolded her.

"This Eclair will beat you back to the heart narrower than your Alice's chest."

"No, hey, Eclair, nothing about my breasts right now -"

"What? If you ask, you lost to Alice? It's not that kind of resentment. So if you beat Alice, if you killed her, you'd be sorry? You can't do that!

"Chi, chi..."

On Eclair's serious face, Letty is grated.

Both Gustav and Theon are just watching you with tender faces...

"Eclair, Letty's just a kid."

"You know, Eclair's talking about something important right now. And I don't have any children or adults. I should tell you what I have to tell you."

Then there is no reason.

I remember the language of our country's history.

"Okay? If you're going to be a fine lady too, don't let the little things catch you. Even if others don't forgive you, you forgive me. Do something about a big woman like that."

- That belly black you don't like, because it is.

I couldn't help but laugh when I heard the poison of Eclair whining a little.

When I looked at the fearful Letty, she seemed to be unwittingly tearing at the momentum but didn't call, staring straight at Eclair.

"Yeah......"

With a crying smile full of hope, Letty nodded.

"Ok!"

With a clear sun-like smile to it, Eclair responded.

As usual, my octopus teeth were too cute when I laughed.

Phew!

I wonder if I've been losing for a long time.

Apparently my dear rival is a very handsome girl.