I still know that Gloria is joining my clan. In other words, it will be our friend. Rather welcome. However, the story is a bit different if the requirement is to find a companion dragon.

"Is that companion needed right away?"

[…… No, it doesn't seem to be right away. Gloria doesn't seem to have grown yet. Probably speaking in humans, he is not yet an adult. I don't know the exact time, but it will be soon.]

Wow ... I thought what to do if I was told I needed it immediately. But is it still growing at this size? Certainly smaller than the one-eyed dragon ...

The size of Gloria will be twelve meters upright. The one-eyed dragon must have been more than 15 meters. If that were an adult, there would still be time to spare.

[It seems that Gloria is still wondering why she can communicate with a human captain. May I appear there? ]

"of course"

But now I'm noticing that. Gloria must be confused. Iris appeared right next to me. Of course, this is the illusion that Nanom interferes with the optic nerve. Gloria is surprised and steps back. Well, no wonder. I'll be surprised if it appears.

"Gloria, this is Iris. My clan is great."

Iris is an honorary captain in class. There is no practical authority, but in class, it can be said to be the number 2 Imperial Army on this planet.

"Hello, Gloria. I'm using magic to convey the patriarch's words to your heart."

Iris conveys the image to Gloria and seems to understand and bows deeply toward Iris. Nevertheless, I want you to take care of the patriarch.

"... you understand, but I'm wondering why both warriors and I can disappear or show up."

"I can't help but think that's what it is. I can't explain it well."

Gloria also says something about Gaogao.

"... you've just noticed that the injury has healed. I've explained that the captain has healed."

I'm really new now. For me, who struggled quite a bit, I wanted to be aware of the concerns of men. Gloria seems to be honoring me again, lying down like a dog.

"Stop it, Gloria, don't do that in our clan. Just say thanks."

I know I'm grateful for the dragon's way, but in my sense it seems unnecessarily humble.

"I understand you."

"Okay, so I have a question, why were you fighting the one-eyed dragon?"

"... I didn't come to my territory to say hello. I was attacking humans. I mention it because I couldn't speak."

"I seemed to be communicating properly. Why is attacking humans a reason to fight?"

"... Apparently attacking humans seems to be a ban on all dragons."

"Speaking of which, the one-eyed dragon wasn't hitting humans before the adventurer gave it one eye. I guess that was the idea. Ask me why attacking people is prohibited. "

"... I don't know. But my mother told me that in the old days dragons and humans lived together."

"Hey! It's really interesting that there was such an era. Did your mother die?"

"Yes, I confirmed it, it seems he died long ago."

"Well, then you lived alone ... Why didn't you hear the dragon in one eye? Why was it a dragon from a distance?"

"... Probably. Far away seems to refer to another continent."

"I see. It's not surprising that we couldn't communicate because the continents wouldn't have so much interaction. But that way of fighting seemed like a duel, but wasn't it? "

That way of fighting seemed to have some common rules.

"... It's like a duel again. I didn't understand the word but seemed surprised to know the rules of the duel. The dragon in one eye took a duel in response to the screaming of the challenge, but the rule seemed to lose I'm angry that I broke. "

Gloria roared lightly at the corpse of the one-eyed dragon, about thirty meters away. After all, was the grenade meeting a duel? Surely, fighting, such as biting, would be against the rules.

"Ask me what exactly violated the rules."

"... It seems that the dragon should have performed a ritual of surrender when it realized that it was invulnerable in a duel. It seems that not doing so in a duel manner was a very sneaky act."

Really. When I heard that, I felt a little lighter about the guilty feeling that I had disposed of the one-eyed dragon. No, maybe the rules were different due to different continents. But now I can't confirm.

"Ask me what to do with the dragon's corpse."

If Gloria should be buried or cremated, unfortunately do so.

"... I said to the captain that I liked it. My mother said that I had never eaten, but that the meat of the dragon was very good. If he won, he would have eaten the meat of the loser. ''

"Even if it's delicious ... I don't want to eat too much."

I no longer see Gloria as a mere monster. I do not want to eat the flesh of creatures that look like Gloria. You may be able to eat it if it is in the state of meat ...

"So, will this dragon somehow be brought back to Ganz ... Iris, any suggestions?"

"Yes, it wouldn't be possible to use a drone for this heavy thing.

"That's right. If scales and blood are precious, I would like to avoid them if possible, but there is no help for it. No, it is hard to divide. This is."

Even if a corpse is divided and transported by drone, it cannot be transported directly to Ganz. It will be all the way to the sea near Gantz. Even if you carry it on a trolley or something, there is a lot of manpower and it's a good task. Well, what happened?

"I asked Gloria what she was talking about, but she said she could carry Gloria."

"What ?! Can you fly a dragon larger than your body?"

"... It seems like you have to get the stone there. Without it, you can't do it in Gloria."

"A stone is probably a bag with this oak magic stone !?"

"That's right"

That kind of thing? After all, dragons seem to have the power to sense magic. The one-eyed dragon looked at the fire grenade I released and hurriedly avoided it without thinking it was a fireball. If you can sense the magic, you can easily tell that the bag contains magic stones.

I took out three magic stones from the bag and showed them to Gloria.

"How do you use this?"

"... I'll eat it."

"... Is it okay to eat magic stones? No, isn't it okay? I guess it's okay to replenish magic by eating? If a dragon uses magic with its wings when it flies, I heard. Does more magic mean more flying power? "

I've always felt that flying is a kind of magic.

"... That's a good interpretation. It's said that Gloria will carry you to the clan's settlement.

"Oh, Gloria. You can't take Gloria to where we are now. That ... Gloria is big, isn't it?"

As reported by Iris, Gloria has dropped. It seems that the clan felt that he had been exempt from me. From what I've done so far, Gloria feels more concerned about being recognized by the clan, rather than joining the clan.

"No, it's not. I'm building a new village right now.

If you're a Gloria living in the Jukai, you'll know about the bases where Iris is making. Iris told him that he was excited and started talking with Gaogao.

"... I'm surprised that it's a new settlement. Let's build a Gloria place to live here."

"Oh, please. Please prepare a spacious and comfortable place."

He seemed to be convinced of the village for the time being. Wow, it was good. You can't just take Gloria to Clan's home.

"So, let's see if you can carry a dragon to Gloria right away."

"No, I want to do something before that."

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Corps A departs the camp, and arrives at the place where the bandits are trapping in about two hours and almost an hour soon. No problem at the moment. At that time, I received an alarm warning from the drone. Someone is approaching the road at a considerable speed. He exchanged glances with Sharon. That's why I understand why Sharon is thinking. Sharon doesn't seem to come up with anything.

(D-2, reconnaissance)

[OK]

As soon as the direct-covered drone was sent to reconnaissance, the video was displayed. There are five people on horses, not monsters. He is running very fast, running horses, each with two spare horses. One of them was zoomed.

That's Walter! Why Walther is here? There was something in Alan! ? No, if that were the case, Iris would have contacted me. What would it be? I guess Alain had come here, but I have no idea why. Just listen to the story. He raised his hand and stopped the formation.

"Captain Serena, what?"

"Someone is approaching from behind. Let's check it just in case."

Walters came into view when waiting enough on the highway. I'm still skipping horses. He seemed to be accelerating further after finding us, and when he arrived, his horses, people and his breath were all dead.

"Lear! Captain Serena! Alain, Alan!"

"What happened? Calm down and talk."

Walter tried hard and breathed in about ten seconds.

"The dragon was attacked on the way back from the oak, and Alan-sama went alone to escape us."

"Alan is ?! Is Alan safe?"

"I don't know ... I'm sorry, Leah. We're all in the steps of Alan-san ... Captain Serena, please. Please come back to help Alan-san!"

Something is wrong. Walters, of course, should have left before calling Alain on time last night. However, when I contacted Alan, she didn't say a word.

"I don't think there's a problem because Alan ..."

"Selina, your opponent is a dragon! No matter how much Alan! There's no problem! Let's return immediately!"

"Let me think a little. As a captain of the A Corps, I think about it and decide what to do next."

He closed his eyes and communicated to Alan so everyone could see what he was thinking.

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Contact, Serena and Sharon at the same time. Let's receive by group communication.

(Alan! Are you OK !?)

(What? What?)

(Is it true that you were attacked by a dragon !?)

(Ah, yeah, but why do you know that?)

(In addition to Walter, four people jumped horses and came here)

(Well, what? Walter? Did they run a horse at night ?! Damn it!

(Are dragons safer than that !?)

(Of course it's okay. Ah, yeah. Can you come here a bit with AR mode communication?

((A woman you want to introduce !?))

Gloria wants to introduce to Serena as soon as possible. Iris nodded in my gaze. AR mode communication that simultaneously controls each person's nanom cannot be realized without the processing capability of Eris.

(Oh, yes, I want to see them as soon as possible.)

((to go!))

Soon Serena and Sharon appeared about three meters away. Gloria also seems to be seeing them again, and suddenly comes back and is surprised again.

What they see is probably a composite of my view and Gloria's view, corrected for position. The two looked at Gloria, and when surprised, quickly pulled out the laser gun from the holster on their hips and pointed at Gloria. No, I know they react, but in reality they aren't here.

"This is a dragon! Alan ... Is it okay to get so close?"

"Oh, of course. Let's introduce. She's Gloria."

"She ...?" "I want to introduce this ... a woman?"

"Yes, no, I guess it's better to say this. I'm a recruit, first class Gloria."

"Shin ..." "... hey?"

"I've officially registered as a member of the Imperial Army. I've done my oath of enlistment.

"Squadron? Dragon?" "Dragon ... First Class"

Was it too sudden? Both of them seem quite confused.

I think Gloria is doing terrible things. No matter how much communication, they do read thoughts and have no privacy shards. It might be unavoidable if the rule of the dragon does not change that joining my companion, but if you want to make that sacrifice, I wanted to prepare at least a formal status. It may not be meaningful for Gloria to be a member of the Imperial Army, but it is significant for me and Serena. We can no longer treat Gloria as a mere monster. I can only do this, but it's the best I can do now.

"It's the first time for them to be subordinates. Please take care of yourself."

""Subordinate…""

Gloria bowed down to them and muttered with Gaogao.

"It is Gloria, a new member of the clan.

Iris's translation seems to be getting accurate in this short time.

"Ah, Gloria still can't speak well, or she has little data. I'm learning from each other. I'll soon be able to communicate directly without an Iris interpreter."

They returned the laser gun to the holster. It seems that the situation is finally understood.

"Hello, Gloria. I'm Lieutenant Serena Konrad."

"I'm Sharon. Gloria, please!"

Gloria hears their response and roars briefly into the sky.

"I am delighted to be accepted by them."

When they heard that, they finally began to smile.

"Amazing! You really made the dragon a friend!"

"A lot of coincidences happen. Gloria is pretty strong. It will be our encouraging ally."

Gloria roared happily as Iris told me what I said.

"Oh! Someone is talking to me over there. I have to go back."

"Yes, I'll contact you again for details."

Serena and Sharon disappeared as if to erase.

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It's like Clelia who talked to me. When I played back my remarks, it seemed like I was just rushing to call it long.

"I thought about it, but I don't need to worry about Alain."

"Such ... please! Captain Serena! Please return with me." "I think I should return. Captain."

"Walter, Deputy Dalsim. You still don't know Alan's true potential. Alan doesn't matter with dragons."

"But ... Selina, no matter how much Alain ..."

"Cleria, can't you believe Alan? Are you okay, no worries, but I will return to Gantz as soon as possible. Let's split it into a squad and return to Gantz later this day. ''

"Oh, thank you! Everyone! Please! It's important for Alan! I will return to Gantz in the shortest possible time!"

"Oh!"