Kujonin

World trees in the southern hemisphere are surrounded by mountains. At the foot of the mountain range was a wasteland and a two-neck flower field that was used as a paralytic material. Now the vegetation is overgrown, and the flower garden of the two-necked flower is hidden by dark green vegetation.

From there, head west to the rocky terrain, beyond which the desert extends.

What I got off was a cave in a rocky area. Seven years ago, it was supposed to be the home of the Melissas who manage the world tree, now a dwarf settlement.

"Isn't it a cave ...?"

There were several buildings of the same color as the rock in the rocky area. The other day, when I came to Honeymoon with Miss Milia, it didn't happen. As if suddenly a castle town appeared. The castle was where the cave was. There is no trace of human life.

Approach and observe the castle. Fine decoration was given to the fence of the terrace. Pillars have patterns, and rain gutters have sculptures of monsters such as gargoyles. No doors or windows need hinges or nails.

"Oh, Naoki, I've been waiting."

Versa came out from inside.

"What is this?"

I asked Versa.

"Hmm, is it a technique that has achieved loneliness for 1000 years?"

"I don't understand more."

"I don't even know. I called Naoki for that."

Anyway, I got down on the terrace and went into the castle. It was dark inside, but Versa lit the passage with a magic stone lamp. Dragon patterns are also carved on the pillars and walls inside.

"The Melissas?"

What happened to the Melissas who had been using the cave?

"I'm here. You should be seeing this castle."

"Is this castle suddenly appearing?"

"That's right. Every time Black Ryu's brother waved his arm, it was completed."

"In an instant? Building skills?"

"It's an instant. Are you beyond your architectural skills?"

I think they use sculpture skills and earth magic together, but is it possible to make such a castle just by waving his arms?

"Oops, Naoki, we've been waiting!"

We were greeted by Mr. Black Dragon in a bright hall into which the sunlight shines.

On the side of Black Dragon, a tall man closed his eyes and looked up at the light coming in. Clothes are tattered robes. The beard is unlimited and the hair is long. It is difficult to see due to the light, but a giant black dragon lays open with its mouth open.

"Huh? That? Dragon !? What? Dead?"

I was surprised at the dragon that didn't move.

"No, this is my brother's skin. I'm moulting this morning."

Do dragons molt? Even so, the skin is too original.

"Goooooo!"

Black Dragon's older brother said, "Dazzling," in Ryujin language.

"My brother has been living deep underground for 1000 years, and is blind."

Black Dragon explained.

"Even if you can't see your eyes, you can still feel the light, and the magic.

Black Ryu's older brother spoke in human language.

"My brother! Can you speak people's words?"

Black Dragon was surprised and was watching his brother.

"My brother, yes, everything is surprising. There is a stranger in front of me than me. It's like a monster or a person. It's strong but doesn't smell arrogant.

Black Ryu's brother approached me and took a big breath.

"Is it an angel of God? No, an angel of evil god? Are you fighting?"

Is it possible to get information by smell, because Black Ryu's brother is blind?

"Everything looks good. My name is Naoki Komuro."

"Did the dragons die when someone like you was there, and protected their younger brother who was observing them?"

Black Dragon's older brother turned to me and Versa and said, You seem to know who is where. Detective skills?

"No, I'm a friend of the dragon tribe. Ms. Kozuru, who has turned into a zombie, has been exterminated, but he coexists with people now, right?"

I asked Black Dragon.

"Yes, Naoki was the one who collected the dragons on the island and saved the island's plight."

"Hmm? Isn't it the Lord and the brave to save the dragon tribe who has discharged the Demon King since ancient times?"

Is the Ryu tribe originally a family of the Demon King? We can understand if we think from strength.

"I'm a cleaning and extermination company. I'm neither a hero nor a demon king."

"Cleaning and extermination ... Brother, this person has gone beyond my understanding. It seems that the world has changed a lot during the 1000 years of sipping my devil."

"My brother, I'll explain. Can Naoki and others ask for cleaning in the basement?"

"understood"

For the time being, let the brothers share the information.

"Mr. Black Dragon, if you are hungry, please drink because the dwarves have prepared soup in the kitchen."

Versa said that and followed me.

"Sorry. Take care."

Black Dragon replied. KuroRyu's older brother magically built a large chair and sat down. It's going to be a long story.

I and Bersa went down the spiral stairs at the back of the castle.

"Is this spiral staircase also your brother, Black Dragon?"

"Yeah, it was a cave, right? Black Ryu said there should be more space inside, and I made a hole in the wall or the ground and found Kuro Ryu's brother who was deep in the ground. When he came out of the hole, he said, `` It's not beautiful, '' and Black Ryu's brother magically remodeled the stairs, castle, and surroundings. ''

"I've never heard of this magic"

"I think it's theoretically possible because you can make a road with earth magic, but I think it's a trick that can only be done by long-lived races like dragons and elves. That's right. "

The sculpture of the dragon scale has been applied to the railing of the stairs.

"No, it's amazing. I was alive."

"That's true. It's more surprising when you get down to the bottom."

When I went down the stairs, I could see the huge space expanding from the echo of the sound. When I looked around with my detective skills, I was astonished as Versa said. There are buildings in front of you.

There were luminous monsters on the ceiling, but the light was weaker than the stars in the night sky.

"Wait a minute. Look."

Bertha took out the wand with a ball of light from her backpack and gave it to me.

I fired a ball of light into the empty space and found buildings on both sides. It continues to the back. I can't see the edge wall. There are streets between the buildings, even sculptures of street trees made of rock.

"Is it an underground empire?"

"I don't think anybody lives. Look, there's a skin that Kuro Ryu-san's older brother has taken off. Let's clean it."

On the ground illuminated by a ball of light, the skin of Kuro Ryu's older brother fell everywhere.

How did KuroRyu's brother make this building? Like a red dragon, it may have the property of withdrawing from the dragon tribe. Even so, 1000 years is too long.

"Skin is pretty hard."

I lifted the hide and told Versa.

"Sure, it's a dragon skin. And a black dragon is like a dragon tribe, so it's not something you can rarely collect."

"Then, do you want to make armor or something with this?"

"Oh, I don't think there's anything wrong with money."

I put together the dragon skin with a string of magic.

Guo.

I heard a dragon-like sound from somewhere.

"Huh? After all there is someone else?"

"There's a lot of demon here, and it's humid and moldy, so it might be a ghost-type monster."

While developing his detection skills, he cleaned the basement.

"No, it's wide!"

After having cleared up about two towns, I took a break. Since there is no item bag, a dragon skin is stacked in front of the spiral staircase.

"In the southern hemisphere, the evil god runs away and the spirit of the space divides the world for 1000 years. Black Dragon's older brother fled to the basement and lived here all the time.

Bersa fired a ball of light from his cane, illuminating the surroundings.

"How did you live? He said he was sipping souvenirs ..."

I heard while brewing tea.

"More deeply, there is a pond of magic water. It may be connected to that lake in the world tree. Because it is water containing plenty of magic, ordinary monsters burn but black I guess he was able to survive because he was Ryu's brother.

Sometimes mushrooms grew in the ditch of the passage between the buildings.

"It's a mushroom that can be used as a paralytic drug. After a patch test, I got paralyzed."

"Yeah, it's a mushroom like the original mushroom. If you were eating that mushroom, you might not be able to poison Black Ryu's brother."

"I'm not going to poison, but I'm at a higher level. What should I do ..."

"What do you really do ..."

A vast town underground. A dragon that has lived lonely for 1000 years. Whether it is needed in the world today. The mighty power can be a disaster for humans like spirits and demons.

"From that point of view, it may have been aimed at restoring the dragon tribe. To make a dragon demon king."

"But in this era there are demons and we are on the path to coexist with people."

"It seems like the business on Dragon Island is going well."

From the point of view of Black Ryu's older brother, he might think, "I'm not here in my world." It's like Taro Urashima.

"Do you think the dragons will start to attack people by putting them together?"

"It's not there. Black Dragon will stop it."

"that's right"

"I'm sure I'm lonely because I'm making this scenery."

Maybe Black Ryu's older brother, like me, longed for ordinary life.

"Hearing the story of Mr. Black Ryu, whether the person himself willing"

"What if I have no intention?"

"That's right ... I have no choice but to give up."

"give up?"

Bertha was scratching her head and laughing at my plan, saying, "Well, good."

After the break, we recovered the underground dragon skin and returned to the ground.

"Did you say Naoki? I might have been better off not finding it."

When he heard about the world, he was talking to me while drinking soup.

I'm having dinner with the dwarves.

"Don't be stupid. You just drank the soup and said," I'm glad I was alive! "

Melissa scolded Black Ryu's brother. The good thing is not to be afraid of anyone.

"But, Dwarf's daughter. This would bother my brother."

"My brother, that's it!"

My brother stopped Black Dragon by hand.

"Coexistence with people. It's difficult to do. It's not a dragon of this age. It's over time. You have to wait for a lifetime."

Black Ryu's older brother said to me and turned to me.

"Unfortunately, it may be"

"After all?"

"But we, those who live now have found you. Please give up."

"Give up? What?"

"I can't afford to withdraw as it is."

"So what?"

"Would you like to come to our company? Don't you want to go to Dragon Island anyway? Then get a job at our cleaning and eradication company."

"Huhhhhhhhhh ... hahahahaha ... what do you mean, why do you have to be an employee of your company?"

While laughing, Black Ryu's older brother asked.

"Yes. What is it? Naoki!"

Mr. Black Dragon has been listening seriously.

"To be honest, I didn't intend to increase the number of employees anymore. The strangest person, Hitoshi, wouldn't be able to take care of his company unless it was a gathering of weirdos. Take care, if you go elsewhere, you will be targeted by heroes and adventurers. I'm lonely even in this basement, right? "

I said while pouring soup on the plate of Black Ryu's brother.

"I saw that underground empire we built over a thousand years. It was great, but we were more lonely. To see a town lined with buildings where no one lives. Did you yearn for it? "

"Life or ..."

"Working together, eating together, sleeping together when the sun goes down, waking up together in the morning. Is this soup delicious?"

"Oh, delicious!"

"It's delicious because there are people who eat it together. There may not be a demon king or a brave man who wants to fight in this world today, but there is a delicious life. , We are protecting the lives of demons and dragons.

"Ha ha ha, I'm sorry, my brother, this guy named Naoki seems to provide a more interesting job than your island job."

"Naoki!"

I was angry by Black Dragon.

"Well, it's the current method of helping each other if they have trouble doing it properly, so there's no such hard work. If it's not interesting, you can go back to the basement again."

"The purpose is life, not money or honor. That's what I do. I understand.

Black Dragon's older brother bowed to me.

"Isn't it strange as usual?"

Versa is laughing.

"President, give me a name."

"Name? What was your name, Black Dragon?"

"Clau Z Okudake and Naoki gave me!"

Oops. In the past, have you given such a useless name? Black Dragon is completely angry.

"Then call me Zet. I don't like long names."

"I'll ask you, Zet."

"Um"

In this way, Black Dragon's older brother, Zette, became a temporary employee of our company.