Levelmaker

Episode Nine Hundred Seventy-Six: Black Rubber 2

"... what can I do for you?

I was just wondering.

The blackening man doesn't try to expose his face. Rose is an SSS-ranked adventurer who has already been reincarnated, but was up to alert to the unspeakable and unpleasant sensation drifting from this man. In the meantime, Gabayna opened her mouth to move on.

"Are you kidding me?

"What are you talking about, Gabayna? You're here now, aren't you supposed to have other men dropping by?"

"... no"

The blackening man shakes his head. Gabayna was in a position to shelter Rose at any time during the current question. I feel like responding if things are already going on.

"Then what is it, say it. I like how people feel this afternoon...... instead of interrupting me into reaching where I was talking to a friend and not being polite?

Rose said so as a little irritated. The blackening man did the sort of trick he laughed at with his nose, then shook his head again.

"People? People...... na. I didn't know monsters honored people."

"... well. I'm sorry, but I'm still confident in my appearance. Don't you have the guts to grab me like that, monster?"

"Yes, Rose is not a monster or anything. She's a cute girl by nature, though she's incredibly strong."

"Ha...!

"I don't care about appearance or anything. You're just like my brother, aren't you?

When the black man said so, he took off his hood and revealed his face. It was unhealthy, creepy-colored skin, otherwise it looked like it had grown a dragon-specific fin in its ear that was all dyed in black.

"Why does the Dragon Clan mean a monster? It's rare. It's better in many ways than any other race, but you're still a normal person living somewhere, aren't you?

"... Hmm. The outsiders don't understand. You'll see. Fake being a dragon girl, confused by people..."

"Wow, I'm human! But... the..."

"... what's going on, Rose"

"but Gabayna, I'm sorry, can you please take your seat off"

Gabayna accidentally accepted every request to Rose, who gave her a sad look and asked for a favor. Considering that there is probably only a deep way for the first guy to know, he tells Rose in a message, 'I'll rush if it gets dangerous because I'm near you' and leaves the spot.

"... you too... have gone from demon to human?

"That's right. My folks used their own skill cards, but so did you?

"... ah, oh. Yes."

Rose lied to a man who turned out to be in the same situation as herself but still remains a mystery, thinking she shouldn't show a single scale involved with the Alims at all. The man keeps talking without checking to see if what Rose said is a lie or a truth.

"It would be the same dragon as me. Why are they confused by humans?"

"To, because I became human. I like humans. That would be on your own, wouldn't it?

"I can't solve it."

The man approached Rose another step closer. Rose tried to keep her body as far away from the man as possible, as she could not retreat in a chair.

"What are you? What kind of monster is that? I'm sure it's a dragon."

"Ko, you won't have any in-laws you have to answer to.... It still doesn't matter if you're a person or a dragon. Why do you have to tell the man you met about me? Besides, I'm already a person!

"My brother is a chaos black dragon. Black Dragon subspecies, SSS rank. If you're an adventurer, you've heard about it.

Indeed, Rose had heard the name of the legendary demon named Chaos Black Dragon between now and now that Alim and the others had made him human. He said that its strength might be comparable to that of the demon gods, and that until it was sealed hundreds of years ago it was fit to call it a disaster that destroyed many villages, many cities, many nations and took many lives.

But its existence remained as obscure as a fairy tale, and I didn't know it until the details, but Rose was convinced. The person in front of me... No, he said it was the dragon.

"Oh no... what can I do for a dragon..."

"Let's hear it briefly. Why don't you act like I'm the one you have with me? As the same demon. You were a high-ranking demon, too, weren't you?... In the first place you claim to have become a human being since earlier, but you're half right. You should still be able to get back from your status to your original dragon."

That was true. I never told anyone before, but Rose could always return to the dragon. But I didn't because being human is a joy in itself, and being in contact with people is also a joy. Rose shook her head sideways violently.

"I don't know that! I've decided to live as a human being! I won't even go back to demons. I'll end my life like this."

Hearing Rose's words, the man laughed for the first time. But it was a laugh that mocked Rose, never a smile at her determination, etc.

"I seemed to be in love with that man, and I thought I'd say so. If you don't want to be one of us, that's fine. The dragon that takes people's side is set to be hostile to us eventually.... Again, it would be good to turn it off now, wouldn't it?

"You want me to do it?

"There you are. I thought I told you who this guy is... but you're thinking of enemies?

"Sort of."

Rose quickly took the wand out and stood in momentum from the chair. The man who calls himself Chaos Black Dragon starts for dark magic magic magic in his hands......

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