Mushoku Tensei – Old Dragon’s Tale

Laplace.

That's what I was named.

It was the dragon kingdom that brought me here.

Again, a world no less harsh than the demonic world.

In that world there were mountains in heaven, and skies in the earth.

At the foot of the mountain (...) there are massive dragons that cannot fly through the sky.

The sky is not safe either, the sky is flying with giant dragons.

Wingless little creatures snap into the bellies of mountains that hang like ice columns and have no choice but to live finely.

But even in such a world, man was ruler.

It is a species called the Dragons.

He has wings and sharp nails, flies freely through the sky, uses mighty force, and hunts dragons in flocks.

Such a race.

Nevertheless, they were not rulers from the beginning either.

They were once, too, weak.

He lived hidden in a cave in the middle of the mountain and lived only there so that he could not be found in a giant dragon.

It was one man who changed that.

Yes, Dragon God.

The Dragon God expressed himself one day before the Dragon frightened Dragons.

And they showed strength.

The power of sleeping in the Dragon Clan, how to use it.

The Dragon Nation is home to a mighty force called Dragon Qi.

With Dragon Qi, the Dragons can multiply their physical abilities and harden their skin.

Even a robust dragon body can unleash the power of breaking through with a single blow.

The power itself is something that other races are equipped with, but that of the Dragons, far outweighed the others.

The strongest power.

After the Dragon God taught him how to draw upon and use his power, the Dragon Nation became the ruler.

The inmates started forming parties, increasing numbers, and preying on dragons.

I'm at the top of the food chain.

He then built a town around the Dragon God and exchanged information with the rest of the world to develop and flourish various cultures.

Even so, as for the level of civilization, as with the Demons...... compared to this world today, it was not that high.

Because you were strong enough to live without developing civilization.

A world where you don't have to worry about external enemies.

A world where someone doesn't have to do anything to feed me and I don't have to feel anxious about hunger.

Peace was an unknown world to me at the time.

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I was given a room in the Dragon God's mansion.

The mansion was a particularly luxurious place among the dragon worlds.

The number of rooms was high and many servants worked there.

What was given to me was a small, simple room.

But it was much easier to live in than the cave I had ever lived in.

Anyway, we had bedding, food, clothes, everything we needed.

The mansion was huge, and there were many servants.

But there were not so many servants to serve.

Only the Dragon God and his wife, Lunaria.

Master Lunaria barely left the house because she was pregnant.

The Dragon God was often away and only returned once every few days, but when he returned he was bound to represent himself before her.

She was taken care of like a treasure.

Such treasures were admired by other Dragon tribes, and there were many guests.

Every day, someone visited her, talked to her, ate, and left.

Nevertheless, the latter was longer when compared to the time when the guests were present and the time when they were not.

At that time, Master Lunaria was on my side almost exactly.

"If the Dragon God adopted you, you are my son, and this is your home. Stay safe."

She obeyed the word of the Dragon God and decided to raise me.

However, she was against me, nothing to do.

It was just visiting my room, sitting beside me sitting in the corner of the room, pointing a merciful look at me.

Being a demigod and a noble born, she had no concept of 'educating'.

It was mainly the servants who took care of me.

The servants obeyed the words of Master Lunaria and treated me like a prince.

He served a meal, washed his body when he was in the bath, and made me change.

Nevertheless, unfortunately, it was all unexperienced to me to make it a dietary practice, to bathe, to put on clothes.

At the time of the meal, he was angry at me to use the dishes, and in the bath he screamed at me for rubbing my skin with a hard brush for the Dragon clan, and when I put on my clothes, I moved hard and tore it right away.

The servants saw it and hissed the maze, scolding me. It's like even dogs can do it.

But Master Lunaria was different.

"Yes, it's not something to be angry about. He's big, he's like a baby. Let's grow it slowly, slowly."

When she told the servants that, she made me only have dishes that were easy to use, prepared a soft brush that suited my skin without scales, and turned the clothes into something of a highly elastic material.

As you can see from that consideration, Master Lunaria welcomed me.

As Dragon God told me, my own children were treated the same way.

I'm going to have a baby soon, but I don't know who I am, like my kid.

Even now that I remember it, the breadth of Master Lunaria's nostalgia, the magnitude of his mercy, makes me almost cry.

"No matter how many dragon gods brought me here, this..."

"Isn't it like a beast..."

But the servants couldn't have done that either.

They didn't feel comfortable with my existence.

Because my hair was more disastrous than any creature I had ever seen, and I could see that its body was inhabited by ferocious forces.

Sooner or later I must have shown my true nature and been attacked by Master Lunaria.

But the servants are also dragon tribes.

It is not against the will of Dragon God or Lunaria.

Even if I didn't feel comfortable, I obeyed orders.

In times of need, we become our shields and protect Master Lunaria from me.

With such a strong will, I think he served Master Lunaria and was watching me.

Huh? I didn't do anything?

No, I was gonna do a lot of things for me, too.

Basically, I was staring at Master Lunaria.

Of course, I wasn't blindfolded by tigers trying to strike Master Lunaria.

I was trying to protect you.

I have no knowledge, but I had wisdom.

I had a good understanding of who had healed my wounds that had left me fatally wounded and helped me out of a lonely space.

This is the nest of the people I helped, and the people around me are his flock, and I became a part of that flock.

And I swore to my heart that I had to protect this woman, who was my boss's turn.

Nevertheless, it was the first time for me to be a part of the herd.

As a member of the herd, I did what I could.

Every day, I walked around every corner of the mansion to see if there were any abnormalities.

I peered through all the rooms and looked out all the windows.

That's how many times I've made sure there was no invasion by the outside enemy.

It's the wisdom I acquired when I was "The Warcraft in the Shape of Man," when I was fighting the Warcraft.

Find out every day if there are any anomalies in your territory, and you'll know how dangerous it is.

Even when it comes to external enemies, except, of course, guests.

I understood that the boss of my herd was also the boss of a belt around here.

Show respect to the greatest.

If that is possible, it is not an external enemy.

That's how I was protecting Master Lunaria and the Mansion.

I never got out of the mansion.

All I said was that protecting this nest was my mission that had been picked up, and I devoted myself to my work.

Like a watchdog?

Don't say that.

I knew what the herd was like, but I didn't know what to do.

But the truth is, I might have thought of myself as a pet or something these days.

There's Lunaria, there's me, and the servants don't neglect to take care of me while they're vigilant, and they keep working faithfully.

From time to time, the Dragon God returns, speaks to Lunaria and sees how I am.

Such a sight became the norm.

As such, the year quickly passed.

A year.

You'll feel it for a long time, but for those of us who live tens of thousands of years, it's like two or three days.

It wouldn't have been strange if time had passed like this for hundreds of years or so.

But it didn't.

Did you feel pity for me like a loyal watchdog, or did you simply think I would be useless as I am......

The Dragon God decided to put me in charge of education.

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"Well, is it a child that you have been picked up by the Dragon God? That's an ominous hair I've heard rumors about!

The person who came that way was a very radical person.

The man, one day suddenly, came up to the dragon god's mansion with Zukazuka, and when he came to me quietly in the corner of the mansion, he started knocking on words unilaterally.

"The dragon god has asked me to be your educator. I intend to complete it responsibly. I cannot discriminate against you because you are of mixed race with the Demons. Treat me as just a scaleless dragon tribe"

The educator was a woman.

A dragon clan with big wings and beautiful white scales.

She kept slamming her words, without worrying about me.

Regardless, that word doesn't make sense to me without words.

Anyway, I still don't know what the Dragons are saying.

Master Lunaria didn't raise me, but she didn't tell me anything.

I repeat, she's royal, so to speak, so I guess she didn't even think about doing that as much as dew did.

Even servants are with us.

It's not part of their job to teach the untold.

"Woo......"

I roared and threatened the woman.

I thought you were the enemy of a young man breaking into a mansion and waging hostility towards me, the lower end of the herd.

"Ha ha! Nice job! But it's absolute obedience to me! I won't allow you to defy me!

But I wasn't attacked.

"Uhhh!"

At first, I stopped shouting.

If you raise your voice, you can let the whole herd know you're in danger.

If the herd fights with that news, it's good, and if you run away, you stop yourself.

I thought the lowest of the herds had a duty to do so.

"Come on, call me! First, I'm gonna knock you out and make you understand your position!

"GOOOOOO......!

I didn't move against the woman who kept provoking me.

Hear my voice, because there was movement in the mansion.

A fellow herd is approaching.

My servants to Master Lunaria.

I waited for it first.

"Well, you seem wise not to be attacking me aggressively! Or did you cower...?

"What is it!?

It was the servants who first showed up.

When I saw the squire, I thought my people were here, ready for battle.

And first, I sank myself, trying to strike me.

If we all hang together against one person, our chances of winning increase.

Wisdom from the Demonic Age, but still continues, is a universal law.

"This... you finally showed who you are!

But the servants didn't move as I thought.

You surrounded me, not the woman.

You turned me down with your nails, your fangs and your hostility.

"Wu......?

I didn't know why.

I was supposed to be part of a herd of servants.

Even the servants gave themselves food.

Yet they have been hostile to me, not to the outside enemy to fight.

Well, they've been on guard with me since the beginning, and it's natural.

Either way, I was strongly shocked and at the same time remembered the loneliness I once felt.

I felt sad that I was going to be alone here.

"What are you doing?

and a quiet, clear voice sounded there.

Master Lunaria.

As she entered the room in a relaxed motion, she looked uncomfortable when she saw me surrounded with her nails and fangs protruding.

Honestly, I thought she was the same as the servants, too.

"Dear Lunaria, it's dangerous. Stand back."

"What is at stake?"

Lunaria slipped through the servants and approached me with a small run.

It wasn't long before the servants stopped.

No, the servants tried to stop it, but Lunaria passed between them like a mirage.

As a matter of fact, I don't know the details of what power she had either...

So you're telling Dada you're not Dragon God's wife.

She said as she gently embraced the frightened me, sending a blaming gaze around her.

"You seem to have forgotten the word of the Dragon God who told you to take care of this child?

"... sorry!

The squire immediately crossed his fists in front of his chest and folded his wings.

I remember this time very well.

Anyway, I've never been sheltered before.

But I wanted these things.

I was thirsty to help, to be helped, to live ridiculously with each other.

So later knowing Master Lunaria's origins would not have made my anger or hatred right for her.

I still respect and love her.

Well, let's put that away.

Master Lunaria lowered her sip when she saw how the servants were sober, and looked at the woman.

"General Ryu, what is wrong with you? What the hell kind of errands did you get into my mansion?

Called General Ryu, she also crossed her fists against Lunaria, folding her wings.

But unlike her squire, she wasn't sober.

"I was offered a LaPlath educator by the Dragon God!

To her words, Master Lunaria looked pompous for a moment.

But I guess you were listening to me.

I immediately softened my attitude.

"I'm sorry about that. So this noise is because LaPlath didn't listen?

"Exactly. But there's no problem. I'm used to educating thugs."

When she said so without evil, Master Lunaria exhaled in relief.

And then he stroked one of my wings and stood up.

"La Place. You have to learn."

When Master Lunaria said so, he left the room with a fluffy foothold.

The servants followed it, too.

And there was me and her left in the room.

"Okay, go on, call me, coward."

……

Just following on earlier, she provoked me.

I pointed my fingertips at this one and moved them around.

You're right, it's a gesture of calling.

As you'll hear later, when she educates someone, she's always trying to teach them how to relate up and down first.

Say what comes from above to stay high, and when you come towards us, slap him down and make him submit.

That way they'll listen.

Especially effective for beasts and children who don't understand things.

In fact, she hands down the Red Dragon that way.

Finally, I guess that's why she was promoted to my educator.

She's the only one who can educate the wild children I've picked up in the demonic world.

Well, then that's not what I did as she thought I did.

I never got my fangs out, never got my nails out, and I just stared at her.

Of course I don't roar, I don't shout.

I kept listening to her voice in silence.

"What's wrong, now you cower!? Here, stand up!"

She boiled her career and let her stand slightly ramblingly grabbing my arm.

But I'm no different.

On the contrary, I stood up without resistance and looked up at her.

As if to wait for the next instruction.

Yes, I already understood in my earlier interactions that she was not an external enemy.

And maybe that means she's pretty high up in the whole herd.

That's why the lower end self shouted and intimidated her, so all the herds would be angry, what an interpretation.

I was even reflecting.

"Well, look at me."

Usually, she puts one or two shots in against her out-of-the-box attitude, but all this time, I guess she realized that would be counterproductive.

You took one snort and took your hand off my arm.

"Show me respect and obey. I don't tell lies. Think of it all as true and strive to understand it at the bottom of your heart. I won't forgive you for crying, I won't even let you say you can't. It's a waste of time. But I will not fail to raise you to be a dragon warrior."

She put her arms around her, winged her. He looked down at me and said, "Stay."

Sounds great, but this is her.

I'll say something great, but I'll make sure to do it.

She's a wonderful person.

"I tell you, it is an honor to be able to learn from this me, General Wu Long. You don't know the honor, but sooner or later you'll appreciate learning the logic of things from me."

When she said that, she stood still for about a few seconds.

I didn't know at the time, but I guess I was originally going to just show my face that day and go home with minimal.

The least I can do is hurt you until you can't move, of course.

Because once or twice, the beast doesn't understand the beating.

You have to be the first to realize that it hurts so many times, that it hurts reflexively when you see yourself, that resistance is pointless.

So if you're obedient from the beginning, like me, I guess you didn't have anything to do with it.

"I'll come back tomorrow. Don't change your current attitude. Nice!"

With that said, she turned her back twirly.

But I still had something to tell her.

I turned my back on her, and I made a move.

Then she moved at a squeaky speed.

By the time my brain understood "she moved," the piercing had already been inched in my side head.

Perhaps she thought I was a cunning animal, just showing obedience and attacking me if I turned my back.

As you know, there are many demons in that hand.

Looking back, at the same time, he must have made my offense go away and tried to punch a blow all over his face.

But I just had to inch it.

……

Because there was no attack to be carried out.

I just looked familiar to her.

Fist and winged pose.

Yes, the Dragon tribe's most salute.

"Ah, Ap...... La, La Plus"

I just said one thing, that's what I said.

That's all I could say without knowing the words.

Oh, by the way, I barely understood what she said, either.

"... Dora. I am Dora, dragon general of the Kolong clan. Remember that."

Dora.

That's what she named herself.

So for the first time, as if you realized you weren't named.

"Dora."

So I remembered.

The first thing I learned from her as an educator was her name.

And the next day, by Dragon General Dora, my education began.