The Magus of Genesis

"There's no one here..."

Looking around at the remnants of the desolate village, Cruse told him to whisper.

"There aren't many souls left, either, so I guess you're not all dead."

A dilapidated shed on a wall with no holes in it for vacant use.

A month after leaving the village of Sirogane. It was a sight I've seen many times before.

"You live around here like a white dragon. If you get some of this, you're going to be able to handle it."

Nina says somewhat happily as she locates the cabin.

One of the weakest of the five colored dragons is the white dragon, also known as the Ice Dragon.

Because the opposite of a fire dragon blows a cold air brace, the house often leaves a prototype with less physical damage.

If this is a black dragon that spits acid or a green dragon that spits poison, the roof generally falls off and becomes miserable. If it is a blue dragon, it will be destroyed by the time the prototype is barely fastened. Although the area where the Red Dragon lives has not yet passed, perhaps in that case it will become more land for every forest around it.

"I knew it. Come on."

Lynn accidentally opened her mouth as she was choosing something in good condition from among the decaying buildings.

"Dr. Yuka, didn't it mean much that you stayed in that village?

I smile bitterly at that opinion without a body or a lid.

Yuka was angry that the people of the village of Shirogane were fleeing the dragons and living in hiding, and remained to rebuild them.

But going further east from there, he lived a life of resemblance and proximity.

Divided into a handful of about a hundred people, they make a number of settlements, and if there is a dragon raid, they escape to scatter. It seems that it is life outside the village of Hiiro that lives repeatedly rendezvous and separation from other settlements in that way.

So thus scattered are the traces of settlements that people have struck down.

"I don't know... I'm surprised it's too different from ours"

Stir the dust from the bed sheet with a pat, Cruse. I certainly didn't expect to live in a harsh environment so far, either.

"When I was traveling before, it wasn't like this."

"I mean... about 150 years ago"

Lynn has been in the village of Hiiro ever since Cruse became his present body. When it comes to the big changes that happened in the meantime...

I wonder if it's the demonic influence.

As if to say my thoughts, Nina said.

I think so.

Demons can harm dragons. They can even scratch my... Fire Dragon scales. And because it's so belligerent, it's no surprise you attacked a dragon.

All demons are human shaped. It would be indistinguishable from humans for dragons. Rather, it should be easier to target the demons for building and settling houses like this.

"Instead, Yuka will work hard to make it easier to live with more people who have the power to fight dragons."

"It's going to take hundreds of years, it's"

To my words, Nina tells me like I'm stunned.

"No, you don't need to have anything as strong as Yuka. The sword clubs remaining in Hiiro Village can handle at least as far as the Blue Dragon. If you're strong enough, you don't have to live in hiding."

"……… Is that all right with you?

To Lynn's inquiry, I leaned my neck.

"So what?

"Shisei is a dragon, right? Can we side with humans more than dragons?

I guess it would have been casually simple if I had tried it on her own. But I was poked at the void.

I have never considered myself a person since I was reincarnated into this body. Even if it can be transformed into a human being, it is a perception that "dragons can be the figure of a person" to the point of being exhausted, and it has been treated that way by the people of the village.

But that's not true at all when I say whether I feel companionship towards dragons. Nature and the idea of standing by the human side.

"... well, even with enough power to push people back, dragons won't be in that much trouble."

That felt kind of horrible and flimsy, and I said so to delude myself.

"When we get back to Hiiro Village, let's also study techniques that will allow us to hope to exit peacefully."

If, for example, there is a device that, when approaching the village, shows signs of an intense dragon and makes you want to escape, at least the low-ranking dragon will not come close.

Yes, for example………

- Like this.

The first person I hugged was Cruse. Try to bury your face in my chest and turn your arms around my back with all your might.

Lynn took my left hand and held it back as if pressing it against her own chest. I feel signs of that heart pulsing so hard that I manage to stop my rough breathing.

Nina stood in my right hand and slowly, slowly, raised her arms to shelter Cruse.

Speaking of which, I could only open my eyes while holding Cruse and Lynn.

Sweat conveys his forehead and drips off his jaw. But I can't even wipe it.

If you do that...

The red dragon staring at me, at that moment, kills me. I felt that way.

Large. It should be quite a distance from that fire dragon sitting loosely on the mountain, but large enough to remember the illusion of being close. Obviously, there are more than twice as many mothers.

And the fire dragon, he definitely noticed this one. With all those giants, we found this one faster than we noticed over there.

I can't escape. If I become a dragon and fly with all my might, I'll never make it. Not to mention being able to fight. Even with Yuka, they would all be killed without the art of exchange.

Long, long seconds have passed, felt for hundreds of years.

Unexpectedly, the Fire Dragon flies out with wide wings when he defies his gaze from us like he's lost interest.

"What was..."

Its appearance finally disappeared across the sky, and we exhaled and relaxed our bodies.

"Earlier, the dragon, Seisei, noticed……………?

"I don't know"

I shook my head to the side. Lynn's question would of course mean that I am a firedragon. It became existence itself, and was undoubtedly noticed.

After realizing it, they missed it.

"You realized I was a Fire Dragon and you missed me because I was one of them…… or simply considered me worthless enough to attack……"

In any case, it was certain that our fate would be entrusted to the whim of the Fire Dragon.

If this is a situation and a state of mind in which people other than Hiiro Village are located.

I... No, we didn't get it at all.

"For now...... don't you want to move?

"Right."

Not only do I agree with Nina, who says she looks tired, but also with Cruse and Lynn. It would be highly unlikely that the Fire Dragon would be back here from now on.

Even though I knew that, I didn't feel like resting like this here.

With the magic of Cruse breathe life into the bed and have it carried on foot. I want to at least use a soft bed for sleeping in the wild.

It was in the woods that we chose. I thought if the Fire Dragon found me, they would burn me to death every forest, but if they found me, it would be the same thing as if it were a plain or a valley, and I was convinced of Nina's words.

That would be more or less better in the woods that are hard to find. With Nina, you don't have to worry about being attacked by other beasts and demons.

We lay side by side with about three beds for one person stuck together.

I don't feel very sleepy...... but am I tired of being extremely nervous? In no time, I can hear two sleeping breaths. Cruse doesn't get to sleep, but he seemed to be asleep if he sneaked up on him.

If you close your eyes, you'll see the fire dragon you saw today in your back of your brain.

Eventually the sun came up and the morning came and I told the three of them.

"... to Hiiro Village, I'm going home"