The wife of the villains, returning to death to change her mind.

"... it's too big for us to think of it as a boulder. I think we should go back."

When I said that, Nicolai nodded.

"Ah, maybe a small flying dragon can handle it, but it's harder than that. Besides, I guess I'll have to tell Astaire's guards that a dragon is coming to this mountain."

With the arrival of many nobles in Astaire, the guard force is also quite large.

It is also quite powerful, and it is made up of the money of the nobles who are dropped into the free city of Astelle.

So, not to mention, my report and that of Nicolai will be respected by the guards.

The dragon is rare in this astair, so if the civilians reported it, they could laugh, so it's a good thing we found traces.

"That's right. It's unlikely to fly to Astelle, but I have to think about what it would be like..."

"Hmm. That's right... Cremant. Shouldn't your wife and children be evacuated?... your parents live not so far away?

"Hmm? Hmm...."

Sure, if you say so, you might need to think about it.

But when I think about my wife and my parents, I wonder what happened.

I should go with you, but I also care about Nicolai.

What does he mean... he's a quick fighter.

While I was performing my duties as a Kintetsu Knight, I would not give such shame at all, but if it were to be personal...

In fact,

"What are you going to do?

Nicolai asked me that.

"I want to evacuate my wife and daughter... so I have to get back into territory. But I'm staying. When you become a bigger person than a flying dragon, that's not what you'll see. Especially a servant like me."

When a dragon becomes a class called a big one, it doesn't appear so easily.

Because the more intelligent I am, the more I understand the danger of being hunted in public.

Therefore, if you intend to hunt to get that material, you will need to spend weeks and months on expeditions.

The Knights of the Kinsai don't usually have such a mission, so Nicolai doesn't have a chance against dragons.

"It won't be so easy to meet where I've been waiting....."

I can't even see him now.

Nicolai laughed as if she was waiting for him to show up at Astelle.

"I'm lucky to look like this. I'm sure I'll get my face out of there soon."

I cut myself off.

Will it be lucky to meet a dragon...?

When I felt that doubt, all of a sudden, I felt a feeling of hair all over my body, and immediately afterwards, something like a huge scream sounded in the mountain.

"......!? What was that!?

We look around.

And the first to discover it was my escort, the man who discovered the scale of the dragon.

"My lord! Up!

When they were told to look up, there was an object with a huge scale swimming at a high altitude.

"... dragon...! Is that a blue dragon...?!?

When I say so,

"Looks like... it's probably the Lord of the Scales I just found. I've never seen a blue dragon so beautiful... it's definitely a tall dragon!

"I knew it... but fortunately, you haven't noticed me, have you?"

Then, the Blue Dragon was flying around the mountain for a while, but whether it was tired or something, it turned around and moved away from where we were.

Nicolai saw it.

"... it's not good! That's the direction of Astaire! You're not going to attack that dragon!?

"I can't stay like this. Nicolai, I'm coming back!

Ahh!

But no matter how fast it takes to get out of here, it will take more than an hour.

We could only hope that the city would be safe by then.

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Me, Elaine and Bertha, and Sieg and Irina, who were waiting for their husbands and Nicolai to return for tea, stood up.

"... Elaine? What's the matter with you?

For a moment I wondered what the answer was to ask Berta, but I soon stopped worrying about it.

In the direction of Lake Ashan, ahead of my gaze.

The massive mass in the sky is stupid, because it clearly enters the field of view.

"Is that...!? No way, dragon!?

I think so.

"Seems so, Elaine! We have to get out of here. If something like that came along, Astelle wouldn't be too much fun!

"I don't think I'll make it from now on... but for now, Berta, Sieg, Irina. Near me."

That said, they all came together honestly.

I will activate the portable "Magic Shield Magic Device" Shield "that was on my arm for now.

Furthermore, inside it, I myself put up a magic shield by magic.

As long as the magic of the monsters around here is enough, just magic equipment will do it...

"Hmm!? All three of you! Get down!"

I shouted because I felt a powerful concentration of magic in the blue dragon still on Lake Ashan.

Shortly afterwards, about a dozen giant ice columns appeared around it and were ejected.

Nine pierced the city of Astelle, but the last one flew here unfortunately.

Perhaps you should avoid it, but it's not the speed at which you can do it, and if you hit it, it will be blown away by the afterwaves even if you avoid it.

In other words, we have to defend ourselves.

I made up my mind and put magic into my magic shield.

"... please, keep it!

The ice pillar hit the magic shield and felt strong pressure.

After a while, it penetrates the magic shield created by the magic equipment and hits the magic shield formed by my own magic.

Pressure multiplies tens of times.

But we can't pull here.

How long has it been since then?

It could actually have been a few seconds of a book.

However, the long and short time I felt for a few hours ended.

"... I managed to endure it...!

The ice pillar broke apart with the sound of Parisin.

The magic that shaped the ice pillar itself was consumed by the propulsion and partitioned, leaving no trace.

But I'm not worried about leaving.

I thought there might be a next round, so I looked into the sky and stood up...

"... oh?

Strangely enough, the Blue Dragon flew away in a direction unknown to anyone.