CH 177

Even after the golden dragon disappeared from sight, the buzz around the area did not subside. Some people were running away and some stalls were closing up store. Anyway, I don’t feel like I can take my time to shop now.

“What should I do with this? …Should I go back to the Clan House for the time being?”

The clan might have some information.

Yeah, we’ll go to the bookstore next time. I’m not in the mood for it anymore.

As I turned back down the street, I noticed that the main street was filled with a strange atmosphere.

If a monster attacked the town, of course, it is obvious what should be done, but since the monster disappeared through the town, the residents of the town may be at a loss for what to do…

The town’s inhabitants and adventurers are discussing the situation with serious faces all over the street, but I guess they haven’t come up with a good answer yet.

“Ah Rook-san, you’re back.” (Mimi)

I returned to the Clan House, and as I was walking toward the dining room to look for someone, I spotted Mimi-san with papers in her arms.

“Yes, I was kind of in no mood to do any shopping. More importantly, I saw a Golden Dragon, do you have any information about it?”

“I will discuss this with the Knights and decide how to handle it, so for now, please stand by.” (Mimi)

“I see… Does the Golden Dragon often wander around here?”

The reaction of the people in the town suggests that this is probably not the case, but I asked anyway.

“No, the Golden Dragon basically does not come out of the mountain range in the northeast, which is called the “Dragon’s Nest”. However, there are still documents that show that it has appeared several times in the past, so this is not the first time… “

Mimi-san glanced down at the documents in her hand as she said this.

“We don’t know exactly, but it is believed that the Golden Dragon is an S rank or higher monster. When such a powerful monster moves, it seems to affect the monsters in the vicinity, and as we have seen in the past, the hierarchy of the monsters can be rearranged… Anyway, unpredictable situations can occur. Maybe there will be a stampede.” (Mimi)

“…I see.”

“…Kyu.” (Shion)

I was so excited that I was able to see him looking over my shoulder, and he was as excited as I was.

The most important thing to remember is that the Great Boar’s movement was said to be the cause when the Stampede occurred in Rankfurt. Will such a situation happen again this time?

I feel like I’ve encountered major problems everywhere I’ve gone since I came to this world. I was told that stampede is not something that happens that often… and in fact, if it happened that often, the life of ordinary people would not be possible. I’ve heard that a certain detective who gets involved in murder everywhere he goes is treated as a god of death, and I wonder if I am one of those plague-like beings.

I don’t really want a tumultuous life…

I thanked Mimi-san for the information about the Golden Dragon and was about to go back to my room when I looked out the window and saw that the sky was still blue without the Golden Dragon and that there was still time before sunset.

“I have time, so I should find out more about the Golden Dragon.”

I went up the stairs and headed for the library.

I entered the archives and started looking through the books on the Golden Dragon, but I couldn’t find what I was looking for.

I checked the wooden board with information about the monsters in the area, but there was no information about the Golden Dragon.

Is there any information on the Golden Dragon? Even if there were, it would be a painstaking task to search for information written in a book.

In a world where there is no such thing as the Internet, it’s a human-powered round-the-clock battle to find any piece of information.

“Oh! Maybe Mimi-san took the Golden Dragon-related materials with her earlier.”

As I recall, I think Mimi-san was holding a book or a large bundle of paper.

She was talking about preparing for a meeting, and it is highly possible that she brought out such materials from the library.

“Hmm, I’m at a loss…”

“…what happened.” (Voice)

“Woah!”

I was a little surprised when he suddenly spoke to me from behind.

If the [Magi Location] is in effect, it won’t happen, but that magic has an effective time of about an hour, so when you are outside or when people are watching you, it is hard to activate and sometimes I let it expire, so this happens sometimes.

[Magi Location] is a convenient magic that allows you to completely grasp the presence of your surroundings, or rather, the presence of something more than just a vague presence, so perhaps I’m relying on it too much these days. In the past, I would have always unconsciously searched for signs of my surroundings, but recently I feel like I’ve been neglecting them. Maybe I need to think about this issue properly.

“Ah… I want to find out information about the Golden Dragon, but I can’t find any…”

“…I see.” (Voice)

With that one phrase, she—Lucille disappeared into the back of the room. [T/N: First time the author mentioned her name and they just mention it like that.]

Hmm? Well… what kind of reply is “…I see.”? What should I do next?

While I was wondering, Lucille came back and offered me a book.

“… Yes, take this.” (Lucille)

“Eh? Oh, thank you!”

On the cover of the book were the words “History of Modern Arnorn”.

Hmmm, with this title, I might not have been able to find it myself. She gave it to me because… or rather this one, contains information about the Golden Dragon, right? I can’t quite grasp her character, and it seems like a totally unrelated book.

I sit down on the window seat and open the book while thinking about this.

A pleasant breeze blew in through the window and I felt comfortable, but at the same time I also felt the annoyance of trying to turn the pages without my will, and I held it lightly with my hand and mind as I continued reading the book.

I read the book lightly, and it seemed to be a summary of the events that took place in this town of Arnorn over the past 100 years, and I felt that, overall, there was a noticeable admiration for the Schumer family that ruled this town.

Well, in this world, people who try to write books are probably rich people or researchers, and in such a book, it is most likely written by the Schumer family itself or someone who has some kind of relationship with the Schumer family. In general, history books like this are always written to suit the regulators of the time, and that may not be a problem.

As I skimmed through the book, looking for the section I wanted to read, I found a description that seemed to be in the middle of the book.

“Let’s see, in the 18th year of the Republic of Canadaira, a Golden Dragon suddenly left its Dragon’s Nest and flew off to the north. The pursuit was abandoned because it had crossed the border. That same year, Borok Works, who was investigating the Dragon’s Nest, brings back the Golden Dragon’s claws… “

Borok-san, here you are! You weren’t just an old man saying “Yo! Hey! Yo! Hey!” …No, I knew he wasn’t just an old man from the way he acted.

Hmmm… Well, this clan must have been named “Golden Dragon Claw” because Borok-san brought back Golden Dragon claws.

“Hmm… After the Golden Dragon disappeared, the fight between monsters intensified in the surrounding areas. The number of monsters appearing on the path decreased drastically. A major negative impact on the adventuring industry. After that, the Golden Dragon returned to the Dragon’s Nest, and the situation stabilized.”

Oh, I see. I was wondering if the disappearance of the Golden Dragon had caused a bad situation like the stampede, but on the contrary, the number of monsters decreased, and that had a negative impact on the industry. Well, the lifestyle of the towns in this world is to use the materials that can be obtained from the monsters, so I wonder if the disappearance of the monsters would be a problem.