Volume 2 - CH 253

Houen was at the guild.

He was still pondering something, but I pulled his hand away and went to find Alena while explaining the situation.

“What the hell!”

“Just pondering about it won’t solve the problem! Now, you help me out!”

“The hell,man!? Nah, there’s no way you could know what I’m thinking ……”

“You’ve been thinking about what that devil said the whole time, haven’t you? I know because I’m in the same boat!”

Houen immediately seemed to understand that I had a clue what was going on, and he spread his flame wings and flew away.

“Do you know where Alena is?!”

“I’m going to find her now! We’ll leave Reizen behind.”

“You’re leaving that stupid Tank behind?”

“We don’t have much time! We’ve got to hurry! And you don’t want to go to the castle, do you?”

“Yea!”

After saying that, Houen flew into the sky.

But I haven’t finished explaining yet.

I used infinite water manipulation to entangle the water around Houen’s legs and knock him to the ground.

Since he was flying low, the damage shouldn’t be significant yet.

“What the hell are you doing!”

“I ain’t done talking yet! I’m going to go to Roze’s first and get the flying dragon ready! Take Alena and come to Roze’s dragon hut!”

“The place is …… near the city walls, I believe! I understand!”

After saying that, this time Houen flew away.

Okay, before I’m going back …… and see if there is anything else I need?

I can create a recovery potion by myself.

I don’t know how long the journey will be with the flying dragon, but as soon as we arrive, I’ll send that guy home.

He’s been tamed, and he’ll make it back to where he came from.

At least I’ll have to ask her about that. ……

Oh, we should at least get some meat for Lacc.

I think we have plenty for all of us.

I don’t know how fast that guy flies, but …….

Should we bring enough food for four days?

Okay, the preparation for the trip is done!!

Food is important!

I can make the water, and I’ll leave the flames to the Houen, and we’ll be fine.

Now let’s go!

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“Roze! Is everything ready?”

“Of course it isn’t ready yet!!!”

I opened the door with a bang and went inside, but she was in the process of putting a new saddle on Ricc. (It should be Lacc?)

I don’t know why, but Lacc is looking somber, like a sinner awaiting public execution.

Dunno why tho. (Yes, Ouren said a same thing again in these 2 lines)

I looked over to the side and saw two mounted dragons staring at me with intense eyes.

Apparently, they were incredibly jealous that I was going somewhere without them.

What’s with Lacc recently?

Mostly since I’ve been here. ……

Sorry …… I’ll give you a good meal along the way, just bear with me. ……

“Nii-chan. Why did you suddenly choose Lacc?”

“You see, I’ve got some serious business to attend to. It would take me a week or so to get there by horse-drawn carriage. But this one can get there in no time, can’t it?”

“At that distance, Lacc can make it in two days. Rose says it’s a good idea, and you know I won’t stop you, but can you handle it?”

“I’ll manage, somehow.”

“Eh-“

I don’t have time to practice.

That’s quite a big deal.

Besides, with the way this guy is now, he’ll be able to get there without shaking me off.

At least there would be no problem.

I bought some food, maybe a little too much if we can make it in two days, but I’ll give the rest to Lacc.

It was a reward for carrying us.

“Roze. Would Lacc come back here on its own if he was instructed to?”

“Hmm, I’m not really sure. …… I don’t know, I’ve never done it before. So it would be great if you could come back together if you could.”

“I see. ……”

Is there a place where you can put this guy in the Zenki-village ……?

I would have been happy if it would have come back after carrying us if possible. ……

Oh, I could talk to this guy on the road.

If I ask him now, they will think I’m a weirdo.

Let’s just lay low here.

“O-U-R-E-N!”

“Whoa. Where the hell did they come from?”

I heard Alena’s voice from above, and when I looked in that direction, I saw that she had dropped over the city wall and was coming this way.

This kind of thing would be fairly easy for the current Alena to do, but I was surprised when she came from an unexpected place.

And Houen isn’t here yet …….

She steadily walks over coming this way.

The dragons don’t seem to be afraid of her.

Maybe they have met before. ……

Oh well.

“Hey, isn’t it Alena!”

“Jigal, long time no see! I’m going with them!”

“I see!”

From the looks of the conversation, Alena and Jigal didn’t meet each other yesterday?

I’m sure she was with those three.

The two talked for a while about what had happened so far.

After a while, Houen comes down from the sky.

He was holding a spectacular-looking spear in one hand.

He had instructed Alena to go here, and he had stopped by the workshop once to get his own armor.

It seems that he basically leaves his equipment at the workshop and goes there to pick it up when needed.

Is that possible?

I’m not sure if anyone here can take care of my weapons, so I’ll go back to Zenki-village and have them take a look at it when I have time.

I don’t know what the situation is over there …… right now.

“All right! Everything’s ready!”

“Thanks for your help!”

I quickly climbed onto Lacc’s saddle and picked Alena up and put her in the back.

Houen can fly by himself, so I decided to have him follow me.

” By the way, Ouren. Where are we going?”

“Zenki-village Something might be in trouble there right now.”

“Is Ojii-chan okay?”

“I don’t know.”

“!! The rice?!!”

“I don’t know.”

“What the hell!!?”

I’ll explain this to him as I wrap the belt around the saddle.

There are many things I really don’t know.

All I know is that that ball of water broke again, intentionally.

I’ll have to see for myself what’s going on.

For that water ball to break, that’s a big deal.

Something must be happening. ……

“I’m sorry to rush you, Roze. I’ll borrow it.”

“At least let it get something to eat. All right, Lacc. Have fun. And put your goggles on.”

“sure.”

“Grua.”

Lacc growled, then floated up and rose on the spot.

When it rose higher than the city walls, it slanted its body forward to catch the wind, then flapped its wings again to increase its speed.

The wind caught me, and I was about to fall all the way back, so I managed to lean back forward to eliminate the wind resistance.

“Whoa!? You’re so fast!?” (To adopt with Lacc)

“I can do it huh-“

” How …….!”

“You are doing very well for a first timer. Well done, well done.”

“Gurugaru (I’ll go)”

“Good boy! I’ll leave it to you, Lacc!”

With that, we flew onward to the Zenki-village.