Chapter 102 – She"s Like a Bright Red Flame That Burns Quietly (2)“I"m glad I found you. That uncute rat just said that something was wrong with the town, and disappeared.”
While listening to those words, I was concerned about Ruten and looked in front.
“Ha?”
I reflexively let out a short sound of doubt.
There was a bright red wall in front of me.
You could tell how hot it was just by looking at it, as it stood towering between us and Ruten.
Fire.
The blazing flame wall blocked Ruten"s wind breath.
“It was worthwhile to come quickly. I saw some good things.”
“Eh?”
The woman, who introduced herself as Rougerichte, slowly closed her eyes and spoke quietly.
“You protected the children. Truly wonderful. Yes, the small ones of any race should be protected. That"s even more so for children. That Ai has grown, giving birth and living with humans, I was worried when I was told that a human was the father of dragons, but I"m relieved after seeing it now. Although you look a bit evil, you are a kind person. Ai, no Aoinoun"s children are also safe.”
“Y-yes?”
Rouge Richite continued to speak, with a quivering body.
“Cute children should be protected with all your strength. Now that I"m here, the twins will be all right. I promise that I will protect them with all my strength. Even when Aoinoun was small, she was the cutest. So those children must be cute as well. Ah, I want to hurry and see them. I want to meet them, talk to them, hold them, change their diapers, and feed them milk. I want to keep playing with them.”
“Um Rouge, Richite san?”
Her expressionless face gradually reddened.
It was a perfect expression of ecstasy.
I was held under her arms and was a little distracted by that expression.
“Ah, sorry. The future is a little too bright.”
What is this beautiful woman saying?
“It"s already okay, so can you let me go? Um, thank you very much.”
I inadvertently spoke in honorific.
“Hmm. If now that I look at it, you"re terribly injured. Take a break. The rest is my job.”
I was gently set down on the ground from under her arms.
I changed my position and looked up at Rougerichite again.
She was about the same height as me?
She was wearing a tattered mantle that completely hid her body, and I can only see a rough outline of her silhouette, but she is probably a very glamorous person.
A black tail extended from the mantle and was covered with hard-looking scales, unlike Aoi and the twins, it was also quite long and thick.
I looked at her face. The nose was smooth and tall.
Her raised eyes did not give off a villainous feeling like mines.
There were two types of horns long and short, for a total of four, which extended from the top of her ear to the back, with a beautiful red-black color, and gave off light like a polished jewel.
Her hair was unkempt and extended down to her waist.
But she was unmistakably a beautiful woman.
Her hair color also has a clear and innocent feeling like Aoi and her mother Yule. As for Yule though, it"s like fraud because she has a personality like that.
Rougerichite had a wild feeling.
It didn"t mean that she didn"t feel clean.
Her unreserved appearance was quite suiting.
“Hm, what is it?”
“Ah, no, um”
I unintentionally continued to stare at her.
I straightened myself in a hurry.
“I"m Kunpei. Kazamachi Kunpei. Those twin"s father.”
“I see, Kazamachi Kunpei… It"s easier to call you Kunpei. I"m fine with Rouge.”
As usual, she held out her right hand with no expression.
Shaking hands, right?
“O-oh. Best regards, Rouge.”
“N… fu”
The moment I held her hand, Rouge"s body quivered.
What. What did I do?
Though those movements were kind of erotic.
“Hey, are you okay?”
She gripped my hand with an unexpected amount of force.
I couldn"t let go, so I was worried.
“… I-it"s okay. It"s the first time I"ve been called this name that I got since becoming independent, other than by my mother. It"s also been a long time since I"ve been touched by other people, so it feels pleasant. I"m happy being called by my name.”
The corner"s of her eyes and mouth relaxed and she smiled.
No, um, Rouge-san?
I"m not doing anything lewd!?
Can you stop doing those uselessly erotic gestures!?
“Kazamachi! What happened! Are you okay! What"s with this fire! Hey! Answer me, evil face!”
“Ah.”
When I looked closely I noticed the flame wall had completely surrounded me.
Gasaraio"s desperate voice could be heard from the opposite side.
“Kuoooooooooooooooooo!”
I was surprised by the noise and looked up.
Ruten, had stopped its breath, and was annoyingly circling the sky.
“Hm, that bird is not cute and in the way. I"ll deal with it immediately.”
Rouge looked up at it and finally let go of my hand.
“I can"t fly because I"m an earth dragon, but I can still reach that height.”
She said that and swung her right hand once.
At the same time, the four horns on her head shone brightly.
“The spirits are kind of happy. I wonder why. They"ve been in an awfully good mood since I came to this town.”
“Woah!”
Despite her monotone voice, the power of the flame released from her right hand was intense.
It scorched the ground like a flamethrower.
“Don"t worry. My control is perfect. I haven"t practiced 200 years for nothing.”
Rouge said that when she saw me drawing back from the fire.
“I used to be scared by everyone because I couldn"t control it, but I did my best to play with the children.”
The flamethrower gradually became thinner.
“I am an Earth Dragon. Arc Dragon.”
Eventually, the color of the flame changed from red to blue, and became thin like a thread.
“A dragon that quells the earth and controls fire.”
The flame that had become a single line was swung around lightly, and Rouge looked at Ruten in the sky.
“The only daughter of the Earth Dragon King, Ruby Drangale.”
And with a smooth movement without any waste, Rouge swung the flame down on Ruten.
“Kua…”
“Eh?”
A thin cloud-like track flowed in the s.p.a.ce between Rouge and Ruten in the sky, which was about 20m.
“Rouge of “Eternity” looks quite strong.”
Rouge snorted, hands on her hips, with a smug expression.
Ruten was "burned" right in half.