Chapter 46 – Let’s Explore the Neighborhood Dungeon! (2)
“Alright, then! First, let’s look for the rat!”
Aoi and Yule flew out, but the rat just walked out of the room normally.
Honestly, with my bad head, I can only feel the sense of incongruity in the flow of that rapid sequence.
I’ll make that b.a.s.t.a.r.d explain it all to me!
“I have always been at this house, though.”
“Haaa!?”
The fluffy rat was standing on top of the kitchen counter.
Holding a staff in one hand and was once again munching on a rice cracker.
“You, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d!”
“Didn’t you take a bit too long to come to a decision? I’m worried…”
What are you talking about!
“Speak! Tell me everything! Tell me everything about that irritating hag!”
“Calm down, idiot.”
“Ow!”
My father knocked my head.
“Say, you guys are really interesting.”
“Thanks for that. And so, Alba Germain-san? What are you plotting to get this guy to do?”
A foolishly laughing father and a cackling rat.
Shouhei looked with an uneasy expression.
“Oh, was I exposed?”
What?
I really don’t understand.
“This rat wouldn’t lie about stuff regarding dragons, right? In which case, he won’t separate you and the twins. This guy was the guy who made you be present for breastfeeding, and besides he also said that it was good that you were the father of the twins. And so, what are your true intentions?”
“I will not change from beginning to end. It’s no good if you’re not next to the twins.”
“Then why! Why did you instigate that person!”
In the first place, this guy said stuff like it would be good if they ate humans!
“Did you listen properly? Didn’t I say that I wasn’t on board with it? It’ll have various harmful effects for the twins, and Aoi will hate it. That’s the last resort when it can’t be helped. For example, when you die.”
It feels like he said that.
“Honestly speaking, I didn’t have a way of stopping Yule. I was expecting that you and Aoi would drive Yule away.”
“Drive that person away!? How?”
You saw it, right! The gale that was blowing violently within the room!
“Well, that Yule-san. Why was she in such a hurry?”
“Eh?”
I listened carefully to my father’s question.
“Well, it’s always been like that since the beginning, right? Repeatedly ringing the door bell, entering the house with shoes on, and to the point of rushing Aoi-chan to make a decision. Strangely, not following the rules despite following human rules.”
“That’s…”
“A tyrant character you say, but it would be more natural for her to break the door and come in willfully, then kill you and take Aoi-chan and the twins away.”
Now that you mention it, it did feel that way.
“She’s a misanthropist, but since Kunpei isn’t dead, she at least doesn’t hate you enough to kill you, right?”
Let me think about it.
I was directly threatened twice.
When I climbed the stairs and when I objected.
“Hmm, I obstructed her so she wrapped up the conversation…?”,
“Spot on! Well, yes, the usual Yule would be a bit more obedient.”
Alba Germain exaggeratedly lowered his staff.
This rat’s every single action irritates me.
“That girl at that time was at her wits end and had no leeway. At any rate, she arrived in this town this morning. If Aoi noticed a sense of incongruity, I thought that I would make her rest in bed first. Well, that’s why the story gets bigger and I wondered what I should have done. “
“Eh?”
“Well, I thought that since Yule’s body was riddled with wounds, even Aoi would have been able to deal with her easily. But it seems like she didn’t notice since she was ecstatic after not being able to meet her for a long time.”
Body riddled with wounds?
Where?
“Even when she blew you away, it wasn’t her intention. Usually that child wouldn’t make a mistake in holding back. Even as a joke, since she’s a dragon king.”
If you say so.
“I took care to make sure he didn’t die, and I just shook his body with the wind to stun him without hitting him. I blew him away without it having an effect, but I properly helped him with the landing, so he didn’t have any serious injuries, right?”
She did say something like that.
“If you think about it calmly, it’s impossible for that child to take care of Aoi and the twins. As a dragon king, there’s a lot of sky adjustments left and it’s tiring. If the a.s.sailants use that as an opportunity, that girl would have no leeway to take care of them. Since she has to fly all over the world.”
“I don’t know how hard that is, but it sound like it would be better for them to be raised here, since there’s Kunpei and us.”
Hey, wait.
Based on what you said, Yule is thoughtlessly acting, and confusing us by saying the most plausible thing.
“Why is she at her wit’s end?”
I do not understand.
“Simply, she’s tired from work, and I think even standing is tiresome? It seems like she also did various things in America before coming here. Actually the other dragon kings seem to be quite busy as well, and are shaving sleep time to work.”
That is to say…
“That girl is currently acting with her tired and nonfunctional head. In short, she’s behaving recklessly.”
W-wa?
“What is that!”
My shout reverberated in the dining room.