Chapter 77 – Preparation – 4
[Please take good care of me!]
Round and cute A cute red shark was floating around and guarding Princess Amelia.
Person… What is a person?
In this world, the definition of people or the word that humans refer to suddenly started to get confused.
Why do you have such philosophical concerns?
“Fairly… It’s a unique look.”
Overall, the number of books is less than in modern times. It can’t be helped.
But still, from the perspective of this world, the books in the library that Franz owned and made were enormous.
And I also read quite a few books to get rid of boredom.
In a fantasy world, dragons, elves, and dwarves are common… Etc.
If you ask me if I haven’t looked for such a species, of course I don’t. I wondered if I could use my status as a nobleman to become a slave, of course.
But is a child without any common sense suddenly an elf? It was too awkward to ask the question, and most of the books in the Franz family’s library were books related to philosophy, military law, politics, and internal affairs.
And in most of them, people were expressed as people to the last, and there were no words to express humans and others.
No, if there is one, it is just a word for blue blood and red blood, which possess magical powers.
As a result, there are many things I forgot until I reached a certain age, and fantasy novels without such heterogeneous races are rare, but they do exist, so I vaguely assumed that this was such a world.
However…
The creature in front of me is…
Are you really a shark?
If you look at the reactions around you, Irina just shows a reaction that she is cute, but Irina is also a child who is a bit peculiar, so it is difficult to see it by the standards of this world.
First of all, Neria seems to be surprised, but since it is rare for commoners to leave the city, there is a good chance that she didn’t know in the first place.
“Hmm. I will guide you.”
For now, pretending to be calm and then… Guided him
It seems to be flying through the sky with a vague sense of magical power, but it was definitely different from Boreng or the way we fly. It is closer to the expression of swimming rather than the expression of flying in the sky.
It’s like making the sky into the sea.
First of all, flying within the city is prohibited except for tolerable circumstances. A little while ago, of course, it was a matter of getting out of the scope of the job, but once we met, if it wasn’t an urgent matter, it would be appropriate to move from the ground.
-Widely!
4 people… 4 people? 3 people and 1 dog? Are there fish too?
We slowly descended to the ground. Princess Irina and Amelia glide down smoothly while riding in clouds and dark clouds, I came down straight away as if I was riding an elevator, and a Duke of Charinaire…
[I saw it above, but the size of the city is huge. Indeed, it is one of the cities representing the southern region.]
He came down looking at the city as a duke of a country, not the friendly image he had shown a moment ago.
It’s just that it’s a baby shark, so it’s a little, a lot…
It is awkward.
“I have nothing to do with praise.”
[No, it is not. Seriously. The city of Charinaire and the capital of Baheun are also beautiful, but I have never seen a city as majestic as this.]
“Thank you.”
Previous family heads, including my father, were not particularly obsessed with beauty. Of course, there were people who liked antique things, but there were also many people who liked practical things, especially like my father. For this reason, the overall structure of the city is neatly organized around the main road.
It’s just nice to admire them, but they don’t feel dignified when they fly like babies.
[Oh, that looks like a medium-sized monster. It looks really delicious.]
“As expected, Duke! You have high eyes! If you eat that as a steak, it’s really delicious! Except that it’s hard to find because it’s rare even in the Great Mountains! That’s really lame!”
[Exactly? Then it wouldn’t hurt to buy one later. It would be perfect to eat it with blood dripping rare!]
“Grandpa. Shut up.”
…
* * *
As I left the castle, the family carriage that Chloe had prepared arrived just in time to show off to the nobles still remaining in the city, boarded the carriage, and immediately returned to the castle.
The Duke of Charinaire seemed to be interested in the scenery of the city, but it was something he could look at later when he had time, so he returned immediately.
“Excuse me.”
Neria didn’t know what to prepare, so she was a little worried, but she was immediately assigned Lena to come to her parlor and greet her guests.
He was still expressionless, but now his usual expression was trustworthy. The tea she prepared smelled like tea for the first time in her life. A tea with a slightly bitter aroma.
I heard that he got it with the information he got while waiting on Princess Amelia.
It was Lena who prepared for something like this to happen.
[Oh, I never thought I would see this car here.]
It is said to be a tea leaf that grows while being blown by the sea breeze of Baheun.
I’m not sure, but people say that there are quite a lot of likes and dislikes for the unique taste, but there is a saying that it is very good for relieving hangovers.
… How do you drink
– Huruk!
[Hmm, good workmanship!]
“Thank you.”
… Oh You drink with magic.
After all, he is a man of Baheun. It should be easy to manipulate liquids.
The water in the teacup gushed out and entered the mouth of a Duke of Charinaire.
At the words of the duke who praised whether it was quite satisfactory, Lena gave a short thank you.
First of all, the atmosphere seems to have calmed down.
“It took a lot of hard work to come a long way.”
[You’re welcome! It wasn’t too far. Well, it was inconvenient to have to go back halfway through, but I couldn’t help it. It is not polite to fly over someone else’s house.]
I greeted a Duke of Charinaire in a huge and antique-decorated drawing room.
A strange scene where a baby shark is floating on the other side. First of all, Princess Amelia and Irina are by her side.
… No, why are you here?
[First of all, I will apologize. Count Franz, did you say the head of the household? Then I will formally apologize.]
Serious expression? The shark’s head bowed down with an expression.
[As the representative of Barheun Kingdom, the acting head of the family of Leoric Franz. Thank you for rescuing Amelia Bahnia. The Bahnia clan will never forget this.]
“I will accept it as the acting head of the family Franz.”
I didn’t bow my head.
As the deputy head of household, he was greeted by the Duke of Charinaire as an equal.
Although it is a small room in the drawing room, formal conversations continue.
[I would like to thank you again personally. Like the prince, Princess Amelia is also a daughter whom she has cared for like her granddaughter since she was a child. She was really surprised when she found out because of what the red-blooded worms had caused.]
“I’m also surprised that they still exist.”
The shark sighed.
[They must have been almost eradicated even when I was young. They are really tenacious.]
Red blood is present in almost all continents. I don’t know if they’re interacting with each other, but I’m sure there are several small groups that call themselves the Red Bloods out of a sense of rebellion against the Blue Bloods.
One Charinaire Duke shook a shark face.
[Princess Amelia is indebted. I figured out the situation from the rough story in the letter. She said she had a coming-of-age ceremony in a hurry. She was really a nuisance.]
“It’s a coming-of-age ceremony that I hadn’t even thought of doing in the first place. Fine.”
“… Mmm.”
Princess Amelia bowed her head in disdain for my conversation with the Duke of Sharinere.
She accepted the apology with a wry smile.
[The story will come out later in the kingdom, but this is a personal gift.]
“Yeah, that’s fine.”
Even at my words, the Duke of Charinaire immediately floated up slightly and opened his small mouth.
Shortly thereafter, a gigantic shark’s gaping vision appeared behind the Duke.
Right. I don’t know the detailed principle, but I know how it works.
Sharks often appear on the surface of the water with only their dorsal fin exposed. It is a scene that often appears in various media, as well as in famous horror movies in modern times.
In fact, such cases are rare, but anyway, the method of using the phenomenon of hiding under the water is famous enough to remind people of sharks, and it seems to be famous to people around the world. The method of duke is a magic technique that uses that phenomenon. Using this world as the surface of the water, a small baby shark plays the role of a dorsal fin to express what is slightly exposed on the surface, and the main body must be a technique using the unique magic power of the Duke of Sharinere using the phenomenon of diving under the surface of the water.
It seemed that even the huge body could be hidden, and things could be stored separately like now. An inventory. Come to think of it, I haven’t really researched anything like that. I’ll have to think about it later when I have time, but I can’t follow that method. This is a method using the unique magic power of the Duke of Charinaire’s family. Even if you follow it, you won’t be able to use the same method.
-Paaaaa!
Something slowly fell from its huge mouth.
At first, I thought it was a shield that glowed softly.
But if you look closely, it’s a huge, really huge scale.
If the size of a piece of scale is the size of my upper body, I might be able to guess its size.
Plus, the magic you can feel from those scales…
“What is this?”
“Oh My God. Great power…”
“Mmm.”
As Irina and I were admiring this object, Princess Amelia’s expression wavered and a small voice came out of her mouth.
“Dragon scales…”
Dragon?!
