* * *

This active blue dragon’s name is Krutia. She said that she had participated in many bets, but had never won.

“I always bet on the least likely odds. I thought I’d win one day, but did you think that would be today? One of my lifelong dreams has come true!”

Revealing herself to be an extreme reverse alien, she smiled bashfully as she looked at Philip with a look full of good feelings. At first glance, she was a lively and beautiful woman in her early twenties, but what was inside must be a tactical weapon that has lived for thousands of years.

Philip did not relax.

“Have you lived too long? Now that I live, I see Krutia winning all the bets.”

“Crutia might win the bet a little bit in a game where even the demon grand duke gets beaten up and kicked out. Krutia? I’ll put the bet on in your storage.”

The dragons didn’t complain about losing the bet. Rather, it was an atmosphere of joy that his expectations were wrong.

‘Definitely similar to humans, yet different.’

They act and talk like humans, but in many ways they are different. In particular, in the attitude of dealing with any situation, the unique composure of the strong was revealed.

“okay. Well, it seems I don’t need to tell you about your abilities. Krutia. you help people Keep in mind. You must never come to the fore. You must help him only within the scope of the ‘oath’.”

The Dragon Lord entrusted Philip’s aid to the blue dragon.

“Ah, Rod. I’ll take care of it. I’m not a 2,000-year-old child like anyone else.”

Krutia said that while pulling Philip’s arm.

“Then let’s end this agenda here. Let everyone go back.”

As the Lord gave instructions, the dragons opened the portal one by one and began to disappear. However, only one dragon remained and approached Philip.

“I have something to say.”

He was a middle-aged man with green hair. It meant the family of the green dragon.

“yes. Please speak.”

he asked, staring at Philip with serious eyes.

“… What do you plan to do with Negev in the end?”

Only then did Philip, who remembered that the dragon Negev was originally a hatchling of the Green clan, calmly choose what to say and then opened his mouth.

“Wouldn’t it be different depending on the situation?”

“Does that mean there is a way to save the child?”

“Before that, what is your relationship with Negev?”

“I am… become the child’s grandfather. Entarna, my daughter, is his mother.”

“Maybe it is possible to save Negev. If the way the necromancers corrupt the Negev is how I think it is… .”

After thinking for a moment, Philip told him about the scales of the Negev. He was a Negev blood relative, so he deserved to hear the story.

After hearing all the explanations, the middle-aged dragon praised Philip with a look of sincere admiration.

“… It’s not human insight. You are the most mysterious and outstanding human being I have ever met. If what you say is true… No, I think you are right in my judgment. a human child what is your name?”

“This is Philip Oswald.”

“You are a human being to be called by name. Philip Oswald. Please promise me one thing. If you could save Negev, would you? If you even try, I and my blood relatives will become guardian dragons that protect your family from generation to generation.”

“… We will try our best.”

When he said he would gladly offer the best price a dragon could offer, Philip had no choice but to say yes.

Even the grandfather who lost his little granddaughter couldn’t weigh the cost.

“If you need any help along the way, let me know. I’ll even pluck this old man’s heart if I see a possibility.”

“What are you saying so terribly? elderly? I’m feeling down, so don’t listen to those words and come here. huh? baby Shouldn’t I be getting something in return for giving me the first victory in my life?”

The blue dragon Krutia pulled Philip into the portal. Freevia followed with a bug-bitten expression.

* * *

Krutia invited Philip and Pribia to her nest. Like a blue dragon, she had a nest on the sea floor, and the outer wall was entirely made of transparent crystal.

‘How much is all this?’

Philip couldn’t even imagine how many gold coins it would take to build a decent museum-sized nest out of crystals hundreds of meters under the sea.

However, the inside of the nest was not particularly decorated. It had to be there, but that was it.

“Now, this is yours.”

As Krutia snapped her fingers, a pile of gold and silver treasures fell in front of Philip with a chattering sound.

“… oh my god.”

The amount was so large that even Phillip, who did not reveal the money, was blinded for a moment. It was enough to fill a small room with a little exaggeration.

“You don’t have subspace, so I’ll change them to smaller ones. Hmmm, I don’t know much about human calculations… oh, it feels You can take any one from my treasure trove. Freevia, you can choose.”

“… You mean that?”

Privia, who was suddenly pointed out, tilted her head. She wasn’t very close with Krutia, and rather had a little trouble with her.

“okay. don’t look at me Come to think of it, we haven’t been friends until now. That is, since you are eligible to attend the meeting. When you were a hatchling, you followed me quite well. From now on, let’s be close like before. I don’t know why you’re awkward with me.”

Pribia hesitated in answering.

“ah… Yes, I like it.”

It was the first time he had seen such a timid Privia, so Philip almost laughed. But I couldn’t laugh openly because I was afraid of the aftermath.

“You can come out with the most precious thing, or you can come out with what you want. It would be embarrassing if it was something that wasn’t allowed for humans, but if it’s not, it doesn’t matter.”

‘… The distribution is definitely different.’

Phillip followed her guide to the treasure house. Rather than a treasure trove, it was just a room more like a warehouse.

All kinds of rare treasures were displayed on the crystal-cut shelf, and a few powerful artifacts were also visible.

‘No matter what you bring, it’s good… .’

There was nothing in particular that made me feel like I had to bring it.

Philip quietly looked around the warehouse until Privia told him something.

Then something unusual caught Philip’s eye.

“… This?”

It was a pair of white gloves. Philip opened his eyes to realize that the gloves were not made of cloth or silk, but of mithril thread.

“uh… this? This is a bit of a strange thing, though. It’s not particularly high-level magic, it’s just the work of a Dwarven artisan who is said to have reached the ultimate level.”

“Can I try it on?”

“huh? okay. Do whatever you want.”

With the master’s permission, Philip picked up the white glove with trembling hands and put it on.

‘Oh my God, I thought the original would be sleeping in a place like this.’

He had information about replicas of these gloves. As he knows, if this is the original of the item, its performance will be more than twice that of the replica.

Philip, wearing the glove, shuddered at its soft fit. Even the sense of how the mithril had been processed was vague.

‘Gloves of the Saint’.

In the original work, it was a fraudulent weapon that was no different from the final item of the characters in the Mutuga series. Of course, there was no such thing as a powerful enough function to turn the eyes, but it was important that the weapon was a ‘s*x attribute’.

Intuitively speaking, with the exception of the holy sword of the Church, there was no weapon more effective against the undead than this.

If you succeed in hitting the attack, it is a performance that can send true damage enough to send back to the underworld in one shot.

Of course, a special ritual was required to awaken that power, but Philip already knew how to do it.

Soon a picture was drawn in Philip’s mind.

‘okay. I guess I can go with that setting.’

“I will do this.”

Philip spoke to Krutia without hesitation. Krutia opened her eyes wide and asked a question.

“… will that work? I think something else would be better.”

“I want this.”

When Philip answered that, Krutia showed a friendly smile. It was similar to the mindset of dragons that the things they wanted to have were more precious than any other treasure.

“so? Still, I’m a little sorry to give you that, so I’ll take care of you a little more. Do you need anything?”

“Do you have any artifacts that can teleport?”

“of course. Of course, as a human being, I can only give you limited possibilities, but will you be okay with that?”

“How is it?”

“It is a way to connect the two spaces. Install it in the two places you want, and only you can move it. There is nothing better for man to have than that.”

“That’s enough. I will be grateful.”

“okay. okay. In the process of helping Negev, tell me what you need. Are you going back now?”

Philip said he would. Freevia put on an expression that she would finally live, and immediately pulled Philip’s arm.

“Your children will be waiting for you. Let’s go back soon.”

Krutia burst into laughter as she watched Privia change her tone.

“Oh, are you saying that in front of humans? oh god, that’s a big deal Where is the cutie I used to know? No, this is cute in its own way.”

Freevia did not answer and quickly moved into the portal as if running away.

“The Lord has entrusted it to you, so please let me know when the plan is decided. I can’t wait to see what you will do.”

“yes. All right. Then see you next time.”

Philip bowed his head to Krutia and walked into the portal that Privia opened.

* * *

Returning to the villa, Philip ran into Privia, who was blushing.

“Why is that?”

“It is nothing.”

When Philip asked, Privia shook her head and answered as if muttering.

‘I should be ashamed to pretend that I am serious, but it was revealed that I was treated like a child among dragons.’

It was time to pretend not to know. Philip waved the glove he received from Krutia in front of Privia’s eyes and opened his mouth.

“Pribia-sama. Do you know what this is?”

Seeing the gloves, Pribia seemed to have lost some of her shame and asked Philip.

“… Come to think of it, why did you accept that? There were many more valuable things. Mithril-woven gloves are of course rare, but… .”

“This is one of the holy relics of the Old Gods. It was also a weapon used by the executioner of Lutiel, the ancient god of light. A special ritual awakens the dormant power within it.”

Privia felt a flash of consciousness and stared at Philip. The knowledge of the ancient gods, who had ceased to move and disappeared a thousand years ago, was not something a young man like Philip would know.

“that… how do you… no. how do you know So, that ritual needs my help.”

“We need a symbol that symbolizes the ancient god Lutiel. Do you have any dragons with it?”

Freevia evaded in a voice of no confidence.

“… Maybe not? I’m not very friendly with other dragons… .”

“Can you look into it? Once this is done, things will be pretty easy… No, it will be lying down and eating bread. It looks like we can start right away tomorrow.”

I couldn’t even say that I didn’t want to do it. Freevia pursed her lips and nodded.

“… I will find out.”

Even at that moment, a blueprint for how to roast and boil the Negev was drawn in Philip’s mind.

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