Dragon’s Bloodline - CH 114

“Kuh… smells…”

The firs thing the two people felt upon arriving on Earth was the odor in the air.

“Eeh, was Earth always like this?”

Serge pinched his nose exaggeratedly.

“Well, it’s true that Tokyo’s air is worse than the country’s… but there’s practically no air pollution in our world.”

There was the distinctive smell of charcoal smoke in the dwarven village, but even that wasn’t this back.

“Never mind me… are you alright?”

Having Dragon’s Bloodline, Ria also has Stench Resistance. It was usually something meant to help for visiting active volcanoes though.

“Yeah, well, I’ll get used to it.”

Using the mask he’d originally brought to hide his face, Serge responded.

“Even so… you put us right in Tokyo?”

The two were currently in a back alley between two small buildings. They didn’t know what time it was, but it was definitely night.

“It turned out alright… but it’s a bit cold, isn’t it? I wonder what month it is?”

He felt the winter’s cold through his thin cloak. Serge quickly warmed his hands through fire magic. He was a bit worried about it, but it appeared that he was able to use his magic even on Earth.

Ria had no problem with the temperature because she was resistant to extreme temperatures. Casually jumping, she leapt onto the building’s rooftop. Serge followed behind her through teleportation.

“There’s the Tokyo Tower and the Sky Tree there… so the Setagaya Ward is over there?”

“Going to you parents’ place first?”

“No, my parents are in Yokohama. I’m going to the place I am indebted to from my previous life. That person has a lot of influence in both the political and financial world.”

“… Nee-chan, what sort of previous life did you leave behind?”

“It was just a chance meeting. By the way, it’s also the person that gave me Nagasone Kotetsu. Japan’s fixer.” [2]

Serge nodded. It wasn’t so strange for an eccentric person like Ria, who had spent her entire life in Japan learning martial arts and swordplay, to also know such a scary person.

“So, shall we fly?”

Dancing through Tokyo’s night sky, Ria flew while Serge used flight magic.

“Here it is.”

[Please wait here.]

A short while later, an elderly person appeared in a relaxed manner. He was wearing a kimono and a pair of sunglasses. He looked considerably old, but his back was straight.

At that moment, Ria moved from the floor cushion she sat on and placed her head against the tatami mat.

[It’s been a long time.]

[… Tamura, you’ve become a woman? A fairly beautiful one, at that.]

The old man laughed. It was the kind of laugh that could even be said to be like heartfelt delight.

[It’s not as though I’m a complete woman, though. Allow me to introduce you. This is a friend who also reincarnated there from Japan.]

Serge stood up and greeted him formally.

[My name is Sagittarius Crystal Crowley. Please, call me Serge.]

He waved his hand to have Serge sit, he himself also taking a seat, causing Ria to raise her head. Kikuchi stood by his side.

The conversation between the two continued on for a while. They talked about how Earth had been, much like they were comparing their memories.

Following that, the topic turned to what exactly happened after Ria died in her former life. She was single, but it wasn’t as though she didn’t have a family. Hearing the story, Ria felt as though a heavy burden had been lifted from her shoulders.

[So, what did you come here for? Surely it wasn’t simply to reminisce?]

Compared to thus far, the mood suddenly turned heavy. It was something Serge had often felt in his new world, the majestic gravity of a heroic figure, the feeling of intimidation.

Ria pointed toward the sky, continuing to talk as though the pressure didn’t exist.

[I believe you heard the Demon King’s words as well.]

[Yeah, that bullshit story. Destroying the Earth… is it really possible?]

[It is. There are beings there with enough power to do so… the God Dragons. If it’s destroying the human race, even I could do so myself.]

[Dragons… no, before that, did you just say you could destroy the world alone?]

[I’m a bit off that myself, but if I had a month’s time, I think I could cause all major cities on Earth to fall.]

[How? Not even you could cut down hundreds of millions with a sword.]

[I would use magic. As you could see by the projection having its words translated to the world’s various languages, that world has magic. There is even a person there who can use magic with similar destructive power to a nuclear explosion by himself. If the work was divided into a group of people, there would be many more.]

[Magic, that shady-sounding thing came up again. What do you mean by it?]

[That’s why I brought him along. Serge, please do a short teleportation.]

“Understood.”

Consenting in the language of the other world, Serge performed a short distance teleportation.

[Astonishing. Truly astonishing. It’s not some illusion?]

[Would you like me to destroy a small country somewhere as proof then? How about that certain north country, the one that’s so annoying to Japan?]

[No, wait. It was a joke.]

Ria waited. It didn’t take too long for him to organize his thoughts.

[So, allow me to ask again. Why have you come here?]

[That world will be allowing immigration, but Demon King Ars intends to give Japanese people the highest priority. This is because he is Japanese as well. Moreover, he wasn’t reincarnated like I was, he was summoned there as a Japanese citizen.]

[Then why is he wanting to destroy his birthplace?]