I Reincarnated But Will Try To Live Without Using My Cheat Ability - CH 313

Interacting with dragons, huh?

It’s a valuable experience in a way.

Before that, there was something that really bothered me.

It has nothing to do with the main topic… but I can’t help but ask.

“May I ask you one question?”

I don’t know the expression on the dragon’s face.

I can’t understand it in the first place.

“I have invited you here. Therefore, I will not refuse a guest’s request.”

“Then, I won’t refuse your kindness… How do you communicate? I don’t believe you are speaking.”

The dragon was silent for a bit, then seemed to laugh.

There was no inflection in his voice, which was incredibly strange.

“You’re quite a pleasant guest. Our words are not atmospheric tremors. Our mouths do not speak words. Therefore, we use different means to communicate with the little ones.”

“Indeed, the dragon’s mouth is primarily for other purposes.”

“Yes. But we also have our own ways of communicating. We are the children of magic. We transmit our will by putting it into magic power. And each will has its own meaning. Each of our words has a meaning, just as each of your words has a meaning.”

Even animals can transmit their wills.

It can be done by various means, such as by shouting.

But do you connect the will with the words?

“Do you choose the word that fits the will?”

“If the will and the word mean the same thing, their waves are equal. When I send the wave to your mind, your body will recognize it as a word.”

I understood it somehow.

The meaning matches, but there is no emotion in it, so there is no intonation.

Perhaps the names are old, and the names that have changed over time have different meanings.

It is indeed delightful to satisfy one’s intellectual curiosity.

I nodded in a good mood.

“Thank you very much. Shall we get down to the main topic?”

“Since you are not surprised to see me, are you aware of my pact with the sons of demon?”

“Yes, but… the truth was unknown. I have no way to confirm it. And since the demons attacked us, we cannot afford not to counterattack.”

“I know that the reason for this war lies with you. That’s why I’m asking you. Can’t you just back out of this? “

I knew he would do that.

But I could not say that I understood.

“So, you want us to only defend ourselves if the demons attack again?”

The dragon leaned forward.

The vibrations are so strong..

“I don’t think they will be able to attack for a while. You’re not happy about that, are you? You want to avoid any future problems?”

I’m glad he’s not threatening me, but he’s discussing it with me.

Then there is a way to do it.

Then, let’s break the other party’s premise, shall we?

“You are protecting the demon tribe because you have a pact with them, right?”

“That’s right.”

“The intention of the pact you made is to protect the demon tribe and guarantee their survival, so they should exterminate the monsters, right? The demon tribe was not threatened with survival. In order to expand their own power, they started a war. You are not the ones to clean up the mess of their defeat, are you?”

The dragon was silent for a while.

He was not intimidated, but seemed to be thinking.

“So you question the intention of the pact. It is certainly out of the intention. But being out of the intention is not a reason to break the pact. That’s because it’s not part of our pact.”

“That is not the only reason why you do not break the pact. If you break the pact, there will be no one to exterminate the monsters. Am I wrong?”

“Then are you saying you would do the work of the son of demon instead of them?”

There seems to be room for negotiation.

I guess we can work something out.

“With your power, it would be easy to exterminate the monsters. But there must be a reason why you don’t do so. If that’s the case, we can take over for you.”

The dragon growled softly.

Still, the wind was blowing.

If the dragon had his way, I’d be gone in a flash.

It’s ridiculous for a dragon to be an underdog.

The power of the apostle to kill such a dragon in an instant is still strange.

“I am the child of magic. Even if I use my power to kill a monster, the monster will immediately come back to life. And when they are hit by my magical power, the monsters will naturally rise over. We’ll be going in circles. And I don’t know about anyone else, but for me, the presence of monsters is unpleasant.”

I guess some types of monsters are uncomfortable for a dragon…

“If anyone other than you kill them, it slows down the outbreak of monsters, doesn’t it?”

“That’s right.”

“Then how about making a pact with us? There would be no rule to break it when the intention is corrupted, but there would be no rule not to break it either. And is not the intention of the pact the basis of the pact?”

“You will destroy the son of demon? You can destroy those who corrupt the intention of the pact. But it is against my pride to destroy what I am protecting.”

I see, you are very disciplined.

If you don’t reject my proposal, we can work out a solution.

“I will not take the lives of those who protect the intention. If they assimilate with us, we will accept them as one of us. If they refuse, we will allow them to live elsewhere. How would you like that?”

The dragon stared at me.

It was quite intimidating.

“What is the reason for going so far as to attack the son of demon?”

“If they want to coexist, we will not attack them. However, their principles are directly related to attacking us. We cannot leave such a danger to our descendants. It would be an unnecessary sacrifice. We will take care of our generation’s problems. Our descendants will take care of their own problems.”

“So you will not leave problems for your children. Does not taking the place of the son of demon leave a danger for the descendants?”

Indeed, that question is natural.

If you think about it in total, it may be less costly to continue to let the demon tribe take care of the problem.

“We cannot foresee the future. And if the demons attack, even those that have no intention of fighting may be involved. The extermination of monsters is fought by those willing to fight. It is not a number of sacrifices. And as long as the demon tribe has always been able to exterminate monsters, I believe that we can handle it too. And we can get something useful for our lives from the monsters. But war brings nothing of the sort.”

It is not a perfect theory, just my judgment.

But if I had to choose, I would choose this one.

“I see. Then what is the pact you want with me?”

“I want you to protect us in the event of an attack by a force in the Ravenna region that only a being such as you can defeat. Please leave the fighting between people alone. I have no intention of leaving a pact that relies on you and uses you for convenience.”

The dragon was silent for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and stared at me.

I guess he’s glaring.

If I’m not careful, I’m going to get scared.

In times like this, my broken personality comes in handy.

“Even from the power of the apostles?”

Ah… I guess it would be intolerable to be used as a shield for something even a dragon can’t compete with.

“If you decide that it’s beyond your control, you don’t have to do anything. If that’s the case, no one can stop it, after all.”

“Isn’t that too convenient for me then?”

I had a good reason for making this suggestion.

I shook my head.

“The long-lived species, like the elves, do not like to live with their souls tainted. Therefore, I believe that you yourself will not be able to tolerate this kind of convenient use. So I am not worried.”

The dragon stiffened for a moment, but then began to shake itself.

“This is fun. How enjoyable. You know well what it is to be long-lived. I cannot bear to have my spirit polluted by such words. You have put a sword in my soul. Very well, let us make a pact between you and your descendants. The terms of the pact shall be a combination of the pact I made with the sons of demon and what we have just discussed, right?”

As the dragon finished, a new pact appeared before my eyes.

The words floated in the air.

After reading all of them and me nodding, something that looked like a dragon object appeared in front of me.

I picked up the object, which was about 30 centimeters in size.

Then the words in the air disappeared.

“Is this the sign of the pact?”

“That’s right. The sign of the son of demon has now been shattered. Show this sign to the son of demon.”

“I understand. The demons who have been obeying the pact will be treated as promised.”

“I’m counting on you then. Signer of the new pact. What is your name?”

“Alfredo Della Scala. Can I ask for your name, then?”

“I cannot put my name into your words. Therefore, I will replace it with the meaning of your words. I am the Queen of the Third Sky.”

It was a woman.

“Thank you, Queen of the Third Sky. I have one last personal question to ask you.”

“You may ask.”

“How do you dragons fly?”