The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 122

Chapter.29 Spring Flowers

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That morning. I stayed up all night with my eyes wide open and eventually decided that it wasn’t going to work.

I was also starting to worry about the difficult matter that the elder had implicitly mentioned.

I’d like to think something embarrassing would pop up during the Eucharist ceremony, but they’re dragons. I wonder why I didn’t think that I could say something ridiculous again.

This is not an excuse to go see Rurin.

Because I really think there is something there. That’s why.

So I ran to Elena’s clinic. The goal is Serena. Going to the shrine without her would be impossible in the first place as the journey would take more than a month.

“L! Is your body okay? You came here because you were sick! “Your complexion doesn’t look good!”

While Elena was sweeping the front yard, she approached Elle in surprise.

“are you okay. What about Serena?”

“You’re sleeping inside?”

“Please excuse me.”

“yes yes?”

I passed Elena and entered the clinic and began to wake up the red woman who was curled up in her sleep. Because I am very familiar with waking up dragons.

“Serena wake up! “It’s a mess!”

“Ugh?”

“What are you doing?”

“You must be the one causing the fuss… “Hmm.”

Serena seemed to be conscious and gave a vague answer before lying down again.

“If you don’t wake up, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life.”

“why! What a threat! “What can I do if I regret it for the rest of my life?”

“There is something like that. “I’m glad you woke up.”

“It’s amazing. It’s amazing. Mmmnyaaa!”

Serena shook her head. Stretch out. Still, he was a bit different from Lulin in that he woke up in the morning. Is it worth living a few hundred more years? I could feel Elena following me looking around in surprise, but there was no time to explain everything.

“You know the sacred place of the black dragon, right?”

“I know, I know.”

“let’s go.”

“what?”

“Are you doing this because I only saw you for a day? Also from the morning? Sleep in the morning! Growing up in the morning is the providence of this world, so how can you ignore that providence? .”

“There is such a thing. There is an urgent reason, so let’s go. You can just use teleport for a moment and then come back and sleep, right? “You haven’t forgotten the grace that saved you, right?”

“Ugh. okay. Who said what? They said they would kill me if I refused. I’m going because I don’t want to die. But you… .”

Serena got up from the bed, straightened her hair, looked at me, and suddenly started laughing.

“Why are you laughing?”

When I glare at him, he quickly covers his mouth. But his eyes were still smiling.

“Do you know that you are so desperate? I’m glad the black thing didn’t see this. “This is it.”

“what? “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“They are fun guys. Well, I’m curious what will happen if we meet in this state.”

“You keep saying strange things. Do you want to get scolded? Mr. Red Dragon?”

“No! In the end, it’s a threat. I’m really sad. “Elena, I’ll be back for a bit.”

“yes? yes yes!”

Leaving Elena confused, Serena grabbed my arm and crossed her arms.

“Ho ho ho idiots.”

Then he left a nonsense message and used teleportation.

The place we arrived at was not a holy place.

In front of me, I saw numerous sheer cliffs, huge man-made structures, and a sacred site with a canyon.

But it is quite far away.

“Have you forgotten that I am a red dragon? “I can’t go any further.”

“Oh, I see. “Well, I’m grateful at least for now.”

“I was going to take a look, but now that I think about it, my body refuses to even approach the Black Dragon’s sacred place. “Tell me the story when you get back.”

Serena chuckled and laughed and then disappeared from the spot.

“Are you here?”

When I subdued the dragon that was going berserk at the human who confidently walked into the sacred area and found the elder, he greeted me with a smile. Of course, he looked like he knew I was coming, so it made me wonder if he was caught fishing again.

no. Does not matter.

It is urgent to meet Lurin quickly and hear the reason why she disappeared with her mouth pouting like that. Because it’s the only way to make my sleep comfortable.

“Yes, I’m here. “Everything else is done, so I’d like you to guide me to Rurin.”

“Lurin has now entered the sanctuary. It comes out tomorrow. Interfering with that is the same as interfering with the Eucharistic ceremony, but you sure don’t mean to do that, do you?”

Sheesh.

If it comes out like that, there is no way. Are you saying they already went in?

“Then can you explain what you said then? “What on earth is this trouble?”

The elder’s body begins to glow.

Light generated by using polymorph. After a while, the elder’s body shrunk and soon he took on a humanoid form and appeared in front of me.

“The next elder is likely to be from our clan.”

“What about our clan?”

“Black dragons also have a clan. Of course, the Medidana clan I belong to includes Lurin.”

Well, that’s natural. It is true that it is difficult to find an organization without factions. It goes without saying that Rurin is a member of the elder’s clan.

When I nodded, the elder continued speaking.

“And thanks to you uncovering the plans of Dihegma and his grandson Nyeth, the power has changed again. “Even though my daughter had an accident and lost power, it seems likely that the next elder will come from our Medidana clan.”

“Isn’t that a good thing for the elder? “You don’t think Rurin is qualified to become an elder, do you?”

Rurin is an elder.

Are there any dragons that are less suited to being an elder?

“That’s not true, but Lurin is the only young one in our clan. The rest died in the war, and Lulin’s mother died in a strange incident. However, there are many old people in the clan who say that it should not be handed over to another clan… .”

Words get too long. All you have to do is hear the conclusion. So just about what is difficult.

“Is that so. So what is the conclusion?”

“Of course the conclusion is this, isn’t it? “If you marry Lurin, you will immediately become a strong candidate for the position of Black Dragon Elder.”

“… … .”

“After the Eucharist ceremony, courtship will continue.”

That’s really annoying.

Although I hope for a peaceful resolution to most issues, this story became increasingly untenable.

“That is unacceptable.”

“The one who says there is no marriage?”

“Didn’t I explain that to you? If it turns out like that, I can just take Rurin and go back.”

“Is it something to be solved in such a destructive way? Doesn’t Rurin have the qualifications to receive a normal blessing and get married?”

“Now Elder!”

In an instant, voices rose louder. But he soon shut his mouth. As the story of Rurin’s marriage comes up, and what about marrying another dragon, my blood pressure rises very high.

But what the elder said is true. Nothing good comes from going out like this. Lurin is a child who deserves to live a blessed life.

That’s true.

If we kill them all and take Rurin away, it will only lead to another tragedy.

“And the reason the other dragons are ignoring you and proposing marriage is because they think that the relationship between you and Lulin is ultimately between a human and a dragon, and that in the end, the human will die first. That’s the problem. Your relationship is fun. “A true marriage must be with a dragon. No matter how strong you are, you are still human, so it is inevitable.”

“That’s not necessarily true.”

“Is this the story of Dragon Heart?”

The elder also began to smile faintly, as if he already knew.

“yes.”

“I also thought that this would calm down the young people who are seething right now, but would I be able to persuade them in detail? “You are on a par with dragons, and if you marry Lurin, it will be a marriage that will see the heir to succeed the clan.”

“I think we can do it.”

About that.

I was thinking about it for a long time. From the moment I decided to live in this world with Lurin, always.

It’s my pride as a human being.

That doesn’t matter. If only I could give it up and Lurin and I could live a blessed life together without getting caught up in any more useless gossip.

“I convince you. “What a thing.”

“okay?”

The elder began to smile brightly, as if he had actually hoped that I would come here and do that.

Truly, this ancient dragon is a serpent itself.

I don’t know if it’s appropriate to compare a dragon to a nimble snake, but that’s the nature of it anyway.

“Actually, there is no need to convince everyone that much. It is the responsibility of the elders to lead the dragons, but decisions regarding the breeding of the clan, such as marriage, are managed by Sarin, the oldest black dragon. “It’s a story that ends with just persuading him.”

Is the elder’s mother alive?

It is said to be the oldest of the black dragons, so it must be a particularly long-lived creature.

The oldest of the black dragons.

No, we can persuade anyone who comes. I had enough cards.

A card that will silence these foolish dragons who are trying to bully Lurin with one blow and make even the ancient dragons like it.

I don’t feel like it because it wasn’t my own power, but was obtained from someone else, but who cares if it’s for Lulin’s sake.

“Well, my mother and I are only 800 years older than each other. Anyway, don’t think of an old person as the oldest. Please correct it yet.”

Wow. Dragon races.

“All right.”

I nodded.

***

A huge structure in the Black Dragon Shrine. One of them is the entrance to the sanctuary.

And one is said to be the rare of the oldest black dragon, Medidana Sarin.

I went in there with the elder.

It is surprising that there is such a large space inside the cliff, and the oldest dragon, which seems to be 1.2 times larger than the elder, is also surprising.

A being that has lived that long.

I bowed deeply as a courtesy that should be shown to a being who has lived the best of times.

“Are you that human child? “I have heard many rumors.”

Are all the dragons around you ancient dragons?

Thinking about that, I nodded.

“I don’t know what the rumor is, but I think I’m probably the one it refers to. Sarin.”

“Blessings on all living things. So, I wish you blessings too. “Child of man.”

In response to my greeting, Sarin flapped his wings once. The low bass tone that does not give off any of Dragon’s unique arrogance is unique.

A sound that seems to transcend everything.

Would you say you feel something like that?

The other ancient dragons, including the elder, did not say a single word.

“I am a human child, but my name is El. Mr. Sarin. And the reason I’m here is to make it clear to you that Lulin and I want to get officially married someday, although it may take some time.”