Thunder Dragon Plgurr.
The lord of the lightning-wielding Thunder Dragons, he was one of the four strongest dragons alongside Dragon Lord Charlo, Ice Dragon Sugarado, and Black Dragon Seriphed.
He was the one who created the ‘Blunt Technique Thunder Dragon’ with me and demonstrated power strong enough to burn even Lower Angels and Demons when it came to lightning.
Krrr…
Plgurr, who was spitting out thrilling lightning in the distance, let out a cry mixed with electricity as he focused on the ground.
The spot where someone had been had vanished without a trace, unbelievable as it seemed.
Crackle…!
Only traces of destruction and yellow currents lingered in the place that had disappeared.
I slowly approached him.
Seeing me, Plgurr raised his yellow lightning once more.
I took a step back.
“…Seems like the mind doesn’t work.”
Plgurr’s manifestation was the result of using illusion magic and immense holiness.
It was something only possible in pure fantasy, like the Spiritual World.
It’s obviously impossible to summon in Deoen’s world, and like Pharaoh and Lasty, I can’t summon even the avatars like prestige or statues.
‘Because there are no mediums whatsoever.’
Plgurr’s whereabouts were a situation even I couldn’t grasp.
The only one with information was Sugarado, but aside from the fact that Plgurr had changed into a female and gave birth to five hatchlings, he knew nothing else.
“…Why?”
Why did the once manly Plgurr suddenly transform into the married woman of five children?
And that too by choice.
“……Hmm.”
If Sugarado were awake, I could ask.
Since using the Breath in the body of Sre, he’s been deep in slumber, so I can’t ask.
Sre, who occasionally awakens, still spends most of the day sleeping.
‘Hatchlings may sleep all the time, though.’
Poof!
Sre, munching on meat, was summoned.
He whipped his head around and then dashed towards me, prostrating in front.
His white tail wagged diligently.
Just a few months ago, he fit in my arms, but now he had grown dozens of times larger, too big to take in my view.
“Sre.”
“U?”
“Why did Mom’s friend become a mom?”
Still, it was about Sugarado’s friend she could call Mom. Maybe he knew something?
Sre looked at me with bright eyes, nodded, and continued eating his meat.
“I see you don’t know.”
“Uoo.”
“Right. Right.”
Sre really didn’t know anything.
Gently stroking the hand that couldn’t hold such a Sre, I looked back at Plgurr once more.
Plgurr was still glaring at me with his relentlessly piercing eyes.
“…It would be nice to at least know where they are.”
Where have all the missing dragons gone?
—
It’s hot. My body aches.
It’s like my whole body is burning away.
The maddening electric current is burrowing in, breaking my body down into what you might call ‘pieces’ so thoroughly that it’s laughable—
“Hot!”
I instinctively jolted my body up.
As I opened my eyes, I saw a long, white cloth draping down and…
“…A bed?”
A neat, plush bed without a single wrinkle.
Birang Brennis looked around, feeling the quivering sensation.
On the bedside table, there were books, a pen, and some medicine, and beneath the bed, there were drinks like something you’d find at a convenience store.
This place…
“Health…”
Health room?
“You’ve woken up.”
As the cloth was pulled away, someone walked in.
A woman with familiar features and blue hair.
“Lily… Ms.”
“Is your body okay?”
“…Y-yeah, I’m fine.”
Aside from my body twitching every now and then, I’m fine.
Saying I’m okay with confidence and then feeling humiliated for losing… Well, that’s probably fine too.
‘…I have to be okay!’
Lily sat down in the chair beside me and placed her hand on Birang’s forehead.
As the white light seeped in, the electric current that made my body twitch subsided.
“It can be a little overwhelming at first. Plgurr’s lightning isn’t just regular lightning; it affects you even after resurrection.”
“…Y-yes? Resurrection? Who?”
“Well, it’s you, Birang.”
?????
Birang couldn’t believe it and began to touch her own body.
Reacting as if confirming her existence.
She might’ve been looking for abnormalities, but since there weren’t any, her convulsions gradually calmed down.
“Unlike other students, Birang isn’t just a user… You are an immortal. I specifically resurrected you. It wasn’t the real thing, so your soul wasn’t damaged by the attack.”
“Wait, wait, wait a minute. Are you saying I died?”
“Yes.”
“Really?”
Really?
Did I really die in such a meaningless way, unable to do anything at all?
“To be precise, it’s more of a death of the body rather than the soul… but, if we say that, it’s still considered dead.”
“……”
In a world where the very act of dying is seen as a big deal nowadays, it used to be quite common.
In a world where it’s natural to resurrect anytime as long as it’s not the death of the soul.
However, the world has changed, and even the death of the body is held in high regard.
The Saintess of the Empire might have the potential for resurrection, but… no one could’ve imagined that the Empire’s sword would fall.
It might be possible, but I never imagined that the Empire’s sword would fall.
Especially that Cloud Envoy Birang, who is considered one of the strongest alongside the Blood Fight Lord, excluding the Three Lords.
Birang’s expression turned extremely serious.
“…How.”
“Don’t be too heartbroken. It’s the final stage, and the difficulty is hell, plus Plgurr isn’t just any dragon.”
“…What is the identity of that dragon? Why does it possess such strong power? How do you even have such a dragon with you?”
It’s not that she has never caught a dragon before.
Birang has faced a corrupted dragon in her role as Cloud Envoy and has even held a Dragon Heart.
In her evaluation, dragons are “just lizards a bit stronger than monsters.” That’s about the extent of their worth.
To think something could erase her with just one Breath is utterly insane.
Though she has only faced it once, if it’s at that level…
‘Even the Spirit Lord may… be unable to contend.’
Lily smiled faintly.
“I have another dragon with me, though.”
“If you’re talking about that Hatchling, I would like to put it away. What I want to ask about is that brain-type dragon.”
“The Hatchling is strong, too.”
How strong is Sre?
With claws that can hurt just by touching, and fragments of the Frost Demon King in its possession.
Even now, my sharpened and colder self can still be injured by it.
If it can just get a hold of something, it could pierce even the Kraken’s tough skin in an instant.
Birang shook her head.
“Still just a Hatchling…”
“Whoa!”
“Ahhh!”
Before she knew it, a crack appeared beside Lily, and Sre burst through the dimensional rift, lunging at Birang.
Having shrunk in size, it was slightly larger than Birang’s head.
Though just a Hatchling and significantly weaker than the dragons Birang had faced before, upon seeing Sre, she began flailing her arms in panic.
“Get away! Go away…!”
“Don’t wanna?”
“Absolutely not, disappear at once!”
“Uu…”
Experiencing such a cold reaction for the first time.
Though she’s seen disgust directed at her before, Sre had never felt such a strong negative reaction, sulking as it walked over and snuggled into Lily’s arms.
With a growl, Sre kept its eyes fixed on Birang.
Regardless of that, Birang avoided Sre’s gaze and exhaled roughly.
As the Holy Healing enveloped her once, her breathing finally steadied.
“Ha… Ha…”
“It wasn’t intentional. I’m sorry. I just wanted to show my face and it jumped out.”
“…It’s okay. I… I was the one who did something foolish.”
It hasn’t been long since she had been humiliated by a dragon, yet here she was calling upon one again.
It’s been how long since I was attacked, and you’re calling for a dragon again?
If the Spirit Lord saw who I am right now…
Sniff.
“Are you crying?”
“Oh, I’m not crying! Who’s crying?!”
“Your eyes are red.”
“Um, did some fur get in my eyes? I, I summoned a hatchling, didn’t I?!”
Sre’s body is covered in scales, so it doesn’t have fur.
I wanted to say that, but I figured if I poked any further, she’d start bawling, so I kept my mouth shut.
“…Please leave me alone. I want to be by myself…”
“If you want trauma counseling, you’re always welcome in the Dean’s Office—”
“Please.”
Birang covered her red face with her hands.
Lily clenched her fists, shouting encouragement to her and then left the nurse’s office.
“…I want to die.”
Why even live?
I should have just not come back to life after dying. Now I’m making a fool of myself like this.
Kaboom!!!
“You can’t sleep!”
“Kyaaah!!!”
■
With me stopping Sre’s second intrusion, Birang’s dragon fiasco came to an end.
Birang locked herself in the nurse’s office, looking all self-pitying, while Sre faced a ban on her favorite lamb meat for her unruly behavior.
Sre wailed and caused a ruckus like Birang, but there was no changing the decision.
“Aren’t you being too cruel?”
“Rather than being cruel, I’m just letting them know the truth.”
The Kraken is definitely not simple and has powers akin to that of Plgurr shown earlier.
While it’s true the Empire is the strongest on the continent, thinking too simply could lead to great trouble.
“Having seen Plgurr’s power, the Empire will probably take some precautions. They wouldn’t want to see their land submerged.”
“If they can’t figure that out, they deserve to perish.”
In a personal space unique to the professor of powers and abilities, Lasty.
In a place decorated to her taste, I found myself facing Lasty while sipping tea that she often enjoys.
Lasty nodded, savoring her tea.
“More importantly, how’s the teaching going?”
“Not great except for one… well, it’s usable, at least. All of them.”
“That one is that person, right?”
“Yeah.”
A girl with innate talent for magic.
“She might master Blood Magic soon.”
Magical Girl Candy Star.
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