"Ich bitte Sie, als Vertreter Ihrer Rasse, ihre Kapitulation einzureichen.?!”
“What!?”
The Golden Dragon that landed in front of the castle suddenly spoke. Because it was so surprising, I unconsciously exclaimed a question to him.
“Ich frage Sie noch einmal: Werden Sie sich ergeben oder blicken Sie Ihrer Vernichtung ins Auge?”
I made a confused face as I tilted my head to the side. Seeing my state, it narrowed its eyes as it gazed at me. The surrounding soldiers, servants, and civilians also stared at me.
Is that dragon looking at me!? Why the hell are you looking at me!? Also, why are you guys also looking at me!? Did I do something wrong!? Is that dragon gonna kill me!? Oh god, please no! I just discovered Japanese sweets in this worlds! I don’t wanna die just yet!
As these thoughts circulated in my mind, the Dragon extended one of its claws to me.
Seeing this action, Fate, Eclara and Shin became ran in front of me. The two of them created a barrier, but it was easily destroyed by the claw. As a result, Shin and Eclara threw a lot of spells in retaliation, but like their barrier, their spells didn’t even prevent the claw from approaching me.
As Shin and Eclara’s retaliation intensified, Fate, who stood beside me, collapsed to the ground and started trembling. As for me, I was frozen in spot as the Dragon’s eyes met mine while it moved its claws closer to me..
The dragon’s claw poke at my forehead and a painful sensation radiated from it. Also, the moment I felt that pain, light flooded the surroundings. Unconsciously, I closed my eyes because it was so bright.
[Young Representative, are you now able to understand my words?]
As I continued to close my eyes, a voice of a man echoed inside my mind.
“Eh?”
I got confused and opened my eyes.
[Mhm, since the gem is radiating light, it seems like the magic has succeeded.]
Seriously, where’s that voice coming from?
My eyes swam from left to right as I searched for the source of that voice.
[The one who is conversing with you standing in front of you.]
In front of me?
....
Seriously!?
I opened my eyes wide as I moved my gaze towards the Golden Dragon. Meeting my eyes, the Golden Dragon made a small nod and asked me a question.
He’s talking to me through my mind!? How do I even talk with my mind? Should I imagine that I’m talking through a telephone in my mind or something?
[Do not worry. Anything that you’ll think shall be transmitted to me. So you do not need to do any of those measures.]
... So You’re literally reading my mind!?
[That is correct.]
I’m gonna sue you for invading my personal space!
...
Wait is there even a law for mind reading in the modern world?
Wait do human laws even affect dragons?
[We are a higher species, so your laws don’t affect us.]
The dragon answered my thoughts with an amused voice. It seemed like he enjoyed how I was panicking in my mind.
Ok... Nevermind that then.
Anyways, why are you asking me? That guy's the Crowned Prince not me.
Also, on a side not, that guy's the main character.okay.
I’m only a mob character, so I’m not qualified for it.
First, I pointed at the fainted prince who was being held by the servants and then, I pointed at Shin, who continued to throw spells at the dragons claw which was slowly retracting back.
[What are you rambling about? We have deemed you worthy because most of the people here respects you the most.]
...
...
Really?
I-is that so?
“Kukuku... Sie sind eine interessante Kind”
The Dragon laughed and spoke in his own tongue.
Umm... Then... Would it be okay if I request for you to repeat the question you asked me earlier?
Unconditional surrender huh.... If that’s the case won’t we become slaves and be forced to obey the dragons? If I’m correct, in the past, the side that loses a war get’s their men killed and their men and children killed right?
...
No! I don’t want to get raped by a dragon and bear a child with a half-dragon!
I don’t even want to become a mother in the first place!
[Worry not. If your race surrenders, we will guide you to prosperity. We will not lay a hand on any of you.]
The dragon stifled a laugh as he answered my thoughts.
Honestly, you being able to read my mind is unfair.... I don’t have any privacy for this!
Well, were at your mercy so you have the right to do so, but still...
[This is a measure so that there will be no falsehood in your submission.]
It’s not like I don’t understand what you’re talking about....
Well enough of that for now,
Can I ask some more questions regarding our surrender?
[Do not worry. I understand that this is a heavy cross to bear.]
In my heart, I was thankful that the Dragon was a very reasonable partner. As a result, I continued to converse with him through my mind. By the way, the people around us continued to attack the dragon, however, he ignored it cause none of it even left a scratch.
This question is about the elves. A few weeks ago, we made contact with them and made peace with them by promising to exchange sweets with them. If we surrender to your race, will we become hostile with the elves?
[No. Although we dragons have a hostile relationship with the elves, so long as they don’t bother our lands, we will not bother them. This standoff has continued for a thousand years and will continue as such. Even if you forge a covenant with the elves, so long as we aren’t affected by it, we will allow that covenant.]
Owh... How magnanimous of your race.
The dragon then listed conditions and benefits if we submitted ourselves to them. Listening to it, I became speechless because the things he said didn’t even sound like we’d be disadvantaged by them.
For my answer, could I ask of you to wait for a while. Since this regards the fate of our kingdom, I wanna ask the opinions of most of the people around me.
The dragon nodded his head to me. I then approached Amethyst-sama and the fathers of my servants that were gathered in a corner. People continued to run to and from their place. It seemed like they were giving directions to the soldiers under them.
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Have they been doing this for a while?
[That is correct]
...
....
Okaaay~
I became embarrassed when the Fafnir answered my random question with a serious voice. I really did have no privacy with him around.
“Cough* Amethyst-sama.”
I intentionally coughed near them to catch their attention.
“Hmmm? Lumina? We are so sorry, we have tried everything in our power to release you from the spell that that beast had used to entrap you. However, the magicians under our service proved useless and we have been trying to find one to release you from it.”
I moved my gaze towards the side and found some collapsed people being treated by some servants.
Are they the magicians that he was talking about? Why didn’t I notice them?
[Since you're from a lower race, I can understand why you were unable to notice them as we conversed because all of your attention was focused on me. Earlier, they used some petty tricks to disturb our link, however because none of them has an amount that exceeds the magical power of a hatchling, our link couldn’t be broken.]
... I-is that so? They look pretty powerful to me though.
[In your eyes they may be powerful but in my eyes, they’re nothing but ants.]
...
“Lumina, we must quickly escape this place because we don’t know when that beast starts a rampage!”
Amethyst-sama grabbed my arm as he ordered some soldier to clear a path from the debris scattered around us. The fathers of my other servants also nodded in unison as they summoned their familiars to stall for time.
“Do not worry about Fafnir. He won’t go on a rampage.”
“Fafnir?”
He floated a question mark as I spoke the name of the dragon. By the way, according to him, Fafnir introduced the moment our eyes met earlier, however because I couldn’t understand his introduction, he redid it while we were discussing earlier.
“It’s the name of that Golden Dragon.”
“... Why do you know the name of that beast?”
“I was conversing with him earlier.”
“How?”
“Magic?”
“.... I think it’s because of that golden gem that’s embedded on your forehead.”
“Eh?”
I moved my hand to my forehead and felt a gem-like object on it.
What the fuck!?
[My apologies, I forgot to tell you about that. That gem is the symbol of our link. That’s the reason why you and I are able to converse.]
This is the reason why you can read why mind!? When did you attach this to me? Was it back then?
[That is correct.]
... I see...
I was really really tired. Not physically, but mentally. First, I was surprised by the sudden invasion of the dragons, then I became appalled by the idiocy of the upper echelons of our country and finally, a dragon that’s capable of annihilating our country invaded my personal space.
As a result, I internally gave up and decided to just accept everything.
“Lumina?”
I heard the voice of Amethyst-sama as I conversed with the dragon in my mind.
“Cough* sorry, I was conversing with the Dragon back there.”
[Don’t lie, you were thinking of something else.]
At least allow me to save face! Since I’m as open as a book to you, I don’t have to bother talking respectfully to you! So at least allow me to preserve my dignity in front of other people!
[....]
“...Is that so? Then, may I ask for the results of your conversation with the dragon?”
“Yes, the dragons gave me two options. It’s either we surrender to them or face annihilation. In my opinion, it’s best for us to surrender. As for the reason....”
With my eyes, I prompted Amethyst-sama and the others who were taken aback to gaze at the sight of Shin and the soldiers that were attacking the dragons. The dragons continued to ignore them and flew in the sky.
“...”
“I think you can understand what happens right if we don’t surrender, right?”
“....”
“Then, I’ll take your silence as a yes.”
[So you have decided to submit to us?]
Yeah... It’s not like we have other choices though.
[Then...]
The Golden Dragon flew up to the sky and a giant magic circle field was formed. A few moments later the Royal Castle was blown to bits.
Not even a single speck of it remained.
Wait! Why’d you do that! There are still people inside the palace!
Though because you're a dragon, I understand that our lives are insignificant to you, why the hell did you even do that!
What's more, why do I even have to become a queen! I don’t even want to become a queen!
[Since you're able to communicate with us, you're the best candidate to mediate between our race. It's the more convenient this way. Besides, you have surrendered to us, so you can't disobey my orders..]
Nooooooooo!!! I knew it! I knew there was a downside to this!
[Kukuku.... you really are an interesting being.]
With that, I became the New Queen of the human race by the decree of Fafnir, the King of the Dragons. By the way, when I was done despairing, I offered a silent prayer to the people who died because of Fafnir. I wasn't affected by it though, it's because I'm a reincarnated person. So I know what happens after you die... I think.
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An annoying idea came up in my mind....
It's quite interesting so I'm sharing it to you guys...
Think of it as a teaser or something
The afterstory of a certain reincarnated exiled villainess
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@Naoki: LOL, I didn't spot those
@Armael: Sure why not! Also, thanks for making some books I liked in BT into pdfs, I was searching for them!
@Irina: I don't think a 1 year old baby has memories though.... LOL
@Everyone else: Why the hell do the comments pile up the moment I go to sleep!!! RAWR!!!
On a side note: I'm quite surprised that a 'Next/Main/Previous Page' link appeared when I posted this chapter.... Thank goodness though, I tried adding links like this, but because I was too lazy, I stopped at around chapter 10... LOL