“That was really fun! It’s been a while since I’ve moved my body as much as that!”
Emilia and I made a table and a pair of chairs on the sky and were now having a relaxing cup of tea. By the way, I forgot to mention where I’m at. You may be thinking that I, a 14 year old girl, should obviously staying in her parent’s home. However, my position is quite special.
Because of certain STUPID dragon, I was proclaimed as Queen of the human race and as such, I am currently staying in the royal capital. What’s more, even though I am the Queen of the human race, that certain STUPID dragon destroyed the royal castle.
[Oi! Are you implying that I am stupid!?]
2 years ago, when I was just proclaimed as Queen by that STUPID dragon, I tried suggesting to my vassals that it’d be fine if I stayed in my home and delegate the tasks from there. But no~ they refused my suggestion and forced me to stay in a luxurious hotel that was still standing in the royal capital.
According to them, ‘Though you’re still quite young and have just been named as queen, it is quite unacceptable for a ruler to be away from the Capital City... Blah blah blah blah.’
In the end, because of their strong opposition, I reluctantly accepted their demand and am now staying in that luxurious hotel while the Royal castle’s being reconstructed.
[Seriously, who the hell are you talking to?]
To the readers.
[Readers?]
Un, readers.
[... I’m speechless.]
...
Anyways, it’s really been a while since I’ve drank tea in the sky like this.
“How does the tea taste, Lumina-sama?”
“Un, delicious! As expected.”
“Thank you very much.”
I slowly drank the tea that Emilia prepared for me as well as savoring it’s taste and enjoying the scent of the tea.
[Is your mind okay? I think you need to go back to your study and review the documents there. Ever since you finished your job, you’ve only been talking to those ‘Readers’.]
No.
[If you, the Queen that I have chosen, were to become crazy, my pride as a Dragon King would seriously be hurt!]
Pride? What’s that? Is that edible?
[...]
Hehe, sorry, I was only joking~
Anyways, please don’t mind why I’m talking to myself like that in my mind, I’m only doing this to relieve some stress.
[I see, so there is a reason why you’re doing that.}
Un.
Now that the STUPID dragon has been convince--
[Why are you calling me, a proud and mighty dragon, STUPID!?]
My mouth never once called you stupid though.
[But you’ve been calling me stupid inside of your mind! If you don’t want me to go over the royal capital and burn it down to the ground, I recommend that you stop calling me that inside of your mind.]
That’s tyranny! I invoke my power as the queen of the human race to have you revoke that statement! I want freedom! The freedom to call you anything inside of my mind!
[Hmph, your authority only extends to the humans. Besides, your race is under my dominion, so you should be the one who should be following my orders!]
Kuh! You cheat! Why are you using your authority in this mental conversation!
[You were the one who first used it!]
“Umm... Lumina-sama. Is something the matter?”
While I was bickering with Fafnir inside of my mind, Emilia suddenly interjected.
“Why are you asking me that?”
“You’re expression’s been changing from a mischievous one to an angry one and back to a mischievous one for quite a while. Is the tea not to your liking?”
“Nonono, the tea that you brew is delicious! The scent of this Earl Grey really calms me down, the taste is exquisite and its temperature is just right! There’s no way that I wouldn’t like this tea.”
‘Then may I know why you’ve been making those faces?”
I hesitated for a bit, but, because there was no harm in telling her, I decided to share to her what was happening in my mind.
“So you’ve been conversing with that Golden Dragon inside of your mind?”
“That’s right.”
“And you’ve been complaining to him about your work?”
“Yep.”
“...”
“...”
A threatening atmosphere suddenly shrouded Emilia when I finished explaining the details to her.
Hmmm... Something isn’t right. Why is Emilia emitting that kind of atmosphere?
[Maybe it’s because she became appalled.]
Why would she be taken aback?
[I don’t know~ maybe it’s because you’ve been calling me, a great, majestic, and prideful King of Dragons, STUPID!]
Fuuu~ Hey Fafnir.
[Nn?]
For a great, majestic, and prideful Dragon King, you sure are quite petty.
[It’s a matter of pride.]
“L-U-M-I-N-A-S-A-M-A?”
“W-what’s wrong?”
“So the reason why there’s been a lot of sightings of dragons near the western border because of you?”
“Eh? What do you mean? I’ve never received any reports regarding that matter!”
“I was gonna present the report to you right after your tea time.”
“Ah, so? T-then... What does that have to do with me!?”
“Because you’ve been badmouthing their king, the dragons may have decided to destroy our capital.”
“Seriously!?”
[That lass is worrying too much.]
Ehh?
[The only reason why my kind is gathering near those mountains is because of our immigration plans.]
Hearing the reason, I unconsciously clapped my hands.
...
...
....
Eh? Immigration plans!? Eh!? What’s up with that! You never said anything about that!
[Why do we, superior beings, need to report the things we do to you, inferior beings?]
Tsk! That line really infuriates me!
[Hahaha, no matter how hard you deny it, that is the truth!]
“Lumina-sama?”
“Ehh?”
Because Emilia’s sudden interjection, accompanied with her threatening aura, I couldn’t help but let out a dumb voice in surprise.
“What are we gonna do now? We humans can never hope to match the ferocity and destructive capabilities of dragons.”
“About that... Ummm... We don’t really need to worry about them.”
“Why?”
“Well.... Fafnir said that those dragon’s were only immigrating towards the western mountains.”
“Why?”
Yeah, Fafnir! Why!?
[Why are you so demanding even though you’re just a human?]
That isn’t important right now! Relieving Emilia’s fury is far more important than how I talk to you in my mind!
[... Why do I feel as if I’ve lost to your servant?]
Stop whining and answer me! Or else!
[Or else what?]
Or else my tea time would be cut short!
[...]
Stop being silent and tell me the reason already!
[Fine, fine! I’ll tell you! So stop being so demanding!]
You should’ve done that in the first place.
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[Cough.... The reason why we, the Dragonkind, have decided to immigrate is because the humans have cornered us.]
“The reason why those dragons are flying to the western mountains is because the humans have cornered them.... EHHH!?”
“Ehhh?”
[Ehhhh?]
Wait... Why are you also shouting?
[I was surprised by how synchronized the two of you were.]
... Anyways, when you said humans, you mean us humans!?
[I’m not talking about your race, I’m talking about the humans that live outside of the barrier.]
Ehhh!? There are humans outside of the great barrier!?
[That is correct.... I’m quite surprised that you’re aware that humans have more than one race.]
Of course I am, who do you think I am?
[A Queen who places tea over dragons.]
Don’t underestimate Tea!
[Alright, alright.]
It’s good that you understand.
[Tea loving idiot.]
Hmm? What was that?
[Nothing! Nothing!]
Anyways, are the humans that live outside of the great barrier stronger than the humans that live here?
[Nope. In terms of magical power and strength, there’s basically no difference.]
Then why were you cornered by the humans?
[Because of their ingenuity and numbers.]
Hmmm?
[Humans that live outside of the barrier number by the billions, a population incomparable to our kind.]
Well....
[What’s more, no matter how many we bring down, they just kept coming! There attacks just never ends!]
...
[A lot of my brethren have fallen because of them! They’ve even annexed some of our lands and have turned some of our brethren into slaves!]
Umm... Fafnir...
[Nn? What?]
Are you okay?
[Hahaha! Of course I’m okay!]
Then why did your voice sound so desperate earlier?
[Are you accusing me, the King of all Dragons, of being afraid to inferior beings?]
I’m only telling you my impressions, you didn’t have to be so adamant in denying it.
“Well, Emilia... Could you please gather Liza’s father and the rest to the temporary courtroom.... Fafnir just gave me a shocking revelation.”
“Eh? Ah, yes.”
Blue screens started appearing around Emilia and the faces of Liza, Victoria, Mary, and the rest of my servants appeared around them.
Okay then, next is Fafnir.
[Hmm?]
I have a question. You can choose whether you’ll answer it or not.
[You’re really quick to change pace, huh. Very well, I, Fafnir, will answer your question.]
Why did you annex us instead of destroying us?
[You’re asking me this now?]
I didn’t really want to ask you this question, but because of what you said just now, I became really curious about it.
[I see.]
Fafnir suddenly became quiet. This silence really made me quite impatient and nervous. Then, after 3 minutes, Fafnir’s voice resounded in my mind again.
[Ei! Stop narrating whatever you do! It’s annoying!]
Never!
[Kuh... You’re really stubborn on strange things.]
I’m quite proud of that!
[Enough about that, I have decided to tell you the reason.]
Really? That was quite easy.
[Do you wanna hear it or not?]
I do, I do! Fafnir-sama, please enlighten this poor lamb with the meanings behind your actions.
[You really act differently within your mind.... Fuu~ now where was I? Ahh, that’s right, the reason why we have decided to annex your country is because we have decided to fight fire with fire.]
Fight fire with fire?
[That’s right, since I have commanded the surviving dragon’s to move into this land, the humans that live outside of the great barrier will surely find it strange. Once they do, they will start to search for us, then, once they do find us, it’ll be this country’s job to fend them off!]
So you basically want us to protect your race?
[Wrong! We’re not seeking for your protection! We planning on turning this country into our meat shield!]
Yes, yes.
[What’s up with that tone!?]
Who care’s about that~
[I do!]
If I remember correctly, 2 years ago, when your kind invaded us, we couldn’t even hold a candle to the strength that you’re kind have shown. How come the humans outside were able to push you this far?
[Weren’t you listening to me? No, more importantly, why the sudden change in topic!?]
Fufu....
[Hah~ who cares, I’m getting tired with this skit. Listen closely this time]
Yes~
[Once the humans that live outside have decided a target, they would never stop attacking. They would continue to attack until their target has died. Once that target dies, they would then use the things they’ve learned from that and use it to attack another target to produce lesser sacrifices.]
Uwaah~ so they used the zombie tactic? That’s pretty gruesome.
[Is that what that tactic is called?]
It’s just a jargon of mine.
[Is that so?]
Un.
[Anyways, they used that ‘Zombie tactic’ for a thousand years and have become quite successful. Then, when the humans have started enroaching the last sanctuaries of the dragon kind, the great barrier suddenly weakened.]
I see.
[Seeing this as a chance, I quickly sent scouts to see what lies here. I was quite surprised to see humans living inside here.]
You’ve been fighting against humans for over a millenia, why were you so surprised when you found us?
[It’s because of the way you live.]
The way we lived?
[Umu, unlike the humans outside, the humans here live a frugal life. They respect the wild life and would even plant new trees in place of the trees that they have cut down. It was quite mysterious to see how your race behaves so differently from those outside.]
I think it’s because we were only economizing the little resources that we have in this sealed land.
[Is that so?]
Un.
[I see... Well, because of the way you behave, a thought then hatched inside of my mind.]
And that is?
[I would have my remaining brethren live on their land and have them prot-- turn you into meat shields!]
Ahh~ you almost said protect~
[...]
Hehehe~ Hah~ I wish I could see the look on your face right now. No, wait, on second though, I don’t. Seeing you’re real body would only invoke fear and awe, so no.
“Lumina-sama, Liza and their father’s are on their way to the courtroom. Let’s go back and prepare for their arrival.”
“Good work, Emilia.”
“Yes.”
Emilia then made an elegant bow as I stood up from my seat after drinking the last bit of tea from the cup that I held. The two of us then headed back towards my study in order to prepare for the meeting that I had initiated.
[Like I said, stop narrating everything that you do!]
Never!
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The next chapter will be posted tomorrow and unlike the past two chapters, it won't feature Fafnir as much as this chapter and the last one.
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