Chapter 65

Chapter 65 Strongest Sage, Forgotten

"I'd like to end this trip by noon if possible . Let's hurry . "

After entrusting the lecture to the teachers and leaving the academy, I'm heading to the city's entrance while accelerating with magic .

I've already finished packing and putting all the necessities inside Storage Magic .

"Okay! . . . So, where are we going?"

"To the mountain over there . It's a bit far, but well, we should arrive while it's still bright outside . "

I pointed south as I said that .

We can't see the mountain cause it's hidden by the townscape from here, but I can tell from the mana reaction .

"Eh? But isn't that direction the opposite of where the demons are . . . "

"That's right . However, that's where our transport is . "

Traveling a 4500 kilometer distance on land isn't easy .

Moreso on lands with unknown terrains .

Therefore, we need a transport that can ignore those terrains .

"There's a transport in the mountain? Is it some kind of weird magic?"

"It's not magic . It's a living thing . "

I answered Ruli's question .

"Living thing?"

"Yea . The reaction is quite weak compared to the last time . . . . Let's hope that it's usable for transportation at least . "

I upped my speed after confirming that the two were following me .

--Several hours later .

" . . . Our destination is in this mountain! Just a little more!"

I called out to the two at the base of a mountain about 100 kilometer away from the capital .

"What's 'a bit far' about this!? It's farther than our hometown!"

"This distance isn't anything to write home about for the us now . In fact, it didn't even take half a day did it!"

"Movement magic is amazing . . . "

We begin to climb the mountain while having that conversation .

The mountain has no road, but since there's no steep cliff or anything like that, climbing it isn't too hard .

"Is there a transport bird at the top of this mountain?"

"It's not exactly a bird though . "

" . . . Not exactly?"

"You should be able to grasp its presence with 【Passsive Detection】 . We're still far away from it, but its reaction is big and all . "

Ruli and Alma concentrated on using 【Passive Detection】 .

" . . . Is it perhaps at the summit?"

"Yeah . "

"This reaction, it's quite huge . . . "

"It is yep . Well, it's gotten quite smaller compared to the last time I saw it though . . . . "

I've been being vague since I've got a feeling that the two would run away if I told them the details .

Even in my past life, there were lots of people who would flee just from hearing the thing .

Those creatures aren't really something to be feared of though in reality . . . .

"It's fine . Well, you can stay at a viewing distance when we actually meet it . "

We climb the mountain while talking about that-- .

"That's our vehicle . "

I stopped at a place where we could see its figure .

The two turned pale when they saw it .

" . . . Vehicle? This is weird . It looks like a super calamity class legendary creature to me . . . . "

"No . That's a vehicle . A very fast vehicle that can even blow out flame you know . "

"It looks clearly dangerous judging from the mana reaction . . . . Or rather, isn't that a dragon . . . . "

"Some people do call it with that name . It's 『Dark Dragon Iris』 to be exact though . "

I think it has other names too, but that's what I personally call it .

"『Dark Dragon Iris』 . Just how is that a vehicle!? We'd be killed if we get close to it!"

"Forget vehicle, isn't that one of the dragons that destroyed a whole country from the myth! . . . It's not the real thing is it?"

"I've no idea about the myth, so I'm not sure if it's the real thing or not . . . . But that's our perfect transportation . "

Dark Dragon Iris is my acquaintance, though I don't know about it appearing in the myth .

It was one of the dragons that picked a fight with me, but since it immediately surrendered unlike other dragons, I ended up not killing it .

I felt like it wasn't too tough, thus I wouldn't have fun beating it anyway .

I was expecting it to get stronger if I left it alone--but judging from its condition now, looks like it's gotten weaker instead .

"Well, I'll talk with it for a bit, you two wait over there . "

""Talk!?""

I left the two and took a step toward the dragon .

"Wai!? It's too dangerous even for Mathi-kun . . . . "

"Mathi-kun, you can talk with dragons . . . ?"

I approach the dragon while hearing those voices .

Iris is an old friend of mine .

To celebrate our reunion, I've got to be friendly here--

《O intruders, you are within my domain . I do not remember giving you permission to tread upon it . 》

Words that didn't have even a fragment of friendliness were hurled at me who got closer to talk with it .

" . . . Huh?"

《I do not wish for needless slaughter . Be obedient and retrace your path . However, if you take any more step forward, be prepared to part with your life . 》

《Don't you remember me?》

Since Iris was speaking in dragon language, I replied in it too .

Dragon's memory is better than human's . Especially memory related to mana .

I'm currently using a small scale magic, and the mana reaction from it is similar to the past me .

There's no way Iris won't notice nor forget it .

It should be impossible for a dragon to mistake mana reaction since each one is unique .

《You will no stop, huh . I am not too keen of doing this, but I have no choice . --Die . 》

However, it didn't listen to me .

Iris ignored the perplexed me and opened its mouth .

And then, it activated a great magic peculiar to dragons, 『Dragon Breath』 .