chapter 42
42 – 42. Swamp (5)
A huge red dragon that is the only one flying in the cloudless blue sky.
Every time the dragon flapped its skin-covered wings, a strong wind blew to the earth in the aftermath of the wings, and the dragon’s shadow changed its shape to cover the light.
The figure of a dragon that is powerful, fearful and beautiful at the same time.
A gigantic dragon flying freely in the endless expanse of the sky and the blue sea.
It was truly a wonderful sight to see the little frogmen standing with their legs on the ground.
“Mgul-!”
“Megul Megul!”
“Mgul-!!!”
Full of respect and fear, the Frogmen worshiped their god. He raises the crude spears and weapons he is holding towards the sky and lets out loud, primitive shouts full of excitement.
[—Megul—!]
The act was no different whether it was a high-level or a low-level frogman.
For the Frogmen, the red dragon was their king and god with absolute power.
Both the youngest and weakest frogman in the tribe and the oldest and strongest tribe leader, Alzip Guardian, both raised the weapons in their hands and shouted loudly.
The red dragon, which was flapping its wings in the sky and relishing the frogmen’s adoration, begins to slowly glide towards the ground, flapping its wings.
A terrifying yet beautiful dragon was drawing closer and closer to them.
Seeing that sight, the frogmen completely forgot about the special egg hatching ceremony they had been looking forward to and started jumping up and down, kicking the ground with their legs in amazement.
“Mgur-!”
“Megul Megul Megul!”
“Mgul!”
Frogmen, each shouting a primitive language with shrill voices, look forward to the moment the dragon lands on the earth.
It was the leader of the Frogmen, the old Aljip Guardian, who quieted the noisy crowd.
First of all, the guardian of the egg house, who came to his senses after escaping from the peripheral excitement, first checked to see if the special egg about to hatch was safe, then swung the obsidian spear he was holding into the air fiercely to attract everyone’s attention.
“Thin!”
Then shout loudly to calm everyone down. The shout that the guardian of the egg house gave out like a death sentence had a strong meaning to be quiet.
The Frogmen, who had been behaving wildly by jumping up or shouting loudly, came to their senses at the sound of the eggkeeper’s screams and focused their attention on the tribal chief again.
“Megul Megul Megul Megul Megul.”
As if quietly admonishing the Red Dragon, the guardian of the nest tells them to be polite.
As the egg collector, who was carefully holding the egg in his arms to protect the special egg, spoke fiercely and sometimes gently, the rest of the frogmen who were listening to him naturally became solemn.
Meanwhile, the red dragon floating high in the sky was slowly approaching the ground. Normally, it would have been time for the fast descending dragon to reach the ground, but the red dragon was flying slowly and descending over a long period of time as if it was being careful of something today.
Following the guidance of the guardian of the egg house, the Frogmen, who were expecting to form an audience with the dragon, even though it was sloppy, began to see something different from usual.
“Megul?”
A voice full of doubts came out of the mouths of the questioning frogmen.
There was something silver and green hanging from the side of the dragon’s head, which was now almost on the ground, unlike usual.
Moreover, the silvery little something was screaming loudly.
“Kyaaa——–!”
A shrill voice screaming. However, the scream was not a scream full of fear, but rather a scream of excitement.
coo-!
When the dragon finally sat down on the ground, the Frogmen were able to identify the identity of the voice.
“Megul???”
Voices of questionable programmers.
The identity of the voice is a small human girl with silver hair tied to the large horns on the head of a red dragon.
The girl was wrapped all over in tough-looking green vines, tightly tied to the dragon’s horns. The knot was tied so tightly that she couldn’t even lift a limb, so the only part of her body she could move was her neck.
For some reason, the girl with swollen eyes and red cheeks burst into loud laughter a moment later.
“Ahahahaha!! Nineveh, fly again! i like it! Nineve wants wings too!”
The programmers couldn’t understand English.
Who was that little kid and why did the great dragon keep him tied to the dragon’s body?
While the frogmen were filled with doubts, the shiny egg continued to move little by little, bathed in sunlight.
As if waking up soon.
***
Unlike usual, he carefully flew up and flew slowly to the swampy area.
In case the little fairy clinging to my horn gets hurt.
I was worried that it would be a big deal if Nineve lost her hand on top of the dragon during flight and fell, but surprisingly the fairies easily solved the problem.
I gather the toughest vines in the highlands, wrap them around my horn, and tie Nineb to it so that he can’t move.
When you go back, you can ask the Frogmen to tie it up again. They are primitive, but they know how to use tools, so their dexterity will not be inferior to that of fairies.
Nineveh, who had been so sullen and wouldn’t make eye contact with me until before departure, was so excited that she seemed to have completely fallen in love with the charm of flying for the first time in her life, and seemed to have forgotten everything that had happened earlier.
“Haa… haa… ha… I’m the one…”
With her cheeks dyed red, she let out a long sigh filled with satisfaction and was in a good mood.
Clinging to my horns while flying, I burst out laughing non-stop or Yay! repeated shouting.
“Nineve, prepare to come down now. Understand?”
After whispering softly so that only Ninev could hear it, I turned my gaze to the Meglites surrounding me.
“Megul?”
“Megul Megul?”
The Frogmen around me were staring at Nineve, clinging to my horns, uttering puzzled voices.
In the meantime, Nineveh was constantly saying to herself, “heheheheh, laughing or joajoa.”
At that time, there was a frog that walked forward while breaking through the gathered frogmen.
Battle wounds lined his whole body, the obsidian dagger he was holding in his hand.
He was the leader of the village and the guardian of the nest.
“Yol, Megul Megul Megul!”
(Dragon! Meet the egg house guardian!)
A guard who greets you as reverently as possible according to the etiquette of Frogmen. Unlike the other Frogmen, the appearance of the Aljip Guardian, who was not taken aback by Nineve’s existence and first of all welcomed me, was very reassuring.
Here, it would be appropriate to act as a dignified dragon in line with the expectations of the Frogmen. Even when I came before, I acted like a red dragon as much as possible.
I don’t know if I can show the dignified appearance of a dragon even with a little fairy dangling from excitement on my head.
“This is how we meet again. Egg house guardian.”
After hearing my words, the egg house guardian’s dark eyes glowed with emotion for a moment, then disappeared. It must have been good that the dragon called his name.
After clearing his throat a few times, he gets to the point.
lowering the head slowly.
“Hmm, first of all, yes. nest guardian. Untie the knot on my horn. Carefully.”
I want you to release the fairy that is tied over your head. I thought it might look weird, but I didn’t have to worry about that.
I don’t know if the faithful frog minions have low intelligence or great respect for me, but they carried out the dragon’s command without questioning it.
“Mgul!”
(Megul!)
The Aljip Guardian, who replied in the affirmative, summoned several Frogmen and carefully began to untie the knot.
Even in the middle of the work, I try to touch the dragon’s body as little as possible and untie the knot. I didn’t pay much attention to it even if it touched me a lot, but the frogs were quite unique.
“Ha ha…”
Finally, Nynaeve, who was freed from the knot she was tied to by the frogs, fell down on the dragon’s head, making a strange groaning sound as if her body had lost strength due to being tied up for a long time.
While the frogmen who saw this were jumping up and down, the Alzip Guardian, who was the only one who remained calm, opened his mouth.
Holding the white egg glistening under the hot sunlight in your arms.
“Gero! Gero! Hair of Yol! Megul Megul Megul!”
(Kero! Kero! The dragon’s servant! The egg is about to hatch!)
As the eggkeeper said, the white egg shook slightly as if it would wake up at any moment, and its shell was cracked.