Chapter 60 – Water Dragon Fluffy (2)

-Fluffy’s POV, a water dragon that lives in the lake-

「How was it today?」

That was Flying Lizard’s voice so I turned to where it was coming from.

As usual, he’s watching over the Cerberus.

No, I feel like he’s just looking at the situation these days.

「I saw his lordship fail for the first time.」

「His lordship?」

「Yeah, it seemed like he used the wrong amount of power.」

「Unusual」

The wind dragon Light Blue’s voice breaks in from behind.

I’m a little surprised but it’s the usual.

His presence is hard to detect because he’s riding the wind.

「Use the wrong amount of power? You’re saying as if you’re good at it.」

Light Blue’s comment made my expression somewhat distorted.

「It might just be a coincidence for his lordship. He always uses just the right amount of power after all.」

What Flying Lizard says is correct. His lordship’s power control is quite amazing.

Only his lordship could finely tune power to that degree.

I can’t do it.

「I’m not good at it now but if I practice, I’ll be able to do it.」

I was surprised with what Light Blue said.

I never thought I would hear the word “practice” from him.

「Heh.」

「We’re just at the same level, Fluffy.」

「I am better than you, Light Blue.」

「I’m older!」

「Not so different!」

A difference of 40 or 50 years means nothing.

「Let me tell the two of you, you two are similar.」

Light Blue laughed at me when Flying Lizard said that.

That pisses me off.

「Don’t get so pissed off that you’ll forget to control yourself and almost crush the field.」

「R-right!」

「The golems chased you around and you even asked Flying Lizard to mediate.」

「Ugh」

Light Blue’s voice sounds frustrated.

Okay, it’s my win today.

That’s my payback from two days ago.

「Let’s get back to the topic, why did he fail to control his power?」

Flying Lizard speaks up to stop us from arguing.

Light Blue is about to say something but stops when he sees the expression on Flying Lizard’s face.

I also look at Flying Lizard and turn my gaze away.

He’s usually gentle but now, his eyes are kind of eerie even though he’s smiling.

If we say more, he’ll definitely get angry.

Flying Lizard is the scariest of us.

There was even a time…..hahaha, I don’t even want to remember.

「It’s the book that the apprentices left. It was protected by some sort of barrier.」

「Was there a problem with the barrier?」

Light Blue’s words remind me of that time.

「I wonder. The way I felt it was quite normal.」

I didn’t feel any disturbing force.

Nevertheless, it was made by those apprentices.

I can’t say that there’s surely no problem.

「What happened to the book?」

Flying Lizard asks.

「It turned to ashes in an instant. It was stunning.」

「Really? That’s something.」

Light Blue’s voice sounds impressed.

I’m certain that it was an instant.

「Is it an ordinary book?」

「No, I think it’s a magic book because I felt a unique power from it.」

「A magic book?......Ah, here we go again. I wonder what I can do about this feeling of being poured with knowledge. It makes me sick.」

「I know right. I already tried a lot of things but nothing worked.」

Hearing me, Light Blue gives out a long sigh.

Then, as if giving up, he seems to be examining the knowledge he just got.

A magic book.

A book that contains magic power in its paper.

In a book like this, letters will emerge in response to a certain power.

It is mainly used to contain magic circles that create mighty powers and forbidden techniques that require a lot of compensation.

I wonder how much information was in that book.

I’m curious.

「Anything happened to his lordship’s power? Did you notice anything?」

「I tried but failed. His lordship’s barriers are too powerful.」

「Right.」

Flying Lizard sounds disappointed at my response.

The reason I went with his lordship this time was to investigate his power.

A little while ago, all of us were surprised upon seeing his lordship after he woke up.

That’s because his lordship was covered by an incredibly powerful barrier.

There must be some reason for that but since we can’t communicate, we don’t know.

Therefore, we are trying to find out the reason of that barrier by accompanying his lordship in turn.

So far, we have not had any positive results.

「Can’t we do anything about communicating with words?」

Flying Lizard shakes his head to my question.

Apparently, there’s no result on that issue either.

Flying Lizard is searching for a way to communicate with his lordship.

He thinks that somewhere in his knowledge as a divine beast, there might be a solution.

「I wonder why deciphering magic doesn’t work on his lordship. Other magics are working, so why?」

Both Flying Lizard and I can only nod at Light Blue’s words.

Once before, Flying Lizard’s managed to heal his lordship’s wound.

At that time, Flying Lizard’s power worked on his lordship.

In addition, it was also possible to put a barrier around his lordship.

Considering this, it can be concluded that our magical powers are not incompatible with him.

However, for some reason, decipherment magic doesn’t work.

「Don’t you think someone is interfering?」

「And who? What’s the benefit of getting in the way between his lordship and us?」

Light Blue tilts his head after hearing Flying Lizard.

I tilted my neck too.

Who would do such a thing?

「Who else knows about this world aside from the god that came here?」

「Impossible. That god alone can’t punish the apprentices by himself.」

「Ah, right.」

Light Blue just accepted my rebuttal.

「Come to think of it, that god has a lot of dreams about his existence as a god, didn’t he?」

「Dreams?」

Is that so?

「Rather than dreams, it is more of ideals.」

Ah, come to think of it, even I had ideals of what god should be.

But that’s not something bad, it’s normal.

「Yes, it’s not something bad but if you blindly pursue your ideals, it will be easier for you to make mistakes.」

Me and Light Blue tilt our heads to what Flying Lizard is saying.

Is that so?

I think it’s good to pursue your ideals.

「Right.」

Flying Lizard looks at us with a bitter smile.

「Sorry.」

「It’s okay to pursue ideals. However, will you be able to recognize the existence of those that suddenly got in the way of your ideal?」

No.

I probably won’t.

「Why are we suddenly talking about recognizing existence?」

「Are you not going to do anything about them?」

「Ah, he can’t do anything because he’s a god. He is forbidden to kill.」

I agree with Light Blue’s words but I somehow feel uncomfortable.

It is certainly forbidden for them to kill.

The knowledge I have in me taught me that.

However, isn’t there a way to kill someone without laying a hand on him?

「For example, if he knows that that person needs help, he’ll leave him alone. If he dies as a result, doesn’t that mean that god didn’t kill him?」

Areh?

Isn’t that situation…..

「「……………」」

Light Blue and I became silent.

Maybe he’s waiting for us to die.

「There’s a possibility.」

Flying Lizard’s words are heavy.

He’ll do that because everyone here is in contrast with his ideals?

Such selfishness.

「Well, it is still speculation.」

Certainly, it is as Flying Lizard says. It is still speculation.

But why do I have the feeling that it is not far from the truth?

「That would also explain why deciphering magic doesn’t work on his lordship.」

I agree with Light Blue.

His lordship’s power is enormous.

With that much power, he can break through any situation.

However, to borrow that power, we have to explain the situation in words.

There is a limit to what can be shown with images.

「Since we don’t understand his language, we can’t ask for help.」

I don’t want to be eliminated because of someone’s ideals.