Chapter 4

"Y-You're a Dragon Princess...?"

"Indeed. I am the Dragon Princess Tiara."

Tiara snorted haughtily.

The soldiers, in response, still looked as if they couldn't believe it.

The Dragon Princess, after all, is a being of extremely high status among non-human races.

She is said to be on par with the Demon King, a monstrous entity.

It seemed unlikely that such a monster would have any connection with Rain.

Rain is just a human, a merchant.

For such an ordinary human to be in league with a Dragon Princess was simply unbelievable.

"Isn't she just a dragon person pretending to be a Dragon Princess...?"

"But that attack power..."

"Indeed, the attack power was abnormal, but it's hard to believe that the Dragon Princess would side with Rain..."

The two remaining soldiers observed Tiara carefully, trying not to provoke her.

If she really was the Dragon Princess, they had to bring this information back to the kingdom.

Otherwise, the king would launch an attack on this monster.

"Is the talk over?"

"Damn... you bastard."

"Rain. I may have been a bit late in asking, but if they were enemies, it would have been fine to kill them, right?"

"Th-That's not necessary—"

"You're too soft. That's why you end up in situations like this."

"Ugh..."

...You're right, Rain thought.

He couldn't refute Tiara's pointed words and could only nod silently.

After confirming Rain's reaction, Tiara looked at the soldiers again.

"Come on, then. You are soldiers, right?"

"Wh-What a joke!"

"You'll regret this!"

The soldiers, driven by their pride, charged forward.

If they attacked simultaneously, they wouldn't end up like before.

Besides, as long as they didn't get hit, they didn't need to fear Tiara's attack power.

They just needed to prevent Tiara from getting a chance to attack.

They could finish it in an instant.

They had their own strategy.

They had... but.

"Too slow, you slowpokes."

The soldier's body collapsed to the ground.

They couldn't even react, let alone dodge.

It was the same for Rain.

The moment Tiara moved, two dead bodies were already on the ground.

"Ti-Tiara... Is it over?"

"Aye. Did you see my performance?"

"I didn't see anything at all."

"That's not what I meant!"

Tiara sighed and got back to the topic.

"Rain, again. Why are you here?"

"It's a long story—"

"I see. Then let's change the location. Come to my nest."

"Is that okay?"

"Of course. It's been a while since we met, so I'll welcome you."

Saying that, Tiara took Rain's hand.

Then, she transformed her body into a dragon and skillfully placed Rain on her head.

It had been a long time since Rain had seen Tiara in her dragon form.

The view from this height was even more beautiful than he had imagined.

He couldn't help but let out a small gasp.

"I'm taking off."

With that, in her dragon's voice, they headed for the nest.