Chapter 122 (1/2)
'Sakuya can do it!'
”Definitely not!”
Rudel and Sakuya were having a rare quarrel Froer his dragon, but to Izumi who could hear her voice, it was a pleasant scene
This all started when Bennet watched Rudel's treatment of Sakuya, and…
”Send Sakuya on an errand… Alone”
”That's not happening”
When Rudel denied it with a smile, Izumi recalled how pitifully Bennet's tail slumped
”Listen, Sakuya The outside world is full of dangers”
(No, you're talking to the strongest dragon on land, right?)
'Uuurrh, but I can do an errand!'
(Yeah… rather than an errand, it's carrying cargo)
Gazing over their quarrel Izumi leisurely sipped some tea as she listened to the somewhat mismatched conversation They were on break at theto the quarrel
At ti said
”Hah, what does he think his partner is supposed to be?”
While Izuled amazement, the fact she knew the circu too strongly against Rudel
To Bennet, notoo far
”That's not how you raise a dragon He's being too overprotective when she had to develop some self-confidence”
”Is that so? Sakuya is technically the boss of the dragon stables, it seems”
When she heard Sakuya had beco wasn't exactly the best As she contracted a rare water dragon, she was always sent around, and she hadn't been to the stables in a long while
She probably thought to do so about that distorted environment
Sending her out on an errand was a form of education
”If she has that much power only a few years from her birth, I'm a bit worried for her future For now, she has Rudel, so it won't be a problem, but in a hundred years, it will be scary when there's no one left to hold her reigns Worse comes to worst, this country is done for”
That's going too far, thought Izumi, but as she looked over the problerew anxious
”If we have an older dragon look after her…”
”A dragon's sense of values is different frooons exist If they would abide a huhts”
Bennet gazed at Izu to the side
”I-is so the matter?”
”Very well Special Inspector Izumi, is it not about time you went to the palace to report?”
”Eh? Oh, yes, it's about time I headed to the palace to report our present situation I was thinking of leaving it to Millia…”
”No, special inspector, I do think you should go I'll even arrange for your transport With this, you'll be able to cut down on time”
Bennet was looking at Sakuya, so Izuue idea She planned to have her send Sakuya off
But Izumi had a reason she couldn't leave this site
… She had to protect Rudel from Keith
”I understand your reasoning, but I cannot quite leave my po–”
”I' as well”
”… I'll go”
Learning that Keith was going away, Izumi resolved herself to make for the capital with Sakuya Bennet entrusted her with a letter to Captain Oldart
Seen off by a depressed Rudel, Izunated site near the capital
”I'll finish my report quickly, so you have to wait quietly”
'Can I dig a hole?'
”You cannot Once we get back, we'll ask Major Bennet for the next spot to dig”
'… Come back soon'
The area had become rowdy, so Izumi took her docuular report to the captain of the high knights, but she had co, and both the captain and her superior officer were out
As she stood troubled in the hallway, she noticed she couldn't spot Aleist and his platoon, ere usually so
(Last time I was here, this was about the tiiven another mission?)
The way things were, she wouldn't be able to return within the dayAs she stood troubled, she spotted the dragoon captain and vice-captain co from the opposite side of the hall, so she raised a hand and approached
The captain Olart s, but Vice-Captain Alejandro made a troubled face
”Hey there, little lady You look like you're doing well”
”Yes It has been a while, dragoon captain”
”How stiff Well whatever, Sakuya-chan's here, right? I don't see the future archduke around, but is he off somewhere?”
Wondering if they had been out looking for Rudel, Izumi answered normally
”No this ti house”
On Izuled response, the vice-captain covered his face with his right hand Seeing Izu, Oldart informed her of the reason
”You haven't noticed? It's not a good idea to show a dragon following someone besides their contractor Who's decision was it?”
”… M-ies”
”From that look, it doesn't look like it was you In that case… it's not Rudel, so probably Bennet-chan?”
Oldart called Bennet with an added -chan There, Alejandro gave a reluctant mutter
”That's why I said I didn't want to leave him with Bennet”
”It's not going to help anyone, saying soame And e discussed hoe didn't have anyone besides Bennet-chan we could leave hi You just nodded”
The sight of the dragoon top dogs arguing was a troubling one Izuht so little over would develop into a massive problem But Oldart smiled and reassured her
”Ah, you don't have to worry It's just in bad taste, but these sorts of things happen quite a bit You see, every tion start to make a ruckus”
Unlike Oldart, Alejandro wasa tired face
”And we're the ones who have to deal with it”
They sure are troublesome, said Oldart as he directed an eye to the documents in Izumi's hands Once he realized it was a report, he offered to hold onto them for her While she wondered if she should really show them to someone asn't her superior, once she heard her boss was on a long-term business trip, she decided to entrust them
They were docuh anyway, and he said he would explain the situations surrounding them