Answering Riley’s question, Priesia, who paused for a moment, said with a serious face,
“…It’s because of a dragon.”
“…?”
‘A dragon? It’s not a demon lord, but a dragon?’
Riley asked back,
“…A dragon?”
“Yes. A dragon.”
Based on how things were going, Riley was sure that she was going to ask him to kill a demon lord, but instead, it was a dragon.
“…”
As Riley was not giving any response, Priesia continued first,
“According to the divine message from the goddess Irenetsa, soon…a dragon will appear and it will bring terrifying disaster not just to Solia, but other cities as well.”
“So?”
Because the story was different from his predictions, Riley chose to postpone taking action. Instead, he asked Priesia.
“According to the goddess Irenetsa’s words, the one who will defeat that dragon is you, young master.”
“I will?”
“Yes.”
This was definitely similar to a situation he heard in his past life. However, it was somehow funny.
Also…
‘This damn piece of work called god must have absolutely nothing else to do…’
Riley thought that.
‘Just how many cities are in this world, and how many people live in this world? To put it bluntly, for going this far, isn’t this almost at the level of a stalker? By chance, is this a scripted scheme being filmed with hidden cameras?’
Riley thought of all sorts of stuff.
“…Ha…”
Although the being that priestess asked him to kill was changed from a demon lord to a dragon, Riley still couldn’t believe this. Moreover, he was sorely disappointed.
“Excuse me. Lady priestess. Do you think that makes any sense?”
Riley stared at the priestess with a gaze of disbelief. Priesia flinched.
“Do you at least know what kind of person I am?”
“That is…”
Avoiding Riley’s gaze, Priesia fiddled with her fingers.
It appeared that she had no idea.
“The title I was given from my own House is Lazy-Sword. Lazy-Sword… In the past, present, and even in the future, I have always been and will be dawdling around without doing anything. Just how is someone like me supposed to kill a dragon?”
If he had a bit of luck, he might be able to kill a dragon just by tricking it with words like how a main character in some fiction would.
However, that was…just a story in fiction.
From how other people saw, Riley was just the youngest son and a spoiled master in the House, who has achieved or trained in absolutely nothing.
It was absurd that anyone would expect someone of such a reputation to kill a dragon. After all, how would he?
It was nonsense.
“Also, have you forgotten what you said to me last time?”
“…What are you…?”
“You asked if I was impotent! Me!”
“…!”
Priesia flinched as her face turned red.
Meanwhile, Nainiae, who was watching the two from the side, tilted her head to the sides. It was because she didn’t understand where the conversation was flowing toward.
“Instead of looking for hope from a dawdling impotent young master, go look for someone else!”
No matter what kind of reaction the priestess showed, the expression on Riley’s face did not change.
Pat Pat
Riley patted her shoulder a few times and started to walk away to get out of the restroom.
“P-Please wait… I haven’t finished telling you the whole story.”
Priesia rapidly turned her body as she called Riley to stop him.
Noticing that it didn’t stop him from walking, Priesia brought up what she didn’t get to earlier.
“…Astroa.”