5 - Chapter 5
Baby Dragon is Saving the Duke's Family Chapter 5
Edenber, who was about to leave his seat listlessly, turned around with wide eyes.
Ashil, who met his gaze, clamped his mouth shut. He could feel his heart pounding with tension.
It was good to let them know he was alive, but now he was the center of attention for the humans.
'What should I do?'
They seemed like kinder humans than the ones who had attacked him earlier, but he couldn't let his guard down.
'They might roast me alive for destroying the wall and the door! They're barbaric humans!'
Ashil racked his brains, trying to figure out how to avoid being eaten.
Okay, first, he would pretend he didn't know anything because he was asleep.
With that, he slipped back into his spot and started pretending to sleep again.
"Piiyaa... Pii... Piihyuu..."
As he did, he hugged the rabbit as if it were a pillow in his sleep and rolled back into the Divine Creature's Room.
But he misjudged the direction and bumped his face against the wall.
"Pbit!"
"Oh dear."
"That must hurt."
"...Piihyu, pihyu."
His eyes welled up with tears from the pain.
But he couldn't stop here, so he tried his best to pretend to be asleep.
He pulled the blanket over his head to hide his stinging head.
'What was that?'
'What just went by?'
The bewildered humans communicated with their eyes.
Then, careful not to disturb Ashil's sleep, they quietly began to carry out Edenber's orders.
While the attackers were being dragged away by the knights, Edenber stared at Ashil with trembling eyes.
He was too preoccupied earlier to notice, but—
Despite the wall being destroyed and the attackers being seriously injured in the commotion, that little one wasn't hurt at all.
The next day.
Construction began on the destroyed Divine Creature's Room door and the hole in the wall.
While the construction was underway, Ashil would stay in the second Divine Creature's Room.
Edenber himself gave him a tour of the room.
"This is where you'll be staying for the time being."
Then he stared at him with a strange look in his eyes, and Ashil felt a cold sweat run down his back.
'Did he find out that Ashil broke the door yesterday?'
His paws became damp with tension. Baby Dragon roast...
However, fortunately, it didn't seem like he had been found out.
Edenber, who soon averted his gaze, left with the words, "Then rest," and left immediately.
"Pihyu."
Ashil, who had barely escaped being roasted, let out a sigh of relief that seemed to sink the ground.
And as soon as he moved into the room, he sat down next to the nodding rabbit and opened his Subspace.
It was a kind of storage space that any Beast-man who could use magic possessed.
However, the Subspace was a mess because he hadn't organized it at all.
Ashil took out his bath duck friend and his stuffed animal with all the cotton missing.
Then, after taking out a broken marble, a bent spoon, a worn-out pillow, and even a clump of fur from a friend that he didn't know why it was rolling around, he picked up a thin book and shouted.
"Piiyaa!" (Found it!)
「Surviving Encounters with Humans in One Volume」
It was a children's book he had borrowed from the kindergarten library after hearing about the 'original work' from his mother.
He had only borrowed it because it didn't seem interesting at all, but the teachers never told him to return it because it was such an unpopular book.
'With this, I'll never get eaten.'
Pihyu, pihyu. Ashil blew the dust off the cover and opened the book.
So why, instead of going straight home, did he suddenly take out this book...?
Yesterday, Ashil had a big realization.
'The mana concentration in the human world is weak.'
The mana concentration in the air he felt when he breathed Breath yesterday was far too low.
Magic is the manifestation of one's own mana combined with the mana in the air.
An adult Beast-man with enough mana might be able to do it, but Ashil, who couldn't even transform into a human yet, couldn't use Return magic with his own mana alone.
'Mom will come to pick me up after I sleep for exactly 100 nights.'
His mother had said she would come to pick him up soon, but she didn't say exactly when.
So Ashil decided to use the biggest number he knew as a standard.
That's right. Ashil could only count to 100.
'One day has passed, so there are 99 nights left.'
Until then, he had to survive without being eaten by the barbaric humans.
'Ashil can do it!'
99 nights, fighting! Ashil clenched his paws and put his spirit into it before opening the book.
「To the young Beast-man reading this book.
Humans are the most warlike race of all.
Not only do they invade us and start wars, but they also capture us and do cruel things like making us pull carriages and perform in circuses.
They also have the dangerous habit of eating young Beast-man because they taste good.
So, if you spot a human from afar, never fight them and run away quickly to tell an adult Beast-man.
If there are no adult Beast-man nearby and you fail to escape from the human, wave a white handkerchief to let the human know that you have no intention of fighting.
However, if the human attacks even after you wave a handkerchief, it is best to show them what you're made of.
They are a cowardly race that is weak to the strong and strong to the weak.
Even if you fail to show them what you're made of, never cower!
At times like that, you should act more violently so that humans don't look down on our Beast-man children.
Never do what humans tell you to do and act as violently as possible.
While doing so, quickly find the adults and ask for help.」
Ashil underlined 'Act violently' with a thick line.
And he drooped his wings as he looked at the phrase asking for help from adults.
'There are no adult Beast-man here.'
No. It's okay even if there are no adult Beast-man. Ashil is a super cool Dragon, after all.
After cheering himself up, he turned the page.
But alas, the next page was about where to hide when an adult Beast-man is fighting a human.
"Pii..."
It didn't seem like it would be helpful to read any further.
Ashil closed the book gloomily.
'I miss Mom.'
If Mom were here, I wouldn't have to read books like this...
But soon, like a cheerful baby dragon, he shook off his gloom and clenched his fists.
"Piiyaa pii." (I'm going to survive until Mom comes.)
Ashil can do it. I'm going to become a violent Dragon beast-man like in the book!
For a moment, he thought, 'Won't I get roasted for being impudent if I do that?' But since the same content was written as what the teacher taught him, he stood in front of the full-length mirror, thinking it must be right.
Then, he raised his fern-like paws and roared violently.
"Piiyaa!"
...It sounds violent, but it also doesn't?
Ashil, who was glaring at himself in the mirror, pulled up the corners of his eyes with his paws.
Up for a fierce Dragon.
Down for a gloomy Dragon.
Sideways for a sulky Dragon.
Ashil is a cool Dragon—
"Ppiyatppi- piiyaaaa-"
Before he knew it, Ashil had forgotten about practicing his expressions and started playing by himself, even humming.
It was then.
"Kkyu?"
The baby rabbit, who had woken up late, looked at him with a 'what are you doing' face.
Ashil raised both paws and shouted with a fierce expression.
"Piiyaaaaa! Ppiitppi piiyaa!" (Kuaaaaang! Ashil is a very violent Dragon beast-man!)
The baby rabbit blinked, wondering how to react to this.
Then, it pretended to faint with a 'kkoro' sound.
'Oh my, I succeeded in becoming a violent Dragon beast-man!'
Ashil, who was impressed with himself, covered his mouth with a gasp. It was at that moment that he was lost in his own delusion.
"I contacted you yesterday, but I didn't expect you to come so quickly. The Duke will be here as soon as the meeting is over."
"I had to come see after hearing that they summoned a monster. Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"The Duke asked me to keep it a secret until everything was over..."
"Tsk tsk, it must have been hard to hide it. Is that dangerous monster here?"
A voice came from outside the door.
Someone was trying to get in here.
"......!"
