The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 106

Chapter.26 Visit to the next town

You can guess its wealth and technological prowess by seeing that the place that was destroyed by a dragon has been restored like this.

“you.”

“huh? why?”

“I’ve been thinking about it for a while and I like it.”

Where Lulin pointed with his hand outstretched. It is the twinkling top of the imperial palace. In other words, it was a part made of gold.

It would be difficult to take it just because you like it.

It’s scary because it’s something that can be easily attempted since it’s a dragon.

“Before, I didn’t think much of it because there were no rares, but now it’s different. I wish our rares were made of gold like that. How about making the rare ceiling entirely gold? Make it sparkle!”

As Lurin spun around, she began to look excited as she imagined the ceiling shining with gold.

For dragons, sparkling is like faith.

I instinctively love gold and silver treasures.

Because they are a race with a desire for shiny things written into their DNA. So, it is a completely natural reaction.

“Well, if you make a lot of money.”

“What? “There’s a lot of gold in the warehouse!”

“The gold is for safekeeping. So that no dragon can laugh at our rare?”

Yes, to make sure Lulin is never ignored.

The scale of successful dragons is based on the rare treasures they have collected.

“Is that so…? . You can’t do something like that. Mom was like that too. “I don’t want you to be ignored, so collect a lot of gold.”

Lulin’s shoulders slump weakly. The eyes that used to shine like stars are powerless. Ugh.

“You say you’ll do it if you make money? “Do you like things that sparkle like that?”

Nod.

Rurin looks at me with an expression as if asking me such an obvious question. Rather, the person who asked the question is embarrassed.

“But I like you better! You won! Hehehe!”

Then, without asking, he grabs my arm.

I can’t believe I won, that I won the desire for shiny things that was imprinted in my DNA.

Well, I once said that my existence was imprinted in each and every one of my cells.

Sometimes this dragon has a strange talent that makes your heart pound.

Although I don’t try to show it.

I quickly turned around with a feeling of exaltation.

“anyway! The reason I came here is because I have to stop by the imperial palace, so teleport! “Let’s teleport.”

There is tight security at the main gate of the imperial palace. I have no intention of going around advertising that I am meeting the emperor. The goal is to meet secretly.

I have no intention of revealing anything about myself.

To the being that I am. In other words, I don’t want to get involved in the filth of political power that bothers to rely on that power.

However, you can’t kill everyone every time you get involved, so it’s best to avoid dirty things altogether.

Twinkle.

The light flashes.

If I were to express it, it would be like seeing the sunlight reflected in a mirror.

When you use teleportation, darkness comes immediately and you feel dizzy.

And what appears at the end is this luminescence phenomenon.

“done!”

I hear Lurin’s voice. The place we teleported to was the courtyard of the imperial palace.

The location is not good, but in the current situation, I cannot specify a specific location. In order to teleport to a specific location, Lurin needs to know the location in detail, but that was impossible because the imperial palace in front of her was largely newly restored.

To teleport to a specific location without knowing the details of the location, you must be able to see the location.

So, I decided to move to a random location in the imperial palace and use teleportation again.

The result is here.

“It’s an intruder! “Intruder found in area 2!”

At the same time, a bell rings in the imperial palace to warn of intruders.

Since ancient times, most intruders who enter the palace without passing through the main gate are foolish assassins with aspirations to assassinate the emperor.

Even finding the emperor in this spacious imperial palace must have been difficult.

Of course, that also applies to me, but I am different. Because there is Lurin.

“Now Rurin, let’s go inside the palace you see over there this time.”

Unlike Rulin, I knew the general geography of the imperial palace, so finding my destination was no problem.

Because the destination is hidden inside the imperial palace, it has the disadvantage of being impossible to specify from the outside.

Unless Lurin turns into a dragon and flies in the sky, she has no choice but to use teleportation two or three times.

“i get it!”

Lurin nodded and was soon engulfed in darkness again. There doesn’t seem to be any complaints at all, as it is said that this is all about making money and plastering rares with gold.

“Oh wait! “For now, let’s go inside the ceiling of that building.”

It was a belated request, but Lurin nodded and the teleportation activated.

As a result, we stirred the air.

Under the ceiling of a building, not on the roof.

We were transported into the air and began to descend by gravity.

“Oh oh?”

Lulin screamed with no sign of urgency and quickly placed his arms on the ceiling beam.

“Shh!”

And immediately warned me to be quiet.

Even if it falls, no one will get hurt. Of course Lulin has magic, and I also have magic. However, the nobles are gathered below. So right now, it would be bothersome if I got caught.

Nevertheless, the reason I moved here is because my destination is right in front of me.

The Imperial Palace Daejeon has a very high ceiling due to its structure. No one bothers to look up.

According to the laws of the imperial palace, a signal will come soon. That’s why I wrapped my arms around Lulin’s waist and held on for a while.

just as expected.

Soon, knights flocked to Daejeon. Among them, he approached the Duke and said something, and this time the nobles began to rush out of Daejeon.

There is an intruder inside the imperial palace.

So the inquiry is naturally cancelled. The nobles will leave the palace, the imperial palace will be sealed off, and an operation to hunt down the intruders will begin.

Couuuuuuuuck!

The huge door closed on the outside and soon Daejeon became dead quiet. There was no need to hang from the beam anymore.

“Lurin, go down.”

“Huh?”

When I let go of the hand that was wrapped around my waist, Lurin falls to the floor. Wouldn’t it be about the height of a 4th floor apartment?

Of course, no problem.

I soon landed on the floor using wind-type magic.

“Ugh! “Why are you suddenly throwing it!”

Lurin fell to the floor with both feet without using magic, but crossed her feet as if her legs were numb.

His mouth is pursed and his eyebrows wavy. I guess I’m expressing with my whole body that my feet are numb.

“This is why the human body is uncomfortable. “It’s a beautiful body.”

He even turned his body into a smooth body, and after a while, he started jumping up and down.

Anyway, since we were just rushed out, going out now would be conspicuous.

Might be better to kill some time.

When things calm down, just go out the door and teleport to your destination.

The center of Daejeon.

At the top of the stairs, a golden throne was shining. A golden throne made of pure gold.

Many people died for that throne. It shines gold, but isn’t it actually closer to the color of blood?

“Oh oh! “It’s shiny!”

Rurin, who was visiting Daejeon for the first time, let out an exclamation and ran towards the throne. Lurin sat down on the throne and crossed her legs with a happy expression on her face.

“It’s hard, but I like it. Let’s take this. you.”

“Do you know what kind of chair this is?”

“This is the chair I will lie down on from now on.”

Lulin put her legs up on the armrests of the throne and laid down with her head on my thighs with an expression that said that was none of her business.

A dragon lying on a throne.

Well, for Lulin, talking about a power struggle to take over the emperor and the bloody throne is actually a useless story.

“But I can’t take this. Mr. Dragon. This is the chair that the human emperor sits on, but it clearly belongs to someone else! “Didn’t I say no to robbing?”

“Emperor of humans?”

“Yes, the human emperor.”

“I don’t like that.”

“Eh?”

Lurin suddenly stood up. And looked at me. He clenches his fists with both eyes wide open.

Why all of a sudden?

The point of getting angry is absurd.

“What don’t you like?”

“If you are a human emperor, then your human emperor. So you’re saying he’s your master?”

“uh?”

“You are mine! “It’s not like a human emperor!”

Is this the reason you’re angry? That’s absurd.

It is true that humans belong to a country and that country has an emperor, but when the word “human emperor” was mentioned again, did Lulin think of the emperor as a being who, like the dragon lord, has all of his own species as his subjects?

Dragons are often said to be the crystallization of intelligence.

However, it is usually biased toward the ability to understand high-circuit mana.

Highly intelligent means the ability to use class 10 mental magic. Does it feel like Einstein’s brain, which was superior to that of any other human being?

That’s why I don’t master everything in the world. Because dragons are not gods.

A dragon that masters everything in the world refers to a being that has experienced countless entertainments.

If you experience the life that an average human experiences once at least five times over many eras, you will naturally accumulate vast knowledge about the human world.

All we know from birth is an innate understanding of magic circuits.

Lurin was trapped in Lair as a child due to external factors, so she knows little about the human world.

I have never experienced any enjoyment.

It is natural to be ignorant of human common sense. Completely inversely proportional to knowledge of mana.

Anyway, being that kind of Lulin, he started saying outrageous things and becoming possessive.

“it is not so. I am on the same level as Rod. That’s why dragons don’t care, much less the king of humans.”

“Oh! Is that something like that?”

“Did you see me bowing down to the emperor?”

Lurin tilts her head at my words. It’s a face that asks how he knows that he is a human emperor.

“You’ve seen it before. “What is this, asking me to protect the country!”

When I explained what had happened in the past, Lurin responded with an expression that barely reminded me of a vague fragment of memory.

“hmm? Is that the human? Is that the emperor? It seems stupid. It goes without saying that you can’t pretend to be your master. Hehehe.”

Would you say that he is like Rulin, who basically has no inspiration or interest in the people he meets?

He nodded his head loudly, making a face like he had won something, and then lay down on my thighs again. The smile returned to my face.

“Anyway, you are mine. “Whether you are a human or a dragon, you should never be under the king!”

“By the way, Mr. Dragon? Who is the one taking care of it? “I’m the one who even made it rare, so if you’re talking about what’s mine and what’s yours, it’s yours, right?”

It’s not an expression I like to say that a living being, whether a dragon or a human, is yours or mine like an object, but if I had to say it, that’s true.

So, when I corrected her, Lurin responded with a nonchalant expression.

“Of course I am yours.”

Then, after pausing for a moment while twisting the ends of his hair, he opened his mouth again. With eyes full of confidence, as if telling the truth that the sun rises in the east.

“And you are mine too. “Don’t make me say it again and again.”