Lazy Dungeon Master
Lazy Dungeon Master - Chapter 300: Dragon Buster

Dragon Buster

鈥淢an, you liked alcohol and appetizers that much? Well it looks like we can communicate with words, so I guess we can move on with the negotiations, yeah?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淭he snacks were super tasty!鈥?/p>

鈥?I was just about to press the switch for the fourth time. The next time shouldn鈥檛 be a problem, though. Yep. If I recall, the next one鈥檚 stone spikes that鈥檒l stab her.

鈥?鈥淣ow then, I suppose I should fill you in on what鈥檚 happening since you seem to be confused. First of all, you were caught by me.鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淓h? Oh, shouldn鈥檛 I escape now?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淲ait. Take a look, see? Yeah. Let鈥檚 talk.鈥?/p>

鈥?I held up three fingers so that only Igni could see them. She should get it. It鈥檚 the third situation. The third one.

鈥?The one where she鈥檚 supposed to ad-lib and follow what I say. She鈥檒l definitely remember鈥?right?

鈥?鈥溾€?Umm.鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淐ould you hear us out without moving about, little miss?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淵ep!鈥?/p>

鈥?It was a great response. She was able to read to mood properly, but can Igni put on an act?

鈥?鈥淪o, why did you attack that field in my village?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淲ell, I was just killing ti鈥擨-I mean鈥?it was a prank! Surprising them was fun鈥︹€?/p>

鈥?Ooookay, I almost wound up pressing the switch when she was about to finish saying she was killing time. It looks like she figured that was a bad thing to say when I smiled peeeerfectly at her.

鈥?I was trying to appeal to the group that the whole matter was because of Igni鈥檚 childishness. NO killing time YES prank! That was also covered in our meeting prior to this.

鈥?However, her eyes were darting this way and that. I guess she just barely remembered in time?

鈥?鈥淎 prank, huh~? Even so, it was a field we use to grow our food. You can鈥檛 just go ruining it, we鈥檒l lose our source of food and be unable to sustain our meals to eat.鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淏eing hungry鈥檚 bad!鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淓xactly. So you won鈥檛 do it again, right~?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淩ight! Sorry!鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥?Her being so obedient鈥檚 actually making her less persuasive! Even her expression鈥檚 off, she鈥檚 way too serious.

鈥?I turned to Wataru and Gozoh.

鈥?鈥溾€?So what do you guys think?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淗-Hah鈥︹€?/p>

鈥?鈥淲-Well.鈥?/p>

鈥?Wataru and Gozoh both responded immediately, but neither felt too convinced on the matter. Obviously, even I think it sounded like a lie.

鈥?鈥淚t looks like the two of them aren鈥檛 convinced yet. Come on, apologize to them as well.鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淓h? Why should I apologize to bugs鈥擮W!? Umm, I鈥檓 sorry.鈥?/p>

鈥?I successfully activated the switch for the fourth time. It was a conical shape this time and looked much more painful than the previous balls.

鈥?鈥淜ehma-san is amazing.鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淗uh? Oh, no. This was all just a child鈥檚 folly, let鈥檚 let it slide, how about it?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淚鈥檓 not a child!鈥?/p>

鈥?BIKIIii!

鈥?The conversation鈥檚 flow I鈥檇 worked so hard to set up shattered.

鈥?Team Bacchus with Wataru in the lead took battle formation. Meat and Ichika also stood as interception between Igni and I. As though to protect me.

鈥?鈥?They moved crazy quick. They were on alert. They didn鈥檛 trust her at all, no doubting that.

鈥?Should I push the child route a bit more?

鈥?鈥淥nly children grow angry when called children.鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淎h, then I won鈥檛 get angry! Because I鈥檓 not a child!鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淥ooh, how great of you.鈥?/p>

鈥?I walked over to Igni and pat her on the head.

鈥?鈥淜ehma-san, she鈥檚 dangerous!鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淗uh? 鈥?Oooh, yeah, sure. She is a flame dragon. But come on, she鈥檚 already apologized and said she won鈥檛 do it again, it鈥檚 fine already. Right, Igni-chan?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淵eah! I鈥檓 an adult and I keep my promises!鈥?/p>

鈥?BWOOSH!

鈥?With that, everything fell apart. This brat just tried making some kind of adult-like pose. Probably.

鈥?Everyone reflexively held up their weapons (me included). Ichika and Meat both know about the circumstances鈥?/p>

鈥?Well, it鈥檇 be hard to get them to put faith in her anymore. I guess I鈥檒l have to use my ultimate weapon?

鈥?鈥淗ey, Igni-chan. Sit.鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淜ay.鈥?/p>

鈥?Doing as I said, Igni sat down.

鈥?鈥淪ee? She鈥檚 very obedient. Why is everyone so tense around her?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淣o no no no, Kehma, aren鈥檛 you the one being too calm? That鈥檚 a dragon.鈥?/p>

鈥?Gozoh鈥檚 frightened!

鈥?Why鈥檚 Gozoh, a person who can head off and drink with a hero like it鈥檚 nothing, so afraid? Are the people of this world so horrified by dragons?

鈥?No, even Wataru鈥檚 on guard鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥溾€?But she鈥檚 obviously a little girl?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淏ut I鈥檇 lose if she went wild!鈥?/p>

鈥?Hmm. Gozoh wouldn鈥檛 let down his guard. Guess I鈥檒l have to show off my true ultimate weapon.

鈥?I didn鈥檛 want to have to use it if I鈥檇 been able to avoid it. It鈥檚 an ultimate weapon so strong that it would鈥檝e been fine even if I didn鈥檛 use it, but鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淗aaah, alright. I鈥檒l let you guys know my secret then. You鈥檒l agree with me after knowing about it.鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淗uh? Your secret?鈥?/p>

鈥?I sighed deeply and clapped my hands.

鈥?鈥溾€?Please come here, Ontentoo.鈥?/p>

鈥?Resolving myself and saying that, a whirlwind of fire appeared behind me.

鈥?Within it appeared a single salamander.

鈥?鈥淒a鈥攅buuu鈥斺€?/p>

鈥?鈥淗oh, what an obedient flame dragon child.鈥?/p>

鈥?Ontentoo held down Igni, who鈥檇 began to stand up.

鈥?Ontentoo, my true ultimate weapon. A familiar existence to me, as well as an existence capable of suppressing a flame dragon. Because he is her father.

鈥?鈥淲ataru, Gozoh. This is my secret鈥?I鈥檒l introduce him. My friend, Ontentoo, the salamander.鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淜ehma鈥檚 friends? Hello.鈥?/p>

鈥?Ontentoo grinned and let his fangs appear on his reptilian face.

鈥?My friend to the end. A real friend.

鈥?鈥溾€?What.. the鈥?you subdued a salamander鈥?a great fire spirit鈥?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淗uuuh!? Subdue my ass!鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淗ey now, calm down, Ontentoo. They鈥檙e just startled, your face is pretty scary.鈥?/p>

鈥?I tapped him on the shoulder. So far, this is how our meeting went. We were going for a whole 鈥榓ppeal through a hard to please existence that can鈥檛 just be used whenever鈥?kind of thing.

鈥?Moreover, Ontentoo was keeping Igni under his foot. When all鈥檚 said and done, parents can make their children bow鈥?yep.

鈥?鈥淎h, sorry then鈥?now! You apologize to them too! Properly!鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淓eeh, s-sorry! Hyah!? I鈥檓 sorry!?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淵ou鈥檙e not gonna go off and burn any more fields, RIGHT!?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淩ight! I won鈥檛!鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淕oooood. Next time you do, I鈥檓 gonna break off this horn here and give it them!鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淗yah!? Sorry! That hurts, I鈥檓 sorrryyy!!鈥?/p>

鈥?Igni, urged on by Ontentoo and her mind reeling, apologized. As expected of Ontentoo, he鈥檚 good at this.

鈥?As an aside, her horn takes around ten years to regrow. I wonder if recovery magic could speed that up? Maybe mass-production鈥檚 possible鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淪o. That鈥檚 how it is. Maaan, it鈥檚 a great thing we could solve that so easily. Yep!鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淚-I see. So it was the salamander? Yeah, for a salamander, a great fire spirit, a flame dragon would definitely be below a normal dragon, but鈥︹€?/p>

鈥?鈥淭eam Bacchus is good with this too yeah? It鈥檚 an existence that can make a flame dragon submit whenever it wants.鈥?/p>

鈥?The effectiveness was obvious. No one had any complaints about that.

鈥?鈥淎nd I guarantee this guy鈥檚 trustworthy.鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淥i, you鈥檝e got Kehma鈥檚 guarantee yeah? So dwarfy over there, can you trust me with his guarantee?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淥f course I can! Village Chief Kehma鈥檚 guarantee is more than enough and there鈥檚 no dwarf alive who wouldn鈥檛 trust a salamander, the great fire spirits!鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淩iiiight!? Kakakaka!鈥?/p>

鈥?So he couldn鈥檛 believe me about the dragon but the salamander鈥檚 just fine? That鈥檚 a bit weird, but I guess we somehow came to an agreement鈥?/p>

鈥?I guess dragons are just no-gos after all?

鈥?鈥淪o Ontentoo, I鈥檒l leave Igni to you. Please educate her properly.鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淵eah, leave it to me. I鈥檒l discipline this brat.鈥?/p>

鈥?I went with the strategy of leaving the whole Igni matter to Ontentoo. The drawback of this plan is that it brings

鈥?Ontentoo鈥檚 existence to the surface. The advantage is that it means Igni can continue her stay home.

鈥?It didn鈥檛 really matter much to me either way, so I was totally willing to go with it when Ontentoo agreed to it.

鈥?鈥淥h, you can have this alcohol as payment. Well, it鈥檚 just the leftovers of what we brought for her.鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淥oooh! Thanks for the gift!鈥?/p>

鈥?Ichika, Gozoh, and Roppu鈥?I told you guys I鈥檇 already prepared the same alcohol for you to party with when we get back, so stop it with the drooling.

鈥?鈥淜ehma-san. Could you come over here for a moment?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淗m? What鈥檚 up, Wataru?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淗ow the heck did you get to know such a big shot!?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淎h鈥?parents are great, don鈥檛 you agree?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥溾€?Huh? You were a second generation?鈥?/p>

鈥?I was talking about how the salamander was able to reign in his daughter, the flame dragon, of course. Not about having Japanese parents that introduced the salamander to me. (I won鈥檛 have anything to do with remedying that misunderstanding, though.)

鈥?鈥淥h, and it鈥檇 be great if you all could keep me knowing Ontentoo a secret. I don鈥檛 really want to be asked about it.鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淯nderstood鈥?but鈥?how should I put it? You鈥檙e friends with such a strong spirit鈥︹€?/p>

鈥?鈥溾€?What, Ontentoo鈥檚 that strong?鈥?/p>

鈥?鈥淥h come on! Salamanders are great fire spirits! It鈥檚 said that all fires bow their heads before salamanders!鈥?/p>

鈥?Fires? Heads? How though.

鈥?鈥淜ehma-san, have you not heard of the four great spirits? Gnomes of earth, Undines of water, Sylphs of wind, and Salamanders of fire. They鈥檙e famous鈥? You don鈥檛 happen to be friends with other spirits, right?鈥?/p>

鈥?Famous huh. I鈥檝e definitely heard names like that in games before at least.

鈥?鈥?Huh? But Ontentoo isn鈥檛 a salamander, he鈥檚 a salamander-type core. I wonder if that puts him on the same level as them?

鈥?Eh, either way, with Ontentoo pinning down Igni, we managed to end it all with my last resort.

鈥?We did it.

鈥?Right?