Creeping Flames
Under the blue sky
Above the white foamy rough sea
But in front of me was a completely different world
The blue sky was covered with jet-black clouds
And the white, foamy, stormy sea shines in every color like a rainbow.
"Yukikaze, what's with the color of the sea?"
I ask Yukikaze, who is in charge of steering the ship.
"It's probably oil. It must have blown out together with that mountain when it was exposed."
The mountain in front of us is still spewing fire, lava, and rock.
"It's not safe to go any further."
"Can you go? Sedona."
"No problem. I'll go check it out."
Saying that, I headed for the deck.
Growing wings from my back and getting ready
"Okay! Then everyone! Please stay here!"
"Sedona-sama! Be careful!"
"Come back as soon as you're in danger!"
With a thumbs up, I jump off the ship.
"Now then... where did the wyvern-san and the others go?"
Looking around while dodging the falling rocks
Ahead, a few wyverns are flying a little low in the sky.
"…There they are!"
To show that I am not hostile, I stop flapping my wings and begin to glide.
-Wyvern-san over there! -
Only the throat is vocalized with the same vocal cords as a wyvern.
-Human! Why are there people here!-
-This is no place for you!-
-No wait, are you human?-
They all started making a fuss at once.
Thank God for the knowledge the dragon god left me on how to speak with dragons.
They are obviously wary of me. Of course, they are.
-I'm also of the blood of a wyvern, though it's complicated in many ways. Do you know the giant dragon of the north?-
-That hikikomori fake!-
(TN: Hikikomori, a form of severe social withdrawal.)
That's a rude thing to say, but it's not wrong, so I'll bear with it for now.
-He's already gone to sleep-
-Well, he was a fool to take in the abominations and raise them. But it is sad to know he's dead-
Patience, patience.
-So I want to ask everyone. What is that? Where are you guys heading?-
-You think we're gonna tell you?-
-I'll stick around until you tell me!-
The wyverns are pondering as they head to the mountain.
-We can tell you, but on one condition-
-What is?-
-Cooperate with us-
-Okay!-
I replied, and the wyverns suddenly lost their balance and altitude.
-You answered immediately!-
-Why? What's wrong?-
-Be on your guard! What if it's a trap!-
-Are you all setting me up?-
-……-
-Don't worry! If it's a trap, I'll destroy it all and kill you all!-
Everyone went silent when I said that
-You're more of a mad dragon than a wyvern!-
-No doubt about that!-
-But she looks reliable!-
The wyverns let down their guard and began to explain.
-In that crater lives our bitter enemy. No, it sleeps-
-In there? For how many years?-
-I do not know. I was told by our elder that it was thrown into the sea when it was a child-
-You mean, it crawled out?-
-That's right, they say it was a monster with nothing but an appetite-
-Only appetite? What does it eat?-
-It eats all living things-
It's a story told to the wyverns.
It was once a wyvern.
But it was missing something, something
It kept eating without sleeping
Plants, Beasts, Rocks, People
Wyverns
Its parents
And the more it ate, the more its body grew.
And the more it ate, the more it grew and bloated.
Fearing this, the wyverns sealed its mouth, bound its body, and submerged it in ash, lime, and gravel that had been dissolved in water.
After the water had drained away and the body had hardened, they submerged it in the sea.
But that did not stop its heart from beating.
It continued to emit its presence at the bottom of the water until this very moment.
-Killing a parent is a mortal sin, even for a wyvern-
It just wanted to eat it so it ate its parents
It is said that it carefully cut them off so that they would not die immediately.
-I don't know what kind of situation it is anymore-
-There is no doubt that it is a dangerous existence-
While he was explaining all this to me, we arrived at the top of the crater.
Still spewing fire and rock, it was hard to get a peek.
-A hole that could fit 10 airships-
When I muttered that, I saw something move from the crater
-It is here!-
-No doubt... it's alive!-
It didn't look like a wyvern at all.
-What is that?-
-It survived by eating lava!-
How could it survive on such a thing?
It opened its mouth to us
Is it smiling?
-! Get away!-
Without being told, we all move away from the crater.
At that moment, a large volume of lava shoots out of its mouth.
-What is that!-
Needless to say, it was lava. But that's not what everyone is talking about.
The lava spewed out was clearly more than its body
-It's coming out…-
It puts its hands on the top of the mountain
It slowly climbs out of the crater
Its body is burning
Lava stuck to its body.
The smell of burning blood and flesh fills the air.
"A, A, A, AAAAAAAAAGGGYYIIIIIHHHH!"
It cries out, not in a dragon voice, but in a voice loud enough to be heard by human ears.
-Wyvern-san! What are the countermeasures?-
-I don't know what else to do but kill it-
-Yep! I don't understand!-
But I don't know how to kill it
We can't get close enough.
Its whole body's on fire. We'll burn up.
-Everyone! Release it!-
Saying so, the dragons cast their magic.
Water, fire, wind, ice.
Even I, who doesn't know much about magic, can understand
That they are far more powerful than the magic that humans emit
But
-Magic can't reach it?-
-Wrong! It was being eaten!-
It'll be gone before the magic reaches it.
-Wyvern-san and the others, let's withdraw for now!-
-Don't joke around!-
-Where are we going to withdraw to!-
There's a thing close enough for us to get back to.
-To our ship!-
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