Bab 61: Chapter 60: Angry Dragon
After dinner, I played with Myu until she fell asleep. I then tucked her into her bed inside the camp. "Good night," I said as I kissed her forehead and left her there. Stepping outside the tent, I looked for Tohru.
"Tohru"
Tohru finishes cleaning up the dishes and looks at me, "Master, do you need something?" She asked.
"Yeah, come with me, I need your help," I asked her to follow.
She nodded and stood beside me.
Before leaving I looked at Hajime, "Hajime, I gonna try out an experiment so that I will be off for a moment."
Hajime sitting with Yue and Kaori who were glaring at each other, looked at me, "Another new skill." he asked.
"Yeah. "
Nodding at me he then again focused his attention on Yue.
Shizuku and Shea seeing us leave asked, "Can we come too?"
Rihito pauses for a moment and then agrees, "Sure, but you might not understand much there. Are you still up for it?" Both of them nod.
"Alright."
Seeing that I didn't reject them both of them smiled.
Rihito noticing their sudden closeness asked, "You two seem to have become friends now. Did you two talk it out?"
Shizuku and Shea looked at each other for a moment. Then Shea spoke, "Well, we had a little chat among ourselves. In the future, we have to share you. So, we decided that instead of fighting each other, it would be a better idea to prevent the other girls from falling in love with you." to Shea's words Shizuku nodded.
Raising my brow I asked, "Oii, what do you mean other girls? I don't go around making girls fall in love."
To my indignation, Shizuku looked at me with a deadpan look, "You seriously don't know." she asked.
"Know what?" Rihito asked confused.
Seeing my confused look, she shook her head, "Forget it, it's not important."
Seeing I would not get an answer, I didn't pursue it. "Whatever, follow me," saying that I stepped out of the camp's barrier and started to walk further away from the camp.
After walking about 20 meters, I stopped and mumbled, "This distance should do." I then set up another, much stronger barrier and used illusion magic to hide it. Inside, I added three more layers of barrier, each enchanted with <Sense Distortion> and <Parallel Dimension>. This way, even if someone is watching, they won't be able to see what's going on.
"This should do," I said looking at the barrier.
After the barriers were in place, I turned to Tohru. "Tohru, previously you mentioned fighting in a different world. From there, I assume you are not from this world, am I correct?" I asked.
Tohru seeing my serious look responds, "Yes, I am not a native of this world. For reasons, I had to flee and ended up in this world."
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"Shizuku initially thought that Rihito would be training, which is why she wanted to join him to train together and spend time with him. However, after overhearing Rihito and Tohru talk, she suddenly discovers that Tohru is also not from this world. She mumbled, "Was she also summoned like us?"
While Shizuku was pondering, Shea looked on with a slight understanding, but still mostly confused. Shea grasped that Rihito, Hajime, Yue, Shizuku and Kaori were not from this world and were searching for a way to return to their own world. This is why they are travelling challenging the 7 Great Labyrinth, which she supports and wants to leave with him.
"I thought so," I said nodding to myself, [Now, the big question, depending on what the answer is many things will change.]
"Did you come here on your own or did you get summoned," I asked expecting it to be the former.
Crossing my finger I waited for her answer.
"I came to this world by myself, well precisely it is a rare ability only a few dragons possess. We call it <Portal Opening>." Tohru simply answered.
Upon hearing those words, I wanted to hear, I couldn't help but smile. [Jackpot, this is fantastic. With that ability and <Archmage>, I should be easily able to travel to other worlds.] Just thinking about it made my smile widen further.
While Rihito was contemplating the benefits of that ability, Shea and Shizuku, upon hearing that Tohru had the ability to travel to other worlds, widened their eyes.
Shizuku unable to stay silent asks, "D-dose it means with that ability we can go back," she says hoping it to be true.
"Yes, it should be possible, and she has no reason to lie to us," responding to her I looked at Tohru.
"Tohru, can you open a portal," I asked her.
Tohru nodded, "I can, but I can't exactly open a portal to a place where I haven't been before."
"That's understandable, for now just open a portal to another world where you have been before."
Nodding to me Tohru then reached out her right hand, and then space distorted, and a circular portal opened.
Seeing this scene Shizuku's eyes lit up with hope. While Shea looked at all this with curiosity.
As for Rihito, he was using <Archmage> to scan this ability. [<Portal Opening>, an ability that can open a portal to anywhere the wielder had been before including other worlds, this is quite the broken ability. But it seems it could be blocked.] After scanning I concluded.
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Noticing Rihito's interested look, Tohru wanted to show off a little. She decided to open a portal to her world. The space in front of her distorted and a familiar circular portal appeared. Just when the portal was about to connect, she felt resistance. It was as if something was stopping her from opening a portal to her world.
Seeing this, she frowned and used more power to push through, but to her dismay, it wasn't having any effect. Tohru then instantly concluded that someone was blocking her, preventing her from going back to her home, and it made Tohru angry. Unable to control her anger, her draconic pressure ran wild and pressed down on everyone inside the barrier.
Tohru's pressure easily penetrated the three barriers that Rihito had set up for safety, leaving only the deliberately strengthened final barrier containing the pressure.
Shea and Shizuku felt a horrifying pressure as if a mountain had been thrown on their backs, and they were almost on the verge of passing out. Before that could happen, Rihito moved and covered them with another barrier.
"Are you two okay," Rihito asked.
"Hah… hah… hah… I-I fine," Shea responded.
"Hah… hah… hah… F-fine," Shizuku somehow says.
Rihito confirming they were alright, put his attention towards Tohru and started to walk near her.
"Tohru! Can you hear me…" I shouted, but got no response from Tohru, "It seems in her current state she can't hear me."
Rihito stood right in front and called out again, "Tohru."
She didn't respond and stood like a statue releasing her <Draconic Pressure>.
I sighed to myself, then with my right hand I made a finger-flicking gesture, using <Speed Strike> to flick Tohru's forehead.
"WAKE UP YOU STUPID DRAGON!!"
"Bang!"
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Tohru almost consumed by anger, didn't know what to do. At this moment she only had one question in mind. [Who did this? Who is stopping me from going home? I WILL KILLL...]
In the middle of thinking, she suddenly felt a sharp pain on her forehead which halted her thought, and then she heard, "WAKE UP YOU STUPID DRAGON!!"
Tohru waking up from her rageful state grabbed her red forehead, "Ouch… M-master that hurts." she said with tear-filled eyes.
Seeing her awake and back to normal, I inwardly sighed and asked in a no-nonsense tone, "Tohru what happened."
Tohru fell silent upon hearing that and answered, "I can't open it." she said in a small voice.
Rihito was able to hear because of his superhuman senses, "I see, is that why you were angry?"
Tohru nodded.
"Sigh"
"Tohru as your punishment, I am cancelling the previous promise I made to you."
Tohru hearing that her eyes widened, "M-master no don't do this." she grabbed my waist, "Please not the promise."
Seeing her desperate face, I smiled at her angelically.
Tohru seeing my smile thought I forgave her, but my next words shattered her delusions "No!"
Hearing my harsh rejection she cried, "I am sorry. I won't do something like that again, please forgive me."
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Seeing Tohru grabbing Rihito's waist and begging for forgiveness, Shea and Shizuku see this and decide to intervene.
"Master please I will accept any punishment but not the promise," Tohru says with teary eyes.
"Hey Rihito, I think you should fo…" Shizuku who was about to ask Rihito to forgive her, heard the anger-filled voice from Rihito and stopped.
"I SAID NO!! Tohru, do you have any idea, what would have happened if I didn't place barriers? Taking this place as the centre everything in a few miles would have been crushed by your Draconic pressure. Except for me, Hajime, Yue and Tio everyone and everything would have got crushed."
Tohru hearing what could have happened froze and looked down ashamed.
Rihito seeing her like this took a deep breath calming himself, and spoke, "Tohru we are not like normal people. If we don't control our power and ourselves, our every move can cause trouble for others. From a common person's standpoint, we might as well be monsters or natural disasters."
"You can't just say fuck it all and attack everything that's get in your way. You have to think about it. Sure, attacking someone with overpowering force is an easy way to do things. But not every problem can be solved like that, you understand me," I said poking Tohru's reddened forehead.
"Ouch… Y-yes," covering her forehead Tohru nodded.
"Good, now get up I'm sure you have things to say to them," I said looking at Shizuku and Shea.
Tohru got up and bowed at them.
"I am sorry," she apologised.
"I in anger lost control, and hurt you," Tohru said feeling ashamed.
Shea seeing Tohru's sad look Hugs her, "It's okay Tohru don't be sad. I understand you didn't mean to harm us."
"Yeah, don't worry about it," Shizuku said smiling. "I heard why you were angry, and I understand how you feel."
Tohru seeing their response mutters in a low tone, "Thank you…"
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Tohru then looks at me. "Master Rihito, I apologise for worrying you," she bowed at me.
"It's fine no need to Bow, as long as you understand and learn from it."
"Alright, now that everything is clear, let me tell you a few things." I then told Tohru and Shizuku about the true reason why we were travelling.
Shea who already knew didn't react much. But Shizuku who heard this for the first time was shocked, "Rihito… you saying that this whole struggle between humans and demons that happened for thousands of years is just a game the god playing."
"Yes," I replied.
"And the only way to oppose this god is to conquer the 7 great Labyrinth and gain the powers that lie at the end."
I nodded.
Shizuku sighed in stress "Is that why you and Hajime didn't come back after you survived,"
"Yes, originally, we planned to gain all the powers and then contact you all. But for some unforeseen events, we had to contact you."
I then observed Tohru clenching her fists. I approached her and gently patted her head. "Calm down, no need to be angry," I said softly.
"Hmmm," she nodded.
"Master, why do these gods always do this? Why can't they leave in peace?" Tohru asked looking at me.
I looked at Tohru with a smile, "I don't know. How the hell I would know how a god thinks?" I said shrugging my shoulder.
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"I can only guess that the gods may be bored and seeking some entertainment. So, they turn to us mortals, who live only a fraction of their lifespan. They might feel envious of us. The gods, who can do almost anything, have nothing to do but sit around while we mortals, with our limited time, can do things that can even shock gods. I think they want to experience that themselves; they are curious and want to know. I believe that is why most gods intervene. However, not all gods are like this; there will be some who want to see chaos, death, and despair."
At first, Tohru felt disappointed upon hearing Rihito's answer. But when she heard him talking again, her eyes opened. She remembered that it was the same reason that had made her curious about humans and had ultimately led her to travel to their world to see it for herself. However, when she witnessed the never-ending war happening repeatedly, she was disappointed, which made her hate humans, until she met him.
"Master, if I do my best in the upcoming labyrinth, can I ask you something," Tohru asked looking at the ground.
Rihito thought for a moment and responded, "Sure if I am satisfied then."
Tohru, not getting rejected, clenched her fists. But this time, it was not in anger. She had decided what she wanted to ask. At first, it was a vague idea, but now she wants it and she won't give up.
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"Alright, that's enough chitchatting. Let's finish up what I came here for and head back. We need to wake up early tomorrow."
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"Chapter end"
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