“Ah ah, I don’t care. Just call me Lapis. Your name is…”
“Just call me Rai. I’m trying to pass as a Summoner.”
“Hmmm. Is that so? Then what should I be….”
“W..wait a moment! Let’s go have the conversation where there are no people.”
If someone was purposefully trying to listen in on us then there was a possibility we could be over heard even with our low voices. It was a bit too late, but I had realized our conversation could pose a danger to us. With a frightened expression, I hurriedly tried to stop the conversation, but Lapis answered back in a confident manner.
“I’ve already casted a Silence magic on our surrounding. The other humans can’t hear us.”
“Huk! When were you able to do that?”
His shoulders retracted in a proud manner as Isana and I looked at him with a surprised expression.
“Don’t think of Dragon’s magic as being in the same category as human magic. I don’t need any activation words to cast this level of magic. Anyways, let’s resume our previous talk? Should I just choose the easy option and go with being a swordsman?”
“Huh? You know how to use the sword?”
“I’m a 3000 year old dragon. Moreover, any existence on a vacation would at least learn one or two sword styles. Even though, my magic isn’t perfect, it’ll be enough to protect one person.”
He lightly pointed his thumb towards Isana. He spoke like someone who was experienced on going on vacations. He correctly assessed the key figure.
I was satisfied inside since I thought I could dump anything related to Isana on Lapis. However, he replied back with a flat expression.
“You want to become a priest? Your name is…”
“Just call me El. Actually, I’m not sure about becoming a priest. It’ll be impossible if Elwien doesn’t cooperate with us. He did tell me to come over, so there is some hope…”
“…so what kind of relationship do you have with that god called Elwien? You are close enough to ask him for a favor, but it seems you don’t think he’ll reject your request. Your relationship doesn’t seem like a simple friendship. Is he someone with seniority over you?”
I mumbled, ‘what a sharp bastard’, then I unhesitatingly nodded my head . Lapis made an expression as if he had something to say, but he kept his silence when I continued to speak.
“You’ll find out once you meet him.”
“…….”
Of course, he will never find out unless he meets him. I bet he’ll be really surprised. The haughty Water Spirit King he had clung on to for 3000 years will show up as a god. Who wouldn’t be surprised? Still, I hope he doesn’t also ask to become Elwien’s priest in joy. That was how I really felt.
By looking at his current posturing form, it was very unlikely. However, he had obsessed over Elwien over a long period of time, so it was possible.
‘I hope he doesn’t declare he wants to be my mother like Ifrit.’
He used to be genderless, but Elwien is a perfect male now. If Lapis didn’t give up after seeing him, it would really put us in a bind. If such an unprecedented event happens, then I’ll probably terminate the contract. I firmly decided to take this course of action as I looked at Lapis. He was smiling, since he had no idea who Elwien was.
As Tromwell had predicted, this vacation was very turbulent
The snow storm continued through the night, and it seemed as if it would never stop. When the morning sun came up, it finally showed signs of stopping. It would be very hard to push through the knee-deep snow. However, we didn’t know when the next snow storm will come, so we decided to quickly seek out the temple.
Chapter 40
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