Disciple of Immortal

After challenging the dragon king, I descended the stairs of the demon king's castle while propping Riddler's.

「Splendid…. Kanata. To think that the day when a human beat me has come. You don't know what going to happen in your life. Alas, it's beautiful and kinda refreshing. Don't you think so?」

「No, I ju–」

「Don't worry about the castle, I don't care even if we lost one or two castles for this rare experience. Kanata, I, Riddler Ladon Dravic honored you as my friend. It's the greatest honor for you, a human. We can't give the title of dragon king to humans. But, you might buy unnecessary resentment from the other dragonfolk when you manage to accomplish such an amazing feat with your human body. If someone from dragonfolk badmouthing you, just report them to me.」

「Ehm, you're the one who destroying… Your castle, right?」

After the end of the match against the Dragon King, it was time to receive our reward from the treasury.

The treasury of the dragon king's castle was heavily guarded beneath the castle.

Riddler didn't seem to be able to move his leg yet after I kicked his a*ss, thus I lent my shoulder to him.

Though I didn't mind waiting for a little bit before receiving our reward, Riddler seems to want to give our reward as soon as possible.

Strength was justice in Peach Dragon Village.

To begin with, a challenge to the dragon king usually means a fight with the seat of the dragon king on the line.

The rules in which one could get an item from the treasury seem to be a reward for that fight.

But, no one had expected that someone who wasn't dragonfolk would triumph over the challenge.

If an outsider suddenly became dragon king, the dragonfolk might suddenly raise a revolt.

That was the reason why Zuul ambushed us, he wanted to prevent such incidents.

As for Riddler, he might not be able to heave a sigh of relief unless he gave me the item from the treasury.

「… That's a trivial matter, I mean, I've never expected to be beaten one-sidedly like that.」

Muttered Riddler as he looked at the stairs above.

He might've had no choice due to his status alas, I couldn't help but to regard him as a sly old fox, in a good way.

「Kanata, I've to give you a warning as the chief of dragonfolk… and as the dragon who maintains regulation in the world. This world is akin to a giant scale. If there was a heavy stone on one side, another stone of the same weight would be placed on the other scale to balance things us. And considering your strength, you'll meet someone of your equal sooner or later.Honestly, I had no idea what happened in this world right now. But I could tell you one thing. You'll find yourselves got involved in a huge fight with this world on the line.」

Said Riddler with a composed face.

I was at a loss for words.

I knew what he meant.

In short, the rest of this world was nothing more than entertainment for Nyarlothep.

I've already expecting that.

《Alice of the Corpse Doll》 and the subordinate of the 《Invisible Hand of God》 said something along the lines of…  the 『Great Flow of The World』.

I've already become the target of Nyarlhotep.

「You might've noticed that since you came to this peach dragon village. You're free to choose. We, the dragon can't directly save the human. But, I'll pray for you lots and humankind's safety.」

「Thank you… Riddler-san.」

I bowed my head to Riddler.

Riddler was looking down on this world while being a resident of this world himself.

Maybe that was part of his nature as a dragon.

But, something about what Riddler had said was weighing on my mind.

I mean, he doesn't seem to be the same as the RIddler who unleashed a barrage of long-range attacks from before.

It was as if the previous battle had never happened.

Well that matter aside, there was a giant stone gate beneath the dragon king's castle.

There was a relief of a dragon carved on that gate.

「Open.」

His ring glowed even brighter as if responding to Riddler's words.

The gate then split open.

Riddler frowned upon seeing that.

「… I guess the barrier around the treasury got weakened when I passed out.」

「I-Is that a big deal?」

「I've told you before that I've been managing the dragon hole with this ring, isn't it? You need a barrier made from the magical power of the dragon hole to get closer to it alas… The treasury happens to be around there. Alas, since I use this ring to control the magical power in the dragon hole, there's bound to be one or two mishaps to happen if something happened to me.」

Riddler showed the 《Dragon Hole's Ring》 on his index finger to me.

I-I see…

It turned out, that the Dragon King was more involved in the management of the dragon hole than I expected.

Now I understand why the position of Dragon King could change so easily based on strength and why the dragonfolk regarded strength so highly.

To begin with, no dragonfolk could become dragon king unless they're the strongest dragonfolk.

「Wait… Does that mean there's a possibility of an intruder during that kind of situation?」

「Nope if it's only weakened to this level. And since I've never left this place, the barrier won't be destroyed that easily. On the other hand, if someone infiltrates this place, the barrier will be destroyed.」

Riddler let go of my arm and walked toward the treasury.

「My bad, I'm fine now. I think you already know this but let me remind you, do not do anything dangerous inside the treasury.」

「Are you okay? Your leg has been trembling non-stop though…」

When I asked so, Philia poked lightly at Riddler's thigh before the latter could reply to my question.

Right in the next moment, Riddler fell on his knees.

「A-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!」

「M-M-MY APOLOGIEEEEEEEEES! Philia just wa—!」

… So he just putting an air.

Though he was a great person, he looks so unreliable right now.

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