The Death Knight Became an Escort Knight for the Saintess - Chapter 147



142. Gold Dragon Esthenes

142.

“…… Grandmother?”

A refreshingly cool voice awakened the spirit of the Death Knight. He blinked his bloody eyes. Looking closely, there were many differences from Lyle Para. She had her horns bent twice, but the dragon in front of her only bent once, and her scales lacked even more luster. Also, she was even bigger than the dragon she saw in front of her.

…… After all, she’s already dead.

Through the last fact, the Death Knight spoke in a low voice.

“Are you a descendant of Lairpara?”

Then, a giggling laugh was heard along with the sound of breathing that almost passed. It was subtle, but it was definitely arsenic.

“…… A defeated man has no words.”

“I see. Certainly, that’s relatively less important. It only matters that you tried to destroy us.”

After the Death Knight replied softly, she slowly lowered the Partizan that was aiming at her face a little further. It was where the dragon’s neck was. Realizing what he was about to do, the gold dragon’s golden eyes sharpened.

But she couldn’t do anything. She wanted to move, but the area from her back to her thigh, which he had previously pierced, complained of pain. The gold dragon closed his eyes tightly. Thinking of the pain that would soon come.

But the pain she expected did not come. Feeling puzzled, the dragon gently opened his eyes. Someone was standing in front of him. Contrary to his expected pain, he was a completely unexpected person, so the dragon had to keep his eyes on him.

Standing in front of her was a small, delicate woman. A woman whose body seemed to be shattered with one swing of her front paws, her voluptuous white blonde hair fluttering, her arms stretched out as hard as she could, blocking herself in front.

Even more surprising was the reaction of her man wearing the armor. Her man tilted her head in bewilderment, then lifted her partizan and took it away. From his mouth came the words of what was supposed to be a woman’s name.

“…… Ecilia….”

Cilia briefly turned her head to look at the dragon. Thanks to that, the gold dragon was able to make eye contact with the saintess. For a moment, the dragon forgot the pain in his body. The saintess’ eyes were filled with determination.

Turning her head again, Celia shook her head. Ecilia slowly pursed her lips.

“No, driver.”

“Esilia, that dragon tried to kill us.”

At those words, the saintess’ body trembled slightly. The saintess carefully opened her mouth and began to purse her lips. But the voice didn’t come out. Soon, the Death Knight realized that her Saintess was conveying her intentions through her mouth, and she began to focus on it.

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‘That dragon might be able to help us find some armor that blocks the divine power. You just said that the former contractor named Lairpara was your grandmother.’

With the shape of her mouth, Jer P. Ed also started trying to communicate with the shape of her mouth.

‘But Ecilia. Again, that dragon tried to kill us. Moreover, in the process of fighting, we also wounded that dragon. I don’t think they will readily cooperate.’

The saintess nodded her head at the fact that the Death Knight had conveyed. With her eyes more resolute than before, her saintess conveyed her own intentions.

‘It’s okay. I’ll try to convince you.’

Having said that, the saintess turned her body towards her dragon. Seeing the woman who suddenly turned around, the dragon naturally had no choice but to be suspicious. I started to feel the pain in my body again. Opening her eyes, the dragon looked at the woman.

‘Why are you coming?’

First of all, the woman herself did not seem like a threat. She was so fragile that, no matter how you look at it, her body would be torn apart by a mere blow of her forepaw. Judging that she was not her danger, the dragon thought about her fast dog.

‘Should I make you a hostage?’

However, as if he had read the dragon’s thoughts, a low voice from a man in armor was immediately heard.

“Don’t do anything stupid. Unless you want to feel light on your shoulders.”

Seeing the Partisan pointed at him again, the dragon recanted his initial thoughts. She had to lie still and watch the short woman approach her.

Every time the woman took a step closer to him, the dragon felt her scales rise. Her tension pulls her muscles tight. Much to her annoyance, her tension was soon being released by the pain rising from her wounds.

And then, the tension completely dissipated and disappeared.

A brilliant golden light was caressing her wounds.

Wherever the golden light radiated from the tiny woman’s hands, the pain subsided, driving away her tension. The only thing left for her was the comfort of being drowsy.

The dragon’s golden eyes had one side of bewilderment and the other side of surprise, so it was difficult to describe.

“…… Were you a priest?”

At the dragon’s words, Ecilia glanced at her golden eyes and gave a small reply.

“…… Yes.”

“…… Heh, that’s stupid. No matter how clerical he was, he showed sympathy even to his enemies. That sympathy may one day strangle you.”

At those words, Ecilia smiled.

“Oh, you don’t have to worry about that.”

“Why?”

“Because my escort driver will protect me.”

At the mention of an escort knight, the dragon unconsciously cast its gaze toward the saintess’ rear. There was a hideous sight of a man in dark blue armor aiming a Partisan at him. Suddenly, the drowsy feeling of comfort disappeared and the dragon hurriedly looked away from the tension that caused the scales to rise.

“Come to think of it, what the hell is that? I hadn’t even heard of anything like that. A person who can block a dragon’s paws with a single spear.”

There was annoyance in the dragon’s cool voice. The dragon spoke to the saintess, but it was rather the armored man who answered.

“Did you say you were descended from Lairpara?”

At the sudden question, the dragon frowned.

“…… Okay. And don’t call him carelessly. That is my grandmother.”

“Then you would have heard the story. I was her friend I was with her once.”

Hearing that sound, the dragon’s brow furrowed even more. What was in between was obvious anger.

“Stop talking nonsense! Who are you to dare to call my grandmother’s name carelessly! And don’t lie! The only thing I was with him was one Death Knight who worked with the necromancer and made us like this…… No way?!”

The dragon’s emotional changes were quite diverse. It was an instant to change from anger to astonishment.

“Living Death? Zerpied Lim Sedbaigal?!”

The dragon blinked slowly. Her golden eyes trembled.

“For 1,000 years… Didn’t show up… She thought that she disappeared with the necromancer…….”

“I am sorry that it was different from what I expected. More than that, are you the only dragon around here?”

“…… Yes, I am the only one in these mountains. I know there are a few more in other mountains, but I’ve rarely seen them. Or maybe there are a few more dragons hiding deep in other continents.”

At those words, Zerfied strode toward the dragon, still aiming at the Partisan. The dragon’s scales bristled at the sight of him approaching without warning, but he was able to calm himself down with the divine power of the saintess who gently caressed him. Thanks to that, she was able to snort as if it was absurd at Zerpied’s words that soon followed.

“Why did this happen? I remember that there was a dragon that survived the life-and-death war.”

“…… To think that the person who held hands with the necromancer would say something like that.”

The dragon, who was glaring at Zerpied as if he were about to fire a breath from his eyes, glanced at Esilia who was caressing him and let out a small sigh at her.

“…… Even though I was young… That necromancer is a clever man. He gathered the bones of his long-dead relatives and reborn them as undead.”

“That’s all right. As your dragons, who value kinship ties, you must have wanted to avoid damaging the remains as much as possible.”

“…… I didn’t know you were such a powerful necromancer. That was a mistake By the time we realized the seriousness of the situation and started counterattacking, the situation was already tilted.”

“But I don’t think that’s the cause of the decline in the number of dragons. There were dragons who survived after the Great War of Life and Death, and did not the time of 1,000 years exist?”

At that, the dragon glared at Zerfied a little, then sighed.

“That’s right, the damage you caused was beyond imagination. At that time, the whole world was devastated. The southern part of the world was infested with plague, and the northern part of the world where there used to be mountains has turned into valleys. Those who survived are all those who chose to flee because they could not fight.

It was impossible for those who escaped to escape unscathed. You and the necromancer disappeared, but you can see the aftermath of the world still failing to rebuild the ‘nation’ after 1,000 years. Same with our dragon.

Is this enough explanation?”

Zer Pied nodded his head without saying anything, and the dragon sighed. At that moment, the saintess’ healing was complete. After fiddling with the affected part for a while, the dragon got up.

“I bet you didn’t just come here, what do you want?”

“If so, would you cooperate?”

“Our dragons are not stupid. You won’t be able to beat an opponent who couldn’t be beaten with a surprise attack.”

“I’m looking for Lyle Para’s earrings. I’m sure I entrusted it to Lairpara’s daughter, so I figured I’d find it somewhere in these mountains.”

The moment he heard Zerfied’s words, the dragon frowned. At that time, golden light gushed from the dragon’s body. He was such a brilliance that I couldn’t open my eyes. Ecilia had to close her eyes tightly. The moment the feast of lights ended, there was no dragon there. He is only a tall young woman with golden hair and a sharp gold lining. Her woman’s face seemed as cold as her voice.

“I’m lucky, because I met my granddaughter. But I don’t have my grandmother’s earrings. I have to pay attention to protecting my treasures, so I put them in a place where others can’t find them.”

“Hard to find?”

At the end of the Death Knight, the gold dragon extended his finger and pointed to one place.

“Eindelf Peak. The place where my grandmother used to be the deepest part of rare. I keep my earrings there.”

After speaking, the gold dragon laughed.

“Oh, my name is Estenes. It seems that no one is curious.”