I Was a Small Fish When I Reincarnated, but It Seems That I Can Become a Dragon, so I Will Do My Best - Extra Chapter 103
Sorry late update, RL kinda chaos recently
4-23. Departure
Time seemed to pass by incredibly slowly.
Having come to the Devil Territory with nothing particular to do, I found myself just continuing to interact with the Devils.
I almost forgot about the dangerous situation we were in, but memories of the village of Oni suddenly brought back a sense of crisis.
In these five days spent here, I’ve come to realize… Devils are surprisingly… gentle.
Sure, there were Devils who treated me differently because I’m the son of a spirit tortoise, but even aside from that, I didn’t see many bad people around. Well, there were a few rough-looking ones…
Other than that, they seemed really normal, not much different from oni or humans.
Dacia-san looks a bit scary at first glance, but it seems she’s just tired from working too hard, and Atrak-san, despite his appearance, is a very kind old man. He treats intermediate and lower-level Devils kindly too, but apparently, they still see him as someone to fear. Maybe it’s just because of the hierarchical relationship.
But… the most challenging thing about life here was the food.
“It’s awful…”
“Oh, really?”
“Did you know it was bad when you gave it to us…? Abyss-san…”
“Oh, well~ Devil meals seem to be completely incompatible with the mouths of other races. I thought it was false, you know?”
“Please don’t make us be the ones to test it…”
Even though we’re in a position to receive it, it’s so bad that I couldn’t help but say it out loud.
Crops grown with magic are considered luxury items for Devils, and they have the added benefit of being able to grow anywhere, but they don’t last long. So, crops are being grown all over the Devil Territory while magic is being poured into them. It’s a great thing as long as you have the seeds, you’ll never run out of food no matter where you go. However, the fact that it doesn’t suit anyone other than Devils has been raised as an issue several times.
Although it doesn’t matter much now since we’re not cooperating with anyone for war, the way they’re grown makes them inedible to us.
Amariaz also has a look on his face like he just bit a bitter bug, it must be really awful. The only thing in the current meal that tastes decent is the meat.
It’s been like this for five days, so it’s really tough…
Ah, I miss the rice from the Oni Village…
Thinking like this, the meals served at the secondary palace were really delicious. I didn’t know until recently.
For now, I chewed on the only thing I could eat, the meat, and washed it down with the fruit juice.
Then I stood up and looked outside.
New moon.
The sky was darker than usual, and the wind was strong.
It’s a good sign, and Dacia seemed satisfied and went somewhere to prepare, but… now that I think about it, where are we departing from?
We were brought here by Abyss-san, so I don’t really know the layout of this castle.
I know that for Devils, a front entrance doesn’t mean anything, but not knowing the exit feels fatal.
However, if we’re going out the same way we came in, then not knowing might not be a big deal.
“Alrighty then! Let’s go!”
Abyss stood up and stretched widely.
Amariaz smoothly avoided the tableware and got up as if nothing had happened.
Activating his skills, he began counting the number of Devils around them.
“Wow, there are quite a lot.”
“Yeah, but we’ll all work together. Let’s head outside for now,” Abyss suggested.
With that, she transformed her lower body into a white mass of flesh and grabbed me and Amariaz. Forming a box-like shape, we were enclosed within it.
Before the shape was fully formed, Abyss had already moved outside, and before we knew it, we were high up in the sky.
Peeking out, I saw exactly what Amariaz had described—many Devils, each wielding their weapons, flying towards the forest.
As we watched this scene unfold, Abyss spoke up.
“Alright, are you two okay to go?”
“I’m fine.”
“I’m good too, but I’d like to be dropped off once we get to the scene. I won’t be able to find it otherwise.”
“I see, I see. Then let’s move as the ground team when we arrive.”
I needed to keep my feet on the ground for my ‘Earth’s Blessing’ to activate. Ideally, I wanted to search for the monsters while walking.
Having accepted this proposal, Abyss immediately spread her wings and began to move. She decided on the destination by considering the area where she had previously defeated a monster carrying a magic stone and flew towards it.