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 194
Man…. My head hurt again.
7-14. Safe Travels
As I walked with Uchikage-Ojiichan for a while, he suddenly stopped. I looked at his face to see what was going on, and he pointed to a single spot. Following his finger, I saw my father leaning against a tree, asleep.
“…? His business was taking a nap…?”
“Not exactly. Reizen-dono can learn about what’s happening in the world through the earth. He says he is being told by it.”
“Wow…”
“He has probably already noticed us.”
With that, Uchikage-Ojiichan started walking again. I quickly followed.
Learning from the earth, huh? What kind of skill do you need to be able to do that? I don’t think I can do it just yet…
“Reizen-dono.”
“…”
“Reizen-dono?”
“Hmm…?”
“Uchikage-Ojiichan, he’s asleep.”
“It seems so…”
He dropped his shoulders and head in disappointment, as if his expectations had been dashed. Has he always been this easygoing…?
“Reizen-dono, please wake up.”
“I’m awake, I’m awake… What do you want, Uchikage… Oh, Yuuzen too!?”
“I was curious, so I came.”
“I see… I showed you something strange.”
He clapped his knees, stood up, straightened his posture, and cleared his throat.
“So, what were you listening to here?”
“With the ‘Blessing of the Earth,’ I was checking on the current situation. It’s been a while since I used it, so the spirits were surprised and it took some effort to communicate…”
“Spirits?”
“Yuuzen, you have the same skill as me, right? It’s simple. Here, sit here.”
As my father instructed, I sat on the tree where my father had been leaning and leaned my back against it. My father sat next to me and told me to sit cross-legged. It seemed like it was better to have more contact with the ground. But if you lie down, the spirits would get angry.
“Why?”
“Who knows? Anyway… talk to the tree in your mind with your back against it. And close your eyes.”
With that, my father closed his eyes as if to show me how. Can I really learn something from this? I glanced at Uchikage-Ojiichan, but he seemed indifferent. Well, I might as well try.
Close my eyes and talk to the tree… Hello… Is this okay?
‘That’s just fine.’
“Whoa!?”
A boy’s voice suddenly sounded in my ear, and I couldn’t help but cry out. When I opened my eyes, I was back where I had been, and there was no boy in sight.
“Oh dear, I forgot to tell you not to be startled. The spirits have scattered a bit.”
“Ehh…”
“But you heard it, right? Good job!”
“…So, Reizen-dono speaks casually to everyone except his superiors. I did not know that.”
“Casual speech, huh… Well, maybe. But it’s a habit, so I can’t help it.”
“Indeed.”
Are they reminiscing again? Ever since Uchikage-Ojiichan reunited with those four, he has done this a lot. Well, I guess it can’t be helped.
But wait, the reason we came here wasn’t to learn about skills from my father… Did Uchikage-Ojiichan forget? Well, I did learn a lot though!
“Well, Uchikage, what do you need from me?”
“Hmm, I had forgotten. I want you to go to the Kingdom of Garrot with Karna and thoroughly investigate the movements of the angels. Also, I have something I want you to deliver to the current king of Garrot, Sreize Courselette.”
“Oh, espionage work, huh? It’s been a while.”
“Wait, can my father really do that sort of thing?”
“Impressive, isn’t it?”
He puffed out his chest proudly. If Uchikage-Ojiichan is coming directly to ask, then my father must really be skilled… Though, I wish I could learn more from him…! Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be time for that.
By the way, what did my father do before he was sealed?
“Father, what did you do before you were sealed?”
“Me? Well, like I did earlier, I used the ‘Blessing of the Earth’ to talk to spirits and gather information, and sometimes I went directly to the enemy’s headquarters to investigate.”
“Wow.”
“No one ever said it was okay to go to the enemy’s headquarters, though…”
“Hahaha! Well, well! Think of it as youthful indiscretion! But I did bring back useful information, didn’t I?”
“Because there were results, we couldn’t scold you too harshly back then.”
“Wow.”
“But setting that aside… Reizen-dono, can I count on you?”
“I’m with Karna, right? Then no problem.”
He stood up quickly, brushed the dirt off his clothes, did a light stretch, then turned to me and raised one hand.
“Well then, I’m off!”
“Take care.”
“Safe travels.”
“Got it!”
With a light step, he went to call my mother. Watching his back, I felt a bit lonely.
I wanted to talk a bit more. I understand this is urgent, but I wanted to learn more about skills from him. He’s probably the best person to teach me. If I can learn from him, I could become much stronger…
“Yuuzen.”
“Yeah?”
“Don’t worry. The target won’t escape.”
“…Yeah.”