The 5000-year-old Herbivorous Dragon

「This should be quick if you know about me already. I am the previous Demon King.」

The Cardinal laughed at Yoro-san, who just calmly leaked his identity.

「Don’t be stupid. The previous generation’s Demon King—the king of destruction, the incarnation of lightning—Thunder Armor Ragan, has already been destroyed by this country’s god a long time ago. He got destroyed so completely that he can’t be revived anymore! There is no way he can still be alive in this world, hahahaha!」

「Ah, right. I used to have that kind of name.」

Yoro-san, who is actually resurrected , nodded with deep emotion. He said that his memory as a Demon King was vague, but he seems to start remembering a bit after his name was pointed out in front of him.

「Well, I am going to say that I am Yoro from now on. My previous name that I lost was riddled with bad luck. This new name is suitable for me who revived and powered up.」

「Is the value of the Demon King’s name is so low that you can easily throw it away?」

「I don’t really mind. The only thing that matters is my strength. A name is just a trivial matter.」

Relieved by something, Yoro-san smiled with great satisfaction.

「As I thought, the fierce battle between me and that god has become such an important event in history that it was handed down in the church, huh? Fufu, As I thought, I was an unforgettable enemy to him…」

「No, that is not the case. God said in his decree that “There is this troublesome guy, so I erased him.” For our god, even the Demon King is just a small fish for him. You don’t really register as an opponent in his eyes.」

Yoro-san’s armor rang loudly as he dropped to the ground.

It is a shock that a fierce battle(for him) in the past was disregarded as just being erased, or was being called a “troublesome guy” that did him in?

「I…wasn’t an opponent in his eyes…?」

「Fufu. Are you scared now? To our god’s greatness, to the value of this servant, the Cardinal who is allowed to worship him the closest?」

「Aaa…I think I will get a stronger sake than usual today…」 𝒇𝘳𝐞𝚎𝓌𝑒𝑏𝒏𝑜𝙫ℯl.c𝚘𝒎

「If you surrender quietly and let yourself be caught, I will give you some accommodation. I will prepare some of the finest wine that can’t be found on the market.」

「I can’t stand this. Well, dragon. I’ll go and get some sake for a bit.」

Yoro-san has fallen.

He skillfully sank his mental health by exploiting his god-related weakness. Is this the true power of the Cardinal?

「Err, Yoro-san. Snap out of it. It’s not good to get caught so easily.」

「What’s wrong about it? That God is the only thing that could erase me. Then it means I am not afraid of anything. Whether or not I am in an enemy’s hands, or in a stomach, it is no different than being in the bar in this area.」

「Don’t be the kind of person who only goes at their own pace.」

I see. Yoro-san has absolute confidence in his strength, so that is why he is still acting so carefree here. It is for certain that there is no one here that can question Yoro-san with force even if he got caught.

Well, if I could leave Yoro-san here with them, that would be a load off my shoulders.

「Besides, that guy that is the highest in the association may be able to talk to the god again… I will ask what they mean by that… And is that really how they feel about me…」

「Yoro-san, it is probably better if you didn’t think about it too deeply. It is probably not a big deal.」

「You’re right. What a shame. Fufufu. Wait for me, this time I will certainly win.」

「You are recovering too quickly and I am a little scared about that.」

His speed of switching from reminiscing about the past into a malicious stalker sure is fast.

Yoro-san, who rapidly recovered his mental health, stood up and walked in front of the Cardinal.

「Fu. Does this mean that you are surrendering to us?」

「Yeah. Let’s get this over with.」

「So, what will the rest of you do now? There will be no mercy if you resist, you know?」

The Cardinal sent a cheerful wink to me and Rēko. He seems to believe that he is in a different vector of strength from Rēko.

By the way, he is the same with Rēko on the “no mercy” part. I can already feel her killing intent behind my back. If Rēko feels like it, the Cardinal’s head will fly in less than a second.

「Etto. Actually, I only came to this country to do some research. I just happened to meet Yoro-san there, and I have nothing to do with the god here. If you would cooperate with my research, I don’t mind if you were to capture us temporarily.」

「Hahaha. You make wise decisions. You are quite wise for a lizard.」

Then, I quickly turned around and patted Rēko’s shoulder.

「Rēko, it’s okay. Don’t get angry. Look at Yoro-san. It is no big deal to get caught if you are as confident as Yoro-san. So be patient, okay.」

「…I understand.」

Besides, this may have been an unexpected chance.

This Cardinal. His personality is rather disappointing, but he is quite knowledgeable with even knowledge of the previous generation’s Demon King. As far as I see, he is a weirdo but not a bad guy.

If he were to interrogate me, I will just honestly talk about everything that has happened since I met Rēko, then we could probably come up with a solution together.

About how to remove the power of “Evil Dragon Rēvendia” that resides inside of Rēko.

「Ah, I am just confirming, but you are not going to torture us right? I don’t want to get hurt even a little.」

「We won’t be barbaric if you guys are obedient.」

「Of course. I will not tell you any lies, I will be honest with you.」

Thank goodness, I sighed in relief.

He doesn’t seem to be lying, And he will probably understand if I tell him what happened frantically.

「—then let’s talk honestly. The one here is the Evil Dragon Rēvendia. The only one that can be compared to the Demon King as the strongest in the myth.」

Rēko! I tried to shout that, but I quickly withdrew my words.

Because that isn’t Rēko’s voice.

「You bastard…!」

Rēko pulled out her dagger and kicked the ground.

Towards the man in black that suddenly appeared in an alley—towards the false kin who neutralized Rēko’s technique before.