Truth is, then there was no custom of holding festivals in Dragon World back then.
Perhaps having a long lifespan, we didn’t feel the urge to hold grand celebrations.
However, it was a special time.
The entire Dragon World was in a festive mood.
It was only expected, the child of Dragon God-sama, whom everyone worships, and Lunaria-sama, whom everyone adore, was finally born.
Szilard announced that a parade would held at Dragon’s Roar Mountain.
Maxwell traveled all over Dragon World to collect dragon meat.
Even the dragons ongoing training with Dora-sama was treated well every day.
Chaos made fireworks, an invention of Human World, to excite the parade.
People from all over Dragon World have gathered, hoping a glance of the son of Dragon God.
It didn’t last just a day or two.
It would last for ten, twenty years.
The long-living Dragon Race also celebrate for a long time.
It's not a day or two.
The festival lasted for decades.
The life of the Balaur is long, so the joy lasts long.
It might have lasted for nearly a century.
Everyone was jubilant.
I had never seen Dragon World so overjoyed.
Dragon God-sama and I were a little late to the festival.
Because we’re at the meeting of the gods.
Even though, when Dragon God-sama returned, the thrones welcomed us with a joyous chorus.
Surprised, I didn’t really understand what was going on, but Dragon God seemed to caught on immediately.
With one great flap of his wings, he darted toward his home.
Of course, I followed.
When we arrived, the family came out to welcome us.
"Welcome back husband, Laplace."
Lunaria-sama and the servants.
And held by Lunaria-sama like a precious jewel, Dragon God’s son.
“Husband, the child has been born.”
"Indeed."
Dragon God-sama looked unexpectedly hesitant toward his own child.
The expression on his face was neither laughter or tears.
Yet the feeling of happiness was still conveyed
“Would you hold the child?”
“... Yes.”
Dragon God received his child from Lunaria-sama.
It wasn't awkward, but his hands did trembled a little.
"How strange. Although everyone of Dragon World I considered my own, but it feels a little special to be holding this child."
"Fufufu. Husband, please give the child a name."
Dragon God-sama looked seriously toward Lunaria-sama when he heard her.
"May I?"
"Yes."
I felt nostalgic seeing that.
Yes, when I was adopted, such an exchange took place as well…
"That's right, hmm ..."
However, Dragon God-sama stopped himself.
It's unusual for Dragon God to be lost for words and not give an answer immediately.
"What is it...?"
"I can’t think of one."
"That’s no good. Didn’t we agree that Husband would grant the child a name?”
"I know, but I can't do it now. Give me some time.”
"Yes."
The name of the child was not determined immediately after birth.
Dragon God-sama was not typically hesitant.
He was always a decisive person.
But there was a chasm between naming someone like me and someone who’s part of yourself.
After that, Dragon God-sama worried for a long time.
He even asked me for an opinion.
Of course, I couldn't give a good answer.
It was preposterous for someone like me to have an opinion.
It can’t be helped?
After all, that was the son of Dragon God.
If by chance he was named using my suggestion…
Such a fearsome thought would make my hair turn white.
Leaving the naming issue aside.
After holding the baby for a while, Dragon God-sama returned him to Lunaria-sama.
After receiving her child, Lunaria-sama looked toward me, who was watching over from a corner of the room.
“Laplace, come, why don’t you hold the child.”
Looking at the
worried dragon god, Lunaria-sama abruptly said.
I was shocked.
What a fearsome thought.
“Me..? Are you sure?”
“Of course, it’s your younger brother, after all.”
I was adopted, so it's technically true.
Even so, I never presumed to carry myself as a son of Dragon God.
Because I wasn’t really Dragon God’s son.
I no longer considered myself the family pet, but I knew my station.
If I forget the grace that gave me so much happiness and start behiaving outrageously, I’d kill myself.
However, Lunaria-sama asked me to hold him.
She said he was his younger brother.
It would be stubborn and inflexible of me to refuse.
"Yes."
I held the child in my arms.
He’s warmer than the average Dragon Race. No, that’s just how babies are?
I held him gingerly, worried that the child might feel uncomfortable.
The baby had the looks of Dragon God-sama.
He had Dragon God-sama’s silver hair, fearless face, even similar scale colorings. Although he had less scales than normal, probably due to the human blood mixed in.
There were almost no scales on his face or other conspicuous places.
Now that I thought about him, I also have fewer scales probably because of my mixed-blood.
No, I shouldn’t be so disrespectful toward son of Dragon God-sama…
When I held that child, I naturally felt a sense of awe.
This person will surely carry Dragon World’s future on his back.
My role must be to help him and protect him.
I sensed my duty that moment.
¦
After that, the Five Dragon Generals came one after another.
Szilard, Maxwell, Chaos, and Dora-sama.
Everyone was impressed by the child.
And they left with a solemn expression.
Perhaps they felt the same as I did.
It's not just the Dragon Generals.
The gods of other worlds also came.
Typically, gods do not appear in other worlds.
But this was a special occasion.
Human God, Demon God, Heaven God, Sea God, and Beast God all came to gave their blessings.
It was a spectacular moment.
Indeed, because the gods of the other world who rarely appeared, all came to bless the birth of a child.
It was absolutely majestic.
Again, everyone in the dragon world was awed by the auspiciousness of his birth.
When the festival was nearly over.
As the festive atmosphere finally began to settle.
She came.
A Demon Race woman with black-purple skin and white hair.
Demon Emperor Kirisis Calisis.
"Lunaria. Congratulations"
"Kirisis! I was wondering when you would come."
As I said before, Kirisis was on good terms with Lunaria-sama.
When Lunaria-sama recognized her, a smile bloomed from her face.
I didn’t realize they were so intimate.
At that time, I was often away from home.
However, they must be close to be happy to see each other.
“I rushed over as soon as I heard that you were giving birth.”
“Then you’re a bit late then!”
“Research was going well these days. I was going to come earlier, but things were going so smoothly that I wanted to see how far I could take it.”
"How’d it go?"
“These researchers at Demon World are great at investigating the details. They’re rough at first, but quick on the uptake. They’re quite refreshing to work with.”
“Don’t Demon World have excellent researchers as well?”
"Hahahahahaha! You sure are great at telling jokes! Demons are a bunch of rough idiots! Ther’s no refining those roughians into true researcher!”
Kirisis was a woman with a boisterous laughter.
No, not just Kirisis, other demons as well, pretty much all the members of Demon Lords boost a great laugh.
Kirisis laughed and turned to Lunaria-sama's child.
“Will you show me the baby? I want to see that brilliant child between the great Dragon God and my best friend Lunaria!”
"Ufufu, certainly, please."
“Oh, amazing! What a beautiful child! As expected of the prince of the Dragon Race. I can see him becoming a smart and wise man in the future!”
It may sound silly, but that’s how Kirisis talks.
Even as the smartest and kindest of all the demons, Kirisis wasn’t good with words.
"Will this be a smart child?"
"Oh, my eyes can’t fool me. All my children are idiots. They had the looks of idiots, but this child is different!”
"Ufufu, is that so?"
Huh?
Is it alright to talk down her own children like that? Especially as the wife of Demon God?
Wasn’t that blasphemy?
No matter how intimate their relationship, it seem sacrilege to speak ill of child of a god.
Truth is, it’s not a terrible thing for a demon to be called “dumb and foreright.”
A simpleton won’t betray you.
The saying goes.
Of course, being smart isn’t a bad thing either.
For Demon World, there’re good smarts and bad smarts.
That's why Kirisis didn't intend anything bad.
Dragon God-sama’s son will become an excellent person, in a different way from my own.
It's a difference in values.
"Well, Lunaria! I'll be back! I don't know how long I'll be around, but as long as I'm here, I'm looking forward to the child's growth!"
"Yes, please come again!"
"Of course I’ll! Until then, so long! Faahahahahaha!"
Kirisis left with another boisterous laugh.
That’s the way she is.
¦
That was the child’s birth.
He was blessed by all.
Loved by all.
That's why I ...
No, I'll leave that till later.
If I explained out of order, you’ll just get confused.
Anyway, it was a blissful time at Dragon World.
Relationship with Demon World was steadily improving.
There was no sign of conflict between the other worlds as well.
Thanks to Kirisis Calisis, research on monster appearances and sudden teleportations has progressed dramatically.
It was a peaceful time.
Until that day.
Yes, the peaceful era suddenly came to an end one day.
Yes, that day.
Like a nightmare.
I remember clearly.
On that day, I was out with Dragon God-sama to the Demon World.
We attended the meetings as usual, then I discussed future plans with Necros Lacrosse.
The agenda was about future personnel exchanges using the recently completed teleportation circles.
Once the teleportation circle is completed, the cause of the teleport incidents will be known...
At least, it would create an easy method for people caught by the teleport incidents to travel back to their original world.
It’d give us a fix, if not fundamentally solved the problem.
The path forward was bright.
When I reported this to Dragon God-sama, a person who doesn't often smiles praised me warmly.
"Well done Laplace. Without you, it would have taken longer. You are my son."
I felt ascended to heaven right there.
I was full of confidence and swagger then.
Proudly puffing my chest and spreading my wings, boasting that I was worthy of the Five Dragon Generals.
But....
Happiness came crashing down.
I returned to Dragon World with Dragon God-sama.
I went home to report to Lunaria-sama.
My nostalgic home.
Haha, I was expecting to be welcomed back.
That I was finally made a member of the family.
I was finally able to say, “I’m home!”
Oh, but ...
Oh…….
It was a scene I could never dream of.
I still wish it was all but a dream.
After I said, “I’m home...”
No one answered.
I heard only a voice.
A baby crying.
Wailing.
In other times, I wouldn’t have thought anything of it.
Babies cry, that’s what they do.
Even I cried as a child.
However, I sensed something wrong then.
This felt different from the usual crying.
I hurriedly moved to Lunaria-sama's room ... and saw it.
The bloody room.
The mutilated remains.
A tragic scene.
At the depth of the room, what I dreaded the most.
Lunaria-sama.
In a pool of her own blood in the middle of the room.
Her body in the fetal position.
Still clutching to protect the wailing child.
Truth is, then there was no custom of holding festivals in Dragon World back then.
Perhaps having a long lifespan, we didn’t feel the urge to hold grand celebrations.
However, it was a special time.
The entire Dragon World was in a festive mood.
It was only expected, the child of Dragon God-sama, whom everyone worships, and Lunaria-sama, whom everyone adore, was finally born.
Szilard announced that a parade would held at Dragon’s Roar Mountain.
Maxwell traveled all over Dragon World to collect dragon meat.
Even the dragons ongoing training with Dora-sama was treated well every day.
Chaos made fireworks, an invention of Human World, to excite the parade.
People from all over Dragon World have gathered, hoping a glance of the son of Dragon God.
It didn’t last just a day or two.
It would last for ten, twenty years.
The long-living Dragon Race also celebrate for a long time.
It's not a day or two.
The festival lasted for decades.
The life of the Balaur is long, so the joy lasts long.
It might have lasted for nearly a century.
Everyone was jubilant.
I had never seen Dragon World so overjoyed.
Dragon God-sama and I were a little late to the festival.
Because we’re at the meeting of the gods.
Even though, when Dragon God-sama returned, the thrones welcomed us with a joyous chorus.
Surprised, I didn’t really understand what was going on, but Dragon God seemed to caught on immediately.
With one great flap of his wings, he darted toward his home.
Of course, I followed.
When we arrived, the family came out to welcome us.
"Welcome back husband, Laplace."
Lunaria-sama and the servants.
And held by Lunaria-sama like a precious jewel, Dragon God’s son.
“Husband, the child has been born.”
"Indeed."
Dragon God-sama looked unexpectedly hesitant toward his own child.
The expression on his face was neither laughter or tears.
Yet the feeling of happiness was still conveyed
“Would you hold the child?”
“... Yes.”
Dragon God received his child from Lunaria-sama.
It wasn't awkward, but his hands did trembled a little.
"How strange. Although everyone of Dragon World I considered my own, but it feels a little special to be holding this child."
"Fufufu. Husband, please give the child a name."
Dragon God-sama looked seriously toward Lunaria-sama when he heard her.
"May I?"
"Yes."
I felt nostalgic seeing that.
Yes, when I was adopted, such an exchange took place as well…
"That's right, hmm ..."
However, Dragon God-sama stopped himself.
It's unusual for Dragon God to be lost for words and not give an answer immediately.
"What is it...?"
"I can’t think of one."
"That’s no good. Didn’t we agree that Husband would grant the child a name?”
"I know, but I can't do it now. Give me some time.”
"Yes."
The name of the child was not determined immediately after birth.
Dragon God-sama was not typically hesitant.
He was always a decisive person.
But there was a chasm between naming someone like me and someone who’s part of yourself.
After that, Dragon God-sama worried for a long time.
He even asked me for an opinion.
Of course, I couldn't give a good answer.
It was preposterous for someone like me to have an opinion.
It can’t be helped?
After all, that was the son of Dragon God.
If by chance he was named using my suggestion…
Such a fearsome thought would make my hair turn white.
Leaving the naming issue aside.
After holding the baby for a while, Dragon God-sama returned him to Lunaria-sama.
After receiving her child, Lunaria-sama looked toward me, who was watching over from a corner of the room.
“Laplace, come, why don’t you hold the child.”
Looking at the
worried dragon god, Lunaria-sama abruptly said.
I was shocked.
What a fearsome thought.
“Me..? Are you sure?”
“Of course, it’s your younger brother, after all.”
I was adopted, so it's technically true.
Even so, I never presumed to carry myself as a son of Dragon God.
Because I wasn’t really Dragon God’s son.
I no longer considered myself the family pet, but I knew my station.
If I forget the grace that gave me so much happiness and start behiaving outrageously, I’d kill myself.
However, Lunaria-sama asked me to hold him.
She said he was his younger brother.
It would be stubborn and inflexible of me to refuse.
"Yes."
I held the child in my arms.
He’s warmer than the average Dragon Race. No, that’s just how babies are?
I held him gingerly, worried that the child might feel uncomfortable.
The baby had the looks of Dragon God-sama.
He had Dragon God-sama’s silver hair, fearless face, even similar scale colorings. Although he had less scales than normal, probably due to the human blood mixed in.
There were almost no scales on his face or other conspicuous places.
Now that I thought about him, I also have fewer scales probably because of my mixed-blood.
No, I shouldn’t be so disrespectful toward son of Dragon God-sama…
When I held that child, I naturally felt a sense of awe.
This person will surely carry Dragon World’s future on his back.
My role must be to help him and protect him.
I sensed my duty that moment.
¦
After that, the Five Dragon Generals came one after another.
Szilard, Maxwell, Chaos, and Dora-sama.
Everyone was impressed by the child.
And they left with a solemn expression.
Perhaps they felt the same as I did.
It's not just the Dragon Generals.
The gods of other worlds also came.
Typically, gods do not appear in other worlds.
But this was a special occasion.
Human God, Demon God, Heaven God, Sea God, and Beast God all came to gave their blessings.
It was a spectacular moment.
Indeed, because the gods of the other world who rarely appeared, all came to bless the birth of a child.
It was absolutely majestic.
Again, everyone in the dragon world was awed by the auspiciousness of his birth.
When the festival was nearly over.
As the festive atmosphere finally began to settle.
She came.
A Demon Race woman with black-purple skin and white hair.
Demon Emperor Kirisis Calisis.
"Lunaria. Congratulations"
"Kirisis! I was wondering when you would come."
As I said before, Kirisis was on good terms with Lunaria-sama.
When Lunaria-sama recognized her, a smile bloomed from her face.
I didn’t realize they were so intimate.
At that time, I was often away from home.
However, they must be close to be happy to see each other.
“I rushed over as soon as I heard that you were giving birth.”
“Then you’re a bit late then!”
“Research was going well these days. I was going to come earlier, but things were going so smoothly that I wanted to see how far I could take it.”
"How’d it go?"
“These researchers at Demon World are great at investigating the details. They’re rough at first, but quick on the uptake. They’re quite refreshing to work with.”
“Don’t Demon World have excellent researchers as well?”
"Hahahahahaha! You sure are great at telling jokes! Demons are a bunch of rough idiots! Ther’s no refining those roughians into true researcher!”
Kirisis was a woman with a boisterous laughter.
No, not just Kirisis, other demons as well, pretty much all the members of Demon Lords boost a great laugh.
Kirisis laughed and turned to Lunaria-sama's child.
“Will you show me the baby? I want to see that brilliant child between the great Dragon God and my best friend Lunaria!”
"Ufufu, certainly, please."
“Oh, amazing! What a beautiful child! As expected of the prince of the Dragon Race. I can see him becoming a smart and wise man in the future!”
It may sound silly, but that’s how Kirisis talks.
Even as the smartest and kindest of all the demons, Kirisis wasn’t good with words.
"Will this be a smart child?"
"Oh, my eyes can’t fool me. All my children are idiots. They had the looks of idiots, but this child is different!”
"Ufufu, is that so?"
Huh?
Is it alright to talk down her own children like that? Especially as the wife of Demon God?
Wasn’t that blasphemy?
No matter how intimate their relationship, it seem sacrilege to speak ill of child of a god.
Truth is, it’s not a terrible thing for a demon to be called “dumb and foreright.”
A simpleton won’t betray you.
The saying goes.
Of course, being smart isn’t a bad thing either.
For Demon World, there’re good smarts and bad smarts.
That's why Kirisis didn't intend anything bad.
Dragon God-sama’s son will become an excellent person, in a different way from my own.
It's a difference in values.
"Well, Lunaria! I'll be back! I don't know how long I'll be around, but as long as I'm here, I'm looking forward to the child's growth!"
"Yes, please come again!"
"Of course I’ll! Until then, so long! Faahahahahaha!"
Kirisis left with another boisterous laugh.
That’s the way she is.
¦
That was the child’s birth.
He was blessed by all.
Loved by all.
That's why I ...
No, I'll leave that till later.
If I explained out of order, you’ll just get confused.
Anyway, it was a blissful time at Dragon World.
Relationship with Demon World was steadily improving.
There was no sign of conflict between the other worlds as well.
Thanks to Kirisis Calisis, research on monster appearances and sudden teleportations has progressed dramatically.
It was a peaceful time.
Until that day.
Yes, the peaceful era suddenly came to an end one day.
Yes, that day.
Like a nightmare.
I remember clearly.
On that day, I was out with Dragon God-sama to the Demon World.
We attended the meetings as usual, then I discussed future plans with Necros Lacrosse.
The agenda was about future personnel exchanges using the recently completed teleportation circles.
Once the teleportation circle is completed, the cause of the teleport incidents will be known...
At least, it would create an easy method for people caught by the teleport incidents to travel back to their original world.
It’d give us a fix, if not fundamentally solved the problem.
The path forward was bright.
When I reported this to Dragon God-sama, a person who doesn't often smiles praised me warmly.
"Well done Laplace. Without you, it would have taken longer. You are my son."
I felt ascended to heaven right there.
I was full of confidence and swagger then.
Proudly puffing my chest and spreading my wings, boasting that I was worthy of the Five Dragon Generals.
But....
Happiness came crashing down.
I returned to Dragon World with Dragon God-sama.
I went home to report to Lunaria-sama.
My nostalgic home.
Haha, I was expecting to be welcomed back.
That I was finally made a member of the family.
I was finally able to say, “I’m home!”
Oh, but ...
Oh…….
It was a scene I could never dream of.
I still wish it was all but a dream.
After I said, “I’m home...”
No one answered.
I heard only a voice.
A baby crying.
Wailing.
In other times, I wouldn’t have thought anything of it.
Babies cry, that’s what they do.
Even I cried as a child.
However, I sensed something wrong then.
This felt different from the usual crying.
I hurriedly moved to Lunaria-sama's room ... and saw it.
The bloody room.
The mutilated remains.
A tragic scene.
At the depth of the room, what I dreaded the most.
Lunaria-sama.
In a pool of her own blood in the middle of the room.
Her body in the fetal position.
Still clutching to protect the wailing child.
