The Dragon King's Favorite Person [Vol.1]

Chapter 9

Translator/Editor : Léabyss

After a meal break that turned out not to be uneventful at all, I found myself riding back on the huge dragon king’s back.

Although a few moments ago I was really enjoying the beauty of the world and the comfort of nature, now I feel like I want to stick behind him instead of looking at the scenery. I want to hold him tightly to heal his loneliness and maybe, to alleviate some of mine… I’m not ashamed or shy. Is it because of what happened when we were in the tree?

The dragon king, running through the sky with his wings fluttering and flapping left and right, followed a different route and before I knew it, we were now flying over the sea instead of visiting the desert again.

There were small islands and the people who lived there seemed to have started to make a huge fuss over the visit of the dragon. Although I can’t hear what they say, the children desperately wave their hands. The adults looked up and then a group of giant sea creatures, like whales, appeared in the sea swimming as if they were to the beat of the imposing image of the dragon king. Large and small fish and dolphin-like creatures emerged from the sea and then the number of followers increased considerably. I saw a group of “mermaids” at the foot of the great rocky mountain. The upper part of its body is human but the lower part is similar to that of a fish.

I saw them drawn in a library book. But they really are there! Exist! And they look up at the sky shouting and waving.

Suddenly, the Dragon King let out an immense growl that caused the sea creatures to marvel and the mermaids to applaud and encourage him to do so again. The Dragon King slowed down, lowered his wings a bit, and flew slowly around them for a long time.

The great chorus representing marine life and the harmony of the voice of the sirens, resounds in all directions as if to welcome him. Many fish swim in the waves, jump so I can see them, and then return to the sea. Ryuo appeared here for the first time in several hundred years. I can only make assumptions of the things I am seeing, but surely all the living creatures in this world missed him so much that they are now satisfied with the simple silhouette of his appearance reflecting off the sea.

The figure of sea creatures marveling and celebrating in this joyous way … It’s fantastic and reminds me again of a scene taken from a children’s movie.

“Wow. There are so many …”

“They all welcome me … And they also welcome you, my child.”

“… Am I included too?”

“Oh, of course you are.”

I don’t think I’m important to them, but I’m glad to know that their feelings, which are so beautiful and pure, are directed at me even at times like this. He wants to make me feel comfortable and then I am dying to say, “Thank you”. Thank you Ryuo, for showing me such a wonderful view of something that I was completely unaware of to this day.

Somehow my heart was so full that I couldn’t speak decently and I settled for hugging his dorsal fins.

How can I give him back some of what he gives me? How can I accurately convey the immense feelings and happiness so extreme that it touches my heart just by feeling that he is by my side?

I do not know.

These are the first romantic feelings I have. This is my first great love … I want to give him everything I have, excitement and happiness. Good times, good talks. Every tiny part and molecule of my love.

While thinking about this, Ryuo slowly began to advance once more over the sea and mountains.

After a while, I could see the desert again. The Dragon King descends to one of the small oases where no one lives.