Leon Greyrat: The Second Son - Mushoku Tensei OC

Chapter 96 - A New Year

— Leon Greyrat —

"You what!?" Eris shouted, reaching over the table to grab me by the collar. "What do you mean, you met Orsted!?"

"There wasn't a fight, Eri," I said, unlatching her fingers as I took her hand in mine. "There was just a... conversation."

And quite an enlightening one at that.

Both Sylphy and Roxy looked at the two of us with confusion.

"Leon... who is this 'Dragon God'?" Sylphy asked. "And why is Eris so angry?"

Roxy also looked confused before a flash of recognition appeared on her face.

"Wait... your scars... that unbeatable enemy..." she murmured.

That was my smart wife.

"Yeah. Our first meeting wasn't the greatest... but that was sort of my fault," I said. "Eri... you remember how scared we were with Ruijerd? How he was cursed by Laplace?"

Eris' face scrunched in concentration.

"Err... I think so. But what does that have to do about this?" she asked.

"Well... Orsted has the same curse," I explained. "In fact, it's worse. Not only is it stronger, but even if you get over the fear, you feel immense hatred for him."

Though, while I said it was my fault, he was the one who made the first move.

But according to him, my 'fated path' was quite a troublesome one, and to be honest I would react the same if I met someone I thought was working for the Man-God, so I couldn't blame him.

"But don't be too angry at me, Eri," I said, rubbing her hand with my thumb in the way that always calmed her down. "I wasn't aiming for a fight, and if I was, I wouldn't have kept it a secret."

Her anger subsided quite a bit at this.

"...You promise?" she asked.

"Absolutely," I said, nodding. "But remember... we have a family to protect now. So even if I needed to fight someone, I might ask you to defend our home instead."

Eris looked at me for a few moments before turning her head to Sylphy and Roxy, and then to Anna who was sleeping in her crib, and Aria who was playing with her blocks in the living room with Ariel.

"Fine... I can do that," she said, looking back at me with a smile. "Everyone else here is weak, after all."

Sylphy and Roxy's smiles turned strained as their eyes twitched, but they quickly calmed their annoyance.

After all, they had been with Eris long enough to know that wasn't an insult.

Rather, it was a declaration of fact, and more importantly, a reason for her to protect them while separating from me, even though Eris hated it.

It was Eris' own expression of love... even if it was a bit awkward.

"So, Leon... this Dragon God... why did you meet him?" Sylphy asked.

Right... that was the other, arguably more important thing.

"Yeah... I was getting to that," I said before looking into the living room. "And Ariel, I think you should be here for this too."

The princess looked over the couch with interest before getting to her feet.

"Does this happen to concern me?" she asked, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.

"Yeah," I said, nodding. "You could say that."

Now... how to explain this?

I had given the diary to Orsted so he could read through it, but even if I didn't, I wouldn't feel comfortable showing that to them for... obvious reasons.