“...... How do you know I'm here?"

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Isis shook his head.

"I don't know. "Allen says Scott might be here......"

Ed's eyes lit up: "Is Alan back?"

There was some good news for the day.

Isis did not answer. His expression was a little dazed, and his gaze fell on his right hand blankly, as if he hadn't heard what Ed was saying.

“...... He'll be fine. Ed swallowed another sentence that came to his lips and comforted him awkwardly, "It's just a little bit of a wound...... He wouldn't care. ”

"But I can ......," Iss murmured, "I didn't hesitate at all when I did it. If he does kill you, I'll pierce his heart. ”

"You...... No, it won't. Ed said, with a little bit of unknowable joy mixed with emotion and panic.

Is he important, more important than Scott?

"I will. Is's voice was low and clear, "Scott, who can kill you, is no longer him. For a dragon, losing oneself is much more terrible than dying...... I'm not going to let him live like that - and it's the same for you. ”

He looked up, his pale blue eyes like cold, fragile gems.

"Humans don't do that to their loved ones, do they?" he said.

And he's not human after all.

Ed was silent for a few moments. He remembered the little incomprehensible smile in Scott's eyes...... He thought that Scott might be counting on this, counting on the non-human part of Is's soul, cold and resolute, to make decisions that no one could make when there was no way out.

But what about the part of humanity?

Ed watched in horror as tears flowed silently from Is's eyes, as if all the snow had turned into tears.

And his expression was still dazed, as if he didn't want to cry, but the tears flowed out of their own way like a burst of the embankment.

The only thing Ed could do was repeat in his ear: "It's not going to get to that point...... No......"

With each repetition, the vow engraved in my heart became more and more firm.

He would never let that happen.

Alan Carvo remained silent for a long time, unconsciously rubbing his broken leg.

Ed didn't hide it at all—he couldn't hide it, after all, he came back with a body of blood. He didn't even dare to apologize to Moira first when he sneaked out of Lockburg, explaining to her why the Triple Tower had a small convulsion...... It was only now that he remembered that he could actually use magic to clean himself up, leaving no blood or damage on his clothes...... It's a pity it's too late.

Allen's face was not as ugly as he expected, and he didn't ask anything, as if he had expected it.

“...... How do you know he's going to the Triple Tower?" Ed couldn't help but ask.

"It's not just a three-storied tower. Alan replied, "I told Is, there are a few places where he will definitely go ......"

He glanced at Is, who had been silent.

Isis found the three-storied pagoda with great accuracy. Whether it was instinct or something else, no one could tell.

"Do you know where Scott has been and what he's been up to?"

Alan asked instead.

“...... Should it be in the north?" Ed guessed quietly.

"'Should'. Alan repeated dryly, looking a little helpless, "Are you waiting for Scott to come back and tell you?"

Ed blushed with shame. He understands that if he can't grasp more information, if he can only see the mess in front of him and can't grasp the overall situation, he will lose money...... No, you will lose. But he was already struggling to cope with the trouble in front of him......

“...... If you knew everything, you could have written a letter to tell us instead of watching us scurry around like headless flies. Naria pouted unhappily.

Alan looked at his daughter, who was obviously protecting her short, and felt a little uncomfortable.

"You didn't write to tell me anything. He said, "Not a word." ”

Naria looked away. It is true that she never wrote a letter...... Even though she knew that her father couldn't just leave it alone, she stayed in the south to retire with peace of mind.

She's just ...... How much hope to rely entirely on their own strength to solve the problem.

“...... They resurrected an ice dragon in the temple of the Sidney Basin. Allen said.

Isis raised his head suddenly, and his voice was extremely sharp: "...... What?!"

To be exact, it probably not a resurrection.

"I'm waking up from a long sleep. - That's what Copas Fenton said. That's much easier to accept than "resurrecting a dragon" or "turning a dragon into an undead."

Alan has been in constant contact with Ethan Crofeller. Nothing could be more convenient than knowing the news of a distant and closed northern neighbor.

After the Iron Horsemen of the Grians joined the King's side in a clear position, the war in Anktanne quickly subsided. But even in the most chaotic times, Croeffler kept a close eye on the Nessers in the Kasdan Forest and near the Sidney Basin.

The spies he sent infiltrated the cultists almost at the same time as Rosa, but for very different purposes. Probably I didn't expect the Archon to have such idleness when the enemy almost hit the city, and the spy was not suspicious, and even gradually gained trust and reuse.

A huge crate was dragged into the Temple of Sidney one night not long ago, and hidden within it was a giant ice dragon...... Cold and stiff, yet flawless.

It stood silently in the halls of the temple, bathed in the starlight of the jewels above the dome, and listened to the incessant chanting of the priests. A few days later, under the restless gaze of the warriors guarding it around it, it raised its head slightly and spread its wings.

It was a very small movement, but it touched the chains. In a series of soft sounds, panic spread in an instant, and the guards almost drew their swords and slashed at them, but Copas Fenton, who hurried in, was unusually happy.

"This is a gift to Nethers. ”

His explanation was vague, and no one dared to ask more—especially after seeing the unusually gloomy face of the Sage Lord that appeared from time to time.

The spy took advantage of the reinforcing chains to get close to the dragon, which seemed to be lying dormant again, close enough to reach out and touch the scales...... He was pretty sure that the dragon had a faint heartbeat.

However, when he stared into its eyes for too long in confusion and fear, its slightly open eyes were dull and dead, but there was no light of life.

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