At first, Ichi didn't care, the ball of light was as small as a human baby's spit bubble, swaying to the tip of his nose - and then, for a moment, he sensed indescribable danger.

He hurriedly leaned back, as if he had been punched head-on. The tiny ball of light exploded just a finger away from his face, making a slight cracking sound. In a cold sweat, he was amazed at the tiny and terrifying power, and Ed had already snatched Nana from his unconsciously loosened hands.

"Alright, alright. The young man, who knew nothing, comforted him perfunctorily, "It only came out of its shell yesterday! Didn't you eat when you were a child?

He even touched the little dragon's round belly, and said uncertainly, "Isn't the dragon even able to digest armor......? Diarrhea?"

Isis snatched Nana back with a calm face. He didn't know if it would still spit bubbles...... Probably no one but him noticed it, after all, there was only air in the air where the ball of light exploded—but at that moment, in that small space, even the air was completely swallowed, and only a piece of nothingness remained.

That's the power that destroys everything...... If he hadn't been able to dodge, it would have been enough to make a hole in his face.

And Nana is still so young.

It hummed between his stiff arms, a little angry, a little aggrieved. It doesn't know what it's doing...... It seemed to forgive him after scratching him several times with its paws, and found a comfortable position to nest up, still looking up curiously at the thin silk threads and the black shadows that seemed to be still trembling, but it did not fly out again to nibble on it.

It already knew from Is's reaction that it couldn't do it—as a newborn creature, it was actually extremely intelligent and sharp. At the time of the small temple by the lake of Xi'an, it used to stagger and run all over the ground, and the clergy who were close to it always involuntarily retreated, at first it probably thought it was some kind of game, and pounced on it with great excitement, but soon it seemed to realize that something was wrong. It stopped in confusion, but before Isis could pick it up...... Before its little soul could feel the alienation, disgust, or fear of the humans, Filly grabbed it with one hand and threw it into the air, breaking the air that had been freezing for a moment with a hearty laugh.

Iss suddenly realizes his own innocence—the same innocence that Ed, whom he mocked and denied years ago. He has been a purely harmless human for more than ten years, and once he is found to be a dragon, only a few people can accept it...... Why did he think they would be able to accept Nana, especially when it had such terrible destructive powers?

He had forgotten that the fear and hatred of humans, elves, and dwarves for dragons was not entirely because of what they did, but because they were so powerful...... Because they are threats that are so powerful that they no longer exist.

“...... What's wrong with you?"

Ed leaned over and whispered to him.

He sensed that something was wrong with his emotions, but he couldn't guess why.

"Scott probably had the same headache when he faced you who would only pee in his arms, right?"

He could only try to do this, clumsily reassuring him.

“...... You're just going to pee in his arms!" Is's face darkened again.

While the two young men were bothered with questions big or small, Payne stared thoughtfully at Nana for a moment, then slowly looked away.

Is's aversion to the Shadow Spirits is understandable, no race with a heartbeat and breath would like a monster born of the shadows and feeds on life, but in a sense, it's not a "dirty thing...... It was a power much purer than flesh and blood.

He had never heard of a creature with the power to devour it as directly as Nana.

A low whistle rises at the end, directing the eyes of all the elves to the sky. Directly above where the dwarves fell, the white threads seemed to form a strangely shaped cocoon—something that would not have been caught by the eyes of any living being, but that had gradually formed and loomed at the ends of all the threads.

"There...... There wouldn't be a bunch of scythes of light, would we?" Ed muttered as the elves looked up, seeing the thing clearly.

Scythe of Light...... The little "butterfly" never hurt him, and was quite close to him, even saving his life, but it still made him feel hairy.

“...... That's not a cocoon. Isis said.

.

It was a crack that had been "patched".

Beneath the layers of overlapping silk threads like cobwebs, the pitch-black world on the other side still seems to be looming. The crack didn't really disappear, it was just closed in such a way that it was so emotionally complex that it seemed to be rough enough to be almost a joke, but there was no trace of power that could leak out.

Lying on the ice dragon's head, Ed's eyes widened and he couldn't confirm it, and even cast a few small spells, finally being sure of this.

He thought he was already well-informed, but he was still surprised by it. But think about where the Scythe of Light was born...... There seems to be no need to be so surprised.

Even if you are born in the bones of the Creator, that is ...... That one-of-a-kind creator.

Nana, on the other hand, lay under his nose and stared at him with wide eyes in almost the exact same position as him for a long time, then suddenly babbling and even turning back to pull Ed's face, as if to share something with him. Unfortunately, he didn't understand, so he just pressed it gently, lest it fall...... Or pounce out.

And, be careful not to let the spout bubbles fall on his face—this is what Easter reminds him of.

“...... What is it talking about?" he asked Is.

“...... Do you understand what the human baby is talking about?!" replied the ice dragon in exasperation.

But it hummed like a matter. ”

“...... Isn't that the case with human babies?!"

"Uh...... I don't know. Ed replied honestly.

“...... You'd better shut up. ”

"Oh...... Do you think that Black Rock Dwarf will fall out of the 'other side'?"

"I don't think it's possible to get out of being pulled in...... It's more likely that he broke free and fell off just as he was about to be dragged in. ”

"Hmm...... Reasonable. ”

Nana kept moving impatiently as Ed spoke, trying to get his attention, and after failing she began to twist her head and stare at him intently—staring at his moving lips.

Then it slapped a claw on his mouth, accompanied by a vague, indignant command: "Listen!"

Ed's voice stopped abruptly.