Chapter 9: The Mirage

The neighborhood of Wimstein is not complicated, it is divided into the upper and lower districts, where the Yaling nobles live in the upper districts, and the common residents and forest visitors often live in the lower districts.

At this time, Gordon was landing in the central square of an upper district, where there were also a large number of huge trees, like a small forest.

It was with Peria before leaving, she pointed out to Gordon's location, the upper district of the Garden Square.

And in this, Gordon actually saw a lot of fairy dragons gathering and playing.

Judging from the color of their scales, they are relatively young, and they are also hiding behind a tree shyly at this time, looking at the black dragon falling from the sky, with curiosity in their eyes.

Gordon didn't care about any of this, he glanced at it slightly, and then casually found a passing Yaling, and asked where No. 53 in the Garden Square was.

Peria only told it the address, which it thought was easy to find, but unexpectedly, it seemed that it was completely different from the house number it had imagined.

Ya Ling, who was suddenly stopped by a black dragon, was a little panicked, but after seeing the rationality contained in the eyes of the real dragon in front of him, he regained his composure, and naturally pointed out the direction to Gordon.

Fifty paces to the left, under the third giant tree, there is a stone owl statue and a small fountain.

Gordon thanked the Yaling and headed for Peria's house.

But before Gordon could get closer, he heard a pleasant female voice in the distance.

"Lord Coralton!"

A girl with long pale blond hair and a loose white robe stood on a huge tree not far away, waving at it from afar.

It was Peria, who had not been saying goodbye for a long time, and at this time she had changed her outfit, no longer dressed as an adventurer, but rather a graceful aristocratic lady.

However, this also shows the cruelty of war, even a novice ranger like her, and her family's status in Wiemstein City should not be low, she has to go out on a mission, you can imagine how urgent the matter is.

But Gordon's idea didn't last long.

was vetoed by a lady like a lady with long blond hair.

Because the name of Goodna, Peria's mother, came out of the treehouse and gave it a very sincere courtesy. 、

Wrap your left hand around your chest and bow at 90 degrees.

This is Yaling's highest courtesy to its guests.

"Thank you, true dragon from a distant land, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have lost my disobedient daughter. ”

"It's okay, it's a gesture. ”

Gordon looked at his mother with her head down, her long untied blond hair hanging down in front of her, and said lightly.

It's just a matter of taking what you need? It's not confiscating money.

That "reward" it has already received? It's not a lot of kindness.

But the more Gordon is like this, the more Gudena has a strong desire to make up for it? Yaling doesn't like to owe favors to others.

Thereupon? Just after Gordon and her enter the Magic Tree House, which allows visitors to be in constant shape, at the dinner party that receives Gordon.

She had the right time when the black dragon in front of her had just finished eating a basket of raspberries of different colors? He took out a ring engraved with a rainbow gemstone from his waist and handed it to it.

"Coralton? Listen to Peria? You want to buy a Transfiguration Ring, but this is the [Ring of Transformation Animal Companions] that I just exchanged for a few [High Elemental Gems] from Master Würth's hand? Pity? It can only transform into a creature in the forest, which is a bit limited, so I hope you don't mind. ”

And Gordon was also confused by this sudden thank-you gift, when it returned? Did you ask Peria about the magic shops in Wimst? He also talked about wanting a magical artifact that could be transformed.

After all, only those metal dragons were born with advanced transfiguration, but what did it never expect? This Yaling girl even told her mother this.

To know? How much does a Transfiguration ring cost? But at least 2,000 gold coins.

But then so? Gordon was still very considerate to accept the Transfiguration Ring.

Because it didn't want to disappoint her, after all, it was prepared by people with great pains.

The courtesy is light and affectionate!

Of course, Gordon was also busy thanking.

"Thank you, ma'am, I just needed this. ”

"Haha, that's good! If you're satisfied, it's not in vain that I spent a few high gems. ”

Goodna was also relieved when she saw Gordon accept the ring, laughed, and hurriedly told Gordon the original method of using the ring that she had learned from Archmage Würth.

However, Gordon didn't wait to use it in the first place.

Instead, it waited until the end of the dinner, led by Peria, and arrived at the guest room that belonged to it, and took out the ring from its dimensional bag.

This [Ring of Transforming into an Animal Companion], which is valued as a high-level magical artifact, can not only freely use Animal Transfiguration three times a day, but also comes with a constant [Animal Communication].

As long as you wear this ring, you can communicate with the animals of the forest, just like the druids.

That's great!

Gordon sat on a soft bed of plants made of unknown materials, playing with the Transfiguration ring in the palm of his hand, and the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became.

Then, it swallowed the ring into its stomach in one gulp and began to experiment.

So, not long after, a spell sounded as the black dragon whispered in his mouth.

Through the window of the treehouse, which had young shoots and branches, you could see a black dragon the size of a man, sitting on a round wooden bed covered with green leaves.

In the next second, it turned into a black panther.

........

When Gordon awoke from his sleep, he had been awakened by the warm atmosphere outside the window, and Peria's voice rang in his ears.

The black dragon lying on the bed opened its eyes and looked at the sky outside, it was still the same twilight, and it couldn't judge the time.

However, judging from its mental state, it should have slept a lot.

"Lord Coralton, here they are, here they are!"

Peria, who came in from the window of the treehouse, was blushing at this time, obviously excited.

"What's coming?"

The lazy curled up black dragon, like a cat, hunched over and stretched a lazy waist, and asked with half-squinted eyes.

As it spread its wings, the cheers outside reached its climax.

Peria's explanation was also mixed with cheers.

"It's the reinforcements from the Summer King's Court who are here!"

"Now I'm passing through here, heading to Yaling Square!"

"Really?"

Gordon thought that as soon as the reinforcements came, then the war it was looking forward to should also be on the agenda, and thinking of this, it couldn't help but be a little curious and wanted to poke its head out to see what kind of reinforcements it was, which gave these Yaling enough confidence.

Then, it poked its head out of the window.

Then he followed the gaze of Peria, the maiden of Yaling, who was standing on the thick branches, and saw the centaur army that had just passed below, as well as some Yaling rangers riding unicorns.

This is the army of the Summer King's Court?

Just as Gordon wanted to continue observing what other creatures were.

In the forest air, a shadow streaked through, obscuring the two people bathed in the setting sun.

What else is on it?

When Gordon looked up, he saw a serpentine creature more than thirty meters long, swimming in the air and heading into the distance.

The shadow was caused by its body blocking the light above the forest.

Gordon's pupils contracted slightly.

Is this, Mirage?

In the inheritance of the dragon, the information belonging to the mirage also quickly came to mind.