Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi: Volume 2 Chapter 4

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Chapter 4 - Avdocha the Convicted

Part 1

Early in the morning, Ash put on his uniform, rushed out of airship Silvanus straight to school.

Since he has obtained Veronica’s permission last night, the guards in charge did not stop Ash.

On the way there, Ash did not encounter Captain Glenn. Of course, Ash also simply did not want to meet him.

By quickly running up the stairs, he finally arrived at the Student’s Council’s office.

"I’m entering."

Without hesitation, he opened the door, and then an object like a cannon flew into his arm.

"Oh! ......Eco?"

Eco’s body is soft.

Yesterday, she probably went to Rebecca's room to stay for the night. A sweet scent that will not made you tired of it which will made you feel refreshed can be smelled.

"Any-Anything?"

Eco’s attitude made Ash feel troubled. That feeling is like a pet and its owner that has been separated in two different places for a long time, and it leaped at its owner when he appeared.

The thing that he didn’t understand is does Eco have the kind of feelings? They didn’t met for only one night...... and her personality becomes so docile?

"It is annoying that you are so slow…..."

Eco buried her face in Ash’s chest and is reluctant to let go. Not only so did not let go, there is also signs that she is hugging him a lot more tightly. The heat form her is transferring to Ash body.

If only so, then he can let it be. After Eco grabbed Ash’s tie she pulled him to right in front of her face.

"S-Slow down, wait... my neck is going to break ...!"

Ash quickly put his finger into the gap between tie and neck, which barely enable him to breath, at least he is now free from the danger of suffocating.

What is wrong with Eco early in the morning?

Her cheeks are bright pink, and her eyes are watery.

Ash is struggling, but Eco continue to attack.

"Huff ......"

After making the cute sound, Eco’s feet is warping him up.

Her leg in knee socks feet slid in between Ash thighs. The moment her soft thigh came into contact with his crotch, Ash’s whole body shivers.

"No ......my body is so hot ... I can’t stand it any longer."

Eco gasped, she is tugging Ash’s tie while lifting up her body.

Her half opened lips moving towards Ash’s cheek -

"Uwaa!"

Extending her tongue, she gently licked Ash’s cheek. Like a dragon who wants to be spoil by its master.

"...... Ah?"

At this moment, Ash spotted something – from Eco mouth there is a rose like smell.

"You...... Show me the inside!"

"Is this......alright!"

"Is this......alright!"

The usual Eco will ignore Ash’s order. But this morning it is as if she is now a different person. Her cheeks are getting redder and she stares at Ash’s face.

Being flirt by her eyes, Ash saw Eco actually gently lifted her miniskirt.

"... Huh?"

For a moment, Ash could not understand what was happening right in front of him.

"You ...!"

Ash almost falls backwards.

The thing sticking at Eco’s pure white skin, almost cause he awareness to drift away. That underwear is embellished with a lot of lace, it is designed for adults.

Suddenly he came back to his sense, Ash obstinately hold Eco’s hands.

"What are you doing, you fool! I'm not saying about the skirt, it is the mouth!"

"Umm... I know..."

Eco with a flushed face opens her mouth halfway.

Behind her pearl white teeth, a pink tongue can be seen.

"So this stuff is the culprit!"

On Eco’s tongue a round candy.

A strong Ansal smell went into his nostrils.

Even though Ansals are harmless to humans, but it brings a strong effect to the dragons. Like dinking alcohol is for humans, Ansal’s smell bring pleasure for dragons.

The problem is that Eco is only a young dragon. Even with only a small amount of Ansal, the result it brings is hard to predict.

"Come on, quickly spit it out!"

"Nn....”

Eco exhale a mouthful of heat, and firmly grasp Ash’s tie.

Don’t take Eco as just a petite girl, her strength is still like a dragon.

Ash unable to do anything, he can only let her pull him- Eco with this, blocked Ash half-opened mouth with her lips

At the same time, Eco’s tongue breaks past the barrier.

"...!"

The two sticky and slippery tongues tangled.

The unimaginable shock makes Ash’s mind go blank, transfixed in his place.

"Tee hee..."

Eco revealed a devil like smiled and slowly to avert her face, during that time, the candy has rolled to Ash’s mouth.

The mouth-fed candy has melt into half of its original volume, Eco’s body temperature still remains on the candy.

Ash was entire entranced.

"You… just now ..."

His face is hot as if flame is going to burst out from it.

At the start Ash is concentrating too much on the mouth-fed candy. That is why only until now, Ash only found out their lips are sticking tightly together.

According to that, ain’t is not his and Eco’s first kiss?

"Nn....”

Eco suddenly like a puppet whose string is broken, fell on.

She buried her face in Ash’s arms and fell into a deep sleep. Seemed like the drunken Eco has finally fell asleep.

"Really ...... she only knew how to give people headaches."

Just as Ash breathed a sigh of relief -

".....In the stand of a human and a dragon, your behaviour just does not sound healthy."

"Uwaaa!"

Hearing a surprisingly calm voice, Ash was shocked.

- Glup!

The candy in his mouth is accidentally swallowed.

"...... Rebecca! When are you here?"

Rebecca leisurely crosses her arms in front of her chest standing in the doorway. Her face is wearing snappish smile.

"Do you even need to ask, of course is during Eco ran out of the room."

"Isn’t that you are her from the start to the end? Why do you stand on the side-lines and do not come for my help!"

"Well that scene very exciting Oh, Ash by the way, that underwear Eco is wearing belongs to me."

"Yikes ...!"

After hearing that, Ash cannot help but think about Eco’s exposed underwear.

Those laces flooded his whole mind, the material should be silk, right? He remembers the top is with a unique gloss. It turn out that Rebecca usually wear those kind of underwear - after a bunch of imagination, Ash came back to his sense.

"Hey! That is not the point! I would like to know why Eco’s mouth stuffed with a candy."

"Ahh, you mean that? That is my self-prepared personal snack. When she saw me licking it on my palm, Eco came and beg for one. I saw her eager face, how can I heartlessly refuse? "

"Rebecca, even when you knew the Ansal herb will have a negative effect on Eco, why do you continue to let her eat?"

"Huu? ... I do not understand what you mean by that."

Rebecca exposed playful smile and hide inside her room.

Part two

Rebecca looked at the face of all those who are present.

"Then let the meeting begins. Silvia will not be present for today’s meeting...... so is there only three people left?"

She was right, right now, the ones who are sitting around the table are Rebecca, Max and Ash the trio. By the way, Eco is lying on the couch.

The Vice president and the secretary still seems like do not intend to attend this morning.

"Right...... didn’t it feel a little lonely?”

After Ash stated, Rebecca looked at him ridiculously.

"Any problem with it, Ash? Are you so lonely when Silvia is not here? Is Rebecca onee-san not enough to satisfy you?"

"How could I dare to think so!"

Ash was too nervous to know what to do next, Max beside him was also shocked but he interrupts:

"President, we have do not have time. Please do not tease Ash anymore and quickly began the meeting."

"Hmm, you’re right. Every time I saw Ash, I could not help but just want to make fun of him."

Rebecca with a bitter smile returns back to the topic.

"As you have heard, Princess Veronica condolences trip is going to be held this afternoon. Actually...... we must represent the academy’s students to accompany the Princess."

Ash senses something bad.

"The people who are going to accompany the Princess must be Max, Ash, Eco and me. This is Princess Veronica’s orders, we do not have the right to refuse."

Just like what he felt, what he sense is right.

"Princess Veronica has many enemies. If someone attempts to assassinate the Princess, they certainly will not miss this great opportunity. Even though there is the seven escorts who are in charge of the security, still we could not neglect precautionary measures. We as a mere Dragner must also be mentally prepared to be able to protect the Princess when there is danger. "

"Please, may I ask ..."

Ash timidly raised his hand.

"Is there any problem, Ash?"

“Rebecca-san, you are not a 'mere', but a dignified Ark-Dragner, and Max is also an outstanding Dragner, but I'm just a humble breeder.”

"What nonsense are you talking about? Didn’t you also have the famous title <Silver Knight>?"

"... That kind of title I don’t even want it even when you give it to me for free."

"But I think that it is suitable for you. Back to the topic... the next thing is the main point."

After the changed the topic, Rebecca exposed a serious expression and pass the information on her hand to Ash and Max.

That is commonly known as "Wanted".

The entire sheet of paper is full of the details of the criminal’s characteristics and looks.

The reward offered actually reaches up to one million Eccles. Compare to the normal reward amount this one is too much excessive.

"We received some information from a certain party that 'Avdocha the Convicted' has infiltrated Ansarivan. Everyone please be very careful.-

Part 3

The revival operations is well underway, the hustle and bustle noises is sounded in St Durham’s Square one after another.

The sound of the roaring man supervisor.

The Sturdy frame operator’s loud cry.

The knocking sounds of the hammers.

- The Necromancia’s attacks had since been a full two weeks.

The Square that has been razed to ruins, today, and the revival operation is going on smoothly.

Airship Silvanus landed slowly from above the square.

Right after alighted from the airship safely, Veronica immediately with a loud voice announced to the public:

"Dear countrymen, thanks for your hard work!"

On recognizing the heroic Veronica, the scene is suddenly full of cheers.

"Wow, it is Princess Veronique Her Royal Highness!"

"To even think that of Her Royal Highness will actually come to a place like this..."

"That armour really looks valiant!"

Every workers stop doing their work, they are all moved and full of tears. However, Veronica just stare at them fiercely.

"Who allow you to rest! Why are you bothering with my existence, immediately continue with your work!"

Veronica's loud voice, even the earth would shake, furthermore, the Asias that were brought to the construction site are also shivering.

"Yes, Princess!"

Although all the workers are some burly, self-confident brawny, but now, all of them feel particularly vulnerable, and hurried to resume their own work.

This sense is more like a strict supervisor who came rather than a condolences visit. Ash beside Veronica cannot help but laugh bitterly.

Rebecca, Max, Ash and Eco the four of them follow with the arrangements made in the meeting this early morning. They are accompanying Veronica as the student representative.

"Hmm... there is something strange."

Eco from the start is looking around aimlessly.

Did she found out something unusual using her dragon’s intuition? If it is so, the situation they are in wil be a serious one, it is most likely an enemy of Veronica.

Eco? Is there anything suspicious? "

Ash with a nervous voice asks Eco, but she then revealed an extremely unhappy expression.

"The crepe stall is gone."

"... Hu?"

"I said, I can’t find the stall selling crepes!"

Ash is dumbstruck. What Eco like to eat most is non-other than the crepes sold in the stall selling crepe in St Durham Square.

"You tell me ...... which Crepe boss will do his business in this construction site?"

"Wuhu...... my crepes ..."

Eco is so disappointed until she exposed a dejected expression, there is tears in her eyes whirling.

"Really… I can’t stand you any longer, the boss must have move his stall to the other parts of the streets. Later we will look for it together, alright?"

"Really?"

Once she had heard this, Eco immediately managed to smile dazzlingly.

"…...!"

Her smile is like a full bloom rose, which made Ash cannot help but stare at it deeply.

"Anything?"

Right after Eco confusedly ask, only then Ash came back to his sense, with an act up attitude he clear throat.

"No, nothing......"

In short, his bribery has been successful, Eco will temporarily quite down. After all, he is now playing the role of Veronica’s guard with a heavy responsibility. Just in case this job was messed up by Eco, it is hard for him to make sure that his head is still on his neck. Using crepes to exchange the safety of his head, this price is nothing.

"Hmm, using the strength of an Asia? A breeder who chooses to be a civil engineer is really rare."

"Y-Yes, I’m just lucky!"

When Ash is trying to get Eco to calm down, at the same time, Veronica’s condolences trip is also carried out smoothly.

Apart from the square, the surrounding buildings have also been damaged by the Necromancia, which is why there are many carpenters there right now workers.

The carpenter Veronica is talking to seems to be a breeder, at the side a Asia can be seen pulling a trolley.

When facing Veronica, the fierce looking carpenter due to excessive fear makes his looks very nervous. This scene is really amusing.

Looking at that the kind of laid-back scene, Ash suddenly remembered the name that Rebecca brought out in the meeting.

--‘Avdocha the Convicted'

According to the report, she has the blood of a Tantalos. In her early age, she has been doing guerrillas activities in the mountains, later on she wove out from the mountain and involved in terrorist attacks across the continent, she is very famous for her anti-establishment activity.

But five years ago, in fourteen-city the capital city, after Veronica’s assassination end in failure, she was never seen again.

Some report stated that, such activist is likely to stage a comeback for Veronica. Of course, the credibility of those reports is yet to be verified, but still they must be prepared for the worst.

"Hey, Eco."

Ash gathers his nerve and whisper in Eco’s ears.

"... What’s the problem?"

"In case that I ran into a dangerous situation, could you make me the Ark?"

"Well, do you even want that kind of patch up work? I don’t mind, but there will be conditions-

"Alright, alright, No matter how much of crepe want to eat, I’ll buy it for you."

Except the ansal flavour crepes... When Ash in his heart silently added, the church bell nearby rang.

That is the bell to indicative one o’clock in the afternoon.

"Is it already so late…...."

Listening to the solemn bell, Silvia's face suddenly emerges in Ash's mind.

The building around St Durham Square has more than one church.

At this time Silvia should comply with Veronica's command by offering her prayers in the St Valeria’s church for repentance.

Just when Ash takes Silvia’s feeling into account and his mood is depressed, something happened.

-Boom!

At the other end of the square suddenly a sound of explosions is heard.

"W-What happened?"

Ash surprised, looking at the other end of the square.

A thick black smoke is seen in the sky.

"It can’t be ...!"

The worst thought emerges in Ash mind.

The location where the black smoke emerges is St Valeria’s clock tower.

At the same time the explosion occurred, the public gathered in the square screamed, the site is in a mess.

After all, a few days ago there were subjected to the Necromancia’s attack, and now the reaction of many people is particularly extreme.

“-Princess Highness please return to the Silvanus.”

At this time, Glenn’s voice is heard.

"You’re right."

Veronica without blinking an eye, just calmly nodded.

Ash could not help but angrily interrupted:

"Didn’t you see that church? Her Royal Highness Princess may be right inside there -"

However, Veronica coldly interrupts Ash:

"Don’t worry. From now on, I declare from this moment that Silvanus will become the strategic headquarters of this Operation. You all please return together."

Even when her biological sister may be caught up in the bombings, Veronica’s calm attitude really pissed people off.

Part 4

Silvia arrived at the St Valeria’s Church.

Under Veronica’s order, she did not even bring her maid Cosette with her.

St Valeria’s statue is placed on the altar.

Valeria’s one of the Twelve Apostles who served St Rosa Maria.

In the Rosa Maria sect’s bible, Valeria is not only portrayed as a woman full of compassion, but she is also the protector of law.

In addition to Silvia, there are also many people who come to church. But most of them look like tourists, those who are like Silvia who has their own trouble is only the minority.

“St Valeria’s please forgive my imprudent actions."

Silvia knelt in front of the altar and began to pray.

"St Valeria’s….."

At this time, someone else right beside Silvia's is non-stop praying.

That voice feels very familiar.

"Please bless me so that I will get pregnant with <Silver Knight>-sama’s child......"

"What are you praying for?!!!!"

"Ahhh!"

THUND. That person is so shocked by the other roaring voice until she screamed and fell backwards.

Silvia carefully looked at her face.

"... I know that it was you, Jessica Valentine!"

Jessica stood up straight and stares back at Silvia.

"Oops. Look at you, aren’t you not the Princess? I thought you were to accompany Princess Veronica for condolences trip today."

"Err......Sorry to tell you that I did not accompany her!"

"Y-You, what are you angry about?"

"Give me a break! That is not the point, how come you are here?"

Jessica obviously does not understand the reason Silvia is so angry.

"Well, I just wanted to beg St Valeria to bless me for an easy childbirth..."

St Valeria is a protector of law! You had looked for the wrong person! "

"Hmm, I’m not like the rest, I won’t even bother this small detail."

"What type of small detail is this?”

"Hm... if you kept on clinging to petty things like this, you will never be on equal footing with Princess!"

Silvia whose weakness is found out suddenly became furious.

“What did you say? Outsiders like you will never understand! "

“Obvious at a glance- there is too much difference in both of your open-mindedness."

"Ugh! How shameless are you...... to talk about someone else pain!"

"Oops, it is your pain? Oh, as a royal you are far behind Veronica-sama in your open mindedness and as a Dragner, your strength is far less than <Silver knight>-sama; I advise you to learn how to be a woman, you can take this noble’s daughter as an example."

"What……do you say......?"

Silvia couldn’t bear with it any longer, her rational thinking had snapped. She feels that what Jessica implies is as if trying to persuade her to hurriedly marry Glenn. Although logically, it is impossible for Jessica to know her marriage with Glenn, but Silvia can’t care about the detail so much.

"Ha! A mere Randall family’s servant even has the nerve to ask me to take her as an example? Even my toes are laughing!"

Jessica's face turns from red to white and back to red.

"Can it be Rebecca had told you ...?"

"Don’t worry, under the president’s order, I will not spread this to the public. But, I would like to advise you to restraint a little, stop falsifying your status."

Jessica lips tremble, she fiercely glared at Silvia.

"Then I’ll ask you...... can you can guarantee that your actions are never related to falsehood?"

"I-I……"

Silvia is also afraid than someone will see through her timid side, that is why she is always pretending to be strong. As a Lautreamont Knight Country’s Princess, she is trying her hardest to play the ideal image of ‘This is what a princess should do’.

Ain’t such behaviour is also taken as falsehood?

"Oops, Could it be that I hit the bull’s eye?"

"N-No, it is not it……”

Just while Silvia intends to rebuttal-

- Boom!

The place above emits an explosion sound.

The floor is shacking because of the impact, dust, sands and stones fall from the ceilings.

Judged from this case, there seems to be an explosion upstairs.

"Kyaa!"

Silvia is so frighten until she inadvertently clinging to Jessica.

Maybe Jessica is equally caught up in the panic and she moves her hand around Silvia and hugs her hard.

Silvia’s and Jessica’s screams are like a trigger which make other visitors moan.

It is just only an explosion, but from the original sacred atmosphere of Church instant turned into a living hell.

At this time, a condescending shadow appeared.

"Who’s that person?"

Silvia eyes widened.

Black hair and the eyes which are full of evil are glimmering.

Under the high degree of exposure folk costume, a nearly tanned coloured skin can be seen.

The woman like in a drama began to speak:

"‘Blame the sin, rather than the sinner!’ What a joke, the fragile mind of a human is the root of all evil and all are sinners will never escape death!"

WHACK! The woman with a toss the whip in her hand-

"I shall be 'Avdocha the Convicted’!"

Silvia cannot help but become dumbstruck.

She remembers that name.

"How come...... This person is 'Avdocha the Convicted’?"

Silvia knew the existence of this anti-establishment activist. Long ago, she had also seen her wanted order for several times.

Her reward amount is up to one million Eccles.

However, the woman in front of her not only has faces of child, a petite body and a childlike appearance which cause others to not believe that she is a battle-hardened terrorists, it is totally different from the picture in the wanted poster.

But the woman with a calm expression looks at the visitor.

Even when her body is petite, but she is still able to look downwards from up high.

That is because she was standing on the back of a basilisk.

Under the sight of the big rolling eyes that only a basilisk has-

"Yikes ......!"

Silvia and Jessica could not help but tremble.

The extreme fear causes them to not release each other’s hand.

--- Basilisk

Even though they bear a striking resemblance to lizards, but the size is nowhere near a lizard. Although there are well known as a close relatives of an Asia, but from their body, there is not even a slightest hint that they have the Dragon intellectual.

To tame such monster after captured, and ride it like a horse, no matter what it will never be done by some ordinary person.

So the only explanation is, the woman in front is non-other than 'Avdocha the Convicted’-

"From now on, you are all hostages! Just don’t act rashly, than I will not take your life! On the other hand...... if someone dares to fight back, don’t blame me if we use you to feed him!"

Followed by Avdocha’s ordered, that basilisk made an earth-shattering roar.

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