Chapter 272
A New Name
Translator : PolterGlast
I thought I would come up with something in a flash, but
surprisingly, nothing comes to mind. There's a possibility I might think of
something if I look at the Red Dragon's appearance, so let's go see it for now.
I left Bane's room and went to meet the Red Dragon on the first floor.
It had energetically welcomed me when I arrived earlier, but the Red Dragon
pounced on me the moment it saw my face.
Even so... its body isn't turning red at all. There is no
mistake it is rapidly growing larger, but rather than turning red, its body
color is actually becoming blacker. I thought it was a Red Dragon because its
mother was a Red Dragon, but there is a high possibility its father was a
different species, like a Black Dragon. Or, there's even the possibility that
the Red Dragon was just carrying the egg and it's a completely unrelated child.
While petting the Red Dragon(?) that was happily wagging its
tail vigorously, I thought of a name. Considering it wouldn't be a problem
whether its body color is red or black when it grows even further... a name
related to blood might be good. Blood. No, how about Blut? It's easy to
say, and personally, it feels quite right.
「Red Dragon. I am thinking of giving
you a name today.」
I said that while petting its head and looking into the Red
Dragon's eyes, but seeming not to understand the meaning of the words, it
purred and tilted its head. Well, even if it doesn't understand the meaning,
giving it a name should change it dramatically, so there shouldn't be any
problem.
「Starting today, your name is Blut.」
The moment I said that to the Red Dragon, newly named Blut――I
was assaulted by the sensation of all the strength suddenly draining from my
body. It's the same as when it was with Bane... no, the speed at which
my magic power is flowing out is even faster than that. Because all of my magic
power was about to flow into Blut, I frantically tried to stop it with
magic manipulation, but――it wouldn't stop.
Sweat gushed from my entire body in a panic, but to break
through this critical situation, I desperately raced my thoughts. First, while
chugging the homemade magic potion I brought with me, I kneaded and absorbed
the surrounding magic power. Even so, the amount of magic power being sucked out
was greater, and I decided to call for Bane in a loud voice.
「Bane! Are you there!? If you are, come here immediately!」
「Did you call for me, Graham-sama?」
Reacting to my voice, Bane rushed over instantly via
warp.
「I just gave the Red Dragon a name, but
the amount of magic power being sucked out is too much, and I can't stop it.
Share your magic power with me, Bane.」
「Understood! I will transfer it to
you immediately!」
Bane grasped
my right hand with both of his hands and sent magic power into me. In contrast
to the magic power flowing out from my left hand, Bane's magic power was
being supplied from my right hand. At first, the magic power being sent in was
greater, but as time passed, the magic power flowing out began to surpass it.
While suppressing the outflowing magic power, even using the surrounding magic
power, the magic potion, and Bane's magic power, the fact that the
outflowing magic power was still greater made my cold sweat unable to stop.
「Graham-sama, how is it!? Will the magic power hold out?」
「N-No... there's no sign of it being
enough. I-If I lose consciousness... I leave the rest to you.」
Realizing that it would continue to be sucked out until my
magic power was exhausted, I left that message for Bane and let go of
his hand. Then, no longer even trying to stop the magic flow, I sent it in with
the momentum of handing over all my remaining magic power to Blut.
As the magic power inside my body depleted, I fell into a
sensation of my brain swaying dizzily. It was a life-threatening crisis I
hadn't felt in a long time, but without resisting, I expelled all my magic
power. At that moment, my vision blacked out. Unable to even tell up, down,
left, or right, I lost consciousness just like that.
When I woke up, I saw the face of a single young girl
peering down at me. My memory was a jumbled mess, but slowly, the memories from
before I lost consciousness came back to me. ...If I recall correctly, I gave Blut
a name and had all my magic power sucked out? While feeling a terrible nausea
from magic power depletion, I reeled in my memories.
「This is Bane's mansion,
right? Is Bane here? ...More importantly, you're an unfamiliar face, but
who are you?」
「I'm Blut! Don't you remember,
Master?」
「......Blut? Th-That Blut?」
At the unexpected self-introduction, my open mouth wouldn't
close. Her appearance is completely human... no, if you look closely, horns are
growing around her forehead. Her double teeth also look like fangs, and it
seems she truly is Blut, with no joke intended.
I was talking with Bane about whether she would take
a humanoid form, but is it really okay for her to be this humanoid? At
that figure with not a single fragment of a dragon remaining, I am at a loss
for words.
「That's right! Thanks to you, Master,
I took on this form!」
「I'm genuinely surprised by this
astonishing transformation. You can even speak words... or rather, Blut,
you were a girl?」
「Ehh! You didn't notice!? Master,
you're so mean~!」
As Blut lightly slapped me in protest, my mind still couldn't catch up to process things. I need to call Bane quickly and have him explain various things to me.
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