The Goddess Granted Me the [Hatching] Skill and Somehow I Became the Strongest Tamer, Commanding Mythical and Divine Beasts - Chapter 128: The Information Douglas Brought

Chapter 128: The Information Douglas Brought

When we returned to the lodging, a large crowd of people had gathered there.

Because Charlotte and I had not come back for several days, it had become a big deal, and contact had been made, so Douglas had rushed over riding Scarlet.

“I am sorry for worrying you without being able to contact you.”

“Um… sorry.”

Charlotte and I bowed our heads toward everyone.

“You two are safe, then?”

“Yes, somehow.”

Both Charlotte and I were covered in dirt all over our bodies, but we had not a single injury. Douglas observed us fixedly, but his gaze stopped at my chest.

“By the way, Klaus. What is that monster you are holding to your chest?”

“This is the young White Dragon with whom I have newly formed a bond.”

“Kyupi kyupi♪”

“What… did you say…?”

The four who had challenged me to a match wore expressions of shock.

“You are saying this is… the young one of the divine dragon White Dragon, called the messenger of the gods?”

“Kyupi”

As Douglas looked shocked, Neige raised one hand and replied with a cute cry.

Its extreme cuteness made Charlotte and me and even Douglas relax our mouths.

By the way, we had actually already made the familiar contract, but Charlotte said that if we announced it here, no one would believe it because it was too quick, so we decided to fudge it as having just formed the bond.

“In the depths of the forest, I felt a telepathy and headed there, and there was an egg of the divine dragon. It seemed about to hatch, so Charlotte and I took turns keeping watch.”

We had aligned our stories beforehand so we would not reveal the “Hatching” skill here.

“Normally, we should have contacted you, but the situation on site did not allow any leeway.”

When Charlotte added that, Douglas let out a sigh.

“As long as you are safe, that is fine.”

Good. I had been worried that Charlotte would get scolded, but if Douglas forgave it, there was no problem.

“By the way, Klaus. Would you tell me what happened with Charlotte?”

He grabbed my shoulder and put in an unbelievable amount of strength.

He showed anger to the point that the people around held their breath, so I decided to go along with him.

“Kyupi!”

I put Neige on my head and was about to leave the place with Douglas when…

“H-Hey!”

The boy who had tamed Landner called out to me.

“The match is our loss! Order us!”

Come to think of it, from midway, I had been desperate to hatch the White Dragon’s egg and forgotten about the match.

They wore resolved expressions and waited for my order.

Since their demand had been “never get involved with Charlotte again,” they probably thought some fitting order would come.

“I have only one request from me.”

My eyes met Charlotte’s. I had not told her what I wanted if I won the match.

“Let Charlotte join your group without making any weird walls.”

“What!?”

Originally, because they had kept an unnatural distance from Charlotte, she had been hurt. If this could be the trigger for them to change, that would be good.

“Klaus, did you pull something off again?”

As I watched them go to apologize to Charlotte, Douglas asked me a question.

“Not really, someone was scheming something shady, so I just crushed that.”

With that, I looked at Negrei, who was glaring at us from a distant spot. I did not know what intentions he had for isolating Charlotte, but things would not go that way from now on.

“But my granddaughter seems happy.”

She had been avoided until now. She must have been glad to be accepted by the tamer school students like this. She wore a smile and forgave them.

“And so, there is actually something important I need to tell you.”

“Is the explanation about my granddaughter fine?”

“If you had really laid a hand on her, I would give you the proper punishment, but you did not, right?”

The fact that it was not punishment there showed his seriousness.

“O-Of course!”

There was no way I would lay a hand on the precious ward’s young lady.

“Actually, Klaus’s mansion was attacked.”

“Huh?”

The sense of accomplishment and elation from moments ago vanished, and something dark and heavy spread through my heart.

“Is Celia! Are Feni and the others safe!?”

Without caring about appearances, I grabbed onto Douglas.