While Eingana-san and Cornelia-san were excitedly talking about music, I was conversing with Frea-san. Well, since we were at the same table, I could still hear Eingana-san and Cornelia-san’s discussion, and since Cornelia-san seemed a little tense, I thought I might step in and support her if needed, but for now, she seemed fine, so I focused on talking with Frea-san.
[Speaking of which, my rade, what brings you to this city? Sightseeing?]
[Ahh, no. Through Cornelia-san’s introduction, I visited a pany called the Victor Trading pany, which deals in monster-related goods, and I placed an order for special pet brushes.]
[Hou? Special brushes? Something like that exists?]
[Yes. Apparently, they’re custom-made to match each creature’s magic power wavelength. I haven’t received the finished product yet, so I haven’t used one, but from what I heard, they sound really good. Oh, and it seems they can also make brushes for dragon scales, so I ordered one of those too.]
[ ! ? ]
Cornelia-san, who was sitting next to me, suddenly snapped her head toward me with a frightened expression on her face.
[Eh? Cornelia-san? Is something the matter?]
[Ah, n- no, my apologies. It’s just that the pany you mentioned is one I have connections with, so I was curious……]
[Ah, I see……]
Victor Trading pany was essentially under the umbrella of the Sharon Trading pany, so if it came up, of course, she’d be concerned…… Eingana-san also looked intrigued, and it felt like she had temporarily set aside the music talk to listen in on our conversation.
[……That is quite an interesting topic. I too use brushes when tending to my scales, but the idea of preparing one attuned to one's magic power wavelengths had never occurred to me. Still, it certainly seems more effective…… My rade, would it be possible for me to place an order as well?]
[I think so. From what I heard, they accept orders normally, so as long as you have enough scales to record your magic power wavelength, it should be possible…… Ahh, but……]
[Unn? Something concerns you?]
Well, speaking of concerns, Cornelia-san beside me had gone pale, which was also worrying, but for now, I decided to answer Frea-san first.
It wasn’t much of a concern, really, but something came to mind when I saw Frea-san show interest in the special brush.
[Ahh, no, it’s not a big concern. It’s just that, since my Lynn and Sieg-san’s Sela are still children and small, I was wondering…… for someone as large as Frea-san, the brush would have to be enormous. I just wondered if they could even make one that size……]
[……H- Hou……]
If they could handle Bell’s size, maybe it would be fine, but even though Frea-san was considered small among Dragons, pared to ordinary monsters, she was still enormous. I wasn’t sure if they could make a brush suitable for her size.
Still, when Frea-san heard my words, she suddenly started shifting her gaze nervously, looking restless.
[……M- My rade…… from your perspective…… do I appear…… e- enormous?]
A- Ahh~~ I see now…… So it's that. Frea-san apparently had a plex about her body size, and she had reacted to my use of the word "enormous".
I understood that feeling very well, so of course, I’d affirm her.
[Yes, of course. Since I’m human, when Frea-san takes the form of a Dragon, I end up looking up at you, and with how dignified and powerful you look, you really do seem enormous. Honestly, when I saw your dragon form, there’s no way I would’ve thought you were only about 5 meters. You looked more like 7…… no, even 8 meters.]
[E- Eight meters is a bit of an exaggeration! S- Still, well…… from your frame of reference it would be difficult to gauge my exact over-all length, so I suppose it can’t be helped if I appeared that way!]
She looked absolutely delighted. Her voice even cracked a little, and the usually cool, dignified Frea-san looked almost adorably happy. I pletely understood that feeling, when I was once mistaken for being over 170 cm tall, I was really pleased too……
[……By the way, Miyama Kaito-san, how about my dragon form? Just a simple impression will do, but how did I appear to you pared to my actual size?]
At that moment, Eingana-san also asked what impression I had of her dragon form. But here I had to tread carefully, giving the same kind of answer I gave Frea-san would be a bad move.
Frea-san had a plex about her size, so being perceived as bigger pleased her. Eingana, however, was different.
[Eingana-san’s dragon form? Of course, to me it looked tremendously huge as well, but…… How should I put it…… Maybe it’s because your face is smaller and has a sharp, refined impression, but overall you looked slender, so I feel like you actually appeared smaller than your true length.]
[……As expected of the one whom Magnawell-sama praises so highly. To so clearly perceive the truth of things, you possess truly remarkable eyes. I am deeply impressed. That is indeed a correct and most accurate impression.]
Hearing my words, Eingana-san nodded with great satisfaction and proceeded to shower me with praise. Through Sympathy Magic, I could also sense the strong joy radiating from her.
It reminded me of that time at the Hydra Kingdom’s Founding Festival…… when I learned that Eingana-san was self-conscious about the size of her face…… At the time, I thought it was unnecessary information, but I never imagined the tidbit Alice shared with me would e in handy here.
Incidentally, as for the other two of the Four Great Demon Dragons, just a hunch, but I feel like Grandireus-san would be pleased if praised for his size. Even though his smaller clone body suggests curiosity about what being small feels like, he basically takes pride in his massive body.
Fafnir, on the other hand, doesn’t seem to care much about size at all, but I think he’d be pleased if I said something along the lines of "you have the presence of a leader" or "you carry yourself in a way befitting the Head Subordinate"…… Well, that’s really just my intuition……
Serious-senpai : [This is the insight of the Conquest King, who’s raised countless flags…… the power of the Incarnation of Perfect munication…… He’s probably right about how to deal with Grandireus and Fafnir too…… And meanwhile, Cornelia’s stomach is probably dying.]
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