The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 224

Chapter.42 Long-awaited wish

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By the time Lurin, who had been introducing me to her mother for so long, finally left, the lunch box she had just made at the restaurant had completely cooled down.

There’s no microwave, so you just have to eat it.

The lunch box was opened.

Our dragon’s mood changed when he saw something to eat, so he quietly sat down and started eating his lunch box.

“Anyway, aren’t you curious about how to approach the criminal?”

“criminal? No way you! “Do you know the culprit?”

When I told him I was going to take revenge, he followed me and didn’t seem curious, so I asked him about it, and Lulin’s eyes lit up with excitement, even though he was eating.

“No, not yet. What I mean is, aren’t you curious about how to find the culprit?”

“ah. Is that it? Crunch crunch.”

Lurin moved her hand where she had stopped and started eating her lunch box again. They say they are not interested at all.

“So, isn’t that something that can be solved if I stick right next to you? “Because you said you would catch the criminal.”

What do you mean, leave this entirely to me?

There are times when you believe too much and end up shooting yourself in the foot. They say you get hit in the foot by an ax you believe in. So, are you going to shoot yourself in the foot?

I glanced at Lulin’s feet. It was pure white.

Umm. I don’t feel like taking pictures.

“Well, that’s it, but anyway, like I said before, I’m definitely going to use this.”

Since I couldn’t take a picture of the instep, I calmly took out the red dragon bead from my pocket. It is one of the beads obtained from Great Mountain. This is a bead that was originally left to be used as bait.

As soon as I took out the remaining beads, Lurin took a quick look and answered.

“I see. I don’t like the fact that it’s almost a red bead, but I’ve used it too… . Well hmmm. Crunch crunch.”

okay. We used it well.

Thanks to you, I have become much stronger.

Rurin has also become strong enough to handle one or two dragons.

Anyway, this bait was used. And the fish has already taken the bait. Now all you have to do is scoop it up.

It wasn’t me who laid the bait. Information that Lulin and I obtained the Red Dragon’s Orb.

I had asked Black Dragon elder Medidana to spread the information. And just recently it came to fruition.

Suddenly, through Medidana, a Red Dragon elder invited me and Lurin to their territory.

This invitation came shortly after Medidana spread the information.

It is said that the first one to react was Red Dragon.

As expected, a suspicious smell is wafting out.

Of course, the reason we were invited to the Red Dragon’s sacred place is plausible.

I caused trouble with Sereina earlier, so I will apologize and compensate for that.

But if you think about it deeply, it’s ridiculous. The words “come now” came naturally, and Sereina, who suffered the most damage, did not say a word.

In the end, their goal is probably the Red Dragon Orb we obtained.

Their level of consciousness is that if they respond to the invitation, it’s fine, but if they don’t come, they will use another method. It was a very suspicious offer, so I happily accepted. At this level of consciousness, I feel that they look down on me and Rurin.

The more you look down on something, the better. And the more awards you get, the better.

If you dig into that suspicious box, you may find the truth you were looking for.

No matter what anyone says, the most suspicious thing about Lurin’s mother’s case is the leaders of Red Dragon. Although it cannot be said to be all Red Dragons, at least the elders, ancient dragons, and leaders who lead the Red Dragons are definitely related.

A lion of the Red Dragon who happened to visit the Black Dragon’s sacred place as if targeting Lulin’s mother.

The response after that seemed planned. Everything is beneficial to Red Dragon.

Usually, when a murder case is investigated, the person who gained the most from the murder is suspected first.

Therefore, the leaders of Red Dragon, who benefited the most, are the ones who are most suspicious of me.

Besides, I don’t need proof. The fact that they did it. Even if there is no evidence, just that fact is enough.

So, any invitation to the tiger’s den or even the dragon’s den is very welcome.

Red Dragon’s biggest misjudgment.

I think my skills are still the same as they were during the previous war.

During the Serena incident, Red Dragon retreated first. So, the only people who have seen my recently leveled up power are black dragons.

So wouldn’t this be an even more fun invitation?

“Tsk.”

Rurin, who was eating a cold lunch box, frowned slightly. I felt like I was choking, so I took a thermos out of my bag.

“Lurin, it’s already cold, so eat it slowly. “Now drink this.”

I poured the tea in the thermos and handed it over to Rurin. Now that I think about it, maybe I should have packed my lunch in an insulated lunch box?

The tea poured from the thermos is still steaming.

Without hesitation, Lurin put her mouth to the lid of the thermos bottle and took a gulp of tea. Soon the car goes down my throat.

No, I should have passed it on. I should have passed it!

-Fuuuuuup!

“Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

But quite the opposite. Lurin squirted the tea she had drunk on my face.

Rice paste and hot green tea flow down my face.

“Hey dude!”

“You’re so hot!”

Lurin got up from the mat and started running around the old lair without even hearing my cries.

It goes around and around again.

Come to think of it, I have never explained anything about the modern cultural object called the thermos.

You wouldn’t have thought it would be hot.

Lurin ran around for a while and then sat down on the mat again, sticking out her tongue like a puppy.

“Ugh. I thought I was going to die! “Why are you trying to kill me!”

“Would you die from something like that? The dragon? “It’s obviously steamy, so you have to be careful when eating it.”

“I was choking!”

I shook my head and wiped the rice from Lurin’s mouth and the water that flowed down from the blowing wind with a handkerchief.

As a result of showing my face calmly with a hazy expression, I was the only one with a clean face.

After I wiped everything off, he opened his closed eyes and blinked at me.

“Why is your face so messed up?”

“… … what?”

It is very absurd to say that. Why is it a mess after I made it like this?

“It’s seven days old!” Anyway, you can’t do it without me. “Me too!”

Then he said something sweet that didn’t fit the situation and took the handkerchief from my hand and started wiping my face.

Well, this part has improved. Lulin wiping my face was something I couldn’t have imagined before.

“There is also rice pool.”

“Is it the rice paste you were chewing?”

“Then eat again!”

“what?”

Lurin threw away her handkerchief and came closer to my face. So close that Lulin’s breathing could be heard.

The distance where your nose touches.

“I’m going to eat again, so just stay still.”

After saying that, Lulin slightly stuck out her tongue. Rurin’s cute tongue approaches in a different curve than when she was panting because it was hot.

“Yum!”

Rurin’s tongue touched the tip of my cheek. Rurin removes the rice paste with the tip of her tongue and eats it.

It feels like something is tickling when I clap.

And that too right in front of your nose.

“Hey Lulin? Wipe it with a towel? Did you eat it with your hands? “What are you doing so dirty?”

“It’s not dirty. “It’s something I used to eat, and it’s actually clean because it’s on your face!”

Isn’t my face that clean? Is it too overrated?

Lulin brought his tongue back with absurd conviction.

Then he touches the rice glued to the corner of my mouth. It’s right next to the lips. As soon as my tongue touched that spot, a tingling sensation went through my entire body. It feels like there’s a bit of electricity along with a soft yet lukewarm feeling.

In addition, the sound of Lurin’s breathing that continues to be heard and the strange expression on her face when she sticks out her tongue and licks it.

No, it was very mysterious.

Although he doesn’t seem to have any particular thoughts, it’s mysterious and fascinating.

He must have eaten everything, so he grabbed both of my cheeks and slowly got up and looked around. Then he nods his head and looks satisfied.

“You can’t kiss first, but you still do things like this so casually?”

“What does it have to do with kissing? You can kiss kiss kiss first! “I can’t do it anytime.”

He snorted, made a noise, and very calmly started eating his lunch again.

So I ate again. You can’t just eat a packed lunch forever, so hurry up.

Without much trouble, we filled our bellies and cleaned up our mats.

There is nothing to see here anymore.

It’s like stopping by your parents’ grave before going into battle. Now that you’re done, it’s time to go to the Dragon’s Den.

“Lurin.”

Lurin said earlier that she would find out the culprit if she stayed close to me, but before I knew it, she was holding onto my arm. It’s already a piece of gum.

I looked up at him with a face asking why I was calling him like that.

“Well, let’s go to the Red Dragon’s sanctuary. “I was invited.”

“invite?”

Lulin’s brows narrowed significantly at the word red dragon. It’s only natural, since the word that ignites Lulin’s fighting spirit is red dragon.

“huh. invite.”

“Why are you inviting me to avenge my mother? “You just have to tear up the red invitation.”

“Well, that might be true, but I can’t do that this time. “Red Dragon’s leadership is a suspect.”

“The red one?”

Lulin’s eyes wavered at my words. And soon, hostility and murder began to well up in those eyes.

“Wait Lurin? calm down.”

I hugged Lulin’s trembling and life-threatening body tightly from behind and said,

“no. Not yet. Just a suspect. When everything is revealed, all you have to do is go and be judged. So this invitation is to confirm that, but if you show it like that, you’ll ruin the work?”

“… “But!”

“Lurin? “You say you believe in me?”

“Believe.”

“Then you can’t mess things up, right? Didn’t you say you’d just stick close to me? Until things come to light?”

“It was like that.”

“Then you should keep your word.”

Nod.

Lulin reluctantly nodded. I held onto the bridge of Lulin’s nose.

“I’m telling you to remain expressionless until it becomes clear. Don’t vent your anger. and… “Don’t even blow your nose!”

I held his nose and he was sniffing, thinking it was time to wash and blow his nose in the morning, so I added one more word and he answered with a snort.

“Huh, I got it. “I will stay still.”

“Then, let’s set off for the Red Dragon’s sacred place.”

“you.”

“huh?”

“I’ve never been to the Red Dragon’s sacred site before?”

“… … .”

Actually, that’s right.

There’s no way Rurin has ever been there. Did you start without thinking about the most fundamental thing?

Hehe.

“Puhahahahaha.”

Such stupid times.

“Why are you smiling like that? You look stupid. “Smile as cool as usual!”

“No, I did something really stupid this time. Then, why don’t you go to Serena and ask her to tell you the location?”

It’s stupid, but it doesn’t change much, just because it’s not a direct route.

“i get it. Then let’s go!”

Lurin held my body tighter and cast a teleportation spell. We were soon enveloped in darkness.

***

“So that’s the Red Dragon’s sacred place?”

“It’s similar to our sacred place. Well, I don’t like our castle, but I don’t like it even more there.”

“I see. You can’t say things like that over there. Just keep your mouth shut. “I’ll tell you everything.”

Nod.

I held Lurin’s hand as she nodded and looked at the Red Dragon’s sacred site spread out in the huge valley below the mountain.

Since you were invited, you are not an uninvited guest.

How will it turn out?

Soon, the massive red dragon that had been flying over the sacred site must have spotted us and fluttered down and landed.

“Who are you guys!”

And it’s a lot of yelling.

I’ve felt it since the Serena incident, but these guys are truly unstoppable.

Sereina coolly told him about this place, saying that it had nothing to do with her, so it wouldn’t matter if he beat them all up. Of course, since they were compatriots who didn’t even care if he was dying, the affection for them must have been completely lost.