Chapter 240

Departure

After parting with the sad-looking Lily-chan and the Stanval family, we moved to a practice field looking place .

“”Charo’s there~!””

“Oh, you finally got to see him again . ”

“”Going ahead~””

The Dragon Knights were already prepared to leave at the practice field, and Allen and Elena who quickly detected Charo was there, rushed over to him .

Charo was on their mind all this time, so it’s only the natural course of action .

The reason mainly being the nature of the wyverns as they fundamentally live freely until called over by their partner, a Dragon Knight, so they quite couldn’t meet him again . Well, they could have seen him if we went to the stables at night or if we had Quigg-san call him, but we didn’t want to disturb Charo from enjoying his alone time, so the kids endured .

“Grrau~”

Charo happily enclosed the twins in his wings and licked the two’s faces .

The Dragon Knights other than Quigg-san panicked at seeing two kids rush towards a wyvern, but when they saw them clinging to Charo’s bosom, they exchanged glances of astonishment .

Looking at the grinning Quigg-san, I believe he didn’t explain anything to his colleagues .

“Grrau, gyau . ”

The other four wyverns gathered around Allen and Elena .

Moreover, they took turns to lick the twins’ faces one by one . The two were completely covered in drool .

The other four Dragon Knights were even more astonished by this spectacle .

Wyverns rarely accept anyone except their partner, so they could only stand astounded by the kids .

“You didn’t tell them?”

“I got also shocked . I wanted everyone to feel the same as I did . ”

He wanted everyone to experience what he did… rather?

Is Quigg-san unexpectedly a mischievous kind of person?

“Oh!”

“N?”

As soon as Quigg-san dodged to the side, I noticed the wyverns running towards me .

And then——lick . Charo licked my face with all his heart .

Moreover, not only he licked me, he also play-bit and rubbed against me and then… I was jostled around by the five wyverns . The white knight’s uniform I was embarra.s.sed to wear got completely dirtied by saliva .

I wore it thinking that I will be starting as a guard today, but… I shouldn’t have worn it .

“”Kyahaha~ Oniichan, you are all sticky~””

Allen and Elena who were sitting on Charo’s back were watching me get all drooly with excitement .

Well, the two are already covered in saliva too, though~

“You are horrible for laughing at me~ You two are the same, aren’t you?”

“”Matching~?””

“… This kind of matching is a bit purposeless~”

“No good, indeed . Come down, I will clean you up . ”

“”Okayy~””

I quickly cleaned our faces and clothes with Was.h.i.+ng .

“Grauu, giyau~”

The wyverns fiercely protested in a chorus .

Is it because I have cleaned off the scent which they marked us with?

“Oh!”

“”Whoah!””

The wyverns gathered around us tightly packing us in what seemed like an Os.h.i.+kura Manju (children’s game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle) .

I thought I would have to clean us again, but they only rubbed their heads against us this time .

“… You guys really are out of common sense . ”

Austin-sama who had arrived before I noticed was smiling wryly at us .

“We will be departing soon, so please calm down the wyverns for now . ”

“Me!?”

“You are the one who caused this situation, no? I’d like to ask you to settle the situation yourself . ”

Settle… settle it how? Err——

“Now, now, it looks like we will be departing soon, so get ready everyone . ”

“Grrau . ”

When I attempted to talk to the wyverns first, they surprisingly did as I said and formed a line .

“Waooh~”

“”Oniichan~ amazing~””

“… Tak.u.mi really acts out of common sense, doesn’t he?”

Austin-sama said in dumbfoundment .

“Isn’t it just a coincidence?”

“It would be too incredible even if it was a coincidence, you know? Still… what are you going to do? The Dragon Knights seem dispirited now . ”

“… Eh?”

When I looked at the Dragon Knights after hearing Austin-sama’s words, Quigg-san was looking somewhat awed, but the other four Dragon Knights were hanging their heads dejectedly .

“The wyvern I had managed to form a bond with after so many hards.h.i.+ps is more affectionate to someone he met for the first time, you know? That would cause you to… lose confidence, right?”

“Eh? Eh? W, what do I do? I, it wasn’t on purpose, though…”

“I’m joking . ”

“I had explained your out of common sense-ness to them beforehand, so they will soon return to normal . It’s just what I had explained actually happened, so they must be surprised . ”

“……”

I’m curious about how you explained to them, but… it would be better to not ask . It would make me want to interject in various ways .

As Austin-sama said, the Dragon Knights soon started preparing for departure .

“Still, are you fine with only four genuine guards? Isn’t it too little?”

There were five wyverns . Each was controlled by a Dragon Knight, Austin-sama and one Royal Guard were on the biggest specimen, me and the children were riding Charo with Quigg-san .

The remaining three Royal Guards rode with the other three Dragon Knights and their wyverns .

Up to three people can ride a wyvern . That means at least three more people could accompany us . Well, even then I feel that the number of guards is too little .

“Oh my, didn’t I tell you? Most of the guards and servants took another route to Creta earlier . We will be able to meet their arrival and join up with them today . ”

“I, is that so?”

I thought there were too few people for a mission to another country, but to think there was another unit~

No wonder Austin-sama wasn’t trying to depart immediately after joining up with us .

It looks like he was waiting for the scheduled time .

“Now then, let us depart . The sun will set if we delay for too long . ”

“Yes, understood . ”

We left the town of Kelm and departed towards Creta .