Symphony for the Insect Princess

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"Oh, then I'm going to die soon, right? As long as I leave it."

"I'll give it to you, and then you won't die."

"Thank you so much—what did you say!?"

"I said, I can give it to you."

The Great War Emperor winked playfully.

"After I die, you can take Levatin. I am only a human, and my life span is far too short. For a long-lived species like you, it is only a short wait."

"…………Are you serious?"

"I'm not kidding. After I die, Levatin will inevitably be fought over by countless people... Rather than let that happen, I might as well make full use of it, one last time, to help the creatures I love survive."

Therefore,

Oh, dragon,

Live on.

Until the moment you lost Levatin——

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"Father?"

In the large underground cave.

All dragons gather here.

The air seemed to solidify and turned into a huge block of lead, pressing them so hard that they couldn't breathe.

Kapachiya caressed the dragon's corpse.

Dead body.

There is no temperature.

There is no pulse of life.

Just a pile of dead meat.

"……died?"

Kapachiya was hesitant.

It feels like being in a world half asleep and half awake.

My father is dead.

The once invincible Fire Dragon King has fallen.

Not a glorious death in battle.

Nor did it turn into flames and rise to the sky under the watchful eyes of its people.

It died in its sleep.

The posture remained the same as when Carpathia took Levatin out of the Great Grotto, and at first glance it looked like it was asleep.

Its father, the Fire Dragon King Ankara, had died like that? Silently? Without a warning? Without a last word?

Rather than sadness or despair, all dragons were confused and couldn't even accept this reality.

"Why……"

"I'm afraid it's... because of Levatin..."

An old dragon who had first come to the lava abyss with his father suddenly spoke.

"Kapachiya, did Ankara tell you about the Dragon Clan Civil War?"

“Almost nothing…”

"I remember very clearly that in the end, Ankara was defeated for some reason and was seriously injured, which was definitely enough to kill it... But when I found it later, I found that it looked safe and sound."

"..."

"Later, after the Great War Emperor died, it took Levatin away and brought the sword to settle in the Lava Abyss. After that, it sealed Levatin here and has been... guarding... him ever since?"

As he spoke, Lao Long's expression became more and more horrified, as if he suddenly understood something.

"Yes... yes! I've asked it many times why it's so obsessed with Levatin. It never gives me a direct answer! In recent years, it's been inseparable from Levatin. And now, Levatin has been stolen, and it's dead!"

“…………!!!!!!”

Kapachiya, whose brain had become extremely dull, finally understood what the old dragon meant.

The next moment,

The world is far away from her——

"Lord Kapachiya!"

“Where are you going?!”

Kappacia escaped.

Using all his strength, he flew out of the lava abyss.

Wailing and crying, as if avoiding something chasing from behind.

Don't stop.

"No...no...no..."

If she paused for even a moment, the fact that she had caused her father's death would completely crush her.

“No…no…no no no no no no no no no no no no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

for,

Varied,

What,

meeting,

so?

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Under the Dividing Tree——

On the rocky ground—

"Well……"

I sat up, thinking that it was almost time for Mullien and her group to return to the Zoroastrians.

Stretched first.

This pile of rocks is not suitable for sleeping. If you lie down all night, your whole body will definitely be sore.

then,

"Awake, Pierce?"

"Of course."

The butler used smooth movements to untie the rope that was still tied around him a few seconds ago, stood up, took two seconds to tidy up his butler uniform, and then helped Charlotte and Qimila, who were still in a state of suspended animation, to untie the ropes.

"Wake up, everyone."

I snapped my fingers, and four bees flew to the back of their necks and stung them gently.

3--

2--

1--

"My damn Zoroastrians—"

As expected, Sedroon was the first to jump up. She looked around while cursing, and then found that Mullien and the others had already left.

"Ah? Are you going back now?"

"They must be anxious to send Levatin back to his tribe."

The second one was Aisia. She rubbed the back of her neck and sat up from the ground, then gave herself an injection to wake up faster.

"So...did it...work?"

On the other side, Charlotte also woke up slowly, looking sleepy.

"Well, it's all successful," I announced to them. "Everything went according to plan. The clan leader and Mullien felt we were no longer valuable, and they were afraid we'd steal Levatin, so they took decisive action."

"But they really are a bunch of idiots... They didn't even do the most basic thing of destroying the body. I even specially prepared a magic tool to ward off fire." Sedron cursed and took out a small ruby pendant from under his clothes and threw it on the ground.

"It's not just you who did this; I also contributed to it," Aisia also took out the same pendant and shook it. "But that Mullien is really stupid. Does she really think we don't know she's acting?"

"So I've told you all before, dragons are very stupid creatures, and the IQ of the Zoroastrians, who have been entangled with the dragon clan for tens of thousands of years and still haven't been able to get Levatin back, can naturally be imagined." I shrugged.

"Nier, you can be quite sharp-tongued sometimes." Charlotte frowned.

"Just telling the truth."

Yes, this is the truth, I am not insulting anyone's sexual taste.

Everyone is almost awake.

In order to guard against a surprise attack from Mullien and the others, I specifically instructed Sedraon and Aisia to prepare fire-proof magic tools, so their attacks didn't hurt us at all.

As for the fake death, it was the result of me using my Bee Monster to find the right timing and sting them on the back of the neck the moment they were attacked.

Before coming out, I gave the same drug that could cause people to fake their death to Charlotte and Qiumila, who were scheduled to act as "hostages", and asked them to take it in advance and pretend to have fallen into the trap of the Zoroastrians.

As for Pierce? Even without the drug, he could fake his own death.

So it was done.

Everyone is safe. This week, we barely had to spend any effort to get that stupid dragon girl to steal Levatin, and we also avoided being killed by the Zoroastrians.

Then the only thing left is—

"I slept so comfortably... meow... is it dawn?"

Ah, Qimila finally woke up.

"Well, what are we supposed to do... Oh, right! Defeat the dragon and get the sword!"

"So, Nier, take out Levatin quickly," said Aisia.

"I haven't seen what it looks like yet," said Charlotte.

"That's right, what you gave him was a fake, right? Hurry up and take out the real thing!" said Setroon.

"Uh, well..."

I shrugged.

"Sorry, what we gave them was indeed the real thing."

““““Hmm… what!!! !! ??? ?”””””

...Is it worth being so surprised?