Reincarnation into the Barrier Master

"I see. Only in our country? ......"

Hearing my report, His Majesty looked up to the heavens, exhaling slowly. I could sense from his expression that he was in the mood as I had expected, but at the same time, I could also see that he was feeling that there was nothing he could do at the moment to decide what to do from now on.

"I will think about the future together with the Prime Minister and the others. I am sorry, but I may ask for your help again. If you do, please do so.

His Majesty smiled as he said this. I bowed my head in silence.

Soon after that, I returned to the residence in the capital and found that there was a noisy atmosphere. I looked over and saw Rico with a troubled expression on his face.

"Hey, can't you just give me a break?"

"No, you can't."

"So why?"

"No, we can't do that until Mom Sadie says it's okay."

"Why can't you just open the window?"

"No, you can't."

Rico and Allyria are having this conversation. They stopped talking as soon as they noticed me.

"What's wrong?"

"Alyria wants to go outside and play.

"Yeah?"

I looked out the window and saw that the snow was falling quite high. When I looked at Alyria, she was huffing and puffing with her mouth set in a straight line.

I look at Alyria and see her huffing and puffing, her mouth agape.

"I don't know."

With that, she turned away. She told me that since Rico and the others had returned from Agartha, she had been keeping the children away from the house. At this time of the day, the children were playing outside. And there is so much snow on the ground. One can understand Alyria's desire to have snowball fights and build snowmen.

By the way, Soleil is away from the house. She breastfeeds her son Seisam and checks on Sidhi at the same time.

"I see. Alyria, it's not safe to go outside, so please play inside the house for now.

But Alyria sulked and did not speak. Fairy is standing by her side, but she turns her back on Fairy as well.

I look over to see Eryl and Shario looking worriedly at us.

"Huh?　Where are Falco, Idea, and ...... peer?"

"Peris is changing diapers for Falco. He will be back soon. Idea and Pia were taken to the dwarf workshop in Agartha by Sidi, so we took them there before we went to Linos."

"Huh."

Apparently, Alyria was not satisfied that only her brother and sister could go out, but not herself.

"Alyria, since Dongtan is absent today, let's play together. Shall we play make-believe?"

"......"

Alyria is completely sulking. I look over at Rico, but she has a look on her face that says leave her alone. However, if I don't do something about it, I'm going to have to go to .......

I think for a while, but I can't think of any way to fix her mood. Then a thought occurred to me, but I shook my head, "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no....

"What's wrong?"

Rico looks at me suspiciously. I couldn't help but laugh.

"No, I was just thinking about how I could put Alyria in a better mood, ...... and I got an idea that I didn't like. No, no, no, no, no, no."

"Bad idea?"

"Yeah, I'm sure it'll put Alyria in a better mood, but thanks."

"Well, you can tell me."

Rico asks with a serious expression on his face. The atmosphere is somewhat overwhelming.

"Well, what is it? If the Dragon King comes ......."

"Eh?　Riou-o-kun?　I want to meet Mr. Ryooooooo!"

Alyria's face breaks into a smile. I close my eyes and shake my head slowly. Why did I remember that animal? What have I done .......

I look at Riko, she is looking at me and Alyria alternately with an apologetic expression on her face.

"I'm sorry Dragon King, but ....... For once, let's ask you to come ...... out."

...... You don't disagree, Rico. Maybe you are rooting for Alyria and the Dragon King to get along without my knowledge?　After all, he's a nice guy and he's going to say ....... Thinking about that, I started to cry. No, no, now is a disturbing situation. He must be thinking of one person who can be an asset to the cause. Let the Dragon King wait outside ...... or .......

"Well, I'll call Ryuoh, okay?"

Alyria then began to sing. At that moment, there was a reaction to the wards she had put up.

She must have created an unusual atmosphere. Alyria's voice stopped and the dining room was filled with silence. The wards have not been broken. But I could certainly see that someone had entered the wards that had been placed around the house.

I felt no evil intentions. But there was a strange feeling. It was as if I had swallowed a slightly larger solid object and it was stuck ...... in my throat.

"...... Linos?"

I closed my eyes and focused my mind on trying to figure out what this strange feeling was, while interrupting Rico's conversation with my right hand.

"......What is that?"

At that moment, Alyria noticed a black object had fallen in the yard. The whole garden was covered with snow. In the middle of it, there is a black object that looks like a stain. ....... It looked like it was trembling. At that moment, the black object slowly stood up.

It was a small child. He was dressed like a black coat, and his skin was dark. What in the world could a child be ...... doing in a place like this?　Alyria intuitively interpreted that the child had been lost in the woods and had wandered out into the garden of the house.

It's this heavy snow that fell all of a sudden. ....... I wonder if the child has lost his parents. He must be in trouble. If you see someone in trouble, you help them. ...... That was the lesson of her mother, Meilias and Lycorette. Without thinking she ran outside.

"Are you okay?"

The child does not answer Alyria's question, only stares at her. His eyes were blue and shining brightly.

"...... you're the woman who controls the Dragon King?"

"Huh?"

Alyria froze at the unexpected words. At that moment, the child in front of her moved sideways as if jumping.

"Alyria, get away from her!

From behind him came the voice of his father, Linos. Reflexively, she turns around. Immediately after that, the image of a black dragon floated over her back.

"Gooaaaaaaaaaaa～～～～!!!"

A deafening roar echoed around them. Immediately after that, the black dragon once flew up into the sky, but soon after, it swooped down, opened its huge mouth, and came straight toward Alyria. The ominous presence of the black dragon ...... made her unable to move from the spot out of fear.

"Alyria!

"Alyria!"

Multiple voices, male and female. I looked up and saw Soleil coming out of the kitchen door of the house, and Licorette and her father Linos running out of the main house.

"GAAHHHHHH!"

The black dragon passed over Alyria's head and headed in Soleil's direction.

"Crap!

Soleil's exclamation echoed. At that moment, her body was swallowed by the black dragon.

"Soleil!

Linos' voice, which could neither be described as anger nor hatred, was heard over the din. The black dragon suddenly changes direction and rises high into the sky.

"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Linos quickly holds his palm toward the black dragon above him. At that moment, he senses an evil presence and instantly jumps away.

"d*mn!"

There was something thin and sharp extending from his position. I looked over to see a child holding up his hand, and something thin and sharp was growing out of his fingertips. Linos quickly pulls out his Holy Sword from the infinite storage.

He looked down to see the child's other hand extending in the direction of Alyria.

"Rico, Arilia!　Get away from me!"

Linos' voice rings out. At that moment, the black dragon in the sky suddenly began to swoop down. A look from the black dragon's eyes revealed the figure of Alyria. .......