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How To Fly The Mini Dragon
After we finished our lunch, I headed to the courtyard with the Mini Dragon and its control device, which I had gotten from Schugel. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Pressing the switch on the control device, the Mini Dragon flaps its wings and soars into the air.
I freely let the Mini Dragon fly while pressing the buttons on the control device.
As expected, it’s nice to be able to fly freely.
The courtyard of the Misfid house is quite wide, but I’m afraid to think what others would think if I were to use a magic tool to fly the Mini Dragon around as I please. And it seems like an outrageous amount of money is going to be charged if I were to carelessly let it fly around inside the room and it somehow broke the furnishings.
But, this courtyard is Elna-kaasan parent's house so I’m feeling safe doing it here.
No one would get angry if their grandchildren were playing with magic tools in their grandparent’s garden.
「Al! What is that!?」
As I was playing in the garden, Lazareth-ojiichan came over.
「It’s a Mini Dragon. I got it from Schugel-sama」
I fly the Mini Dragon while explaining.
Flying from left to right. And as the Mini Dragon flies from right to left, it’s interesting to see Lazareth-ojiichan’s eyes following as if chasing it.
「Isn’t it amazing? Not only can the wings move, but its neck and tail can also move, you know」
「That’s amazing, isn’t it!」
When I had the Mini Dragon hover nearby so that he could see its movement, Lazareth-ojiichan’s eyes sparkled. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Eh! Ojiichan understand how good it is!?」
「Of course! It’s a Dragon, y’know!? Isn’t it wonderful something so elaborate can fly without magic!」
「Right, right!」
I was excited since all the people I knew in the royal capital didn’t understand the greatness of this Mini Dragon.
As expected from Lazareth-ojiichan. He may be the oldest among us but he seems to still have the heart of a boy.
「Al, let me try it too!」
「Sure」
Since Lazareth-ojiichan also looked like he’s interested in it, I willingly handed the control device to him.
「How do you make it move?」
「This button makes it fly up and down, left and right, and when you press this button while pushing this lever will allow it to move horizontally」
「I see! I’ll try it!」
Lazareth-ojiichan presses the button to control the Mini Dragon.
Then, the Mini Dragon wobbles as it flies through the air.
The way it flies unsteadily left and right, up and down, makes it seem like a fly.
……it’s not pretty at all. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Kuhh, it’s surprisingly difficult to control!」
Lazareth-ojiichan struggles to stabilize the Mini Dragon posture, but in a panic, he presses the wrong button or accidentally pushes the lever meant only for horizontal movement.
「Give it back ojiichan」
「Wait! Just a little more practice and I’ll be able to get the hang of it!」
I was trying to show him how it’s done, but Lazareth-ojiichan didn’t return the control devices as he became completely stubborn instead.
「Dear, stop acting unbecoming after you borrowed the magic tool from your grandson」
Perhaps she saw him acting like that as Elna-obaachan’s exasperated voice came from the external corridor.
Elna-kaasan - who is eating a teacake beside her - also looked exasperated by his action.
「Uuh, sorry. Al」
「It’s fine as long as we take turns playing」
Lazareth-ojiichan embarrassedly returned the control device to me after coming back to his senses.
I might have sulked if this is not my second life.
After getting the control device back, I showed Lazareth-ojiichan how to fly the Mini Dragon.
「Mumu, Al is so good at flying the Mini Dragon」
「That’s cause I’m used to controlling things with magic 」
I’m used to controlling things from afar using Psychic and I have experience playing radio-controlled toys as a child back in my previous life. And perhaps it’s because I’m also using Space magic that I get the ability to grasp space so I’m also able to fly the Mini Dragon through the foliage.
「Although the flying is good, it still looks somewhat awkward」
「Right. I never saw a real Dragon after all」
I’ve seen their illustrations in books but I never saw them flying in reality.
Although I tried to use the experience I had gained from controlling dolls, I just couldn’t shake off the feeling of discomfort. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Probably it’s not real enough to be considered the movements of a living creature.
「Have you seen a Dragon before ojiichan?」
「Nope」
Lazareth-ojiichan firmly replied.
Right. You will not see a Dragon if you lead a normal life.
「But, that guy has seen it before, right?」
In the direction Lazareth-ojiichan pointed with his chin was Nord-tousan - who sat idly beside Elna-kaasan at the external corridor.
……that’s right! Nord-tousan as the Dragon Slayer will definitely know about dragons in detail.
Thinking so, I run toward Nord-tousan.
「Nord-tousan, tell me how a dragon moves」
「Eh? Dragon?」
「Un, it’s important to make Mini Dragon fly cooler」
He didn’t seem to understand it right away, but I decided to bring him to the garden without minding that.
「Nord, tell us how to make the Mini Dragon fly cooler!」
「I do not know what you mean to make it fly cooler but I will tell you a dragon’s movements and what I know about them」
Nord-tousan nodded while smiling wryly at Lazareth-ojiichan’s arrogant words.
「Nord-tousan, how do dragons fly?」
「Although in principle dragons do fly, they do not fly using their wings」
「「Eh! Really!?」」
「People tend to misunderstand because they have such impressive wings, but they are nothing more than parts meant to assist in their flight」
「Then, how do dragons fly?」
Even though they have such huge wings, they only use their wings as a support in flying, I don’t understand. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「It is due to Wind magic that dragons can make their huge bodies float. Their wings are only used to simply change their direction in the air or glide through the air so they won’t waste their mana」
I was in shock when I heard the workings of how dragons fly from Nord-tousan.
「Eh? Then, so then a dragon is not flying even when they flap their wings?」
「That is how it is」
「Don’t lie! Nord!」
「That’s not a dragon!」
A dragon that can’t fly even if they flaps their wings is not a dragon.
I’m absolutely sure Nord-tousan is lying.
「I’m not lying, this is the truth! I have seen a dragon with my eyes! Furthermore, I have taken down a dragon before, and I also dismantled them, you know!」
As Lazareth-ojiichan and I angrily accused Nord-tousan of lying, Nord-tousan frantically claimed it was the truth.
「Both of you, what Nord said was the truth you know. Dragons have Wind element magic stones embedded somewhere inside their bodies that control their flight. And unless you take them out you won’t be able to take their ability to fly away」
Elna-kaasan supported Nord-tousan’s claim when we were clamoring about it.
「Kuuh, if even Elna said so then maybe it’s true……」
「That’s not a dragon! The dragons that we know impressively flap their wings and calmly fly through the sky!」
For their wings to have the part of adjusting their direction and controlling their gliding movement using their mana, isn’t there no difference between them and a Japanese flying squirrel (pteromis momonga) and a Japanese giant flying squirrel (petaurista leucogenys) then?
「But dragons flap their wings in the Dragon Slayer book’s illustration and play, you know?」
「Those were just an exaggerated representation and designed to be easy to understand. Like Al, everyone believes dragons use their wings to fly」
I tried pointing that out, clinging to a slight hope it was not true, but they cut them off without hesitation.
What on earth. It looks like we’ve been tricked.
「Incidentally, the lines over there are quite different from the original, alright?」
Nord-tousan was trying to subtly correct me by saying that the script of the play with the actual conversation was different, but I ignored them since I don’t care about such a thing.
「Then both of you. Tell me about how a dragon would move if we assume they are flying with their wings」
「I told you, dragons don’t fly with their wings, you know?」
「I know. But, dragons look way cooler flying with their wings and there’s more romance in that」
If real dragons are far removed from our imagination, then we just have to create the ideal movements of dragons that we have.
I’m sure the person drawing the illustrations in the Dragon Slayer book and the person responsible for the performance of the Dragon Slayer play were thinking the same thing as me. This is what people imagine when they think about dragons.
So that’s why, I should give the people the excitement and romance so it won’t break their dreams.
When I made that claim, Elna-kaasan and Nord-tousan gave me expressions of not understanding what I said, but they still told me about a dragon’s movements one way or another. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
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