CH 529

“Please come again ……!!”

“No, it’s not like we’re saying goodbye for good.”

Aside from Basleigh-sensei, who waved us off with tears in her eyes as she chewed on her handkerchief, we were walking towards the Monsters’ Garden.

“It’s been a while, right?”

“It’s no wonder because we’ve been in full-blown battles since Sandiola. I’d end up like this too, you know?”

“Yeah, I know! I liked you as a grandmother, but I like you as a beauty.”

“Oh, that’s very nice of you to say.”

Fath-san was laughing as she carried Sephiro on her shoulders, and Makina called out in panic as she suddenly dashed off.

“Wait, Master! What’s up all of a sudden?”

“Ahahaha! I’m going to leave you here!”

“Go, go!”

She didn’t stop at Makina’s words, and Fath-san ran down the street. I opened my mouth, thinking that our destinations are the same, so it doesn’t matter.

“Fath-san is very kind to children, isn’t she? Of course, it’s the same for Aina, but she’s also very kind to Tilia-chan and Sephiro. “

When Roza said this with a soft smile, Makina responded with a flash of inspiration. 

“I remember her saying about us, “It’s like I have a child.”, or something like that. I guess you could say that she’s become younger. “

“Is that the case with you too, Roza?”

“?”

I know Roza likes Sarge, but I think the slightly troubled expression on her face is bothering me?

“Does Bouden have children?”

“Heh, Sarge told me that all the dragons are on that island, but the Freeze dragons don’t, huh?”

I was surprised to hear Sarge say that the Royal Dragon moved to the island because he didn’t want to get into trouble with the humans.

“Hmmm, I’d like to meet the other dragons, too.”

“Haha, if we were humans, we’d be old enough to see each other a few times.”

As Vince laughed and laughed at the difference in our sense of time, Makina and I led the dragons after Fath-san, and soon we arrived at the Monsters’ Garden. 

“It’s a tamer facility …… Well, I guess you don’t know that.”

“Yeah, well, that’s right …….”

“Oh, you’re finally here.”

Although the way he said it was a little …… it wasn’t wrong either, so we walked past Fath-san to the reception desk where Tanji-san was waiting with mixed feelings.

“I can hear a lot of people talking.”

“Well, I’m glad to hear that you’re getting some visitors. Hello!”

I greeted him cheerfully and walked over to the reception desk where Tanji-san is–

“I’m here to see Iron Kong again today! Let’s go, Papa!”

“Yeah, let’s go look around.”

“Come on, we’re late for tamer class!”

“We’ll start with a weak monster at first–“

“Oh, wait a minute …… The reception desk is …… busy right now …… What is Lars doing ……”

–Tanji-san was so busy serving customers that he didn’t notice me at all. Makina said it was “lively”, but if you look, you can see where the monsters is, and when I looked at the window, there were more people and families than I expected. 

“D-Did Tanji-san alone deal with this himself?”

“He didn’t hire anyone!? Tanji-san!”

I called out to Tanji-san, who had just finished the reception and sent the family off, his eyes open widely and he shouted.

“Aaah! Lars! When the hell did you come back! Did you manage to retake the town of Gust!?”

“Thanks to you, we managed to. More importantly, there seem to be a lot of people here. Is there anyone else besides Tanji-san?”

“I didn’t hire anyone. I didn’t expect so many people to come, and some of them wanted to be tamers, so I couldn’t even recruit anyone because the place was booming before I could hire anyone.”

Well, right after we renovated this place, there was an incident in the town of Gust, so we didn’t pay attention to it and left it to them. 

“Hurry up, teacher!”

“Y-Yeah, wait for me! I’m sorry, Lars, can you help me with the reception? I’ve got a class to teach.”

“Oh, yeah. Of course, I’m also responsible for that too.”

“Thanks!”

As I watched him run into the additional room, I realized that Tanji-san hadn’t said a word against me.

To be honest, I said I’d help, but I didn’t, and I could have been denounced for this mess, but the first thing he said was, “Did you manage to retake the town of Gust!?”.

“…… Haah, I’m sorry for being too nice. I’m sorry, guys. I’ve got to work for a bit.”

“Hey, where’s the receptionist!”

“Wawa!? Sorry, I’ll do it! Makina, you take over.”

“Oh, Lars!”

“I’ll pay for it, so you can go check out the monsters’ garden.”

“Call me if you need a hand!”

I nodded and Makina and the others went out to the open space where the monsters were.

“…… This is a tough …… Maybe I should have asked Makina to stay behind ……”

Just as I’m starting to get a little uptight …… someone unexpectedly asks me about the monsters’ garden.