The Dragon Lord System
S2 - Alibi x Shocked

Fiu...

Eventually the insects around started to diminish.

However, before me, there was a beetle that seemed to be different from the others.

"Eh, Zara?" I said with a surprised tone. Zara, the monster that was my subordinate, was in front of me and tilted her head.

I felt a change in Zara, but I'm not sure what happened.

However, within my heart, anxiety began to appear.

Did Zara hear my letoy scream?

A scream that did not match the image of a majestic dragon like myself.

I don't want the image I've been building all this time to be useless because of my ridiculous actions just now.

This heart skipped a beat, like the beating of a drum getting faster.

Dag.. Digs.. Dugs...

"Oh my lord, are you okay?, for I hear you running and making a loud scream, so I am on this floor" said Zara

"Oh no, Zara asked about that," I murmured inwardly, trying to think of a logical reason.

I have to give a reasonable reason for Zara not to suspect anything.

"Aargh. I should what?" murmured in my heart.

There was no choice but to lie to Zara. I don't want to spoil the image of my dignified grand dragon.

Yosh!

I also decided to act.

"Ohuukk.. Uhummm," I deliberately coughed before explaining to Zara.

"A, Zara! I'm doing fine. I'm conducting an evaluation of each floor" I said while trying to maintain a serious voice.

"Uhumm, and I'm testing the strength of the upstairs structure. So I stomped my feet hard and ran heavy."

I quickly stomped my feet firmly, creating a sound that filled the room.

Duars..

Dubrak..

Embassy...

"Well, there doesn't seem to be a problem. The floor structure is still very strong," I said in a relieved tone.

"Ahh, yes. That voice you heard earlier, that I was doing my throat exercises to get my new [Skill] out. It seems to work," I said proudly, hoping that Zara would not notice the awkwardness of my explanation.

I quickly switched the subject.

"By the way, nice work, Zara! Looks like you're guarding the upper floor well," I said with praise.

trying to distract him from my stupid explanation.

Huu...

Let's hope Zara accepts this stupid excuse of mine.

However, for some reason, I saw Zara's body tremble.

"Eh? Is she okay?" murmuring in my heart, I grew more and more worried about Zara's reaction to my unconvincing explanation.

I saw Zara kneeling before me, full of devotion and admiration.

"As I thought, my master is full of genius! My master always gives me surprises. I'll take better care of the upstairs, my lord! Thanks for your compliment!" zara said with a flushed face while shaking and kneeling before me.

"Fiuu.." I muttered with relief.

Good thing Zara trusted my alibi. Hehe...

All right, time to talk to Zara.

"Uhukkp... Uhumm..." I started a fake cough and prepared to give instructions.

"Zara, I will make you the boss of this upper floor, and your job is to manage the first to fifth floors" I said firmly.

"Ehh? WHATAAA?" zara shouted in surprise, while still kneeling before me.

"Ah, forgive my impoliteness, my lord! If you will, please punish your servant who does not know this courtesy!" zara said on her knees.

"Ah, don't think about it, Zara. I know you're just surprised, so there's no need to overdo it. Rise up," I said while acting as a grand dragon.

"How good is my lord!" zara said as she held back tears, still kneeling with her face facing me.

"As I say, Zara. The upper floors are now your responsibility. In short, I want you to work as a floor boss and manage the first to fifth floors" I explained.

Yep, especially as bait, shield, and scapegoat for me.

Hehe... As a catch of attention, I worry if he dies.

Ah, but who cares? He forced me to stay in my house aka my dungeon, and he swore an oath to protect me.

Yep... Everything will be more interesting from here.

I looked at Zara again.

"I-i..T-lord..ku?" Zara seemed to be unable to believe it.

"No, you can do it, Zara," I said encouragingly to him.

However, suddenly there were many beetle cubs that appeared like cockroaches all around me, just like on the first floor.

My teeth rattled withstanding the disgust and fear that was within me.

"M-disgusting," I murmured inwardly, feeling a hint of disgust.

Ah drat...

There's Zara in front of me...

I could neither run away, nor shout and I had to keep my image as a majestic dragon...

Slowly, the little beetles started flying and crawling on my body like cockroaches.

"S-shit!" I tried to stay strong in order to maintain the image of my dragon, even though my body was shaking and the desire to shout was very strong.

I want to get out of this place immediately.

"DEFEND, FOR THE SAKE OF THE IMAGE OF THE GREAT DRAGON MU CALLIGA" I said in my heart to fight my phobia against insects, my body was trembling it wanted to scream but I kept my image.

Quickly, I took out a magic stone from my [Void Storage] and placed it before Zara.

"Ba-Ba-Tu magic?! This is so much, my lord?!" Zara was surprised by the number of magic stones I gave her.

I could only give a faint smile, trying to calm her down.

I had no problem giving it away because I still had ample supplies in my hidden room downstairs.

Inside, there were many magic stones of extremely high purity.

"W-You can eat it," I said as I tried to hold back the shaking.

"Eh? Really Master?!" Zara was surprised to hear that.

"Y-yes, it's a gift for you," I replied tremblingly.

Zara looked surprised. Of course, he must be surprised.

Thanks to my knowledge of the ruins, I finally found out the unique value of the magic stone.

As it turned out, magic stones had a very high value in this world and they were traded at a very expensive price by both humans and demons.

There were even magic stones that could buy an entire country.

Although I'm not sure if the value still holds today, what is certain is that the magic stone before us is extremely valuable.

His magic power could even be a savior to me.

"...... I understand, My Lord! Thank you very much, my lord!" zara said in a happy voice.

Zara ate the magic stone slowly.

"Come, hurry! I want to escape from here," I murmured inwardly while looking at my body full of beetles.

"Aarrayghh!" I shouted in my heart...

"Looky! I've never eaten a magic stone of such high purity before! Ah, indeed, I had felt it the first time I received a magic stone from Mr. Calliga, but this is incredible! I can't describe it, it's just amazing, my Lord!" zara said with admiration.

I ignored him because now almost my entire body was filled with beetle children who looked like cockroaches.

My body was shaking, sweat was flowing, and it felt like I wanted to wet my bed.

That's when...

Zara started to shine.

Bright light as before.

"EEEEEEHHHH?!!" I shouted in surprise.

What the hell is going on?