There was only one dragon head left. Perhaps realizing it would be defeated if things continued this way, it used its huge body to escape. It shrank its remaining head as much as possible to protect it with its body, dragging all seven heads along as it fled.
Of course, there was no way we would just let it get away.
“Thousand shots of light arrows!”
The countless arrows of light I fired pierced its last neck one after another.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
The monster let out a loud roar and finally ran out of strength. It was a more powerful monster than expected, but we were able to subdue it safely.
“B-but what in the world… I can’t believe that the Yamata no Orochi was subdued so easily…”
The samurai old man still looked at the scene in disbelief.
“Well, in any case, I owe you my gratitude. If things had continued as they were, not only would our village have been destroyed, but it would have become a national disaster.”
The old man said this while gazing at the corpse of the huge mythical monster.
By the way, mythical monsters may eventually be resurrected. Although many difficult conditions must be met, mythical monsters are also born in this world through the unique evolution of other monsters. In other words, the one we subdued earlier must be a different entity from the Yamata no Orochi who was defeated by the hero Susanoo no Mikoto.
Additionally, mythical monsters of the same species cannot exist at the same time. Of course, there are also mythical monsters that seem to have lived since ancient times up to the present day.
“I have to report this to the shogunate… Karen, write a letter to the General and take it with you.”
“Eeh? I’ll be the one writing the letter to the General…?”
“There’s no one else. You see, I’m not in good shape. It’s hard for me to entrust this to someone so naive, but I have no choice.”
“You don’t trust me that much, do you…?”
It seemed he intended to report to the head of this country that the Yamata no Orochi had appeared and been subdued.
Right. This old man once served as a swordsmanship teacher for the shogun, and his letter would probably be read.
“I was the instructor under the previous shogun. However, I also met the current shogun when he was still a child.”
“Actually, why don’t you come with us, Ojiichan? Honestly, I feel like Samurai-oneechan might be overwhelmed by the responsibility.”
If she didn’t handle it well, she might be turned away.
“Who do you think I am?! I can deliver a letter to the Shogun! I’ll just go to Edo Castle, ask where the Shogun is, go there, and hand it over!”
“……Yeah, looks like that’s not going to work after all.”
“Right…”
Karen spoke proudly, puffing out her chest, but both the old man and I sighed at the same time. Naturally, if she tried to hand it over directly, she’d be captured instantly.
“But I’m so weak… Maybe it would be better to leave it in the care of you foreigners…”
“Well, it’s okay, Ojiichan. I think you’re saying that because traveling on foot is difficult, but it’ll be fine—we have a very convenient vehicle.”
Just like when we came to this village, we’d take an airship.
“Then let’s head there right away. And just in case, we should bring that corpse.”
“Eh?”
I threw the monster’s corpse into my subspace.
“I-iit disappeeeeeared!?”
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Once aboard the magic airship, the samurai-ojiichan started frolicking like a child.
“What a surprise! They’ve even made karakuri that can fly! That didn’t exist when I was in the city!”
“This isn’t a karakuri. It’s powered by magic, so it’s more like a magical tool.”
“Ooh~. I can see the village and the rice fields from up here!”
He is not listening at all.
Well, ordinary people don’t know the difference between magic tools and karakuri.
Eventually, the airship arrived at Edou’s central city, “Edo.” Further in the center was the General’s residence—Edo Castle.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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