Sepakai (GXG) (GIRLXGIRL) (GL)

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Chapter 3
Section 6: Shining Sword Flare in the Setting Sun
“Gururu, ga…………GAAAAAAH!?”

Yes, right now is the most important moment. The spores burned by the explosion will melt together into a thick slime. With the spores diffused through the air like they were, the gunk will end up pouring down like rain and cover the dragon’s body like a web. Then once its temperature drops from contact with the cold winter air, the mucus will shrink and harden, depriving the dragon from being able to move freely.

“Gururururururu, gagah…….”

When things turned out exactly as I had hoped, I clenched my fist without bothering to try and hold back the laughter that naturally welled in my chest. I then yelled as loud as I could.

“TOSLIN!!”

“Oyah!”

Like a drum that reverberates when struck with a stick, Toslin ran forward at the sound of my voice. She jumped up. Long sword already in hand. The blade reflecting the light from the setting sun looked like it was covered in flames as if it were a sacred sword gifted by the divine for a Hero’s specific use. And then, it was brandished towards the dragon’s neck.

“Ga!? Graaa, ga………..”

*Dosun*………..*Tp*

As Toslin’s feet touched ground again, so too did the dragon’s body keel over, causing the very ground to shake as it fell on its side. The still warm air continued to coil around our bodies. After using out tongues to moisten our dry lips, we all shared a look with one another. At first we were all too stunned to say anything, but as some more time passed by, the color of delight bled into everyone’s expressions.

“H………..Hooray, right?”

I made a broad smile and laughed at Carol’s mutter. Even though its head hadn’t been completely chopped off, Toslin’s sword had torn through deeply. Large amounts of blood were gushing out in a wound that looked fatal even for a dragon.

“Amazing……….Amazing amazing Iris!”

Carol sprinted over, jumping up and down as she hugged me. Toslin, Rose-san, and all the villagers gathered around as well.

“Hey hey, how did you do it? What is that, and why did it blow up?”

Carol’s eyes kept jumping between me and the dragon as she excitedly fired off questions.

“Ah, that is…….”

A dust explosion. An explosion caused by the continuous burning of flammable particles that have saturated the air. A while back I had read a book written about a person who had died from this kind of explosion, but I’m glad it worked as well as it did. And the subsequent restraint that came from the spores being melted down to birdlime from the heat had worked even more wonderfully than I had imagined.

If I hadn’t read that book in the past or heard about the spores’ other properties from Ryland-san during our interview, it would’ve been impossible to get this result. You could also say we were only able to get this far because of a huge amount of luck, but we just slew a dragon. I’m just going to obediently be delighted about that fact.

“Heh, you really do know a lot……I mean, even though you act really normal, you’re not normal at all.”

Placing a hand on Carol’s head whose eyes had drawn back to two tiny dots showing she didn’t understand anything I just said, Toslin looked at me with some slight surprise in her eyes as well.