Black Iron Magician

Chapter 376 Baha Family

The trial of Rimudo is to challenge the same path as the courage test, which should be passed if you want to have an audience, but without the protection by smell. In other words, just like Haruna and the others, the dragons will become enemies once you leave the first island. The starting point of this trial is on the fifth island, but in fact, it starts even before that. First of all, you have to cross the sea, where dragons will attack you, and reach the starting point. With the speed of a ship, it’s clear that it will be destroyed, so it’s impossible to borrow one from the island. Then, the only way is to do it with your own power. It is extremely difficult to swim to the fifth island on your own. Still, if you can’t do even this much, it’s the same as not being qualified to challenge the trial.

「Swim and run to reach the goal―― it’s like a triathlon!」

「It’s a pretty dangerous triathlon, though…. Wait, Wee, you tried it at that time!? Were you okay!?」

「I wasn’t okay…. Thinking back now, I’m embarrassed by how immature I was….」

When Weerel was very young, she received special education as a talented child, and she was proud and confident of her power. No one around her was more talented than her, and she was convinced that she was working harder for the future than anyone else. She thought that she was worthy to challenge this impregnable trial, which is said that no one has ever achieved.

「But the reality was cruel…. I managed to reach the starting point, the fifth island, by making full use of water magic…. However, I couldn’t go any further… so I regretfully gave up….」

「I think it’s amazing enough that you made it there alone when you were very young.」

「No…. The dragons on the sea and on the island… their strengths were completely different…. To be specific, it was like the difference between Kiel and King Dias….」

It’s a subtle and hard-to-understand expression.

「Well, Wee-chan at that time was at level 4 or 5 after all. You were strong enough to fight the children who protect the sea, but I think it was hard after landing.」

「If they were stronger than that, they would be as strong as the Four Heavenly Kings of the Sea Demons, right? Does that mean people at that level are common?」

「Hmm, I don’t know how strong those Four Heavenly Kings are. Ah, that’s right. I’ll make an easy-to-understand chart of our family.」

「「Huh?」」

Saying so, Satella brings a large sheet of paper and a brush. She moved the brush in an experienced manner, and in a blink of an eye, something that looked like a simplified chart was drawn

「Um, is it okay to look at it?」

「Sure, go ahead ♪」

「Then, excuse me….」

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The Pleasant Baha Family

※ Let’s live in harmony and cooperate with each other.

The islanders are good neighbors. Don’t eat them.

Only bad intruders are allowed to eat. No leftovers.

Don’t call mom ‘Satella-obahan’. I will punish you severely ♪

◇ Level 1 children ♪

Dragon Babies who have just hatched from eggs should stay at home.

Let’s eat well, play well, sleep well, and evolve quickly.

◇ Level 2 children ♪

The children who have successfully evolved into Dragon Kids should take care of their younger brothers and sisters.

Don’t forget to practice your breath, and be careful not to burn the nest!

◇ Level 3 children ♪

Once you become a Lesser Dragon, you will finally be assigned to work outside the house.

Even so, you are still not a full-fledged dragon. (Work is also training).

Be careful not to stray too far from the older brothers and sisters who accompany you.

◇ Level 4 children ♪

When you become a Young Dragon, it is a sign that your work has been recognized.

It’s finally time for you to be independent, away from the senior dragons!

By the way, it’s the time when many children start to get carried away, so be careful.

◇ Level 5 children ♪

By this point, you are a fine dragon.

Depending on the child, you may be a species that has adapted to the environment, such as ground, sea, or sky.

At work, you will be treated as a full-fledged dragon and become the main force from the first to the fifth island.

In some cases, you may even be entrusted as a leader. Yay!

◇ Level 6 children ♪

Mom is happy that you have become a fine named dragon.

Some children will go off the island to become independent with the permission of Dad and Mom.

But if you are careless, you will be targeted by the human nations and guilds ♪

On the sixth and seventh islands, you will act as a reliable guardian to protect our family’s nests!

◇ Level 7 children ♪

There’s nothing else that Mom can teach you.

It can be said that you have become a splendid existence as Dad’s successor.

As a guardian who unites the level 6 children, you can play an active role as a fine Demon King outside.

Even so, you’re still only at the level of the Great Eight Demons Candidate. Getting carried away is prohibited ♪

◇ Level 8 children ♪

You will act as Dad’s right or left arm and everyone will admire you.

Yuba and Zuha are good children, and Mom is very proud of you ♪

But it’s time for you two to find a partner….

I know that you two are old enough to understand, but Mom is still worried about you. If you want, Mom can arrange a marriage for you, you know?

After all, that was how Mom got to know your father――

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This chart shows the internal conditions of the Baha Family who controls the Dragon God’s Island and describes in a very easy-to-understand and friendly manner what kind of things are done by people at what level. The last part, where Chinatsu smiles wryly, is just endless writings of Satella’s emotions, but other than that, it can be used as a reference.

「Well, uh, hmm… i-it sure is easy to understand.」

「Yes…. Late marriage is a matter of concern for the country….」

「That’s where you’re worried about!?」

「Makam and Redon are level 5, so they are Ground Dragons…. I see~. Even I could understand this! Also, Satella-san and Rimudo-san had an arranged marriage, huh. That’s surprising!」

「That’s right~. At that time, Rimudo was so strong that he had never even tied his tail with a girl.」

「Tail…?」

Tying tails―― it’s an act of holding hands for dragons.

「Um, it might be too late to ask this now…. Is Rimudo-san’s trial that famous? I mean, even the young Weerel knew about it.」

「It is…. There are even posters about it on the walls of the shops on the islands…..」

「Eh, posters? Why?」

「Well, that’s simple. You see, Rimudo is quite the warrior type even if he’s like that. Since he became the Great Eight Demons, it seems that his opportunities to fight had increased. That’s a joyous thing, but he couldn’t just fight everyone since he has his honor as the Great Eight Demons, so he decided to narrow down the challengers to some extent. Even if it is just an audience, you need to pass the courage test, right? So, the trial started in a similar way to that and was announced grandly.」

‘Even if it’s to narrow down the challengers, no one can clear it if you raise the difficulty to that level, right? In fact, Wee said that no one has ever achieved it…’, Chinatsu secretly wondered so.

(But according to this chart, level 8 is the upper limit of the dragon that protects the island. It won’t be easy, but it won’t be an unreasonable battle, I guess…? If anything, the problem is after we arrived at Rimudo-san’s place. No, if Satella-san intrudes, she will be as much of a threat as Lily-san――)

Based on Satella’s information, Chinatsu imagined the trial that they would challenge tomorrow. From the fact that she doesn’t think that it’s unreasonable even though there are level 8 dragons, it seems that she has been corrupted considerably by Nell. Also, she doesn’t seem to be aware of it.

「Well, I will send you back tomorrow morning, so let’s take a bath and go to bed today. The hot water is ready, and I’ve laid out the futons in the next room, so feel free to use them.」

「Bath! Chinatsu-san, Wee-chan, let’s enter together!」

「W-Wait, Haruna. I haven’t sorted my thoughts yet!」

「Bath, it’s the healing of life….」

Haruna took the two and went straight to the bathroom.

―――― The 66th day of training is over.