Frontier Magic Pharmacist

Chapter 31: The Flying Dragon

In order to keep the promise I made to my sister, we are now on our way to the Tradel River with our family.

But I would like to say something. How did it come to this?

I had planned to take only my sister to Tradel River, but my mother objected, saying that it would be dangerous to take her along.

The only girl in the Margrave Heine family is Rosalia, my younger sister. She is an important princess for both my mother and the Margrave Heine family.

“I’m sorry, Rosalia. That’s why I can’t take you with me.”

“Eh! No fair, no fair, no fair!”

My sister went berserk. She was more furious than ever before. I had no idea why she was acting so violently, but mother intervened and stopped her.

“All right, Rosalia. Then mother will go with you. That would be good, wouldn’t it?”

But then it was father who objected. And so, like a hot potato, brother Cain also joined us, and in the end, the whole family decided to go on a picnic to the Tradel River.

That is that. Let’s give up the antlers of the river elk.

The Tradel River was cool and beautiful today. The season may be a little longer before summer, but it will be pleasant to visit at that time.

The carriage was going slowly and leisurely while looking at the river. It might be nice to spend a leisurely day like this once in a while.

However, such a pleasant time was ended by a knight’s shout.

“Report! There is an injured person ahead. It seems to be an adventurer.”

“An injured adventurer? There shouldn’t be any dangerous animals around here. …… Hurry up and take him some recovery medicine!”

Lionel heard this and gave instructions. As Lionel said, there are no animals that attack people in this area. Of course, there are no monsters either.

Although there might be the occasional river elk that might get a little crispy when you mess with them.

The carriage we rode in continued forward and reached the injured adventurer. His injuries seemed to have been healed with recovery medicine, but his leather gear had been torn wide open across his chest.

Had he been attacked by a bear?　It seemed too big for that.

“My Lord, we are in trouble. It seems that a wyvern attacked him in the vicinity.”

“What?!”

“We’re listening to the details right now, but I’m pretty sure it’s a wyvern. ……”

Father and mother’s faces turned pale. Brother Cain and sister Rosalia, who don’t know what a wyvern is, are a bit dumbfounded. I, on the other hand,……, was thinking about how to get through this.

I can defeat a wyvern or so, even in my current state as a child. But is it a good idea to do it? Probably not; it would be bad if a nine-year-old child did that, even though this is a case where an A-rank adventurer would have to come out and do it. mother might have a stroke.

“We’d better hurry and turn back. Someone contact the Adventurers’ Guild.

If the wyvern is on the ground, the current number of guards should be enough to take it down. The question was how to drag him down. Unfortunately, there were only two wizards in the escort.

“Father, it might be a bad idea to move the carriage. It stands out.”

“Julius …… that might be true”

With so many people moving around, it would be noticeable. And the carriage is very conspicuous. After all, this carriage is made to show off the presence of the Margrave Heine family.

“What shall we do, Your Highness?”

“We should wait for the adventurers to come. …… But conveniently, will there be any A- rank adventurers? It will be difficult.”

It would be dangerous to spend the night like this. We have no food.

“Hmmm. It’s dangerous, but we’ll have no choice but to go back.”

Finally realizing the danger of their current situation, Rosalia clung to mother. Brother Cain’s face is also turning blue. Lionel’s face was tense.

And so, under father’s direction, we turned back the way we had come.

I’d never heard of a wyvern appearing in the Tradel River. Where in the world did it come from and for what purpose? The mystery only deepens. Is it a lost wyvern?

Well, dragons, which are said to be natural disasters, also appear without warning, so it would not be surprising if a wyvern of the same dragon species behaved in a similar manner.

We turn back the way we came. But, unfortunately, it seemed to have found us. We heard a loud cry from the sky above us.

“Did it find us already!? Put the carriage under the tree!”

The carriage enters the shade of a nearby tree under father’s direction. The knights surround it. I wonder if wyverns think humans are delicious food? I don’t think so. If they did, they would frequently appear in towns and villages, and the adventurers we saw earlier would have been eaten. Was it an eyesore?

At any rate, all I have to do now is protect my family. For that, I am willing to use my power. I got out of the carriage. I can’t see the wyvern well from inside the carriage.

“Julius, what are you doing?!　It’s dangerous, get back!”

I shut the door, pretending not to hear my father’s words. I could hear Rosalia crying. I pretended not to hear that, too.

Ahead, a wyvern was descending toward us.

“Julius-sama, it’s dangerous!”

“Lionel, tell the two wizards to aim for the wing on the right. I’ll take the other side.”

“Julius-sama! Did you hear that! Aim for the wing on the right side of the wyvern!”

The wyvern flies in, over the surface of the river while shaking it greatly. The same eerie gurgling sound is also heard. It’s so much more powerful than in the game.

As the wyverns approached, a magic spell was released. A fireball and a rock flew out of the way, but the fireball was dodged. But the rock hit it and damaged its wing. The wyvern’s stance was shaken.

“Windblade!”

The windblade was an enhanced version of the windsword I had used before. A long, sharp blade of wind cuts through the opponent. The wind blade I released completely ripped off the wyvern’s wing. The wyvern, which has lost one of its wings, crash-lands on the ground.

Waah!　 cheers rose from the knights.

“Don’t let your guard down until the end!　You’re up against a dragon species, after all!　Go carefully!”

At my proclamation, the knights with their spears headed toward the rampaging wyvern.

I wonder if I should have cut it in half after all? But I’m not sure.