Dragon-san Wants a Friend-Chapter 9: Dragon-san Prepares Herself

Translator: Kurehashi Aiko

「To tell you the truth, what I was studying so far was the means of lifting the curse of slavery. Although I have found the means to lift it by observing Lava’s contract with me, without my staff I’m afraid I lack the magical power to do so. However, I came with a solution that if we had a part of your body, any part filled with magic will do, we could very well supply the necessary magic directly.」

「…… I promised you that I’m going to respect your will for as long as the contract binds us. If that’s what you want to do, then I don’t have any right to stop you. But then, is your magical core going to be okay?」

Since it has to be a part of my body, a scale should fit that role just fine, acting as a magical conductor of highest quality.

Not to mention that for me the scales had little to no value. Just like my hair or nails, they grew once in a few years (not everything about me was reptile, after all) and so long as I clearly desire it, I can just shed it away. And since it was a process that occurred naturally, there was no need for any kind of compensation on my part.

However, using the scales could create a problem of its own.

It was indeed possible to use magic without a staff. And what was so important about the staff, as Nectar explained to me, was the fact that the human body would simply break under the pressure of strong magic, breaking the magical core of the user in the process.

Come to think of it, magic and caster were very similar to the way in which electricity and electrical devices worked in my world.

For the device –– magic –– to work, it is necessary to supply electricity –– magic power –– to it, though the voltage is different for every device you want to use. It was very much like using the transformer plug to the outlet.

And for magic users, said transformer was nothing other than the magical core, which was determining the scale of freedom that the user had over his magic.

I didn’t need something like the staff, for my Draconic body was acting like a big magical core.

Even though each person in this world was slightly different, there was no human who could possibly take the magical energy straight from the magic crystals into their body. The magic core would simply get overloaded in an instant. So, to compensate for this, they used the staffs and magical wands as both the conversion and amplifying tool.

But theoretically speaking, what would have happened if a mere human would try to draw power from the magic crystals?

For example, if you do not plug in the correct power cable into the device, but instead try to connect to it a different cable, with different voltage whatsoever.

In case of magic, although the caster could manipulate the power he was putting into the spell to some extent, controlling the spell would be extremely difficult since the caster would be dealing with enormous amounts of raw magical power, one that he would not be able to handle, and since his magical core would be unable to regulate it all, his life would be in danger.

Once the magic circuit breaks, there is no way to cure it. To magicians it is especially fatal, since they are no longer able to even feel the magic currents, not to mention being unable to conduct research for the rest of their lives.

Nevertheless, Nectar nodded strongly, being fully aware of the risks involved.

「If we can perform the ritual safely for the first time, we will be able to do it for others with ease, once I get a new staff for myself and teaching them the basics of the ritual. I can’t practice magic alone, but I’m pretty sure that Kyle will be able to do it. We only have to do it once. Then, I’ll be able to endure it. Of course, I will pay you for the scale as much money as you want. Please, will you let me go and save my friend?」

I let out the air that I had been reflexively keeping inside.

Since the Dragon’s lungs could accommodate lots of oxygen, when I breathed out it cause a minor wind that messed Nectar’s hair, but the serious look was not gone from his eyes. Not even for a second.

「…… I thought that you would like me to do it.」

From his expression full of surprise, I can tell that such thought never even crossed his mind.

Next, Nectar said to me something that seemed to be rather strange.

「It is something that concerns our world. I am very sorry to use your wisdom to resolve this matter, but if you, Lava, were to resolve it, it would be something completely different altogether. People’s problems should be resolved only with people’s hands.」

I know that each human being is unique.

If you want to take my scales, than you should do it with no regrets.

You should not sweat too much over the small details and just do the things that you want to do.