"... Hmm. Sort of..."


    Illis admitted honestly.


    Astalot smiled.


    "You''re getting a lot softer too, aren''t you?


    "What''s that?


    Iris said a little angrily.


    Astalot sensibly perceived it and answered.


    "What, you praised me?"


    Iris glanced at Astalot with a fixed eye.


    "... Hmm. I don''t think I meant it."


    Astalotto immediately blurred his shoulders out of his heart.


    "That''s not true. It would be a great pleasure to hear it from me."


    "Why would you be happy?


    "It''s settled, isn''t it? I have no intention of contending with you. On the contrary, I want to get along with you if I can."


    But Iris still stunned Astalot with a frigid odor.


    "... Hmm. Well, I''m tired of chatting with you. It''s time for you to show me where the dragon lives for a thousand years.


    Astalot grinned lightly.


    "Right. But... I really don''t see it."


    "You, didn''t you fool me after all?


    "Well, if that''s the case, then it''s a circumstance."


    Astalot became a rather troubled look.


    Iris asked a lot.


    "That''s a lot of fun, isn''t it?


    Then Astarot said with a sigh.


    "Of course not? If I had been deceived by the dragon earlier, it would have been superior to me."


    "Ha! Is that all?


    "That''s right. Because I also think I''m superior to just a dragon. If a thousand years of dragons don''t know, and you''re inferior to just a dragon, you''ll be just as depressed."


    Then Illis unexpectedly denied Astalot''s idea.


    "That''s not true. You''re better than that dragon. This is what I say. Definitely."


    Astalot looked a little surprised and said with a sigh.


    "Thank you. I never thought I''d be comforted by you."


    Then Iris immediately denied it.


    "I didn''t mean to console you, did I?


    "Really? I felt that way, didn''t I?


    "Whatever you think is up to you. But I don''t mean to."


    Astalot smiled tenderly.


    "Right. Then I guess that''s what I''ll do."