Reincarnated as a Dragon's Egg

234 – The Lithovar Village

With Hibi and Baron on my back, I charge through the forest. Hibi is telling me the direction through [Telepathy].

I easily leap over the river. The shock of my impact shakes the surroundings, startling away monsters that appear from the mud and undergrowth. The monsters look like round mice or wolves. After she levels up a bit, perhaps the wight will be able to hunt them.

Part way through the journey, I sense a creepy presence behind me. Not wanting to slow down, I ask my partner to watch the path ahead so I can check behind.

Far behind us, I see five children sitting on a branch, faintly glowing with white light. They’re the same as the monster we saw before that my partner wanted to eat, the raran. They’re staring back at me from the slight cavities where their eyes should be. But they have no ill intent, right? They’re just looking, right? Somehow they’re super scary though.

『Tree, going to hit』

Recieving my partner’s warning, I quickly face forwards and dodge the oncoming obstacle.

『It seems the forest children are also pleased to see the return of dragon-god-sama. They must have been worried that the forest would be thoughtlessly destroyed. 』

While I’m wondering about the rarans I saw, Hibi gives me an explanation by [Telepathy]. I-I see, those guys hate damage to the forest. That fits with how [God’s Voice] described them as living by sucking magic power out of trees… If they have the position of guardian deity of the forest, then I guess the dragon-god could well be a welcome existence for them.