The Water Magician

"By the way, earlier, for some reason, the name of the floating continent came up."

"Ah. The Dragon King, the Vampire Grand Duke, a demon far stronger than Garwin... and now the floating continent. Indeed, this dark continent has all sorts of things."

"Abel, please don't say something like, 'The key to world domination is on the dark continent! My Naitorei Kingdom will invade the entire land and use it as a stepping stone to world domination!'"

"Of course I wouldn't say that! What kind of dangerous image of a king is that?"

Ryo provoked Abel, who firmly rejected the notion.

"I know that you took explosive flames and your wife out to the dark continent to take advantage of the chaos and end lives, right? As expected of the king of intrigue and stratagem, Abel."

"Absolutely not! I would never do that. If I did something like that and it got out later, the Central Nations would be in serious trouble."

"I see, so you plan to ensure it never gets out."

"Yes, I'm telling you I absolutely won’t do it!"

Ryo made a mischievous face, continuing to provoke Abel, who once again refused.

Of course, Ryo knew that Abel would never do something like that, which is why he was saying it.

After a while, a responsible person from the French Fleet that had joined them arrived.

In other words, it was Pope Graham.

"Your Holiness Abel."

"Ah, it seems I’ve worried you, Your Holiness. I apologize."

The Skizblaznil Vessel had suddenly disappeared and then reappeared, which was not a normal occurrence.

Understanding that it was unusual, the Pope himself came to confirm the situation.

"I was caught by a powerful person of high status."

As Abel said this and looked toward Blan, Blan was already looking at Graham.

Moreover, unusually, his eyes were wide open in surprise.

"This is rare."

Blan exclaimed in a small but astonished voice as he looked at Graham.

Graham naturally understood who Blan was.

"Being around Lord Ryo really never gets boring. This person is probably one of... the top figures, right?"

"As expected of you, Graham; you understand."

"Somewhat. In fact, that existence and name also appear in the history of the Western Church."

"What?!"

"...with Lord Blan."

"Oh."

Ryo's eyes widened in surprise at the proper nouns Graham mentioned.

"I heard that founder Nyu had interactions with you."

It seemed Blan heard those words.

"I remember, Nyu. Those were... indeed, fun times."

Even Blan smiled nostalgically.

It seemed that even in the memories of the Dragon King, who lived for hundreds of thousands of years, that time remained as a vivid memory.

"Indeed... To actually meet someone who was only an existence in documents is a great honor. Truly, the ones I have met until now are on a different level... The only one who might compare would be someone named Leonor. She toyed with Hero Roman, but she might even surpass that..."

"Yes, yes, exactly."

Ryo nodded repeatedly at Graham's words.

Yes, he was one of the Dragon Kings, positioned even above the strongest species, the dragons, alongside the demons like Leonor.

Ryo thought Graham's recognition was accurate.

"To call him founder Nyu means you are from the Church, right?"

"Yes, Lord Blan. I am Graham, having been granted the position of the 101st Pope."

"The Pope? You? Oh... Well, this is surprising."

Blan, the Dragon King, appeared quite surprised by Graham's self-introduction.

He probably didn't understand why the Dragon King was surprised by him.

Graham asked straightforwardly.

"Is it that surprising...? Am I somehow different?"

"Well, there would be no one other than us who would notice you, so I wouldn't be surprised..."

"Yes?"

"Do you not understand what I'm talking about?"

"Yes... I'm sorry, but I don't."

Graham answered honestly.

"I never expected to exist... However, is part of your memory restricted? That is quite some technology."

Blan's muttering was too quiet for anyone present to hear.

After that, a casual conversation about founder Nyu blossomed between Graham and Blan.

Perhaps because Graham was a person who excelled in research about Nyu within the Western Church and truly admired him.