A Warrior Exiled by the Hero and His Lover

n? And, to begin with, this girl belongs to me.
I’m the one who decides where she goes, and not some stranger like you. 

—Grandma!

—It’s already decided.
You’ll stay here, and you’ll be the heir.
If you want to have children with this man, I won’t stop you, you can have as many as you want.
I’ll give you all the time you need for that.

If you think about it, it was very natural for something like this to happen.

But what’s this about asking her to have children now? She was missing for years.
Also, kaede is incredibly cute, so it’s no wonder grandma is overprotective.

—I will always protect Kaede.
You must trust me.

—Trust you? You? A dragon man?

She knows I’m a dragon?

The smile disappears from Tamamo’s face and is replaced by an angry look.

—The stupid dogs out there would have easily wagged their tails and showed their bellies anyway.
Not me.
I’ll never forget what they did to me.
When you guys finished your work, you took off.
You threw away all the loyalty, respect and love we had for you.

Their hair stood on end.
Her fingers tightened and her fingernails sharpened. 

She had a fierce murderous look on her face.

—Hmm, but I guess it’s unfair to blame you for things in the past.

But she suddenly calms down after those words.

But I, on the other hand, was really confused.

This is not a simple master-slave relationship between a celestial beast and an ancient race.
She was really angry because of what I am.

I wonder what happened.

—Ah, my blood pressure has risen.
I knew this was going to happen as soon as I saw your face, being someone who has blood running through his veins from the ancient race.
And I did nothing but take my anger out on you.

—Grandmother, history is not yet written, it would be unfair to stay living in the past.

—I will not let you travel.
You’ll stay here, he’ll get his reward and you’ll say goodbye.

—Grandma!

—End of story.
We are still fighting a fight against the invaders.
They will come back sooner or later, and when they do, you will have to fight for your home.

Tamamo got up and left the room with a slight limp in her right leg.

It looks like that old woman is badly hurt.
Even if it doesn’t look like it, everything points to the fact that she is making an excessive effort to stay on her feet.

I’m also curious about those attackers. 

Suddenly Kaede turned around, and leaned toward me.

—I’m sorry.
Grandmother is very grateful to the Master, but she regrets making me escape from this unprotected place when I was so small and weak.

—I think there’s one more reason why she’s acting like this.

—Kyui.

—It can’t be helped.
I guess we’ll need a little more time to persuade her.

—Yes.

Fortunately, the old lady said we could stay as long as we wanted.

Kaede will have to make the most of it if there’s still a chance to change her mind.

—Um… Master, I’m not ready to have a baby yet.

….Kaede-san?

When I was guided to the hot springs, Yatsufusa, Obi and the other white wolves were already immersed in the water.

—Oh, I’m sorry for not expecting you, master. 

—That’s all right.
Grandfather works harder than I do.
I didn’t want to take it before him.

I sat down on a wooden chair, and proceeded to wash my head and body.
Then proceeded to sink into the waters overlooking the night sky.

—This is like being in paradise.

The open-air baths of the white foxes have always been special.
Every once in a while, I come here to take a bath.
But that old woman charges a lot of money.
If it weren’t for this, they’d let us go for free.

I see, so this was one of the reasons they took on the reconstruction of the place.

The white wolf bath was good, but this bath is also good, with a different atmosphere.

—Don’t worry about the old woman, she’s just a little weak-minded after the attack.
If necessary, I will convince her.

—It’s okay, this is our problem, we’ll take care of it ourselves.

—Is all this because of that girl? 

—No no… Well yes.

—Hoho.
It’s okay, that old lady is a problem.
Obi still won’t accept one of her daughters, and I’m already starting to feel worried about that.

Grandpa looks at Obi.

Obi, his dead eyes full of distrust, replies in a muffled voice.

—S—Someday…