Something seems off...?

"Welcome to Tessin… I don't know how confident you are in your skills, but try not to die."

"Don't worry, I won't die. I'm strong, after all!"

With the dwarven immigration officer seeing us off, we entered the country.

Apparently there's a Thunder Dragon somewhere inside… How exciting! Plus there's that "anything" reward from Dea-kun to look forward to… drool.

Ah. No, wait. Dea-kun is a beautiful girl for viewing purposes only. For viewing purposes only!

I've been forgetting lately, but he's technically a guy!

Should I maybe use this "anything" to take a bath together and visually confirm Dea-kun's… Dea-kun, and make sure he's definitely male?

Since he's going to the trouble of dressing like a guy for me, I should make sure not to forget… yeah.

Hm? Wait, Dea-kun dresses as a guy so I don't forget he's male, but then why am I the one so conscious of it…? … Uh. Huh?

"A-anyway, let's go kill that dragon already!"

Getting my thoughts back on track, I headed from the border further into the country.

"It's big, so I should find it easily, right?"

I stood atop my speeding car, looking around in every direction.

The car itself isn't strictly necessary, but it's kind of like a magic carpet, you know?

There's also the calculation that making a lot of noise and kicking up dust clouds might draw it to us.

"Hmm, sensing for presences… that way, maybe?"

My baseless intuition is telling me so. Alright. Let's go, let's go!

As I drove along a road near a forest, a monster appeared that had absolutely nothing to do with dragons. A lion with a snake for a tail… A Chimera? Something like that? I dunno.

I lopped off its head and collected it anyway.

"Since I'm here, I hope some tastier-looking monsters show up. Oh, I wonder if dragon meat is good? Dragon steak would be pretty romantic, don't you think…"

Dea-kun and Aishia are in the car… or rather, they're back at base modifying the car, so I'm just talking to myself.

Hm? If they're modifying the car, then what's this car I'm driving?

It's a backup copy. Making a backup before doing modifications is just common sense.

I mean, it's not like this is some legendary one-of-a-kind holy sword or anything. Of course you'd prepare spares for important tools. Especially when magic makes it easy to duplicate them.

While speeding along, I spotted a big snake and hunted it too. These things, when you butterfly and grill them, taste kind of like eel. Kabayaki style… shirayaki would work too.

Hm? Ah, crap. It had a cut on its face. Might have been someone else's prey. Totally stole their kill. Better get out of here quick.

"Anyway, where's that dragon? Hello? Draaaagon? … Oh?"

I spotted a large creature running toward me from ahead.

A lizard… A big lizard? No! An iguana! Could this be my target dragon!?

… Or so I thought, but on closer inspection, it was pulling a covered wagon. Must be some kind of draft animal. Too bad. As we passed each other, the driver called out to me with a desperate expression.

"Hey, run! There's a dragon behind us!!"

"Huh, seriously?"

At that brief warning, a grin naturally spread across my face.

Yes! Found it!

Sure enough, behind them was an ochre-colored silhouette. This one could only be described as a "Dragon!" A cool dragon with wings on its back, swooping in at low altitude.

Thank you, luck, for helping me find it even easier than I expected!

… What? Normally you'd lament your misfortune at encountering a dragon?

I don't know what you're talking about! I'm the invincible strongest beautiful girl, Karina-chan!

"I'll charge head-on and blow it away, blow it away with a right straight! Take thiiis!"

Still on the car, I charged toward the dragon and slammed a right straight into its face.

My right arm, protected by Spatial Magic, mercilessly sank into the dragon's face, breaking a fang.