You think you're worthy of saving the world?

Soon, they came across one of the several villages on the island.

Inside the village, surrounded by a wooden fence, villagers dressed in traditional costumes watched the unfamiliar visitors from the civilized world with wary eyes.

The indigenous people look no different from Yuri.

He had been wondering if the inhabitants of this island were orcs or elves.

They seem to be just ordinary human beings.

"It seems we can't just hurt the villagers without permission?" Yuri whispered in Jiayika's ear.

"Is that so? What's the matter?"

"nothing."

Yuri had previously considered using force to subjugate the villagers and speed up his progress.

Anyway, this singularity is privacy mode, so no matter what I do, no one outside will see it.

"No way!"

Chaika, sensing the evil intent emanating from Yuri, pouted: "Yuri, even if this is a singularity, you can't just do things that go against morality, okay?"

"I know, I know."

Yuri and Chaika walked and talked until they reached the entrance to the village.

There were several muscular men at the entrance, who appeared to be the village's security personnel.

Unexpectedly, they did not stop Yuri and his group, but watched them enter the village.

After the two entered the village, many houses on both sides of the road opened their windows and peeked at the two who had come from outside the island.

However, no one spoke to them.

Based on Yuri and Jiaika's deductions on their way there, the island must have a fairly strict hierarchical system.

So, no one would speak to them without the permission of the village leaders.

"Well……"

Jaika twisted her arms and suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable all over.

Feeling uncomfortable being silently watched, she moved closer to Yuri.

At this moment, a villager came up to the two of them and pointed to a house located deep in the village.

"The village chief's house."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Yuri and Chaika exchanged a glance, nodded, and walked towards the room.

The village chief was an elderly man who looked to be about sixty years old.

He wasn't particularly kind; he gave off the impression of a stern elder.

"Hello, we are from outside the island and are very interested in the island's customs."

I especially want to write a chronicle about the dragon god and the priestess.

Upon entering the village chief's house, Yuri fluently stated the identity provided by the singularity.

A folklorist? So young?

The village chief frowned, his gaze shifting suspiciously between the two men's faces.

"Ah... yes."

Yuri sat up straight and pointed to Chaika beside him: "This is Miss Chaika."

Don't let her young age fool you; she's already a university professor, and I'm her assistant.

"Hmph...I can't tell at all," the village chief said irritably.

Just like his appearance, this old man was very mean.

The village chief crossed his arms and shouted, "You wouldn't happen to be criticizing the 'Crimson Festival' too, would you?"

You high and mighty civilized people! You have no idea about the hardships others face, so don't casually criticize other people's customs!

also……?

Yuri and Chaika exchanged a glance; it seemed they weren't the first people to investigate customs from outside the island.

"I……"

Just as Chaika was about to speak, Yuri grabbed her and stopped her.

"That's not true! How could that be!?"

Yuri the fly rubbed his hands together and said in a fawning manner, "We just want to learn about the great dragon god and tell more people about the existence of the god."

"Hmph...that's more like it." The village chief nodded in satisfaction.

151. A lone man and a lone woman, like dry wood meeting a raging fire.

"Village chief, could you tell us about the Dragon Priestess?"

After a few words of flattery, Yuri got down to business.

He held a notebook in his left hand and a pen in his right, and he certainly looked quite professional.

“It’s fine for me to talk to you… but you won’t embellish the report or write something completely wrong, will you?!” The old man stared at Yuri’s face and asked loudly.

“How could that be? We journalism students are the most professionally ethical!” Yuri said with a smile.

"Humph."

The village chief nodded and began his explanation.

On this island, there is a family of shrine maidens of high status.

In every generation of the shrine maiden family, a woman is born who is known as the "Dragon Shrine Maiden" by the people of the island.

They live in a temple in the center of the island, and their duty is to offer tributes to the Dragon God who protects everyone and listen to divine pronouncements.

"Dragon God...?" Yuri asked, feigning ignorance.

“Lord Dragon God,” the old man corrected.

When this name was mentioned, the village chief's already stern face became even more serious: "From ancient times to the present, we islanders have been protected by the Dragon God."

Without Lord Dragon God, we wouldn't be where we are today.

"Hey……"

Gaika looked out the window, lost in thought, and said, "It's amazing that you've managed to build such a wonderful village on an island so far from the mainland."

"Of course! It's all thanks to the Dragon God that we've been able to stay away from disasters and live a life of good weather, plenty of food and warm clothing!"

The village chief said excitedly.

Then, with a devout expression, he clasped his hands together and began to pray.

Yuri and Chaika looked at each other in bewilderment.

After the village chief finished his prayer, Yuri asked again.

"Dragon God..."

The village chief glared at him, and Yuri quickly corrected him: "Does the Dragon God also live on this island?"

He had just noticed that the village chief said the "Dragon Priestess" had been placed in a temple by the islanders.

Wasn't that place originally the abode of the Dragon God?

Or perhaps the "Dragon Maiden" lives with the Dragon God?

In response, the village chief adopted a condescending attitude and explained.

"The Dragon God is a being that transcends the laws of the world, and only nobles with the blood of a priestess have the honor of being able to see the face of the god."

“I’m sorry, I don’t quite understand what you mean…” Chaika frowned slightly.

Even though he was speaking common language, it was difficult to grasp the main point of his words.

"That is to say..."

Yuri narrowed his eyes and said, word by word, "Apart from the priestess, no one on the island has ever seen the Dragon God in person, is that right?"

The village chief's silence confirmed his guess.

Since it is a dragon, it should naturally possess a huge and majestic physical form.

It is reasonable that a god cannot be observed by mortals.

These two contradictory concepts together constitute the existence known as the Dragon God...

"Village Chief, we wish to pay a visit to the 'Dragon Priestess'."

Yuri got straight to the point and stated his demands.

To avoid unnecessary conflict, he didn't ask about the offerings at all today.

"Huh? Don't joke around! Do you think people like you can just casually meet the priestess?" the old man said angrily.

"We want more people to know about the 'Dragon Priestess,' we have absolutely no other intentions, please be lenient on this matter."

"I'm counting on you for my sake too!"

Yuri and Chaika both lowered their heads.

Seeing the village chief hesitate, Yuri pressed on, "Chaika and the 'Dragon Priestess' are girls the same age, they'll get along well, right?"

The priestess lives in the temple every day, so she'd probably be very happy to occasionally see girls from outside the area who are around her age!

"It's not impossible..."

The village chief nodded slightly, then suddenly frowned, his face showing wariness: "I never said that the priestess was a young girl, so how do you know they are about the same age!? Tell me, what exactly are you up to!?"

Oops……

Chaika's heart tightened: Yuri misspoke! The village chief hadn't mentioned the "Dragon Maiden's" age at all!

However, Yuri disagreed, saying, "Only beautiful girls can be priestesses."

That's how it is where I'm from, isn't it the same here?