Help! I'm in Another World and the Dragon Man Want Me To Get Pregnant!
Chapter 105: Side Story: Qi Yu and Two Sovereign (Part 3)

Chapter 105: Side Story: Qi Yu and Two Sovereign (Part 3)

There were nostalgic things he wanted to talk about with him, but more than that, he simply felt like continuing the conversation.

Sitting together within the protective barrier, not too far from their camp, the two of them shared a quiet drink.

Ignatius had taken Kaelion aside for sword training in the meantime.

"You have a wonderful husband and an adorable child," Qi Yu remarked.

"Ahaha, thank you," Shen Xinghui replied with a smile.

"I heard that Dragon Man have a declining birth rate. For you to have a child... it must mean you are deeply loved."

"Eh?"

Qi Yu seemed to know a lot about this world—perhaps even more than Shen Xinghui himself.

"Qi Yu, why did you leave Mara?" Shen Xinghui asked after a moment. "Did you and the Demon King... Malrik... not get along well?"

The question slipped out naturally.

After all, traveling alone in an unfamiliar world was no easy feat.

What had driven Qi Yu to make such a decision?

And had Malrik allowed it?

Whenever Qi Yu spoke of Malrik, there was a hint of sorrow in his expression.

It was clear that he held some feelings toward the Demon King.

So why had he left?

Qi Yu took his time answering.

Eventually, he let out a quiet, weary laugh.

"I suppose... because I was an anomaly there."

"Anomaly?"

Something about the word felt deeply sad.

"My nature is to take lives," Qi Yu explained. "But the Demon race despises conflict. My very being is the opposite of their values. And beyond that, the conditions necessary to activate my skill simply did not exist in that country."

"You have a skill?"

Shen Xinghui studied him curiously.

Did Qi Yu possess some unique ability?

Qi Yu merely gave him a small, amused smile, as if dodging the question.

"Besides," he added, "I have a fight I must mediate."

"A fight to mediate?"

What kind of conflict required someone to embark on a journey like this?

Was it something between nations?

But as far as Shen Xinghui knew, there were no active wars.

Then, seemingly out of nowhere, Qi Yu spoke again.

"Xinghui... you came to this world to be loved by Ignatius, didn’t you?"

"Huh?"

Shen Xinghui glanced at Qi Yu and noticed that he was watching Kaelion and Ignatius train with an intense, almost severe gaze.

"In this world, people from another world are summoned to maintain order when the world’s balance begins to distort," Qi Yu said. "That is why every otherworlder like us who arrives here is needed in some way. If you ended up by Ignatius’s side, then it must have been the will of this world that guided you there."

A strange sense of unease crept into Shen Xinghui’s chest.

Just how much did Qi Yu know?

It seemed as if he understood things that even the native inhabitants of this world were unaware of.

"How do you know all of this?" Shen Xinghui asked.

Qi Yu’s expression darkened slightly, as if troubled by the question, but he eventually nodded.

"This world is said to have two gods—the Sovereign of the Earth and the Sovereign of the Skies. Together, they sustained the balance of the world. One of them... is Malrik, the Demon King."

"What?!"

Shen Xinghui’s heart pounded violently at the revelation.

Before he even realized it, he had reached out and grasped Qi Yu’s hand.

"Qi Yu, please let me meet him!"

"Xinghui...?"

"The Dragon Man’s birth rate is declining. Even though I have the ’God of Pregnancy and Fertility’s Blessing’ skill and can bear children, the overall population is still decreasing. If Malrik is truly a god, maybe he can help! I want to ask him to do something—anything—to ensure more children are born!"

As someone who is living in the Dragon Man’s country, Drakthar Dominion, he couldn’t ignore the issue.

He had many children around him, but the streets of the city painted a different picture.

The absence of children was undeniable.

But Qi Yu only shook his head, looking deeply pained.

"Even Malrik cannot do that."

"Why not?!"

"The source of the medicine that affects birth rates comes from the World Tree, which is in the Lux Theocracy where the Sovereign of the Skies resides. That tree has been weakening, and as a result, birth rates have begun to decline."

"No way..."

If that was the case, then the only solution was to find a way to restore the World Tree.

But first, they would need access to the Lux Theocracy.

"Then... is there any way to enter the Lux Theocracy?"

"...Not at the moment," Qi Yu admitted. "The Sovereign of the Earth and the Sovereign of the Skies had a falling out, and as a result, the bridge connecting their realms was sealed off. The Sovereign of the Skies has since shut himself away in seclusion."

"What?!"

What kind of absurd sibling quarrel led to something like this?!

"A ridiculous, petty argument between gods has thrown the world into turmoil," Qi Yu sighed. "It’s honestly too frustrating for words."

"Qi Yu... the dispute you’re trying to mediate... don’t tell me—"

Qi Yu smiled wryly and nodded.

"That’s right."

"But... how?"

"There is a way. However, in order to use my skill, I need to meet specific conditions. Right now, I’m traveling to fulfill those requirements."

"What are those conditions?"

"That’s a secret."

Qi Yu raised a finger to his lips with a playful "shh," his smile carrying an air of mischief.

Yet, there was something deeply sorrowful in his expression.

"The power of the main World Tree flows into the trees of the lower world, allowing them to bear fruit. That fruit is the key ingredient for the medicine that can sustains life. However, ever since the Sovereign of the Skies sealed himself away, the World Tree has stopped receiving its energy. As a result, the tree has weakened, and it can no longer create the necessary cores that can withstand the immense magical energy needed for high-magic species to reproduce."