The Lazy Dragon Is Working Hard
Chapter 3 : Yahoooo… I’m the G.o.d of laziness / sloth. A high school student reincarnated as one of

Yahoooo… I’m the G.o.d of laziness / sloth. A high school student reincarnated as one of the Seven Guardians, a dragon within the world of Gaia.

Altough I’m a G.o.d-level dragon, I don’t have any of the abilities of G.o.d.

I can’t create a world; even bestowing divine blessings is impossible.

I am only one of the Seven Guardians. We’re just the “middlemen” of G.o.d.

I haven't even really met him. Just as I was reincarnated in Gaia, my instincts told me “G.o.d has given you a mission: to protect this world.”

So for hundreds of millions of years, the seven of us guarded Gaia, twenty-four hours a day, three hundred sixty-five days a year. Yep, we got no holidays. It’s not a guardian duty. To put it simply, its just a forced slave duty.

If this is my workplace, I would have immediately sent a file of complain to the company president.

What? I was sleeping for years?

Don’t be foolish. I have been watching this world for over five-hundred million years. A couple years is just a short nap after lunch.

So with my nap over, I needed to return back to work. How troublesome.

Gaia was made up of six continents. The seven G.o.ds were each given a continent to protect.

(TL note: I’m not sure. Seven G.o.ds but six continents?)

I’m in charge of the Asuraddo Continent, located on the north side of this world. It was mostly covered in ice and snow but still has plenty of mineral resources to mine.

“Runamiria, has anything happened during the time I was napping?”

“Guardian-sama, the mana density on Asuraddo Continent has been stable for a hundred years. However, humans have begun experimenting with magic. Their progress is still in the acceptable range and is far from causing a crisis in the world. The second report, the snow troll population is growing in the southeastern part of the continent. Imperial troops sent to subdue them had been completely annihilated. The damage amounted to the destruction of two villages and threesettlements. The third report, …”

This kind of story was like a lullaby. With the angelic voice of Runamiria, my eyes suddenly felt heavy.

“zzzzzzz…..”

“Guardian-sama?”

“Eh? What happened?”

“Did you hear my reports?”

“Of course. Aren’t you saying that the world is peaceful today so I don’t have anything to do?”

It’s not particularly uncommon to hear the troubles caused monsters, like the Snow Trolls. Throughout the history of Gaia, turmoil between humans and monsters are daily occurrences.

If you play RPGs having monsters roaming around, you would find it to be normal right? So, it’s the same here. Today is just a normal, peaceful day..

“But there’s something that piques my interest. Some of the mana stream flow is going into stagnation.”

“Ehh? Is that serious?”

“Of course it is!”

“Where?”

“The southeast mountain ridge.”

“Any other information?”

“Mana eruptions have not been confirmed but from the fact that there is an abnormality with the Snow Trolls, a mana leakage to the surface is expected.”

While gazing at the horizon, I thought about the abnormal occurrence of the Snow Trolls.

Mana is a form of pure magic. It can be found all over the world. Mana allowed humans to use magic and it also mutated monsters, completely ignoring the laws of physics. Below ground, there existed pulses of mana flowing like a river, called mana streams. It has a tremendous amount of mana. The mana scattered in the world came from smaller streams that originated from the main mana stream. Very rarely, the smaller stream was clogged for some reason. The mana that was blocked eventually burst, spewing to the surface like a volcanic eruption.

While mana in general is good for the earth, it will turn toxic if the density becomes too excessive. Plants will grow abnormally and eventually will mutate into plant type monsters that may attack people. Wild mutated monsters may even acquire a skill and become even more dangerous. High concentrations of mana in the human body can cause death.

In short, troublesome things will happen. So, if there is an abnormality in the mana stream, it’s my job to solve it. I actually really don’t want to do it. Yeah, I don’t want to do it! But if I don’t do anything now, it will become even more troublesome in the future.

“So, isn’t it possible that it is already leaking to the surface?

“Yes, but I don’t think you need to go now.”

“But what will happen if I let it go now? After the eruption, it will take a lot of work to clean up. Dealing with this early means more rests in the future.”

“Ugh… But if you go now, someone might see you and that will cause problems.”

“Don’t worry. It’s already dark and if I fly high, no one will see me.”

Moonlight shone from the hole in the ceiling. The cave that I live in is a former volcano that’s no longer active. Of course I was the one who made it inactive. A few million years ago, it was called the Negra Volcano. I really liked this place since the shape of the volcano is like that of Mount Fuji. I made it habitable by moving all the magma from inside the volcano to the outer area so that the magma will burn anyone that approaches this cave. The lighting from the moonlight, combined with magic stones on the rock surface, gave the area a feeling of divinity. The top of the volcano is also higher than the clouds, so there are no worries regarding wind or rain. It also serves as my entrance and exit.

“Runamiria, I’ll go now.”

“Yes Guardian-sama. Please take care.”

Runamiria’s hair fluttered from the wind created by my wings, but under the moonlight, it didn’t reduce her beauty at all.

I flew above the sea of clouds. The moonlight made it look like a giant snowfield.

“I’ll get it done quickly, I will be able to sleep more this way.”

I made a promise to motivate myself and flew straight towards the southeast.