Episode 66. Tower of Desire (3)
Douglas, facing Lois, was literally in a state of panic.
‘Uh, why… D, a dragon?!’
And it wasn’t just one.
The twins standing behind the white-haired young dragon were also dragons.
The dwarf’s instincts clearly warned him of this.
‘D-it’s a dragon! A dragon!’
Although he was only a young dragon his size, Douglas felt a fear that he could not resist.
To a dwarf, the dragon’s age was not important.
It’s just that the dragon race is a disaster for dwarves.
“Uh, uh… … .”
Douglas pursed his lips in surprise.
I should have said something, but I couldn’t scream because the dragon in front of me had its eyes open and blue.
Meanwhile, the corners of Lois’ mouth twitched slightly.
“How long do I have to stand here?”
As soon as those words were finished, the door flew open.
“Come in!”
“I can come in, right?”
“No problem! sure!”
I hated it. I hated it so much that I wanted to die.
What crazy dwarf in the world would want to have a dragon in his workshop?
But justice was far and the fist was close.
In a situation like this, the only dwarves who would show signs of dislike would be crazy dwarves.
Douglas extended his one arm politely.
“Oh, welcome back!”
“Ahem!”
“Ehehem!”
The twins entered the door with their backs turned like generals passing through the Arc de Triomphe.
Lois followed behind.
What caught his eye as he entered the interior was the wall covered with numerous tools.
‘You decorated it well with just one arm.’
It was a small but well-decorated house.
While the twins were excitedly looking around the house, Douglas quickly brought a chair and took it.
“Oh, please sit down!”
Since the house was built for dwarves only, it would have felt narrow and low to an ordinary person, but it was no problem for Lois and the twins.
Even the chair fit Lois perfectly, as if it was tailored to her height.
Lois, sitting on a chair with her short legs slightly crossed, slightly raised her chin and asked.
“You are Douglas, right? A disciple of the Tower of Desire?”
“That’s right! Ask me anything! I will answer with kindness and to the best of my ability!”
As someone who isn’t a dwarf, his ability to notice dragons was amazingly good.
Lois smiled as if she liked Douglas’ immediate response.
‘This is something…’ It feels like I’m being interrogated?’
The atmosphere in the house was already gloomy and there was little light, so it felt like an interrogation room.
Lois, who was intoxicated by the atmosphere, asked, imitating what she saw in the movie.
“age.”
“Oh, I’m 169 years old this year.”
“hometown.”
“that… “It is an island called Mun in the northeast of the Autumn Continent.”
“That’s your hometown, so why are you here?”
“that is… … .”
Douglas glanced at his arm with a slightly wry smile.
Lois, noticing that gaze, asked.
“Because of your arm?”
“Yes that’s right.”
“hmm… Well, if it’s a bad memory, there’s no need to talk about it.”
The dwarf looked slightly surprised at Royce’s words.
Douglas has heard rumors about dragons for generations.
If he were to write a book about the scary rumors he heard about dragons, it would easily fill a large bookshelf.
That’s why Lois’ seemingly considerate words were just surprising.
Lois must have read that expression and opened her mouth with a sigh.
“Because I’m a kind dragon, hehe. There are many dragons in the world. Among them, there are good dragons like me… … .”
Wajangchang-.
At that time, the sound of something breaking was heard from one side.
Even without turning my head, I could tell who the culprit was.
“Ahh! “Kan, don’t pull that!”
“You touched me first!”
As expected, the expectations were not at all wrong.
Even though the sound of crashing continued to be heard, Lois opened her mouth with a calm face.
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“… “There are some dragons that are a bit weak like that.”
“Is that so?”
“… “It’s like that.”
Lois and Douglas looked at each other and smiled awkwardly.
Lois, who vaguely glossed over the situation, changed the topic.
“More than that. “I want to ask you something.”
“What are you curious about?”
“hmm… First of all, other Desire Tower disciples than you. One is an elf, one is a beastman, one is… What’s with that red hair? “My name is Erica.”
“ah! “Erica is from the Join tribe.”
“Join tribe?”
Lois looked slightly surprised.
Why doesn’t he know the Join people?
They are recorded in literature as a race with an appearance as beautiful as elves.
The join people were more difficult to see than most of the beast people.
The reason was simple.
This is because the places where the Join people lived were high cliffs or mountaintops that were difficult for humans to reach.
‘It was the Join tribe… uh?’
Lois, who was thinking about the Join people and Erica, realized something was strange.
“Join tribe? “You didn’t have wings?”
“Oh, that’s… … .”
Douglas answered Lois’ question with a bitter smile.
“The people gathered at our Tower of Desire are all lacking something.”
“What are you talking about?”
“… “Just like me.”
Douglas responded, pointing to his arm.
“I was just a guy who made a living pounding steel like ordinary dwarves. “It was when I lost this arm that my life turned upside down.”
A faintness and pain flashed through Douglas’ eyes.
“usually… “Was it there?”
“yes. “I lost my arm in an accident.”
“The sense of loss must have been great.”
“… Thank you for your understanding.”
A new light appeared in Douglas’ eyes.
This was because he did not expect that the dragon, the strongest creature on earth, would understand and sympathize with his situation.
‘Are the rumors I heard about dragons wrong?’
Douglas is slightly impressed by Lois.
He spoke in a more polite tone than before.
“A dwarf who had been pounding iron all his life was half out of his mind because he couldn’t do what he used to do. Then I found out about the rumor about this Tower of Desire.”
“What rumors?”
“What I lost when I came here… … . “It was a rumor that you could get what you wanted back.”
“… So, is the name of the tower Yeomwon?”
“yes. you’re right. And it’s not just me, it’s the other guys as well.”
Douglas’ calm voice continued.
“A werewolf who lost a leg, a joiner who lost his wings, an elf who lost both eyes.”
“… … .”
“They are all people who have experienced loss and come to the Tower of Desire to regain what they lost.”
Lois’ mouth fell shut.
Only then did he realize what Douglas was talking about, ‘what was missing’.
It wasn’t just a physical problem.
A dwarf who has lost the feeling of hitting metal.
A werewolf who can no longer feel the sensation of running through the plains and hitting the ground.
The Join people are no longer able to breathe the clean air of the clear sky.
An elf who cannot see the greenery of the forest.
For them, they would have lost a major axis of their lives.
And Lois could relate to their sense of loss.
Wasn’t he like that too?
No, it was probably even more serious than they were.
Lou Gehrig’s disease.
I couldn’t describe the sense of loss and frustration I felt as my whole body stiffened due to the sudden illness.
Therefore, I was able to understand the emotions of those gathered at the Tower of Desire.
When Lois didn’t say anything, Douglas got up and brought something.
Lois’ eyes widened when she saw this.
“that… … ?”
“This is my wish.”
What Douglas brought was an arm.
A prosthetic arm made of metal.
He attached it to his arm.
Googuk Gook-.
The metal arm trembled and moved.
But the movement was unnatural.
Douglas scratched the back of his head with an awkward expression.
“Haha, it’s still not enough to make my wish come true, but someday… “I believe I can hold a hammer again with this arm.”
“… … .”
“And not just me. Victor wishes to return to the meadows, Erica wishes to feel the freshness of the sky, and Floria wishes to look at the greenery of the forest.”
It was only then that Lois realized why they weren’t leaving the house after hearing Douglas’ words.
Lois muttered with a serious face.
“Everyone is crazy.”
They were crazy.
To achieve one’s wishes.
To get back what was lost.
I am using all the time I have left in my life.
Douglas nodded in response to Lois’ words.
“yes. Yes. We are crazy. This Tower of Wishes is the only place where one’s last wish in one’s life can come true, and the tower owner… “He is the one who showed us hope.”
“indeed… … .”
Lois’ eyes sparkled at Douglas’ words.
Tower of Desire and Tower Owner.
What it symbolized was simple.
Lois asked, pointing to Douglas’ arm.
“That was a piece of equipment.”
“you’re right. Ordinary mechanical devices cannot achieve the level of precision we desire. Therefore, in order to complete this, knowledge of the objects is essential. And there is no place in the world that can give us the level of knowledge about objects that we desire than this Tower of Desire.”
Lois learned a little about the Tower of Desire disciples.
Of course, that didn’t mean all questions disappeared.
He asked as if he didn’t understand.
“uh… But why were you kicked out? “The owner of the tower kicked you out?”
“… “How did you know that?”
“The village chief told you this?”
“Anyway, you’re an old man with a dirty mouth.”
Douglas pouted his lips in an unusual way.
He answered with a sigh.
“that… hmm… “That’s it.”
“… … ?”
“One day, the owner of the tower asked me. “Out of all of us, come out the one who will be the next top owner.”
“… however?”
“There are so many things to research, what kind of person would say he wants to become a top owner? “Both you and I both put it off by saying we wouldn’t do it.”
“… … .”
“… So I was kicked out.”
Lois looked at Douglas in bewilderment.
He, too, seemed embarrassed by this and secretly lowered his gaze.
“You said earlier that the tower owner was the one who showed you hope and all?”
“Well, isn’t that a different problem from becoming the owner of a tower? “Of course, I am very grateful to the owner of Dexter Top!”
“Yes, yes. “I guess so.”
Lois’ gaze toward Douglas was very tense.
It was that moment.
‘what?’
Lois suddenly remembers something.
he asked urgently.
“How does the Tower of Desire accept disciples? “If anyone applies, will you accept it?”
“Well, our top policy is ‘Don’t reject anyone who wishes!’… … . Still, it seems like not everyone just accepts it.”
“What do you mean, that?”
“The tower owner asked the four of us a few simple questions and let us enter the tower right away… “The few who came after him were immediately kicked out.”
“Without justification, right away?”
“Well, it seems like the tower owner took a simple entrance exam… In fact, it looked like we had forced it.”
“Why do you think that?”
“The entrance exam that the owner of the tower gave at that time is a question we wouldn’t know even if we look at it now.”
“That’s right.”
Lois wiped her chin and stood up with her eyes shining.
“Twins!”
“huh?”
“why?”
“I’m playing here.”
“okay!”
“don’t worry!”
Douglas asked, taken aback by Lois’ sudden words.
“Uh, where are you going?”
Lois answered that question with a grin.
“Ip, Top, to take the test.”
Lois answered briefly and immediately kicked down the door and ran out.
Douglas watches blankly.
A loud noise came from behind him.
Wajangchang-.
Douglas muttered with a bewildered look on his face.
“… “Please take them with us.”
Wajangchang-.
His once peaceful nest was turned into a mess by two bastard hatchlings.
In proportion to this, Douglas’ face also turned into a tearful expression.
At that moment, there was a thick hand on his shoulder.
“Cheer up… … .”
Fabro was stuck in a corner because of the low ceiling.
All he could offer his people was a little comfort.
But comfort is just comfort.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
“Sigh… … .”
“Don’t cry…” … . I’m about to cry too. Huh… … .”
Their reality has not changed.
That’s where Lois left.
The sad cries of the two dwarves embracing each other rang out.
fantasy,
