Episode 275. Devil Dragon (2)
“So, you just came empty-handed?”
“Didn’t you know anyway? Me and the knights are not enough to kill Xian… … .”
Eshel did not specifically deny it.
“Sian didn’t want to kill me either. “In fact, he may have sensed that you wanted it.”
At the Duke’s words, Eshel raised her chin and gave a very unpleasant reaction.
“Well, thank you for your hard work. I guess I overestimated my father. “I was foolish to think I could cause a small injury.”
Despite his child’s cruel ridicule, Duke Berthe maintained an indifferent expression.
“Still, I was able to confirm his feelings for his father, so I think I found some meaning in it. Next time we meet, I hope to stimulate that feeling a little more… … .”
“How about we stop now? Eshel?”
At that moment, Eshel’s face became as hard as stone.
“I realized this clearly when I clashed swords with Xian. You can’t beat Sian. “No matter how much you crave strategies and strategies, they won’t work on Xian.”
“Why are you saying that to me?”
“Because I don’t want you to continue doing meaningless work.”
The duke spoke calmly yet confidently.
“My desire to give everything to you is still the same. If you tell me to go kill Xian again like this, I can go without any hesitation. But that doesn’t change anything.”
“… … .”
“Now realize the reality. Eshel.”
The duke recommended that he recognize the reality even now and stop everything.
but,
“Kihahahaha!”
Eshel finally looked up at the sky and burst into laughter.
“Did you tell me to realize reality?”
It was an absurd statement to him.
“I didn’t ask my father to make me realize reality. All you have to do for me, Father, is change reality for me! Are you saying I won’t be able to beat Xian? Then, please, Father, do whatever it takes to help me defeat Xian! You must do so! Do you understand?”
The order of this world must operate only according to oneself.
As Eshel, who still holds fast to that belief, she could never give up her desire to go beyond Xi’an.
“This is Eshel. He is the eldest son of Duke Berthe and a man with a duty to protect this world, following the will of Willius Berthe, the guardian of the continent! “You must help me do my duty well, even if it means sacrificing your soul!”
“… … .”
“Do you know what to do now?”
“you… … “I will do whatever you want.”
Only then did Eshel smile with a wicked smile, as if filled with satisfaction.
Soon, he held the Duke’s hands tightly and spoke as if appealing.
“Don’t forget. Only I can correct the order in this world that has been disrupted by the youngest! “I am the only savior of this world!”
His laughter, caught in vain joy, split the red sky and spread everywhere.
* * *
The little boy who was acting like a boss stepped down, and the real owner of the throne took his seat, and only then did the proper atmosphere emerge.
He rested his chin on his hand, crossed his long legs, and looked down at me with narrow eyes.
For a dragon, the way he sat on the chair looked quite natural.
Do you even prefer to remain in human form?
“When did you ingest dragon blood?”
His first question was about the smell coming from my body.
“well? “It’s already been more than 7 years, so you don’t really remember anything?”
I answered without knowing.
“At least I never ate a devil dragon.”
“Know. “If it weren’t for that, your body would have already been in my stomach.”
I could tell right away that it was serious and not a joke.
“So, would you like to hear why you brought me to your space, even testing me with such an odd performance?”
“It’s a bit annoying to say it’s mediocre acting. It was my own confirmation to verify the rumor that you were in sync with the devil. Still, it seems it wasn’t a rumor.”
He finally uncrossed his legs and craned his neck towards me.
“I will ask you directly. “Why did you come to the demon world?”
“Did you really call me here just to ask that question?”
“I know the human level well. It is unlikely that the Demon King would have done his best, but in any case, just by being on par with the strongest person in the Demon World, we can estimate your position in the Human World. “You are probably the person standing at the top of the Human World.”
It wasn’t wrong, so I didn’t deny it.
“The fact that the Absolute Person of the Human World crosses over to the Demon World and faces the Demon King is absolutely not something to be taken lightly. Inevitably something big will happen. Maybe it already exists… … .”
“It somehow sounds like an experience? Is it because of my mood?”
He didn’t try to deny it.
“I just came to catch some idiot who ran away to the Demon World after making a fuss in the Human World. “As soon as I catch that person, I will return to the human world and never set foot on this land again.”
“I’m saying I’m here to chase down the runaway prey.”
He rolled his eyes for a moment and looked in a direction other than me.
“good night. “Then, I will help you find your prey.”
“I think I just heard something wrong?”
“Don’t hurt your mouth.”
Nagel let out a heavy voice as if he wasn’t going to say it again.
“The humans you saw in the wetlands earlier are probably the group of prey you are trying to chase. I already remembered their smell. “It’s not far from here.”
I still can’t figure out the sincerity of that statement, but my intuition didn’t feel like he was lying.
“Why are you helping me?”
“Don’t tell me. “Not only is it not goodwill, it is even less malicious.”
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It would be better to give a reason, but such a vague answer only aroused suspicion.
“You haven’t already forgotten what I said earlier, have you? You are in no position to refuse now. “If you are a foreigner, settle your business like a foreigner and quickly escape to your own land.”
Are you just saying that your goal is to kick me out of the demon world as quickly as possible?
Even though it’s something we both want, it smells really bad.
“Then I will assume that you have accepted it, and we will proceed with the work.”
It seems like my doctor doesn’t care anymore.
He slowly raised his finger and pointed behind me.
-Whoa!
Then, a round gate connected to the outside was created.
“I have relayed the location of your quarry to one of my people out there. “You just have to follow his guidance.”
I won’t guide you directly, right?
Although there are quite a few parts I don’t like,
Anyway, there is nothing bad for me, so I will try to follow along for now.
“I hope I never have to see you again.”
“We’ll just have to wait and see.”
After saying some uncomfortable words to each other, I went out.
“… … .”
I soon stopped for a moment and gazed intently at the rare sight unfolding beneath the steep stone mountain.
Dozens of devil dragons were lined up on both sides as if waiting for me to come out.
He didn’t really approach me or talk to me, but it wasn’t a situation I really liked.
When I tried to ignore it and just pass by, it suddenly blocked my path halfway through.
I knew right away that it was the dragon that was supposed to guide me.
Judging by its size, it doesn’t look like it’s an adult, maybe it’s just past the growth stage?
Like the other guys, it looked at me with dissatisfied eyes, and then changed its appearance into a humanoid through polymorph.
“Follow me.”
Then he instructed me to follow him right away without any detailed explanation.
[Ohh?]
All of a sudden, K-Ram smiled, finding it interesting.
I didn’t really want to ask, so I didn’t react… … .
But that devil dragon.
I don’t know why, but it feels very familiar.
Without showing any signs of it, I silently followed him.
* * *
Xian leaves the stone mountain with his guide,
Kelian, who had played his role for a moment, approached Nagel, who was sitting on the throne and lost in thought.
“It is said that the human has just left for the location he told us about with a guide. As you said, I also had several guards follow.”
“… … .”
“Nagel. If it is not too much trouble, may I ask why you are showing favor to that person?”
Nagel didn’t even open his closed eyes, let alone his mouth.
“If you’re saying this because of something that happened in the human world before… … .”
“… … !”
At that moment, a divine energy spread around the surroundings and the space trembled like waves.
“S-sorry, Nagel!”
Kelian immediately bowed his head and apologized.
“Didn’t I already tell you? “I didn’t help him out of favor.”
To him, it was not a favor, but rather a series of benefits.
“I only found out after seeing him. The power that man possessed far exceeded my expectations. “We must not allow ourselves to come into contact with the devil again.”
“Well, do you mean to that extent?”
Kelian could not help but be taken aback by the unexpected evaluation.
“But, there was a strange smell coming from him.”
“What smell do you mean?”
“I don’t know. “It was a mysterious, mysterious smell that was difficult to explain.”
It wasn’t simply because he consumed dragon blood.
“A smell full of half-hearted energy… … .”
Nagel was very familiar with the smell, as if it was coming from somewhere on his body.
* * *
A table so full that you could almost break your legs.
Even though there was an abundance of delicious food, Nana hardly moved her hands.
“Why aren’t you eating, Nana?”
“I’m not hungry.”
Arin knew right away that those words were lies.
Nana tried to control her appetite by holding both hands tightly with the intention of never letting go, but the pain she felt because she couldn’t bear it was clearly visible on her face.
“It’s okay, so eat. “I won’t ask about Emily.”
“Really?”
“huh. “I will promise you in the name of the royal family.”
For a moment, I looked at him with a skeptical look,
Nana began to eat the food prepared in front of her in a panic, as if she couldn’t stand it any longer.
Looking at that innocent look, Arin smiled easily.
“I heard it from Brian. I heard you and I picked everyone up and brought them to Belias? By taking the form of a dragon.”
“… … !”
Nana’s fork, which had been moving constantly, suddenly stopped in midair.
“are you okay! “It’s not like I don’t know that you are a dragon!”
When Nana looked more embarrassed than expected, Arin waved her hand and said it was okay.
“If it’s okay later, show it to your sister. Her older sister is also very curious to see Nana transformed into a dragon. It must be cool, right?”
“Have Arin ever seen a dragon?”
“I’ve only seen it once. Come to think of it, it’s already been more than 10 years? You don’t know how surprised I was back then. Cyan was hanging from the dragon’s body in the sky above Lemea Canyon. How anxious I was because I knew something was wrong… … .”
“… … .”
“You said that dragon was probably a devil dragon, right?”
“Can you do anything for Papa?”
“huh?”
Nana’s innocent expression suddenly darkened.
“Answer me. Is Arin the kind of person who can do anything for Papa? Like Emily?”
Arin had many thoughts going through her mind in an instant.
Strictly speaking, these foods were prepared by her with the intention of getting Nana to open her mouth.
Brian said that before Emily disappeared, she told Nana and Hastia everything about her.
However, for some reason, Hastia kept her mouth shut and did not respond to mental tests, and Nana also did not want to talk about Emily.
However, through the question just now, Arin intuitively realized something.
Depending on how you answer this question, there may be something you can do.
Arin was a princess.
For her, who had the enormous responsibility of taking charge of a country, the question of who she could do anything for was a very dangerous question to answer.
but,
“huh. Sister can do anything for her Sian.”
Arin did not hesitate to ask dangerous questions that a princess should not ask.
These were not pretense or false words, but sincere words.
Nana said with her original innocent smile.
“Arin unni. “Do you want to go find Papa with me?”
(Continued in the next part)
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