Reincarnated Dragon Goes to the Academy!

Chapter 108 : Evidence.

"Aman."

Lucas, who had returned to the place where he had found the children, carefully called out to Aman, who was sitting blankly on the broken carriage.

"Lord."

Aman's eyes were empty as he answered Lucas's call softly.

"Are you okay?"

"...Yes."

Aman's appearance, who was smiling bitterly with his head slightly lowered, was pitiful.

"Is this your territory?"

"Yes."

Lucas had also lived as a dragon for a long time, so he could guess how Aman was feeling.

Lucas was the one who had driven out the demons and had overthrown an empire of humans as a price for touching his territory a thousand years ago.

"Right. I know how you feel."

"Is that so?"

"What do you want to do?"

This time, Lucas had no reason to stop Aman, no matter what he did.

Because it was the second time that Aman's territory had been invaded.

"That's what I'm saying. I don't even know what I want to do."

"...Is that so?"

Aman's feelings were now beyond anger and had reached a state of emptiness.

He felt a sense of skepticism about his life as a dragon, which he had thought he would live leisurely, reigning as the strongest creature on earth.

"How about talking to Hasel?"

"With my father?"

"Right. I think Hasel can give you the most suitable answer right now."

Hasel was the dragon to whom he had directly handed over the position of Lord.

"Is it difficult for you too, Lord?"

"That's right. I'm no different from a dead and gone body, am I? So I'm afraid that my decision will be a burden to the dragons who are living in the present."

Although he had lived for a long time of five thousand years, Lucas was a being who had already died and was gone.

He was worried that such a being might make a wrong decision for the dragons who were living in the present.

"Is that so..."

As Aman's voice had no strength, Lucas's anger flared up.

"Right."

But the one who was most angry would be Aman himself.

Because the dragon whose territory had been invaded was Aman, not Lucas.

"Lord. This place is fine. I'll take care of it."

Aman, who was staring blankly ahead, smiled faintly.

"It's okay. I'll take them... so just take care of the evidence here."

Lucas, who was pointing to the two men who had collapsed on the floor, gently patted Aman's shoulder.

"Yes. Thank you. Lord."

"...I'm grateful."

Lucas, who had responded to Aman with a bitter smile, grabbed Alek and Sament's arms.

-Flash!

As Lucas teleported and disappeared, Aman stared blankly at the sky.

"Haa... what a crappy dragon life... should I just turn everything upside down and stop living..."

Aman, as if he were softly threatening the gods.

It felt as if the gods would answer him if he did this.

"Damn it..."

But the only answer that came back was the sound of leaves rustling in the wind.

***

Lucas, who had teleported with Alek and Sament, entered an empty room that was not used even in the mansion.

It was because he was worried that someone might be surprised to see their appearance.

"You bastards... you took the kids?"

But every time Lucas saw their faces, his anger flared up.

He felt like he was going crazy with anger when he thought that they had secretly left the county estate with the innocent Pola and Skir.

"You X-bastards... you bastards who are not even worth frying in sh-t water..."

Lucas's face, who was constantly cursing at their sleeping faces, began to contort with anger.

"You X-bastards. You took the kids..."

Lucas's anger was getting deeper and deeper.

"Are these bastards in their right minds?"

-Flinch!

As he was cursing like that for a long time, Sament, who was lying down, flinched.

Even if he was angry, it wasn't a good thing for them to wake up now.

"You annoying bastards."

Lucas, who was grumbling, raised a hand and put them back to sleep.

Now the problem was their disposal. Aside from taking the children, his head was throbbing because they had already become quite close, not just acquaintances.

'And their comrades are all dead...'

Lucas also felt a pang in a corner of his heart because he had a memory of being with them until yesterday.

He had faced countless deaths while living for thousands of years, but death was always bitter.

"Haa..."

He, who had let out a long sigh, left the room.

'I'll have to ask Aman to take care of their bodies.'

In any case, he had to let them hold a funeral for their comrades.

Although the sorrow of losing a comrade on the battlefield could not be healed by anything, it was better to reduce the things that would leave regrets as much as possible.

***

Aman, who had cleaned up the scene, first stopped by Citata and looked for Lucas.

"Lord."

"Right. You've worked hard."

Lucas, who faced Aman's bitter-looking face, began to feel a wave of pity.

'I want to find the warehouse and give it to him right away...'

The past three years had been a series of peaceful days, so he hadn't even thought about finding the warehouse.

But now that the situation had become like this, the numerous artifacts in the warehouse were flashing before his eyes.

"Yes. As you said, I've also collected the bodies and brought them, but..."

"...?"

"The condition of the bodies is not good. As you saw, Lord... they're all burnt black."

Lucas also knew their condition.

Because of the lightning magic that Pola had used, their bodies were not intact.

"Right, it can't be helped. They'll want to take care of them with their own hands on their last journey, even if they look like that."

"That's right."

But no one would blame Pola.

Because if it weren't for Pola, they would have all been annihilated.

"Where are the bodies?"

"I built a small hut near the mine so that the servants wouldn't see them, and I put them there."

Aman was being considerate of Lucas's surroundings even in this situation. If it were other dragons, they would have just left the bodies of those humans in front of the house.

"Right. You must have had a hard time."

Lucas's pity grew even greater at Aman's thoughtful consideration.

"Not at all."

Aman's face, who was smiling at Lucas's praise, could not find the same smile as before.

'He used to make such a fuss whenever I praised him...'

Lucas, who let out a small sigh at his appearance.

"Was there anything strange at the scene?"

"If there was anything strange... it would be that the wyverns appeared there."

His words were right. And not just one, but a dozen or so wyverns.

"Right. They wouldn't have appeared there unless they were all crazy. Someone must have deliberately controlled them."

"It seems so."

The sound of Aman's teeth grinding was audible at Lucas's words.

"And the movements of the wyverns were also strange in the Esteril Desert last time."

"Is that so?"

Aman, who was nodding his head slightly.

"Ah, and there was this."

Aman took out a small box from his bosom.

"What's that?"

As he carefully opened the box, there was a black bead inside.

"I don't know the details yet. But I can feel a faint trace of a demon's energy."

"Ha... a demon..."

He was disgusted. These damn demons were of no help in his past life or in his present life.

"But you said you felt it faintly?"

"It's a completely different feeling from the Breath of Molek I saw last time."

"It would be better to take it to Hasel."

Since Lucas was in human form now, it was difficult for him to see through the essence hidden in the artifact.

"Yes. I will do so."

Aman's expression as he finished speaking was somewhat suspicious. As if he were about to say something but was holding it back.

"Was there anything else strange?"

As Lucas noticed that and asked again, Aman opened his mouth after hesitating several times.

"...Actually, the movements of the monsters are a little strange right now."

"Where?"

"Here in Citata."

Aman, who had hesitated once more, frowned slightly.

"What's strange about them?"

"It feels like... the monsters are following me."

Lucas roughly swept his hair back at Aman's words.

"Damn it. I'm going crazy."

In the end, a curse came out of Lucas's mouth.

He thought he could understand why the members of the Blue Wolf Mercenary Guild had been attacked and had died on a road where monsters rarely appeared.

"Take it to Hasel right away. I think the cause is that annoying thing you're holding right now."

He wanted to cry. He didn't know why the gods wouldn't grant his request to just live peacefully.

"Yes."

-Flash!

As Aman disappeared in an instant, Lucas collapsed to the floor.

"Why in the world!"

He was furious. But what was even more annoying was the fact that there was nothing he could do in this annoying and crappy situation.

Now Lucas even regretted that he should have lived as a dragon again.

"Why did I choose to be a human!"

He felt like he was going crazy with regret for the day he had died.

"Just you wait until I die. I'll make a real mess of things."

Lucas, who had gotten up from his seat at the end of those words, headed for the room where the children were.

Even if he was angry, he had to take care of this matter.

'It's not good for other people to know.'

Especially, there was nothing good about Count Cibie or his mother, Blaine, knowing.

He didn't know what special measures they would take if they knew that the children had returned in such a state, as they hadn't even sent them back to the academy because they were worried that the children would be in danger.

Although he was sorry for the mercenary guild members, the first priority was to return the children to their original state.

"The kids? Are they okay?"

Nella's eyes widened as Lucas, who had entered the room, approached the children.

"Ah, oppa..."

"What's wrong?"

Lucas, who was surprised, looked at Pola and Skir alternately.

"Sister and brother are strange..."

"...?"

The children's breathing and pulse were all normal.

"Sister keeps saying she's sorry, and brother... sob...! is begging for his life..."

"Haa..."

Lucas felt as if the ground was collapsing under his feet at Nella's words.

'Should I erase their memories...'

They must have been in great shock after going through such an ordeal.

And it must have been the first time for the children to witness a person's death right in front of them.

"It'll be okay."

Lucas, who was gently patting Nella's shoulder.

'It's one thing after another.'

***

The office of the leader of the Resurrection Cult.

"So. How many were there?"

The leader, who was sitting on a comfortable-looking sofa, was no longer an old man.

"Yes. There were a total of eleven."

"Khukuk... right... what about the other monsters?"

The low posture of the man standing in front of the leader, who was smiling with satisfaction, was like that of a person facing a real god.

"The wyverns were the fastest, but we have confirmed that a large number of monsters are moving from other places as well."

"Hoho... it's a pretty good item."

"Yes."

"So where is that item now?"

"When we went back, the scene was neatly cleaned up. It seems that someone survived and took it with them."

The leader's eyes widened for a moment at the man's words, and then he nodded his head slightly.

"Really? Then that's even better. Track the item."

"Yes. I will follow Yante's command."

"Right. You've worked hard. I'll give you a separate reward."

The man's posture became even lower at the leader's words of praise.

"Thank you. My Yante."

The man, who had naturally kissed the leader's instep with words of thanks, slowly got up and left the room.

"Right. The results are finally showing..."

The corner of the leader's mouth, who had slowly picked up a teacup, curled up with greed.

"That's right. Of course, that's right...! Khukuk..."

(End of Chapter)