Reincarnated Dragon Goes to the Academy!

Chapter 114 : Allie's Precious Ant Farm (1)

"Count?"

Allie, who had returned to Citata, first looked for Count Cibie.

"Oh, Allie-nim."

"You've been well, right?"

The Count, who was looking around the mine, seemed very happy at Allie's sudden visit.

"It's always the same. Hoho."

"That's the best thing."

Allie also smiled brightly at the Count's friendly smile.

"But what brings you here?"

"Why? Are you uncomfortable with me being here?"

"Hoho, of course not. Weren't you supposed to come back after a couple more months? I just thought you came earlier than planned."

"Ah, well... the work ended earlier than I thought."

As the two, who were exchanging trivial talk, left the mine and entered the county estate, Aman waved his hand at them from the entrance.

"Dean Aman?"

"Yes. We came together."

Cibie's brow furrowed slightly at the sight of Aman.

"Hello. Count."

"Yes. Hello."

Cibie, who barely returned Aman's greeting, quickly entered the county estate.

"I heard that the children want to return to the academy."

Aman quickly followed him, not caring about Cibie's attitude.

"Yes. So I heard."

"Haha, so I came here like this."

Cibie's already uncomfortable mood became even more twisted.

He didn't like the children going back, and the dean of the academy, who was no different from the cause of the problem, had come to see him.

Cibie stopped his steps and glared at Aman at his sly voice.

"Haha... you seem to be very angry."

"Yes. They are my precious children."

"They are precious children to me too... but of course not as much as to you, Count!"

As Cibie's eyes blazed as if they were about to eat him, Aman quickly added.

"The children are going because they want to."

"Of course."

"If something like last time happens again this time..."

Aman swallowed his saliva at Cibie's cold voice.

"I won't stand still."

"Haha... yes. Don't worry."

Even a mere beast would fight without any fear when protecting its young.

Count Cibie, who was standing in front of Aman, was also the same.

Cibie was prepared to give up his life and anything else without fear if it became a threat to the children.

"I'll call the children."

As Cibie called a servant and relayed the message and entered his office, the remaining Aman and Allie quietly exchanged glances.

"Anything strange?"

"I have to look for it now. You're going to the academy with the kids, right?"

"I have to."

"Right. I've been here for a long time, so I should look around before investigating."

As Aman nodded his head, Allie also left the county estate.

"Professor!"

The first person to find Aman, who was sitting in the drawing room and sipping tea, was none other than Nella.

"Miss Nella!"

Nella, at the news that Aman had come, rushed down without even listening to the nanny's words to tidy her hair.

"Hello."

Nella, who was holding the hem of her skirt slightly and greeting him, was now the very picture of a lady.

"Yes. Miss Nella."

As Aman, who had gently stroked Nella's hair, offered her the front seat, Nella, who had carefully sat there, smiled brightly.

"Hello."

Lucas, who had opened the door of the drawing room next, greeted him.

"Yes. Lucas-gun."

As Lucas, who was sitting next to Nella, nodded his head slightly, Aman opened his mouth.

"Um... Miss Nella? I have something to talk to Lucas-gun, so could you please leave us for a moment?"

"Ah, yes!"

A look of disappointment flashed across Nella's face at Aman's words, but she soon hid her disappointed expression and got up from her seat.

As Nella left the room, Lucas, who had let out a small sigh, looked at Aman.

"Thank you for coming."

"Not at all."

Lucas, who had finished his conversation with Count Cibie, immediately contacted Aman.

Because he had judged that Aman's arrival would be able to resolve the Count's anxiety.

"I'm planning to teleport with all the children."

"Yes. I know."

And it was also because the incident that had happened on the way to the capital had not yet been erased from the children's minds.

"Right. Let's prepare and leave tonight."

"Yes. Lord."

"Ah, and what did Hasel say?"

At Lucas's question, Aman hesitated to say something and then stopped.

"...What are you doing?"

As Lucas frowned, waiting for his mouth to open, Aman finally opened his mouth.

"He said to just leave it."

"...What do you mean?"

He said to just leave it?

Lucas's eyes widened as if he couldn't believe Aman's words.

"I went with my father to look for traces, but we couldn't find anything."

"So?"

"He said to just leave it."

"...He's crazy."

Lucas began to regret sending him to Hasel without giving him direct instructions.

Even if he had no power as a human, he could have given advice as much as he wanted.

But he had sent him to Hasel because he was worried that he might be a burden to the dragons who were living in the present.

"Don't worry. Alas and I are planning to investigate separately."

"What did that bastard Hasel say when he said he would stop looking?"

"Ahem!"

Aman cleared his throat instead of answering Lucas's question.

Lucas's expression was not good as he looked at him.

"It doesn't matter how many you've made, you just have to find them and destroy them. Because there's no way those big-shot bastards won't show up again."

"Pfft!"

The reason Aman had cleared his throat was to imitate Hasel's tone.

Lucas burst out laughing at the sight of Aman, who was imitating Hasel's words and expression exactly.

"Isn't that what our race does? The Lord God must have had a reason for everything."

"Khaha! Did that bastard Hasel really say that?"

Lucas laughed so hard at Aman's last words that he almost fell over.

The way he was acting up was so exquisite, as if he were not Hasel's son.

"Hehe. Yes. Wasn't it exactly the same?"

Aman was also smiling happily, as if he were happy at Lucas's laughter.

"Right. You're really good at it."

After hearing Aman's words, Lucas began to understand his thoughts to some extent.

'I've only lived as a human for a dozen or so years... I've also become impatient.'

Hasel was a dragon who would live for another thousand years.

It had been a thousand years since the demons had left for the demon world. The present, where their remnants were reappearing, would also become a thing of a thousand years ago someday.

Hasel would also want to find the culprit right away and tear him to pieces.

"Right. Hasel's words are not wrong."

"...Is that so?"

Lucas nodded his head slightly at Aman's question and continued.

"It's important to find them right away, but if we move rashly, we might not be able to root them out. So it would be okay to give them time until they show themselves."

"...Then what should we do?"

"But since they invaded your territory, I will respect your will."

Aman held his chest in admiration at Lucas's support.

"It was you whose territory was invaded, wasn't it?"

"Lord...!"

Aman was on the verge of rushing over to Lucas and hugging him tightly.

"Don't."

Lucas, who had read Aman's moved expression, raised a hand in advance and stopped his action.

"You're so quick-witted."

Aman, who had pouted his lips slightly, winked.

"Tsk... you frivolous lizard."

Lucas verbally rebuked his appearance, but in fact, Aman was a dragon that he couldn't hate even if he wanted to.

***

Allie, who had left the county estate and had come out to the square, frowned at the strangely different air.

"Something's strange?"

Even though it was almost dinner time, there were few people out in the square, and there were few people who had come out to do their shopping.

"Hello."

"Ah, isn't it the head of the trading company!"

Allie, to find out why the atmosphere of the square felt different from usual, looked for the butcher shop located in the center.

Because the talkative butcher would tell her anything without even being asked.

"Yes. Is business good?"

As Allie, who was looking at the meat on the display stand, asked casually, the shop owner shook her head.

"Oh, don't even mention it. This time, the humans have all gone somewhere to get some kind of salvation..."

The shop owner, who had answered indifferently, even waved her hand as if her head was aching.

"Pardon? What salvation?"

"Oh, you wouldn't know, would you, head of the trading company. I heard you were away."

At Allie's reaction, who seemed to know nothing, she quickly stopped her hand that was tidying the meat and took a step closer to Allie.

"Yes. I just got back."

"So you did! Oh! You know, right? The Resurrection Cult."

At the word 'Resurrection Cult' coming out of her mouth, Allie felt a strange sense of displeasure.

Because she remembered the priests of the Resurrection Cult she had once met at the county estate.

"Yes. I know."

"That Resurrection Cult gathered all the people this time and took them somewhere!"

"What do you mean?"

"Ha, what kind of humans are they, falling for a pseudo-religion... ah, of course, the holy water or whatever they give is definitely effective."

The church took the people away?

What kind of strange talk was this again.

"Ah, but the holy water is not the problem! They said they would give them salvation if they followed them, or something? So all the humans followed that church and left!"

"Do you know where they went?"

"I don't know that. I just know that they took them. That's why the fruit store over there is closed, isn't it!"

A bad feeling began to set in.

"Thank you. Then if you need anything, come and see me anytime. I'll be going."

"Yes. If you come next time, I'll give you a good piece of meat, so please stop by!"

Allie hurried her steps, leaving behind the shop owner who was shouting from behind her, who had already turned away.

'It's not like they're going on an academy camp. Where did they take the people? Something's strange.'

***

'Where did they take all those people...'

The first thought was where a place that could accommodate not just three or four, but dozens of people, would be.

And since there was no Resurrection Church around Citata, they would have had to be on the move even if they were trying to get to the neighboring territory where the church was.

Allie first began to search all the forests around Citata.

But although she had used tracking magic and detection magic, it was not easy to find traces of the people.

'I can't just search all the Resurrection Churches...'

Allie's steps, which had been quickly moving here and there, stopped for a moment.

'...What's that?'

Where Allie's steps had stopped, a terrible sight was spread out before her.

People who were shriveled up like meat that had been dried in the sun.

What was even more bizarre was the way they were lying.

The bodies, which were lying there, all looking in one direction, as if they had not resisted at all.

Goosebumps appeared all over her body.

"You son of a b-tch!"

Allie's shout filled the forest and echoed back.

"What kind of crazy bastards!!!"

The dozens of corpses lying in front of Allie were the residents of Citata, which she had painstakingly cultivated.

"How dare... who..."

As Allie's voice growled low, the earth began to vibrate.

-Rumble... rumble...

"What kind of bastards... my cute humans..."

-Boom... boom...

The rumbling of the vibrating earth began to grow louder.

"What kind of bastards..."

A wind began to blow over the vibrating earth.

-Whoosh

"...?"

Then something fluttering in front of her.

"You're all dead."

It was a purple sash with the emblem of the Resurrection Cult embroidered on it.

With this, all the evidence was perfect.

It had become too clear who the cute things that had killed her cute humans were.

"I'll kill you so you won't even know when you died."

Allie, who had clenched the purple sash in her hand, disappeared in an instant.

(End of Chapter)