Reincarnated Dragon Goes to the Academy!

Chapter 116 : Allie's Precious Ant Farm (3)

Disaster.

People called this a disaster.

In the scene that had turned into a wasteland, only hazy smoke was rising along with the wreckage of what had been a building.

[You pathetic humans...]

Her brilliant golden body floated gracefully with a leisurely flap of her wings.

As if her anger had not yet subsided, flames occasionally shot out of Allie's mouth.

"A dragon... a dragon..."

The humans, who were looking up at the sky as if they had lost their minds at the sight of the huge being they had never seen before, and among them, there were also people who had lost consciousness and had fainted even at the energy they felt from afar.

[Listen carefully, all of you.]

As a thunderous voice shook the earth, the humans all cowered and trembled.

[If I see any more of this pathetic behavior, like the Resurrection Cult or whatever, I will leave no room for resurrection...]

It was then.

-Boom!

Something approaching at the speed of light.

[Alas!!!]

A huge blue body blocked Allie.

"A-a dragon... two... two...!"

Even those who had barely held onto their consciousness fainted.

[Go back now.]

[I don't want to. Amarok.]

As if the chaos wasn't enough, another dragon appeared, and the world was in a complete mess.

The sight of the two filling the wide sky was fear itself to the humans.

[It's the Lord's command. Follow me now.]

[I-I don't want to!]

Although the humans could not understand their conversation, which was in the dragon language, the tense atmosphere was vividly conveyed.

[Do you mean to turn your back on me for the rest of your life?]

Allie's flapping wings faltered for a moment at Aman's cold voice.

[I asked if that's what you mean.]

[...No.]

[Then follow me now.]

-Flash!

Aman disappeared first.

[...How annoying.]

-Flash!

As Allie also disappeared after him, the empty sky became peaceful, as if nothing had happened.

***

Allie, who had returned to Hasel's lair with Aman.

"What in the world were you thinking!!!"

Allie's body flinched at Hasel's angry shout.

"Do you think I left them alone because I wanted to? I was also watching them with the elders."

"Then why did you just watch! They created a pathetic religion and killed the villagers I had carefully raised."

Allie, who had been silently listening to Hasel's words, stepped forward and argued back.

"Ha... Allie. Why haven't you shed your hatchling skin yet? How long are you going to live so childishly? When are you going to fix that mindset of just getting rid of whatever is annoying in front of you!"

"..."

"Do you even know who's behind them?"

"...Lakmer?"

"That's why it's not working. Lakmer? They're just humans. Do you think a pathetic group of black mages like that could harm us by causing trouble?"

Allie's mouth was firmly shut at Hasel's reprimand.

"There must be a demon king. No, there might even be a demon god."

"W-what do you mean?"

"A demon king?"

Allie and Aman, who were surprised at Hasel's words, asked back with wide eyes.

"Right. You don't know, but the elders and I were already on the move. But now that you've shown yourself and made a scene, they'll hide even more."

"..."

"I'm disappointed. Allie. I thought you were much more mature than Aman, but you made a scene in your true form just because they killed some villagers?"

"...It was a place I had put a lot of effort into. It was precious."

Allie argued in a small voice, clenching her fists.

"Shut up! Aman endured it even when his territory was invaded. But you made such a scene just because a human village you were playing with was invaded! And that place is also Aman's territory. Please, Allie... don't disappoint me anymore."

Allie, who had clenched her teeth and had suppressed her emotions at Hasel's reprimand, turned her body and turned away. Aman looked at her.

"Let's go, Allie. I'm going."

At Aman's words, Hasel waved his hand as if his head was aching.

-Flash!

As they left, Hasel, who was left in the room, let out a deep sigh.

"When will they grow up... phew..."

Hasel had been investigating the organizations, including Lakmer, with the elders from early on.

There was only one thing they were waiting for.

For them to reveal themselves to the world.

'Humans are foolish and ignorant. They must have thought that no one knew because things were going so smoothly...'

Things had become difficult. Because of Allie's rash judgment, they would hide even more and would not come out.

"This is a big problem..."

***

"Why did you do that?"

As Aman's nagging was added, Allie's expression became as if she were about to cry.

"Why are you doing this to me too?"

"It's not that. Why did you do that in the middle of the Arant Empire?"

"The leader of the Resurrection Cult. That bastard scattered my magic as if it were nothing. Do you know what that means?"

Allie's trembling voice was filled with tears.

"And that bastard wasn't even human anymore. I don't know what kind of trick he used, but he wasn't even human! And dozens of Citata villagers were brutally killed. They died without even being able to resist!"

"So?"

"...So what?"

"So you did that? Didn't you think of going to me or my father before making things so big?"

Aman was also frustrated. If Allie had come to him or Hasel before she had caused trouble, they could have found a better solution, whatever it was.

But Allie had recklessly returned to her true form and had shot a breath in the middle of the imperial capital.

"I don't want to talk to you. You'll never understand my feelings. The feeling I felt when that pathetic human bastard scattered my magic as if it were nothing. You'll never know."

"Ha... Allie."

"I'm leaving."

"Allie!"

Aman tried to grab Allie's hand in a hurry, but it was already too late.

-Flash!

A shadow fell on Aman's face as he stared blankly at the spot where Allie had disappeared.

***

A quiet forest hut.

"Huk..."

-Bang!

The man roughly threw open the old wooden door.

"Yante!"

"...Pamela. I'm glad I sent you here first."

"What in the world happened!"

Pamela, who was supporting the leader who was gasping for breath as if he were having a hard time.

"A dragon appeared. For the time being, you and I will have to hide ourselves."

"A dragon? What do you mean? Then what happened to our church's priests? Are they safe?"

-Slap!!!

Pamela held her cheek with a trembling hand at the head that had been turned in an instant.

"You arrogant thing."

At the leader's cold voice, Pamela quickly knelt and put her head on the floor.

"..."

"How dare you ask about the well-being of another man? You arrogant and dirty wench. Right, you're no different from a dirty street urchin, so you only do dirty things."

"...You misunderstand. I was just..."

-Thump! Thump!

The leader, as if to vent his anger at the dragon, began to kick Pamela relentlessly.

"You arrogant! Dirty wench!!!"

-Thump!

"Khuk..."

Pamela endured the pain without even letting out a groan at the leader's rough kicks.

"I brought a stray wench out of pity! How dare you not know your place and flirt with another man?!"

She had just asked about the well-being of the other priests.

Pamela was enduring the unreasonable violence without even knowing the reason, clenching her teeth.

"That's why your parents abandoned you!"

"Khuk..."

It was sad enough to be beaten for no reason, but as he even insulted her parents, Pamela finally raised her head and glared at the leader.

"Oh, right. You want to die today."

"My parents did not abandon us. They couldn't come because of circumstances."

It was not the first or second time she had been treated like this by the leader, so she was used to it. But she couldn't stand him insulting her parents.

"Khahaha! That's what you want to believe. That your parents didn't abandon you and your younger sibling."

"No!"

As Pamela finally shouted, the leader's eyes shone fiercely.

"Right. If you wish to die today, I will grant it."

***

After a long period of violence, there was no part of Pamela's body that was not injured.

But Pamela, without even looking at her aching body, was preparing a meal according to the leader's command.

"Sob..."

Tears welled up in Pamela's eyes as she took out a small pot and washed it with a difficult hand.

"Hic... sob..."

Pamela held a dishcloth to her mouth to prevent her crying from being heard where the leader was.

'I want to run away...'

Pamela regretted the day she had left her younger sibling behind and had gone to be adopted.

Pamela, who had firmly believed her adoptive parents' words that they would bring her younger sibling over when the environment improved, had gone to be adopted alone.

'I'll definitely come and get you. Okay?'

The day she had left for adoption. Pamela had held her younger sibling's hand tightly and had repeated the same words several times.

'Yes. I'm fine! Go safely, sister. You have to write to me, okay?'

At those words, her good younger sibling had nodded her head and had given the same answer several times.

Her younger sibling's sad eyes, who had smiled brightly, saying, 'It's okay,' and 'Go and eat a lot of delicious food,' were unforgettable.

And so, she had abandoned her younger sibling and had left for adoption.

Pamela had thought that her new life would be happy.

But her adoptive parents had adopted her because they needed a maid who could be easily ordered around in the empire where slavery was forbidden.

Being a maid was okay. Pamela repeated to herself countless times.

If she lived as a maid here and they brought her younger sibling as they had promised, her food and lodging would be solved.

After putting out the urgent fire, she would run away with her younger sibling when she became an adult.

But even that small wish was shattered by the ugly behavior of her adoptive father.

'Pamela. Shall we play a fun game with daddy?'

The fun game that her adoptive father, who had called her to the barn, had wanted to play was so terrible, and the abuse of her adoptive mother, who had found out about it, was so painful.

'You slut! I fed you and gave you a place to sleep, and you don't even know your place and dare to seduce my innocent husband...!'

No matter how much she shouted that it wasn't true and struggled, reality did not change. No one understood Pamela's pain.

In the end, Pamela ran away.

She had thought dozens, hundreds of times a day that it would be better to die.

But every time, the being that had prevented her from letting go of the thread of life was her younger sibling.

Pamela, who had run away, walked and walked toward the orphanage where her younger sibling was.

The forest path was too rough, and the paths that Pamela, who could not prove her identity, could cross were too limited.

Pamela, who had not eaten or slept for a long time, finally collapsed in the middle of the forest path.

She finally closed her eyes, resenting her life that she could not change no matter how much she struggled.

At that time, she was saved by someone again.

At first, she had just thought that it was a great relief. A good person had saved her, so all that was left was to go and find her younger sibling, and the old man had also said that he would help her find her younger sibling.

And so, Pamela trusted a person once again.

And now. She was paying the price for that trust.

'I have to run away.'

Pamela, as if she had made up her mind, carefully put down the dishcloth that had been covering her mouth.

Then she moved her feet and carefully opened a small drawer.

'I have to run away.'

-Rustle... rustle...

Pamela's hand, which was rummaging through the drawer with a trembling hand, held a single scroll.

'I found it...!'

"What are you doing? Huh? Are you trying to run away?"

Then the leader's voice from behind.

'I have to run away!!!'

(End of Chapter)